An (m,m,m)-array of order n is an n×n array such that each cell is assigned a set of at most m symbols from {1, . . . , n} such that no symbol occurs more than m times in any row or column. An (m,m,m)-array is called avoidable if there exists a Latin square such that no cell in the Latin square contains a symbol that also belongs to the set assigned to the corresponding cell in the array. We sh...

The kidney is commonly involved in monoclonal gammopathy . This involvement can manifest with varying clinical presentations. objective of our study to describe the renal outcome associated gammopathies and determine predictive factors favorable response after chemotherapy We performed a retrospective observational over period 7 years (January 2012 – December 2018) including patients hospitaliz...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influenceof different light curing systems and curing times on the micro-hardness of aresin modified glass ionomer. Methods: Forty two samples of ResinModified Glass Ionomer (RMGI) were prepared using stainless steel cylindrical mold(8 × 2 mm) and randomly divided into six groups of seven. Three groups werecured with a Quartz Tungsten Halo...

evaluation of serum albumin level and its effect on prognosis in patients admitted to intensive care unit    valizadeh hasanloei ma [1] , norozinia h [2] *, shateri k [3] , bakhtyari l [4] , hosseinpour h [5]     received: 18 sep , 2013 accepted: 21 nov , 2013   abstract   background & aims : albumin and globulin are the largest components of the body proteins. albumin is a protein made in the ...

We evaluated the methods and results of nine cohort studies dealing with the biological effects on human health from exposure to radiofrequencies/microwaves, published between 1980 and 2002. The size of the cohorts varied between 304 (3,362 person years) and nearly 200,000 persons (2.7 million person years). As exposures were defined: dielectric heaters in a plastic manufacturing plant, working...

Standard economic intuition of revealed preference implies that when two parties freely enter into a contract then neither should be worse off. In this study, we develop a simple model showing that introducing the opportunity to contract can lower welfare for some, and perhaps all, contracting parties. We consider a situation where processors can obtain inputs from suppliers (farmers) using eit...

An adaptive discontinuous Galerkin multiscale method driven by an energy norm a posteriori error bound is proposed. The method is based on splitting the problem into a coarse and fine scale. Localized fine scale constituent problems are solved on patches of the domain and are used to obtain a modified coarse scale equation. The coarse scale equation has considerably less degrees of freedom than...

BACKGROUND As the US population ages, there is an increasing need for evidence based, peer-led physical activity programs, particularly in ethnically diverse, low income senior centers where access is limited. METHODS/DESIGN The Peer Empowerment Program 4 Physical Activity' (PEP4PA) is a hybrid Type II implementation-effectiveness trial that is a peer-led physical activity (PA) intervention b...

In this paper, we investigate how to compute the throughput of probabilistic streaming applications. Given a streaming application whose dependence graph is a linear chain, a fully heterogeneous target platform, and a one-to-one mapping of the application onto the platform (a processor is assigned at most one application stage), how can we compute the throughput of the application, i.e., the ra...

Aquatic ecoregions were increasingly used as spatial units for aquatic ecosystem management at the watershed scale. In this paper, the principle of including land area, comprehensiveness and dominance, conjugation and hierarchy were selected as regionalizing principles. Elevation and drainage density were selected as the regionalizing indicators for the delineation of level I aquatic ecoregions...