We provide details of the models used in the main text, explain some of the results in greater detail, perform a sensitivity analysis for each model and explore a number of alternate scenarios to demonstrate the general nature of the results presented in the main text. S1 Details of the model The models used in this paper are extensions to the contact model described in detail in McCaw and McVe...

  Background and Objective: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is one of the most common chronic diseases. In the past decades, there has been an increase in fungal infections of sinuses and fungal rhinosinusitis (FRS) has been diagnosed more frequently. Knowing the fungal flora and its prevalence in CRS patients will allow a better understanding of this disease, permitting a correct diagnosis, trea...

Although it has been a high priority Army program, a number of factors have complicated the RAH-66 Comanche program. Since its inception, the program has been restructured several times–postponing the initial operational capability (IOC) and increasing overall program costs. Presently, there is debate within the Army regarding whether the program should be reduced significantly to make funds av...

This paper defines an end-to-end Billing Process Model. The processes in this model are mapped to the Telecommunication Management Network (TMN) Model. Usage Metering Interface (UMI) in the process model is defined for between Network Providers (NP) and Equipment Providers (EP). And it is designed for the BICI (Broadband ISDN Inter-Carrier Interface) environment where multiple carriers using AT...

A graph G is well-covered if all its maximal independent sets are of the same cardinality. Assume that a weight function w is defined on its vertices. Then G is w-well-covered if all maximal independent sets are of the same weight. For every graph G, the set of weight functions w such that G is w-well-covered is a vector space, denoted WCW (G). Let B be a complete bipartite induced subgraph of ...

We show that testing inclusion between languages represented by regular expressions with numerical occurrence indicators (#REs) is NP-hard, even if the expressions satisfy the requirement of “unambiguity”, which is required for XML Schema content model expressions. 1 Proof of the result We have seen before [3] that testing for inclusion and overlap of languages represented by #REs is NP-hard. T...

Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) can occur in children whose mothers contract the rubella virus, sometimes called German measles, during pregnancy [2]. Depending on the gestational period when the mother contracts rubella, an infant born with CRS may be unaffected by the virus or it may have severe developmental defects. The most severe effects of the virus on fetal development occur when the ...

Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) can occur in children whose mothers contract the rubella virus, sometimes called German measles, during pregnancy [2]. Depending on the gestational period when the mother contracts rubella, an infant born with CRS may be unaffected by the virus or it may have severe developmental defects. The most severe effects of the virus on fetal development occur when the ...

1 Background In the previous lecture we saw a PTAS for the problem PkM 2 i. Recall that M i is the completion time of machine i. In this lecture we present a PTAS for the problem Pk P c j w j , due to Skutella and Woeginger (1999). Some known results for related problems: 1k P w j c j-can be solved in polynomial time using Smith's Ratio Rule. Pk P c j-can be solved in polynomial time using SPT ...