A MAC Protocol Based on Interleaving Transmission for Underwater Acoustic Network by Xi Zhang, Tao Yan, Hongwei Wang, Yongxin Zhong

“…In order to solve the problem of low channel utilization in the traditional TDMA protocol，an interleaving TDMA（I-TDMA）protocol was presented，which took advantage of the long propagation delay in underwater channels and improved channel utilization by interleaving data packets in empty time axis.Moreover，the topology extension and circle synchronization schemes was adopted to strengthen the expansibility of network systems.Simulation results indicate that I-TDMA has lower delay and synchronic overhead than those of the traditional TDMA protocol，and can achieve better performance.…”
Get full text

Acute Arterial Thrombosis after Covered Stent Exclusion of Bleeding Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm: Treatment Using Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis by Sarah Palestrant, M. Grace Knuttinen, Ron C. Gaba, James T. Bui, Charles A. Owens

“…Conventional absolute contraindications to catheter-directed thrombolysis include active or recent hemorrhage and the presence of local vascular infection, both of which increase the risk of procedure-related complications such as bleeding and systemic sepsis. For this reason, lytic therapy of arterial thromboembolism under these circumstances is generally precluded. …”
Get full text

ITS-based wireless traffic monitoring solution by Natalja Osintsev, Victoria Nozick

“…This paper explores the contemporary approach to traffic monitoring systems and highlights the indispensable role of wireless sensor networks in addressing these challenges.…”
Get full text

An Unusual Case of Sudden Collapse in the Immediate Postoperative Period in a Young Healthy Female with Myxofibroma of the Maxilla by Manila Singh, Saket Singh

“…Benign myxofibromas of heart are well known to cause systemic inflammatory mediator release causing multiple complications ranging from fever and widespread effusions to DIC and shock. …”
Get full text

Theoretical Description of Adsorption from Binary Liquid Non-Electrolyte Solutions with Unlimited Component Miscibility on to Microporous Solids by Dorota Ziółkowska

“…Optimization of the equation parameters, as well as a comparison of the results obtained with those determined earlier for sorption in systems where the components were of limited miscibility, was undertaken.…”
Get full text

The role of order and disorder in thermal and material sciences part 1: Heat and society by Šesták J.

“…Thermodynamics is reviewed in the relation to both the traditional development and the modern description of disequilibria (open systems). Effect of dissipation is shown often to provide new, self-organized structures. …”
Get full text

Recurrent Inflammatory Myositis as an Extra-Intestinal Manifestation of Dormant Ulcerative Colitis in a Patient on Long-Term Mesalamine by Srikanth Naramala, Venu Madhav Konala, Sreedhar Adapa, Pravallika Amudala, Romeo C. Castillo, Nikhil Agrawal, Hemant Dhingra

“…Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic systemic inflammatory condition primarily involving the large bowel mucosa with relapsing and remitting episodes. …”
Get full text

THE FORMATION BIONANOTECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES: THE POTENTIAL OF CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT by N. Zińkowskaya, E. Mokeeva

“…The expediency of creation and the functional tasks of cluster Foresight Centre in the framework of development of strategic management systems of bionanoscience clusters are established.…”
Get full text

Epidemic models with differential susceptibility and stagedprogression and their dynamics by James M. Hyman, Jia Li

“…We formulate and study epidemic models with differential susceptibilities andstaged-progressions, based on systems of ordinary differential equations, fordisease transmission where the susceptibility of susceptible individuals varyand the infective individuals progress the disease gradually through stageswith different infectiousness in each stage. …”
Get full text

Building a Floating Hydroponic Garden by Michael Sweat, Richard Tyson, Robert Hochmuth

“…Best of all, hydroponic systems avoid pest problems commonly associated with the soil. …”
Get full text

Aquatic Toxicology Notes: Endothall by P. Chris Wilson, Jun Wu

“…Endothall is the herbicidal active ingredient found in commercial formulations labeled for weed control in aquatic systems and on ditch banks. It is also used as a defoliant and desiccant in some terrestrial situations (e.g., in potato, hops, cotton, clover, and alfalfa production). …”
Get full text

Techniques laitières domestiques et conception du monde microbien laitier en Mongolie by Sandrine Ruhlmann

“…The analysis of dairy technology allows to draw the shape of a Mongolian conception of the bacterial world of dairy products which, in the post-communist context of democratization and globalization, consists of an art of composition between different systems, notably Buddhism, shamanism, hygienic communism, and international sanitary standardization.…”
Get full text

Le mythe comme fondement des territoires et de l’ordre social dans les îles de l’ouest de Sumatra (Indonésie) by Dominique Guillaud

“…Bonnemaison explored in the field of cultural geography: the relations between myth and territory, the way in which political relationships are inscribed into space and land boundaries, and the role of “geosymbols” as memorials for political and social systems. This demonstration is inspired by the works that Bonnemaison carried out on a privileged field, the archipelago of Vanuatu; the paper explores the same kind of correspondences between political and spatial order in two Indonesian island, Nias and Siberut, and tries to reveal the strategic dimension invested in myths and narratives of foundation.…”
Get full text

A Primer on Finance-Led Capitalism and Its Crisis by Robert Guttmann

“…The article ends with a discussion of likely implications of this systemic crisis.…”
Get full text

Novel Targets for Anti-Inflammatory Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by John L Wallace

“…Until the cause(s) of inflammatory bowel disease are identified, improvements in therapy will likely come from improved anti-inflammatory therapy or improved drug delivery systems. There are many potential targets for anti-inflammatory therapy, including the synthesis of specific inflammatory mediators. …”
Get full text

Uncertainty, Fear and Action. A Critical Commentary on Patrik Aspers’ Book by Andy Alaszewski

“…In this critical commentary of Patrik Aspers’ book, I consider some of his assumptions that uncertainty is a universal human challenge that can be addressed through systems of mutual adjustments. I argue that a broad approach to risk that acknowledges both its rational knowledge and non-rational elements such as emotion, and combines future orientation with interrogation of the past, provides a way of understanding strategies for managing uncertainty. …”
Get full text

Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Kidney Treated with Nephrectomy and Adjuvant Radiotherapy: A Case Report by Rita Marchese, Pantaleo Bufo, Giuseppe Carrieri, Giuseppe Bove

“…We describe a case of a 68-year-old woman affected by MFH, treated with both nephrectomy and radiotherapy without systemic therapy showing an unexpected twenty-four-month postsurgery survival outcome.…”
Get full text

A Troubled North Caucasus: What`s Ahead? by V. V. Degoev

“…This end, as he concludes, has to be achieved by carefully calculated combinations of systemic approaches and the ad hoc reaction to social conflicts fraught with the nation-wide consequences.…”
Get full text

Three-channel dependent mid/side coding framwork for multichannel 3D audio by Shi DONG, Rui-min HU, Yu-hong YANG, Xiao-chen WANG, Wei-ping TU

“…Moreover, a codec framework based on 3D-M/S is proposed which enables the 3D-M/S to work for three-dimensional audio systems with more than three channels. It is experimentally shown that proposed framework gets about 25% objective quality improvement compared with independent coding, and only increases about 1/3 com-plexity of the PCA method.…”
Get full text

Agroterrorism in the U.S.: An Overview by Renee M. Goodrich, Keith R. Schneider, C. D. Webb, Douglas L. Archer

“…The United States (U.S.) has identified the protection of national systems and infrastructure, such as the transportation, communication, water supply, and agriculture networks, as priorities to defend against terrorism. …”
Get full text