Product compatibility and their functionality are of utmost importance to customers when they purchase products, and to sellers and manufacturers when they sell products. Due to the huge number of products available online, it is infeasible to enumerate and test the compatibility and functionality of every product. In this paper, we address two closely related problems: product compatibility an...

The common operation of popular web and mobile information systems involves the collection and retention of personal information and sensitive information about their users. This information needs to remain private and each system should show a privacy policy that describes in-depth how the users' information is managed and disclosed. However, the lack of a clear understanding and of a precise ...

Evolutionary learning is one of the most popular techniques for designing quantitative investment (QI) products. Trend following (TF) strategies, owing to their briefness and efficiency, are widely accepted by investors. Surprisingly, to the best of our knowledge, no related research has investigated TF investment strategies within an evolutionary learning model. This paper proposes a hybrid lo...

This study intended to test the reliability and validity of two simple psychological screening scales, the World Health Organization Well-being Index (WHO-5) and the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), in patients with chronic illness in Taiwan and to understand the psychological well-being of patients with chronic illness (e.g., metabolic syndrome) in Taiwan and the incidences of psyc...

Tobacco smoke contains a range of toxins including carbon monoxide and cyanide. With specialized cells and high metabolic demands, the optic nerve and retina are vulnerable to toxic exposure. We examined the possible effects of smoking on color vision: specifically, whether smokers perceive a different pattern of suprathreshold color dissimilarities from nonsmokers. It is already known that smo...

The unquestionable predominance of slogans in political communication versus their declining relevance the commercial kind underpins objective this study, which is to gain further insight into strategies and creative discourses employed by parties campaigning before general, regional local elections held Spain 2019, whereby results are compared with those obtained previous research. aim thus de...

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS. By H. T. Hyman, M.D. Second edition. (Pp. xxix t 716. 55s.) London: Lippincott, 1953. THIS is an unusual book and of a type which will be strange to British readers. It starts with a section in which are listed 1,585 symptoms and signs. Reference to any one of these directs the reader to some one of the 232 divisions of differential diagnosis, alphabetically arranged. Th...

OBJECTIVE To develop a structurally valid and reliable, yet brief measure of patient experience of hospital quality of care, the Care Experience Feedback Improvement Tool (CEFIT). Also, to examine aspects of utility of CEFIT. BACKGROUND Measuring quality improvement at the clinical interface has become a necessary component of healthcare measurement and improvement plans, but the effectivenes...

OBJECTIVE Current models of islet neogenesis either cause substantial pancreatic damage or continuously stimulate the pancreas, making these models unsuitable for the study of early events that occur in the neogenic process. We aimed to develop a method where the initial events that culminate in increased pancreatic endocrine mass can be studied. DESIGN AND METHODS Ten 12-week-old female Wist...

GRB 991014 is one of the shortest gamma-ray bursts detected so far with the Wide Field Cameras aboard BeppoSAX, both in γ-rays and X-rays. The duration is 9.6 s in 228 keV and 3.2 s in 40 to 700 keV (as measured between the times when 5 and 95% of the burst photons have been accumulated). We refine the InterPlanetary Network annulus of the burst, present the detection of the X-ray afterglow of ...