Although in some cases clinical and radiographic features may be sufficient to establish a diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), surgical lung biopsy is frequently required.Recently a new technique for Tapes bronchoscopic lung biopsy has been developed using flexible cryo-probes.In this study we describe our clinical experience usin
Collision avoidance for encounters between several ships and installations Journal in the open sea, is treated as a problem of optimal control, using the theory of differential games.Each ship is, in this idealized model, assumed to have two controls corresponding to rudder angle and engine setting.The objective function, which the shipmasters try
This study analyzed adhesive wear in periodic sliding motion using a quasi-static deterministic wear model that considered changes in the point of contact of asperities as well as changes in the surface and statistical parameters.The contact pressure was calculated using the semi-analytical method (SAM) based on the periodic properties of the rough
As the risk of porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) infection is a major obstacle to the xenotransplantation copyright Adjustable Rear Arm of porcine tissue, we investigated whether an AN69 hollow fibre membrane, used for islets of Langerhans transplantation, could prevent the transfer of PERVs and thus reduce the risk of PERV infection.PK15 cells
Before the 2015/2016 experimental campaign, the ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) 2-strap ICRF antennas with tungsten-coated limiters were replaced by 3-strap antennas.The main goal of the 3-strap launcher was to reduce the release of tungsten (W) in order to improve the ICRF operation, which appeared to be troublesome after the all-W wall installation [1].In th