We describe here the methods used to produce the first estimates of healthy life expectancy (DALE) for 191 countries in 1999. These were based on estimates of the incidence, prevalence, and disability distributions for 109 disease and injury causes by age group, sex, and region of the world, and an analysis of 60 representative health surveys across the world. We used Sullivan's method to compu...

A rash is a skin eruption that has a defined morphology and location. The morphology of the rash is usually distinct and related to the pathophysiologic dysfunction of the skin. Most severe rashes begin as exanthems (from the Greek exanthema, which means “breaking out,” and anthos, which means “flowering”). These rashes subsequently take on a particular morphology, characteristic lesions, or di...

This paper outlines our current progress in active sensor control. We consider the problem of controlling a nonlinear observation system observing data implicitly related to parameters of interest. We show how linear estimation theory can be applied to this problem, and develop the notion of an information map showing the information expected from sensor viewpoints. We discuss the robustness of...

Understanding the users' interest is the base for the industralization of website. In order to provide individualized service better for the users, on the basis of analyzing the users' browse behavioral characteristics and according to the users' retention time in the page, and users' click frequency to the hyperlink and page, a model of computer user interest degree is established, and a neutr...

RNA-protein cross-links were introduced into E. coli 30S ribosomal subunits by treatment with methyl p-azidopEenyl acetimidate. After partial nuclease digestion of the RNA moiety, a number of cross-linked RNA-protein complexes were isolated by a new three-step procedure. Protein and RNA analysis of the individual complexes gave the following results: Proteins S3, S4, S5 and S8 are cross-linked ...

Information technology outsourcing (ITO) has been a topic of great interest, one that organization researchers have studied extensively. Previous studies have suggested that ITO research has expanded from one organization and bilateral partnerships to a network form of organization that links multiple organizations and spans inter-organizational boundaries. Yet, little research has been conduct...