Multi-homing is a technology used by Internet Service Provider (ISP) to connect to the Internet via multiple networks. This connectivity enhances the network reliability and service quality of the ISP. However, using multi-networks may imply multiple costs on the ISP. To make full use of the underlying networks with minimum cost, a routing strategy is requested by ISPs. Of course, this optimal ...

Figure S1: Relative initiation rate of mutation compared to wild type. The x-axis is the mutation position, each row in the y-axis is a different transcript. The scale shows values from the 2.5 percentile to the 97.5 percentile. In the graph, values lower than the 2.5 percentile are given the minimum green color and values above the 97.5 percentile are given the maximum red color. Blue indicate...

OBJECTIVE To verify Working Group for Obesity in China (WGOC) recommended body mass index (BMI) classification reference for overweight and obesity in Chinese children and adolescents using the data of 2002 China Nationwide Nutrition and Health Survey. METHODS Pediatric metabolic syndrome (MetS) and abnormality of each risk factor for MetS were defined using the criteria for US adolescents. D...

background: the children’s body composition status is an important indicator of health condition evaluated through their body mass index (bmi). we aimed to provide standardized percentile curves of bmi in a population of iranian children and adolescents. we assessed the nationally representative of sample populations from tehran. materials and methods: a total sample of 14,865 children aged 7-1...

the purpose of this research is to analyze heat waves characteristics in the warm period of the year as a climatic hazard in iran. in this study, the daily maximum temperature is taken at 44 synoptic stations during the period 1981-2010. these temperature values were used to extract the intensity, frequency and duration of heat waves using percentile thresholds of 90, 95, and 98. the results sh...

CONTEXT Waist circumference may offer improved diagnosis of obesity in youth compared with body mass index (BMI), but empirical evidence is limited. OBJECTIVE To compare the ability of BMI percentile using UK reference data and waist circumference percentile using UK reference data to diagnose high fat mass in English children. DESIGN AND METHODS In 7,722 9-10-year-olds (3,809 boys, 3,913 g...

INTRODUCTION Several studies suggested an association between first trimester biochemical markers (PAPP-A and ß-HCG) and infants below 10th percentile. Our goal was to describe this relationship of biochemical markers with small-for-gestational-age fetuses in our population. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective analytic study of 2 035 pregnant women that underwent first-trimester screening in t...