در میان شبکۀ معابر شهری، راه‌های اضطراری امدادرسانی حین زلزله، به‌ویژه مرحلۀ پاسخ به بحران، نقش مهمی ایفا می‌کنند. حفظ عملکرد این شبکه از معابر، ساعات اولیۀ پس اهمیت بسزایی دارد. محافظت و مقاوم‌سازی اجزای آسیب‌پذیر شبکه، به‌خصوص پل‌ها، پیش وقوع تأثیر شایان توجهی کاهش خسارات آسیب‌ها اغلب اوقات تمامی آسیب‌پذیر، به‌دلیل محدودیت بودجه، عملاً ناممکن است. ایجاب می‌کند که با شناسایی دقیق گزینه‌های ابتد...

Proteins are essential components of cellular life, as building blocks, but also to guide and execute all cellular processes. Proteins require a three-dimensional folding, which is constantly being challenged by their environment. Challenges including elevated temperatures or redox changes can alter this fold and result in misfolding of proteins or even aggregation. Cells are equipped with seve...

The efficiency of adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) procedure in high speed Downlink packet access (HSDPA) depends on the frequency of the channel quality information (CQI) reports transmitted by the UE to Node B. The more frequent the reports are the more accurate the link adaptation procedure is. On the other hand, the frequent CQI reports increase uplink interference, reducing thus the si...

Background Health system performance assessment (HSPA) is a major tool for evidence-based governance in health systems and patient/population-orientation is increasingly considered as an important aspect. The IPHA study aims (1) to undertake a comprehensive performance assessment of the German health system from a population perspec...

It was with great interest that we recently read a report by Dr. Picado [I] in which a female patient developed severe postcoital asthma. We recently reported, for the first time from India, a patient who presented with postcoital wheezing dyspnoea caused by human seminal plasma allergy (HSPA) [2). Our patient showed strong intradennal test reactions to the seminal plasma antigens prepared from...

UMA (University of Malaga) is developing a testing facility to provide support for the complete development process of Internet services in mobile networks. The platform enables the execution of data services on instrumented mobiles and will offer a remote access to carry out unattended measurement campaigns in commercial and emulated cellular networks. The facility mainly targets data connecti...