Background During pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) implantation, inaccurate measurements of hemodynamic parameters due to infection or thrombosis of PAC can result in severe complications. Method In order to develop a new PAC material, we evaluated the antibacterial and antithrombotic activities of the two types of PAC (Swan Ganz catheter and prototype catheter) in 14 pigs. Results In the 3-...

The Chinese-French Oceanography SATellite (CFOSAT) jointly developed by the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) and Centre d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) of France carries a wave spectrometer (Surface Waves Investigation Monitoring, SWIM). SWIM has one nadir five off-nadir beams to measure ocean surface waves. These near-nadir range from 0° 10° at an interval 2°. In this work, we investigated perfo...

Tropical cyclone ocean–wave model interactions are examined using an ESMF – (Earth System Modeling Framework) based tropical cyclone (TC) version of the Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS ). This study investigates Hurricane Ivan, which traversed the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) in September 2004. Several oceanic and wave observational data sets, including Acoustic Doppler Cur...

We build an economico-epidemiological Solow-Swan model. Mortality and morbidity effects on effective labor are taken into account. A Ben-Porath-like mechanism affects the dynamics of the saving rate and reduces labor productivity. Based on optimal projections of the demographic and economic South-African series on the period 2000-2050, we identify a delayed effect of HIV-AIDS on economic growth...

In 1978, China opened its door to the outside world. This study investigates how Open Door Policy affected educational choices of workers born 1960–1970. Using measures local labor markets’ export exposure, we find decreased attainment; youths from 1965 70 facing mean exposure were 5.6–13.3 p.p. less likely complete high school than those in 1960. Our findings suggest a complicated relationship...

The SWAN approach, presented in this paper, addresses the challenging task of developing Semantic Web Applications, i.e., Web applications that fully and effectively exploit and serve the Semantic Web as their operational environment. It is based on the support of two types of models, semantic domain models and conceptual user interface models, as well as on flexible model mappings. The SWAN fr...

There are three basic objectives to this program: (1) to develop a forward prediction capability for the expected value of the SAR-image spectrum, with the SWAN wave-spectrum prediction as input; (2) to develop methods to bring the SWAN-based SAR-spectrum prediction into agreement with satellite-based SAR observations by adjusting the SWAN model inputs; and (3) to validate the improvement in th...