U raznim znanstvenim disciplinama od velike je važnosti odrediti precizan matematički model za slučajno razbacane točke u prostoru (ili vremenu). Upravo takav model nam daju tzv. Poissonovi točkovni procesi. Iako je matematički alat za njihovu analizu ponekad vrlo napredan, već i relativno jednostavnim vjerojatnosnim metodama možemo izvesti vrlo korisne zaključke o ponašanju nasumično razbacani...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Mosquito-borne diseases particularly malaria and Japanese encephalitis (JE) are becoming most dreaded health problems in Dehradun district. Keeping in view that the climatic factors particularly temperature and rainfall may alter the distribution of vector species--increasing or decreasing the ranges, depending on weather conditions that are favourable or unfavourable fo...

Past studies attempting to train second-language (L2) learners to accurately perceive L2 speech have focused primarily on nonnative segmental contrasts, using young, college-aged listeners as trainees. To examine whether similar training methods improve perception of prosodic properties of L2, and whether older listeners can benefit from such training, the present study investigated the effect ...

In Viet Nam, an inactivated, mouse brain-derived vaccine for Japanese encephalitis (JE) has been given exclusively to ≤ 5 years old children in 3 paediatric doses since 1997. However, JE incidence remained high, especially among children aged 5-9 years. We conducted a model JE immunization programme to assess the feasibility and impact of JE vaccine administered to 1-9 year(s) children in 3 sta...

A common problem when combining two bilingual dictionaries to make a third, using one common language as a pivot language, is the emergence of false translations due to lexical ambiguity between words in the languages involved. This paper examines if the translation accuracy improves when using part-of-speech filtering of translation candidates. To examine this, two different Japanese-Swedish l...

SS Bollapragada,a JD Norrie,b JE Normana a Division of Developmental Medicine, Maternal and Reproductive Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK bCentre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT), Health Services Research Unit, Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, UK Correspondence: Dr SS Bollapragada, Division of Developmental Medicine, Maternal and Reproductive Medicine,...

1. Fundamental theorem. In a recent paper f I have proved the theorem that if a lacunary trigonometric series CO (1) X(a* cos nk6 + bk sin nk9) (nk+x/nk > q > 1, 0 ^ 0 ^ 2ir) 4-1 has its partial sums uniformly bounded on a set of 0 of positive measure, then the series (2) ¿(a*2 + bk2) k-l converges. The proof was based on the following lemma (which was not stated explicitly but is contained in ...

According to the Russo-Williamson Thesis, causal claims in the health sciences need to be supported by both difference-making and mechanistic evidence. In this article, we attempt to determine whether Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) can be improved through the consideration of mechanistic evidence. We discuss the practical composition and function of each RWT evidence type and propose that exposu...

および鼻閉を主症状とする典型的な I型アレルギー疾 患である.くしゃみおよび鼻汁分泌の亢進は,抗ヒス タミン薬により抑制される.一方,患者にとって最も 苦痛を強いられる鼻閉にはグルココルチコイドが繁用 されるが,周知のごとくグルココルチコイドは優れた 効果を発揮するが副作用も強く,これに代わる鼻閉の 治療薬が望まれている.実験動物を用いたヒトの病態 を反映した良好なモデルは,新規治療薬の開発に極め て重要な位置にあることは論をまたない.そこで,我々 はモルモットを用いてスギ花粉抽出エキスで経鼻的に 感作し,以後スギ花粉の反復吸入を行うことにより, ヒトの病態に類似した症状を呈するアレルギー性鼻炎 モデルの開発を企図した.本法により,抗原惹起後に 明らかなくしゃみおよび二相性の鼻閉が認められ,く しゃみの発現は周知のごとく抗ヒスタミン薬で強力に 抑制された.一方,遅発性の鼻閉は,システ...