Personal digital assistants (PDAs; also known as "handheld computers," "pocket personal computers," and Palm Pilots) provide immediate access to vital and clinically relevant infectious diseases information at the point of care. Several infectious diseases applications are available that provide information on pathogens, diagnosis, medication, and treatment. In this article, 4 infectious diseas...

Adults across cultures speak to infants in a specific infant-directed manner. We asked whether infants use this manner of speech (infant- or adult-directed) to guide their subsequent visual preferences for social partners. We found that 5-month-old infants encode an individuals' use of infant-directed speech and adult-directed speech, and use this information to guide their subsequent visual pr...

The problem of feature selection is critical in several areas of machine learning and data analysis. Here we consider feature selection for supervised learning problems, where one wishes to select a small set of features that facilitate learning a good prediction model in the reduced feature space. Our interest is primarily in filter methods that select features independently of the learning al...

The use of CAR-T cells will completely change the treatment many hematological diseases, including relapsed pediatric B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia. This article is part Brazilian Society Bone Marrow Transplantation (SBTMO)’s “Technical manual cellular therapy” to guide physicians select patients and indicate in with Other aspects cell therapy management important toxicities are includ...

This paper describes an investigation into the selection and use of media in teaching Kiswahili Language in secondary schools in Emuhaya, Kakamega County in Kenya. The study was based on a descriptive survey design. The area of study was Emuhaya district, in Kakamega county Kenya. The study population consisted of 22 head teachers, 1333 students and 43 Kiswahili teachers. Saturated sampling was...

All reversible circuits have an intrinsic advantage over traditional irreversible circuits, because the reduce power consumption. Due to this, reversible circuits have been a source of constant excitement and great enthusiasm in the scientific community. Reversible logic is highly useful in nanotechnology, low power design and quantum computing. This paper proposes a design for a faster adder u...

Window functions are used in the estimation of power spectra, [1] and bispectra [2] in order to ensure the consistency of the periodogram and the Fourier type bispectrum estimation methods. In this paper, a three dimensional optimum bias lag window function is introduced in the estimation of the fourth order cumulant spectrum, also called trispectrum, which is estimated from the three dimesiona...

This paper proposes an architecture for implementing a self-checking 4-bit carry select adder that can be extended to any n-bit addition. The overhead is directly proportional to the number of transistors in the adder.

Abs ' t rae t In this paper , a class of algori thms for the problem of system identification in ~ are investigated. These algorithms are characterized by a two-stage structure and involve a class of window functions. Some conditions in terms of properties of the window functions are derived, which guarantee robust convergence of the algorithms. Identification errors are analyzed for several co...

The aim of this project was to optimise selection indices for efficient lean meat growth. Traditionally, genetic improvement of lean meat growth and feed efficiency has been based on ad libitum feeding. However, selection for lean meat growth and feed conversion ratio under ad libitum feeding has led to a reduction in feed intake in modern genotypes to the extent that feed intake is often not s...