A boolean predicate f : {0, 1} → {0, 1} is said to be somewhat approximation resistant if for some constant τ > |f −1(1)| 2k , given a τ -satisfiable instance of the MAX k-CSP(f) problem, it is NP-hard to find an assignment that strictly beats the naive algorithm that outputs a uniformly random assignment. Let τ(f) denote the supremum over all τ for which this holds. It is known that a predicat...

In this paper the concept of somewhat pairwise fuzzy faintly -continuous functions and somewhat pairwise fuzzy faintly -open functions are introduced. Some interesting properties of these functions are investigated besides giving some characterizations of these functions.

BACKGROUND Low back pain is a common and disabling condition leading to large health service and societal costs. Although there are several treatment options for back pain little is known about how to improve patient choice in treatment selection. The purpose of this study was to pilot a decision support package to help people choose between low back pain treatments. METHODS This was a single...

Background. Undernutrition occurs in approximately 2 of every 5 nursing home residents, negatively influencing their health and quality of life. The purposes of this study were to collect data about institutional meal preparation and food service practices that promote or retard adequate nutritional intake and to evaluate residents' food and food service satisfaction. Methods. The FoodEx-LTC, a...

After being introduced in 2009, the first fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) scheme has created significant excitement in academia and industry. Despite rapid advances in the last 6 years, FHE schemes are still not ready for deployment due to an efficiency bottleneck. Here we introduce a custom hardware accelerator optimized for a class of reconfigurable logic to bring LTV based somewhat homomo...

Keir Pearson began his influential 1972 paper on cockroach walking with the statement that “a somewhat neglected aspect of insect neurophysiology is the nervous control of walking”. He then proceeded to outline a series of experiments that, together with his earlier work (Pearson and Iles, 1970), helped to shape a very large body of subsequent research that has shown how the central nervous sys...

BACKGROUND Job satisfaction is important to staff management of township health centers (THCs), as it is associated with organizational performance, quality of care and employee retention. The purpose of this study was to measure job satisfaction level of THC employees in poor rural China and to identify relevant features in order to provide policy advice on human resource development of health...

The purpose of this clinical study was to determine the level of patients satisfaction after prosthodontic treatment. This cross sectional study was conducted in Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine, a total of 200 partially edentulous patients already restored with removable or fixed prosthesis participated in this study. Patient satisfaction was evaluated by Likert's scale. The Patients were...