PURPOSE Determining the ideal length of a ureteric stent is important to avoid complications associated with stent placement. Clinically, most urologists usually choose the length of a ureteric stent according to the patient's height. On the basis of a Chinese population study, a 22 cm ureteric stent has been recommended for patients smaller than 175 cm. We evaluated the appropriateness of this...

The Connection Machine CM-5 supports both SIMD and MIMD programming modes. The SIMD mode is simulated over the MIMD mode. This simulation is likely to lead to a loss of performance in SIMD programs. This paper describes the design and implementation of benchmarks which were used to bring out the diierence in speed between the two programming modes with CM Fortran and message-passing Fortran. Tw...

کسب‌وکارهای خانوادگی و بین‌المللی­‌شدن آن‌ها توجه روزافزونی را به خود جلب کرده است. در طی سال‌ها پژوهشگران سعی کرده‌اند ویژگی‌های مختلف شرکت‌های که موفقیت بازارهای بین‌المللی کمک می‌کنند، شناسایی کنند. این پژوهش بر خانواده‌گرایی تمرکز شده بررسی می­‌شود چگونه خانواده­‌گرایی فرایند بین‌المللی‌­شدن نقش ایفا می‌کند. خانواده‌­گرایی شایستگی‌ها قابلیت‌هایی اطلاق می‌شود خانوادگی، به­دلیل تعامل بین خانو...

به منظور تولید رادیوایزوتوپ تکنسیم-۹۹ حاصل از واپاشی رادیواکتیو مولیبدن-۹۹ و خالص‌­سازی محصول فرایند انحلال اسیدی هدف مینیاتوری، لازم است آلودگی ید گازی در حد قابل قبولی کاهش یابد. این جاذب‌های جامد استفاده می‌شود. یکی بهترین مورد موردنیت حاوی نقره تشکیل شده است. پژوهش روش سنتز مشخصات جاذب بررسی قرار گرفته برای تهیه بلورهای حفره‌دار با اندازه حدود ۱۰ میکرومتر نسبت آلومینیم سیلیکون برابر 2/5 شد ...

A detector for high-resolution momentum measurements of neutrons in the energy range 0.2-1.0 GeV is being developed for the RB experiment at FAIR. Two solutions are currently being studied: A pure scintillator concept and an approach based on a sequence of converter material (iron) to produce secondary charged particles, and Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC’s) to detect these particles. ...

We present new high-resolution observations of Sagittarius A* at wavelengths of 17.4 to 23.8 cm with the Very Large Array in A configuration with the Pie Town Very Long Baseline Array antenna. We use the measured sizes to calibrate the interstellar scattering law and find that the major axis size of the scattering law is smaller by ∼ 6% than previous estimates. Using the new scattering law, we ...

Recently, many details of the interplay between tumor cells and tumor-associated stromal elements leading to the progression of malignant disease were elucidated. In contrast, little is known about the role of uninvolved stromal tissue in the remote surrounding of the malignant tumor. Therefore, we performed a computer-aided morphometric study of rectal mucosa in samples taken 10 cm and 20 cm a...

Diagnosing UTIs is done through a combination of clinical history, examination, and laboratory tests. Infants and the elderly may present with no symptoms at all. Other patients might complain of fever, chills, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, pain in the abdomen or back, dysuria, hematuria, incontinence, decreased urine output or the inability to urinate, and/or altered mental status/conf...