Background: Chemical exposure is a major health problem globally. Poison control centers (PCCs) play a leading role both in developed and developing countries in the prevention and control of poisonous chemical exposures. In this study, we aimed to assess the current state of PCCs in Pakistan and highlight capacity building needs in these centers. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of the two re...

We analyze the optimal unambiguous discrimination of two arbitrary mixed quantum states. We show that the optimal measurement is unique and we present this optimal measurement for the case where the rank of the density operator of one of the states is at most 2 (“solution in 4 dimensions”). The solution is illustrated by some examples. The optimality conditions proved by Eldar et al. [Phys. Rev...

The concept of color transparency is introduced. This new feature of QCD is characteristic of a gauge theory. It enables strong interactions to be studied in a new domain: scattering amplitudes of transversally small color singlet objects. Experimental data are still few and somehow inconclusive. Future prospects are briefly discussed. This is a frontier problem of QCD which deserves much atten...

The way in which electric power depends on the topology of circuits with mixed voltage and current sources is examined. The power flowing in any steady-state DC circuit is shown to depend on a minimal set of key variables called fundamental node voltages and fundamental edge currents. Every steady-state DC circuit can be decomposed into a voltage controlled subcircuit and a current controlled s...

The current study examines the driving forces behind enterprise software providers' adoption of the subscription-based pricing model. I identify and model two special features of enterprise software products: consumers’ uncertainty about their true valuations for the product prior to adoption and the high upfront implementation cost. I develop a dynamic model with an infinitely-living monopoly ...

This paper presents a new single-wire autonomous current-share paralleling of current-mode-controlled dc power supplies. The proposed control scheme makes use of the nature of fast response of the inner current loop and the share bus injected signal to improve the response of the power supplies. It reduces the unbalance of current distribution during the transient state and avoids the fault ala...

J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2008;90-B:1548-57. New developments in osteotomy techniques and methods of fixation have caused a revival of interest of osteotomies around the knee. The current consensus on the indications, patient selection and the factors influencing the outcome after high tibial osteotomy is presented. This paper highlights recent research aimed at joint pressure redistribution, fixa...

2014 Present communication reports on photoconductivity measurements in thin films of Ga40SexTe60-x glasses (x = 20, 30, 40). Temperature dependence of steady state photocurrent and dark current show that dark and steady state photoconductivity are activated processes. Intensity dependence of photocurrent reveals about power law dependence of photocurrent on incident radiation. Also incorporate...

Opacity, as an important property in information-flow security, characterizes the ability of a system to keep some secret information from intruder. In discrete-event systems, based on standard setting which intruder has complete knowledge system’s structure, versions current-state opacity and initial-state cannot perfectly characterize higher-level privacy requirements. To overcome such limita...