OBJECTIVES Three different Advanced Bionics processing strategies were evaluated: 1) 8-channel, 813 pulses per second (pps), Continuous Interleaved Sampling (CIS); 2) 16-channel, 5,100 pps, HiResolution Paired (HiRes P); and 3) 16-channel, 2,900 pps, HiResolution Sequential (HiRes S). METHODS Seven adult bilateral Clarion CII cochlear implant recipients who had been using a CIS processing str...

A parallel packet switch (PPS) is a switch in which the memories run slower than the line rate. Arriving packets are spread (or load-balanced) packet-by-packet over multiple slower-speed packet switches. It is already known that with a speedup of , a PPS can theoretically mimic a FCFS output-queued (OQ) switch. However, the theory relies on a centralized packet scheduling algorithm that is esse...

The workload of a computer system is traditionally deened as all inputs from the user to the system. As the use of this real workload is usually impossible in most performance analysis studies, it is necessary to abstract from the real workload and to construct a test workload model. There are already quite established methodologies and techniques for workload modeling of uniprocessor systems, ...

A packet switch with parallel switching planes is a parallel packet switch (PPS). A PPS can scale-up to larger aggregate capacity and faster line speeds than can a single plane. It is an open problem to design a PPS that is feasible to implement using multiple lower speed packet switches. Many solutions proposed previously are essentially impractical because of high communication complexity. In...

The 2009 Hospital Financing Reform Act (KHRG) mandated the German self-governing bodies to develop a prospective payment system (PPS) for psychiatric and psychosomatic facilities. The process of developing the system mirrors the introduction of DRGs for other hospitals prior 2004. However, the future psychiatric PPS will be based on per diem payments adjusted for patient characteristics and pro...

BACKGROUND For ambulatory cancer patients, Ontario has standardized symptom and performance status assessment population-wide, using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) and Palliative Performance Scale (PPS). In a broad cross-section of cancer outpatients, the authors describe the ESAS and PPS scores and their relation to patient characteristics. METHODS This is a descriptive study ...

The Pilot Prediction System (PPS) is a research effort designed to provide Navy managers and other decision makers with improved access to selection and training data. Many disparate data bases, each containing partial and sometimes overlapping information on selection data and training performance, currently exist There has been no attempt to coordinate the bits and pieces gathered into these ...

BACKGROUND Accurate prognostication of the trajectory of an illness provides multiple benefits in end-of-life care. Prognostic information facilitates more realistic decision making regarding ongoing treatment, fosters risk-benefit considerations of specific interventions, and contributes to appropriate utilization of health care services. OBJECTIVE The Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) has ...

BACKGROUND The effects of first-line chemoradiotherapy on overall survival (OS) may be confounded by subsequent lines of therapy in patients with limited-stage disease small cell lung cancer (LD-SCLC). Therefore, we aimed to determine the relationships between progression-free survival (PFS), post-progression survival (PPS) and OS after first-line chemoradiotherapy in LD-SCLC patients. PATIEN...