Abstract The current research on the integrity of critical structures of rail vehicles mainly focuses on the design stage, which needs an effective method for assessing the service state.This paper proposes a framework for predicting the remaining useful life (RUL) of in-service structures with and without visible cracks.The hypothetical distributi
Purpose: To describe a case of leukemic infiltration of bilateral optic nerves and retina as a site of relapse in a child with T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).Observations: We report a 7 year old female who presented one year following initial treatment for T-Cell ALL with visual acuity impairment, bilateral optic nerve infiltration and i
Mortality is a main driver in zooplankton population biology but it is poorly constrained in models that describe zooplankton population dynamics, food web interactions and nutrient dynamics.Mortality due to non-predation factors is often ignored even though anecdotal evidence of non-predation mass mortality of zooplankton has been reported repeate
Cherubism is an uncommon fibro-osseous disorder of the jaw Thyme that presents with varying degrees of involvement and tendency towards spontaneous remission.Children are normal at birth and the expanding jaw is noticed within the first year of life becoming progressively larger until the beginning of adolescence.Lesions are characterized by replac