OBJECTIVE To analyze the contribution of linkage between databases of live births and infant mortality to improve the completeness of the variables common to the Mortality Information System (SIM) and the Live Birth Information System (SINASC) in Brazilian capitals in 2012. METHODS We studied 9,001 deaths of children under one year registered in the SIM in 2012 and 1,424,691 live births prese...

A new gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) method is proffered for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and their alkylated homologs in complex samples. Recent work elucidated the fragmentation pathways of alkylated PAH, concluding that multiple fragmentation patterns per homolog (MFPPH) are needed to correctly identify all isomers. Programming the MS in selected ion m...

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death. Nonetheless, a decrease in overall incidence and mortality has been observed in the last 30 years due to prevention strategies and improvements in the use of chemotherapeutic agents. In recent studies, Simvastatin (SIM) has demonstrated anti-tumor activity, as well as potent chemopreventive action. As an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-meth...

At the start of this millennium, the principles of structured illumination microscopy (SIM) had been established and the concept of resolution doubling demonstrated experimentally in two dimensions. Breathtaking advances have since taken place, making SIM one of the most powerful and versatile superresolution methods available today, routinely used in the study of biochemical processes in labor...

30TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE 2004 Large and detailed asynchronous (event-based) simulation models are widely used in the planning and analysis of systems such as manufacturing, logistics, and warfare. They have been used relatively little in financial analysis, especially as compared with continuous-time models. We believe the situation will change, starting early in the 21st century. Here we describ...

Independent of its lipid-lowering properties, simvastatin (Sim) induces vasorelaxation; however, the underlying mechanisms have remained elusive. The aim of the present study was to investigate the vasorelaxant effects of Sim on rat superior mesenteric arteries and the mechanisms involved. The isometric tension of rat superior mesenteric arterial rings was recorded in vitro on a myograph. The r...

The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) is conventionally used in wireless communication systems. However, several limitations involving SIM significantly reduce public access in wireless communications. This study examined the feasibility of using public telephone cards in wireless communications. This novel application retains the merits of SIM. Among the relevent issues addressed are location t...

This document specifies an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) mechanism for authentication and session key distribution using the GSM Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). Haverinen Expires in six months [Page 1] Internet Draft EAP SIM Authentication November 2001

With interest, we read the article by Sahebkar et al. about the proposal to treat patients with statin-induced myopathy (SIM) with curcumin in addition to the statin. We have the following comments and concerns. We do not agree with the statement in the introduction that pharmacotherapy for statin-myopathy is limited. The most effective treatment is discontinuation of the statin and adherence t...

A novel method for improving the training of some topology preserving algorithms as the Scale Invariant Feature Map (SIM) and the Maximum Likelihood Hebbian Learning Scale Invariant Map (MAX-SIM) is presented and analyzed in this study. It is called Weighted Voting Superposition (WeVoS), providing two new versions, the WeVoS-SIM and the WeVoS-MAX-SIM. The method is based on the training of an e...