The on-line Bayesian Cramer-Rao (BCRB) lower bound for the dynamic estimation of a time-varying multi-path Rayleigh channel in 4-QAM OFDM system is considered. In case of negligible channel variation within one symbol and delay related information, true BCRB for data-aided (DA) context, and two closed-form expressions for non-data aided (NDA) context are derived.

Une procédure collégiale désigne le fait de recueillir, avant prendre une décision médicale délicate, l’avis l’ensemble l’équipe soins responsable du patient, incluant personnel infirmier et aide-soignant, entre autres. La loi Claeys-Leonetti relative à la fin vie (2016) l’inscrit dans droit français comme étant obligatoire lors mise en place d’une sédation profonde continue maintenue jusqu’au ...

Over the past 15 years, the North Carolina Community College System has provided education and instruction to 258,713 allied health professionals, 183,059 nurse aides, 27,125 associate-degree nurses, and 9,926 practical nurses. Innovations that can increase program retention will have a positive impact on the state's future health care workforce.

OBJECTIVE To explore the impact of a supervised implementation of an oral healthcare protocol, in addition to education, on nurses' and nurses' aides' oral health-related knowledge and attitude. MATERIALS AND METHODS A random sample of 12 nursing homes, accommodating a total of 120-150 residents, was obtained using stratified cluster sampling with replacement. The intervention included the im...

BACKGROUND The current profile of residents living in Canadian nursing homes includes elder persons with complex physical and social needs. High resident acuity can result in increased staff workload and decreased quality of work life. AIMS Safer Care for Older Persons [in residential] Environments is a two year (2010 to 2012) proof-of-principle pilot study conducted in seven nursing homes in...

We analyze a control strategy for the pick-and-place module of a component mounting device. We use a combination of techniques from bondgraphtheory, systems theory, process algebra and differential algebra to achieve this, and we show how the hybrid process algebra HyPA aides us in combining these techniques and in using them on a common hybrid model of the device.