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Imaging Evaluation of Complications of Hip Arthroplasty: Review of Current Concepts and Imaging Findings
AbstractTotal hip arthroplasty has evolved along with improvements in component materials and design. The radiologist must accurately diagnose associated complications with imaging methods and stay informed about newer complications associated with innovations in surgical technique, prosthetic design, and novel materials. This pictorial essay presents clinical and imaging correlation of modern hip arthroplasty complications, with an emphasis on the most common complications of instability, aseptic loosening, and infection as well as those complications associated with contemporary metal-on-metal arthroplasty
Metal silicide/poly-Si Schottky diodes for uncooled microbolometers
Nickel silicide Schottky diodes formed on polycrystalline Si films are
proposed as temperature sensors of monolithic uncooled microbolometer IR focal
plane arrays. Structure and composition of nickel silicide/polycrystalline
silicon films synthesized in a low-temperature process are examined by means of
transmission electron microscopy. The Ni silicide is identified as multi-phase
compound composed by 20 to 40% of Ni3Si, 30 to 60% of Ni2Si and 10 to 30% of
NiSi with probable minor content of NiSi2 at the silicide/poly-Si interface.
Rectification ratios of the Schottky diodes vary from ~100 to ~20 for the
temperature increasing from 22 to 70C; they exceed 1000 at 80K. A barrier of
~0.95 eV is found to control the photovoltage spectra at room temperature. A
set of barriers is observed in photo-emf spectra at 80K and attributed to the
Ni-silicide/poly-Si interface. Absolute values of temperature coefficients of
voltage and current are found to vary from 0.3 to 0.6%/K for forward biasing
and around 2.5%/K for reverse biasing of the diodes.Comment: 18 pages, 7 figure
The ensemble of random Markov matrices
The ensemble of random Markov matrices is introduced as a set of Markov or
stochastic matrices with the maximal Shannon entropy. The statistical
properties of the stationary distribution pi, the average entropy growth rate
and the second largest eigenvalue nu across the ensemble are studied. It is
shown and heuristically proven that the entropy growth-rate and second largest
eigenvalue of Markov matrices scale in average with dimension of matrices d as
h ~ log(O(d)) and nu ~ d^(-1/2), respectively, yielding the asymptotic relation
h tau_c ~ 1/2 between entropy h and correlation decay time tau_c = -1/log|nu| .
Additionally, the correlation between h and and tau_c is analysed and is
decreasing with increasing dimension d.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figur
Occurrence of fungicide residues on Argentinean blueberry fruit and juice samples
Azoxystrobin, boscalid, cyprodinil, fludioxonil and pyraclostrobin are fungicides commonly used in Argentina against different fungus contaminations in the blueberry field. The presence of these fungicides was investigated in 50 samples of blueberry fruit and 15 samples of blueberry juice purchased in Argentina. Fungicide residues were determined by solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled to gas chromatography with micro-electron capture and nitrogen phosphorous detector. The average concentrations of azoxystrobin were 48 µg/kg in blueberry fruit. Average of boscalid were 43 and 239 µg/kg, of cyprodinil 1581 and 852 µg/kg, of fludioxonil 1077 and 2842 g/kg, and of pyraclostrobin 578 and 3414 µg/kg, in fruits and juice respectively. The higher concentrations of fungicides were found in those cases where the time between the application of the compound and the fruit’s commercialization was shorter than the fungicide’s half-life
Unbroken supersymmetry in the Aharonov-Casher effect
We consider the problem of the bound states of a spin 1/2 chargless particle
in a given Aharonov-Casher configuration. To this end we recast the description
of the system in a supersymmetric form. Then the basic physical requirements
for unbroken supersymmetry are established. We comment on the possibility of
neutron confinement in this system
Bilateral symmetrical cortical osteolytic lesions in two patients with Gaucher disease
Gaucher disease (GD) is an autosomal recessive
lysosomal storage disorder characterized by the reduced or
absent activity of glucocerebrosidase. The disease is split
into three types. Type 3, or chronic neuronopathic GD,
manifests with heterogeneous clinical presentations. Skeletal
manifestations of GD can include abnormal bone
remodeling resulting in the characteristic Erlenmeyer flask
deformities, painful bone crises, osteopenia, and an increased
frequency of fractures. Osteolytic lesions can also
occur but are rare and tend to be large, expanding
intramedullary lesions with cortical thinning. We present
two adolescent patients with type 3 GD who developed
bilateral symmetrical cortical osteolytic lesions. The lesions
in both cases demonstrate predominant cortical scalloping
with fairly indolent growth. Neither patient manifests some
of the more common bony manifestations of GD—bone
crises or osteonecrosis. These atypical and unique skeletal findings in two unrelated probands with type 3 GD further
expand the extent of phenotypic variation encountered in
this single gene disorder
Can metaphysical structuralism solve the plurality problem?
Metaphysics has a problem with plurality: in many areas of discourse, there are too many good theories, rather than just one. This embarrassment of riches is a particular problem for metaphysical realists who want metaphysics to tell us the way the world is and for whom one theory is the correct one. A recent suggestion is that we can treat the different theories as being functionally or explanatorily equivalent to each other, even though they differ in content. The aim of this paper is to explore whether the notion of functionally equivalent theories can be extended and utilized in the defence of metaphysical realism, drawing upon themes from structuralism in the philosophies of mathematics and science in which the specifics of theories do not matter as long as the relations in which they stand to other theories are maintained. I argue that despite its initial attractiveness, there are significant difficulties with this proposal. Discovering these obstacles (most probably) thwarts the realist structuralist project, but reveals interesting features of metaphysical systems
Roscoe Pound Round-Table Discussion
Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators Annual Meeting July 29-August 2, 2006 Indianapolis, Indiana
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