Virtualized data center infrastructures demand a solid foundation that delivers scale, resilience, flexibility and efficiency. Hitachi and Cisco, today’s leading advocates of data center infrastructure virtualization, have teamed to develop a blueprint for large-scale data center virtualization that satisfies these demands. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) Select for VMware vSphere with C...

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical performance through the Korean Medical Licensing Examination clinical skills assessment (KMLE CSA) this survey was done. METHODS A survey of 130 interns and residents (46 applicants and 84 non-applicants for the KMLE CSA) at a university hospital in Seoul was conducted in January and February 2012. The data were gathered using a structured and self-administere...

Smoking represents a serious worldwide public health problem because of its close association with the development of chronic disease and cancer. Acupoint stimulation has been used as treatment mode for smoking cessation but its efficacy remains controversial. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the effects of acupoint stimulation on smoking cessation rate and daily ciga...

Key points:  At 24.5%, turnout was the second lowest in any post-1989 Polish national election and nearly 20% down on the most recent 2007 parliamentary poll.  The main governing party, the centre-right Civic Platform party, won a clear and overwhelming victory, increasing its share of the vote compared to 2007.  The right-wing Law and Justice party confirmed its position as the main opposit...

Virtualized data center infrastructures demand a solid foundation that delivers scale, resilience, flexibility and efficiency. Hitachi and Cisco, today’s leading advocates of data center infrastructure virtualization, have teamed to develop a blueprint for large-scale data center virtualization that satisfies these demands. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) Select for VMware vSphere with C...

The paper presents a series of experiments which involve the use of the Fast Radial Basis Function algorithm for non-rigid medical image registration. The algorithm is a point-based registration technique which enables sub-second registration during the evaluation stage of standard-sized MR or X-ray CT datasets without loss of accuracy as compared to standard methods. In this paper we illustrat...

the aim of this study was to show the interaction between the society, applicants and medical schools in terms of medical student selection. in this study, the trends to implement social factors in the selection process were highlighted. these social factors were explored through functionalism and conflict theories, each focusing on different categories of social factors. while functionalist th...

background :research in medical education has been paid more attention than before however the quality of research reporting has not been comprehensively appraised.to evaluate the methodological and reporting quality of iranian published medical education articles.   methods: articles describing medical students, residents, fellows or program evaluation were included. articles related to contin...