Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of all patients who underwent laparoscopic colectomies between October 2010 and December 2012. The cohort was divided into two groups, SILC and MILC, which were compared in terms of their intra-operative and early postoperative outcomes. Each group was then sub-divided according to the type of procedure, each of which was compared separately betwe...

We present preliminary results using NRQCD to describe heavy quarks on the MILC 2+1 flavour dynamical extra coarse ensemble. We calculate the spectra of low lying states in bottomonium to complement earlier results on the finer MILC ensembles. We then exploit the coarseness of the lattices to calculate charm propagators using NRQCD. These are used to examine the charmonium spectrum and to calcl...

The most recent calculations of π + π + and K + K + scattering by the NPLQCD collaboration using domain-wall valence quarks on staggered MILC configurations are presented. In addition, a quenched calculation of the potentials between two B-mesons is discussed.

Interconnection networks are increasing in importance as node counts increase in high-end machines. To achieve better application performance, newer supercomputers frequently have interconnects with more connections, higher bandwidth, and lower diameter. One example of such an interconnect is a dragonfly topology, which has appeared in multiple recent supercomputers. Adaptive routing and high b...

We describe two new methods for mapping applications with multidimensional virtual Cartesian process topologies onto 3D torus networks with randomly distributed service nodes. The first method, “Adaptive Layout”, works for any number of processes and distributes the MILC (lattice QCD, 4D topology) workload to ensure communicating processes are close together on the torus. This scheme reduces th...

Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) offers an approach to cholecystectomy without visible evidence that the cholecystectomy occurred.9 Cosmesis is the only documented benefit of the single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC), while SILC remains equivalent to multi-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (MILC) in all other respects.14 We report our experience of performing SILC w...

The MILC Collaboration has been producing ensembles of lattice configurations with three dynamical flavors for the past few years. There are now results for three lattice spacings for a variety of light and strange quark masses, ranging down to ml = 0.1ms, where ms is the dynamical strange quark mass and ml is the common mass of the u and d quarks. Recently, the Fermilab, HPQCD, MILC and UKQCD ...

We determine the strong-isospin violating component of the neutron-proton mass difference from fully-dynamical lattice QCD and partially-quenched QCD calculations of the nucleon mass, constrained by partially-quenched chiral perturbation theory at one-loop level. The lattice calculations were performed with domain-wall valence quarks on MILC lattices with rooted staggered sea-quarks at a lattic...

Abstract NUSES is a new space mission aiming to test innovative observational and technological approaches related the study of low energy cosmic gamma rays, high astrophysical neutrinos, Sun-Earth environment, Space weather magnetosphere-ionosphere-lithosphere coupling (MILC). The satellite will host two payloads, named TERZINA ZIRÉ. ZIRÉ perform measurements electrons, protons light nuclei fr...