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Open AccessGrailQuest: hunting for atoms of space and time hidden in the wrinkle of Space-Time
GrailQuest (Gamma Ray Astronomy International Laboratory for QUantum Exploration of Space-Time) is a mission concept based on a constellation (hundreds/thousands) of nano/micro/small-satellites in low (or near) E...
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Open AccessThe Process of Stellar Tidal Disruption by Supermassive Black Holes
Tidal disruption events (TDEs) are among the brightest transients in the optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray sky. These flares are set into motion when a star is torn apart by the tidal field of a massive black ho...
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Evaluation of the Spectral Element Dynamic Model for LES on Unstructured, Deformed Meshes
Discontinuous finite element methods (DFEM) such as the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) (Cockburn et al, Discontinuous Galerkin methods: theory, computation, and applications. Springer, Berlin, 2000), [1] or the spec...
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Study of the Spectral Difference Numerical Dissipation for Turbulent Flows Using Unstructured Grids
In this paper, the numerical dissipation properties of the Spectral Difference (SD) method are studied in the context of vortex dominated flows and wall-bounded turbulence, using uniform and distorted grids. F...
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The unusual gamma-ray burst GRB 101225A explained as a minor body falling onto a neutron star
The Christmas γ-ray burst of 25 December 2010 (GRB 101225A, first detected by the Swift orbiting observatory) was a very unusual event. It was long lasting without the typical decreasing trend, its X-ray after...
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Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for astrophysical flows
In this paper we describe the application of the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method to the dynamics of protostellar discs, and in particular to the problem of characterising gravitational instabiliti...
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Corneainacromegalic patientsasapossible target of growth hormone action
Background: GH exerts its effects on many organs and the eye also seems to be a target site, although few authors have investigated the corneal thickness in patients with acromegaly. Aim:...
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A WALE-Similarity Mixed Model for Large-Eddy Simulation of Wall Bounded Compressible Turbulent Flows
Wall-jet interaction is studied with Large Eddy Simulation (LES) in which a mixed similarity Sub-Grid Scale (SGS) closure is combined with the Wall-Adapting Local Eddy-viscosity (WALE) model for the eddy-visco...
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Reliability of Large-Eddy Simulation of Nonpremixed Turbulent Flames: Scalar Dissipation Rate Modeling and 3D-Boundary Conditions
The intricate coupling between the numerical discretization of scalar field transport and the modeling of unresolved sub-grid scale fluctuations of chemical species is discussed. It is shown how the closures f...
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Self-gravitating accretion discs
I review recent progress in the dynamics and the evolution of self-gravitating accretion discs. Accretion discs are a fundamental component of several astrophysical systems on very diverse systems, and can be ...
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Tonometers and infectious risk: myth or reality? Efficacy of different disinfection regimens on tonometer tips
To evaluate the adequacy of common disinfection regimens for disposable tonometer tips and assess if disinfection of reusable prisms or the use of disposable tips is preferable.
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The indocyanine green videoangiography in hypertensive choroidopathy
Hypertensive fundus changes are most frequently caused by chronic hypertension, mainly affect the retina and are well observed with fluorescein angiography. If hypertensive onset is acute, as in malignant hype...
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VECPs and optic disc damage in diabetes
Abnormal VECP latencies can be found in type 1 diabetic patients without retinopathy or neuropathy. The pathogenesis of this finding is still unclear. The authors report the clinical history of a diabetic pati...
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Electro-Oculographic Investigations in Central Retinal Vessel Occlusions
The behaviour of the electro-oculogram (EOG) in retinal vascular diseases is different if vascular changes are acute or chronic (see François et al., 1974).
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Electrophysiological Tests in Congenital Stationary Night-Blindness with Regard to the Different Types of Inheritance
The authors performed electrophysiological tests in genetically different forms of congenital stationary night-blindness: dominant autosomal, recessive autosomal and sex-linked recessive.
