This is the third meeting in an initiative to organise a regular UK based meeting on causal inference as a collaborative effort across the methodology research community in the health and social sciences. The first meeting was held in Manchester in May 2013 and the second meeting was held in Cambridge in April 2014. UK-CIM aims to: provide a forum for people interested in causal inference to me...

This paper presents the development of an Intelligent Cavity Layout Design System (ICLDS) for multiple cavity injection moulds. The system is intended to assist mould designers in cavity layout design at concept design stage. The complexities and principles of cavity layout design as well as various dependencies in injection mould design are introduced. The knowledge in cavity layout design is ...

In this paper, we accelerate the processing of tree-based index structures by using SIMD instructions. We adapt the B+-Tree and prefix B-Tree (trie) by changing the search algorithm on inner nodes from binary search to k-ary search. The k-ary search enables the use of SIMD instructions, which are commonly available on most modern processors today. The main challenge for using SIMD instructions ...

This paper approaches the combinatorial problem of Thue freeness for partial words. Partial words are sequences over a finite alphabet that may contain a number of ―holes‖. First, we give an infinite word over a three-letter alphabet which avoids squares of length greater than two even after we replace an infinite number of positions with holes. Then, we give an infinite word over an eight-lett...

The chromatic number of a Latin square is the least number of partial transversals which cover its cells. This is just the chromatic number of its associated Latin square graph. Although Latin square graphs have been widely studied as strongly regular graphs, their chromatic numbers appear to be unexplored. We determine the chromatic number of a circulant Latin square, and find bounds for some ...

Two multivariate calibration methods are compared for the simultaneous chromatographic determination and separation of Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and Phthalazine (PHZ) by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Multivariate calibration techniques such as Classical Least Squares (CLS) and Inverse Least Squares (ILS) were introduced into HPLC to determine the quantification by using UV detecto...

Majapahit was one of Indonesia’s most prominent and last Hindu kingdoms in the 12–15th centuries. During this time, there a process changing religious beliefs among Javanese population, who then embraced Hinduism to eventually become Muslim. In 14th 15th centuries, according estimates, Islam began spread throughout Empire. There also cultural shift Kingdom’s society, from how they dressed shape...

BACKGROUND Antimicrobials are used to directly control bacterial infections in pet (ornamental) fish and are routinely added to the water these fish are shipped in to suppress the growth of potential pathogens during transport. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To assess the potential effects of this sustained selection pressure, 127 Aeromonas spp. isolated from warm and cold water ornamental fi...

This paper approaches the combinatorial problem of Thue freeness for partial words. Partial words are sequences over a finite alphabet that may contain a number of “holes.” First, we give an infinite word over a three-letter alphabet which avoids squares of length greater than two even after we replace an infinite number of positions with holes. Then, we give an infinite word over an eight-lett...