Set-point theory posits that individuals react to the experience of major life events, but quickly adapt back to pre-event baseline levels of subjective well-being in the years following the event. A large, nationally representative panel study of Swiss households was used to examine set-point theory by investigating the extent of adaptation following the experience of marriage, childbirth, wid...

We propose a heuristic for the construction of variable-stride multibit tries. These multibit tries are suitable for one-dimensional packet classification using a pipelined architecture. The variable-stride tries constructed by our heuristic require significantly less per-stage memory than required by optimal pipelined fixed-stride tries. We also develop a tree packing heuristic, which dramatic...

PURPOSE To identify optimum international normalized ratio (INR) levels and required warfarin doses and anticoagulation-related complications in patients following mechanical prosthetic valve replacement. MATERIALS AND METHODS Five hundred and seven patients were prospectively followed up for 10 years (2008.5 patient-years). Anticoagulation-related complications were classified into hemorrhag...

BACKGROUND Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection of the genital mucosa is thought to require trauma to the cervicovaginal epithelium. Therefore, we determined whether a cytology specimen collection procedure (Pap smear), which disrupts the epithelium by design, renders the cervix more susceptible to HPV infection in a primate model. METHODS In a series of female rhesus macaques, a speculum exa...

The paper summarises activities within a broad-based research program for the reconstruction of the evolution of Italian climate in the twentieth century. The main result of the program is that Italian climate is becoming warmer and drier with an increase of both heavy precipitation events and long dry spells. Most of the observed signals appear to be due to changes in atmospheric circulation c...

trauma and stressor related disorders include disorders in which exposure to a traumatic or stressful event is listed explicitly as a diagnostic criterion. these include reactive attachment disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd), acute stress disorder, and adjustment disorders. psychological distress following exposure to a traumatic or stressful event is quite variable. in some cases, ...

OBJECTIVE To assess and evaluate the injury risk associated with the scrum in English professional rugby union in the 2011-2012 season. DESIGN Prospective, cohort. PARTICIPANTS Players at English Premiership rugby union clubs. OUTCOME MEASURES Frequency of team scrum-events per match; incidence (injuries per 1000 player-hours; propensity (injuries/1000 events); risk (days absence per 1000...

there are a good number of historical verses in the holy quran which relate to circumstances of descending ere as well as events occurred in early islam whose understanding is in need of reference to history, especially that of early islam. that is why consideration of history of early islam is of great necessity and importance in the quranic exegesis. in fact, knowledge of events occurred in e...