The research belonging to the Abstract State Machines approach to system design and analysis is surveyed and documented in an annotated ASM bibliography. The survey covers the period from 1984, when the idea for the concept of ASMs (under the name dynamic or evolving algebras or structures) appears for the first time in a foundational context, to the year 2001 where a mathematically well-founde...

An ecological analysis by Alexander et al observed a small but significant excess of leukaemia excluding chronic lymphoid leukaemia in estuarine wards (relative risk=1.12, 95%CI 1.01, 1.25). This analysis was confined to cases diagnosed during 1984–1986. Using regional leukaemia incidence data for 1981– 1994, we performed a clustering study based on postcode districts of address at diagnosis to...

There were 35,944 applicants for the 1984-1985 year in US medical schools. Of this number, 17,194 were accepted by at least one school. First-year enrollment equaled 16,992. Be-accepted by at least one school. First-year enrollment equaled 16,992. Because some students were repeating the first year, the number of first-time enrolled students was 16,459. This represents a decrease of 113 from th...

Sir, An inhabitant of the Teleborg district of Vaxjo, Sweden, noticed a high mortality rate from cancer among her neighbours. In 1990 she presented her district physician with a list of nine people, born between 1935 and 1948, who had died from cancer in the previous three years. Although the people on the list had died of several different forms of cancer, and we as district physicians at the ...

Hydroelectric energy generates more than 50% of all renewable electricity in the world. The Amazon is home to a large part these ventures, promoted as strategy independence order reduce greenhouse gas emissions countries region. However, hydroelectric plants lead changes land cover, fragmentation, degradation, and loss tropical forests. This article analyzes spatial pattern alterations cover mu...

The SLEMA Journal is published by the Sri Lanka Energy Managers Association (SLEMA). Published twice a year since 1984, carries research papers, articles, reviews and news about status new developments in energy sector of Lanka.

PURPOSE To determine whether the increased prevalence of asthma in Japan has influenced its mortality. MATERIALS AND METHODS A descriptive study was conducted by the data obtained from Patient Survey and Vital Statistics of Japan between 1984 and 1996. Asthma fatalities were expressed as the number of deaths from asthma per 100,000 asthmatic patients receiving medical treatment on the day whe...

BACKGROUND Over the past 20 years there has been a steady rise in mortality associated with opioid misuse in several Western countries. We aimed to examine trends in opioid-related mortality over a 20-year period in the Republic of Ireland. METHODS Retrospective analysis of deaths attributed to ICD-9 codes 304.0 (morphine-type dependence) and E850.0 (accidental poisoning by opiates and relate...