We will be closely following the book ”Essentials of Stochastic Processes”, 2nd Edition, by Richard Durrett, for the topic ‘Finite Discrete time Markov Chains’ (FDTM). These preliminary notes are for giving an overview, and for providing some guidance on what to aim at while studying this topic. An FDTM has a finite number of states on which it can rest at discrete times 1, 2, · · · . Usually t...

Blind localization and tracking of mobile terminals in urban scenarios is an important requirement for offering new locationbased services, handling emergency cases of nonsubscribed users, public safety, countering IEDs, and so forth. In this context, we propose a track-before-detect scheme taking explicitly advantage of multipath propagation in an urban terrain by using a priori information ab...

In this paper, we address the problem of detecting and tracking targets with a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) by exploiting hybrid differential evolution (HDE) in the particle filter track-before-detect (PF-TBD) context. Firstly, we introduce the Bayesian PF-TBD method and its weaknesses. Secondly, the HDE algorithm is regarded as a novel particle updating strategy, which is proposed to optimi...

Mobile and other loosely-coupled environments call for decentralized optimistic replication protocols that provide highly available access to shared objects, while ensuring eventual convergence towards a strongly consistent state. In this paper we propose a novel epidemic weighted voting protocol for achieving such goal. Epidemic weighted voting approaches eliminate the single point of failure ...

objective: evaluating the effect of resin coating and chlorhexidine on microleakage of two resin cements after water storage. materials and methods: standardized class v cavities were prepared on facial and lingual surfaces of one hundred twenty intact human molars with gingival margins placed 1 mm below the cemento-enamel junction. indirect composite inlays were fabricated and the specimens we...

apium graveolence has an small brown olyptical seed with pharmacological activity. to evaluate it's application in treatment of hypertension, 37 hypertensive patients (20 female, 17 male) with the age range of 45-65 were given 6 grams of powder of apium graveolence seed and then the blood pressures before and after the remedy were compared. before treatment, the mean systolic blood pressur...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the surface/mineral changes on enamel before and after the application of acidulated phosphate fluoride (APF) gel, fluoride enhanced hydroxyapatite gel and propolis in conjunction with carbon-dioxide (CO2) laser. MATERIALS AND METHODS Crowns of 40 human maxillary central incisors were collected and were divided into four groups of 10 each: Topical flu...

Background Supporting the family and educating the parents helps them in taking care of their infants. Recent developments in mobile technology have created many opportunities to enhance people's health and welfare. The purpose of the study was to compare face-to-face education and education through Nonahal mobile app on neonatal weight gain and mother-neonate attachment in the NICU. Method: T...