a d 1 O(d/f(d)) step, O( f(d)) buffer size routing algorithm which is asymptotically optimal if f(d) is chosen to be a large constant. In our study, we assume all the processors operate in synchronous MIMD mode. At any time step, each processor can communicate with all of its grid neighbors and can both send and receive one packet along each mesh link. In addition, processors can also store pac...

BACKGROUND The partograph is currently the main tool available to support decision-making of health professionals during labour. However, the rate of appropriate use of the partograph is disappointingly low. Apart from limitations that are associated with partograph use, evidence of positive impact on labour-related health outcomes is lacking. The main goal of this study is to develop a Simplif...

OBJECTIVE To examine the role of physical activity, inactivity, and dietary patterns on annual weight changes among preadolescents and adolescents, taking growth and development into account. STUDY DESIGN We studied a cohort of 6149 girls and 4620 boys from all over the United States who were 9 to 14 years old in 1996. All returned questionnaires in the fall of 1996 and a year later in 1997. ...

In this work we discuss the classification of single event related potentials (ERP) with a neural network classifier. The purpose is to discriminate the YES and NO answers thought by a computer user in response to words flashed in the computer display, and to assess the feasibility of building a new computer interface which we call the cortical mouse.The performance of the neural network is com...

A phosphorylated form of cotton gauze for treatment of chronic wounds was designed to improve the wound dressing’s capacity to remove harmful proteases from the wound and facilitate healing. Development of the fabric finishing chemistry of the wound dressing with a process suitable for textile mill production required adapting the stationary finishing chemistry of the cotton phosphorylation fro...

The acid titration function of bilayer-incorporated batrachotoxin (BTX)-modified sodium channels was examined in experiments in which the pH was decreased symmetrically, on both sides of the membrane, or asymmetrically, on only one side. In an a t tempt to minimize interpretat ional ambiguities, the experiments were done in 1.0 M NaCI (buffered to the appropr ia te pH) with channels incorporate...

The Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope (EXIST) is a proposed mission to conduct an all-sky imaging hard x-ray (HX) survey (-5-600 keV) with ~0.05mCrab sensitivity (5a; 6mo.; ~5-100keV) comparable to the ROSAT soft x-ray survey, and to provide the maximum sensitivity and resolution (spatial and temporal) HX imager as the Next Generation GRB mission. Its primary science goals are to i) iden...

A robot manipulator is a force and motion server for a robot. The robot, interpreting sensor information in terms of a world model and a task plan, issues instructions to the manipulator to carry out tasks. The control of a manipulator first involves motion trajectory generation needed when the manipulator is instructed to move to desired positions. The procedure of generating the trajectory mu...

Image intensity and edge are two major sources of information for estimating the motion in the image plane. The 2-D motion obtained by analyzing the deformation of intensity and/or edges is used to recover the 3-D motion and structure. In this paper we show that the motion defined by the image intensity differs from the motion revealed by the (zerocrossing) edge. Understanding of this discrepan...

0027 T he Exploratorium, based in San Francisco, is a " hands on " science museum fi lled with interactive science and art exhibits, as well as a laboratory for the research and development of innovations in science education. In the summer of 2004, the Exploratorium launched the most ambitious microscope facility ever created for general public use. This initial phase of the project gives visi...