in this paper‎, ‎we propose a modification of the second order method‎ ‎introduced in [‎‎q. li and ‎x‎. ‎y. ‎wu‎, a two-step explicit $p$-stable method for solving second order initial value problems‎, ‎textit{‎appl‎. ‎math‎. ‎comput‎.}‎ {‎138}‎ (2003)‎, no. 2-3, ‎435--442‎] for the numerical solution of‎ ‎ivps for second order odes‎. ‎the numerical results obtained by the‎ ‎new method for some...

In this paper, a self starting two step continuous block hybrid formulae (CBHF) with four Off-step points is developed using collocation and interpolation procedures. The CBHF is then used to produce multiple numerical integrators which are of uniform order and are assembled into a single block matrix equation. These equations are simultaneously applied to provide the approximate solution for t...

The use of cache memories and symmetric Kullback-Leibler distances is proposed for topic classification and topic-shift detection. Experiments with a large corpus of articles from the French newspaper "Le Monde show tangible advantages when different models are combined with a suitable strategy. Experimental results show that different strategies for topic shift detection have to be used depend...

Data Extraction: Two reviewers independently screened each title and abstract in the initial searches and then the full text of each nominated article to extract data for analyses. Results: Of 1492 screened articles, only 5 trials involving patients aged 15 years or older fulfilled a priori– specified inclusion criteria. Results did not favor the LABA step-off approach compared with no change i...

To identify optimal cut-off points of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) for two-step strategy in screening abnormal glucose metabolism and estimating prevalence in general Chinese population. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 7913 people aged 20 to 74 years in Harbin. Diabetes and pre-diabetes were determined by fasting and 2 hour post-load glucose from the oral glucose toler...

purpose: to compare the optical properties of hydrophilic and hydrophobic intraocular lenses (iols) containing uv-absorber and to determine their chemical composition. methods: optical properties of different foldable hydrophilic and hydrophobic as well as non-foldable hydrophobic polymethylmetacrylate (pmma) iols were evaluated in three powers of 15, 22 and 25 diopters. optical properties were...