Congenital factor X deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive bleeding disorder that presents with variable bleeding tendency and prolonged coagulation tests, prothrombin time, and partial thromboplastin time. Thromboembolic events have not been reported in patients with factor X deficiency yet. Herein, we report a patient with factor X deficiency who had recurrent venous thromboembolic events.

A novel strategy for containment of contaminated groundwater consists of a biologically produced extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) barrier, i.e. biobarrier, within a subsurface formation. To bring this technology closer to field scale, a PVC column (12 inch [30.5 cm] diameter x 48 inches [121.9 cm] high) was constructed to examine the effects of thick biofilms in porous media under radial flow...

A key challenge in game design is achieving balance between the strategies available to the players. Traditionally this has been done through playtesting, with its difficult requirements of time, labor, and interpretation of results. To make it quicker and easier to balance games, we propose a game-theoretic approach that automatically balances strategies based on a mathematical model of the ga...