OBJECTIVE To identify risk factors associated with cycle acceleration (CA), that is, progressive decrease in duration of syndrome-free intervals between affective episodes, in acutely admitted patients with bipolar disorder (BD). METHOD All patients (n = 210) with BD I (67%) and BD II (33%) (DSM-IV) acutely admitted to a hospital serving a catchment area were compared in retrospect with regar...

We develop a Turbo equalization-based receiver for serial-tone HF waveforms, where the conventional decision feedback equalizer is replaced by a soft-in soft-out (SISO) equalizer, and the receiver iterates soft information between the equalizer and the decoder. To keep the computational burden of the iterative equalization and decoding procedure as low as possible, the SISO equalizer is designe...

It is well known that modal satisfiability is PSPACEcomplete [Lad77]. However, the complexity may decrease if we restrict the set of propositional operators used. Note that there exist an infinite number of propositional operators, since a propositional operator is simply a Boolean function. We completely classify the complexity of modal satisfiability for every finite set of propositional oper...

We calculate electromagnetic pion form factors with an analytic model for αs(Q 2) which is infrared (IR) finite. We show that for the asymptotic pion distribution amplitude Fπ0γ∗γ agrees with the data, whereas the IR-enhanced hard contribution to Fπ and the soft part can jointly account for the data. 12.38.Bx, 12.38.Cy, 12.38.Lg, 13.40.Gp Typeset using REVTEX ∗Email: [email protected]...

Corrective midfoot osteotomies involve complete separation of the forefoot and hindfoot through the level of the midfoot, followed by uni-, bi-, or triplanar realignment and arthrodesis. This technique can be performed through various approaches; however, in the high-risk patient, percutaneous and minimum incision techniques are necessary to limit the potential of developing soft tissue injury....

Our group has been developing soft wearable robots (exosuits) made from garment-like, functional textiles to augment healthy individuals carrying heavy loads [1] and to assist individuals who have gait impairments due to hemiparesis following a stroke [2]. We have demonstrated that an ankle-joint assisting robot can reduce the metabolic cost of walking in healthy individuals [3]. In patients po...

The paper presents results of modelling and solving a large industrial combinatorial problem with Constraint Logic Programming (CLP) in cooperation with Linear Programming (LP). The problem at hand is scheduling the maintenance of the power units in the power plants of Flanders. Using finite domain solvers ROPE [VD94] and SICStus [Swe97] we were never able to derive an optimal solution. Most of...

Glandular Odontogenic Cyst (GOC) is a rare developmental cyst of the jaws. The histological features of GOC strongly suggest an origin from the remains of dental lamina. Radiographically, GOC presents as well-defined radiolucencies with uni- or multilocular appearance. A case of GOC in a 54-year-old black female is presented here. Clinical, histological and imaging features were evaluated. Due ...

The notion of a (closed) double-framed soft ideal (briefly, a (closed) DFS-ideal) in BCK/BCI-algebras is introduced, and related properties are investigated. Several examples are provided. The relation between a DFS-algebra and a DFS-ideal is considered, and characterizations of a (closed) DFS-ideal are established. A new DFS-ideal from old one is constructed, and we show that the int-uni DFS-s...

Soft-set theory proposed by Molodstov is a general mathematic tool for dealing with uncertainty. Recently, several algorithms have been proposed for decision making using soft-set theory. However, these algorithms still concern on Boolean-valued information system. In this paper, Support Attribute Representative (SAR), a soft-set based technique for decision making in categorical-valued informa...