BACKGROUND Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) is a diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique with the potential to visualize the microstructure of the brain. Revolutionary histological methods to render the mouse brain transparent have recently been developed, but verification of NODDI by these methods has not been reported. PURPOSE To confirm the concordanc...

Heart valve disease is a serious and growing public health problem for which prosthetic replacement is most commonly indicated. Current prosthetic devices are inadequate for younger adults and growing children. Tissue engineered living aortic valve conduits have potential for remodeling, regeneration, and growth, but fabricating natural anatomical complexity with cellular heterogeneity remain c...

Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC. Katherine Thomson, MB BS, Medical Registrar, Department of Paediatrics; Margaret R Zacharin, MB BS, FRACP, Paediatric Endocrinologist, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes. Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, and Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC. Ruth Morley, BA, MB BChir, FRCPCH, Senior Research Fellow. Maternity Services,...

OBJECTIVE Calcific aortic valve disease is associated with the differentiation of valvular interstitial cells (VICs) to myofibroblast and osteoblast-like cells, particularly in the fibrosa layer of the valve. Previous studies suggested that C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) protects against calcific aortic valve disease to maintain homeostasis. We aimed to determine whether CNP inhibits VIC path...

Groundwater is a major source of water in the western US. However, there are limited recharge estimates available in this region due to the complexity of recharge processes and the challenge of direct observations. Land surface Models (LSMs) could be a valuable tool for estimating current recharge and projecting changes due to future climate change. In this study, simulations of three LSMs (Noa...

[1] Stream hydrology strongly affects the structure of aquatic communities. Changes to air temperature and precipitation driven by increased greenhouse gas concentrations are shifting timing and volume of streamflows potentially affecting these communities. The variable infiltration capacity (VIC) macroscale hydrologic model has been employed at regional scales to describe and forecast hydrolog...

This paper describes the functionality of ViC*, a compiler for a variant of the data-parallel language C* with support for out-of-core data. The compiler translates C* programs with shapes declared outofcore, which describe parallel data stored on disk. The compiler output is a SPMD-style program in standard C with I/O and library calls added to e ciently access out-of-core parallel data. The V...

a School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manu. Eng., RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia b School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Eng., University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia c Department of Building Services Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong d Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Org., Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia Email: chip...

Grid frequency support, e.g., by the virtual inertia control (VIC), of photovoltaic (PV) systems, is more demanded than ever before. To achieve full-range support (i.e., to tackle under- or overfrequency issues), power reserve necessary for PV systems. Accordingly, a (PRC) method based on maximum point tracking (MPPT) adopted in this article, referring as MPPT-PRC. It measures real-time availab...