Multihead one-way finite automata (l-MFA) received much attention in studies of devices of low complexity. This is because they work in linear time and because of their simplicity. On the other hand, the class of languages recognized by l-MFA is rather small. Anyway, it contains many languages important from the practical point of view. Despite the simplicity of l-MFA, many problems concerning ...

BACKGROUND Since 2003 and 2005, National Pilot Medical Financial Assistance Scheme (MFA) has been implemented in rural and urban areas of China to improve the poorest families' accessibility to health services. Local governments of the pilot areas formulated various benefit packages. Comparative evaluation research on the effect of different benefit packages is urgently needed to provide eviden...

This study focuses on the possible impact of the MFA phase-out on the world economy. Starting from analyzing trends in world textile and apparel trade (T&A), the study found that the developing countries were a growing factor in world T&A trade in recent decades. Moreover, using trade data from 91 countries over 37 years, the empirically investigate of the study indicates a strong positive rela...

A three dimensional quantitative structure activity relationship (3D QSAR) using k nearest neighbor molecular field analysis (kNN MFA) method was performed on a series of arylbenzofuran derivatives as H3-receptor antagonists. This study was performed with 29 compounds (data set) using sphere exclusion (SE) algorithm and random selection method for the division of the data set into training and ...

This work presents a new network centric architecture for multiple frame assignment (MFA) tracking. The architecture improves on earlier network tracking schemes by allowing trackers to broadcast decisions about their local soft-level associations, via the Soft Associated Measurement Reports (SAMRs). The SAMR may be followed by an “Oops” message, if the soft association was incorrect and must b...

A need has existed for the accurate identification of monofluoroacetate (MFA) poisoning in southern Africa. The development of a new method for the determination of MFA has made the analysis of a variety of biological samples (n = 50) feasible. The method has been used in the laboratory over 24 months. Monofluoroacetate was present in 66% of samples from cases of suspected poisoning, reflecting...

—Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been widely used in various scenarios. By combining multiple forms of authentication, MFA effectively provides security assurance. Due to the rapid developments of mobile devices, especially smart phones, more and more sensitive information is now stored or accessible on smart phones. How to protect smart phones' security is now more important than ever. ...

This paper presents our work on the static task scheduling model using the mean-field annealing (MFA) technique. Mean-field annealing is a technique of thermostatic annealing that takes the statistical properties of particles as its learning paradigm. It combines good features from the Hopfield neural network and simulated annealing, to overcome their weaknesses and improve on their performance...

We have evaluated the potential of urinary uronic acid measurement as an early indicator in the development of renal papillary necrosis (RPN). Urinary uronic acid was quantified with a range of other urinary biochemical parameters in rats given multiple doses of N-phenylanthranilic acid (NPAA) or mefenamic acid (MFA), each of which induces a dose-related papillary necrosis. In addition, histolo...

This paper reviews the development of the Medical Financial Assistance program (MFA) in rural China, including design and implementation processes, and assesses major areas for improvement. Jointly financed by the central and local governments, MFA provides cash assistance to poor households for the purchase of medical services. Because policy design and implementation are decentralized to loca...