Solar energetic particles (SEPs), accelerated during solar eruptions, are observed to rapidly reach a wide heliolongitudinal range in the interplanetary space. To access these locations, SEPs must have either been at particle source, or propagated across mean Parker spiral magnetic field. We study propagation of new model heliospheric turbulence which takes geometry average field into account, ...

statement of the problem in order to replace lost tooth of patients, we use dental implants which are common. therefore, accurate measuring of bone height and width before placing implants is necessary. the aim of this study is evaluating the accuracy of linear and spiral tomography in careful determination of implant site sizes in comparison with gold standard (cbct). material and methods this...

We describe the use of partially overlapping galaxies to provide direct measurements of the effective absorption in galaxy disks, independent of assumptions about internal disk structure. The non-overlapping parts of the galaxies and symmetry considerations are used to reconstruct, via differential photometry, how much background galaxy light is lost in passing through the foreground disks. Ext...

Various scenarios have been proposed to explain the origin of the Galactic high-velocity clouds, predicting different distances and implying widely varying properties for the Galaxy’s gaseous halo. To eliminate the difficulties of studying the Galactic halo from within, we have embarked on a program to study anomalous neutral gas in external galaxies, and here we present the results for two nea...

OBJECTIVE To assess the reduction of estimated radiation dose in abdominal computed tomography following the implementation of new scan protocols on the basis of clinical suspicion and of adjusted images acquisition parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective and prospective review of reports on radiation dose from abdominal CT scans performed three months before (group A - 551 studies) a...

A novel approach for the design of a compact multiband monopole antenna for improving radiation characteristics at higher resonant frequencies is presented. The proposed structure consists of a conventional printed monopole loaded with spiral ring resonators and fed by microstrip. When at higher resonant frequency, the electrical length of the conventional monopole antennas is relatively large ...

Missense mutations in the COCH gene, which is expressed preferentially at high levels in the inner ear, cause the autosomal dominant sensorineural deafness and vestibular disorder, DFNA9 (OMIM 601369). By in situ hybridization of mouse and human inner ear sections, we find high-level expression of COCH mRNA in the fibrocytes of the spiral limbus and of the spiral ligament in the cochlea, and in...

Nifekalant (NF) is a novel class III antiarrhythmic agent that is effective in preventing recurrent life-threatening ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation (VT/VF). However, because the mechanism underlying the antiarrhythmic action of NF is unknown, we investigated the effects of NF on the dynamics of functional reentry in rabbit hearts. A 2D subepicardial myocardial layer was prepared in 21 Lan...

Cluster formation and gas dynamics in the central regions of barred galaxies are not well understood. This paper reviews the environment of three 10 M⊙ clusters near the inner Lindblad resonance of the barred spiral NGC 1365. The morphology, mass, and flow of HI and CO gas in the spiral and barred regions are examined for evidence of the location and mechanism of cluster formation. The accretio...

We derived a two-dimensional map of the molecular fraction, fmol, (ratio of the molecular gas density to that of total gas) in the spiral galaxy M51, and examined the behavior of molecular fronts (MF), where MF represents the place where fmol changes drastically from nearly zero to unity and vice versa. We show that the MF phenomenon occurs not only radial, but also in the azimuth direction thr...