This paper is concernedwith the analysis of theworst case behavior of Hopcroft’s algorithm for minimizing deterministic finite state automata. We extend a result of Castiglione, Restivo and Sciortino. They show that Hopcroft’s algorithm has a worst case behavior for the automata recognizing Fibonacci words. In a previous paper, we have proved that this holds for all standard Sturmian words havi...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the emotional impact of physician-initiated advance directive discussions. METHODS One hundred ambulatory patients aged 65 years and older were randomly assigned to receive either a physician-initiated discussion of advance directive choices of a discussion of health promotion issues. Prediscussion, immediate postdiscussion, and 1-week postdiscussion measures ...

A case is first presented in which a woman carries a foetus with Turner syndrome. Thereafter, the development of non-directiveness to a standard in genetic counselling is described, and the concepts of directive and non-directive counselling are analysed critically. Next, the treatment of Turner syndrome in medical texts and websites is examined in detail. Finally, it is argued that the concept...

The fundamental mechanism behind directive beaming at broadside for various structures will be explored. These include Fabry-Pérot type of resonant-cavity antennas, low-permittivity metamaterial substrate antennas composed of a wire medium slab, and optical directive beaming due to plasmonic effects. In all cases it will be shown that the fundamental explanation for the directive beaming effect...

.................................................................................................................... 1 1 SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EU-CONFORM INSTRUMENT ................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 ANALYSIS OF THE DIRECTIVE ...............................................................

This Working Party was set up under Article 29 of Directive 95/46/EC. It is an independent European advisory body on data protection and privacy. Its tasks are described in Article 30 of Directive 95/46/EC and Article 14 of Directive 97/66/EC.

The controversial provisions in the European Union’s Database Directive have created considerable uncertainty for commercial producers of databases, while recent case law has emasculated much of the Directive. However, researchers and academics must still work in a restrictive copyright environment within Europe. This paper reviews the Directive in the light of two recent UK reports that sugges...

Legal basis for publishing the detailed guidelines: Article 47 of Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use and Article 51 of Directive 2001/82/EC on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products. This document provides guidance for the interpretation of the principles and guidelines of good manufacturing practice (GMP) for medicinal ...

This Note argues that the optional inclusion of the development risks defense in Member State legislation undermines the Products Liability Directive by impeding harmonization of products liability laws in the Community. Part I sets forth the background and content of the Products Liability Directive. Part II discusses the implementation of the Products Liability Directive in Member State legis...

the design of microstrip antenna for improved bandwidth and directive gain is a challenge for researchers. This paper proposes the design of a Microstrip Square-Patch antenna with enhanced Bandwidth and Directive Gain. The design and simulation of this antenna has been done with the help of Ansoft HFSS. The simulated results give significant improvement in terms of directive gain and bandwidth....