BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE DECT offers additional image datasets with potential benefits, but its use for H&N imaging is not justified unless image quality is preserved without increased radiation dose. The aim of this work was to compare image quality and radiation dose between a DE-derived WA image dataset and a standard SECT acquisition of the H&N. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-two patients und...

1 Wy dział Re ha bi li ta cji, Aka de mia Wy cho wa nia Fi zycz ne go Jó ze fa Pił sud skie go, War sza wa 2 Od dział Re ha bi li ta cji, Szpi tal Pra ski, War sza wa 3 Za kład Sta ty sty ki i In for ma ty ki, Aka de mia Wy cho wa nia Fi zycz ne go Jó ze fa Pił sud skie go, War sza wa 1 Department of Rehabilitation, the Jozef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw 1 Department of Re...

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Recently it has been discovered that the W-algebras (orbifold of) WDn can be defined even for negative integers n by an analytic continuation of their coupling constants. In this letter we shall argue that also the algebras WA−n−1 can be defined and are finitely generated. In addition, we show that a surprising connection exists between already known W-algebras, for example between the CP(k)-mo...

Proof of Theorem 4. For wa ∈ [c + ck, rck w−c ], we have the boundary equilibrium. From its definition, yb(ξ) is decreasing in wa (that is, dyb(ξ) dwa < 0) and yb(ξ) = μ + ξ + G−1( r−c−ck r ) when wa = c + ck. The total supply chain profit at the boundary equilibrium is Πtot(yb(ξ), yb(ξ), ξ) = rEmin(μ + ξ + , yb(ξ)) − (c + ck)y(ξ) from Equations (16) and (17). This function is concave and incre...

The 70 C-terminal amino acids of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp WA) activate the actin nucleation activity of the Arp2/3 complex. WASp WA binds both the Arp2/3 complex and actin monomers, but the mechanism by which it activates the Arp2/3 complex is not known. We characterized the effect of WASp WA on actin polymerization in the absence and presence of the human Arp2/3 complex. WASp WA ...

University of Washington, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, Seattle, WA 98195, USA University of Washington, Department of Pathology, Seattle, WA 98195 University of Washington, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Seattle, WA 98195 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98195, USA Shanghai Sunway Biotech, No.1150, GuiQiao Road, Pudong, Shanghai 201206,...

the impact of climatic variations on basal area growth of basswood (ba) (tilia americana l.), american beech (be) (fagus grandifolia enrh.), bitternut hickory (bh) (caria cordiformis (wang.) k. koch), largetooth aspen (la) (populus grandidentata michx.), red maple (rm) (acer rubrum l.), red oak (ro) (quercus rubra l.), sugar maple (sm) (acer saccharum marsh.), and white ash (wa) (fraxinus a...

In order to determine the presence and extent of obstructive pulmonary vascular disease in patients with congenital heart disease, magnified cineangiograms were obtained with a catheter in the pulmonary artery wedge position in 155 infants and children undergoing cardiac catheterization. The wedge angiograms (WA) were analyzed in groups according to the pulmonary hemodynamics: group A normal pu...