This work evaluated the water absorption of Onesie glazed porcelain stoneware ceramic tiles using three different methods.Two methods were based on a procedure of boiling in water, specified by standards ISO 10545 and ASTM C373, and the third was the vacuum method proposed by the standard ISO 10545.The three products produced under the three differ

Abstract Background Over the last decades numerous initiatives have been set up that aim at translating the best available medical knowledge and treatment into clinical practice.The inherent complexity of the programs and discrepancies in the terminology used make it difficult to appreciate each of them distinctly and compare their specific strengt

Abstract Background Female genital mutilation (FGM) is commonly practiced mainly in a belt reaching from East to West Africa north of the equator.The practice is known across socio-economic classes and among different ethnic, religious, and cultural groups.Few studies have been appropriately designed to measure the health effects of FGM.However, th

We propose a novel explanation for bistable perception, namely, the collective dynamics of multiple neural populations that are individually meta-stable.Distributed representations of sensory input and of perceptual state build gradually through noise-driven transitions in these populations, until the competition between alternative representations