This article offers a critical assessment of the “survivor bonds” (SBs) proposal recently put forward by Blake and Burrows, which calls for the government to issue bonds whose coupon payments are contingent on the proportions of retirees surviving to particular ages. It suggests that the proposal has considerable merit and discusses the circumstances in which SBs would be useful riskmanagement ...

Per-survivor iterative timing recovery was proposed by Kovintavewat, Barry, Erden, and Kurtas [1] to perform timing recovery, equalization, and errorcorrection decoding jointly. In this paper, we investigate the robustness of this scheme in the situation where the channel is dominated by media jitter noise. We apply the pattern-dependent noisepredictive (PDNP) technique to per-survivor iterativ...

| A time-recursive algorithm for the joint estimation of angles of arrival (AOA), multipath channel coe cients, and digital data is developed. This algorithm, which is applicable to TDMA cellular and PCS systems, is based on the technique of Per-Survivor Processing (PSP). The PSP-based adaptive array processing algorithm uses per-survivor estimation of AOAs and channel coe cients embedded into ...

This paper extends the Survivor Buddy simulation in the Search and Rescue Game Environment (SARGE) through the addition of two-way audio communication and a specialized search and rescue multiplayer environment in order to support multi-person human-robot interaction studies. The multiplayer that was created through this project allows one person to be the survivor and another to control the ro...

I n the current issue of the European Respiratory Journal, LEE et al. [1] have done excellent work developing and validating a risk equation for incident pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients in the UK. In addition, they have very helpfully summarised the differences and similarities between the newly developed Scottish composite score (SCS) and other contemporary PAH survival equation...

The validity of survivor curves for Leptospira autumnalis Akiyami A based on most-probable-number values is supported by the following observations: (i) linear regression lines fell within most of the 95% confidence intervals; (ii) linear correlation coefficients (r) were consistently high (i.e., near -1); and (iii) statistical tests for goodness of fit usually accepted the linear model. These ...

To illustrate the implementation of a bottom-up approach to the study of culture in health disparities, this article describes the development of a cultural cancer screening scale (CCSS) using mixed methodologies. The aim was to identify cultural factors relevant to breast and cervical cancer screening, develop an instrument to assess them and examine its preliminary psychometric properties amo...

Research on the potential influence of physical activity on cancer outcomes is extensive, and it encompasses basic science; animal models; large-scale prospective epidemiologic research; and randomized controlled trials of a wide range of physical activity interventions designed to improve quality of life, functional status, and a number of physiologic parameters that may influence cancer risk ...

The Oncologist 2003;8:128-131 www.TheOncologist.com Correspondence: Joseph J. Fins, M.D., F.A.C.P., Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, F-173, New York, New York 10021, USA. Telephone: 212-746-4246; Fax: 212-746-8738; e-mail: [email protected] Received January 7, 2003; accepted for publication February 24, 2003. ©AlphaMed Press 1083-7159/2003/$12.00/0 In...

Background: Severe septicemia can result in impaired oxygen perfusion to the tissues. The PaO2/FiO2 ratio(P/F ratio) is one of measurement parameters for hypoxemia. This study aims evaluate P/F ratio asa risk factor hypoxemia against mortality children.Method: An observational with a prospective cohort design was conducted. Thirty-six patients withsepticemia, consisting 18 who living (survivor)...