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Introduction.- A good deal of Bridge literature.- Planning literature.- The Bridge search space size.- Proof-planning: solving independent goals using tactics and methods.- Search in games with incomplete information-. Identifying the best strategy: tackling non-locality.- Interleaving plans with dependencies.- Re-intr... |
Abstract A models-based approach has been advocated as a means of overcoming the serious limitations of the traditional approach to physical education. One of the difficulties with this approach is that physical educators have sought to use it to achieve diverse and sometimes competing educational benefits, and these w... |
Poisoning prevention strategies have to be modified according to the risk variations with age and time. Epidemiologic surveillance usefulness was confirmed by studying the 0-15 y-old children in the Trieste area from 1976-1987. Significant differences were observed in children under 5 due to an increase in caustic subs... |
An efficient method for the enhancement of bowel sounds (BS), based on kurtosis is presented in this paper. The proposed method employs an iterative procedure to compose a Kurtosis-based Detector (KD), for enhanced separation of explosive BS (EBS) from the background noise. Analysis of the experimental results, when ap... |
Background—Brugada syndrome (BrS) is associated with lethal arrhythmias, which are linked to specific ST-segment changes (type-1 BrS-ECG) and the right ventricle (RV). The pathophysiological basis of the arrhythmias and type-1 BrS-ECG is unresolved. We studied the electrophysiological characteristics of the RV endocard... |
The subject of study of modern science is complex systems that have a man as a fundamentally irremovable element. Thus, the subjective preferences of human-organized activities penetrate deep into scientific concepts. The formulation of objectivist laws, the main goal of traditional, classical science, is impossible. S... |
polity. Here his argumenr is rhe familiar one rhar rhe Unired Srares is nor rhe product exclusively ofAnglo-American settlers speaking English, rhat many strands have contributed to the making of the American population and American society and culture, and rhe new strands of currenr immigration will only strengthen th... |
The Blockchain technology is not very matured yet, but we cannot underestimate its topicality for modern industry and society. When it appeared first, it was most discussed theme in majority of news and scientific portals. The results of the scientific researches show the big perspective of the use of the Blockchain te... |
A nanopatterning technique using nanostamps that provides a facile process to create a nature‐inspired moth‐eye structure achieving high transmittance in the visible range as well as a self‐cleaning effect is reported. Commercially available perfluoropolyether (PFPE) and NOA63 as the mold resin and second replica mold ... |
Colorimetric assays have been widely developed for the detection of toxin ochratoxin A (OTA), but most of them suffer from moderate sensitivity when they are adopted for the detection of trace OTA in a complicated food matrix. For the purpose of overcoming this issue, an innovative cascade reaction-based colorimetric a... |
Background: Post‐thoracotomy pain syndrome (PTPS) and its social consequences have been inconsistently investigated as most studies were either small sized, focused on a limited number of risk factors or included heterogeneous surgical procedures. The current objectives were to obtain detailed information on the conseq... |
Aldosterone has been demonstrated in the perfusate of the ex situ rat heart and heart homogenates; however, the origin of aldosterone in the heart is controversial, with some reporting a primary role for extraadrenal synthesis within the heart, and others finding that all of the aldosterone in the heart is sequestered ... |
Detection and segmentation of cells is an important step for classifying the cells as cancerous or non-cancerous. Pathologists use microscopic images for analysis and further diagnosis of cancer. These images contain the microscopic structure of tissues and are stained using some staining components to facilitate the p... |
The relationship between mothers’ and educators’ evaluation of 75 children’s emergent literacy levels and actual levels were investigated. Two groups of mothers participated: mothers with a low education and mothers with a high education. The children’s emergent literacy was measured. The mothers evaluated their own ch... |
This study intends to explore the positive impact of perceived Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on brand equity with respect to behaviors and emotions. The motive behind this study was to examine the sequential mediating role of emotion of brand admiration and customer advocacy behavior between perceived CSR and b... |
Receptors that mediate their actions by stimulating guanine nucleotide binding regulatory proteins (G proteins) share structural as well as functional similarities. The structural motif characteristic of receptors of this class includes seven hydrophobic putative transmembrane domains linked by hydrophilic loops. Genet... |
Because of limited storage capacity for digital images, angiographic laboratories without cinefilm are dependent on locally performed quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) in clinical studies. In the present study the intra- and interobserver variability, as well as variability between different laboratories and vari... |
Existing methods of engineering alternatives to restore or replace damaged or lost tissues are not satisfactory due to the lack of suitable constructs that can fit precisely, function properly and integrate into host tissues. Recently, three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting approaches have been developed to enable the fabr... |
This paper reports on the development of the PROIEL parallelcorpus of New Tes- tament texts, which contains the Greek original of the New Te stament and its earliest Indo- European translations, into Latin, Gothic, Old Church Slav ic and Classical Armenian. A web application has been constructed specifically for the pu... |
A simple method was developed for the continuous measurement of oxygen consumption (&OV0312;o2) and carbon dioxide production (&OV0312;Co2) during endotracheal anesthesia. The total vented flow from a Bain circuit was measured during anesthesia in 28 adult patients and was found to attain at least 97% of a 6-L/min fres... |
Trident Foundation, Jivundu Research Station, North-Western Province, Zambia; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa; School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; 4 Environment and Sustainability Institute, Ex... |
Infants of diabetic mothers are frequently hyperinsulinemic and have an increased incidence of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, a disease caused by a deficiency in the production of pulmonary surfactant by alveolar type II cells. It has been hypothesized that insulin inhibits fetal lung type II cell differentiat... |
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) causes intense fear of being judged negatively in a social situation.1,2 Selective mutism may be a symptom of SAD, rather than a distinct diagnostic syndrome. In a study of 30 children with selective mutism, 97% were diagnosed with SAD.3 Because SAD onset in early childhood often predicts ... |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a logical first-choice treatment of selective mutism in children because of the relation between selective mutism and anxiety disorders, the general failure of nonpharmacologic therapies to produce significant changes in speech patterns and the chronic nature of mutis... |
The patient was an 8-year-old girl who was diagnosed before 1 year of age with significant separation anxiety. Although some degree of separation anxiety is expected in young children, the anxiety exhibited by this patient at 7–8 months of age far exceeded that normally expected in children of this age. Her anxiety was... |
SAD and selective mutism were identified by 5 years of age via structured interviews with her parents; the child refused to speak to the psychiatrist. In retrospect, however, symptoms were present from the early stages of verbal development. The patient spoke to no one other than her parents and siblings, even refusing... |
The patient tolerated paroxetine, 5 mg once daily at bedtime, with no adverse effects. No behavioural therapies were initiated in conjunction with the paroxetine medication regimen. Her parents and teachers reported a rapid, positive response (within 2–3 weeks), with dramatic improvements in all aspects of social skill... |
SAD and selective mutism are often dismissed as shyness, misdiagnosed or simply overlooked in children. However, early recognition, diagnosis and treatment of SAD may prevent adverse outcomes and the development of comorbid conditions for the patient later in life. It is believed that familial factors and history can s... |
Previous research has found SSRIs to be safe and effective for the treatment of selective mutism and anxiety disorders in children.6,7,8,9 The results of studies with children were consistent with those of studies in adults with anxiety disorders, as well as with studies of SSRIs in children with obsessive–compulsive d... |
This case indicates that paroxetine is an effective and well-tolerated treatment for SAD and selective mutism in this child. Within a 2- to 3-week period, the patient experienced total recovery of selective mutism and made noted progress in the number of episodes and severity of anxiety attacks and symptoms associated ... |
Robert B. Lehman, MD |
Baltimore, Maryland, USANew Network / IT Command: Virtualized Function Performance for a Programmable Infrastructure. (Nouvelle commande réseau / IT : Performance des fonctions virtualisées pour une infrastructure programmable) |
In the framework of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), we address in this work the |
performance analysis of virtualized network functions (VNFs), wherein the virtualization of the |
radio access network (namely, Cloud-RAN) is the driving use-case. The overarching principle |
of network virtualization consists of replacing network functions, which were so far running |
on dedicated and proprietary hardware, with open software applications running on shared |
general purpose servers. The complexity of virtualization is in the softwarization of low-layer |
network functions (namely, PHY functions) because their execution must meet strict latency |
requirements. |
Throughout this work, we evaluate the performance of VNFs in terms of latency which consid- |
ers the total amount of time that is required to process VNFs in cloud computing systems. We |
notably investigate the relevance of resource pooling and statistical multiplexing when available |
cores in a data center are shared by all active VNFs. We perform VNF modeling by means of |
stochastic service systems. Proposed queuing models reveal the behavior of high performance |
computing architectures based on parallel processing and enable dimensioning the required com- |
puting capacity in data centers.BayesOWL: A Prototype System for Uncertainty in Semantic Web |
Previously we have proposed a theoretical framework, called BayesOWL, to model uncertainty in semantic web ontologies based on Bayesian networks. In particular, we have developed a set of rules and algorithms to translate an OWL taxonomy into a BN. In this paper, we describe our implementation of BayesOWL framework tog... |
State-to-state cross-sections for the S(+) + H2(v,j) → SH(+)(v',j') + H endothermic reaction are obtained using quantum wave packet (WP) and quasi-classical (QCT) methods for different initial ro-vibrational H2(v,j) over a wide range of translation energies. The final state distribution as a function of the initial qua... |
BACKGROUND |
In 1994 Sweden introduced a trial legislation allowing co-financing between authorities. The legislation aimed to stimulate new ways of collaboration between health and social care providers. One of the specific objectives was to make management of patients with conditions requiring multidisciplinary care more efficien... |
METHOD |
A comparative prospective study was conducted. Consecutive patients aged 16-64 with musculoskeletal disorders attending the health care centres with (n=107) and without (n=31) co-financing model were interviewed at inclusion and after 6 and 12 months. Number of contacts with professionals and interventions received wer... |
RESULTS |
Patients at the intervention centres had significantly more contact with physiotherapists and physicians than the controls. Contacts with other services such as social insurance office, social services office or hospitals did not differ significantly between the groups. Costs were higher for the interventions centres. |
CONCLUSION |
The findings do not suggest that the trial legislation reduced health care utilisation or costs for patients with musculoskeletal disorders.Cerebral Glucose Metabolism Assessment in Rat Models of Alzheimer’s Disease |
Objective: This study was designed to detect the brain glucose metabolism in rat models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by the application of 18F-2-fluoro-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET) and to provide new insights for the early detection of AD. Methods: Forty Wistar rats were randomly divided in... |
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