We study equilibrium determination in an environment where two types of agents have different information sets: Fully informed observe histories all exogenous and endogenous variables. Less only a strict subset the full set need to solve dynamic signal extraction problem gather about variables they do not directly observe. Both know structure model form expectations rationally. In this environm...

Background: Endoleaks after stent-graft repair of aortic dissections are poorly understood but appear substantially different from those seen after aneurysm repair. We studied anatomical and clinical factors associated with endoleaks in patients who underwent stent-graft repair of complicated type B aortic dissections. Methods and Results: From 2000 to 2007, 37 patients underwent stent-graft re...

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of N-(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)-4-hydroxybutyramide were prepared on silicon oxide on silicon (Si/SiO(2)). Initial silane adsorption and high-temperature annealing led to a stable base monolayer with many large over-lying islands of disordered multilayers as a result of the non-self-limited growth process. The disordered multilayers were hydrolyzed and subsequentl...

Infections with rapidly evolving pathogens are often treated using combinations of drugs with different mechanisms of action. One of the major goal of combination therapy is to reduce the risk of drug resistance emerging during a patient's treatment. Although this strategy generally has significant benefits over monotherapy, it may also select for multidrug-resistant strains, particularly durin...

The project focuses on examining the advantages of random verification with real examples. Random verification has two necessary parts, hierarchical testbench and coverage metrics. The layered testbench allows a verifier to improve the coverage by only modifying the randomization constraints at the highest level of abstraction. Although it might take a verifier more time to build such hierarchi...

Abstract Physical contacts do not occur randomly, rather, individuals with similar socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics are more likely to interact among them, a phenomenon known as homophily. Concurrently, the same correlate adoption of prophylactic tools. As result, latter unfold homogeneously in population, affecting their ability control spread infectious diseases. Focusing on c...

Although the use of coordinated direct and relay transmission (CDRT) in non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) can extend coverage, its duplicated reduces spectrum efficiency (SE) NOMA. To improve SE, we propose a spectrum-efficient scheme for NOMA-based CDRT over Nakagami- $m$ fading channels. In this scheme, base station (BS) connects with cell-center user (CCU) directly while communicating ce...

In the restructured environment of electricity market, firstly the generating companies and the customers are looking for maximizing their profit and secondly independent system operator is looking for the stability of the power network and maximizing social welfare. In this paper, a one way auction in the electricity market for the generator companies is considered in both perfect and imperfec...

In this study, we consider the propagation of the Love-type wave in piezoelectric gradient covering layer on an elastic half-space having an imperfect interface between them. Dispersion relation has been obtained in the form of determinant for both electrically open and short cases. The effects of different material gradient coefficients of functionally graded piezoelectric material (FGPM) and ...