Objectives: Many groups are developing computer-interpretable clinical guidelines (CIGs) for use during clinical encounters. CIGs use “Task-Network Models” for representation but differ in their approaches to addressing particular modeling challenges. We have studied similarities and differences between CIGs in order to identify issues that must be resolved before a consensus on a set of common...

Abstract In today's state‐of‐the‐art high‐efficiency silicon solar cells need to be inserted a thin insulating layer in order reduce the recombination losses between carrier transport and Si surface, which can form tunneling junction (TJ), thus increasing performance of TJ comparable with pn structure. However, copper indium gallium selenium (CIGS) inevitably lead due interface is widely assume...

Correspondence: Mr Andrew Loughead, Department of Health, Healthy Living and Seniors, Government of Manitoba, 4089-300 Carlton Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 3M9. Telephone 204-784-3900, e-mail [email protected] Electronic cigarettes (e-cigs), electronic nicotine delivery systems, vape pen, whichever name you choose to refer to them, their use is becoming as common a sight as someone sm...

Significant power conversion efficiency improvements have recently been achieved for thin-film solar cells based on a variety of polycrystalline absorbers, including perovskites, CdTe, and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS). The passivation of grain boundaries (GBs) through (post-deposition) treatments is a crucial step for this success. For the case of CIGS, the introduction of a potassium fluoride post-depo...

Clinical guidelines are aimed at standardizing patient care and improving its quality and cost effectiveness. Guidelines represented in a computer-interpretable (CI) format can be used to provide automatic decision support applied to individual patients during the clinical encounter. The process of creating computer-interpretable guidelines (CIG) re-moves ambiguities contained in paper-based gu...

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) are marketed as safer alternatives to tobacco cigarettes and have shown to reduce their consumption. Here we report for the first time the effects of e-cigs on subjective and objective asthma parameters as well as tolerability in asthmatic smokers who quit or reduced their tobacco consumption by switching to these products. We retrospectively reviewed changes in s...

BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking is a tough addiction to break. Therefore, improved approaches to smoking cessation are necessary. The electronic-cigarette (e-Cigarette), a battery-powered electronic nicotine delivery device (ENDD) resembling a cigarette, may help smokers to remain abstinent during their quit attempt or to reduce cigarette consumption. Efficacy and safety of these devices in long-t...

Algorithm research of task scheduling is one of the key techniques in grid computing. This paper firstly describes a DAG task scheduling model used in grid computing environment, secondly discusses generational scheduling (GS) and communication inclusion generational scheduling (CIGS) algorithms. Finally, an improved CIGS algorithm is proposed to use in grid computing environment, and it has be...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although cigarette smoking is known to be a risk factor for ischemic stroke, there are few data on the dose-response relationship between smoking and stroke risk in a young ethnically diverse population. METHODS We used data from the Stroke Prevention in Young Women Study, a population-based case-control study of risk factors for ischemic stroke in women aged 15 to 49 y...