Scenario analysis is used for the simulation of the physical protection system (PPS) by considering several credible intrusion and defense scenarios.A practical interaction simulator is developed for the scenario analysis of the PPS.The interaction simulator integrates all discrete Wall Clock Mural subsystems of the PPS to form an intermodulation c

Background: In sickle cell disease (SCD), reduced bioavailability of endothelial NO and cGMP results in reduced expression of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5), thus impairing the penile erection control mechanism and resulting in prolonged penile erection (priapism).In SCD, reduced NO bioavailability is associated with excess plasma hemoglobin due t

(1) Background: Let the continuous parameter X be a proxy variable for the outcome of an intervention R.Quasi-experimental studies are designed to evaluate the effect of R over X when forming a randomized control group (without the intervention) is impractical or/and unethical.The most popular quasi-experimental design, the difference-in-difference

Endotoxin tolerance represents a safeguard mechanism for preventing detrimental prolonged inflammation and exaggerated immune/inflammatory Espresso Machine (Single-Serve) responses from innate immune cells to recurrent harmless pathogens.On the other hand, excessive immune tolerance can contribute to pathological immunosuppression, e.g., as present

Case mixing is a technique that is used to investigate the perceptual processes involved in visual word recognition.Two experiments examined the effect of case mixing on lexical decision latencies.The aim of these experiments was to establish whether different case mixing patterns would interact with the process of appropriate visual segmentation a