A 50-year-old man suffering from generalized convulsions and right quadrantic hemianopia was admitted to the hospital. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging showed an enhanced ring in the left parieto-occipital lobe, suggesting a brain abscess (Figure 1). The patient underwent an immediate craniotomy and drainage. Culture of pus yielded -hemolytic streptococci. Brain abscesses are often ...

Abstract Temporal stream logic (TSL) extends LTL with updates and predicates over arbitrary function terms. This allows for specifying data-intensive systems which is not expressive enough. In the semantics of TSL, functions are left uninterpreted. this paper, we extend TSL first-order theories, enabling us to specify using interpreted such as incrementation or equality. We investigate satisfia...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the postoperative three-dimensional (3D) changes in the proximal segments after mandibular setback sagittal split ramus osteotomy and to compare the changes between the conventional mini-plate fixation and semi-rigid sliding plate fixation. METHODS Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images were used to evaluate the postoperative 3D ...

Background and objective: Drug craving is considered to be a major problem in addiction treatment. Neuroimaging research has revealed various areas for drug craving, among which two key areas are the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and the cerebellum. The DLPFC is involved in different cognitive tasks like the inhibitory control over seductive options harboring the promise of immediate r...

Cell-sized lipid bilayer membrane vesicles (giant vesicles, GVs) or semi-vesicles were formed from egg yolk phosphatidylcholine on a platinum electrode under applied electric voltage by electroformation. Micromanipulation of the semi-vesicle by first pressing its membrane with a glass microneedle and then withdrawing the needle left a GV in the interior of the vesicle. During the process, an aq...

Each closed oriented 3-manifoldM is naturally associated with a set of integersD(M), the degrees of all self-maps on M . D(M) is determined for each torus bundle and torus semi-bundle M . The structure of torus semi-bundle is studied in detail. The paper is a part of a project to determine D(M) for all 3-manifolds in Thurston’s picture.

In [2] it was shown that the obvious semi-clairvoyant generalization of the Shortest Processing Time is O(1)-competitive with respect to average stretch on a single machine. In [2] it was left as an open question whether it was possible for a semiclairvoyant algorithm to be O(1)-competitive with respect to average flow time on a single machine. Here we settle this open question by giving a semi...

with an occurrence of 7%, appendicitis is one of the most common abdominal emergencies requiring surgery. since the variation in positions and length of the appendix may produce varying symptoms and signs which mimic other diseases, having knowledge of the variations in the position of the appendix is of significant importance. here, we present a 77-year-old man with acute appendicitis presenti...

colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. through risk assessment of malignancy in polyps, screening programs can achieve the best results. this study aimed to determine the association between the grade of dysplasia and the location of colorectal polyps. 240 colorectal adenomatous polyps which were referred to department of pathology at rasoul-e-akram hospital be...

background: several echocardiographic markers have been introduced to assess the left ventricular (lv) mechanical dyssynchrony. we studied dyssynchrony markers and the latest lv activation site in heart failure patients with and without left bundle branch block (lbbb). methods: conventional echocardiography and tissue velocity imaging were performed for 78 patients (lv ejection fraction ≤ 35%),...