First observed in gaseous plasmas in the early 1960’s, helicon discharges lay like a sleeping giant until they emerged in the 1980’s, when their usefulness as efficient plasma sources for processing microelectronic circuits for the burgeoning semiconductor industry became recognized. Research on helicons spread to many countries; new, challenging, unexpected problems arose, and these have spawn...

It is well-documented that proper hand hygiene reduces nosocomial infections (Centers for Disease Control, 2000), while it is also well-documented that compliance by health care providers to proper hand hygiene remains less than satisfactory (Larson et al., 2001). It is the purpose of this brief communication to propose a theoretically driven approach that can be used by health educators in a v...

Sequential probability assignment and universal compression go hand in hand. We propose sequential for non-binary (and large alphabet) sequences with empirical distributions whose parameters are known to be bounded within a limited interval. algorithms essential many applications that require fast accurate estimation of the maximizing sequence probability. These include learning, regression, ch...

Dementia is a relatively "new" disease in the medical field. Over the past few decades, neurologists, geriatricians, psychologists, and sociologists were keen to determine the causes of dementia. The prevalent picture of the scientific and theoretical causation of dementia, however, overshadows the lay perspective of dementia. To get a better understanding of the latter aspect, this study exami...

This research investigates the effect of fiber pre-treatment on mechanical and physical properties unidirectional water hyacinth (WH) reinforced epoxy resin composites. The fibers have been produced by processing. 50–70 cm length WH stems are brushed with an iron brush to mechanically extract strands. dry then were pre-treated alkalization esterification. ha ve conducted immersing 2 %, 5 % 10 N...

Women's perceptions of illness are examined and the effects of lay consultations and social networks on the use of general practitioner services are explored.A sample of 79 women aged 16-44 from a new estate in London completed six-week health diaries and were subsequently interviewed. Symptoms were recorded in the diaries one day in every three, and the ratio of medical consultations to sympto...