Bayesian inference of spectrometric data and validation with numerical simulations of plasma sheath diagnostics of a plasma focus discharge.

Plasma Foci are pulsed coaxial discharges with numerous radiation applications and interesting scientific phenomena. Although the physics answered much of the processes involved in these discharges, many related fundamental questions still remains doggedly unresolved. One of the obstacles to deeper knowledge is the scarcity of reliable experimental data.

A low-cost portable simulator of a domestic cat larynx for teaching endotracheal intubation.

Objective: To design and construct an affordable simulator of the cat larynx for training intubation maneuvers and to share the designs for its fabrication.

Study Design: Research and development study.

Animals: A domestic cat.

Chaos in wavy-stratified fluid-fluid flow.

We perform a nonlinear analysis of a fluid-fluid wavy-stratified flow using a simplified two-fluid model (TFM), i.e., the fixed-flux model (FFM), which is an adaptation of the shallow water theory for the two-layer problem.

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy characterization based on fractal features: Evaluation on a publicly available dataset.

Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most widespread causes of preventable blindness in the world. The most dangerous stage of this condition is proliferative DR (PDR), in which the risk of vision loss is high and treatments are less effective. Fractal features of the retinal vasculature have been previously explored as potential biomarkers of DR, yet the current literature is inconclusive with respect to their correlation with PDR.