In this paper, a parameter uniform numerical method based on Shishkin mesh is suggested to solve a system of second order singularly perturbed differential equations with a turning point exhibiting boundary layers. It is assumed that both equations have a turning point at the same point. An appropriate piecewise uniform mesh is considered and a classical finite difference scheme is applied on t...

The state of pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) education within emergency medicine (EM) residency programs is reviewed and discussed in the context of shifting practice environments and new demands for a greater focus on the availability and quality of PEM services. The rapid growth of PEM within pediatrics has altered the EM practice landscape with regard to PEM. The authors evaluate the comp...

The notion of Local Differential Privacy (LDP) enables users to answer sensitive questions while preserving their privacy. The basic LDP frequent oracle protocol enables the aggregator to estimate the frequency of any value. But when the domain of input values is large, finding the most frequent values, also known as the heavy hitters, by estimating the frequencies of all possible values, is co...

Fundamental Studies of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films: Optical, Mechanical, and Lithographic Property Control by Adam John Nolte Submitted to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering on November 21, 2006 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering ABSTRACT Polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) are a versatile t...

An asymmetrical suspension structure, without vertical column support and supplying the flexibility of spatial arrangement, is more sensitive to ground movement. The structural responses an structure subjected Clough–Penzien spectrum excitation were analytically investigated in this study. First, governing equation was decoupled into independent state generalized coordinates through real mode d...

Aflatoxins are natural contaminants of food crops implicated in the pathogenesis of various human diseases. This study aimed to determine the associations between aflatoxins and proteinenergy malnutrition (PEM) by measurements of aflatoxins in serum, urine and food on plate of Nigerian children with PEM. A crosssectional study was undertaken in 3 agroecological regions of Nigeria (Guinea savann...

Previous study has shown that the anti-Hu antibody titre of serum samples from patients with paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis/paraneoplastic sensory neuronopathy (PEM/PSN) was significantly higher than that from patients with small cell lung cancer without neurological disturbances (non-PEM/PSN). The aims of this study were (1) to identify the fine epitopes on HuD recognised by the anti-Hu anti...