BACKGROUND The proportion of registered nurses (RNs) with employment in health-related positions before their initial RN education has increased in the past two decades. Previous research found that prior health-related employment is positively associated with RN workforce supply, potentially due to the wage differences based on different career paths. This study's objective is to test the hypo...

In this paper, a novel scheme for detecting overflow in Residue Number System (RNS) is presented. A generalized scheme for RNS overflow detection is introduced, followed by a simplified Operands Examination Method for overflow detection for the moduli set . The proposed method detects overflow in RNS addition of two numbers without pre-computing their sum .Moreover, when compared with the best ...

Comparison of two numbers in RNS systems is a challenging task. In this paper, a new algorithm to compare the magnitude of two RNS numbers, using a clustering method has been proposed. In the clustering process, each inputted number is assigned to a cluster. To compare the magnitude of two numbers, first the clusters of these numbers and their differences are obtained. Then by comparing these c...

This paper is focused on the crucial point of the use of Residue Number System (RNS) arithmetic in actual applications, i.e. the conversion from residue arithmetic to binary representation. Some of the most recent contributions in literature are considered and compared with the work developed by the authors on this conversion problem. It is shown that all the reviewed methods present particular...

Wage increases, relatively high national unemployment, and widespread private-sector initiatives aimed at increasing the number of people who become nurses has resulted in a second straight year of strong employment growth among registered nurses (RNs). In 2003, older women and, to a lesser extent, foreign-born RNs accounted for a large share of employment growth. We also observe unusually larg...

BACKGROUND To determine the relationships of potential occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs with cancer incidence and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a historical prospective cohort study of female registered nurses (RNs) from British Columbia, Canada (BC). METHODS Female RNs registered with a professional regulatory body for at least one year between 1974 and 2000 formed the cohort (n...

The ability of d,l-propranolol to block renin secretion in response to various extrarenal stimuli, such as hemorrhage and hypoglycemia, has been interpreted to indicate the presence of an intrarenal beta receptor regulating renin release. However, two problems complicate this interpretation: (a) the stimuli have effects outside the kidney, and (b) d,l-propranolol has a local anesthetic, as well...