The aim of this paper is to investigate the Enhanced Limit Method, which combines finite element and limit equilibrium analysis in slope stability studies, and to describe its use in practical geotechnical applications. ...

Surface-enhanced fluorescence (SEF) is rapidly becoming one of the main spectroscopic techniques for the detection of a variety of biomolecules and biomarkers. The main reasons for this trend are the high sensitivity and ...

Background: Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP or ABCG2) is a polyspecific efflux transporter which belongs to the ATP-binding Cassette superfamily. Up-regulation of BCRP is associated to multi-drug resistance in a ...

Deriving minimum evolution times is of paramount importance in quantum mechanics. Bounds on the speed of evolution are given by the so called quantum speed limit (QSL). In this work we use quantum optimal control methods ...

Abstract For almost 20 years, late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has been the reference standard for the non-invasive assessment of myocardial viability. Since the blood ...

Two simple and sensitive surfactant-mediated spectrofluorimetric methods for the determination of sildenafil are proposed in this paper. These methods are based on the interaction of sildenafil with normal micelles of HTAB ...

This thesis describes the guidelines, experimental design, and initial results for stationary and dynamic aerodynamic assessments of vocal hyperfunction. This work aims to improve the understanding and clinical assessment ...