Study Design Cross-sectional study. Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlation between pelvic tilt (PT) and the sacro-femoral-pubic (SFP) angle, which is easier to identify than PT, in middle-aged and elderly Asian subjects from the general population. Overview of Literature Measuring PT is important in the diagnosis and treatment of adult spinal deformity. However, i...

The sfp cluster, encoding Sfp fimbriae and located in the large plasmid of sorbitol-fermenting (SF) enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157 (pSFO157), has been considered a unique characteristic of this organism. We discovered and then characterized the sfp cluster in EHEC O165:H25/NM (nonmotile) isolates of human and bovine origin. All seven strains investigated harbored a complete sfp ...

The internal structure of semi-flexible pavement (SFP) is prone to fatigue damage, which affects its service life. cement mortar admixture has a crucial influence on the resistance SFP. In order explore and study performance SFP, Waterborne Epoxy Resin, emulsified asphalt Carboxyl Latex were selected as admixtures prepare special mortar, effect SFP was evaluated by indirect tensile test. tests ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this modelling study was to estimate the expected changes in the nutritional quality and greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs) of primary school meals due to the adoption of new mandatory food-based standards for school meals. SETTING Nationally representative random sample of 136 primary schools in England was selected for the Primary School Food Survey (PSFS) with 50% respo...

Using the idea of Tikhonov’s regularization, we present properties of the approximating curve for the split feasibility problem SFP and obtain the minimum-norm solution of SFP as the strong limit of the approximating curve. It is known that in the infinite-dimensional setting, Byrne’s CQ algorithm Byrne, 2002 has only weak convergence. We introduce a modification of Byrne’s CQ algorithm in such...

The aim of this study is to contribute to the understanding of motivations for cross-generational relationships and how the perception of risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV affects condom use in Kenya. Eight focus-group discussions were conducted with women and 28 interviews were held with men in four Kenyan towns. Ethnograph 5.0 computer software was used fo...

We introduce a class of finite-horizon dynamic optimization problems that we call multiaction stochastic dynamic programs (DPs). Their distinguishing feature is that the decision in each state is a multi-dimensional vector. These problems can in principle be solved using Bellman’s backward recursion. However, complexity of this procedure grows exponentially in the dimension of the decision vect...

Platelet aggregability was measured using the screen filtration pressure (SFP) method in 50 elderly healthy people, 93 persons with essential hypertension, 166 patients with cerebral thrombosis at the recovery stage (more than two months after onset), and 74 patients with cerebral hemorrhage at the recovery stage. SFP by 3 muM ADP in the healthy persons, the hypertensive patients, and the patie...