PURPOSE To compare the rates of progression of visual field defects in glaucoma patients, by using the Glaucoma Change Probability program based on pattern deviation and total deviation probability maps. METHODS The incidence of progression of visual field loss among 67 eyes of 56 glaucoma patients with an average of 6 years of follow-up was estimated by applying the criteria set by the Early...

In recent years, environmental protection has been paid more and attention. Green credit policy (GCP) is one of the significant preferential policies for government to encourage enterprises vigorously develop green projects. We are interested in impact central bank’s GCP on profits optimal strategies manufacturers suppliers related POF (purchase order financing). Specifically, we build a game-t...

For the singular saddle-point problems with nonsymmetric positive definite (1, 1) block, we present a general constraint preconditioning (GCP) iteration method based on a singular constraint preconditioner. Using the properties of the Moore-Penrose inverse, the convergence properties of the GCP iteration method are studied. In particular, for each of the two different choices of the (1, 1) bloc...

This paper presents an analysis of solutions of the Graph Coloring Problem (GCP). Given an undirected graph G(V,E) with a vertex set V and an edge set E, the goal of GCP is to find a color assignment to every vertex in V such that any pair of adjacent (or connected) vertices receive different colors, and the total number of colors required for the feasible color assignment be minimized; the sma...

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A man in his 50s presented with a 2-day history of melaena. He had undergone a Billroth II (B-II) gastrectomy for a benign duodenal ulcer 32 years ago. He had a history of heavy alcohol intake and smoked 20 cigarettes per day. Laboratory testing revealed anaemia. Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed a small amount of blood in the gastric remnant and a polypoid lesion at the B...

BACKGROUND Delirium has been associated with more rapid cognitive decline. However, it is unknown whether increased delirium severity is associated with a higher rate of long-term cognitive decline. OBJECTIVE To evaluate delirium severity and the presence and rate of cognitive decline over 36 months following surgery. METHODS We examined patients from the Successful Aging after Elective Sur...