A FORTRAN code for liquid water flow in unsaturated soil under the isothermal condition was developed to simulate water infiltration into Yolo light clay. The governing equation, that is, Richards' equation, was approximated by the finite-difference method. A normalized sensitivity coefficient was used in the sensitivity analysis of Richards' equation. Normalized sensitivity coefficient was cal...

A fundamental question in evolutionary biology is the relative importance of selection and genetic architecture in determining evolutionary rates. Adaptive evolution can be described by the multivariate breeders' equation (Δz(-)=Gβ), which predicts evolutionary change for a suite of phenotypic traits (Δz(-)) as a product of directional selection acting on them (β) and the genetic variance-covar...

Sensitive and selective determination of protein biomarkers remains a significant challenge due to the existence of various biomarkers in human body at a low concentration level. Therefore, new technologies were incessantly steered to detect tiny biomarkers at a low concentration level, yet, it is difficult to develop reliable, stable and sensitive detection methods for disease diagnostics. The...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Robotic cystectomy is rapidly becoming a part of the standard surgical repertoire for the treatment of prostate cancer. Our aim was to describe respiratory and hemodynamic challenges and the complications observed in robotic cystectomy patients. PATIENTS Sixteen patients who underwent robotic surgery between December 2009 and January 2011 were prospectively enrolled....

subject to (tf , x(tf )) ∈ S = [t0,∞)× S1 where S1 is a k dimensional manifold in Rn S1 = {x ∈ R : h1(x) = h2(x) = · · · = hn−k(x) = 0} where hi are C1 functions from Rn to R subject to ẋ = f(x, u), x(t0) = x0 for u ∈ C[t0, T ] and u(t) ∈ U ⊂ Rm with f and L being C1 functions. Let u∗ : [t0, tf ] → R be an optimal control with state trajectory x∗ : [t0, tf ] → Rn and a constant. Then there exis...

I would like to resubmit the revised version of the following manuscript for publications in BMC Medical Information and Decision Making: Evaluation of Data Quality of interRAI Assessments in Home and Community Care (MIDM-D-17-00098). I appreciated the thoughtful comments and suggestions put forward by the reviewers and have attempted to address each one. Specific reviewer comments are in bold ...

and Applied Analysis 3 Thus, we have E sup t∈[t0 ,T] 󵄨󵄨󵄨󵄨xn+1 (t) − xn (t) 󵄨󵄨󵄨󵄨 2 ≤ 3(L 2 1 E sup t∈[t0,T] 󵄨󵄨󵄨󵄨xn (t) − xn−1 (t) 󵄨󵄨󵄨󵄨 2 + (T − t0) 2 L 2 E sup t∈[t0 ,T] 󵄨󵄨󵄨󵄨xn (t) − xn−1 (t) 󵄨󵄨󵄨󵄨 2

The theme of this paper is the extension of continuous valuations on the lattice of open sets of a T0-space to Borel measures. A general extension principle is derived that provides a unified approach to a variety of extension theorems including valuations that are directed suprema of simple valuations, continuous valuations on locally compact sober spaces, and regular valuations on coherent so...

LS techniques are based on a simple and general idea. Let P be the combinatorial optimization problem we want to solve, and s a current solution which, for the moment, we assume to be feasible for P , and to have value z(s). A neighborhood is defined for s with respect to a move type N , i.e., a function mapping s (actually, any feasible solution of P ) in a subset N (s) of the overall solution...

Titanium tetrafluoride (TiF4) is known for interacting with enamel reducing demineralization. However, no information is available about its potential antimicrobial effect. OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the antimicrobial and anti-caries potential of TiF4 varnish compared to NaF varnish, chlorhexidine gel (positive control), placebo varnish and untreated (negative controls) using a dental mi...