Polypharmacy, the concurrent use of multiple medications by one individual is a growing global issue driven by an ageing population and increasing prevalence of multi-morbidity[1]. Polypharmacy can be problematic: interactions between medications, reduced adherence to medication, burden of medication to patients, administration time, increased risk of errors and increased cost. Quality improvem...

We study the penalized obstacle problem in the unit half ball, i.e. an approximation of the obstacle problem in the unit half ball. The main result states that when the approximation parameter is small enough and when certain level sets are sufficiently close to the hyperplane {x1 = 0}, then these level sets are uniformly C1 regular graphs. As a by-product, we also recover some regularity of th...

: iron supplementation for blood donors is a controversial concept. however, to maintain regular blood donors, as a source of blood supply, the present paradigm is not appropriate and dose not prevent harms to blood donors.   methods: a randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled study, was conducted by enrolling 95 female regular blood donors of childbearing age (18-49 years). the participan...

Let U be an open relatively compact subanalytic subset of a real analytic manifold. We show that there exists a finite linear covering (in the sense of Guillermou and Schapira) of U by subanalytic open subsets of U homeomorphic to a unit ball. We also show that the algebra of open relatively compact subanalytic subsets of a real analytic manifold is generated by subsets subanalytically and bi-l...

An old conjecture states that among all simplices inscribed in the unit sphere the regular one has the maximal mean width. An equivalent formulation is that for any centered Gaussian vector (ξ1, . . . , ξn) satisfying Eξ2 1 = · · · = Eξ2 n = 1 one has E max{ξ1, . . . , ξn} ≤ √ n n− 1 E max{η1, . . . , ηn}, where η1, η2, . . . , are independent standard Gaussian variables. Using this probabilist...

1 Michal Armoni, The Open University of Israel and Tel-Aviv University, 16 Klausner St., Ramat -Aviv, P.O. Box 39328, Tel-Aviv, 61392, Israel, [email protected] 2 Judith Gal-Ezer, The Open University of Israel, 16 Klausner St., Ramat-Aviv, P.O. Box 39328, Tel-Aviv, 61392, Israel, [email protected] Abstract One of the units in the relatively new high school CS curriculum which is being implem...

BACKGROUND An enriched environment for residents with dementia may have a positive effect on the rest-activity rhythm. A small scaled homelike special care unit might be such an enriched environment. The present study shows whether the rest-activity rhythm of residents with moderate to severe dementia responds positively to a transfer from a regular Special Care Unit (SCU) to a small scaled hom...

Let H be the real algebra of quaternions. The notion of regular function of a quaternionic variable recently presented by G. Gentili and D. C. Struppa developed into a quite rich theory. Several properties of regular quaternionic functions are analogous to those of holomorphic functions of one complex variable, although the diversity of the quaternionic setting introduces new phenomena. This pa...

In this paper we prove some results on Reuleaux triangles in (Minkowski or) normed planes. For example, we reprove Wernicke’s result (see [21]) that the unit disc and Reuleaux triangles in a normed plane are homothets if and only if the unit circle is either an affine regular hexagon or a parallelogram. Also we show that the ratio of the area of the unit ball of a Minkowski plane to that of a R...

Any cubic crystal structure can be divided into small units in the form of congruent semi-regular (Archimedean) truncated octahedra. The centers of these polyhedra can be chosen at invariant equivalent positions for most cubic space groups. The part of a 0567-7394/79/060946-07501.00 crystal structure enclosed by an Archimedean polyhedron is called a geometric unit (or unit for short); however, ...