Why are distributed systems more interesting now than they may have been one or two dozen years ago? A number of advances in computing technology had a profound effect on distributed systems. Network connectivity increased by a factor of a thousand since the 1980s. Connectivity within a local area network (LAN) moved from shared to switched networking, allowing the network to scale without incr...

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Understanding risk for psychopathology through imaging gene–environment interactions Luke W. Hyde, Ryan Bogdan and Ahmad R. Hariri 1 Department of Psychology and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, 210 South Bouquet St, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA 2 Laboratory of NeuroGenetics, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Box 90086, 417 Chapel Drive,...

Aim This study was a retrospective evaluation of morbidity indicators and the use of questionnaire in decisions that relate to Schistosoma haematobium infection control among primary school children in Ghana. Materials and Methods — In all, 417 pupils in three primary schools (Kasseh sub-District, Dangme East District, Ghana), provided urine samples, which were examined for S. haematobium ova. ...

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Only a small fraction (1 in 25) of CHD children in PNG (8) are detected by current screening methods. Of the estimated 11001400 (mean 1250) cases of CHD per year, a third (417) will require hospitalization in the first year of life because of symptoms (9,10); one-third (417) will require attention later in life and one-third (417) will experience little functional consequence. Of those hospital...