An extension of the linear complementarity problem (LCP) of mathematical programming is the so-called rational complementarity problem (RCP). This problem occurs if com-plementarity conditions are imposed on input and output variables of linear dynamical in-put/state/output systems. The resulting dynamical systems are called linear complementar-ity systems. Since the RCP is crucial both in issu...

An extension of the linear complementarity problem (LCP) of mathematical programming is the so-called rational complementarity problem (RCP). This problem occurs if complementarity conditions are imposed on input and output variables of linear dynamical input/state/output systems. The resulting dynamical systems are called linear complementarity systems. Since the RCP is crucial both in issues ...

1. introduction one of the six great challenges recognized by the world climate researches program (wcrp) is the prediction and the characteristics of extreme events. the outcomes of various sources indicate that the extreme climate events have significantly increased over the last decades. trend analysis of extreme temperature indicators is of crucial importance in estimating the trend of glob...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the difference in self-contamination rates and levels of contact and droplet protection associated with enhanced respiratory and contact precautions (E-RCP) and a personal protective system that included a full body suit, personal protective equipment and a powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR). METHODS In this prospective, randomized, con...

In the current Internet, network overload is prevented by the congestion control of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). The traditional TCP congestion control is an endto-end mechanism that suffers from some inherent shortcomings. A design alternative for the Future Internet is to use more feedback from the routers. Such router-assisted congestion control schemes can achieve a more efficie...

The paper studies the reach control problem (RCP) to make trajectories of an affine system defined on a polytopic state space reach and exit a prescribed facet of the polytope in finite time without first leaving the polytope. We introduce the notion of a flow function, which provides the analog of a Lyapunov function for the equilibrium stability problem. A flow function comprises a scalar fun...

Right coronary (RC) autoregulation and right ventricular (RV) function were assessed in conscious dogs, chronically instrumented to measure RC flow and RC pressure (RCP) as a hydraulic occluder on the RC was inflated. Dogs were then anesthetized, and RC autoregulation and RV function were again assessed. In the conscious state, moderate RC autoregulation was present with closed loop gains (Gc) ...

Rab GTPases recruit effector proteins, via their GTP-dependent switch regions, to distinct subcellular compartments. Rab11 and Rab25 are closely related small GTPases that bind to common effectors termed the Rab11 family of interacting proteins (FIPs). The FIPs are organized into two subclasses (class I and class II) based on sequence and domain organization, and both subclasses contain a highl...

A number of distributed corporate intranets can be connected together using the ABR service of an ATM network to form a virtual private network. However, because the available bandwidth of the ABR connection may be occasionally reduced by the ATM network, severe congestion may occur at the gateway connecting an intranet to the ATM network. Such congestion is likely to cause packet loss at the g...