Abstract The objective of this study was to characterize and compare the hematological variables (erythrogram, thrombogram, leukogram and plasma metabolites) of three cichlid species: Cichla monoculus, Cichla temensis and Cichla vazzoleri.A total of 45 specimens were captured in Balbina lake, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil, with the aid of
Traditional flexure hinges are designed by using a single material, and their performance is inadequate, compared to the ideal hinge.This paper presents a topology-optimization design method for multi-material flexure hinges based on the element stacking method.A topology optimization model for multi-material flexure hinges is constructed to accel
In many ways the Scottish Reformation was a centralised, top-down event, driven by prominent members of the aristocracy, and imposed in stages throughout the country with greater or lesser success.Certain areas, in particular the Highlands and Islands, were harder to reform than other parts of the country, and certain aspects of pre-Reformation sho
When profiling hospital performance, quality inicators are commonly evaluated through hospital-specific adjusted means with confidence intervals.When identifying deviations from a norm, large hospitals can have statistically significant results even for clinically irrelevant deviations while important deviations in small hospitals can remain undisc