Abstract We show that entropy is globally concave with respect to energy for a rich class of mean field interactions, including regularizations the point vortex model in plane, plasmas and self-gravitating matter 2D, as well higher-dimensional logarithmic interactions appearing conformal geometry power laws. The proofs are based on corresponding “microscopic” concavity result at finite N , show...

Background Seizures are a considerable complication in critically ill patients. Their incidence is significantly high in neurosciences intensive care unit patients. Seizure prophylaxis with anti-epileptic drugs is a common practice in neurosciences intensive care unit. However, its utility in patients without clinical seizure, with an underlying neurological injury, is somewhat controversial. ...

and referred cohorts of hypertensive patients,5,6 ambulatory blood pressure (BP) proved superior to clinic BP for prediction of the risk of major cardiovascular events and mortality. These studies analyzed ambulatory BP as a continuous variable.1–6 However, for risk stratification and management of patients, clinicians need operational thresholds, which, by definition, are somewhat arbitrary. I...

A set of “backward” virtual population analysis (VPA) equations relate5 catch ( C , ) from continuous fishing between times t and t + 1 to population size ( N , , N, + ,) when a portion of the stock is unavailable to frshing The usual VPA equations become a special case where the entire stock i s avaitable ( I e the stock is hornogeneous) A close approximation to the VPA equations is N , = N , ...

PURPOSE Asymmetric nostrils that develop after rhinoplasty may result in nasal tip deformity and result in patient dissatisfaction. No systemic study on methods for the correction of transformed nostrils has been reported. In the current study, asymmetric nostrils were classified according to the degree of asymmetry and the authors' experiences on the correction of nostril deformities are descr...

Domestic chicks reared under continuous light developed light-induced avian glaucoma (LIAG), including eye enlargement and flat cornea. Chicks reared under dim light developed dim light buphthalmos (DLB), a somewhat similar eye enlargement, superimposed on the LIAG effect when, as in one subgroup of the present experiments, the dim light was also continuous. Unilateral lid suture elicited exper...