Taxonomies are widely used to classify information, and multiple (possibly competing) taxonomies often exist for the same domain. Given a set of correspondences between two taxonomies, it is often necessary to “merge” the taxonomies, thereby creating a unified taxonomy (e.g., that can then be used by data integration and discovery applications). We present an algorithm for merging taxonomies th...

The reaction o f 5'-CMP with methyl, ethyl, «-propyl and isopropyl iodides gave predomi­ nantly ribose alkylated products. Various alkylated derivatives have been characterized using UV spectroscopy, paper electrophoresis, 'H N M R and FAB (negative) mass spectroscopic techniques. Under strongly alkaline conditions the 2'-0-alkylated derivatives are synthesized in maximal yields. Isopropylation...

BACKGROUND The government of the United Republic of Tanzania has initiated the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness program to improve the health and wellbeing of children. METHODS Tanzania's under-five mortality rate is still 1.7 times higher than the world average and, in order to achieve its Millennium Development Goal 4 target, its annual reduction rate is quite low at 2.2. The main...

In this paper, the LogP model is used to analyze four parallel sorting algorithms (bitonic, column, radix, and sample sort). LogP characterizes the performance of modern parallel machines with a small set of parameters: the communication latency (L), overhead (o), bandwidth (g), and the number of processors (P ). We develop implementations of these algorithms in Split-C, a parallel extension to...

We assessed the prevalence of childhood acute malnutrition and under-five mortality rate (U5MR) in Darbhanga district, India, using a two-stage 49-cluster household survey. A total of 1379 households comprising 8473 people were interviewed. During a 90-day recall period, U5MR was 0.5 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.2-1.4] per 10,000 per day. The prevalence of global acute malnutrition among 14...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the trend in mortality due to diarrhea among children under 5 in the town of Osasco (SP), Brazil, between 1980 and 2000. METHODS This is a descriptive observational study with two different designs, the first using individuals as the unit of study, and the other ecological, using groups of individuals as units of observation and including time series analysis. Data were o...

Save the Children has compiled the first ever league table ranking 60 developing nations in their efforts to preserve the lives of their youngest citizens. This information, published in the May 2007 report State of the World's Mothers 2007: Saving the Lives of Children Under 5, illustrates how even the poorest countries can implement effective solutions to prevent untimely child deaths. The ta...

Rare earth–transition metal (R-T) compounds have been playing an important role in technological applications for several decades. In particular, high-performance magnets are produced on the basis of SmCo5, Sm2Co17, and Nd2Fe14B compounds. At IFW, research has been Manuel Richter Helge Rosner (1) Daniela Koudela Ulrich Schwarz (1) Axel Handstein Michael Hanfland (2) Ingo Opahle Karl-Hartmut Mül...