Background: Hypoglycemia is one of the most common neonatal disorders, associated with severe complications. There has been a great deal of controversy regarding the definition and screening of hypoglycemia. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to determine a cut-off value for blood glucose level in glucometer readings. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 238 newborns at risk of ...

This contribution considers several issues related to upstream power back-off, specifically the need to standardize a single back-off procedure and the level to which the chosen procedure should be autonomous. It is concluded that autonomous application of the back-off procedure is the only practical option in unbundled environments. The contribution proposes that T1E1.4 agree on a specific bac...

This paper presents a method for implementing off-grid boundary conditions (BCs) within Yee’s Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method, without disturbing the existing uniform mesh or changing the standard FDTD code. Both perfect electric conductor (PEC) and perfect magnetic conductor (PMC) walls are considered. The field values at off-grid virtual boundaries are obtained by extrapolation of...

As users become increasingly aware of the need to adopt strong password, it hinders the digital forensics investigations due to the password protection of potential evidence data. In this paper, we analyse and discuss existing password recovery methods, and identify the need for a more efficient and effective method to aid the digital forensics investigation process. We show that our new time-m...

One primary disadvantage of spiral imaging is blurring artifact due to off-resonance effects. The conventional frequency segmented off-resonance correction method that is performed over the entire image is computationally intense due to the large number of fast Fourier transforms (FFTs) required. Here, a new fast off-resonance correction method, block regional off-resonance correction (BRORC), ...

While the effects of legal and institutional arrangements on political participation are well documented, little attention has been given to the potential participatory effects of one of the United States’ most important electoral laws: constitutionally mandated reapportionment. By severing the ties between constituents and their incumbents, we argue, redistricting raises information costs, lea...