The Axial Separation Module (ASM), which separates whole-blood specimens serially in Axial Process Containers (APC), was evaluated for clinical performance at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center (UVA HSC) in a community-based outpatient laboratory (North Ridge Clinic). We hypothesized that moving the task of blood separation to point of care would reduce specimen turnaround time w...

We investigate a spherical collapse model with and without the spatial curvature. We obtain the exact solutions of dynamical quantities such as the ratio of the scale factor to its value at the turnaround epoch (x ≡ a ata ) and the ratio of the overdensity radius to its value at the turnaround time (y ≡ R Rta ) with general cosmological parameters. The exact solutions of the overdensity at the ...

In Round-Robin Scheduling, the time quantum is fixed and processes are scheduled such that no process uses CPU time more than one time quantum in one go. If time quantum is too large, the response time of the processes will not be tolerated in an interactive environment. If the time quantum is too small, unnecessary frequent context switch may occur. Consequently, overheads result in fewer thro...

OBJECTIVES The relative merits of hub and spoke models of service delivery are often debated, but accessing data on how they may benefit service delivery can be difficult, and may hinder the adoption of a model which can benefit the health community. Our aim was to provide objective data that would either support or refute one potential benefit of service redesign, namely the effect on turnarou...