BACKGROUND Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) experience poorer quality care and more adverse events in hospital. Consequently, there is interest in understanding the role of professional medical interpreters in efforts to improve patient safety. OBJECTIVE To describe the views of professional medical interpreters on their role in the delivery of safe patient care. DESIGN Quali...

the mixture of natural and artificial seismic sources with random distributions cause diffuse wave field with random amplitudes and phases called noise. when noise is analyzed in a long-term process, it contains surface waves which are spread in all directions. thus, ambient noise contains data relevant to the surface waves. in recent years, as broadband seismic networks have been distributed v...

We summarize the recent development of our broad-range seismic and geophysical data processing system. The system implements a novel data handling and analysis framework, currently includes ~200 tools and allows inclusion of unlimited number and types of algorithms. It provides standardized input/output, common parameterization of all tools, common graphical look and feel, automated maintenance...

in this paper an application of gustafson-kessel clustering algorithm is presented to create a fault detection map (fdm). five post-stack seismic attributes are extracted from a desired seismic time slice related to 3d seismic data of a gas field located in southwest of iran. to find the optimal cluster numbers, two frequently used clustering validity measures, i.e. sc and xb, are used and then...

background: sellick's maneuver (cricoid pressure) may make laryngoscopic view and tracheal intubation more difficult. this study compared the different techniques of cricoid pressure (cp) regarding to the laryngoscopic view and time to intubation. methods: in142 anesthetized patients, 4 types of cp was randomly applied; a) one-handed cp using thumb, index and middle fingers, b) one-handed cp us...

-This paper presents the application to the identification of coherent generators in a power system based on the fuzzy c-means clustering. In view of the conceptual appropriateness and computational simplicity, the fuzzy c-means give a fast and flexible method for clustering analysis. At first, the coherency measures are derived from the time-domain responses of generators to reveal the relatio...

The current empirical study was conducted to investigate the wall neighborhood impact on the two-dimensional flow structure and heat transfer enhancement behind a square cylinder. The low- velocity open-circle wind tunnel was used to carry out the study tests considering the cylinder diameter (D)-based Reynolds number (ReD) of 5130. The selected items to compare were different gap he...