J. D. Winter, S. Dorner, J. A. Fisher, K. St. Lawrence, and A. Kassner Physiology and Experimental Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Respiratory Therapy, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Anaesthesiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Imaging Division, Lawson ...

Self testing of inlegraled circ uits by random patterns has several t ~c:hnic:al anti ecnnnmicl'l i l'Itlvantag~s. But ther~ exis.1S a large number of circui ts which cannot be randomly tes ted, since the fault coverage achieved that way would be too low. In this paper we show that this problem can be solved by unequiprobable random p allems, and an efficient procedure is presented compu ting t...

Quantum chemical studies using the accurate CASPT2//CASSCF procedure show that π-stacked interactions in biochromophores such as pyrimidine (Pyr) DNA/RNA nucleo bases pairs yield excimer-like situations which behave as precursors of processes like charge transfer (CT) or photoreactivity and are the source of the emissive properties in DNA. Examples are the CT between adjacent DNA nucleobases in...

Because banks deal with highly personal detailed and sensitive information, they need to establish and maintain the confidence of their customers more assiduously than most other businesses. The rise of internet banking and the advantages to be gained from the garnering of personal data from websites places banks in a position to exploit customer data in a way that might infringe ethical consid...

Speed Intraproc has developed and is marketing a self-service terminal for capturing biometric data for the German Identity Card and the Electronic Passport. The Speed Capture Station is based on a solution being used in Sweden since 2005 to capture photo, fingerprints and signature for the national passport. In Sweden, the terminal is completely operated by an official, whereas the solution fo...

Case 1 Signalment 12 year-old, castrated male mixed breed dog History Polyuria/polydipsia past few weeks; having accidents in the house. Lives in Alabama. Mainly indoors. Up-to-date on vaccines and heartworm preventive. No travel history Physical examination Obese Laboratory data Complete CBC, profile, urinalysis done. Abnormalities were: Calcium (mEq/L) 11.8 (9.0-11.2); urine specific gravity ...

The Expansionary Fiscal Contraction (EFC) hypothesis predicts that a major fiscal consolidation leads to an economic expansion under certain circumstances. We test this hypothesis, and the implied non–linear responses of the economy to large and small changes in fiscal policy, using data from the 1983 Danish fiscal reform. We use a structural VAR/event study methodology following Blanchard and ...

The knowledge e n g i n e e r p r a c t i c e s t h e a r t o f b r i n g i n g the p r i n c i p l e s and t o o l s o f A I r e s e a r c h t o bear o n d i f f i c u l t a p p l i c a t i o n s p rob lems r e q u i r i n g e x p e r t s ' knowledge f o r t h e i r s o l u t i o n . The t e c h n i c a l i s s u e s o f a c q u i r i n g t h i s k n o w l e d g e , r e p r e s e n t i n g i t...

1 Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, 2 Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 3 Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, 4 Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, BC, Canada, 5 School of Exercise Science, Physical, and Health Education, U...

a Centre d'Applications et de Recherches en Télédétection, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada b Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, Canada c Landscape Science & Technology, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada d Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada e Department of Physical and Environmental Sc...