INTRODUCTION : Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) is an accepted procedure for elective splenectomy.Advancement in technology has extended the possibility of LS in massive splenomegaly [Choy et al., J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 14(4), 197-200 (2004)], trauma [Ren et al., Surg Endosc 15(3), 324 (2001); Mostafa et al., Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech
Accurate and spatially-explicit maps of tropical forest carbon stocks are needed to implement carbon offset mechanisms such as REDD+ (Reduced Deforestation and Degradation Plus).The Random Forest machine learning algorithm may aid carbon mapping applications using remotely-sensed data.However, Random Forest has never been compared to traditional an
This study looks at the influence of time and/or frequency of multienzymes application on productivity, carcass characteristics, metabolic profile, and red blood cell characteristics of broiler chickens.Two hundred and eighty, one-day-old Arbor Acres broiler male chicks were randomly distributed into seven treatment groups.Each group consisted of e
Performance of the traditional Kalman filter and its variants can seriously degrade when they are used to track a non-cooperative continuously thrusting spacecraft.To overcome this shortcoming, an adaptive tracking method for relative state estimation of a non-cooperative target is proposed based on the interacting multiple model (IMM) algorithm.Fi
The ZG40Cr20Ni20Alx (x = 0, 1.76, 3.45, and 5.34) heat-resistant steel has been newly developed on the basis of HK40 steel for aggressive oxidizing environments.The results reveal that the Al greatly enhances the oxidation resistance of ZG40Cr20Ni20 steel at high temperatures.The mass gain of ZG40Cr20Ni20 upon oxidation at 1100 °C for 480 h is