Objective: To compare the expiratory flow increase technique (EFIT) and vibration accompanied by postural drainage (PD) in terms of their effects on the heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR) and SpO2 of infants with acute viral bronchiolitis (AVB). Methods: Infants with clinical and radiological diagnosis of AVB were analyzed. The HR, RR and SpO2 were registered at four time points: prior to t...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the mediators of behavior change in successful school-based physical activity interventions. The aim of this study was to explore potential mediators of physical activity in the Fit-4-Fun program for primary school children. DESIGN Group randomized controlled trial. METHODS Four primary schools were recruited in April, 2011 and randomized by school into ...

Supply chain management (SCM) and Business-to-Business (B2B) E-commerce has attracted significant attention in recent years as the availability of a ubiquitous network linking most businesses has created new opportunities for electronic integration between firms. Companies need to, however, be cognizant of the inter-organizational relationships and the requirements of business processes in thei...

We develop the plus/minus p-Selmer group theory and plus/minus padic L-function theory for an elliptic curve E with complex multiplication over an abelian extension F of the imaginary quadratic field K given by the complex multiplication of E when p is a prime inert over K/Q (i.e. supersingular). As a result, we prove that the characteristic ideal of the Pontryagin dual of the plus/minus p-Selm...

How can researchers and practitioners use regulatory fit theory to increase the effectiveness of their attempts to change attitudes and behavior? In this article, we extract from the literature a set of basic processes by which fit can influence persuasion and describe different methods for inducing fit. Regulatory fit can influence persuasion by: (i) making message recipients feel right during...

− The comparison of three different algorithms for the estimation of parameters of two sine signals with common frequency is presented. The algorithms are the ellipse fit, the seven parameter sine fit and the spectral sinc fit. The comparison includes signal to noise ratio analysis, amplitude analysis and phase difference analysis.

A covariant scalar-tensor-vector gravity theory is developed which allows the gravitational constant G, a vector field coupling ω and the vector field mass μ to vary with space and time. The equations of motion for a test particle lead to a modified gravitational acceleration law that can fit galaxy rotation curves and cluster data without non-baryonic dark matter. The theory is consistent with...

A covariant scalar-tensor-vector gravity theory is developed which allows the gravitational constant G, a vector field coupling ω and the vector field mass μ to vary with space and time. The equations of motion for a test particle lead to a modified gravitational acceleration law that can fit galaxy rotation curves and cluster data without non-baryonic dark matter. The theory is consistent with...

A covariant scalar-tensor-vector gravity theory is developed which allows the gravitational constant G, a vector field coupling ω and the vector field mass μ to vary with space and time. The equations of motion for a test particle lead to a modified gravitational acceleration law that can fit galaxy rotation curves and cluster data without non-baryonic dark matter. The theory is consistent with...

This chapter presents DISCIPLE, a multi-strategy integrated learning s y s t e m illustrating a theory and a methodology for learning expert knowledge in the con tex t of an imperfect domain theory. DISCIPLE integrates a learning system and an e m p t y expert system, both using the same knowledge base. It is initially provided with a n imperfect (nonhomogeneous) domain theory and learns proble...