OBJECTIVES Behavioral interventions are effective strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention and control. However, implementation of such strategies relies heavily on the accurate estimation of the high-risk population size. The multiplier method and generalized network scale-up method were recommended to estimate the population size of those at high risk for HIV by UNAIDS/WHO in 2003 and 2010, respect...

assess the ecological effects of economic activity on the water, earth and man in the iranian economy approach using input - output tablewater is a vital resource for each biological and economic phenomenon. water is considered as a production input. production is not possible without water in all economic sectors. also, the environment including air, soil, fauna and plants utilize water in the...

This paper suggests a robust LM (Lagrange Multiplier) test for spatial error model which not only reduces the influence of spatial lag dependence immensely, but also presents robust to changes of spatial layouts and distribution misspecification. Monte Carlo simulation results imply that existing LM tests have serious size and power distortion with the presence of spatial lag dependence, group ...

This paper is concerned with the mortar finite element method for three spatial variables. The two main issues are the proof of the LBB condition based on appropriate choices of Lagrange multipliers and optimal efficiency of corresponding multigrid schemes for the whole coupled systems of equations. The implementation of the smoothing procedure also differs from that one used in the 2-dimension...

Detection of gamma rays which Compton scatter within a patient but are still within the photopeak window of the Anger camera leads to inaccuracies in quantification of radioactivity from nuclear-medicine images. With the dual-energy-window correction method and a single (universal) scatter multiplier, the activity error is relatively large when there is tissue background with a large range of v...

2 Methods 2 2.1 Lagrange Multiplier Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.2 Pegging Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.3 Interior-Point Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.3.1 Optimality Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.3.2 Interior-Point Algorithm ....

PURPOSE The multiplier method is a technique to predict limb length discrepancy (LLD) at maturity in pediatric patients. Various tools have been developed for performing the multiplier calculations to predict LLD and timing of epiphysiodesis. These include multiplier/growth applications (apps) and a spreadsheet which have helped to facilitate LLC calculations in an efficient and easy manner. We...

In the Fictitious Domain Method with Lagrange multiplier (FDM) the physical domain is embedded into a simpler but larger domain called the fictitious domain. The partial differential equation is extended to the fictitious domain using a Lagrange multiplier to enforce the prescribed boundary conditions on the physical domain while all the other data are extended to the fictitious domain. This le...

JCHPS Special Issue 8: December 2016 www.jchps.com Page 9 Design of Low-Power Specific Parallel Array Multipliers C Vivek*, R. Subalakshmi Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur, Tamil Nadu. *Corresponding author: E-Mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT Multipliers play a critical part in recent digitalized life. In this advanced spher...