Due to their self-reflexive propensity, postmodern fiction and metafiction, in particular, have been relentlessly criticized of solipsism and of an indifference to relate to the extralinguistic world.While the novel is deemed to pause in its trajectory to examine itself, to examine its conventions and rejections of them, to address its future uncer
Recent Advances in Silk Sericin/Calcium Phosphate Biomaterials
Calcium phosphates (CaPs) have been widely used in the field of biomedical engineering as bone graft substitutes or as carriers for drug delivery applications.Recent developments have focused on combining CaPs with proteins to obtain functional biomaterials that accommodate a broader spectrum of functional requirements.Silk sericin was considered O
Assessing the impact of early warning and evacuation on human losses during the 2021 Ahr Valley flood in Germany using agent-based modelling
Between 12 and 19 July 2021, a quasi-stationary atmospheric low-pressure system named Bernd caused intense precipitation on already-saturated soil, resulting in severe flooding in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands.The Ahr Valley in Rhineland-Palatinate was particularly affected, with approximately 42 000 residents impacted, around 8800 building
Weaker assumptions for convergence of extended block Kaczmarz and Jacobi projection algorithms
Recent developments in the field of image reconstruction Swimwear have given rise to the use of projective iterative methods, such as Kaczmarz and Jacobi, when solving inconsistent linear least squares problems.In this paper we try to generalize previous results concerning extended block versions of these two algorithms.We replace the inverse opera
Patterns of mandibular fractures related to interaction with horses
Background: The risks of facial injuries with horse-related activities are much higher than in other sports.There are just a few studies about horse-related maxillofacial injuries, and there are even less data in particular about mandibular fractures.However, the aim of this study was to determine the patterns for mandibular fractures caused by hor