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Rare malformation of glans penis: Arteriovenous malformation
Pediatric glans penis malformations, especially arteriovenous malformations (AVM), are very rare. Herein, we report two rare cases. A 14âyearâold boy attended our outpatient clinic with chief complaints of purple swelling and rapidly growing lesion on the glans penis. The lesion was excised surgically after physical and radiological evaluations. Pathology reported AVM and the patient is being followed up. The second case is a 2âyearâold boy who was admitted with a big lesion involving glans penis and genital area that has been present since birth. In physical and radiological evaluations, lesion on the glans penis was pulsatile. Parents of the patient did not want any surgery and patient has been in followâup. Diagnosis of the vascular lesions on glans penis is very easy by physical and radiological examinations today. Longâterm followâup is very important for AVM. Clinicians must make a careful effort to document new glans lesions in the pediatric population and decrease anxiety in the parents of affected children.Key words: Arteriovenous malformations, glans penis, penis anomalie
Aortic Aneurysm and Pseudoaneurysm Assessment
Although contrast angiography is still considered the âgold standardâ for evaluation of the aorta and its major branches, Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) has quickly gained popularity as an imaging tool for the assessment of the entire aorta. MRA serves as an alternative imaging modality that can be utilized in patients with impaired renal function and with allergies to iodinated contrast medium (iodinated contrast medium is required in contrast angiography and computed tomography, CT). The purpose of this unit is to present fundamental MRA techniques useful in the evaluation of the thoracic and abdominal aorta based on experience on a 1.5 T GE LX scanner.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/145258/1/cpmia1202.pd
Effectiveness of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Turkey
Effectiveness of monetary policy depends on the degree to which policy interest rate affects all other financial prices, including the entire term structure of interest rates, credit rates, exchange rates and asset prices. An effective monetary policy framework can be seen as a pre-condition for well-functioning financial markets. However, effectiveness of the monetary policy is not straightforward to measure and requires empirical work to understand the effects of financial infrastructure, competitiveness of financial markets as well as current economic conditions. This paper examines the effectiveness of the monetary policy in Turkey by focusing on the interest rate pass-through behavior by means of an Interacted Panel Vector Autoregressive (IPVAR) approach. The results suggest that policy rate innovations transmit fully in less than eight months. Regulatory quality of the country, competition, liquidity, and profitability of banking sector, dollarization and exchange rate flexibility, inflation, and term structure have a positive effect on interest rate pass-through. Short-term credit ratio, GDP growth, monetary growth, and capital inflows have a negative effect
Effectiveness of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Turkey
Effectiveness of monetary policy depends on the degree to which policy interest rate affects all other financial prices, including the entire term structure of interest rates, credit rates, exchange rates and asset prices. An effective monetary policy framework can be seen as a pre-condition for well-functioning financial markets. However, effectiveness of the monetary policy is not straightforward to measure and requires empirical work to understand the effects of financial infrastructure, competitiveness of financial markets as well as current economic conditions. This paper examines the effectiveness of the monetary policy in Turkey by focusing on the interest rate pass-through behavior by means of an Interacted Panel Vector Autoregressive (IPVAR) approach. The results suggest that policy rate innovations transmit fully in less than eight months. Regulatory quality of the country, competition, liquidity, and profitability of banking sector, dollarization and exchange rate flexibility, inflation, and term structure have a positive effect on interest rate pass-through. Short-term credit ratio, GDP growth, monetary growth, and capital inflows have a negative effect
Education in Cyber Physical Systems Security: The Case of Connected Autonomous Vehicles
The automotive industry is a dynamic industry that
is constantly evolving and changing with the advancements of
technology. As cars become more technology dependent, the
threat landscape and likelihood of a cyber-attack becomes greater
and inherently larger as issues arise. With the introduction
to automation and increased use of embedded systems and
infotainment systems, modern cars have become a pillar piece
of the Internet of Things network.
This research details an in-depth study into the vulnerabilities
and risks surrounding the current and future state of the automotive industry, highlights the most safety-critical components of
the modern car, providing a holistic threat landscape to improve
security awareness and posture regarding automotive security.
It also demonstrates the utilisation of this analysis with the
integration of an education package built on top of a hardware
module based on a Raspberry Pi, that emulates its own CAN
Bus network that individuals can interact with as if it was a
vehicle to provide education on CAN hacking. This device has
the potential to be attached to education ranges and labs which
can help educate individuals on different security skills to help
improve security awareness and knowledge
Combining and optimizing NIRS and EEG to study interictal epileptic discharges
We describe our ongoing application of NIRS-EEG to the study of inter-ictal discharges in adult epilepsy. We discuss optimizing NIRS-EEG data acquisition and analysis and we present preliminary NIRS-EEG results for an epileptic patient. © 2012 OSA
High optical efficiency of ZnO nanoparticles
We develop optically efficient photocatalytic ZnO nanoparticles that we chemically embed and well disperse into host PVAc thin films and experimentally demonstrate the highest optical efficiency of âŒ70% in ZnO nanoparticle films, with increasing optical spectral efficiency as the excitation wavelength is swept from 370 nm to 290 nm. ©2007 Optical Society of America
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