Constraint Answer Set Programming (CASP) is a convenient integration of the Answer Set Programming (ASP) paradigm with constraint programming (CP), which was exploited for a range of applications. HEX-programs are another extension of ASP towards integration of arbitrary external sources through socalled external atoms. In this work, we integrate HEX-programs with CP, which results in a strict ...

Humans readily deploy external strategies in an attempt to offload cognitive work, a process commonly referred to as cognitive offloading. For example, individuals will often rotate their head in an attempt to normalize a rotated display (i.e., external normalization). Previous work has emphasized how various manipulations affect the overall use of the behavior to better understand the underlyi...

patients and methods sixty elderly patients with intertrochanteric fractures were randomized for treatment with either skeletal traction (group a) or an external fixation (group b). in this study patients at least 60 years of age, with ao/ota a1 or a2 type fracture and intertrochanteric fracture as a result of minor trauma, were enrolled. results acceptable reduction was achieved in eight and 2...

Patients with refractory angina and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction exert an enormous burden on health care resources primarily because of the number of recurrent emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) therapy has emerged as a treatment option for patients with angina and LV dysfunction and has been shown to improve clinical outcomes a...

In a prospective study, enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) was performed for 1 hour each day for 35 days in 47 patients, mean age 61 +/- 8 years, with prior coronary revascularization who had chronic refractory angina pectoris despite antianginal drugs and who were not candidates for further coronary revascularization. Compared with baseline values, EECP significantly improved anginal sy...