Objective. In this paper, we intended to systematically evaluate the efficacy of Suhuang Zhike Capsule (SZC) on postinfectious cough (PIC) in adults (age > 18). Methods. MEDLINE (PubMed), Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Cqvip Database (VIP), and Wanfang Database were researched for the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of SZC for PIC. The search was limited to human studies,...

Both the laser-plasma wakefield accelerator (LWFA) and X-ray phase-contrast imaging (XPCi) are promising technologies that are attracting the attention of the scientific community. Conventional X-ray absorption imaging cannot be used as a means of imaging biological material because of low contrast. XPCi overcomes this limitation by exploiting the variation of the refraction index of materials....

The rapid proliferation of widely-distributed data and document collections raises the need for wrapper/mediator archi-tectures that can handle the challenges of wide area query processing. Traditional query and search techniques do not scale to large numbers of repositories and cannot cope with the unpredictable performance and (un)availability of access to such repositories. Research at the U...

Due to the exponential growth of Internet users and traffic, information seekers depend highly on search engines extract relevant information. accessibility a large amount textual, audio, video etc., contents, responsibility has increased. The engine provides concerning their query, based content, link structure, etc. However, it does not guarantee correctness performance is dependent upon rank...

The direct effect of working capital management and its components (accounts receivable period, accounts payable period inventory holding on firm's performance has been examined in the previous literature, which discovered that there is a severe dearth literature WCM firm’s especially Nigeria. underlying influence have not comprehensively explored Therefore, main objectives to examine performan...

Relying on more recent data spanning 2007-2016, this paper investigates the impact of working capital management (WCM) dividend policy listed non-financial firms in Ghana. Specifically, study assesses effect cash conversion cycle (CCC), days inventory outstanding (DIO), profitability, and firm growth policy. Employing ordinary least squares (OLS) analytical technique, findings reported that (in...

This paper presents a new algorithm called List-based Load Balancing (LLB) for compile-time task scheduling on distributed-memory machines. LLB is intended as a cluster-mapping and task-ordering step in the multi-step class of scheduling algorithms. Unlike current multistep approaches, LLB integrates cluster-mapping and taskordering in a single step. The benefits of this integration are twofold...

In recent years, the delivery of video-on-demand (VoD) applications to mobile users has gained increasing attention by the wireless communication industry. In this paper, we introduce a scalable VoD system operating over 802.11 networks, namely CINAPS (Cluster of INexpensive Access PointS), in which collocated commodity Access Points (APs) work in no-overlapping channels orchestrated by the Wir...

This paper addresses the problem of scalable delivery of video-on-demand (VoD) to mobile devices. In a previous work, we introduced a novel design for VoD systems operating over 802.11 networks, in which collocated Access Points (APs) work in non-overlapping channels orchestrated by the Wireless Channel Manager (WCM), a central unit that performs association control of clients to the APs, which...

Spatial navigation is a fundamental capability necessary in everyday life to locate food, social partners, and shelter. It results from two very different strategies: (1) place learning which enables for flexible way finding and (2) response learning that leads to a more rigid "route following." Despite the importance of knockout techniques that are only available in mice, little is known about...