BACKGROUND xSPECT Bone® (xB) is a new reconstruction algorithm developed by Siemens® in bone hybrid imaging (SPECT/CT). A CT-based tissue segmentation is incorporated into SPECT reconstruction to provide SPECT images with bone anatomy appearance. The objectives of this study were to assess xB/CT reconstruction diagnostic reliability and accuracy in comparison with Flash 3D® (F3D)/CT in clinical...

The main task of the article is to examine impact reported impairment assets (IoA) on market reaction investors Warsaw Stock Exchange [WSE] in crisis condition caused by COVID-19 pandemic. There a need verify whether disclosure this information period economic downturn will cause similar negative as previous topics area. Research undertaken helps identify rules behaviour (in short term) updatin...

Pulmonary arterial endothelial cells possess transplasma membrane electron transport (TPMET) systems that transfer intracellular reducing equivalents to extracellular electron acceptors. As one aspect of determining cellular mechanisms involved in one such TPMET system in pulmonary arterial endothelial cells in culture, glycolysis was inhibited by treatment with iodoacetate (IOA) or by replacin...

This paper contributes to the identification of structural characteristics input-output accounts (IOA) behind persistent simple behavior relative production prices and capital intensities as an effect changes in income distribution. These IOA are statistical nature refer strong proportionality between (i) labor-coefficients vector Perron-Frobenius eigenvector input-coefficients matrix (ii) colu...

Background and aims. Elders’ abuse is a matter of growing public heath care concern. So far, the real magnitude problem unexplored, especially in frail patients with dementia who experience communicating problems. Self-report screening tools for limited their diagnostic accuracy persons dementia. Starting from this background, here we aimed at comparing Elder Assessment Instrument (EAI) Indicat...

The Jagpura Au-Cu deposit is situated within the Aravalli craton in northwestern part of India. In present work, petrography, mineral chemistry, fluid inclusion and sulfur isotopic compositions were used to study deposit. ore association arsenopyrite, loellingite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite pyrite, along with native gold, magnetite apatite. gold fineness ranges from 914–937‰ (avg. 927‰). presence...

Accurate classification of diabetic foot ulcers is essential for inter-clinician communication, assessment of healing tendency and determination of treatment options. The aim of this study was to assess the inter-observer agreement (IOA) of the most commonly used classification systems for diabetic foot ulcers; the Meggitt-Wagner (MW) and the University of Texas (UT) systems. In this study, 95 ...

This paper describes a software architecture solution for rendering audio and haptic sensation. By most of existing 3D sound systems, it is difficult to generate appropriate sounds from virtual objects, depending on the material used and the location of the impact. We developed a method that we named AudioHaptics to generate audio and haptic sensation based on a physical model of the virtual ob...