At the suggestion of Reza Langari and John Yen, we announced a special session devoted to applications of interval methods to expert systems and fuzzy control. The number of contributors exceed our expectations, so at the conference, we had three sessions (out of 24) devoted to filzzy intervals. These sections were chaired Several interval-related papers were presented at other sessions. Totall...

A survey of 59 stroke patients was undertaken between 3 and 6 months after the event to determine whether a weekly stroke round would improve the rate of referral for rehabilitation. Comparison with a previous survey at Groote Schuur Hospital showed a marked improvement (40% for physiotherapy and 10% for occupational therapy v. 76% and 50% respectively). A comparison of referral rates between y...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We sought to identify the Canadian population with potential access to intravenous tissue plasminogen activator within 3 hours of onset of acute ischemic stroke. METHODS Assuming that 60 minutes is needed for stroke recognition, emergency room evaluation, and administration of tissue plasminogen activator, 120 minutes remain for transport, using a 3-hour treatment windo...

background and aim: 2,4-dichlorophenol (dcp) is a compound  generated in a variety of industrial processes and also by chlorine disinfection of water polluted with phenolic compounds . dumping of dcp into the environment and water resources is of great concern because of the compound's intense odor and toxicity. dcp is very soluble and resistant to biodegradability so it cannot be removed ...

The effects of simultaneous intravenous infusions of 12 mg recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) over 30 minutes and 48 mg single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator (scuPA) over 40 minutes were studied in 38 patients with acute myocardial infarction. Coronary arterial patency was assessed angiographically 60 minutes and 90 minutes after initiation of treatment. Patency w...