Appli ations to the Quito Trolebús System Luis M. Torres1, Ramiro Torres1, Ralf Borndörfer2, and Mar E. Pfets h2 1 Es uela Polité ni a Na ional, Quito, E uador, {ltorres,rtorres} math.epn.edu.e 2 Zuse Institute Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany, {borndoerfer,pfets h} zib.de Abstra t. Line planning is an important step in the strategi planning pro ess of a publi transportation system. In this paper,...

To explain what I mean by " situation awareness " I often use the example of watching the games like Ameri-can football or baseball. Since I have never learned the rules and the strategies of these games, when watching them on TV, although I can clearly see where each player is and where the ball is, I still have no idea of what is going on. Clearly, in this case I cannot claim that I am aware ...

URGENT control of haemorrhage is a basic surgical principle, but it is not always achieved most effectively by surgery. Emergency portacaval shunt can undoubtedly control bleeding from oesophageal varices, but the huge mortality in non-selected patients, as reported by Orloff, is prohibitive (Orloff et al, 1975). The idea of selective management based on clinical and laboratory findings was fir...

uzzy graph theory is finding an increasing number of applications in modeling real time systems where the level of information inherent in the system varies with different levels of precision. In the applied field, the success of the use of fuzzy set theory depends on the choice of the membership function that we make. However, there are applications in which experts do not have precise knowled...

The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (Dorland, 1914, 7th Ed, p. 113).* Beghetti et al. (Journal of Pediatrics, 1997, p. 844).* Macrae et al. (Intensive Care Med 2004, 30, pp. 372-380).* AtZ et al. (Seminars in Perinatology 1997, 21(5), pp. 441-455).* Kinsella et al. (The Lancet 1999, 354, pp. 1061-1065).* The NIH (Critical Care Therapy and Respiratory Care Section; Nitric Oxide Therapy, ...

introduction the study area is a small part of the urumieh-dokhtar structural zone in the markazi province, located in the northeastern part of the farmahin, north of arak (hajian, 1970). the volcanic rocks studied from the area include andesite, dacite, rhyodacite, ignimbrite and tuff of middle to late eocene age (middle lutetian to upper lutetian) (ameri et al., 2009). it seems that folding a...

Aim: To study postoperative residual vertical deviation and abnormal head posture (AHP) after surgical treatment for congenital superior oblique palsy (SOP). Method: Children with both SOP and AHP who underwent extraocular muscle surgery for correction of AHP were recruited. The patients received complete ophthalmic and orthopaedic examinations. Residual AHP was classified according to severity...