background portugal has a strong tradition of conventional western healthcare. so it provides a natural case study for the relationship between complementary/alternative medicine (cam) and western medicine (wm). this work aims to test the relationship between cam and wm users in the diagnosis and treatment stages and to estimate the determinants of cam choice.   methods the forth portuguese nat...

In this paper, the Bit Error Rate (BER), performance of conventional Discrete Fourier Transform (FFT) OFDM system is compared with Nonconventional Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT)OFDM system in AWGN and Rayleigh fading environment. Performance has been given with conventional mapping schemes like BPSK, QPSK and nonconventional mapping schemes like DQPSK and π/4 DQPSK. Simulation results show tha...

The excessive focus on water mounts a challenge to the sustainable development. Energy is another aspect that should be taken into account. Nexus approach is characterized by an equal emphasis on energy and water spheres. In arid areas, like the city of Kashan, Iran, non-conventional waters (e.g. desalinated and recycled waters) have been considered as an alternative resource of water. Nexus wa...