Virtual Backbones (VBs) are expected to bring substantial benefits to routing in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Connected Dominating Sets (CDSs) based VBs are competitive approaches among the existing methods used to establish VBs in WSNs. Most existing works focus on constructing Minimum-sized CDSs (MCDSs). However, few works consider the load-balance factor. In this work, the size and the l...

Background and Objectives: Kerman Province, especially city of Bam in the southeast part of Iran, is epidemics for dry type cutaneous leishmaniasis (DTCL). This study was conducted to compare the effect of different treatments on parasite DNA load following therapies using Real-Time PCR method. Materials and Methods: Fifteen patients were divided into three groups under therapy with intralesio...

Mechanical load-induced intracellular signaling events are important for subsequent skeletal muscle hypertrophy. We previously showed that load-induced activation of the cation channel TRPV1 caused an increase in intracellular calcium concentrations ([Ca ( 2+) ]i) and that this activated mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and promoted muscle hypertrophy. However, the link between mechanical l...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to provide a theoretical rationale for the implementation of the four-component instructional design model for complex learning (4C/ID-model) at the University of Pretoria with the aim of systematically developing the clinical reasoning of undergraduate dental students in a classroom setting. METHODS Recent literature provides a rationale for the use of...

A load stand has been built and used to det ermine the performance of an open type reciprocating r efrigeration compressor over a range of speeds. The load stand and instrumentation are desc ribed and sample test readings are given. Measured perform ance characteristics for the compressor over a range of speeds are p resented. Aspects of the load stand are discussed and conclusion s are drawn f...

The I/O subsystem is becoming a major bottleneck in an increasing number of computer systems. To provide improved I/O performance, as well as to accommodate growing storage requirements, disk subsystems are increasing in size. A major hurdle to obtaining the performance available from these large disk subsystems is load imbalance, or disk skew. Dynamic data placement, the conventional load bala...