OBJECTIVES To assess the safety, effectiveness, and acceptability of providing a reduced number of ShangRing sizes for adult voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) within routine service delivery in Lusaka, Zambia. METHODS We conducted a randomized controlled trial and enrolled 500 HIV-negative men aged 18-49 years at 3 clinics. Participants were randomized to 1 of 2 study arms (Standard ...

BACKGROUND Multidetector computed tomography is useful for determining the appropriate transcatheter heart valve (THV) size in patients with severe aortic stenosis who are suboptimal surgical candidates. The relationship between adherence to the recommended CoreValve sizing algorithm and clinical outcomes is not known. METHODS AND RESULTS We evaluated 1023 patients with severe aortic stenosis...

This paper studies interconnect sizing and spacing (ISS) problem with consideration of coupling capacitance for performance optimization of single or multiple critical nets. We introduce the formulation of symmetric and asymmetric wire sizing. We develop efficient bound computation algorithms for ISS optimization and prove their optimality under general interconnect resistance and capacitance m...

All too frequently, a software cost estimate is required in the early stages of the life-cycle when requirements and design specifications are immature. To produce a cost estimate under these conditions requires extensive use of expert judgment and addressing significant estimation uncertainty. Research has shown that expert judgment under the right conditions can yield relatively "accurate" es...

Abstract—Fabric textures are very common in our daily life. However, the representation of fabric textures has never been explored from neuroscience view. Theoretical studies suggest that primary visual cortex (V1) uses a sparse code to efficiently represent natural images. However, how the simple cells in V1 encode the artificial textures is still a mystery. So, here we will take fabric textur...

Fiber structures, yarn structures, and mechanical properties of fibers namely tensile modulus, tenacity, and elongation, are the key performance indicators of fabric cut resistance. p-aramid and UHDPE (Ultra High Density Polyethylene) based high performance fibers are most commonly used for protection against mechanical risks. Specially engineered composite yarns and fabrics enhance cut resista...

Fabric defect detection and classification plays an important role in inspection of fabric products. Many fabric defects are very small and undistinguishable, which can be detected only by monitoring the variation in the intensity. Currently, in almost all the fabric industries the process of defect detection is done manually using skilled labor. An automated defect detection and identification...

3) Key Laboratory of Clothing Design & Technology, Ministry of Education, China Abstract Considering a clothing system consists of the human body, an air gap layer under the clothing as well as a fabric layer and boundary layer adjacent to the fabric, heat transfer from the skin to the environment is influenced by human body thermoregulation, the air gap, the fabric and environmental conditions...

A plain-weave wool fabric has been treated in a rollto-roll atmospheric pressure, post-discharge plasma equipment at three fabric speeds. The thermal properties of the treated fabric have been investigated by means of an Alambeta instrument. The thermal resistance and thermal diffusivity increased after the plasma treatment while the thermal absorptivity and volumetric heat capacity decreased. ...

Quality control at each stage of production in textile industry has become a key factor to retaining the existence in the highly competitive global market. Problems of manual fabric defect inspection are lack of accuracy and high time consumption, where early and accurate fabric defect detection is a significant phase of quality control. Computer vision based, i.e. automated fabric defect inspe...