The Seattle model deployment initiative has created a new technology for data sharing in an ITS environment. This technology, the ITS Backbone that uses Self Describing Data (http:/ /www.its.washington.edu/bbone/), creates a framework in which to build applications. These applications use Self Describing Data (SDD) to obtain real-time data over the Internet to perform functions ranging from ATM...

The Sentential Decision Diagram (SDD) is a canonical representation of Boolean functions. The SDD package, which is distributed as a C library called libsdd, allows users to construct, manipulate and optimize SDDs. This manual describes the basics of the SDD package, meant for users who are interested in immediately constructing SDDs and performing queries on them. An advanced user’s manual is ...

This short communication shows that in some cases scalar elliptic finite element matrices cannot be approximated well by an sdd matrix. We also give a theoretical analysis of a simple heuristic method for approximating an element by an sdd matrix.

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective review of prospectively collected data. PURPOSE To introduce the sternum-disk distance (SDD) method for approaching the exact surgical level without C-arm guidance during anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) surgery and to evaluate its accuracy and reliability. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Although spine surgeons have tried to optimize methods for identifyin...

Symmetric Division Deg index is one of the 148 discrete Adriatic indices that showed good predictive properties on the testing sets provided by International Academy of Mathematical Chemistry. Symmetric Division Deg index is defined by $$ SDD(G) = sumE left( frac{min{d_u,d_v}}{max{d_u,d_v}} + frac{max{d_u,d_v}}{min{d_u,d_v}} right), $$ where $d_i$ is the degree of vertex $i$ in graph $G$. In th...

Shibli and colleagues recently commented [1] on the Dutch randomised controlled trial in which selective digestive decontamination (SDD) and selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) were associated with significantly lower odds of death as compared with standard care, with odds ratios of 0.83 (P = 0.02) and 0.86 (P = 0.045), respectively [2]. We disagree with the authors’ conclusion that, ...

Background—Vulnerable plaque demonstrates intense inflammation in which macrophages secrete matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) that degrade the fibrous cap, ultimately leading to rupture, in situ thrombosis, and an associated clinical event. Thus, inhibition of MMP activity or more general suppression of vascular inflammation are attractive targets for interventions intended to reduce plaque rupt...

OBJECTIVES Selective digestive decontamination (SDD) is an infection prevention measure for critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs) that aims to eradicate opportunistic pathogens from the oropharynx and intestines, while sparing the anaerobic flora, by the application of non-absorbable antibiotics. Selection for antibiotic-resistant bacteria is still a major concern for SDD. We t...

Different kind of methodologies have been presented in the last decades and achieved broad applications in structural damage detection (SDD). Particle swarm optimization (PSO) based algorithms have been confirmed to be effective for SDD. The method avoids inversion computation which is prone to be ill-posed or ill-conditioning. However, the accuracy of optimization algorithm is affected by its ...

INTRODUCTION Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) and selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) have been shown to improve intensive care unit (ICU) patients' outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of long-term use of SDD and SOD on colistin and tobramycin resistance among gram-negative bacteria. METHODS We performed a post hoc analysis of two conse...