Jus de prune aigre

Jus Measuring: Algorithm and Complexity

We study the water jug problem and obtain new lower and upper bounds on the minimum number of measuring steps. These bounds are tight and significantly improve previous results. We prove that to compute the crucial number μc(x) (i.e., min x=x·c ||x||1, where c ∈ N, x ∈ N, ||x||1 = ∑n i=1 |xi|) for estimating the minimum measuring steps is indeed a problem in P . Moreover, we prove that testing ...

Café Jus: an Electronic Journals User Survey

During 1996, the number of scholarly periodicals available in electronic form increased rapidly. The Café Jus project took advantage of this critical mass of electronic journals to mount a major user study with taught postgraduate students, research students and staff in various disciplines at Loughborough University. The main conclusions were that low-level technical problems are still a deter...

Prune Belly Syndrome

Prune belly syndrome is a rare congenital disorder of the urinary system, characterized by a triad of abnormalities. The aetiology is not known. Many infants are either stillborn or die within the first few weeks of life from severe lung or kidney problems, or a combination of congenital anomalies.

Prune belly and schizencephaly.

A 45-year-old man without relevant family history presented with prune belly syndrome (PBS). He had a 34year history of right simple partial motor seizures with and without secondary generalization, with a good response to carbamazepine monotherapy; there was no cognitive or social impairment. MRI showed global brain atrophy, ventricular asymmetry, left hemisphere schizencephaly, and bihemisphe...

Prune Belly Syndrome.