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Acceleration of solar wind particles due to inertial Alfvén waves

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Communications in Theoretical Physics 2024年第6期76卷 137-141页

作者： Kiran Batool Imran A Khan M shamir Abdul Kabir S Ayaz Theoretical Physics Department National Centre for PhysicsIslamabad 44000Pakistan Department of Space Sciences Institute of Space TechnologyIslamabad 44000Pakistan Space and Astrophysics Research Lab(SARL) National Center of GIS and Space Applications(NCGSA)Islamabad 44000Pakistan Salam Chair Department of PhysicsGC University LahoreKatchery RoadLahorePunjab 54000Pakistan Department of Space Science and CSPAR University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsvilleAL 35899United States of America

Gaining an understanding of the effects and dynamics of the solar wind is crucial for the study of space weather,Earth's magnetosphere,spacecraft protection,the dynamics of the Solar System,and various other *** show that Alfvén waves effectively transfer energy to resonant *** study demonstrates how inertial Alfvén waves deliver their energy to resonant plasma particles in different solar environments under certain *** analysis shows that inertial Alfvén waves experience more rapid damping with increasing parallel wavenumber,ambient magnetic field strength,and particle number density,coupled with a decrease in *** rate of energy transfer to resonant particles intensifies with higher temperatures and reduced parallel wavenumber and particle number *** with higher initial velocities actively participate in Landau damping,especially in regions with a stronger ambient magnetic field.

关键词： solar wind inertial Alfven waves resonant particles

Colorectal resections for malignancy: A pilot study comparing conventional vs freehand robot-assisted laparoscopic colectomy

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World Journal of Clinical Cases 2024年第3期12卷 488-494页

作者： shamir O Cawich Joseph Martin Plummer Sahle Griffith Vijay Naraynsingh Department of Surgery University of the West IndiesSt AugustineTrinidad and Tobago Department of General Surgery and Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon Department of SurgeryUniversity of the West IndiesKingstonKIN7Jamaica Department of Surgery Queen Elizabeth HospitalBridgetownBarbados Department of Surgery Port of Spain General HospitalPort of SpainTrinidad and Tobago

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic colectomy is widely accepted as a safe operation for colorectal cancer,but we have experienced resistance to the introduction of the FreeHandffrobotic camera holder to augment laparoscopic colorectal *** To compare the initial results between conventional and FreeHandffrobot-assisted laparoscopic colectomy in Trinidad and *** This was a prospective study of outcomes from all laparoscopic colectomies per-formed for colorectal carcinoma from November 29,2021 to May 30,*** following data were recorded:Operating time,conversions,estimated blood loss,hospitalization,morbidity,surgical resection margins and number of nodes *** data were entered into an excel database and the data were analyzed using SPSS ver *** There were 23 patients undergoing colectomies for malignant disease:8(35%)FreeHandff-assisted and 15(65%)conventional laparoscopic *** were no *** time was significantly lower in patients under-going robot-assisted laparoscopic colectomy(95.13±9.22 vs 105.67±11.48 min;P=0.045).Otherwise,there was no difference in estimated blood loss,nodal harvest,hospitalization,morbidity or *** The FreeHandffrobot for colectomies is safe,provides some advantages over conventional laparoscopy and does not compromise oncologic standards in the resource-poor Caribbean setting.

关键词： Laparoscopic Colectomy Robot Surgery Minimally invasive

Liver surface depressions in the presence of diaphragmatic muscular bands on trans-illumination

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World Journal of Experimental Medicine 2024年第2期14卷 5-10页

作者： shamir O Cawich Michael T Gardner Ramanand Shetty Jean Pierre Louboutin Zenica Dabichan Shaneeta Johnson Department of Surgery University of the West IndiesSt AugustineTrinidad and Tobago Section of Anatomy Department of Basic Medical SciencesUniversity of the West IndiesKingston KIN7Jamaica Department of Surgery Morehouse School of MedicineAtlantaGA 30310United States

Traditional descriptions of liver anatomy refer to a smooth,convex surface contacting the *** depressions are recognized anatomic *** are many theories to explain the cause of the *** discuss the theory that these are... 详细信息

关键词： Liver Anatomy Depressions Fissure Groove Sulcus Variant

Hepatic grooves:An observational study at laparoscopic surgery

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World Journal of Experimental Medicine 2024年第2期14卷 97-102页

作者： shamir O Cawich Dexter A Thomas Fawwaz Mohammed Michael T Gardner Marlene Craigie Shaneeta Johnson Ramnanand S Kedambady Department of Surgery University of the West IndiesSt Augustine 000000Trinidad and Tobago Department of Surgery Port of Spain General HospitalPort of Spain 000000Trinidad and Tobago Section of Anatomy Basic Medical SciencesUniversity of the West IndiesKingston 000000Jamaica Department of Radiology University of the West IndiesKingston 000000Jamaica Department of Surgery Morehouse School of MedicineAtlantaGA 30310United States Section of Anatomy Department of Basic Medical SciencesUniversity of the West IndiesKingston KIN7Jamaica

BACKGROUND In traditional descriptions,the upper surface of the liver is smooth and convex,but deep depressions are variants that are present in 5%-40%of *** sought to determine the relationship between surface depressions and the *** To use exploratory laparoscopy to determine the relationship between surface depressions and the *** An observational study was performed in all patients undergoing laparoscopic upper gastro-intestinal operations between January 1,2023 and January 20,2024.A thirty-degree laparoscope was used to inspect the liver and *** surface depressions were present,we recorded patient demographics,presence of diaphragmatic bands,rib protrusions and/or any other source of compression during *** Of 394 patients,343 had normal surface anatomy,and 51(12.9%)had prominent surface depressions on the *** was no significant relationship between the presence of surface depressions and gender nor the presence of rib ***,there was significant association between the presence of surface depressions and diaphragmatic muscular bands(P<0.001).CONCLUSION With these data,the diaphragmatic-band theory has gained increased importance over other theories for surface *** studies are warranted using cross sectional imaging to confirm relationships with intersectional planes as well as beta-catenin assays in the affected liver parenchyma.

关键词： Liver Variant Vein Hepatic Surgery

Rescue from complications after pancreaticoduodenectomies at a low-volume Caribbean center:Value of tailored peri-pancreatectomy protocols

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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2024年第3期16卷 681-688页

作者： shamir O Cawich Elijah Dixon Parul J Shukla Shailesh V Shrikhande Rahul R Deshpande Fawwaz Mohammed Neil W Pearce Wesley Francis Shaneeta Johnson Johann Bujhawan Department of Surgery University of the West IndiesSt Augustine 000000Trinidad and Tobago Department of Surgery Faculty of MedicineUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlberta T2N2T9Canada Department of Surgery Weill Cornell Medical CollegeNew YorkNY 10065United States Department of Surgical Oncology Tata Memorial CenterHomi Bhabha National UniversityMumbai 400012India Department of Surgery Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester M139WLUnited Kingdom University Surgical Unit Southampton General HospitalSouthampton SO166YDUnited Kingdom Department of Surgery University of the West IndiesNassau N-1184Bahamas Department of Surgery Morehouse School of MedicineAtlantaGA 30310United States Department of Surgery General Hospital in Port of SpainPort of Spain 000000Trinidad and Tobago

BACKGROUND Pancreaticoduodenectomy(PD)is a technically complex operation,with a re-latively high risk for *** ability to rescue patients from post-PD complications is as a recognized quality *** protocols were instituted at our low volume facility in the year *** To document the rate of rescue from post-PD complications with tailored protocols in place as a measure of *** A retrospective audit was performed to collect data from patients who experienced major post-PD complications at a low volume pancreatic surgery unit in Trinidad and Tobago between January 1,2013 and June 30,***-dardized definitions from the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery were used to define post-PD complications,and the modified Clavien-Dindo classification was used to classify post-PD *** Over the study period,113 patients at a mean age of 57.5 years(standard deviation[SD]±9.23;range:30-90;median:56)underwent PDs at this *** complications were recorded in 33(29.2%)patients at a mean age of 53.8 years(SD:±7.9).Twenty-nine(87.9%)patients who experienced major morbidity were salvaged after aggre-ssive treatment of their ***(3.5%)died from bleeding pseudoaneurysm(1),septic shock secondary to a bile leak(1),anastomotic leak(1),and myocardial infarction(1).There was a significantly greater salvage rate in patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists scores≤2(93.3%vs 25%;P=0.0024).CONCLUSION This paper adds to the growing body of evidence that volume alone should not be used as a marker of quality for patients requiring *** low volumes at our facility,we demonstrated that 87.9%of patients were rescued from major *** attributed this to several factors including development of rescue protocols,the competence of the pancreatic surgery teams and continuous,and adaptive learning by the entire institution,cul-minating in the development of tailored peri-pancreatectomy protoc

关键词： Pancreas Complication Rescue Failure Morbidity Mortality Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Can propensity score matching replace randomized controlled trials?

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World Journal of Methodology 2024年第1期14卷 58-70页

作者： Matthias Yi Quan Liau En Qi Toh shamir Muhamed Surya Varma Selvakumar Vishalkumar Girishchandra Shelat Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 308232Singapore Department of General Surgery Tan Tock Seng HospitalSingapore 308433Singapore Surgical Science Training Centre Tan Tock Seng HospitalSingapore 308433Singapore

Randomized controlled trials(RCTs)have long been recognized as the gold standard for establishing causal relationships in clinical *** that,various limitations of RCTs prevent its widespread implementation,ranging from the ethicality of withholding potentially-lifesaving treatment from a group to relatively poor external validity due to stringent inclusion criteria,amongst ***,with the introduction of propensity score matching(PSM)as a retrospective statistical tool,new frontiers in establishing causation in clinical research were opened *** predicts treatment effects using observational data from existing sources such as registries or electronic health records,to create a matched sample of participants who received or did not receive the intervention based on their propensity scores,which takes into account characteristics such as age,gender and *** its retrospective nature and its use of observational data from existing sources,PSM circumvents the aforementioned ethical issues faced by *** of RCTs exclude elderly,pregnant women and young children;thus,evidence of therapy efficacy is rarely proven by robust clinical research for this *** the other hand,by matching study patient characteristics to that of the population of interest,including the elderly,pregnant women and young children,PSM allows for generalization of results to the wider population and hence greatly increases the external *** of replacing RCTs with PSM,the synergistic integration of PSM into RCTs stands to provide better research outcomes with both methods complementing each *** example,in an RCT investigating the impact of mannitol on outcomes among participants of the Intensive Blood Pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Trial,the baseline characteristics of comorbidities and current medications between treatment and control arms were significantly different despite the randomization ***,PS

关键词： Propensity score matching Randomized controlled trials Randomization Clinical practice Validity Ethics

Whipple’s operation with a modified centralization concept:A model in low-volume Caribbean centers

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World Journal of Clinical Cases 2022年第22期10卷 7620-7630页

作者： shamir O Cawich Neil W Pearce Vijay Naraynsingh Parul Shukla Rahul R Deshpande Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences University of the West IndiesSt Augustine 000000Trinidad and Tobago University Surgical Unit Southampton General HospitalSouthampton SO166YDUnited Kingdom Department of Surgery Weill Cornell Medical CollegeNew YorkNY 10065United States Department of Surgery Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester M139WLUnited Kingdom

Conventional data suggest that complex operations,such as a pancreaticoduodenectomy(PD),should be limited to high volume ***,this is not practical in small,resource-poor countries in the *** these settings,patients have no option but to have their PDs performed locally at low volumes,occasionally by general *** this paper,we review the evolution of the concept of the high-volume center and discuss the feasibility of applying this concept to low and middle-income ***,we discuss a modification of this concept that may be considered when incorporating PD into low-volume and resource-poor countries,such as those in the *** paper has two ***,we performed a literature review evaluating studies published on outcomes after PD in high volume *** data in the Caribbean is then examined and we discuss the incorporation of this operation into resource-poor hospitals with modifications of the centralization *** the authors’opinions,most patients who require PD in the Caribbean do not have realistic opportunities to have surgery in high-volume centers in developed *** these settings,their only options are to have their operations in the resource-poor,low-volume settings in the ***,post-operative outcomes may be improved,despite low-volumes,if a modified centralization concept is encouraged.

关键词： Pancreas Surgery Pancreatectomy Whipple’s Pancreaticoduodenectomy

On the role of geometry in geo-localization

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Computational Visual Media 2021年第1期7卷 103-113页

作者： Moti Kadosh Yael Moses Ariel shamir Department of Electrical Engineering Tel-Aviv UniversityTel-AvivIsrael The Efi Arazi School of Computer Science The Interdisciplinary Center HerzliyaHerzliyaIsrael

Consider the geo-localization task of finding the pose of a camera in a large 3 D scene from a single *** existing CNN-based methods use as input textured *** aim to experimentally explore whether texture and correlation between nearby images are necessary in a CNN-based solution for the geo-localization *** do so,we consider lean images,textureless projections of a simple 3 D model of a *** only contain information related to the geometry of the scene viewed(edges,faces,and relative depth).The main contributions of this paper are:(i)to demonstrate the ability of CNNs to recover camera pose using lean images;and(ii)to provide insight into the role of geometry in the CNN learning process.

关键词： geo-localization geometry CNN-based solutions synthetic lean images

Plane Symmetric Solutions in f(R,T) Gravity

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Communications in Theoretical Physics 2016年第3期65卷 301-307页

作者： M.Farasat shamir Department of Sciences and Humanities National University of Computer and Emerging SciencesLahore Campus

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the exact solutions of plane symmetric spacetime in the context of f(R,T)gravity[***.D 84(2011)024020],where f(R,T)is an arbitrary function of Ricci scalar R and trace of the energy momentum tensor *** explore the exact solutions for two different classes of f(R,T)*** first class f(R,T)=R+2f(T)yields a solution which corresponds to Taub's metric while the second class f(R,T)=f_1(R)+f_2(T)provides two additional solutions which include the well known anti-deSitter *** energy densities and corresponding functions for f(R,T)models are evaluated in each case.

关键词：重力作用 deSitter时空对称解平面能量动量张量能量密度评价模型精确解