We present a new way to encode weighted sums into unweighted pairwise constraints, obtaining the following results. – Define the k-SUM problem to be: given n integers in [−n, n] are there k which sum to zero? (It is well known that the same problem over arbitrary integers is equivalent to the above definition, by linear-time randomized reductions.) We prove that this definition of k-SUM remains...

The use of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg), which is immunoglobulin G pooled from thousands of healthy donors, in the treatment of immunodeficient and autoimmune diseases has grown during the past 2 decades. Although its initial application was largely limited to replacement therapy in hypogammaglobulinemia, IVIg is gaining acceptance as therapy for autoimmune thrombocytopenia purpura, and a ...

The last years have seen the widespread diffusion of novel Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN ) technologies, which are gaining momentum and commercial interest as enabling technologies for the Internet of Things. In this paper we discuss some of the most interesting LPWAN solutions, focusing in particular on LoRa TM , one of the last born and most promising technologies for the wide-area IoT.

Political elite’s relations for maintaining power is an important key to analyse the government’s behaviour. This paper presents a new network policy among the Iranian political elite using Social Network Analysis Method. How do they make the network? Is there Elite to Elite family relation based on ideological united or common interests? Network boundary is the political elites who have kinshi...

! some countries, dapoxetine is available for on-demand treatment of PE. A recent randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial in Turkey compared the effectiveness of paroxetine vs acupuncture in 90 patients with PE. Those in the medication group received paroxetine 20 mg/day. Men in the acupuncture group received treatments twice a week for 4 weeks. There was also a sham acupunctureplacebo gr...

Conflicts occur when people believe that they are different from others and conflict in religion is no different. Religious conflicts Poso between Sunnis Shiites East Java have the effects of conflict, including protracted social friction, which prevents development a cohesive community. This research uses socio-legal approach, where study law combines approach legal sciences. Establishing way ...

although believing in the reappearance of imam mahdi is an islamic belief, it has an outstanding position in the shiite school. it can be said the main proof behind this position is that shiites have accepted his birth and life. regardless of the foundations and arguments of shiites, some sunni writers have sharply opposed this belief. ahmad b. taymiyya is one of these writers who has made cert...