We describe a gate level design of a FlexRay-like bus interface. An electronic control unit (ECU) is obtained by integrating this interface into the design of the verified VAMP processor. We get a time triggered distributed real-time system by connecting several such ECU’s via a common bus. We define a programming model for such a system at the instruction set architecture (ISA) level and prove...

Background Patient falls are considered a challenge to the patient’s safety in hospitals, which, in addition to increasing the length of stay and costs, may also result in severe injuries or even the death of the patient. This study aims to investigate the associations between risk factors among fallers in comparison with the control group.   Methods A prospective nested...

Background and aims: Despite substantial advances in the etiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD),the environmental risk factors have not yet been well understood. The present study investigated theassociation between ASD, and maternal and perinatal risk factors.Methods: This matched, case-control study was conducted in Hamadan, the west of Iran, fromNovember 2015 to M...

Background & aim: The prevalence rate of contraceptive use in Ethiopia is 42%; however, only 5% of Ethiopians use the long-acting contraceptive methods. This rate is 4.8% in Benishangul Gumuz Region in this country. Regarding this, the present study aimed to assess the determinants of long-acting reversible contraceptive method use among married women in Assosa town, E...

Background: Ninety-five percent of low birth weight infants are born in developing countries. This study was aimed to assess the predictors of low birth in East Azerbaijan, North-west province of Iran. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted through a hospital based case–control design involving 49 women delivering low birth weight infants and 98 delivering normal weight infants. The dat...

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis that infertility may result in a decrease in quality of life (QOL). MaterialsAndMethods In this case control study that carried out on 150 women with infertility and 150 women undergone TL as the control group. The participants were asked to fill out the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) questionnaire, a generic instrument to measur...

Background The etiology of infertility has direct influence on the plan and outcome of its management. In this paper we showed the effect of history of tuberculosis (TB) on female infertility among infertile couples admitted to Royan infertility management center. MaterialsAndMethods This case control study was performed on cases that were diagnosed with female infertility (308 women). Controls...

In control engineering, it is well known that model-predictive control approaches are characterized by inherent advantageous robustness and stability properties with respect to uncertainty in parameters and measured as well as estimated state variables. Therefore, the authors have developed interval-based extensions of model-predictive control procedures which allow for a direct consideration o...