Connected critical autonomous systems (C-CASs) are envisioned to significantly change our life and work styles through emerging vertical applications, such as vehicles cooperative robots. However, the scale of connected nodes continues grow, their heterogeneity cybersecurity threats more eminent, conventional centralized communications decision-making methodology reaching limit. This article is...

the routine intake of surfactant as a part of hmd (hyaline membrane disease) treatment had significant effect on the prognosis of premature neonates. but since in our country this drug is not widely and routinely used, and there are not records about its use, we decided to make good on this shortcoming through a retrospective study. during 1 year, 54 neonates with hmd were admitted in ali-asgha...

objective : this study compared the effectiveness of two group treatments, behavioral activation (ba) and cognitive therapy (ct), in reducing subsyndromal anxiety and depressive symptoms in a sample of iranian university students. method : twenty-seven iranian university students who scored 18 or higher on the depression subscale and 16 or higher on the anxiety subscale of the depression, anxie...

introduction: marital burnout can be considered both an underlying factor for serious martial problems and a consequence of these problems. the present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the emotionally-focused couple therapy (efct) and the problem-centered systems therapy of the family (pcstf) on marital burnout in spouses of recovering addicts. methods: the present quasi-ex...

purpose: to examine the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy (cbt) based on schema on impulsiveness of substance abusers in karaj. materials and methods: this study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. the statistical population of this study consisted of male substance abusers who referred to addiction treatment clinics of karaj in 2010. the sample ...

objective: adequate knowledge about restorative materials particularly flowable composite resins with favorable physical properties like optimal microhardness and resistance to environmental factors is a big concern for many dentists. flowable composites have several applications for fissure sealant therapy and preventive resin restorations (prr) which are common treatments in pediatric dentist...

the purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of eclectic model based on acceptance and commitment therapy (act) and metacognitive therapy (mct) on symptoms in patient with pure generalized anxiety disorder. the research method was clinical experimentation with pre-posttest and control group. statistic community was all of the men and women patients that suffered from pure g...

cancer patients experience several stressors and emotional upheavals. fear of death, interruption of life plans, changes in body image and self-esteem, changes in social role and lifestyle are all important issues to be faced. moreover, depressive disorders may impact the course of the disease and compliance. the cost and prevalence, the impairment caused and the diagnostic and therapeutic unce...

We consider the consensus problem in a partially synchronous system with Byzantine faults. In a distributed system of n processes, where each process has an initial value, Byzantine consensus is the problem of agreeing on a common value, even though some of the processes may fail in arbitrary, even malicious, ways. It is shown in [11] that — in a synchronous system — 3t + 1 processes are needed...