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Real-time issues in distributed multimedia systems

The fundamental characteristics of multimedia systems is that they incorporate continuous media, such as voice, video, and animated graphics. This implies the need for multimedia systems to handle data with strict timing requirements and at high rate. This article discusses important real-time issues in distributed multimedia systems including media synchronization, operating system support for continuous media, scheduling issues for on-demand multimedia applications, and real-time architectures of future interactive TV-converter boxes. Several solutions of these problems are presented in the article. <<ETX>>
Bayesian estimation and model averaging of convolutional neural networks by hypernetwork

: Neural networks have a rich ability to learn complex representations and have achieved remarkable results in various tasks. However, they are prone to overﬁtting owing to the limited number of training samples and regularizing the learning process of neural networks is essential. In this paper, we propose a regularization method that estimates the parameters of a large convolutional neural network as probabilistic distributions using a hypernetwork, which generates the parameters of another network. Additionally, we perform model averaging to improve the network performance. Then, we apply the proposed method to a large model such as wide residual networks. The experimental results demonstrate that our method and its model averaging outperform the commonly used maximum a posteriori estimation with L2 regularization.
A Cadaveric Study of Sciatic Nerve and It's Level of Bifurcation

Key Wor ds: Sciatic nerve, Tibial nerve, Common peroneal nerve ABSTRACT Sciatic nerve, the thickest nerve in the body, formed in the pelvis, emerges through greater sciatic foramen to enter the gluteal region, then the nerve passes on the back of thigh to reach the superior angle of popliteal fossa and bifurcates into tibial and common peroneal nerves. But the level of bifurcation varies. The assessment of level of bifurcartion of sciatic nerve were available minimal in the Indian literature. So this study was taken and it focus on the frequency of the level of bifurcation of sciatic nerve. For this 50 free lower limbs were dissected. The results were compared with previous reports. Muthu KuMar t. , SriMathi, ananda rani, SuMathi Latha
The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World

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Multimorbidity among elderly in Bangladesh

Multimorbidity among the elderly is a major public health problem in most of the developing countries, including Bangladesh, where the population is moving towards aging. Multimorbidity was defined as the co‐occurrence of at least two chronic diseases in a person whether as a coincidence or not. Little attention has been paid to the study of the prevalence of multimorbidity among the elderly in Bangladesh.
The effect of selected factors on the quality of life of patients after arthroscopic reconstruction of a rotator cuff 1–2 years after surgery

Introduction: One of the key goals in the recovery process in patients after the procedure of surgical repair of the rotator cuff is the reduction of pain complaints and achievement of satisfactory improvement in such domains as occupational activity, lifestyle, sports, recreation, or mood. Aim of the research: To evaluate the effect of selected factors on the quality of life of patients who had undergone arthroscopic reconstruction of the rotator cuff within 1–2 years of the surgery. Material and methods: The study was conducted in a group of 69 patients aged 40–65 years, after arthroscopic reconstruction of the rotator cuff in the Specialist Hospital in Rudna Mała. The quality of life was measured using the WORC, which is a disease-specific research instrument. Results: The highest quality of life was noted subsequently in the following domains: physical symptoms (x = 22.28), emotions (x = 24.21), and lifestyle (x = 26.74), whereas the lowest quality of life was seen in the domains of work (x = 38.48) and sports and recreation (x = 36.18). The highest overall quality of life was observed in patients with university education level (p = 0.011), occupationally active (p = 0.017), who performed intellectual work (p = 0.001), and received rehabilitation for a period longer than 8 weeks (p = 0.003). Conclusions: The respondents’ university education level, occupational activity, intellectual work, and rehabilitation for a period longer than 8 weeks were the factors that strongly determined the quality of life of patients. Physical symptoms, such as the domain of the WORC, most strongly determined the overall quality of life of the respondents.
Adverse reactions to foods (ARFS) in children:parental knowledge, awareness and behaviour

This study aimed to assess parental knowledge, awareness and behaviour on Adverse Reactions to Foods (ARF) and its relation to family’s quality of life. In this cross-sectional study, 120 parents of children with documented ARFs in Selangor were recruited. Of these parents, 63.3% and 50.8% exhibited low levels of knowledge and awareness of ARFs, respectively. In terms of dietary practices, 31.7% avoided possible allergenic foods during pregnancy. The study found that 66.7% of children followed the childhood immunization schedule and 32.5% had symptomatic ARFs onset at age 36 months and above. Seafood appeared to be the main cause of ARFs (68%). ARFs appeared to be triggered mainly by environmental factors as reported by 46.7% of respondents. Nearly 56% of parents reported emotional responses associated with caring for ARF children while 8.8% and 17.5% found that ARFs affected relationships with family members and social acquaintances, respectively. A positive association was observed between specific levels of ARF knowledge and parental educational levels (p < 0.05). This findings represent an attempt to provide information for public education in a practical manner that can help optimize and sustain health benefits and overall community well-being.
The morphological classification of normal and abnormal red blood cell using Self Organizing Map

Blood is an essential component of living creatures in the vascular space. For possible disease identification, it can be tested through a blood test, one of which can be seen from the form of red blood cells. The normal and abnormal morphology of the red blood cells of a patient is very helpful to doctors in detecting a disease. With the advancement of digital image processing technology can be used to identify normal and abnormal blood cells of a patient. This research used self-organizing map method to classify the normal and abnormal form of red blood cells in the digital image. The use of self-organizing map neural network method can be implemented to classify the normal and abnormal form of red blood cells in the input image with 93,78% accuracy testing.
Developing the use of visual representations to explain basic astronomy phenomena

Several decades of research have contributed to our understanding of students’ reasoning about astronomical phenomena. Some authors have pointed out the difficulty in reading and interpreting images used in school textbooks as factors that may justify the persistence of misconceptions. However, only a few studies have investigated to what extent usual textbook images influence students’ understanding of such phenomena. This study examines this issue, exploring 13–14 year old students’ explanations, drawings, and conceptions about three familiar phenomena: change of seasons, Moon phases, and solar or lunar eclipses. The research questions that guided the study were (RQ1) how are students’ explanations and visual representations about familiar astronomical phenomena affected by different image-support conditions? (RQ2) How are students’ conceptions about familiar astronomical phenomena affected by different image-support conditions? (RQ3) Which features of the used images most affected the students’ visual representations and explanations of familiar astronomical phenomena? To answer our research questions, we designed three instructional contexts under increasing support conditions: textbook images and text, teaching booklets with specially designed images and text, only text. To analyze students’ drawings, we used exploratory factor analysis to deconstruct drawings into their most salient elements. To analyze students’ explanations, we adopted a constant comparison method identifying different levels of increasing knowledge. To investigate students’ conceptions, we used a mixed multiple-choice and true false baseline questionnaire. For RQ1, results show that the specially designed images condition was effective in helping students producing informed drawings in comparison to text-only condition for all phenomena, and more effective than textbook images condition when one considers seasonal change drawings. Concerning RQ2, the specially designed images condition was the most effective for all phenomena. Concerning RQ3, prevalent elements of astronomy images that affected students’ explanations and visual representations were Earth’s elliptical orbit; the position of the Sun with respect to the Moon orbit; and Sun, Moon, and Earth alignment. Our findings confirm concerns about textbook astronomy images, whose features may interfere with the identification of the relevant factors underlying the phenomena. Moreover, findings of this study suggest that affordances of the specially designed images may play an essential role in scaffolding meaningful understanding of the targeted phenomena. Implications for teaching through and learning from visual representations in astronomy education are briefly discussed.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Regarding Osteoporosis among General Population in Saudi Arabia

Background: Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mass and micro- architectural deterioration of bone tissue. The prevalence of osteoporosis among Saudi population was estimated at 34% in a review of the published articles up to 2011. The etiology for this high prevalence among Saudis is multi- factorial and possible causes include: lifestyle malpractices, vitamin-D deficiency and genetic factors. Aim: To evaluate knowledge and perceptions of causes and prevention of osteoporosis among general population of Saudi Arabia. Methodology: A national cross-sectional, web-based survey was conducted on 579 participants of general population in Saudi Arabia aged 15 to 65 years old in March 2015 and the questionnaire was validated. Results: Out of 579 participants, 559 have heard about osteoporosis, the main resources were (43.44%) family members and friends. More male (58%) were able to identify that osteoporosis is a silent disease while only (44.4%) female did. the only risk factor that was identified by more than three quarter of participants in both (91.7%) male and (94.8%) female groups was not eating calcium-rich foods. Previous hip fracture was the lowest recognized risk factor (56.66%) of participants. participants with master degree had the best knowledge compared to participants other degrees. Participants with ages between 51-65 years had the higher percent of correct answers while those aged between 15-35 years had the lowest. Approximately 68.1% of respondents were concerned of having osteoporosis in a point of their lives. Almost two thirds (65.6%) thought that they can influence the probability of having osteoporosis. About 8.82% had measured their bone mineral density BMD, while 43.40% of them knew that they have more than one risk factor. Conclusion: This study reveals that osteoporosis knowledge is low among the Saudi population and consequently the attitude and practices towards this disease are also below normal. A good knowledge and awareness of a disease are pre-requisites for success of preventive measures, modifications in life styles and treatment adherence.
Práticas e crenças populares associadas ao desmame precoce

Objective: To understand the effect of popular beliefs and practices on early weaning of puerperal women attending the Estrategia Saude da Familia program.Methodology: This is a descriptive qualitative study, conducted from April to May 2016 with 22 puerperal women enrolled in the Atendimento Multiprofissional Especializado (AME) Saude da Familia. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and they were analyzed using content analysis.Results: Women who participated in this study understood the importance of exclusive breastfeeding. Nevertheless, factors such as return to work/school, beliefs and taboos (for instance, some mothers believe that breast milk is insufficient), latching problems, and fear for breast changes lead to weaning or to include other foods during first six months of the childʼs life. Most puerperal women did not receive expert guidance on breastfeeding during antenatal care. Those who do received guidance regarded the figure of the nurse as a facilitating agent.Conclusion: It is necessary to demystify exclusive breastfeeding and to promote this practice to be possible for a certain period of time.
Backward-looking sentence processing in typically disfluent versus stuttered speech: ERP evidence

ABSTRACT The aim was to determine how backward-looking sentence processing is affected by typically disfluent versus stuttered speech. Two listener groups heard Garden Path (GP) and control sentences. GP sentences contained no disfluency, a silent pause, or a filled pause before the disambiguating verb. For one group, the sentence preambles additionally contained stuttering-like disfluencies. Comprehension accuracy, event-related potentials (ERPs) time-locked to disambiguating verbs, and perceptual speaker ratings, were compared between groups. The With Stuttering group perceived the speaker as less competent but had better comprehension accuracy for GP sentences. ERPs to disambiguating verbs in GP sentences included a P600 component, indexing backward-looking sentence processing, but only for the No Stuttering group. Other ERP components, elicited to GP sentences with silent/filled pauses, did not differ between groups. Results suggest that listeners abandon prior expectations when processing sentences containing stuttering-like disfluencies, possibly because they lack a speaker model defined by the presence of stuttering.
Emerging Technologies for Lifelong Learning and Success: A MOOC for Everyone

Technology changes more rapidly today than in any other point in human history. These changes affect the tools we use to perform day-to-day personal and professional tasks. Exploring Emerging Technologies for Lifelong Learning and Success (#EmTechMOOC) has been created to help adult learners with diverse backgrounds from across the globe discover tools and resources they can adapt to fit their needs in today’s fast-paced world. This article examines how the 4 Cs of 21st Century Skills: communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking are strengthened through #EmTechMOOC. Results from the pilot and the improvements that have been made are also addressed.
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A Study of Post-Depositional Funerary Practices in Medieval England.

Peri-mortem treatment of the body and the fate of the soul after death throughout the English medieval period (c.600-1550) have been extensively studied. However, the post-depositional fate of physical remains has been largely neglected, despite there existing substantial excavated and documentary evidence for a variety of post inhumation disturbances, customs and practices. To date, these activities have consistently been interpreted on a purely functional basis. Consequently, incidences of disarticulated, disinterred skeletal material are routinely dismissed as simply representing the by-products of liturgical activities, and hence are assumed to be devoid of meaningful purpose. This study catalogues and examines post-depositional disturbance and treatment of disarticulated remains, chronologically, from the advent of Christianity in England (c. 7th century), throughout the early medieval period (c. 7th to 11th century), into the later medieval period (c. 12th to mid-16th century), concluding with the Reformation period (c. 1550-1600). Reviews and analyses of translations and elevations, charnel houses and developments in cemetery management were undertaken, with differences and similarities between the early and later medieval period noted and discussed. This analytical method demonstrates that disturbances before the 10th to 12th centuries were less structured than after, but significantly, that the majority of post-depositional activities and forms of disturbance originated in the earliest years of Christianity, and were sustained throughout the entire medieval period. This thesis considers how skeletal material was perceived by contemporary medieval people, addresses modern attitudes and beliefs concerning archaeological disarticulated remains and discusses how these have influenced and hindered interpretations of medieval post-depositional mortuary behaviour, beyond pragmatic explanations. This research elucidated overwhelming evidence for misunderstood and frequently unrecognised medieval funerary practices where disarticulated, disturbed and disinterred skeletal remains were curated as opposed to being merely collected or conveniently relocated, and one where the dead were compassionately curated, both physically and spiritually, by the living.
Broad Coverage Precoding Design for Massive MIMO With Manifold Optimization

In this paper, we design the precoding matrix with broad coverage for massive multi-input multi-output public channels. In order to guarantee the efficient use of power amplifiers and improve the achievable ergodic rate, equal transmit power per-antenna and semi-unitary constraints on the precoding matrix are considered simultaneously. Within the framework of manifold optimization, the precoding matrix design under the above two constraints becomes an optimization problem over the intersection of the oblique manifold and the Stiefel manifold. We propose to use the steepest descent method on the intersection of these two manifolds to obtain the optimal solution. By using the alternating projections method, the search direction of the steepest descent method is derived. Meanwhile, the convergence analysis for the proposed approach is also provided. The proposed approach can be used for both omnidirectional and sector-shaped power pattern design. Simulation results show that the power pattern of our designed precoder has less variation in different spatial directions within the cell coverage compared with the existing Zadoff–Chu scheme.
Epidemiological Study on Toxoplasmosis of Human and Animals at Dhamar Governorate, Yemen

ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 12 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com This cross sectional study was carried out in Dhamar governorate from December 2015 to November, 2016 with main objective to determine the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in humans and animals. A total of 323 individuals and 323 animals (241 sheep, 69 cattle and 13 goats) from different districts of Dhamar governorate were selected and tested using ELISA and PCR techniques for detection antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in human and animals. The results revealed that, the overall seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in human was 20.43%. The seroprevalence rates of IgG, IgM and both IgG +IgM were 13.62%, 4.33% and 2.48% respectively. The higher rate of infection was recorded (29.50 %) in age group of 1120years old; whereas, the lower rate (11.11%) was in age group of less than 10 years old. Females were more susceptible to infection (23.19 %) compared to males (2.02 %). The higher seroprevalence rate was recorded in summer (28.41%); whereas, the lower rate in spring (13.15%). The higher prevalence of rate was recorded in Utoma district (32.00%); whereas, lower rate in Alhada district (3.85%). Statistically, significant differences (P<0.05) were observed between seroprevalence rate and age group, sex; while none with season and area factors. In animals, the results of ELIZA revealed that, the overall seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis was 23.84 percent, the seroprevalence of IgG, IgM and both IgG +IgM were 15.5%, 1.5% and 6.8% respectively. Out of 241 sheep, 69 cattle and 13 goats tested, 21.16%, 31.88%, 30.77% respectively were seropositive for toxoplasmosis. The infection rate of toxoplasmosis was high in age group of 5 years old and above (33.33%); whereas, low (21.55%) in age group of two years. The seroprevalence rate in males was (28.28%) higher compared to females (21.88 %). The higher seroprevalence rate was recorded in spring season (33.33%); whereas, the lower rate in winter (18.02.67%). The higher of seroprevalence was recorded in Utoma (35.71%); whereas, the lower rate in Mifa`a ans (10.715%) and none in Jabal asharq. Statistically, significant differences (P<0.05) were observed between seroprevalence rate and animal species, season, area factors; while, none with other factors studied. In the present study, all ELISA seropositive samples of human and animals were retested by PCR as confirmatory tool. Results of PCR revealed that, out of 66 and 77 samples of human and animals tested 30 (45.45%) and 18 (23.38%) were found positive respectively for toxoplasmosis. The results of the present study revealed that toxoplasmosis is prevalent in human and animals in study area. Combinations of serological and molecular techniques are recommended for accurate diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis. K e y w o r d s Animals, ELIZA, Human, PCR, Prevalence, Toxoplasmosis, Dhamar, Yemen Accepted: 12 November 2018 Available Online: 10 December 2018 Article Info Int.J.Curr.Microbiol. App.Sci (2018) 7(12): 1480-1495