Climate patterns, cropping systems, and agricultural technologies have greater diversity among various regions in China. Knowledge of the spatial–temporal patterns solar radiation during maize growing season is essential for farmers extension technicians their optimization choices development adaptation strategies climate change. In this study, based on observed six subregions China, we analyze...

OBJECTIVE The process of moving in older adulthood, intertwined with loss and anticipation, is grounded in material commodities that include one's residence and its contents. This article emphasizes the role of material culture in housing transitions. METHODS Based on an ethnographic study (January 2009-May 2012) of older Americans (n = 81) relocating, this study utilized interviews, particip...

Parametric design is very stable but requires a predefined dimensioning and ordering scheme, thus limiting flexibility and precluding sketch input. Variational geometry design, while general and flexible, necessitates intensive use of numerical solvers to solve many simultaneous nonlinear equations. Frequently the solvers cannot solve these equations. A new system, based on an original theory f...

Several studies have suggested that respiratory function is influenced by female sexual hormones. Considering a normal 28-day menstrual cycle, three phases can be distinguished: menstrual, follicular and luteal. Respiratory function is influenced by female sexual hormones, which could increase ventilatory response during the luteal phase (1). In contrast, no changes for pulmonary capacities, fl...

This dissertation investigates relative entropies, also called generalized divergences, and how they can be used to characterize information-theoretic tasks in quantum information theory. The main goal is to further refine characterizations of the optimal rates for quantum source coding, state redistribution, and measurement compression with quantum side information via second order asymptotic ...

BACKGROUND There is an urgent need to develop new outcome measures for respiratory therapy, to evaluate its effectiveness. Adventitious sounds generated from the lungs (crackles and wheezes), can now be quantified and characterized objectively with computer technology. To our knowledge, this is the first reported study designed to assess any change in lung crackles before and after a single se...

BACKGROUND Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) involves failure of cardiovascular reserve in multiple domains. In HFPEF animal models, dietary sodium restriction improves ventricular and vascular stiffness and function. We hypothesized that the sodium-restricted dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet (DASH/SRD) would improve left ventricular diastolic function, arterial...

With the purpose of reducing stray radiation dose (SRD) in out-of-field region (OFR) during radiotherapy with 6 MV intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), a body-shielding device (BSD) was prepared according to the measurements obtained in experimental testing. In experimental testing, optimal shielding conditions, such as 1 mm lead, 2 mm lead, and 1 mm lead plus 10 mm bolus, were investi...

Parenting is linked to conduct disorders (CD) and substance related disorders (SRD) in adolescents, but with differences according to cultural context. A questionnaire with two versions (parenting questionnaire TXP-A for adolescents and TXP-C  for primary caregivers) was designed using the Delphi method to evaluate parenting practices related to CD and SRD in a Spanish population. It was v...