Abstract – In this paper we analyse the convergence properties of distributed power control (DPC) and propose an improved algorithm to overcome the weakness of DPC. The DPC algorithm can only work in the region of low signal to interference ratios (SIRs). When the user SIR target is high, the transmit power will diverge to infinite. Furthermore, before the system converges, the DPC algorithm ma...

PURPOSE We compared the emulsification tendency of silicone-phenylsilicone copolymer (DPC; 5%-phenylated, specific gravity 0.984) with that of silicone oil (SO; specific gravity 0.966) and fluorosilicone oil (FSO; specific gravity 1.256), all of which are used clinically as intraocular tamponades. METHODS We investigated the tendencies of emulsification in SO, FSO, and DPC. Each was placed in...

Background: Highly variable results of topical immunotherapy with Diphencyprone (DPC) in the treatment of Alopecia areata have been reported so far. Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of DPC in the treatment of severe and chronic chronic Alopecia areata. Patients and Methods: 28 patients (16 female and 12 male, 10-35 years old, mean age 25 years) ...

Direct primary care (DPC) is an emerging practice alternative that (1) eliminates traditional third-party fee-for-service billing and (2) charges patients a periodic fee for primary care services. We describe the DPC model by identifying DPC practices across the United States; distinguish it from other practice arrangements, such as the "concierge" practice; and describe the model's pricing usi...

Although alveolar surfactant is rapidly catabolized in adult rabbit lungs, the pathways have not been characterized. Pathways of surfactant secretion and recycling involve lamellar bodies and multivesicular bodies, organelles shown to be related to lysosomes by cytochemistry and autoradiography. Since lysosomes are central to intracellular catabolic events, it is possible that lysosomes are inv...

Custom power is a technology driven product and service solution which embraces a family devices such as Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR), Distributed Shunt Compensator (DSTATCOM), Solid State Breaker (SSB) etc which will provide power quality functions at distribution voltages. The rapid response of these devices enables them to operate in real time, providing continuous and dynamic control of t...

In Japan, medical staff must select a diagnosis procedure combination (DPC) code for each inpatient upon admission. We report on the development and evaluation of a supporting system for DPC code selection. This system, based on a machine learning method developed by Okamoto et al., makes DPC code suggestions that are derived from medical practice information pertaining to inpatients. The use o...

Covalent DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs) are toxic DNA lesions that interfere with essential chromatin transactions, such as replication and transcription. Little was known about DPC-specific repair mechanisms until the recent identification of a DPC-processing protease in yeast. The existence of a DPC protease in higher eukaryotes is inferred from data in Xenopus laevis egg extracts, but its ide...