F. M. Souza, J. C. Egues and A. P. Jauho 1 Mikroelektronik Centret, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark 2 Departamento de Fı́sica e Informática, Instituto de Fı́sica de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, 13560-970 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. 3 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland (Dated: February...

There's a proposition proclaimed to be new; it existed in eternity before us. The early authors are forgotten; and also the contemporary ones won't have any remembrance, though they are modern. Abstract We point out that a natural and direct way of analyzing the recurrence fm+1 = bmfm ?fm?1 is by means of continued fractions theory. Applications to exotic numeration systems and to games are giv...

The coexistence of fibromyalgia (FM) and dry eye syndrome (DES) has been previously reported. However, there are few studies on how patients with FM may develop concomitant DES. Patients with chronic widespread pain, like FM, chronic fatigue syndrome, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), was concerned for the rheumatic or psychosomatic disorders which might adequately reflect the long-term risk ...

The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy, precision, and bias of fat mass (FM) as assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), hydrostatic weighing (HW), air-displacement plethysmography (PM) using the BOD POD body composition system and total body water (TBW) against the four-compartment (4C) model in 25 children (11.4 +/- 1.4 yr). The regression between FM by the 4C model ...

BACKGROUND Diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) is often challenging. Identifying factors associated with an FM diagnosis may guide health care providers in implementing appropriate diagnostic and management strategies. METHODS This retrospective study used the de-identified Humedica electronic medical record (EMR) database to identify variables associated with an FM diagnosis. Cases (n=4,296) were...

BACKGROUND There are continued concerns over an adequate supply of family physicians (FPs) practicing in Canada. While most resource planning has focused on intake into postgraduate education, less information is available on what postgraduate medical training yields. We therefore undertook a study of Family Medicine (FM) graduates from the University of Toronto (U of T) to determine the type o...

Using the Keldysh nonequilibrium technique, we study current and the tunnelling magnetoresistance (TMR) in a quantum dot coupled to two ferromagnetic leads (FM-dot-FM). The current is calculated for both parallel and antiparallel lead alignments. Coulomb interaction and spin-flip scattering are taken into account within the quantum dot. Interestingly, we find that these interactions play a cont...