Abstract In this paper, I argue that the distinction between standard and non-standard pragmatic implications, originally used to differentiate among types of conversational implicatures, applies family contents—traditionally referred as ‘presuppositions’—that exhibit projective behaviour. Following scholars working within Question Under Discussion model communication, distinguish two implicati...

Methods: Three DIASYS 200 recorders were evaluated according to the BHS protocol which consists of six phases: (1) observer training and assessment; (2) before-use interdevice variability assessment; (3) in-use (field) assessment; (4) after-use interdevice variability assessment; (5) device validation; and (6) report of evaluation. Results: The three recorders passed the before-use interdevice ...

In 1972, Raij et al. reported the occurrence of circulating endotoxins in patients with febrile reactions at the end of dialysis sessions and, in parallel, high endotoxin levels in the dialysate w2x. Even nowadays, neither tap water nor purified water or dialysate are sterile. In more than 14 000 analysed water probes of city and village water systems in South-West Germany, 5.6% contained colif...

Classification of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals plays an important role in clinical diagnosis of heart disease. This paper proposes the design of an efficient system for classification of the normal beat (N), ventricular ectopic beat (V), supraventricular ectopic beat (S), fusion beat (F), and unknown beat (Q) using a mixture of features. In this paper, two different feature extraction method...

The current paper, describes a machine learning-based approach for automatic detection of five classes of ECG arrhythmia beats using Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) features. Further, methodology comprises dimensionality reduction using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), ten-fold cross-validation and classification using Support Vector Machine (SVM) kernel functions. Using ANOVA significant f...

It is important to note the opportunity that validated public-use kiosks offer the U.S. healthcare system in terms of ease of public access, reduced cost of screening/monitoring, and the opportunity to support coordinated care between physicians, pharmacists, and patients. It is equally important to recognize that all public-use BP kiosks are not equivalent. Members of the AAMI Sphygmomanometer...

High-efficiency (HE) and high-flux (HF) hemodialysis are becoming increasingly popular methods for treating patients with chronic renal failure because they reduce the time required for dialysis treatment. HF and HE dialyzers require bicarbonate dialysate, often prepared from concentrates that can support bacterial growth with endotoxin production. There is a concern that endotoxins or bacteria...