Spontaneous autologous erythrocyte-rosette formation of lymphocytes from cerebrospinal fluid of a dog with canine distemper.

An adult female crossbed dog, with pyrexia, ocular, neurologic and respiratory problems suggestive of distemper, was observed for 28 days. Marked lymphopenia was present on days, 8, 12, and 245, and myoclonus of the fore- and hind-limbs was seen on day 22. At day 24, a cytopahogenic agent with paramyxovirus morphology was isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells by co-cultivation with Vero cells. On day 28, cerebrospinal fluid was found to contain 82.7% of lymphocytes and 10% monocytes. About 19% of these lymphocytes formed spontaneous autologous erythrocyte-rosettes. The demonstration of such rosettes (at 4-5 times the level normal for dogs) is unusual. It is possible that is rosette test may be specific for distemper infection. This technique must be further investigated to determine if it can be used as a specific diagnostic test for distemper in dogs

A review on intelligent sensory modelling

Sensory evaluation plays an important role in the quality control of food productions. Sensory data obtained through sensory evaluation are generally subjective, vague and uncertain. Classically, factorial multivariate methods such as Principle Component Analysis (PCA), Partial Least Square (PLS) method, Multiple Regression (MLR) method and Response Surface Method (RSM) are the common tools used to analyse sensory data. These methods can model some of the sensory data but may not be robust enough to analyse nonlinear data. In these situations, intelligent modelling techniques such as Fuzzy Logic and Artificial neural network (ANNs) emerged to solve the vagueness and uncertainty of sensory data. This paper outlines literature of intelligent sensory modelling on sensory data analysis

Attenuation in Rectangular Waveguides with Finite Conductivity Walls

We present a fundamental and accurate approach to compute the attenuation of electromagnetic waves propagating in rectangular waveguides with finite conductivity walls. The wavenumbers kx and ky in the x and y directions respectively, are obtained as roots of a set of transcendental equations derived by matching the tangential component of the electric field (E) and the magnetic field (H) at the surface of the waveguide walls. The electrical properties of the wall material are determined by the complex permittivity ε, permeability μ, and conductivity σ. We have examined the validity of our model by carrying out measurements on the loss arising from the fundamental TE10 mode near the cutoff frequency. We also found good agreement between our results and those obtained by others including Papadopoulos’ perturbation method across a wide range of frequencies, in particular in the vicinity of cutoff. In the presence of degenerate modes however, our method gives higher losses, which we attribute to the coupling between modes as a result of dispersion

Wave Propagation in Lossy and Superconducting Circular Waveguides

We present an accurate approach to compute the attenuation of waves, propagating in circular waveguides with lossy and superconducting walls. A set of transcendental equation is developed by matching the fields at the surface of the wall with the electrical properties of the wall material. The propagation constant kz is found by numerically solving for the root of the equation. The complex conductivity of the superconductor is obtained from the Mattis-Bardeen equations. We have compared the loss of TE11 mode computed using our technique with that using the perturbation and Stratton’s methods. The results from the three methods agree very well at a reasonable range of frequencies above the cutoff. The curves, however, deviate below cutoff and at millimeter wave frequencies. We attribute the discrepancies to the dispersive effect and the presence of the longitudinal fields in a lossy waveguide. At frequencies below the gap, the superconducting waveguide exhibits lossless transmission behavior. Above the gap frequency, Cooper-pair breaking becomes dominant and the loss increases significantly

Controlled Wetting Test of a Soil Nailed Loose Fill Slope: Case Study

For an in-depth understanding of the failure mechanism of loose fill slopes and the strengthening effect by soil nails, a comprehensive field study program has been carried out at a specially built slope. The test slope was constructed by end-tipping of completely decomposed granitic soils almost without any compaction. The controlled failure test program was mainly composed of surcharge at the crest, wetting with surcharge, and wetting without surcharge. This paper is aimed at a case study of the coupled hydro-mechanical response of the test slope during the recharge process with surcharge. Through a comprehensive instrumentation system, abundant monitoring data with regards to the complex performance of the loose fill and soil nails were collected. It was found that redistribution of water content within the loose fill was well consistent with the recharge program, and nonlinear deformation developed significantly in the loose fill by the reduction of shear strength due to increased pore pressure and diminished suction when subjected to large wetting loads. Also a two-dimensional simplified finite element model is established and some preliminary simulation results are presented

A Large Retinal Capillary Hemangioma in the Anterior Retina Treated with Photodynamic Therapy

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