assessment of colonic transit time (ctt) in patients with chronic constipation

About 20% of the population suffer from constipation. For the common types of functional constipation, idiopathic and IBS related constipation, the proportion of women is about 80-90%. It is important to structure the management of this large patient group. The duration of symptoms is of relevance. In general, a long history allows for more restricted investigations, and the management can be f...

local bus network is the most popular transit mode and the only available transit mode in the majority of cities of the world. increasing the utility of this mode which increases its share from urban trips is an important goal for city planners. timetable setting as the second component of bus network design problem (network route design timetable setting vehicle assignment crew assignment) hav...

Absrmct-A physically based, large signal HBT model is presented to account for the time dependence of the base, collector, and emitter charging currents, as well as self heating effects. The model tracks device performance over eight decades of current. As such, the model can be used as the basis of SPICE modeling approximations, and to this end, examples are presented. A thesis for the diverge...