We discuss an optimisation criterion for the exact renormalisation group based on the inverse effective propagator, which displays a gap. We show that a simple extremisation of the gap stabilises the flow, leading to better convergence of approximate solutions towards the physical theory. This improves the reliability of truncations, most relevant for any high precision computation. These ideas...

Mitophagy is a process of selective removal of damaged or unnecessary mitochondria using autophagic machinery. Mitophagy plays an essential role in maintaining mitochondrial quality control and homeostasis. Mitochondrial dysfunctions and defective mitophagy in neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and metabolic diseases indicate a close link between human disease and mitophagy. Furthermore, recen...

Patients on hemodialysis have a high incidence of cardiac morbidity and mortality, and echocardiographic evidence of hemodialysis-related myocardial stunning supports a potential link between the hemodialysis treatment itself and cardiac sequelae. Fluid removal rates exceeding 13 mL/kg/hour during hemodialysis have been implicated in the development of myocardial stunning. Providers caring for ...

The bondage number of a graph G is the cardinality of a smallest set of edges whose removal results in a graph with domination number larger than that of G. The bondage number measures to some extent the robustness of a network with respect to link failure. This note mainly considers some conjectures on the bondage number of a planar graph, and shows limitations of known methods and presents so...

Two-Stage Programming (2SP) is an experimental mixed-paradigm (functional/imperative) programming language with strong support for fault prevention and removal [3] through automatic verification of computation results with respect to a given specification. 2SP combines ideas of program verification, run-time checking, and result-checking [4]. The 2SP approach is to coordinate a functional speci...

One missing link between CAD and CAM is the lack of a systematic methodology for generating and evaluating al ternative ways to manufacture a proposed design To ad dress this problem we are developing a systematic approach for generating and evaluating alternative ways to manufac ture machined parts in order to provide information to the designer about the manufacturability of the proposed de s...

A compact optical package for mounting a VCSEL or PIN array has been developed. Each package couples an array to a fiber ribbon terminated with a commercial MT ferrule. The package is fabricated with beryllium oxide (BeO), allowing efficient removal of the heat produced by the array. The package is quite compact as it is significantly smaller than an MT ferrule. The design simplifies testing an...

Paraneoplastic myelitis is a rare inflammatory disorder most frequently associated with solid tumors or lymphoproliferative disorders. Patients often harbor onconeuronal antibodies and their prognosis is usually poor. Here we report a 42-year old woman with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis and aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibodies that led to the diagnosis of ovarian teratoma. After tumor r...

A graph edge is d-coloring redundant if the removal of the edge does not change the set of dcolorings of the graph. Graphs that are too sparse or too dense do not have coloring redundant edges. Tight upper and lower bounds on the number of edges in a graph in order for the graph to have a coloring redundant edge are proven. Two constructions link the class of graphs with a coloring redundant ed...

conclusions briefly, the current study represents a novel method to eliminate temephos as an organophosphate compound from water samples with modified zero-valent iron nanoparticles. background temephos is an organophosphate pesticide used as larvicide in the environment. although not extremely hazardous, it can be risky for human health in the moderate concentrations. objectives this study inv...