Methods: Thirteen analytes were measured using serum from dogs and cats. Observed total error (TEo) was calculated based on coefficient of variation (CV) and bias. TEo was compared with allowable total error (TEa). Canine and feline samples were collected and measured in five small clinical sites and one reference site. Passing-Bablok regression and Bland-Altman analysis were used to compare PT...

A near-lossless image compression scheme is presented. It is essentially a differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) system with a mechanism incorporated to minimize the entropy of the quantized prediction error sequence. With a "near-lossless" criterion of no more than a d gray-level error for each pixel, where d is a small nonnegative integer, trellises describing all allowable quantized pred...

This paper presents a method to improve the generation of meshes and the accuracy of numerical solutions of elasticity problems, in which two techniques of h-refinement and enrichment are used by interpolation cover functions. Initially, regions which possess desired accuracy are detected. Mesh improvment is done through h-refinement for the elements existing in those regions. Total error of th...

  Background: Routine repeat testing of critical laboratory values is very common these days to increase their accuracy and to avoid reporting false or infeasible results. We figure that repeat testing of critical laboratory values has any benefits or not.   Methods : We examined 2233 repeated critical laboratory values in 13 different hematology and chemistry tests including: hemoglobin, white...

A method for creating a non–linear encoder–decoder for multidimensional data with compact representations is presented. The commonly used technique of autoassociation is extended to allow non–linear representations, and an objective function which penalizes activations of individual hidden units is shown to result in minimum dimensional encodings with respect to allowable error in reconstruction.

Video content can be provided to an end user by transmitting video data as a sequence of internet protocol (IP) packets over the network. When the network contains a wireless link, packet erasures occur because of occasional deep fades. In order to maintain a sufficient video quality at the end user, video packets must be protected against erasures by means of a suitable form of error control. ...

We present a bounded-error quantum algorithm for evaluating Min-Max trees with N 1 2+o(1) queries, where N is the size of the tree and where the allowable queries are comparisons of the form [xj < xk]. This is close to tight, since there is a known quantum lower bound of

In this paper a detailed analysis for how the number of flip-flops and latches inserted are effecting BER and repeater size with wire pipelining is performed. Since number of flip-flops, latches and repeater sizes cannot scaled down beyond a certain limit due to the solidity requirement, which is determined by maximum allowable bit error rate.

BACKGROUND Proficiency testing (PT) provides a measure of the effectiveness of laboratory quality assurance programs. Test reports are released from processes that the laboratory judges to be in conformance with quality specifications; an evaluation of unsatisfactory performance (UNSAT) by a PT provider is an unexpected outcome for the laboratory. An understanding of the root cause(s) of testin...

Multi-channel linear equalizers are commonly employed in digital communication systems to mitigate channel distortions and thereby reduce inter-symbol interference (ISI). Traditional multichannel linear equalizer design for linear time-invariant channels requires synthesis of equalizing filters such that the frequency response of the overall system has unit magnitude and linear phase. In this w...