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Fast Determination of Similarity Between Two Vectors by Means of Analog CMOS Technique
Authors: Wojtyna Ryszard 
Published: December 2010

Fast Determination of Similarity Between Two Vectors by Means of Analog CMOS TechniqueIn this paper, an analog approach to determining a resemblance between two multidimensional vectors is proposed. As the resemblance measure, Euclidean distance is used. The main advantage of the presented method is a very high speed of the Euclidean-distance-measure calculations. The achieved high speed results from the fact that most of arithmetic operations needed to realize the calculations are carried out in parallel. This concerns the required operations of squaring a difference of two corresponding components of the compared vectors. Operating in a transconductane mode (voltage difference squaring transconductors) and a current mode (output square-root extracting circuit), our CMOS circuit is power saving. Its low-power operation results from the fact that sub-circuits of our calculator responsible for the squaring operations (a great number of them in case of large multidimensional vectors) consume no power in the absence of input signals. This takes place when corresponding components of the compared vectors are both equal to zero. The circuit also consumes a reasonably low amount of energy when processing (comparing) a different from zero input data (corresponding vector components). A simplified description of the applied differential squaring transconductors as well as the output current-mode square-root extraction circuit is given and a problem of good cooperation between them is discussed and proper solutions indicated. SPICE simulation results are shown to be in a good agreement with the theory presented.
Medical Telemetry System for Monitoring and Localization of Patients - Functional Model and Algorithms for Biosignals Processing
Authors: Kurzyński Marek , Ryba Przemysław , Markowski Marcin , Woźniak Michał 
Published: December 2010

Medical Telemetry System for Monitoring and Localization of Patients - Functional Model and Algorithms for Biosignals ProcessingThe article presents the concept of hospital telemetric system. The goal of the project is a model of early warning systems for patients outside intensive care wards. Proposed system is based on constant telemetric monitoring using objective physiological parameters. Using low-distance sensor network which covers body of a patient, so-called BAN (Body Area Network) is the main innovation of the project. Some preliminary results of ECG analysis and interpretation modules and units of proposed system will be presented.
Trajectory Estimation for Wireless Mobile Networks Using Polynomial Regression
Authors: Al-Hattab Mohammad , Agbinya Johnson 
Published: December 2010

Trajectory Estimation for Wireless Mobile Networks Using Polynomial RegressionArbitrary and random motion of mobile ad hoc network nodes while communicating results in frequent topology changes and multiple disconnections of links. This dynamic environment challenges the routing of data from the source to the destination and imposes the need for prediction models to track these changes, and then determine future topology of the network. The prediction of network mobility into the future will reduce the frequency of location updates for geographical routing protocols. Moreover it will reduce route request delay and the frequency of route updates in topology based protocols. This paper proposes a predictive model called polynomial regression trajectory estimation. This model is based on the regular behavior of nodes and uses polynomial regression to allow each mobile node to estimate its future locations as a function of time. The estimated locations will be disseminated to the network so that nodes can use them to estimate the future topologies of the entire network. The efficiency of the proposed model has been evaluated by MATLAB simulation.
The Forensic Gothic: Knowledge, the Supernatural, and the Psychic Detective
Authors: McGuire Ann , Buchbinder David 
Published: December 2010

Abstract: This article analyses two television series first screened in 2005: Medium and Supernatural. It argues that, in the context of post-9/11 anxieties about the surveillance and defence of the borders of nation/family, the narrative use of paranormal phenomena offers a new forensic model. While traditional detective narratives rely on empiricist, Enlightenment ways of identifying and defending against the invisible, threatening other—making it visible and hence allaying the fears that it excites—these programs, drawing on the narrative strategies of both the detective story and the Gothic tale, offer a way of knowing the unknown and seeing the unseeable.
Wax Coquettes: Elizabeth Whitman, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and the Nineteenth-Century Travelling Waxwork Exhibition
Authors: Harris Jennifer 
Published: December 2010

Abstract:This paper traces the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century production and exhibition of a waxwork figure of a literary heroine—one based on a real-life figure—as well as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's deployment of it, in order to assess how she was perceived in the popular imaginary.
Electronic Health Record Interoperability as Realized in the Turkish Health Information System
Authors: Yuksel M. , Avcl A. , Ceyhan B. , Hülür Ü. , Eryllmaz Z. , Mollahaliloğlu S. , Atbakan E. , Akdağ R. , Dogac A. 
Published: December 2010

Summary
Objectives: The objective of this paper is to describe the techniques used in developing the National Health Information System of Turkey (NHIS-T), a nation-wide infrastructure for sharing electronic health records (EHRs).
Methods: The UN/CEFACT Core Components Technical Specification (CCTS) methodology was applied to design the logical EHR structure and to increase the reuse of common information blocks in EHRs.
Results: The NHIS-T became operational on January 15, 2009. By June 2010, 99% of the public hospitals and 71% of the private and university hospitals were connected to NHIS-T with daily feeds of their patients’ EHRs. Out of the 72 million citizens of Turkey, electronic healthcare records of 43 million citizens have already been created in NHIS-T. Currently, only the general practitioners can access the EHRs of their patients. In the second phase of the implementation and once the legal framework is completed, the proper patient consent mechanisms will be available through the personal health record system that is under development. At this time authorized health-care professionals in secondary and tertiary healthcare systems can access the patients’ EHRs.
Conclusions: A number of factors affected the successful implementation of NHIS-T. First, all stakeholders have to adopt the specified standards. Second, the UN /CEFACT CCTS approach was applied which facilitated the development and understanding of rather complex EHR schemas. Finally, the comprehensive testing of vendor-based hospital information systems for their conformance to and interoperability with NHIS-T through an automated testing platform enhanced substantially the fast integration of vendor-based solutions with the NHIS-T.
Casein α s1 Is Expressed by Human Monocytes and Upregulates the Production of GM-CSF via p38 MAPK
Authors: Vordenbäumen Stefan , Braukmann Achim , Petermann Klaudia , Scharf Andrea , Bleck Ellen , von Mikecz Anna , Jose Joachim , Schneider Matthias 
Published: December 2010

Abstract
Caseins are major constituents of mammalian milks that are thought to be exclusively expressed in mammary glands and to function primarily as a protein source, as well as to ameliorate intestinal calcium uptake. In addition, proinflammatory and immunomodulatory properties have been reported for bovine caseins. Our aim was to investigate whether human casein α s1 (CSN1S1) is expressed outside the mammary gland and possesses immunomodulatory functions in humans as well. For this purpose, CSN1S1 mRNA was detected in primary human monocytes and CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, but not in CD19+ B cells. CSN1S1 protein was traceable in supernatants of cultured primary human CD14+ monocytes by ELISA. Similarly, CSN1S1 mRNA and protein were detected in the human monocytic cell lines HL60, U937, and THP1 but not in Mono Mac 6 cells. Moreover, permeabilized human monocytes and HL60 cells could be stained by immunofluorescence, indicating intracellular expression. Recombinant human CSN1S1 was bound to the surface of Mono Mac 6 cells and upregulated the expression of GM-CSF mRNA in primary human monocytes and Mono Mac 6 cells in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. A similar increase in GM-CSF protein was found in the culture supernatants. CSN1S1-dependent upregulation of GM-CSF was specifically blocked by the addition of the p38 MAPK inhibitor ML3403. Our results indicated that human CSN1S1 may possess an immunomodulatory role beyond its nutritional function in milk. It is expressed in human monocytes and stimulates the expression of the proinflammatory cytokine GM-CSF.
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (filgrastim) in chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia
Authors: Advani S H , Achreckar Suvarna , Thomas Dennis , Krishnankutty Binny 
Published: December 2010

Abstract
Background: The use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factors to treat patients with chemotherapy-induced neutropenia is well accepted. To assess whether administration of filgrastim along with standard empiric antibiotic therapy is beneficial for patients with chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN), we conducted an open, non-randomized clinical trial. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective, open, Phase IV clinical trial in patients receiving chemotherapy for histologically confirmed cancer, with an oral temperature of >38.2°C and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of <500/mm 3 . Filgrastim was administered subcutaneously in a dose of 5 mcg/kg/day, 24 hours after administration of cytotoxic therapy, for up to two weeks or until the ANC reached 10,000 cells/mm 3 . The parameters of assessment included duration of neutropenia, fever, hospitalization and antibiotic usage. Results: All 24 evaluable patients recovered from neutropenia, fever and FN in a median duration of two days. This result is similar to that reported in earlier studies with filgrastim. Despite the acceleration in recovery from neutropenia and fever, it also reduced the duration of hospital stay and usage of intravenous (IV) antibiotic. Only two adverse events were reported, which were of mild nature. Conclusion: Filgrastim, when used in patients with chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, exhibited efficacy in accelerating the recovery from neutropenia and fever comparable to that reported with filgrastim in literature. The data from this study suggest that filgrastim is effective in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and is well tolerated by Indian patients.
Hyperleukocytosis in a neonate: A diagnostic dilemma
Authors: Avabratha K Shreedhara , Tauro Kiran Joseph , Shwethadri G K ,   Sushanth
Published: December 2010

AbstractA preterm baby presented with lethargy and tachypnea. Blood counts revealed hyperleukocytosis. Peripheral smear and bone marrow examination were not suggestive of leukemia. The baby was treated for sepsis. The baby recovered and WBC counts gradually reduced. Hyperleukocytosis was presumed to be a part of leukemoid reaction secondary to sepsis. The diagnostic possibilities with a review of literature are also presented.
Graphs of Degree Three with a Given Abstract Group
Authors: Frucht Robert 
Published: December 2010

1. Introduction. In his well-known book on graphs [1] König proposed the following problem: “When can a given abstract group be represented as the group of the automorphisms of a (finite) graph, and if possible how can the graph be constructed?”To understand this problem well let us begin with the precise definition of a graph and its group (of automorphisms).
Extremum Properties of the Regular Polyhedra
Authors: Fejes Tόth Lâszlό 
Published: December 2010

1. Historical remarks. In this paper we extend some well-known extremum properties of the regular polygons to the regular polyhedra. We start by mentioning some known results in this direction.First, let us briefly consider the problem which has received the greatest attention among all the extremum problems for polyhedra. It is the determination of the polyhedron of greatest volume F of a class of polyhedra of equal surface areas F, i.e., the isepiphan problem.
A Note on Divergent Series
Authors: Petersen G. M. 
Published: December 2010

In this note we shall discuss certain matrix methods of summation, though otherwise, §1 and §2 are not connected.In this section, we shall study some properties of the method (Bh) where we say the series ∑uv is summable (Bh) whenThe method (Bh) has been studied in special cases airsing from different values of h by Rogosinski [11; 12], Bernstein [2], and more recently by Karamata [3; 4].
Non-Parametric Theory: Scale and Location Parameters
Authors: Fraser D. A. S. 
Published: December 2010

In §2 a result in measure theory is obtained. The remainder of this paper, §3 to §11, contains results in the branch of statistics called non-parametric theory; these results in part are based on the measure result of §2.The measure result concerns a class of probability distributions—those distributions having a probability density function on the real line and for which a fraction p of the probability is on the negative axis and a fraction q = 1 - p is on the positive axis. Corresponding to a sample of n the functional form is obtained for a statistic having expectation zero for all distributions in the class; such a statistic is referred to as an unbiased estimate of zero.
On the Riemann Derivatives for Integrable Functions
Authors: Butzer P. L. , Kozakiewicz W. 
Published: December 2010

The central difference of order s of the functionf(x), Δs2hf(x), corresponding to a numberh> 0, is defined inductively by the relations.If the limit of the difference quotientexists at the pointx, it is called the sth Riemann derivative or the generalized sth derivative of fix) at the pointx.
Ovals, Dualities, and Desargues's Theorem
Authors: Ostrom T. G. 
Published: December 2010

Consider a projective plane with n + 1 points on each line, An oval is a set of n + 1 points, no three of which are collinear.DEFINITION. (1) A line which contains two points of will be called a
secant of .(2) A line which contains exactly one point of will be called a tangent of
or an absolute line.
Diophantine Approximation and Horocyclic Groups
Authors: Rankin R. A. 
Published: December 2010

1. Introduction. Let ω be an irrational number. It is well known that there
exists a positive real number h such that the
inequality(1)has infinitely many solutions in coprime integers a and
c. A theorem of Hurwitz asserts that the set of all such
numbers h is a closed set with supremum √5. Various proofs
of these results are known, among them one by Ford (1), in which he makes
use of properties of the modular group. This approach suggests the following
generalization.
Linear Transformations on Algebras of Matrices: The Invariance of the Elementary Symmetric Functions
Authors: Marcus Marvin , Purves Roger 
Published: December 2010

In this paper we examine the structure of certain linear transformations T on the algebra of w-square matrices Mn into itself. In particular if A ∈ Mn let Er(A) be the rth elementary symmetric function of the eigenvalues of A. Our main result states that if 4 ≤ r ≤ n — 1 and Er(T(A)) = Er(A) for A ∈ Mn then T is essentially (modulo taking the transpose and multiplying by a constant) a similarity transformation:No such result as this is true for r = 1,2 and we shall exhibit certain classes of counterexamples. These counterexamples fail to work for r = 3 and the structure of those T such that E3(T(A)) = E3(A) for all ∈ Mn is unknown to us.
On the Symmetry of Cubic Graphs
Authors: Tutte W. T. 
Published: December 2010

Let G be a connected finite graph in which each edge has two distinct ends and no two distinct edges have the same pair of ends. We suppose further that G is cubic, that is, each vertex is incident with just three edges.An s-path in G, where s is any positive integer, is a sequence S = (v0, v1… , vs) of s + 1 vertices of G, not necessarily all distinct, which satisfies the following two conditions:(i) Any three consecutive terms of S are distinct.(ii) Any two consecutive terms of S are the two ends of some edge of G.
A Metrization for Power-Sets with Applications to Combinatorial Analysis
Authors: Silverman Robert 
Published: December 2010

Combinatorial configurations may generally be phrased in terms of arrangements of objects into sets subject to certain conditions. In view of this, the question arises as to whether given a set S and its power-set Us (the class of all subsets of S), it might be possible to structure Us in a combinatorially significant manner. This paper proposes and investigates one such structuring achieved by defining a distance function over US.Given A, B in Us, define their distance bywhere N(E) denotes the number of elements in E, + ∞ being an admissible value.
The Number of k-Coloured Graphs on Labelled Nodes
Authors: Read R. C. 
Published: December 2010

By a labelled graph we shall mean a set of “nodes,“ distinguishable from one another and denoted by A1, A2, …, and a collection of “edges” viz., pairs of nodes. We say that an edge “joins” the pair of nodes which specifies it. We further stipulate that at most one edge joins any two nodes, and that no edge joins a node to itself.By a “colouring” of a graph in k colours we shall mean a mapping of the nodes of the graph onto a set of k colours C1, C2, …, Ck such that no two nodes which are joined by an edge are mapped onto the same colour. A graph so coloured in exactly k colours will be called a k-coloured graph. Since it is usually possible to colour a graph in more than one way, there will, in general, be many k-coloured graphs corresponding to a given graph.
A Theorem on Partially Ordered Sets, With Applications to Fixed Point Theorems
Authors: Abian Smbat , Brown Arthur B. 
Published: December 2010

In this paper the authors prove Theorem 1 on maps of partially ordered sets into themselves, and derive some fixed point theorems as corollaries.Here, for any partially ordered set P, and any mapping f : P → P and any point a ∈ P, a well ordered subset W(a) ⊂ P is constructed. Except when W(a) has a last element ε greater than or not comparable to f(ε), W(a), although constructed differently, is identical with the set A of Bourbaki (3) determined by a, f , and P1: {x|x ∈ P, x ≤ f(x)}.Theorem 1 and the fixed point Theorems 2 and 4, as well as Corollaries 2 and 4, are believed to be new.Corollaries 1 and 3 are respectively the well-known theorems given in (1, p. 54, Theorem 8, and Example 4).The fixed point Theorem 3 is that of (1, p. 44, Example 4); and has as a corollary the theorem given in (2) and (3).The proofs are based entirely on the definitions of partially and well ordered sets and, except in the cases of Theorem 4 and Corollary 4, make no use of any form of the axiom of choice.
Univalent Solutions of W″ + pW = 0
Authors: Brown R. K. 
Published: December 2010

Consider the differential equation1.1where1.2is regular in|z| < R.The indicial equation associated with (1.1) is of the formWe shall denote the two roots of this equation byαandβ, where. Corresponding to the rootαthere exists a unique solution of (1.1) of the following form1.3In those cases for whichthere exists a unique second solution of (1.1) of the form1.4
Weakly Compact Sets in Orlicz Spaces
Authors: Andô Tsuyoshi 
Published: December 2010

The purpose of this paper is to characterize weak compactness in Orlicz spaces. Though an Orlicz space is a Banach space, it will be viewed from the standpoint of the theory of Köthe spaces. Considering that a norm-bounded subset is not weakly compact in general, we shall give some criteria for weak compactness in terms of the functional defining an Orlicz space. Because weak compactness is closely connected with the continuity of the semi-norms on the conjugate space, at the same time some properties of continuous semi-norms on Orlicz spaces will be brought to light.The first characterization (Theorem 1) is concerned with degree of smoothness of the functional at the origin. In Theorem 2 a connection between weak compactness and boundedness (by another functional) is obtained. In Theorem 3 the result in Theorem 2 is stated as a proposition about continuous seminorms.
Uniform Boundedness for Groups
Authors: Glicksberg Irving 
Published: December 2010

Let G and H be locally compact abelian groups with character groups G*, H*, and let < . , . > denote the pairing between a group and its dual.In 1952 Kaplansky proved the following result, using the structure of locally compact abelian groups and category arguments.Theorem 1.1. Let τ: G → H be an algebraic homomorphism for which there is a dual τ* : H* → G* (so that < rg, h* > = < g, τ*h* > for all g in G, h* in H*). Then τ is continuous.The result bears a striking similarity to a well-known fact about Banach spaces which is a consequence of uniform boundedness; the present note is devoted to an analogous “uniform boundedness” for groups, which yields a non-structural proof of Kaplansky's theorem.
An Extremum Result
Authors: Kiefer J. 
Published: December 2010

The main object of this paper is to prove the following:Theorem. Let f1, … ,fk be linearly independent continuous functions on a compact space. Then for 1 ≤ s ≤ k there exist real numbers aij, 1 ≤ i ≤ s, 1 ≤ j ≤ k, with {aij, 1 ≤ i, j ≤ s} n-singular, and a discrete probability measure ε*on, such that(a) the functions gi = Σj=1kaijfj 1 ≤ i ≤ s, are orthonormal (ε*) to the fj for s < j ≤ k;(b)The result in the case s = k was first proved in (2). The result when s < k, which because of the orthogonality condition of (a) is more general than that when s = k, was proved in (1) under a restriction which will be discussed in § 3. The present proof does not require this ad hoc restriction, and is more direct in approach than the method of (2) (although involving as much technical detail as the latter in the case when the latter applies).
Some Applications of Spaces of Entire Functions
Authors: De Branges Louis 
Published: December 2010

A Hilbert space, whose elements are entire functions, is of particular interest if it has these properties:(H1) Whenever F(z) is in the space and has a non-real zero w, the function is in the space and has the same norm as F(z).(H2) For each non-real number w, the linear functional defined on the space by F(z) —> F(w) is continuous.(H3) Whenever F(z) is in the space, is in the space and has the same norm as F(z). If E(z) is an entire function satisfying
Non-Existence of Some Unsymmetrical Partially Balanced Incomplete Block Designs
Authors: Shrikhande S. S. , Raghavarao D. , Tharthare S. K. 
Published: December 2010

A partially balanced incomplete block (PBIB) design with m-associate classes is defined by Bose and Shimamoto (4) as follows:(i) The experimental material is divided into b blocks of k units each, different treatments being applied to the units in the same block.(ii) There are v treatments each of which occurs in r blocks.(iii) There can be established a relation of association between any two treatments satisfying the following requirements.