Background: Increased pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) is associated with many types of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although cardiac magnetic resonance images (CMRI) are often acquired in patients with CVD, there are currently no tools to automatic...
Dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are excellent targets for indirect dark matter (DM) searches using gamma-ray telescopes because they are thought to have high DM content and a low astrophysical background. The sensitivity of these searches is improv...
Detection of quantum light in the presence of dark counts and background radiation noise is considered. The corresponding positive operator-valued measure is obtained and photocounts statistics of quantum light in the presence of noise is studied....
Skull-stripping is the removal of background and non-brain anatomical features from brain images. While many skull-stripping tools exist, few target pediatric populations. With the emergence of multi-institutional pediatric data acquisition efforts t...
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We report on the detection of dark matter in the cluster of galaxies Abell~2163 using the weak gravitational distortion of background galaxies, and an analysis of the cluster X-ray emission. We find that while the qualitative distributions of the c...
It started with a single image of a cicada, black background, with simple white text. I was scrolling through a cryptography subreddit late at night, trying to distract myself from another evening of ...
One consistent blocker for a lot of people working toward goals or trying to get disciplined is the easy temptation of smartphone use. I wanted to share the article below for background knowledge to d...
Ok, this is my first post so sorry if I format incorrectly or for any typos as I know this will be long and I won't be able to proof read it all. This story can't be shared...all that jazz. So I hav...
We describe the design and construction of the low rate neutron calibration sources used in the Daya Bay Reactor Anti-neutrino Experiment. Such sources are free of correlated gamma-neutron emission, which is essential in minimizing induced background...
Background: Telephone nursing is the first line of contact for many care-seekers and aims at optimizing the performance of the healthcare system by supporting and guiding patients to the correct level of care and reduce the amount of unscheduled visi...
For some background, my dad cheated on my mom (with my stepmom). They ultimately got divorced, which was really hard on our family. My mom ended up moving back to her home country in Europe. My twin s...
TL;DR I, a history teacher, made an entire table of boomers lose their shit as my counter question about history showed their lack of knowledge. First, I will begin with a long background descriptio...
i want to give some background information first. (by the way english isnt my first language). Thank you in advance to everyone taking the time to read my post. its very long! im 24 now, and i have n...
Background: Transitions towards healthier, more environmentally sustainable diets would require large shifts in consumption patterns. Cost and affordability can be barriers to consuming healthy, sustainable diets. Objective: This study provides the...
Brief background: 1. Husband (29) and I (30) have been married for the last 2 years. 2. We have been together for 11 years, 2 years of marriage included. No history of infidelity. 3. Was diagnosed M...
Prior art (also known as state of the art or background art) is a concept in patent law used to determine the patentability of an invention, in particular
Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers show great potentials for nanoscale bio-sensing and bio-imaging. Nevertheless, their envisioned bio-applications suffer from intrinsic background noise due to unavoidable light scattering and autofluorescence in cells an...
The Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE) is a 26-ton Gd-doped water Cherenkov detector installed in the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab. The primary physics goal of ANNIE is to study the multiplicity of final state neut...
Background: My family and I live in Asheville, NC, and last fall we rode out the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. I have been urban homesteading and low-level prepping just outside of the city since a f...