the prime graph $gamma(g)$ of a group $g$ is a graph with vertex set $pi(g)$, the set of primes dividing the order of $g$, and two distinct vertices $p$ and $q$ are adjacent by an edge written $psim q$ if there is an element in $g$ of order $pq$. let $pi(g)={p_{1},p_{2},...,p_{k}}$. for $pinpi(g)$, set $deg(p):=|{q inpi(g)| psim q}|$, which is called the degree of $p$. we also set $d(g):...

The aim of the study is to investigate the association between olfactory dysfunction (OD), hearing loss, and dysphonia.The cross-sectional data for 17,984 adults who completed the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (2010-12) were analyzed. OD, hearing loss, and dysphonia were assessed using self-reporting questionnaires. The association of OD with hearing loss and dysphonia...

We used an analysis of deuterium values (oD) of 151 Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina (J.F. Gmelin, 1789)) feathers collected during the breeding season at the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, USA, to determine fidelity to the study site. We compared oD values in feathers of birds with known molt locations and birds with unknown molt locations. Mean feather value of oD was -24.8%0 ...

Monocular deprivation (MD) during the critical period for the development of visual cortex causes a loss of binocular response of neurons and a shift to the open eye, a normal ocular dominance (OD) shift. However, when MD is combined with chronic inactivation of the visual cortex by muscimol, the OD distribution of the neurons shifts to the deprived eye (reverse OD shift). We have previously sh...

For a computer aided detection system of retinal lesions, optic disc (OD) detection is the first and the most importance. Since the OD is once detected then other clinical importance regions such as fovea or macula can easily be determined, and the OD shape is often used to evaluate abnormal retinal features for diagnosis of abnormalities such as hypertensive retinopathy. In this paper, an appr...

Optic Disc (OD) localization is an important pre-processing step that significantly simplifies subsequent segmentation of the OD and other retinal structures. Current OD localization techniques suffer from impractically-high computation times (few minutes/image). In this work, we present an ultrafast technique that requires less than a second to localize the OD. The technique is based on reduci...

Introduction: Introduction: Few studies have investigated the distribution of stress around implants. In this study the distribution of stress in bones around implants was investigated in five overdenture (OD) treatment designs including OD-1, OD-2, OD-3, OD-4 and OD-5. Materials and methods: The Catia modeling software was used in order to simulate the tooth/implant model and bone. First, the ...

Fatty acids and fatty alcohols have the advantages of high latent heat phase change, good thermal stability, no corrosion, supercooling separation. They can be used as change energy storage materials for passive temperature control. However, their popularization application are limited because transition narrow range. This study develops a novel binary composite (PCMs) Capric acid (CA) Octadeca...

PURPOSE Long-acting β2-agonists (LABAs) have demonstrated efficacy in patients with COPD in clinical trials. The purpose of this study was to assess the comparative efficacy of all available dosages of all LABA monotherapies using a network meta-analysis. METHODS A systematic literature review identified 33 randomized controlled trials of LABA monotherapies (salmeterol 50 μg twice daily [BID]...

We investigated the optical properties of colloidal-synthesized ZnO spherical nanoparticles prepared from 1-octadecene (OD), a mixture of trioctylamine (TOA) and OD (1:10), and a mixture of trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) and OD (1:12). It is found that the green photoluminescence (PL) of samples from the mixture of TOA/ OD and TOPO/OD is largely suppressed compared with that from pure OD. Moreo...