Medical care at the end of life, estimated to contribute up to a quarter of US health care spending, often encounters skepticism from payers and policy makers who question its high cost and often minimal health benefits. It seems generally agreed upon that medical resources are being wasted on excessive care for end-of-life treatments that often only prolong minimally an already frail life. How...

Bipolar lightning strokes are associated with multiple polarity electrical discharge no current intervals in between, making their behavior quite peculiar. This work presents a fast front analysis of mixed high voltage direct (HVDC) transmission link, evaluating the factors that influence line transients due to shielding failures and backflashovers (BFOs), considering both overvoltage repeated ...

Background:The diagnostic accuracy of frozen section as an important source of information in surgical pathology is important not only in the management of surgical patients but also as a measure of quality control in surgical pathology. In this study, we evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of frozen sections over a 6-year period in a teaching hospital in Iran. Methods: We retr...

This study analyses the concept of cost functions for semi-automated Straddle Carrier (SC), Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) and automated Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) container yard operating cranes. It develops a generic cost based model for a pair-wise comparison, analysis and evaluation of economic efficiency and effectiveness of container yard equipment to be used for decision-making by terminal pla...

A Look at Contemporary Persian Poetry, Currents in Persian Poetry in 20th Century This book is a historical survey of literature though the writer has tried to distance himself from ancient approaches and to apply a modern look of analysis, critique and stylistics. In the first chapter the methodology is discussed followed by the second chapter which talks of text and metatext and the relation...

Although much effort has been directed at examining the morphological characteristics of denervated and regenerated taste buds, relatively little is known about the physiology of reinnervated taste cells (Vintschgau and Hönigschmied, 1876; Guth, 1957; Fujimoto and Murray, 1970; Cheal and Oakley, 1977; Whitehead et al., 1987). Over 25 years ago, Oakley (Cheal et al., 1977) and colleagues found t...

Measurement of plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) has been used to assess left ventricular dysfunction and prognosis. Levels of the N-terminus of the precursor of BNP (NT-proBNP) have been reported to be elevated to a greater extent than BNP in left ventricular dysfunction. We have devised a non-radioactive sensitive and specific assay for NT-proBNP based on a competitive ligand b...

Cloud computing technology is used in traveling wave fault location, which establishes a new technology platform for multi-terminal traveling wave fault location in complicated power systems. In this paper, multi-terminal traveling wave fault location network is developed, and massive data storage, management, and algorithm realization are implemented in the cloud computing platform. Based on n...

Protection of Extra High Voltage (EHV) multi-terminal circuits in power systems is complicated due to non-availability of measurements at the tap points. Locating a fault in such circuits is an important task for post-fault repairs or identification of weak spots in the system. This paper presents a new fault location scheme for an EHV multiterminal circuit. The proposed method utilizes synchro...