BACKGROUND To evaluate different types of acupuncture treatment for migraine in China from the perspective of health economics, particularly the comparison between treatment of specific acupoints in Shaoyang meridians and penetrating sham acupoints treatment. METHODS Data were obtained from a multicenter, randomized controlled trial of acupuncture treatment in patients with migraine. Four-hun...

this article tries to study the relationship between “quality of work life” and “job satisfaction” among the employees of the area 3 local branches of bank melat in tehran. as far as the purpose is concerned, this study is an applicable research while from the research methodology point of view, it is descriptive survey. statistical population of the research covers of all the 670 employees of ...

Vestibular Schwannoma forms in Schwann cells which cover the vestibular nerve, often internal auditory canal. Symptoms were likely present before excision of tumor. After tumor, symptoms may include, hearing defects, tinnitus, facial muscle abnormalities, headache, and balance impairments. This case report is a female patient with schwannoma, who had few above-mentioned after surgery. Her physi...

Multi-link statistical test structures were used to study the effect of low k dielectrics on EM reliability of Cu interconnects. Experiments were performed on dual-damascene Cu interconnects integrated with oxide, CVD low k, porous MSQ, and organic polymer ILD. The EM activation energy for Cu structures was found to be between 0.8 and 1.0 eV, indicating mass transport is dominated by diffusion ...

The purpose of this study is to develop a new screening test for detecting the demented elderly in the early stage in communities. The test is easy to apply for consultation, guidance and care and is capable of administering differential diagnoses. Based on the 9 dementia rating scales used in Japan, Europe and the U.S., a new test was completed after investigating and modifying the design 5 ti...

Employee satisfaction is the main factor achieving high work performance, providing quality services in tourism sector, which directly affects increase productivity and commitment to organization. The research focused on determining factors of job institution by female workforce. authors conducted a survey companies Novi Sad (the second-largest city Serbia), based sample 610 women total, using ...

This work is concerned with tracking and system identification for time-varying parameters. The parameters areMarkov chains and the observations are binary valuedwith noise corruption. To overcome the difficulties due to the limited measurement information, Wonham-type filters are developed first. Then, based on the filters, two popular estimators, namely, mean squares estimator (MSQ) andmaximu...