We measured neutron-induced SEUs (Single Event Upsets) and MCUs (Multiple Cell Upsets) on FFs in a 65 nm bulk CMOS process. Measurement results show that maximum MCU / SEU ratio is 30.6% and is exponentially decreased by the distance between latches on FFs.

The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) contains a wealth of information about the people whose care is financed by the program. This article examines their satisfaction with medical care received and explores the relationship of these attitudes with the characteristics of subgroups of the enrolled population. Satisfaction with medical care among Medicare beneficiaries is found to be gen...

BACKGROUND To a) compare risk categories in patients selecting a capitation payment (CP) model with those in fee-for-service (FFS), b) determine the 3-year caries increment in the two groups, and c) compare the amount of delivered preventive care in the two groups. METHODS A comprehensive risk assessment was carried out in 1295 young adults attending eight Public Dental Clinics in the Scania ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services initiated the Physician Group Practice (PGP) Demonstration to provide participating practices the opportunity to earn performance payments for improving the quality and cost-efficiency of health care delivered to Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries. This report discusses experiences of the participating practices, as well the implications ...

________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The objective of this experiment was to determine whether faba bean could successfully be used in feeds for weaner pigs in the period 10 to 25 kg liveweight. An experiment was conducted using 48 weaner pigs (average weight 10 ± 0.42 kg) to determine the nutritive value of dehulled faba bean meal (Vicia fab...

To save energy of VLSI systems flip-flops (FFs) are grouped in Multi-Bit Flip-Flop (MBFF), sharing a common clock driver. The energy savings strongly depends the grouping. For 2-bit MBFFs the optimal grouping turns into a minimum cost perfect graph matching problem. For k-bit MBFFs the optimal grouping turns into a minimum cost exact k-covering problem. We show that due to their special setting...

This study estimates the effect of Medicare Advantage (MA) payments and State Medicaid policies on the choice by Medicaid eligible Medicare beneficiaries to either join a MA plan, remain in the fee-for-service (FFS) and enroll in Medicaid (dually enrolled), or remain in FFS Medicare without joining Medicaid. Individual plan choice was modeled using a multinomial logit. The sample includes Medic...

The soaring cost of healthcare service demands alternative payment schemes to control expenditures while maintaining quality of service. The capitation payment scheme is a tentative substitute for the Fee-For-Service (FFS) scheme. A pilot capitation program study was conducted by the Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) to evaluate the feasibility of a national rollout. Estimating the pot...

Agricultural Extension services are among the most important rural services in developing countries. The services are considered to be a key driver of technological change and productivity growth in agriculture. In Kenya, like in the rest of the developing economies, agricultural extension has largely been delivered through supply–driven approaches. Due to perceived low impact of agricultural e...