As a portable High Performance Computing (HPC) technology for microwave simulations, several kinds of dedicated computers for the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method have been considered. Author also proposed a dataflow architecture FDTD dedicated computer and it was shown that the estimated performance of the FDTD dataflow machine can exceed those of the high-end PC and GPU computers. ...

We provide an overview of our work to date on the parallelization of implicit time domain methods, in particular the alternating direction implicit finite-difference time-domain method (ADI-FDTD). First we describe a domain decomposition scheme for parallel ADI-FDTD in three dimensions that is suitable for implementation on widely available high performance computer architectures such as symmet...

Branchio-oto-renal syndrome (BOR) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder. The features include branchial cysts, hearing loss, ear malformation, preauricular pits, retrognathia, congenital heart disease, and renal abnormalities. However, anesthetic management of these patients has seldom been reported. We report a case in which general anesthesia was performed for dental treatment in a patient wi...

The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method has been commonly utilized in the numerical solution of electromagnetic (EM) waves propagation through the plasma media. However, the FDTD method may bring about a significant increment in additional run-times consuming for computationally large and complicated EM problems. Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) computing based on Compute Unified Device A...

Branchio-oto-renal (BOR) syndrome is an autosomal dominantly inherited developmental disorder, which is characterized by anomalies of the ears, the branchial arches and the kidneys. It is caused by mutations in the genes EYA1,SIX1 and SIX5. Genomic rearrangements of chromosome 8 affecting the EYA1 gene have also been described. Owing to this fact, methods for the identification of abnormal copy...

BACKGROUND Public hospitals have come under heavy scrutiny across the world owing to rising expenditures. However, much of the focus has been on cutting down costs to raise efficiency levels. Although not denying the importance of efficiency measures, this article targets a performance issue that is relevant to address the quality of services rendered in public hospitals. Thus, it is important ...

It has recently been reported that hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation in patients with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative lymphoma during or after cytotoxic therapy occurs after the use of rituximab and stem cell transplantation for hematologic malignancies. However, clinical data on HBV reactivation in multiple myeloma patients have not been extensively reported. This is the first ...

A series of binuclear boron compounds supported by Salan(Bu)H4 ligands have been prepared. They are of the general formula Salan(Bu)[B(OR)]2. The compounds are Salean( Bu)(BOR)2 [Salean( Bu) = (N,N 0-ethylenebis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-salicylamine)), R = Me (1), SiMe3 (4)], Salban( Bu)(BOR)2[Salban( Bu) = (N,N 0-butylenebis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-salicylamine)), R = Me (2), SiMe3 (5)], and Salhan(Bu)(BOR...

Adapted finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) update equations exist for a number of objects that are smaller than the grid step, such as wires and thin slots. In this contribution we provide a technique that automatically generates new FDTD update equations for small objects. Our presentation will be focussed on 2-D-FDTD. We start from the FDTD equations in a fine grid where the time derivative...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is more often diagnosed in women than in men, and symptoms tend to decline with age. Using a large community sample, the authors investigated whether sex and age differences in four main features of BPD, measured with the Personality Assessment Inventory-Borderline Features scale (PAI-BOR; Morey, 1991), are a result of measurement bias or if they represent ...