Consider a non-preemptive M/M/1 system with two first-come first-served queues, virtual (VQ) and system (SQ). An arriving customer who finds the server busy decides which queue to join. Customers in the SQ have non-preemptive priority over those in the VQ, but waiting in the SQ is more costly. We study two information models of the system. In the unobservable model customers are notified only w...

OANA DUICU1#, SORINA CIURLEA2#, CRISTINA DEHELEAN2, SIMONA ARDELEAN3, FLORINA ANDRICA2, DANINA MUNTEAN1, CODRUTA SOICA4, DIANA ANTAL5, , DORINA CORICOVAC2 *, IULIA PINZARU4 1“Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq, 300041, Timisoara, Romania 2 “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timi...

UNLABELLED Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) are promising home fortification products, but the optimal zinc level needed to improve growth and reduce morbidity is uncertain. We aimed to assess the impact of providing SQ-LNS with varied amounts of zinc, along with illness treatment, on zinc-related outcomes compared with standard care. In a placebo-controlled, cluster-ran...

Objectives: The majority (80%) of stroke survivors in Bangladesh have lived with either minor or major physical, emotional, and cognitive disabilities. Due to patients’ poor perceived experience in healthcare services, participation in rehabilitation care has become a significant challenge for them. Consequently, it increases the burden of stroke disability. Therefore, this study aimed to measu...

Increasing demand for biofuel has intensified land-use change (LUC) for sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) expansion in Brazil. Assessments of soil quality (SQ) response to this LUC are essential for quantifying and monitoring sustainability of sugarcane production over time. Since there is not a universal methodology for assessing SQ, we conducted a field-study at three sites within the largest...

We study the asymptotics of the reducible representations of the wreath productsG≀Sq = G⋊Sq for large q, whereG is a fixed finite group and Sq is the symmetric group in q elements; in particular for G = Z/2Z we recover the hyperoctahedral groups. We decompose such a reducible representation of G ≀ Sq as a sum of irreducible components (or, equivalently, as a collection of tuples of Young diagra...

Let SQ(d) be the set of primes p for which there exists a number field K of degree ≤ d and an elliptic curve E/Q, such that the order of the torsion subgroup of E(K) is divisible by p. In this article we give bounds for the primes in the set SQ(d). In particular, we show that, if p ≥ 11, p 6= 13, 37, and p ∈ SQ(d), then p ≤ 2d + 1. Moreover, we determine SQ(d) for all d ≤ 42, and give a conject...

Service quality and customer perceived value are significant for companies since they are highly correlated with loyalty, retention, and repurchase in a way that they all contribute to increasing profitability. This study aims at presenting a conceptual model for Service Quality (SQ) and Customer perceived value (CPV) in six large software companies in Iran. To do so, after reviewing the relate...

A novel method for the labeling and rapid separation of morphine, morphine-3-beta-Dglucuronide (M3G) and morphine-6-beta-D-glucuronide (M6G) in human urine employing a new boronic acid functionalized squarylium dye (SQ-BA3) and capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence detection (CE-LIF) is described. The spectrochemical properties, solution stability, pH range, and mechanisms f...