To develop an approach to utilizing continuous statistical information within the Dempster- Shafer framework, we combine methods proposed by Strat and by Shafero We first derive continuous possibility and mass functions from probability-density functions. Then we propose a rule for combining such evidence that is simpler and more efficiently computed than Dempster's rule. We discuss the relatio...

This paper describes improvements to the rule chaining architecture presented in [1]. The architecture uses distributed associative memories to allow the system to utilise memory efficiently, and superimposed distributed representations in order to reduce the time complexity of a tree search to O(d), where d is the depth of the tree. This new work reduces the memory required by the architecture...

BACKGROUND Four nursing mothers consented to anaesthesia for urgent surgery only on condition that their ability to breast feed would not be impaired. METHODS Following induction of general anaesthesia with propofol and remifentanil, 65-69% xenon supplemented with remifentanil was used as an inhalational anaesthetic for maintenance. RESULTS After finishing surgery the women could be extubat...

Activity rules have emerged in recent years as an important aspect of practical auction design. The role of an activity rule in an iterative auction is to suppress strategic behavior by bidders and promote simple, continual, meaningful bidding and thus, price discovery. These rules find application in the design of iterative combinatorial auctions for real world scenarios, for example in spectr...

In this paper we have used one 2 variable Boolean function called Rule 6 to define another beautiful transformation named as Extended Rule-6. Using this function we have explored the algebraic beauties and its application to an efficient Round Robin Tournament (RRT) routine for 2 (k is any natural number) number of teams. At the end, we have thrown some light towards any number of teams of the ...

Yttrium-90 has been described as one of the best radionuclides for tumor therapy when chelated to tumor-associated antibodies. This evaluation is based on the superior properties of this radionuclide (suitable half-life, pure beta-ray emitter of intermediate energy, stable daughter, and suitable chemical properties) and because it is available as a radionuclide generator product by decay of its...

www.thelancet.com Vol 390 July 22, 2017 341 More than three decades into the global HIV pandemic, there are still 2·1 million new infections each year and 36·7 million people are living with HIV. By mid2016, 18·2 million people were on antiretroviral treatment—about 50% of people living with HIV. Yet in 2015, 15 million people living with HIV were estimated to be unaware of their status and 1·1...

Objectives: The goals of this investigation are to determine whether commercially available dose calibrators can be used to measure the activity of -emitting radionuclides used in pain palliation and to establish whether manufacturer-supplied calibration factors are appropriate for this purpose. Methods: Six types of commercially available dose calibrators were studied. Dose calibrator response...

UNLABELLED This investigation examined the accuracy of dose calibrator activity measurement of the beta-emitting radiopharmaceutical (90)Y-ibritumomab tiuxetan. METHODS Five different facilities independently measured (90)Y in a 10-mL syringe geometry with 30 dose calibrator models from 3 different manufacturers. The activities ranged from 81.4 MBq (2.2 mCi) to 1,406 MBq (38 mCi) over the vol...