To implement high-performance global interconnect without impacting the placement and performance of existing blocks, the use of buffer blocks is becoming increasingly popular in structured-custom and block-based ASIC methodologies. Recent works by Cong, Kong, and Pan [5] and Tang and Wong [21] give algorithms to solve the buffer block planning problem. In this paper, we address the problem of ...

Antiprothrombin and anti-beta2-glycoprotein I (beta2-GPI) antibodies belong to the family of antiphospholipid (APL) antibodies and represent the phospholipid-dependent inhibitors of coagulation. They may be distinguished by analyzing the coagulation profiles generated by the comparison of the ratios of two coagulation tests, the Kaolin Clotting Time (KCT) and the dilute Russell's Viper Venom Ti...

Let Dist(f; g) = Pru [ f(u)6=g(u) ] denote the relative distance between functions f; g mapping from a group G to a group H , and let Dist(f) denote the minimum, over all linear functions (homomorphisms) g, of Dist(f; g). Given a function f : G ! H we let Err(f) = Pru;v [ f(u)+f(v)6=f(u+v) ] denote the rejection probability of the BLR (Blum-Luby-Rubinfeld) linearity test. Linearity testing is t...

Objectives and method: This article introduces the concept of consultancy teams to a sport psychology readership, presenting an overview of initial applications and findings of this approach in applied settings. Although the notion and application of consultancy teams in therapeutic settings has been around for many years (e.g., Weakland, Fisch, Watzlawick, & Bodin, 1974), they have yet to be e...

Purpose: Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is a rare cancer previously seen in elderly men. In Botswana there is an increase in OSSN and pterygia among young HIV-1 infected patients. Factors that determine the course of this cancer have not been characterized. Recent studies identified HPV, EBV, KSHV, HSV-1/2, and CMV in patient samples. We now characterize the microbiome associated with...

Correspondence The editors, Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, The Schild Plot, 16 Angel Gate, City Road, London, EC1V 2PT | UK. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7239 0171; Fax: +44 (0) 20 7417 0114; E-mail: [email protected] Over at least the past two decades, there have been calls for improvement in the conduct and reporting of nonclinical and clinical research in general, and more specifically in t...

There are three basic concepts that underlie human cognition: granulation, organization and causation. Informally, granulation involves decomposition of whole into parts; organization involves integration of parts into whole; and causation involves association of causes with effects. Granulation of an object A leads to a collection of granules of A, with a granule being a clump of points (objec...

When minimizing a given objective function is challenging because of, for example, combinatorial complexity or points of nondifferentiability, one can apply more efficient and easier-to-implement algorithms to modified versions of the function. In the ideal case, one can employ known algorithms for the modified function that have a thorough theoretical and empirical record and for which public ...

Purpose: Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) rate has increased in incidence with the HIV pandemic in Africa. Multiple factors including cellular and environmental can affect the pathogenesis of OSSN in HIVinfected patients. We will investigate anti-inflammatory cytokines, proinflammatory cytokines, and growth factor expression in sera and tissue samples of OSSN and pterygia for the potent...

Of 210 children 164 (78%) had diarrhoea due to E.coli infection. The common enteropathogenic serotypes in 71 cases were 0111: K58 (36.6%) and 0125:K70 (25.4%). Enteropathogenic strains of E.coli were sensitive to Ampicillin (84.5%), Amoxil (73.2%) and Ampiclox (54.9%) (JPMA 36: 14, 1986). INTRODUCTION Diarrhoea is a common disease of infants and children under the age of two years. It is caused...