Abstract Background Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Elderly patients with comorbid conditions at higher risk developing LRTI systemic complications. Therefore, Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) United States National Center Immunization Respiratory Diseases (US-NCIRD) recommend that older than 19 be vaccinated infl...

We developed a novel system for imaging and qualitatively analyzing the surface vessels using near-infrared (NIR) radiation using tuned aperture computed tomography (TACT(®)). The system consisted of a NIR-sensitive CCD camera surrounded by sixty light emitting diodes (with wavelengths alternating between 700 or 810 nm). This system produced thin NIR tomograms, under 0.5 mm in slice thickness. ...

An 8-PAM CMOS transceiver is described in this paper. Pre-emphasis is implemented without an increase in DAC resolution or digital computation. The receiver oversamples with three fully differential 3-bit ADCs. The prototype transmits at up to 1.3 Gb/s and has a measured bit error rate of less than 1 in 10 for an 810-Mb/s pseudorandom bit sequence transmission. The device, packaged in a 68-pin ...

MON 810 maize was developed against Ostrinia nubilalis and is suggested to indirectly decrease Fusarium spp. infestation in maize ears. To evaluate this effect, co-occurrence of insect and fungal pests on MON 810 maize was studied. During 2009, exceptionally high maize ear infestation occurred in Julianna-major (Hungary). From investigation of some thousands of maize ears, the majority of the l...

We generated subpicosecond pulses from 8 to 18 mum by difference-frequency mixing in a 1-mm-thick AgGaSe(2) crystal, the 130- and 180-fs output pulses (1.45 < lambda < 1.85 mum) from an 84-MHz-repetition-rate optical parametric oscillator. Numerical simulations show that intrapulse and interpulse group velocity dispersion determine minimum pulse duration above and below 15 mum, respectively. By...

Patients 810 generally healthy adults who were ≥ 25 years of age (mean age 50 y, 62% women), had above optimal BP (mean systolic BP 120–159 mm Hg and diastolic BP 80–95mmHg during 3 screening visits), were not taking antihypertensive medication, and had a body mass index of 18.5–45.0. Exclusion criteria were regular use of drugs affecting BP; target organ damage or diabetes; use of weight loss ...

The purpose of this presentation is to outline the Museum Multimedia (MM) experience in Russia. I am quite not sure wether all my colleagues experts and museum community in West Europe and America are intimately familiar with Russian experience in this sphere and I am pleased to have this opportunity to fill the gap. I will mainly focus on the general picture for some more reports with detailed...

We demonstrate a compact and stable source of polarization-entangled pairs of photons, one at 810 nm wavelength for high detection efficiency and the other at 1550 nm for long-distance fiber communication networks. Due to a novel Sagnac-based design of the interferometer no active stabilization is needed. Using only one 30 mm ppKTP bulk crystal the source produces photons with a spectral bright...

We present a novel approach to optical mammography and initial clinical results. We have designed and developed a frequency-domain (110-MHz) optical scanner that performs a transillumination raster scan of the female breast in approximately 3 min. The probing light is a dual-wavelength (690 and 810 nm, 10-mW average power), 2-mm-diameter laser beam, and the detection optical fiber is 5 mm in di...

Abstract Two-way multi-axial forging was performed on a newly designed closed-die tool. The tool operated an MTS 810 material testing system. connected computer recorded force and crosshead displacement as function of time during operation. sample the four-step experiment CuE copper alloy. plastic deformation 0.8 per step, thus rate cumulative equivalent strain 3.2 by end process. speed movemen...