Effective risk management is a key to ensure that vital assets like our nuclear power plants, medical equipment, and power grids are dependable. Also, risk management is often required by law. Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a widely used methodology here, computing important dependability measures like system reliability and availability. This paper presents DFTCalc, a powerful tool for FTA that ...

This paper deals with the concept of complete residuated lattice-valued (referred to as L-valued) finite tree automata. In this regard, we first define an L-valued regular tree language, and then we prove a necessary and sufficient condition for the regularity of an L-valued tree language. Furthermore, we generalize the pumping lemma for L-valued finite tree automata (L-FTA). Afterwards, the be...

The pathogenic treponemes, T. pertenue and T. pallidum, produce similar antibodies in the serum of a person infected with either organism. Thus sera from patients with yaws react similarly to sera from syphilitic patients in the conventional tests for syphilis and in the Treponema pallidum immobilization (TPI) test. The most recent test developed for the detection of syphilis is the fluorescent...

Effective risk management is a key to ensure that vital assets like our nuclear power plants, medical equipment, and power grids are dependable. Also, risk management is often required by law. Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a widely used methodology here, computing important dependability measures like system reliability and availability. This paper presents DFTCalc, a powerful tool for FTA that ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of autologous fibrin tissue adhesive (auto-FTA) in reducing blood loss during cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA). METHODS From September 2000 to August 2001, 100 patients who predonated 400 ml of autologous blood were randomised to undergo either standard treatment with auto-FTA (auto-FTA group) or standard treatment alone (control group). The volume...

During the last three decades, many governments have incorporated Information and Communication Technologies in their internal and external processes, a phenomenon widely known as electronic government (e-Government). Rationales for eGovernment include increasing public services’ efficiency, speed, transparency, accountability, etc., and enhancing relations between government and stakeholders (...

Follicular thyroid adenoma (FTA) precedes follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) by definition with a favorable prognosis compared to FTC. However, the genetic mechanism of FTA to FTC progression remains unknown. For this, it is required to disclose FTA and FTC genomes in mutational and evolutionary perspectives. We performed whole-exome sequencing and copy number profiling of 14 FTAs and 13 FTCs, ...

BACKGROUND Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a ubiquitous problem with serious public health implications. The fast track area is a novel method which aims to reduce waiting time, patient dissatisfaction and morbidity. |The study objective was to determine the impact of a fast track area (FTA) on both effectiveness measures (i.e. waiting times [WT] and length of stay [LOS]) and quality ...