machine for modular imperative agent-based modeling This section provides an abstract machine specification for the modular imperative agentbased modeling architecture identified in the previous section. In this paper, we use the RASP architecture for our abstract machine. In keeping with the implementation-oriented theme discussed earlier, the RASP architecture was selected because it has a cl...

An Aspergillus fumigatus vaccine based on recombinant Asp f3-protein has the potential to prevent aspergillosis in humans, a devastating fungal disease that is the prime obstacle to the success of hematopoietic cell transplantation. This vaccine protects cortisone acetate (CA)-immunosuppressed mice from invasive pulmonary aspergillosis via CD4(+) T cell mediators. Aside from these mediators, th...

This thesis describes the development of an on-chip point-to-point link, with particular emphasis on the reduction of its global metal area footprint. To reduce itsmetal footprint, the interconnect uses a serial transmission approach. 8-bit data is sent using just two wires, through a pulse-based technique, inspired by the GasP interconnect from Sun Microsystems. Data and control signals are tr...

Background This study aimed to compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of using two different oversized rasps in total hip arthroplasty (THA) with a composite beam cemented stem (DCM-J). Methods A consecutive series 105 hips underwent hybrid THA DCM-J between 2006 2010. Among patients minimum 10-year follow-up, 1.5-mm rasp was used 38 (group S), whereas 0.5-mm 36 M). The Japanese Orthope...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Benefit-risk ratios from recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) therapy for acute ischemic stroke demonstrate lack of efficacy if intravenous administration is commenced beyond 3 hours of symptom onset. We undertook to enhance therapeutic effectiveness by ensuring equitable access to rtPA for patients affected by acute ischemic stroke within a 20 000 km(2) popula...

Introduction: The lack of initial post-operative implant stability is recognized as an important determinant in the aseptic loosening process of cementless stem. However, there is no objective method to evaluate the mechanical stability at the time of implantation. In our previous study, it is confirmed that our system could successfully provide a criterion of the appropriate size of the rasp b...

Chaitin’s notion of program elegance, that is of the smallest program to satisfy some specification, does not explicitly take account of the balance between a formal notation’s expressive power and the richness of its semantics. To explore this wider space of elegance, we are investigating realisations of the Busy Beaver game (BBG) which involves finding programs of given size that produce maxi...

Relationship-aware sequential pattern mining is the problem of mining frequent patterns in sequences in which the events of a sequence are mutually related by one or more concepts from some respective hierarchical taxonomies, based on the type of the events. Additionally events themselves are also described with a certain number of taxonomical concepts. We present RaSP an algorithm that is able...

Xu, Huiqi. M.S., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Wright State University, 2012. kNN-R: Building Secure and Efficient Outsourced kNN Query Service with the RASP encryption. With the wide deployment of public cloud computing infrastructures, outsourcing database services to the cloud has become an appealing solution to save operating expense. However, some databases might be so se...

INTRODUCTION Many options exist for the surgical treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), including transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), laser surgery, and open adenomectomy. Recently, endoscopic techniques have been used in the treatment of BPH. MATERIAL AND METHODS We reviewed clinical studies in PubMed describing minimally invas...