We consider a generalization of the representation of the so-called co-Minkowski plane (due to H. and R. Struve) to an abelian group (V;+) and a commutative subgroup G of Aut(V;+). If P = G × V satis7es suitable conditions then an invariant re8ection structure (in the sense of Karzel (Discrete Math. 208=209 (1999) 387–409)) can be introduced in P which carries the algebraic structure of K-loop ...

Scalar electrocardiograms of 31 patients with double-outlet right ventricle (19 with and 12 without pulmonary stenosis) were correlated with the hemodynamic and anatomic findings. Atrioventricular conduction defects, intraventricular conduction delay, and counterclockwise frontal-plane loops were found less often than formerly reported. Counterclockwise frontal-plane loops were found with, as w...

In the practice of forensic handwriting experts, the size of the writing on a questioned document may be different from that of known samples. In this study, the hypothesis of shape invariance of handwritten closed loops across size increasing was tested. A Fourier methodology was applied to 2325 small letters (591 a loops, 547 d loops, 596 o loops and 591 q loops) and 692 enlarged letters (162...

Group valued edge labellings λ of a Bratteli diagram B give rise to a skew-product Bratteli diagram B(λ) on which the group acts. The quotient by the group action of the associated dynamics can be a nontrivial extension of the dynamics of B. We exhibit a Bratteli diagram for this quotient and construct a morphism to B with unique path lifting property. This is shown to be an isomorphism for the...

The concept of self-protection, a capability of an organism to protect itself from exogenous attacks, is introduced into the design of artificial evolutionary systems as a possible method to create and maintain diversity in the population. Three different mechanisms of self-protection are considered and implemented on a cellular-automaton-based evolutionary system, the evoloop. Simulation resul...

This paper explores the concept of micro-architectural loops and discusses their impact on processor pipelines. In particular, we establish the relationship between loose loops and pipeline length and configuration, and show their impact on performance. We then evaluate the load resolution loop in detail and propose the distributed register algorithm (DRA) as a way of reducing this loop. It dec...

We describe a neonate with VACTERL association and right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Such coexistence is rare. The lack of symptoms during the early neonatal period, the absence of bowel loops herniated into the right thoracic cavity, and an unfinished surgery led to clinical and radiological diagnostic difficulties. Respiratory distress occurred when the patient was 2 months o...

A 45-day-old male infant presented with signs of acute intestinal obstruction for two days. Abdominal examination revealed a mass in the right lower abdomen. Ultrasound showed a cystic mass measuring 4x3 cm, in the right lower quadrant at the level of lower pole of right kidney. The plain abdominal radiograph showed haziness in the middle and lower third with bowel loops pushed to upper third o...