The advent of multi-core processors has renewed interest in the idea of incorporating transactions into the programming model used to write multi-threaded programs. However, using lock based multi-threaded programming is hard to get right and easy to deadlock. Transactional Memory (TM) simplifies multi-threaded programming, by replacing use of locks with transactions. But, there are many proble...

There is limited consensus on the diagnosis and management of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm neonates. PDA remains one of the most common cardiovascular abnormalities in preterm neonates occurring in about a third of infants below 30 weeks gestation and up to 60% of infants less than 28 weeks. Shunting from the systemic to the pulmonary circulations, oftentimes referred to as ducta...

Two major health care problems in the general population of industrialized countries like the United States and the United Kingdom are obesity and Adult Onset or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The United Kingdom has the highest population obesity in Western Europe. Obesity in childhood and in women of childbearing age is also becoming a significant public health burden with negative shortand long-te...