SUMMARY We demonstrated that load balancing using actual subscriber extension numbers was practical and effective against traffic congestion after a disaster based on actual data. We investigated the ratios of the same subscriber extension numbers in each prefecture and found that most of them were located almost evenly all over the country without being concentrated in a particular area. The r...

Background The relationship between handedness and digital dermatoglyphic patterns has never been investigated in the Sinhalese population. The goal of this study is to establish the above mentioned relationship, which would positively aid personal identification.  Findings One hundred forty Sinhalese students (70 right-handed and 70 left-handed) were studied for their digital dermatoglyphic pa...

Recently, the multipliers with subquadratic space complexity for trinomials and some specific pentanomials have been proposed. For such kind of multipliers, alternatively, we use double basis multiplication which combines the polynomial basis and the modified polynomial basis to develop a new efficient digit-serial systolic multiplier. The proposed multiplier depends on trinomials and almost eq...

This paper introduces a modification to an index calculus representation for the Double-Base Number System (DBNS). The DBNS uses the bases 2 and 3; it is redundant (very sparse) and has a simple two-dimensional representation. An extremely sparse form of the DBNS uses a single non-zero digit to represent any real number with arbitrary precision. In this case the single digit can be identified b...

Background: Breastfeeding has long-term benefits, such as reducing obesity, allergies, asthma, wheezing, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and effecting on brain development .This study aimed to investigate the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and mental concentration in first and second grade primary school children. Methods: In this cross-sectional study...

Introduction: Sensory deprivations such as hearing impairment that affect sensory input have a secondary impact on cognitive functions such as working memory (WM). WM capacity is an important cognitive component that processes language-related activities. Moreover, several studies have shown a deficit in WM in children with a cochlear implant (CI). We aimed to assess the performance of children...

The speed of a divider based on a digit-recurrence algorithm depends mainly on the latency of the quotient digit generation function. In this paper we present an analytical approach that extends the theory developed for standard SRT division and permits to implement division schemes where a simpler function speculates the quotient digit. This leads to division units with shorter cycle time and ...