Beside the Giant Dipole Resonance (GDR), many nuclei show the feature of additional low-lying electric dipole (E1) strength below and around the particle separation energies, which is usually denoted as Pygmy Dipole Resonance (PDR) [1]. The existence of the PDR in nearly every studied nucleus and the smooth variation of its properties lead to the assumption that the PDR is a newly discovered co...

purpose: to evaluate the analgesic effect of topical sodium diclofenac 0.1% during pan-retinal photocoagulation (prp) in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (pdr). methods: two-hundred informed patients (102 male, 98 female) with pdr were enrolled in this randomized controlled double-masked clinical trial. the treatment group received sodium diclofenac 0.1% eye drops and controls r...

Overexpression of pleiotropic drug resistance (PDR) efflux pumps of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily is the major cause of fungal multi-drug resistance and decreased efficacy of antifungal drugs. This review focused on recent progresses in understanding of the PDR efflux pumps of ABC transporter superfamily in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the fungal pathogens Candida albic...

Property Directed Reachability (aka PDR/IC3) is the strongest engine presently used in formal verification tools. Localization abstraction is a way to reduce the complexity of a verification problem by cutting away irrelevant logic. Both methods are effective when used independently or when an abstracted model is passed to PDR. This paper proposes a new method of combining them by minimally cha...

OBJECTIVE Polyp detection rate (PDR) is an accepted measure of colonoscopy quality. Several factors may influence PDR including time of procedure and order of colonoscopy within a session. Our unit provides evening colonoscopy lists (6-9 pm). We examined whether colonoscopy performance declines in the evening. DESIGN Data for all National Health Service (NHS) outpatient colonoscopies performe...

This paper proposes two schemes for indoor positioning by fusing Bluetooth beacons and a pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR) technique to provide meter-level positioning without additional infrastructure. As to the PDR approach, a more effective multi-threshold step detection algorithm is used to improve the positioning accuracy. According to pedestrians' different walking patterns such as walking ...

We present high angular resolution images of the H2 1-0 S(1) line emission obtained with the Son of ISAAC (SOFI) at the New Technology Telescope (NTT) of the Horsehead nebula. These observations are analysed in combination with Hα line emission, aromatic dust, CO and dust continuum emissions. The Horsehead nebula illuminated by the O9.5V star σ Ori (χ ∼ 60) presents a typical photodissociation ...

This paper introduces a “Personal Dead-reckoning” (PDR) navigation system for walking persons. The system is useful for monitoring the position of emergency responders inside buildings, where GPS is unavailable. The PDR system uses a six-axes Inertial Measurement Unit attached to the user’s boot. The system’s strength lies in the use of a technique known as “Zero Velocity Update” (ZUPT) that vi...

purpose : chlamydia pneumonia is a known endothelial pathogen in several vascular diseases including atherosclerosis, age-related macular degeneration and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. diabetic retinopathy is a retinal vascular disease that may similarly be affected. we serologically investigated the presence of c. pneumonia infection in patients with proliferative diabetic ...

This paper introduces a positioning system for walking persons, called “Personal Dead-reckoning” (PDR) system. The PDR system does not require GPS, beacons, or landmarks. The system is therefore useful in GPS-denied environments, such as inside buildings, tunnels, or dense forests. Potential users of the system are military and security personnel as well as emergency responders. The PDR system ...