An eigenvector approach to paired companions Yujin Shen 1987 A fractional design in paired comparisons is developed based on the eigenvector of the comparison matrices. Mathematical proof of this fractional design is given in Theorems 1 and 2 of Chapter 2. A concrete example from the wealth of nations is chosen to compare the results of the fractional design with the results of the complete des...

OBJECTIVE: Neonatal malaria is a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Diagnosis of neonatal malaria is difficult because of the similarity in clinical presentation with other neonatal infections. This study aim to highlight the clinical presentations and high mortality still associated with neonatal malaria. METHODS: Twenty four out of 41 neonates seen during a 6 mon...

The present investigation deals with effect of bentonite clay on concrete. The concrete was produced by partial replacement of OPC with mineral admixture bentonite clay in percentages of 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%. The M20 grade of concrete was designed. The compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength were found for the specimens. The present investigation is to study the e...

Obesity imposes devastating health and financial tolls on society and those who suffer from it. Despite the growing awareness of the problem, the obesity epidemic, along with its associated complications, continues to expand at an alarming rate (1). The current nomenclature used to measure an individuals degree of obesity is BMI, which is calculated by dividing weight (in kilograms) by the squa...

The object-oriented approach allows the development of complex and reliable applications with less effort than with classical approaches. The objectives of this research are, on the one hand, to propose a complete conceptualization of object-oriented simulation models and, on the other hand, to implement them by using concurrent programming techniques. After the presentation of the manufacturin...

INTRODUCTION Many athletes and others who are not necessarily overweight still would like to lose weight. They include athletes whose performances might benefit from reductions in body weight and/or fat. As examples, a runner expends less energy if body weight is lowered, and a basketball player who reduces body weight may be able to jump higher for rebounds. In addition, wrestlers and other at...

Following the publication of the article Nakata Y, Okada M, Hashimoto K, Harada Y, Sone H, Tanaka K: Comparison of education-only versus group-based intervention in promoting weight loss: a randomised controlled trial. Obes Facts 2011;4:222–228, DOI: 10.1159/000329619 the authors were notified of errors in tables 1 and 2 . The correct versions of the tables were presented below. The corrected r...

This paper addresses the problem of multiple pattern matching for motifs encoded by Position Weight Matrices. We first present an algorithm that uses a multi-index table to preprocess the set of motifs, allowing a dramatically decrease of computation time. We then show how to take benefit from simlar motifs to prevent useless computations.