Telemedicine can be defined as the use of information technology, communication and medicine to provide medical cares in places where distance is a crucial matter. Although these systems are widespread used around the globe, there is still no quality standard defined to guide the development of these systems. In that way, a software process capability maturity model (SPCMM) would help not only ...

Analysis of observational data suggests two-way interactions between the tropical intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) and synoptic-scale variability (SSV). On one hand, SSV is strongly modulated by the ISO; that is, a strengthened (weakened) SSV appears during the enhanced (suppressed) ISO phase. The northwest– southeast-oriented synoptic wave train is strengthened and well organized in the northwe...

sublingual nitroglycerin (tng) has been introduced as a promising provocative agent for tilt table testing, but it has not been compared directly with the standard isoproterenol (iso) infusion test previously. we tried to assess the diagnostic value and safety of tng tilt testing as compared with iso infusion in patients with unexplained syncope. tng and iso tilt tests were performed in two suc...

In 1972, the delegates of 13 European ultrasound societies met in Basel, Switzerland for the formal foundation of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB). Today the federation comprises 29 national societies with almost 20000 members. EFSUMB is the largest society within the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB). The Europea...

Various liquid phases for glass capillary columns have been evaluated for gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of methyl ester trimethylsilylether derivatives of bile acids from serum and bile. Bile acid analysis is rapid and exhibits high separation efficiency with a 20 X 0.3 mm glass capillary column whose internal surface is covered with a crystal layer of barium carbonate and coated with pol...

Thomassen conjectured that every triangle-free planar graph on n vertices has exponentially many 3-colorings, and proved that it has at least 2 1/12/20000 distinct 3-colorings. We show that it has at least 2 √ n/362 distinct 3-colorings. April 2010, revised 8 July 2010. An extended abstract of this paper appeared in [1]. Partially supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Partially supp...

In 1972, the delegates of 13 European ultrasound societies met in Basel, Switzerland for the formal foundation of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB). Today the federation comprises 29 national societies with almost 20000 members. EFSUMB is the largest society within the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB). The Europea...

This paper introduces a domain-independent open learner model with multiple simple views on individual learner model data. Learners can also compare their knowledge level to their peer group, and to instructor expectations for different stages of their course. The aim is to help learners identify their knowledge, difficulties and misconceptions; prompt reflection on their knowledge and learning...

According to IEEE, software quality is the degree to which software possesses a desired combination of attributes. Quality attributes have been of interest to the software community since 1970 and in the past few years this interest has increase. However, still is not clear how product quality should apply in the development process. The need to know what quality characteristics influence a spe...

This paper describes the work currently being undertaken to progress ISO/IEC TR 15504 to the status of a full International Standard, and outlines the changes in design that are to be incorporated in the revision. It describes the inputs for the design decisions that were taken; identifies the fundamental changes in the architecture of the Standard; and briefly describes the current status of t...