This study describes a general framework and several algorithms for reducing Bayesian networks wi th loops (i.e., undirected cycles) into equivalent networks which are singly connected. The purpose of this conversion is to take advantage of a distributed inference algorithm |6|. The framework and algorithms center around one basic operation, node aggregation. In this operation, a cluster of nod...

background: the objectives of an educational system in a society are based on society's requirements. since personnel knowledge and skill are not qualified with the advantages of science and invention of new tools, new needs are arisen. comparing the curriculum of undergraduate course of operating room of our country with international societies, it seems that this curriculum is not a good one ...

Solid Electrolyte Interphase In article number 2203966, Wolfgang Wenzel and co-workers use a mesoscale simulation approach to comprehensively characterize the growth composition of solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) based on chemistry-specific reaction network. They find that organic SEI forms grows in solution-mediated pathway by aggregation precursors far away from surface via nucleation proc...

Microsel1sors operate under severe energy cOllstraints a'nd should be deployed in large numbers Wilhou! any pre-col/figuration. The maill contribution of this paper is a generalized selfclustering protocol, called Low-energy Localized Clustering (LLC).lt iucorporates the bestfeatllres of two other recently proposed self-configurirzg protocols for sensor networks: the Localized protocol and the ...

We apply a two-stage data mining strategy to handle and analyze big statistical micro data sets. The first stage consists of smart aggregation of such micro data, and the second data continues to analyze and visualize the smartly aggregated data, further. The smart aggregation here requires three steps. One is to decide and to create the appropriate aggregates themselves, called also ‘concepts....

The rapid advances in processor, memory and radio technology have enabled the development of distributed networks of sensor nodes capable of sensing and communicating using wireless media. The basic operation in sensor networks is the systematic gathering and transmission of sensed data to the end-user. The severe energy constraints and limited computing capabilities of the sensors present majo...

When tobacco is smoked, chewed or snuffed, nicotine is absorbed by the lungs or mucous membrane and quickly moved into the bloodstream, where it is circulated throughout the brain. In fact nicotine is highly dangerous to be consumed in any form. The present study was conducted to know the adverse effects of nicotine on the platelet aggregation in cerebral microvessels of mice. Male mice of aver...

To study the resistance to standard dosage of clopidogrel among Iranian patients following percutaneous coronary intervention measured by platelet aggregation test.Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in Imam Hussein Medical center, Tehran, Iran, who were under treatment with aspirin, but had no history of clopidogrel usage, entered the study. Patients received standard dosage...