Instead of a random interleaver, an algebraic interleaver interconnecting two simple convolutional codes with feedback encoders forms an algebraic quasi-cyclic code. An (nC , k) convolutional code in tailbiting form becomes a quasi-cyclic (QC) linear code of length LnC for some L = Mn. Interleavers with a period M connect two such codes to produce a QC turbo code. The QC turbo codes check equat...

We derive a priori error estimates for three prototypical energy-based quasicontinuum (QC) methods: the local QC method, the energy-based QC method, and the quasinonlocal QC method. Our analysis clearly decomposes the consistency error into modelling and coarsening errors. While previous results on estimating the modelling error exist, we give a new and simpler proof based on negative-norm esti...

Quasi-classical logic (QC logic) allows the derivation of non-trivial classical inferences from inconsistent information. A paraconsis-tent, or non-trivializable, logic is, by necessity, a compromise, or weakening , of classical logic. The compromises on QC logic seem to be more appropriate than other paraconsistent logics for applications in computing. In particular, the connectives behave in ...

426. Association between pre-transplant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation and post-transplant S. aureus infection among cystic fibrosis lung transplant recipients Jessica St-Pierre, MD; Charles Poirier, MD; Jean Chalaoui, MD; Pasquale Ferraro, MD; Valérie Martel-Laferrière, MD; Gavin Koh, MD; Me-Linh Luong, MD; Microbiology, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada; Respirolo...

Quasi-cyclic (QC) codes form an important generalization of cyclic codes. It is well know that QC codes of length sl with index s over the finite field F are F[y]-submodules of the ring F[x, y]/< x − 1, y − 1 >. The aim of the present paper, is to study QC codes of length sl with index s over the finite field F and find generator polynomials and generator matrix for these codes. To achieve this...

1 Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 2 Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada 4 Department of Neurosciences, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Can...

Molecular Computation (MC) is massively parallel computation where data is stored and processed within objects of molecular size. Biomolecular Computation (BMC) is MC using biotechnology techniques, e.g. recombinant DNA operations. In contrast, Quantum Computation (QC) is a type of computation where unitary and measurement operations are executed on linear superpositions of basis states. Both B...

BACKGROUND From 2005 to 2007 the Australian Government funded a multicentre, clustered randomized controlled trial to determine the clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, satisfaction and safety of point of care testing (PoCT) in general practice (GP). PoC tests measured (and devices used) in the trial were haemoglobin A1c and urine albumin:creatinine ratio (DCA 2000), lipids (Cholestech L...