OBJECTIVES To show the advantages and disadvantages of a multi-dimensional small area classification in the analysis of child health data in order to measure social inequalities in health and to identify the types of area that have greater health needs. DESIGN Health data on children from the district child health information system and a survey of primary school children's height were classi...

The vulnerability to real-life networks against small initial attacks has been one of outstanding challenges in the study of interrelated networks. We study cascading failures in two interrelated networks S and B composed from dependency chains and connectivity links respectively. This work proposes a realistic model for cascading failures based on the redistribution of traffic flow. We study t...

for the past quarter of a century iran has advocated the setting up of a security regime in the persian gulf by littoral states that excludes foreign powers. this paper examines the reasons behind iran's opposition to foreign participation in persian gulf security arrangements; the steps iran has taken to gain the support of other littoral states for its scheme, and the prospects for iran&...

abstract:the paper begins by noting that proposals involving significant developments in the regional tradearchitecture are being developed within regional processes that in some cases are simultaneouslypursuing other dimensions of regional economic integration: monetary and financial cooperation inthe case of asean + 3, and the establishment of a common market in the case of asean. at leastthr...

The difficulties of current classifications of depression can not be considered independent of the general complications of psy chiatric classification. A tedious period of heated debate between the proponent of unitary vs pluralist views, and between the advocates of the categorical vs dimensional views didn't prove fruitful. Current classifications share two main characteristics I.e, they are...

OBJECTIVES To elucidate the dynamics of analgesic consumption regarding intravenous patient controlled analgesia (IVPCA) during postoperative period is rather complex partly due to between-patient variation and partly due to within-patient variation. A statistical method was proposed to classify serial analgesic consumption into different classifications that were further taken as the multiple ...

The establishment of a neurobiologically based nosological system is one of the ultimate goals of modern biological psychiatry research. Developments in neuroimaging and statistical/machine learning have provided useful basic tools for these efforts. Recent studies have demonstrated the utility of fMRI as input data for the classification of schizophrenia, but none, to date, has used fMRI of co...

Introduction: Accurate evaluation of metastasis and life prognosis is essential for selecting a suitable therapeutic strategy for metastatic spine tumors owing to limitations in treatment options. For this purpose, various classification, evaluation, and scoring systems have been developed. Methods: Classification, evaluation, and scoring systems for metastatic spine tumors reported to date wer...

The word existence is repeatedly used in arguments in mathematics, and there are several possibilities for the explicit definition of the existence of mathematical objects. Sometimes the word is used in a strict and rigorous sense, but in other occasions, it may have a more moderate meaning. One account of existence says that the existence of a mathematical object is affirmed when the consisten...