Aims. We describe in detail the nature of XMM-Newton EPIC background and its various complex components, summarising the new findings of the XMM-Newton EPIC background working group, and provide XMM-Newton background blank sky event files for use in the data analysis of diffuse and extended sources. Methods. Blank sky event file data sets are produced from the stacking of data, taken from 189 o...

Following classical antiquity, European poetic meter was complicated by traditions negotiating between the prosodic stress of vernacular dialects and a classical system based on syllable length. Middle High German (MHG) epic poetry found a solution in a hybrid qualitative and quantitative meter. We develop a CRF model to predict the metrical values of syllables in MHG epic verse, achieving an F...

The multiply clock domain (MCD) technique is a novel technique to compromising between synchronous systems and asynchronous systems to reduce the power. However, most present studies of MCD are based on superscalar architectures. In this paper, MCDE, a MCD technique based on explicitly parallel instruction computing (EPIC) architecture is designed and implemented to reduce the power of clock di...

Abstract A 58-year-old male patient with degenerated St. Jude Epic mitral bioprosthesis underwent successful valve replacement using 29 mm Medical mechanical prosthesis. Case history presented here to prevent organ injury via a transeptal approach for epic bioprosthesis.

We present a work in progress aimed at measuring the spectrum of the Cosmic X-ray Background (CXB) with the EPIC detectors onboard XMM-Newton. Our study includes a detailed characterization of the EPIC non X-ray background, which is crucial in making a robust measurement of the spectrum of CXB. We present preliminary results, based on the analysis of a set of Commissioning and Performance Verif...

As healthcare organizations prepare for Meaningful Use Level 2and look ahead to MU Level 3 and the advent of Accountable Care, many are investing in Epic EHR to provide them with a “single view” of the patient, a foundation for evidence-baseddecision support, quality management, and outcomes reporting. Epic has proven its ability to transform healthcare delivery, increase efficiency, and improv...