In this paper, we present a formal model of the reliable multicast service that ensures eventual packet delivery with, possibly, some timeliness guarantees. This model dictates precisely what it means to be a member of the reliable multicast group and which packets are guaranteed delivery to which members of the group. Moreover, it is reasonable, implementable, and broad; that is, it captures t...

In the context of child welfare, family reunification refers to the services that are provided for purposes of returning children who have been placed in out-of-home care to their families of origin. Family reunification is the primary permanency goal for the majority of children who have been placed temporarily outside of their homes. This literature review focuses on the federal Child and Fam...

As Dr Draper points out in her letter,1 NHS Direct is a useful resource for women, however many turn to their general practitioner, practice nurse or local sexual health clinic for help when a pill is forgotten. Therefore ‘keeping up to date’ with regard to ‘missed pill’ information is not only important to help advise these women but is also very relevant, and should be included in the verbal ...

In a large visual multi-class detection framework, the timeliness of results can be crucial. Our method for timely multi-class detection aims to give the best possible performance at any single point after a start time; it is terminated at a deadline time. Toward this goal, we formulate a dynamic, closed-loop policy that infers the contents of the image in order to decide which detector to depl...

The results of examination and treatment 32 pregnant women with central presentation placental accreta are presented. For the purpose timely diagnosis centrally located placenta ingrowth, it is recommended to conduct ultrasound MRI studies in previa a history cesarean section. delivery conditions Regional Perinatal Center "AlexandroMariinsky Clinical Hospital" Astrakhan for 2019-2020 presented....

Often, in a health care delivery chain, lack of coordination has been detrimental to timely, high quality care. This paper focuses on the two steps of the hospital health care delivery chain, an emergency department and a hospital’s inpatient units. Past research into this chain has suggested that early prediction of patient need for admission can be used to better align flow between the two de...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of twin birth weight discordance and compare the maternal characteristics and neonatal outcome in discordant and concordant twin gestations. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional comparative study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY MCH Centre, Unit-II, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, from January 2005 to December 2007. METHODOLOGY All twin gestatio...

POLICY STATEMENT The primary goal of antenatal evaluation is to identify fetuses at risk for intrauterine injury and death so that intervention and timely delivery can prevent progression to stillbirth. It should be understood however, that despite widespread use of many tests, limited evidence exists to demonstrate effectiveness at improving perinatal outcomes with application of these tests. ...

Several access schemes have been suggested for dual-bus network topology, e.g., DQDB [32], Fasnet [37], CRMA [41], and Simple [36]. It is therefore important to provide various services in this type of networks. This paper addresses the issue of guaranteeing the timely delivery of isochronous (real-time) messages with hard deadlines in slotted dual-bus networks. We propose a slot allocation sch...

Urinary tract morbidity has increased by 7% in Kazakhstan between 2007 to 2011. Pregnant women with extragenital pathologies or kidney diseases had the greatest prevalence of morbidity. Asymptomatic bacteriuria (AB) is one of the most important risk factors of pyelonephritis development in pregnant women, and it can affect the course and outcome of pregnancy, delivery, and postnatal period. AB ...