the pediatric risk of mortality (prism) score is a measure of illness severity based on abnormalities observed on bedside examination and laboratory assessment at pediatric intensive care unit (picu) admission to predict mortality probability. our study was performed on 205 patients who were admitted to picu of children’s medical center (cmc) over a period of 6 months.data were recorded prospec...

This paper describes an experimental performance study of the parallel computation of transitive closure operations on a parallel database system. This work brings two research eeorts together. The rst is the development of an eecient execution strategy for the parallel computation of path problems, called the Disconnection Set Approach. The second is the development and implementation of a par...

Screening with a simplified instrument is effective for identifying elderly at risk of functional decline, for more comprehensive subsequent evaluation. However, use of a measurement tool in a different sociocultural context from the original requires prior adaptation. The current article aims to describe the initial stages of a cross-cultural adaptation of PRISMA-7, a questionnaire developed t...

Nowadays, distributed and mobile systems are acquiring importance and becoming widely extended for supporting ubiquitous computing. In order to develop such systems in a technology-independent way, it is important to have a formalism that describes distribution and mobility at a high abstraction level. Ambient Calculus is a formalism that allows the representation of boundaries where computatio...

PURPOSE PRISMA is an innovative co-ordination-type Integrated Service Delivery System developed to improve continuity and increase the efficacy and efficiency of services, especially for older and disabled populations. DESCRIPTION The mechanisms and tools developed and implemented by PRISMA include: (1) co-ordination between decision-makers and managers, (2) a single entry point, (3) a case m...

Echos und Mehrwegausbreitungen werden herkömmlich als lästiges Übel wahrgenommen; mit dieser Doktorarbeit zeigen wir auf, dass sie auch zu nützlichen, interessanten und manchmal überraschenden Ergebnissen führen können. Wenn wir zu den Echos die richtigen Einstellungen haben, durch das Prisma der Punktmengen und der Geometrie euklidischer Abstände, so offenbaren sie uns wesentliche geometrische...

Como estudiante que he sido me identifico con esta comunidad a través del prisma de mi propia actitud hacia la futura carrera profesional que yo tuve en aquel momento. Espero que todos podamos estar de acuerdo con el hecho de que el estilo y la filosofía de vida de las actuales generaciones de jóvenes es un claro reflejo de los tiempos actuales: agitados, siempre corriendo, en un estado de cons...