7.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 7.1 Probabilistic models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 7.2 Exact string matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 7.2.1 Languages representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 7.2.2 Generating functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 7.2.3 Moments and li...

By using a Swedish register data set and applying hazard models with unobserved heterogeneity, this study demonstrates that the partners’ childbearing history plays an important role in predicting the divorce risks of families with various combination of premarital children. Families with premarital children definitely have a higher risk of divorce than do those without premarital children. Pro...

Personal health practices are important determinants of health. Smoking habits are well documented among doctors. However, alcohol consumption, exercise rates and obesity rates are not. No indigenous studies have been done in this area. This descriptive population study aims to determine these factors. A questionnaire was sent to 381 consultants in hospitals affiliated with UCC Medical School. ...

A survey of psychological disturbance was conducted in a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic, using the general health questionnaire, the Crown-Crisp experiential index, and the illness concern questionnaire. Of 381 patients who completed the questionnaire, 158 (43%) had general health questionnaire scores indicating that they were psychiatric cases. Psychological disturbance was more com...

The Shannon capacity of a graphG is defined as c(G) = supd≥1(α(G )) 1 d , where α(G) is the independence number of G. The Shannon capacity of the cycle C5 on 5 vertices was determined by Lovász in 1979, but the Shannon capacity of a cycle Cp for general odd p remains one of the most notorious open problems in information theory. By prescribing stabilizers for the independent sets in C p and usi...