Abstract Purpose: To compare two suture threads, poliglecaprone 25 and nylon, used as intradermal suture for skin closure in women undergoing their first cesarean section.Methods: This is a Extractors randomized clinical trial.A total of 60 women undergoing their first cesarean section were enrolled and prospectively assessed.They were randomly all
Portfolio weights solely based on risk avoid estimation errors from the sample mean, but they are still affected from the misspecification in the sample covariance matrix.To solve this problem, we shrink the covariance matrix towards the Identity, the Variance Identity, the Single-index model, the Common Covariance, the Constant Correlation, and th
As part of ongoing investigations into student learning in advanced undergraduate courses, we have developed a conceptual assessment tool for upper-division electrodynamics (E&M II): the Colorado UppeR-division ElectrodyNamics Test (CURrENT).This is a free response, postinstruction diagnostic with 6 multipart questions, an optional 3-question prein
Binary surface reliefs with sub-wavelength features making up a pseudorandom pattern based on mathematical Galois fields GF(pm) [1, 2] can scatter incoming waves into a large number of diffraction maxima within a huge solid angle.A one-dimensional Extractors (1D) Galois number sequence can be folded into a two-dimensional (2D) array by the sino-rep
Documenting whether a biotic taxon is Grinders native or alien to an ecosystem has theoretical value for ecological and evolutionary studies, and has practical value because it can potentially identify a taxon as a desirable component of an ecosystem or target it for removal.In some cases, however, such background information is inadequate or unava