Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair(TEER)of the mitral valve has emerged as a standard treatment for patients with severe degenerative mitral regurgitation at high or prohibitive surgical risk.The devices approved by th...Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair(TEER)of the mitral valve has emerged as a standard treatment for patients with severe degenerative mitral regurgitation at high or prohibitive surgical risk.The devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration including MitraClip(Abbott Vascular,California,USA)and PASCAL(Edwards Lifesciences,California,USA)cost over$33,000 in western countries.[1]This pricing presents a significant economic burden especially in developing countries,where TEER devices are typically not covered by health insurance.展开更多
Esteemed Guests and Friends,on behalf of the Indian scholars,I wish to convey my deepest appreciation to the Organizers for organizing this conference to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of one of the brightest s...Esteemed Guests and Friends,on behalf of the Indian scholars,I wish to convey my deepest appreciation to the Organizers for organizing this conference to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of one of the brightest stars on the horizon of human consciousness,Rabindranath Tagore.展开更多
Three new species of Family Mitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the South China Sea are described in the present paper. They are Ziba aglais sp. nov. B. LI & S. ZHANG, Neocancilla daidaleosa sp. nov. B. LI & ...Three new species of Family Mitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the South China Sea are described in the present paper. They are Ziba aglais sp. nov. B. LI & S. ZHANG, Neocancilla daidaleosa sp. nov. B. LI & X. LI, and Mitra holkosa sp. nov. B. LI. Their systematic positions are also discussed.展开更多
Development and Validation of a New Domestic Software for Dose Assessment during Normal and Accident Conditions in Nuclear Power Plants(NPPS)Ali Haghighi Shad 1,Darioush Masti 2,Mitra Athari Allaf 1,Kamran Sepanloo 3,...Development and Validation of a New Domestic Software for Dose Assessment during Normal and Accident Conditions in Nuclear Power Plants(NPPS)Ali Haghighi Shad 1,Darioush Masti 2,Mitra Athari Allaf 1,Kamran Sepanloo 3,Seyed Amir Hossein Feghhi 4(1.Department of Nuclear Engineering,Science and Research Branch,Islamic Azad University,Tehran,Iran;2.Department of Nuclear Engineering,Bushehr Branch,Islamic Azad University,Boushehr,Iran;3.Reactor and Nuclear Safety School,Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute(NSTRI),Tehran,Iran;4.Department of Radiation Application,Shahid Beheshti University,Tehran,Iran)Abstract:In this research,a comprehensive code called KIANA is developed based on the Gaussian plume model to simulate and predict the radiological consequences received through all the possible,reasonable,probable,and standard exposure pathways for NPPs and chemical facilities.To validate the KIANA code,a case study is modeled for Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Unit One(BNPP-1),and the KIANA code results are compared with the results of the Final Safety Analysis Report(FSAR-2017)data of BNPP-1.To assess the performance of the KIANA code,the total dose due to the airborne pathway in accident conditions including small break LOCA(SBLOCA),large break LOCA(LBLOCA),and equivalent exposure dose for the thyroid gland of a group of infants and children age 1 to 8 y at BNPP-1,are investigated.The KIANA code results show that the total effective doses do not exceed the regulatory limit of 5 mSv for external and internal exposures and the regulatory limit of 50 mSv for thyroid equivalent dose.The KIANA code results indicate good agreement with the results of FSAR-2017.展开更多
What value do schools bring?The accepted assumption is that schools are sites for learning and the role of educators to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in the future.As Mitra(20...What value do schools bring?The accepted assumption is that schools are sites for learning and the role of educators to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in the future.As Mitra(2011)states in a paper called“The Social and Economic Benefits of Public Education”:The fundamental outcome desired for education is that it will pass on to each child the information and skills they will use throughout their lifetime.At its core,every school is a place where children learn what adults in the community already know,a place for the transmission of knowledge.(p.6)This is also reflected in the manner in which we evaluate schools and teachers.We give the students tests to figure out how much they have learned,against some externally developed criteria of how much they should know by what age.And we hold students and schools accountable for this through a variety of accumulated test results.But,what if this entire assumption(that schools are sites for learning)is wrong(or incomplete)?展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFC2503400)Major science and technology special plan project of Yunnan Province(202302AA310045)Yunnan Provincial Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases(202102AA310002).
文摘Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair(TEER)of the mitral valve has emerged as a standard treatment for patients with severe degenerative mitral regurgitation at high or prohibitive surgical risk.The devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration including MitraClip(Abbott Vascular,California,USA)and PASCAL(Edwards Lifesciences,California,USA)cost over$33,000 in western countries.[1]This pricing presents a significant economic burden especially in developing countries,where TEER devices are typically not covered by health insurance.
文摘Esteemed Guests and Friends,on behalf of the Indian scholars,I wish to convey my deepest appreciation to the Organizers for organizing this conference to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of one of the brightest stars on the horizon of human consciousness,Rabindranath Tagore.
基金The study supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (39899400 and 40276044), project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-SW-101B) and IOCAS for innovation (L57022807).
文摘Three new species of Family Mitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the South China Sea are described in the present paper. They are Ziba aglais sp. nov. B. LI & S. ZHANG, Neocancilla daidaleosa sp. nov. B. LI & X. LI, and Mitra holkosa sp. nov. B. LI. Their systematic positions are also discussed.
文摘Development and Validation of a New Domestic Software for Dose Assessment during Normal and Accident Conditions in Nuclear Power Plants(NPPS)Ali Haghighi Shad 1,Darioush Masti 2,Mitra Athari Allaf 1,Kamran Sepanloo 3,Seyed Amir Hossein Feghhi 4(1.Department of Nuclear Engineering,Science and Research Branch,Islamic Azad University,Tehran,Iran;2.Department of Nuclear Engineering,Bushehr Branch,Islamic Azad University,Boushehr,Iran;3.Reactor and Nuclear Safety School,Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute(NSTRI),Tehran,Iran;4.Department of Radiation Application,Shahid Beheshti University,Tehran,Iran)Abstract:In this research,a comprehensive code called KIANA is developed based on the Gaussian plume model to simulate and predict the radiological consequences received through all the possible,reasonable,probable,and standard exposure pathways for NPPs and chemical facilities.To validate the KIANA code,a case study is modeled for Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Unit One(BNPP-1),and the KIANA code results are compared with the results of the Final Safety Analysis Report(FSAR-2017)data of BNPP-1.To assess the performance of the KIANA code,the total dose due to the airborne pathway in accident conditions including small break LOCA(SBLOCA),large break LOCA(LBLOCA),and equivalent exposure dose for the thyroid gland of a group of infants and children age 1 to 8 y at BNPP-1,are investigated.The KIANA code results show that the total effective doses do not exceed the regulatory limit of 5 mSv for external and internal exposures and the regulatory limit of 50 mSv for thyroid equivalent dose.The KIANA code results indicate good agreement with the results of FSAR-2017.
文摘What value do schools bring?The accepted assumption is that schools are sites for learning and the role of educators to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in the future.As Mitra(2011)states in a paper called“The Social and Economic Benefits of Public Education”:The fundamental outcome desired for education is that it will pass on to each child the information and skills they will use throughout their lifetime.At its core,every school is a place where children learn what adults in the community already know,a place for the transmission of knowledge.(p.6)This is also reflected in the manner in which we evaluate schools and teachers.We give the students tests to figure out how much they have learned,against some externally developed criteria of how much they should know by what age.And we hold students and schools accountable for this through a variety of accumulated test results.But,what if this entire assumption(that schools are sites for learning)is wrong(or incomplete)?
