[1] The analysis of the GPCP and CMAP datasets during the past 30 years (1979–2008) indicates that there are consistent increasing trends in both the global monsoon area (GMA) and the global monsoon total precipitation (GMP). This positive monsoon rainfall trend differs from previous studies that assumed a fixed global monsoon domain. Due to the increasing trends in both the GMA and GMP, a glob...

The kinetics of serum Aspergillus galactomannan, as determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, was examined in 37 allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT) recipients treated for invasive aspergillosis (IA). Fifty-eight periods of response ("response episodes") were evaluated. There were 42 response episodes that were considered "treatment failures" and 16 that were considered "good" (that is...

A parasitological survey of Schistosoma haematobium infection among primary schoolchildren in the remote areas of Hhohho and Manzini Provinces in northwestern Swaziland was undertaken. Presence of infection in subjects was confirmed on detection of S. haematobium ova in urine or the presence of hematuria. The intensity of the infection was estimated by calculating the total number of S. haemato...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We performed a retrospective central review of tumour outlines in patients undergoing radiotherapy in the SCALOP trial. MATERIALS AND METHODS The planning CT scans were reviewed retrospectively by a central review team, and the accuracy of investigators' GTV (iGTV) and PTV (iPTV) was compared to the trials team-defined gold standard (gsGTV and gsPTV) using the Jaccard C...

OBJECTIVES Isavuconazole, a novel triazole antifungal agent, has broad-spectrum activity against Aspergillus spp. and other pathogenic fungi. The isavuconazole exposure-response relationship in experimental invasive pulmonary aspergillosis using galactomannan index (GMI) suppression as a marker of disease clearance was explored. METHODS The impact of exposure on GMI suppression in persistentl...

Even though Gemella morbillorum infection (GMI) is rare in humans, it may nevertheless, cause endocarditis, meningitis, brain abscess, pleural empyema, nephritis, mediastinitis, and--occasionally--liver abscess. We are describing the case of a 64-years-old Caucasian male admitted with fever and abdominal pain. Laboratory parameters revealed inflammation signs, and instrumental examinations show...

Abstract Gear measuring instrument (GMI) is the mainstream equipment for gear measurement. As measurement accuracy of gears improves and GMI gradually used in production, thermal errors are becoming an important factor affecting GMI. In precision gears, parallelism between axis Z-axis major error source. This usually reduced by mechanical adjustment when a assembled. When temperature its enviro...

Many drawbacks has been found in Hu’s moment Invariant or known as Geometric Moment Invariant (GMI). Due to its flexibility, GMI is still widely used by the researchers until now. This paper proposes an alternative approach, Weighted Aspect Moment Invariant (WAMI) by combining Weighted Central Moment (WCM) and Aspect Moment Invariant (AsMI) to solve GMI’s drawbacks in term of noise and unequal ...

The giant magneto-impedance (GMI) effect has been studied in 3 different families of amorphous wires: conventional amorphous wires (125 μm in diameter), cold drawn wires (50 and 20 μm in diameter) and thin glass coated amorphous microwires (with metallic nucleus diameter of about 15 μm). These wires have been investigated in the frequency range 1 – 500 MHz. A remarkable difference in the magnet...