It is well known that imaging-guided biopsy for pulmonary lesions will induce complications such as pneumothorax and bleeding. Preoperative enhanced CT imaging or intraoperative color Doppler ultrasound can be used to evaluate the vessel and avoid or reduce the operationrelated bleeding. However, the potential occurrence of pneumothorax makes us avoid performing CT scanguided biopsies. Th e occ...

Asthma exacerbation is associated with respiratory infections, including those by viruses and atypical bacteria. We herein report a case of severe acute asthma in an adult caused by Chlamydophila pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) infection. A 39-year-old woman without a history of asthma reported to the emergency department with progressive worsening of cough, shortness of breath, and wheezing with lo...

With significant increase of tomographic equipment power, demand for Prediction relative permeability prediction Predicting in porous media from digital image data. In this work, it is predicted three -phase relative permeabilities with co-applying Darcy’s and Stokes equations in two case studies, namely Bentheimer sandstone and Estaillades limestone which their micro-CT data files were downloa...

The effects of tillage systems on soil properties and crop productivity have been the subject many studies to ensure sustainable productivity. Aims: In study, different methods applied in intermediate period wheat-maize rotation quality corn yield elements were investigated pre-planting (PP) plant growth (PGP) corn. Methods: Conventional (CT), minimum with subsoiling chisel (MT1), (MT2), (MT3) ...

Aging may be related to oxidative damage accumulation and a low-grade inflammation, both responses are modulated by iron and phytochemicals. This study investigated the effect of tucum-do-cerrado (Bactris setosa Mart.) consumption on the expression of sirtuins (SIRT 1 and 3) and senescence marker protein-30 (SMP30), and on the redox and inflammatory responses, in adult rats supplemented or not ...

background and aims. the imaging techniques commonly used for foreign body detection include plain radiography, xeroradiography, computed tomography (ct) scans, magnetic resonance imaging (mri) and ultrasonography. the aim of the present study was to compare cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) with conventional ct scan in determination of the exact location of a foreign body in the maxillofaci...

the c7-ras 6/061-004 training course by the international atomic energy agency/regional cooperative agreement (iaea/rca) was held in chiba in 2014. the syllabus, pre- and post-course evaluations, and survey questionnaire results were assembled in this course. the post-course evaluation, including 32 questions similar to the pre-course evaluation, was performed right after the end of the final e...

This article puts forward a new algorithm based on Kullback–Leibler divergence (KLD) for discriminating inrush and internal fault currents in power transformers. Specifically, the main idea of this is to utilize current signal discrepancy distribution with ideal waveforms. To such an aim, proposed index reproduces differential signal. Utilizing fast modified least squares technique, generated. ...

the simultaneous flow of oil and water in porous media is described by relative permeability curves, mainly derived from laboratory experiments. relative permeability is of paramount importance in predicting reservoir production performance and drive mechanisms and its value depends largely on the volume fraction of fluids present in the test samples. nowadays x-ray scanners are one of the most...

Based on BFS model and using Monte Carlo simulation we confirms the dealloying in immiscible Au/Ni(110) system, and the critical Au coverage when dealloying happens is also consistent with experiments. At the same time our simulation show that the structural phase transition will lead to the saturation of the number of alloying Au atoms. PACS: 68.18.Fg, 68.35.Dv, 68.35.Ct, 68.55.Ac