Geospace environment modeling 2008-2009 challenge:Dstindex

Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Lorestan, 2008-2009

Background : Tuberculosis is known as one of the main causes of mortality worldwide. 1.7 milliard people worldwide are infected with TB germs, there are 8 million new cases of TB annually, and three million deaths occur due to the disease in developing countries. Materials and Methods: This study included all the cases who had referred to all the health centers of Lorestan province with posi...

IMA Seminar Series 2008 / 2009

The Affinity Propagation algorithm is a novel clustering method proposed by Frey and Dueck in 2007 [1], which combines advantages of both affinity-based clustering (like Hierarchical algorithms) and model-based clustering (like Expectation-Maximisation). The method takes as input measures of similarity between pairs of data points and real-valued messages are exchanged between data points until...

2008 — 2009 Research Honors Program

Introduction to special section on ‘‘Results of the National Science Foundation Geospace Environment Modeling Inner Magnetosphere/ Storms Assessment Challenge’’

[1] The National Science Foundation sponsors the Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) program, devoted to understanding the scientific underpinnings for the creation of a Geospace General Circulation Model. The GEM program is organized into finite-length campaigns, one of which is the Inner Magnetosphere/Storms (IM/S) Campaign, which is ending in 2006. The final activity of the IM/S Campaign was...

The Food Environment and Student Weight Status, Los Angeles County, 2008-2009

INTRODUCTION One factor believed to affect overweight status is the food environment, or the distribution of outlets that serve healthful or unhealthful foods in residential areas, workplaces, and schools. Few studies have investigated the association between the food environment and the prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents. The objective of this study was to investigate the ...