have also given a linear time algorithm to determine the set of possible root locations for a minimum diameter shortest path tree, and shown that any minimum diameter tree must pass through this region. When compared with the 1-Steiner algorithm, minimum diameter A-trees produced lower maximum and average delays, with slightly higher tree length. Consideration of the feasible center region resu...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of age and sex on the fleece characteristics of 40 Iranian indigenous Khorasan goats. Goats were divided into two different sex and age (kids and adults) groups. Fiber characteristics under study were: fleece weight, fiber length, lock length, fiber diameter, coefficient of fiber diameter, breaking load, resistance, elongation, hair percentage...

INTRODUCTION Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) has been widely used for volume expansion, but its safety in adult patients has been questioned recently. The aim of this meta-analysis is to see whether or not HES has any adverse effect in pediatric patients. METHODS Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving pediatric patients who received 6% low-molecular-weight HES, published before January 2014,...

We select sum rules from which one can extract directly reliable limits on the size of the chiral symmetry breaking light quark condensate 〈ψ̄ψ〉. Combined results from the nucleon and B∗-B mass-splitting sum rules give a result compatible with the standard value: 〈ψ̄ψ〉(1 GeV)≃ (−229 MeV), through the determinations of the quark-gluon mixed condensate. The vector form factor of the D → K∗lν semi-l...

The FAIRS experiment took place aboard R/P FLIP from 15 September to 15 October 2000 approximately 120 nautical miles off Monterey, California. Our approach was to use both the passive and the active infrared techniques to determine the extent to which our laboratory findings are relevant to the field. Over the past several years, we have used these techniques to investigate wave breaking on sp...

Studies of the power-law relations of seismicity and earthquake source parameters based on the one-dimensional (1-D) Burridge-Knopoff’s (BK) dynamical lattice model, especially those studies conducted by Taiwan’s scientists, are reviewed in this article. In general, velocityand/or state-dependent friction is considered to control faulting. A uniform distribution of breaking strengths (i.e., the...