In social networks the Strong Triadic Closure is an assignment of the edges with strong or weak labels such that any two vertices that have a common neighbor with a strong edge are adjacent. The problem of maximizing the number of strong edges that satisfy the strong triadic closure was recently shown to be NP-complete for general graphs. Here we initiate the study of graph classes for which th...

The Abiteboul and Beeri algebra for complex objects can express a query whose meaning is transitive closure, but the algorithm naturally associated to this query needs exponential space. We show that any other query in the algebra which expresses transitive closure needs exponential space, under a \call by value" evaluation strategy. This proves that in general the powerset is an intractable op...

conclusions vacuum-assisted abdominal closure is a good technique for temporary abdominal closure. in patients who are unable to achieve fascial closure, skin closure alone is safe. results after 157 trauma laparotomies, 35 (22%) were open abdomen cases with an average injury severity score was 35. ninety-four percent of open abdomens occurred after damage-control surgery. temporary vacuum-assi...

We give an algorithm for the Dynamic Transitive Closure Problem for planar directed acyclic graphs with one source and one sink. The graph can be updated in logarithmic time under arbitrary edge insertions and deletions that preserve the embedding. Queries of the form ‘is there a directed path from u to v?’ for arbitrary vertices u and v can be answered in logarithmic time. The size of the data...

four explicit finite difference schemes, including lax-friedrichs, nessyahu-tadmor, lax-wendroff and lax-wendroff with a nonlinear filter are applied to solve water hammer equations. the schemes solve the equations in a reservoir-pipe-valve with an instantaneous and gradual closure of the valve boundary. the computational results are compared with those of the method of characteristics (moc), a...

Objectives: To assess the short term morbidity of non-closure of the visceral and parietal peritoneal at caesarean section as compared to suture peritonization. Methods: A prospective randomized controlled trial of 200 women undergoing cesarean section was done; randomized into non-closure and closure groups. Perioperative, intraoperative and postoperative details were recorded in the proforma....

the aim of this paper is to introduce $(l,m)$-fuzzy closurestructure where $l$ and $m$ are strictly two-sided, commutativequantales. firstly, we define $(l,m)$-fuzzy closure spaces and getsome relations between $(l,m)$-double fuzzy topological spaces and$(l,m)$-fuzzy closure spaces. then, we introduce initial$(l,m)$-fuzzy closure structures and we prove that the category$(l,m)$-{bf fc} of $(l,m...

BACKGROUND Growing evidence in the orthopaedic arthroplasty literature supports the use of running bidirectional barbed suture (barbed suture) for closure of knee arthrotomies. More rapid wound closure and suture line integrity are described as its major advantages. No studies of barbed suture for the closure of posterior spinal wounds exist. The purpose of this project is to compare wound clos...

BACKGROUND Delayed sternal closure (DSC) after cardiac surgery is a therapeutic option in the treatment of the severely impaired heart in pediatric cardiac surgery. The results with the technique of DSC over a 4-year period are examined with regard to mortality and morbidity. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed records of 38 patients who had undergone DSC among 1100 congenital cardiac operati...