Introduction The DLC Faculty Recruitment Subcommittee (Jeffrey Gray and James Calvin, co-chairs, Namandje Bumpus, Irene Ferguson, Pam McCann, Allison Boyle, and Lynne Jones) focused on issues of faculty recruitment and retention. Priority Six in the University’s TEN x 2020: A Vision for Johns Hopkins University through the year 2020 is to “Attract the very best faculty and staff in the world th...

In this paper, trellis group codes are introduced as an extension of Slepian group codes to codes over sequence spaces. A trellis group code is defined over R” as the orbit of a bi-infinite “seed sequence”, 20 E (W”)‘, under an infinite, defining group of transformations. This group of transformations is generated by a symbolic system. The theory is developed by combining a nontrivial extension...

High speed ADCs are used in a wide variety of real-time DSP signal-processing applications, replacing systems that used analog techniques alone. The major reason for using digital signal processing are (1) the cost of DSP processors has gone down, (2) their speed and computational power has increased, and (3) they are reprogrammable, thereby allowing for system performance upgrades without hard...

background: metabolic syndrome (ms) is defined as a pattern of metabolic disorders including central obesity, insulin resistance or hyperglycemia, high blood pressure, and dyslipidemia. many studies show a clear relationship between diet and components of ms. the aim of the current study was to identify barriers to adherence to dietary recommendations among iranian ms patients. methods: the the...

background: over the last 10 years, the evidential practice has been developing in kazakhstan. the clinical protocols of diagnostics and treatment were implemented in the country since 2007. we analyzed the normal birth practice in kazakhstan. materials and methods: obstetricians and midwives were subject to the questionnaire survey in four large maternity hospitals of almaty. results: totally,...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among international travellers. Practitioner knowledge of the effects of CVD on international travel is imperative in order to promote a healthy travel experience. This review aimed to explore the available literature on this topic. The PubMed database was accessed to source relevant literature using combinations of relevant keywords as...

Irrespective of all the efforts made by the Department of Labour (DoL) and other relevant stakeholders to improve construction occupational health and safety (OH&S) performance, there is still a very high level of accidents and fatalities in South Africa. Injuries and accidents to workers help no community in any nation. A doctoral study was recently conducted with the aim of investigating the ...

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) provides the Public Health Agency of Canada with ongoing and timely medical, scientific and public health advice relating to immunization. The Public Health Agency of Canada acknowledges that the advice and recommendations set out in this statement are based upon the best current available scientific knowledge and is disseminating this docu...