in this paper, first the available single charting methods, which have been proposed to detect simultaneous shifts in a single process mean and variance, are reviewed. then, by designing proper simulation studies these methods are evaluated in terms of in-control and out-ofcontrol average run length criteria (arl). the results of these simulation experiments show that the ewma and ewms methods ...

The blood of 63 human subjects selected because of the absence of recent infections, was studied for its content of specific antibodies against virulent strains of Types I, II, and III pneumococci before and after intracutaneous injections of minute amounts of pneumococcus products. The simultaneous injection of the specific polysaccharides of all three types of pneumococci and of proteins and ...

background: we investigated the rate of vaginal childbirth and cesarean and its causes in maternity wards of imam khomeini educational hospital in ahwaz the capital city of khuzestan province and al- hadi hospital in shoostar as a traditional city. methods: in this comparative descriptive study data were obtained from medical records of birth deliveries in six months (march to september) in yea...

BACKGROUND This systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of physical and procedural interventions for reducing pain and related outcomes during vaccination. DESIGN/METHODS Databases were searched using a broad search strategy to identify relevant randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials. Data were extracted according to procedure phase (preprocedure, acute, recovery, and combina...

We report experimental results with bearings-only and range-only Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). In the former case, we give the initial results from a new method that extends optimal shape-from-motion to incorporate angular rate and linear acceleration data. In the latter case, we have formulated a version of the SLAM problem that presumes a moving sensor able to measure only ran...

Inspired by ant navigation, we explore a method for sky segmentation using ultraviolet (UV) light. A standard camera is adapted to allow collection of outdoor images containing light in the visible range, in UV only and in green only. Automatic segmentation of the sky region using UV only is significantly more accurate and far more consistent than visible wavelengths over a wide range of locati...