This article presents the findings of the Spanish Society of Cardiology registry of cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology in the year 2004. Data were obtained from 121 centers, which comprise almost all cardiac catheterization laboratories in Spain. Of these, 110 performed catheterization mainly in adults, and 11 carried out procedures in only pediatric patients. In 2005, 111,45...

studying active faults behavior for earthquake prediction and recognition is a concentrated subject in earth science. precise measurements of earthsurface deformation by geodetic observation provide a good reference for studying different geodynamic phenomena.  applying geodetic measurements in postseismic and interseismic intervals is an important tool for estimating strain accumulation and rh...

BACKGROUND Dengue poses a substantial economic and disease burden in Southeast Asia (SEA). Quantifying this burden is critical to set policy priorities and disease-control strategies. METHODS AND FINDINGS We estimated the economic and disease burden of dengue in 12 countries in SEA: Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, East-Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and...

In this paper we present a new technique for simulating mega-scale Agent-Based Models (agent population sizes exceeding one million) at interactive rates. We achieve this performance by leveraging the computing power of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). To test our system, we implemented SugarScape, a simple model with many common ABM features. We are able to achieve over 50 updates per second ...

North Australian tropical savanna accounts for 12% of the world’s total savanna land cover. Accordingly, understanding processes that govern carbon, water and energy exchange within this biome is critical to global carbon and water budgeting. Climate and disturbances drive ecosystem carbon dynamics. Savanna ecosystems of the coastal and sub-coastal of north Australia experience a unique combina...

In this paper we present a new technique for simulating mega-scale Agent-Based Models (agent population sizes exceeding one million) at interactive rates. We achieve this performance by leveraging the computing power of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). To test our system, we implemented SugarScape, a simple model with many common ABM features. We are able to achieve over 50 updates per second ...

The rate of forest destruction has accelerated sharply in Brazilian Amazonia, but there are also vital conservation opportunities with the ongoing designation of important new protected areas. In a timely paper, Carlos Peres argues that an extensive network of mega-reserves, operationally defined as those exceeding 1 million ha in area, is needed to ensure the long-term persistence of Amazonian...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics of anesthetic and postoperative care applied in urologic surgery. DESIGN Prospective, cross-sectional survey. SETTING 131 authorized public and private hospitals in Catalonia, Spain. MEASUREMENTS Data were collected from a representative sample of 23,136 patients and all questionnaires related to urologic surgery were analyzed. MAIN RESULT...

A LONG-STANDING BELIEF in development studies holds that, on the whole, living conditions in developing countries are superior for residents of large cities than for persons living in smaller cities, towns, and villages. The concept of big cities as " islands of privilege " (Harrison 1982: 145) is fundamental to otherwise discrepant theories of modernization, dependency, world systems of cities...