Irregularity is an important aspect of the cardiovascular system dynamics. Numerical indices irregularity, such as largest Lyapunov exponent and correlation dimension estimated from interbeat interval time series, are early markers diseases. However, there no consensus on origin irregularity in system. A common hypothesis suggests importance nonlinear bidirectional coupling between respiratory ...

PURPOSE To report refractive and visual acuity outcomes using wavefront-guided optical path difference custom ablation treatments (OPDCAT; NIDEK Co Ltd) for myopia and myopic astigmatism. METHODS One hundred eyes of 50 patients with preoperative manifest refraction spherical equivalent (MRSE) of 4.62+/-1.30 diopters (D) (range: -1.38 to -7.25 D) with mean astigmatism of -0.57+/-0.37 D (range:...

Storm water management models using the kinematic wave (KW) approach require the conversion of a natural watershed to its equivalent rectangular cascading plane. A KW cascading plane is specified by the plane’s area, width and slope. Without on-site calibration, there is no guidance how to translate the irregularity of the natural watershed into a rectangular shape that has equivalent hydrologi...

A new formulation of Randić index is carried out as a minimization of a quadratic form which involves the Laplacian matrix of a graph. Using this formulation it is easy to realize that Randić index is useful in defining a new index of irregularity, which is then formulated here. A new context for the study of irregularity of graphs is advanced as a necessity for studying complex (biological) ne...

In this paper, we study the total edge irregularity strength of some well known graphs. An edge irregular total k-labeling φ : V ∪E → {1, 2, . . . , k} of a graph G = (V,E) is a labeling of vertices and edges of G in such a way that for any different edges xy and x′y′ their weights are distinct. The total edge irregularity strength tes(G) is defined as the minimum k for which G has an edge irre...

Subject to the assumption that sub-barrier fusion is described by an effective one-dimensional energy-independent local potential barrier, the Jeffreys-Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin approximation for the fusion cross sections is inverted to determine this effective potential. Potential barriers, with their associated experimental errors, are presented for 13C+ 13C and 40Ca+ 40Ca, and the assumption...

The irregularity of skin lesion borders is a significant diagnostic factor when assessing a lesion for malignancy. A ranking experiment involving irregularity assessment showed poor average ranking correlation among 20 experienced clinicians (r=0.44). However, for 50% of the group correlation was high (r=0.81), indicating high degree of consensus. A quantitative measure of irregularity based on...