I discuss the view of communication networks as self-organised critical systems, the mathematical models that may be needed to describe the emergent properties of such networks, and how certain security hygiene schemes may push a network into a super-critical state, potentially leading to large scale security disasters.

introduction: clinical education in critical care units is very important and promotion of quality of clinical education can lead to higher qualification and professionalism of nursing students in this area of practice . so, this study was conducted to evaluate the clinical skills of nursing students in icu , ccu and dialysis units . method & materials : this research was a cross sectional desc...

abstract background: while critical care nurses are vulnerable to burnout because of the complex nature of patients’ health problems, working in critical care areas has become even more complicated by shift working schedules. this study aimed to determine the relationship between fixed and rotating shifts and burnout in a sample of critical care nurses working in critical care areas. materials ...

objective: to systematically review the current literature of simulation in healthcare including the structured steps in the emergency healthcare sector by proposing a framework for simulation in the emergency department. methods: for the purpose of collecting the data, pubmed and acm databases were used between the years 2003 and 2013. the inclusion criteria were to select english-written arti...

in this paper‎, ‎we consider the following kirchhoff-type equations‎: ‎$-‎left(a+bint_{mathbb{r}^{3}}|nabla u|^{2}right)delta u+v(x) u=lambda$ $f(x,u)+u^{5}‎, ‎quad mbox{in }mathbb{r}^{3},$ ‎$u(x)>0‎, ‎quad mbox{in }mathbb{r}^{3},$ ‎$uin h^{1}(mathbb{r}^{3})‎ ,‎$ ‎ ‎‎‎where $a,b>0$ are constants and $lambda$ is a positive parameter‎. ‎the aim of this paper is to study the existence of positive ...

in this paper the effects of non-linearity of suspension on dynamic behavior of a railway wheelset has been studied. this wheelset has four degrees of freedom that with two constraints it has reduced to two degrees of freedom. vermeulen-johnson theory has been used to calculate contact forces between wheel and rail. in this study the creep coefficients have considered constant. any linearizatio...

objectives: goal-directed subsidies because of its nature can affect all aspects of iranian life. this scheme is not only an economic program but also affects other aspects of social life including: welfare and economic situation of society, labor market, income, expenditure and consumption pattern models of family and social problems such as poverty and inequality, drug abuse, family problem, ...