OBJECTIVES This report presents period life tables for the United States based on age-specific death rates for the period 1999-2001. These tables are the most recent in a 100-year series of decennial life tables for the United States. METHODS This report presents complete life tables by age, race (white and black), and sex. Also presented are standard errors of the probability of dying and li...

The kinetics of the O + HCNO reaction were investigated by a relative rate technique using infrared diode laser absorption spectroscopy. Laser photolysis (355 nm) of NO2 was used to produce O atoms, followed by O atom reactions with CS2, NO2, and HCNO, and infrared detection of OCS product from the O + CS2 reaction. Analysis of the experiment data yields a rate constant of k1= (9.84 +/- 3.52) x...

This paper describes the intellectual framework and field of study of affective computing. This is a seminar paper written for course Tik-111.590 Digital media research seminar, spring 2001: “Space Odyssey 2001”. The paper is based on a literature study of affective computing.

Den här uppsatsen behandlar ett antal individer begravda mellan 800 e.Kr. och 1150 e.Kr i ett tidigt kristet gravfält kring ruinen av Varnhems gårdskyrka. Av speciellt intresse är den placeringen som gravarna har i förhållande till kyrkomurarna och vad dessa placeringar innebär statusmässigt. Analys av stabila isotoper har därför utförts på de manliga individerna så att deras diet kan faställas...

INTRODUCTION The prevalence of nosocomial fungemia has increased worldwide, and mortality caused by this disease is high. OBJECTIVE To assess progress in the last decade, and the prevalence and profile of fungal agents isolated in blood cultures performed in a tertiary university hospital. METHOD All the results of blood cultures processed at Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de M...

A scientific approach to the assessment of trends in land changes based on novel concept Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) was applied monitor sustainability irrigated farmlands test areas Uzbekistan (the Andijan, Namangan, Fergana, and Syrdarya regions). The tool “Trends.Earth”, which recommended by UN Convention Combat Desertification developed as a special plugin for Quantum GIS platform, us...

Background:Modafinil, a non-amphetamine central nervous system stimulant, is a wakefulness-promoting agent indicated for use in shift work sleep disorder, narcolepsy, and obstructive sleep apnea. The trend in modafinil overexposure over a ten-year period and the population likely to experience a resulting clinical effect is evaluated. Methods: Using data from the American Association of Poison ...

AIM To report national data on dental caries in Danish children and adolescents from 1988 to 2001. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive cross-sectional epidemiological study. METHODS Data on dental caries for 5, 7, 12 and 15 year old individuals reported from 1988 to 2001 to the database established by the Danish National Board of Health. RESULTS Caries has decreased in all four age groups, but the d...