To improve the understanding of catalytic processes, the surface structure and composition of the active materials need to be determined before and after reaction. Morphological changes may occur under reaction conditions and can dramatically influence the reactivity and/or selectivity of a catalyst. Goldbased catalysts with different architectures are currently being developed for selective ox...

BACKGROUND The use of oral agents for cancer (OACs) is increasing, and oncology nurses are in an ideal position to educate patients about them and suggest methods to improve adherence. Once an OAC is ordered, the administration is the responsibility of the patient. Oncology nurses can use tools and technology to assist with education, which may promote adherence, and suggest reminder tools that...

Continued learning is vital for health practitioners to ensure they stay up-to-date with current developments in their field. This study examined a range of electronic information resources and tools that health practitioners use to update their professional knowledge and explored workplace access to these learning resources and tools. Survey method was used for data collection. A 4-page survey...

BACKGROUND Personal Information Management (PIM) refers to the tools and activities to save and retrieve personal information for future uses. This study examined the PIM activities of faculty members of Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) regarding their preferred PIM tools and four aspects of acquiring, organizing, storing and retrieving personal information. METHODS The qualitative ...

The notion of path-complete positivity is introduced as a way to generalize the property of positivity from one LTI system to a family of switched LTI systems whose switching rule is constrained by a finite automaton. The generalization builds upon the analogy between stability and positivity, the former referring to the contraction of a norm, the latter referring to the contraction of a cone (...

Monitoring queries are fundamental for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) that collect data for physical phenomena. In this work we address three key characteristics of monitoring queries. First, a monitoring query can be selective, i.e., it requests readings only from parts of a WSN. Second, a monitoring query can be continuous, i.e., it draws sensor readings for long periods of time. Finally, si...