Our interests in ESD.00 are largely focused on complex, sociotechnical systems (CSS)— understanding and improving them and developing methods for representing and designing them. By CSS, we mean (for our purposes here), large-impact, difficult-tounderstand systems that have important technology issues and important societal implications. We will spare you, for now, the myriad definitions of “co...

This paper presents a new algorithm named combination search strategy (CSS)-based improved particle swarm optimisation (IPSO) to address the resource allocation problem of multiple jammers. First, authors propose CSS effectively broaden limited range two-step solving framework. method not only simplifies solution framework but also considers combined relationship between beam pointing and trans...

OBJECTIVE To understand how the source of information affects different adverse event (AE) surveillance methods. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of inpatient adverse drug events (ADEs) and hospital-associated infections (HAIs) detected by either a computerized surveillance system (CSS) or manual chart review (MCR). MEASUREMENT Descriptive analysis of events detected using the two methods by t...

The purpose of this study was to compare two scoring systems used for the diagnosis of acute mountain sickness (AMS): the Lake Louise Scoring (AMS-LLS) and the Chinese Scoring Systems (AMS-CSS). In total, 339 healthy young adult volunteers residing at sea level ascended to 3200 m by train and bus over a total journey time of 48 h. All subjects ascended in the same manner and were divided into t...

Since there was no consensus on treatment options of localized prostate cancer, a meta-analysis was performed to compare the efficacy of radical prostatectomy (RP) versus external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) concluding three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). The search of eligible studies was performed on PubMed and Embase databases. The o...

In this chapter, we describe the fabrication and use of microfluidic capillary systems (CSs) made in soft, transparent polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Sixteen microfluidic CSs, each containing a loading pad, a microchannel, and a capillary pump are engraved in a single PDMS chip. The CSs are used for two applications, firstly to pattern fibronectin on glass surfaces to locally control the adhesion...

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