this paper addresses the design of control charts for both variable ( x chart) andattribute (u and c charts) quality characteristics, when there is uncertainty about the processparameters or sample data. derived control charts are more flexible than the strict crisp case, dueto the ability of encompassing the effects of vagueness in form of the degree of expert’spresumption. we extend the use o...

Purpose: This study sought (i) to investigate the relationship between Postwash total motile sperm count and Postwash percentage motile sperm in predicting successful intrauterine insemination and (ii) to determine the minimal Postwash total motile sperm count required to achieve pregnancy with intrauterine insemination. Methods: Five hundred four women, who underwent 1636 intrauterine insemina...

Of 41 patients with bone-related infections who were treated for > or =10 days with piperacillin-tazobactam, 14 (34%) developed neutropenia. Cumulative doses of piperacillin administered to neutropenic patients were higher than those administered to nonneutropenic ones (330 vs. 237 g; P=.008), and an inverse correlation was detected between the absolute neutrophil count at the end of treatment ...

The aim was to assess the association between the somatic cell count of parity 1 cows between 5 and 30 days in milk (SCC1), and subsequent cumulative milk yield over approximately two years for cows in English and Welsh dairy herds. The dataset included records from 43,461 cows in 2111 herds, from 2004 to 2006. Cumulative milk yield was the model outcome, and a random effect was included to acc...

Consumers make complaint about the state of home-made goods. Some consumers claim that foreign goods are high quality compared to We discovered many indigenous industries no more in existence and so this brought desire carry out research work as find whether products from our brewery industry fall within acceptance region devoid consumers’ complaint. For clarity easy handling topic, data were c...

In this paper we define the new alignment energy for non-conforming triangle meshes, and describes its use to compute unstable conforming discrete minimal surfaces. Our algorithm makes use of the duality between conforming and non-conforming discrete minimal surfaces which was observed earlier. In first experiments the new algorithm allows us the computation of unstable periodic discrete minima...

OBJECTIVES To be able to plan appropriate surgical treatment for patients with HIV infection who have sinusitis refractory to medical therapy. DESIGN We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 186 patients with HIV who required surgical treatment for sinusitis between 1987 and 1998. One hundred six charts provided the necessary information and an adequate follow-up to be included in the study....