Український пульмонологічний журнал. 2005, No 3 (додаток) Respiratory diseases constitute a major health problem of the world today. In developed countries high incidence of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer is observed [1]. This is the effect of cigarette smoking, developing industries and pollution of the environment. In underdeveloped countries major proble...

Interrelationships between major biotic and abiotic components of a coral reef ecosystem and one of its major forcing functions were studied along a reef flat transect at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. The ecosystem components were the topological complexitiy of the reef (reef structure), and the community structure of corals and fish. The forcing function was wave energy. Multivariate techn...

K eyw ord s: verification, theorem proving, cyclic scheduling, sim ulation, PVS 1 In tr o d u ctio n Form al m ethods provide the kind of rigor in software engineering th a t is needed to move the software developm ent process to a level com parably to o ther engi­ neering professions. There are m any kinds of formal m ethods th a t can be employed a t different stages of the developm ent proce...

1, SYNOPTIC SITUATION An unusual rise in pressure was lrotcd 011 t l r c AI.1.T. Depart8nlent of Meteorology Irricrob:trograph during tlw early morning of April 12, 1961. T h fact. t'hat no st80r1rr;\or squally weather was observed at, the t'irrre aroused the author's curiosity to irlvestigat8e the pl~errotr~cr~on in greater detail. Stud!of t,llc 3-hr. t'erldencies reported by the net'work of h...

specifies a non-proprietary data interchange protocol, digital image format, and file structure for biomedical images and image-related information. The fundamental concepts of the DICOM message protocol, services, and information objects are reviewed as background for a detailed discussion of the functionality of DICOM; the innovations and limitations of the Standard; and the impact of various...

More than 90% of pa tients with dementia will eventually develop behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, which in clude agitation, psychosis, and mood disorders. The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority has recently produced a guideline for the assessment, nonpharmacological treatment, and pharmacological treatment of ag gression and agitation in patients with dementia in acute or resi...

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