execution. Therefore, no new code coverage can be achieved by the created unit tests beyond the system tests are test inputs for achieving some test objectives not previously achieved such as causing program crashes, violating specified properties, and achieving high code ...

), and golden test patterns (deliv- ered by the core provider) jointly achieve high and flexible fault coverage the test application time, and achieving the maximum level of test quality control by core users such that the goals of netlist protection and fault coverage analysis can be ...

When a sensor network is deployed to detect objects penetrating a protected region, it is not necessary to have every point in the deployment region covered by a sensor. It is enough if the penetrating objects are detected at some point in their trajectory. If a sensor network guarantees that every penetrating object will be detected by at least � distinct sensors before it crosses the barrier ...

about the program structure. However it is very hard to achieve high coverage with black-box testing tool. Triangle: This program is a standard example for most testing related literature [24]. It accepts. For the current experiment testing was carried out till 100% branch coverage was achieved ...

This study aims to evaluate the General Health Insurance System (GHIS) in Turkey implemented since 1 October 2008, in order to assess whether the GHIS will be able to achieve its objective of universal coverage. Both the breadth and depth of coverage will be taken into account. The study notes out that some socio-economic problems, ...

This paper discusses the principles of data flow testing, describes a software testing and analysis tool called ATAC, which measures the effectiveness of testing data, and presents two case studies connecting software quality with the control and data flow testing coverage measures: block, decision, c-uses and p-uses. Results from these studies indicate that these measures are ...

of the LBL method can be made as high as desired, making the uncertainty of spectral ...... (Greg et al., 1991) to achieve continuous coverage at the equator, ..... ward model errors. Additionally, the mechanics of the retrieval process ...

Even where resources are plentiful, efforts to achieve full immunization coverage fail if staff and users are misinformed and unmotivated. A highly practical study in Lagos pinpoints some of these failures and suggests ways of overcoming them. PMID:7999218

An innovative data compression technique suitable for the Built-in-Test (BIT) of a generalized VLSI application was investigated. The technique used logic block partitioning and counting to achieve a high degree of fault coverage and resolution. An a-prio...

We present an analysis of the level of media coverage of the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) over the period 2005-08. The study aims to provide quantitative information to assist press officers, both of future NAMs and of other astronomy meetings, in identifying talks that are most likely to achieve high ...

This work demonstrates an iterative approach-referred to as coverage-based treatment planning-designed to produce treatment plans that ensure target coverage for a specified percentage of setup errors. In this approach the clinical target volume to planning target volume (CTV-to-PTV) margin is iteratively adjusted until the specified CTV ...

Achieving Software Quality with Testing Coverage Measures: Metrics, Tools, and Applications J. R calculated and we examine the coverage achieved on sum.c by this first test case. >atac �s sum.trace sum coverage achieved are depicted in Figure 5b. The resultant 36 tests ...

The National Immunization Survey (NIS) provides vaccination coverage estimates among children aged 19-35 months for each of the 50 states and selected urban areas. Findings from the 2005 NIS include nationwide increases in coverage with >/=3 and >/=4 doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and continued high levels of ...

To achieve national health objectives of eliminating most childhood vaccine-preventable diseases by the year 2010, all health care providers will have to improve the immunization rates of their patients. Currently, immunization rates of children 19 to 35 months of age are less than national objectives, suggesting a need for optimized immunization services. A key strategy for ...

This paper presents a fault model for VHDL descriptions at the Register Transfer Level and its evaluation with respect to a logic level fault model (single-stuck-at). The proposed fault model may be used for early estimations of the fault coverage before the synthesis is made in the design process of an integrated circuit. The obtained results show a high ...

We present a simple, time- and cost-efficient approach to tackle the proteome of prokaryotic organisms. To obtain large data sets of complex biological experiments high-throughput and time- and cost-efficient methods still have to be developed and refined. In this study, we combined well-approved techniques, namely elevated chromatographic temperatures, long RP columns and the ...

... the foundation to help you protect your family finances and achieve your life goals. Understanding insurance billing ...

The National Immunization Survey (NIS) provides vaccination coverage estimates among children aged 19--35 months for each of the 50 states and selected urban areas. This report describes the results of the 2007 NIS, which provided coverage estimates among children born during January 2004-July 2006. Healthy People 2010 established vaccination ...

The safe and compact storage of hydrogen is of great interest in theoretical and experimental research. Carbon nanotubes are reported to be highly efficient for gas and alkali atom storage. The process of hydrogen adsorption on the carbon nanotubes is changed under various circumstances. it is important to know how the hydrogen coverage depends on the tube ...

Transplantation of sessile organisms living in a planned destruction site to a safe site is an important means of restoration to mitigate biodiversity loss following anthropogenic developments. In particular, corals, which play fundamental roles in the coral reef ecosystem and contribute to biodiversity, are good candidates for transplantation. In this study, we investigate the optimal choice of ...

In 1983, 8 (42%) of the 19 English-speaking Caribbean countries (including Suriname) achieved at least 50% coverage with 3 doses of diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) vaccine among children under 1 year of age and 6 countries (32%) had at least 50% coverage with 3 doses of trivalent oral polio vaccine (TOPV). In addition, 10 countries ...

BackgroundInexpensive and efficacious interventions that avert childhood deaths in sub-Saharan Africa have failed to reach effective coverage, especially among the poorest rural sectors. One particular example is insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs). In this study, we present repeat observations of ITN coverage among rural Kenyan homesteads exposed at ...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the degree to which premium reductions will increase the participation in employer-sponsored health plans by low-income workers who are employed in small businesses. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: Sample of workers in small business (25 or fewer employees) in seven metropolitan areas. The data were gathered as part of the Small Business Benefits Survey, a telephone survey of ...

The Willapa Alliance compiled this coverage to accompany other biologic coverages within Willapa Bay. This layer can be associated with coverages that ... ...

In the Microsoft Natural Language Processing System (MSNLP), grammar sharing between English, French, Spanish, and German has been an important means for speeding up the development time for the latter grammars. Despite significant typological differences between these languages, a mature English grammar was taken as the starting point for each of the other three grammars. In each case, through a ...

mutation testing, achieving approximately a 33% reduction in size, and a corresponding reduction in terms of coverage; a test set achieves 100% coverage if it completely satisfies the criterion. Coverage, Frankl et al. [FWH97] found that a tester needs more test cases to ...

scan and LBIST techniques can achieve comparable fault coverage without the help of additional test fault coverage cannot be achieved by simply applying random test patterns to the entire processor the fault coverage achieved by the software test program. To evaluate the ...

The eradication of smallpox was achieved by surveillance and containment vaccination after the failure of mass immunization campaigns. The reasons for this failure are considered in this paper. Comparison of population densities in the Indian subcontinent and Africa show that in highly populated areas even an 80% vaccine coverage will ...

We report here more than 50% coverage of the XUV spectral range between 18 nm and 35 nm by tuning the high-order harmonics generated by a fixed frequency Nd:Glass laser system. The tuning range achieved is suitable to seed Ni-like Y, Zr and Mo soft X-ray lasers.

The eradication of smallpox was achieved by surveillance and containment vaccination after the failure of mass immunization campaigns. The reasons for this failure are considered in this paper. Comparison of population densities in the Indian subcontinent and Africa show that in highly populated areas even an 80% vaccine coverage will ...

BackgroundMalaria prevention in Africa merits particular attention as the world strives toward a better life for the poorest. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) represent a practical means to prevent malaria in Africa, so scaling up coverage to at least 80% of young children and pregnant women by 2010 is integral to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Targeting individual ...

Factors related to preschool child receipt of vitamin A during the first year of a semi-annual vitamin A capsule delivery program were investigated in 229 villages in Aceh, Indonesia. Coverage was higher in villages which were more rural and less economically developed. Highest performance was achieved by village distributors who represented the local ...

Mathematical models indicate that elimination of rubella virus transmission requires maintenance of approximately 90% rubella immunity among children. To evaluate whether rubella vaccination coverage among US preschool and school-age children is at levels consistent with rubella elimination, we reviewed data from 3 sources: (1) the Biologics Surveillance, which documents the ...

Background African countries are working to achieve rapid reductions in maternal and child mortality and meet their targets for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Partners in the Catalytic Initiative to Save One Million Lives (CI) are assisting them by providing funding and technical assistance to increase and accelerate coverage for proven ...

BackgroundThis study characterizes the historical relationship between coverage of measles containing vaccines (MCV) and mortality in children under 5 years, with a view toward ongoing global efforts to reduce child mortality.Methodology/Principal FindingsUsing country-level, longitudinal panel data, from 44 countries over the period 1960�2005, we analyzed the relationship ...

�Smart-pooling,� in which test reagents are multiplexed in a highly redundant manner, is a promising strategy for achieving high efficiency, sensitivity, and specificity in systems-level projects. However, previous applications relied on low redundancy designs that do not leverage the full potential of smart-pooling, and more ...

by running an automatically synthesized test program that achieves high fault coverage. Next as a standard communication interface. First, the microprocessor tests itself by executing a set of instructions the signatures. (We assume that before test appli- cation, the processor memory has been tested with standard

these approaches using the system level model of the European research project WINNER and analyze the achievable-benefit tradeoff, wide-area coverage scenario, Manhattan-area high-throughput scenario Manuscript submitted system architecture of the European research project WIN- NER [6] for a next-generation mobile

emphasis on setting a 1 on line A and a 0 on line C to advance the fault effects beyond gates b and d different sets of faults. Let us assume that only two test generators TA and TB are being compared of the target fault. This approach achieves extremely high fault coverages, and thus outperforms previous

A new type of extensive-air-shower (EAS) array is described that achieves a low energy threshold, large area, high duty factor and large muon coverage. By placing a regularly-spaced grid of phototubes just below the surface of a shallow pond, the Cherenko...

Many linkage and linkage-disequilibrium based marker assisted selection (MAS) methodologies have been proposed. To achieve success, most require mapping populations and/or very high marker genome coverage. Presented is a MAS scheme that requires no mapping populations or known linkage group configur...

Despite recent international efforts to scale-up antiretroviral treatment (ART), more than 5 million people needing ART in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) do not receive it. Limited human resources to treat HIV/AIDS (HRHA) are one of the main constraints to achieving universal ART coverage. We model the gap between needed and available HRHA to ...

The introduction of a submonolayer of an alkaline earth element at the surface of a Si(001) substrate has been shown to allow the subsequent epitaxial growth of crystalline alkaline earth and/or perovskite oxides (i.e., BaO, SrTiO_3, etc.). This remarkable achievement allows the use of crystalline, high-dielectric constant oxides as the gate insulator in a ...

BackgroundImmunizations are an important component to pediatric primary care. New Mexico is a relatively poor and rural state which has sometimes struggled to achieve and maintain its childhood immunization rates. We evaluated New Mexico's immunization rates between 1996 and 2006. Specifically, we examined the increase in immunization rates between 2002 and 2004, and how this ...

The 2010--11 influenza season was unusual because it followed the 2009 influenza A pandemic (H1N1) season and it was the first season the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended influenza vaccination of all persons aged ?6 months. The season also was notable because a record number of seasonal influenza vaccine doses (approximately 163 million) were distributed in the ...

BackgroundThis paper examines how the cost-effectiveness of IRS varies depending on the severity of transmission and level of programme coverage and how efficiency could be improved by incorporating climate information into decision making for malaria control programmes as part of an integrated Malaria Early Warning and Response System (MEWS).MethodsA climate driven model of ...

... 360 degrees azimuth coverage. Stereoscopic vision is achieved in part of the field. The particular instrumentation developed ...

Mar 26, 1998 ... High Spatial Resolution Europa Coverage by the Galileo Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS). The NIMS instrument on the Galileo ...

... Title : Long-Range High Coverage Rate Synthetic Aperture Sonar for ASW and MCM Phase I: SAS Validation Experiments. ...

cases. The resulting test suites achieved basic block coverages ranging from 50% to 95%; overall, 1198 over groups of test cases that achieved similar coverage: 270 test suites belonged to groups in which focus on the most recent (1998) reference. 3 #12; ffl As the coverage ...

domain of our experiments, test sets achieving coverage levels over 90?Zo usually showed sigrdjlcantly of achieving adequate coverage. Hence the tester may employ a strategy to prune the intermediate test set examined the coverage achieved by the TSL-produced tests, and ...

We examined the relationship between insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs), malaria parasite infection, and severe anemia prevalence in children in Luangwa District, Zambia, an area with near-universal ITN coverage, at the end of the 2008 and 2010 malaria transmission seasons. Malaria parasite infection prevalence among children < 5 years old was 9.7% (95% confidence ...

We examined the relationship between insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs), malaria parasite infection, and severe anemia prevalence in children in Luangwa District, Zambia, an area with near-universal ITN coverage, at the end of the 2008 and 2010 malaria transmission seasons. Malaria parasite infection prevalence among children < 5 years old was 9.7% (95% confidence ...

IntroductionEquity and universal coverage currently dominate policy debates worldwide. Health financing approaches are central to universal coverage. The way funds are collected, pooled, and used to purchase or provide services should be carefully considered to ensure that population needs are addressed under a universal health system. The aim of this ...

Health worker training is a key component of the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI). However, training coverage remains low in many countries. We conducted in-depth case studies in two East African countries to examine the factors underlying low training coverage 10 years after IMCI had been adopted as policy. A document review and in-depth ...

Health worker training is a key component of the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI). However, training coverage remains low in many countries. We conducted in-depth case studies in two East African countries to examine the factors underlying low training coverage 10 years after IMCI had been adopted as policy. A document review and in-depth ...

The World Health Assembly of 2005 called for all health systems to move towards universal coverage, defined as " access to adequate health care for all at an affordable price" . A crucial aspect in achieving universal coverage is the extent to which there are income and risk cross-subsidies in health systems. Yet this aspect appears to ...

The present study analyzed the amount of photographic coverage devoted to high school athletics over 1 year. Previous research pertaining to sex differences in newspaper coverage of sports has focused on the amount of written coverage given. Present findings indicated that, as with written ...

Vector control is a key means of combating mosquito-borne diseases and the only tool available for tackling the transmission of dengue, a disease for which no vaccine, prophylaxis, or therapeutant currently exists. The most effective mosquito control methods include a variety of insecticidal tools that target adults or juveniles. Their successful implementation depends on impacting the largest ...

In this sixth paper of the Series, we review health-financing reforms in seven countries in southeast Asia that have sought to reduce dependence on out-of-pocket payments, increase pooled health finance, and expand service use as steps towards universal coverage. Laos and Cambodia, both resource-poor countries, have mostly relied on donor-supported health equity funds to reach ...

In the recent past there have been several reports of successes in malaria control, leading some public health experts to conclude that Africa is witnessing an epidemiological transition, from an era of failed malaria control to progression from successful control to elimination. Successes in control have been attributed to increased international donor support leading to increased intervention ...

Objective. To report on a multifaceted approach to increase uptake of the H1N1 vaccine in our ethnically diverse obstetrical population. Methods. A review of our obstetric clinic vaccine registry and the approaches used to increase vaccine uptake. We created a real-time vaccine registry, educated patients in their own language via educational videos and use of cultural case workers, facilitated ...

To achieve national health objectives of eliminating most childhood vaccine-preventable diseases by the year 2010, all health care providers will have to improve the immunization rates of their patients. Currently, immunization rates of children 19 to 35 months of age are less than national objectives, suggesting a need for optimized immunization services. A key strategy for ...

This qualitative study addresses the link between urban high school teachers' beliefs about their students' preparedness to achieve success in science and the teachers' reported curricular responses to those beliefs. Eight high school science teachers from schools representing a range of achievement levels were ...

We demonstrate that layered morphology of tetracene films on silicon oxide can be achieved at room temperature via vacuum evaporation. Island size distribution analysis shows that tetracene nucleation in a high-flux growth regime is diffusion-mediated with a critical island size i =3, similar to that in pentacene growth. A pronounced post-growth relaxation ...

In 2009 the second cross-sectional web-based survey was undertaken by the Vaccine European New Integrated Collaboration Effort (VENICE) project across 27 European Union (EU) member states (MS), Norway and Iceland (n=29) to determine changes in official national seasonal influenza vaccination policies since a survey undertaken in 2008 and to compare the estimates of vaccination ...

To demonstrate the high reliability of fault-tolerant computing systems, experimental testing can be

The Caribbean subregion was the first area of the world to eliminate measles. From 1991 through 2010, the 21 countries of the subregion were remarkably successful in maintaining their measles-free status despite importations of the virus from areas where it continues to circulate. This task has been accomplished by ensuring that each country in the subregion maintains measles vaccine ...

The ability to decipher the dynamic protein component of any system is determined by the inherent limitations of the technologies used, the complexity of the sample, and the existence of an annotated genome. In the absence of an annotated genome, large-scale proteomic investigations can be technically difficult. Yet the functional and biological species differences across animal models can lead to ...

The Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority is the centerpiece of Massachusetts' ambitious health care reforms, which were implemented beginning in 2006. The Connector is an independent quasi-governmental agency created by the Massachusetts legislature to facilitate the purchase of affordable, high-quality health insurance by small businesses and individuals without ...

Chlorosilylated platinum oxide electrode surfaces can be generated by reaction of SiCl4 vapor with an electrochemically prepared monolayer of platinum oxide. A variety of nucleophilic agents (such as alcohols, amines, thiols, and Grignard reagents) can be used to displace chloride and thereby functionalize the metal surface. Electroactive surfaces prepared with ferrocene methanol as the ...

Access control policies are increasingly written in specification languages such as XACML. To increase confidence in the correctness of specified policies, policy developers can conduct policy testing with some typical test inputs (in the form of requests) and check test outputs (in the form of responses) against expected ones. Unfortunately, manual test generation is tedious and manually ...

The aim of this study is the comparison of 2 studies looking at the barriers to access of diabetes care and medicines in the Philippines and Vietnam. These studies used the Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access. Diabetes care is provided in specialized facilities and appropriate referral systems are lacking. In Vietnam, no problems were reported with regard to diagnostic tools, whereas this ...

The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for the evaluation of the Defect Level in an IC design environment. The methodology is based on the extension of Williams-Brown formula to non equiprobable faults, which are collected from the IC layout, using the information on a typical IC process line defect statistics. The concept of weighted fault coverage is ...

Although the TMT AO system NFIRAOS will operate primarily in a laser guidestar multi-conjugate AO mode, it will also provide a conventional natural guide star (NGS) mode for use on very narrow science fields containing a bright star and/or when laser propagation is prevented by thin cirrus clouds or other circumstances. The number of bright stars suitable for use with a high ...

Zambia national survey, administrative, health facility, and special study data were used to assess progress and impact in national malaria control between 2000 and 2008. Zambia malaria financial support expanded from US$9 million in 2003 to US$ approximately 40 million in 2008. High malaria prevention coverage was achieved and ...

Zambia national survey, administrative, health facility, and special study data were used to assess progress and impact in national malaria control between 2000 and 2008. Zambia malaria financial support expanded from US$9 million in 2003 to US$ ~40 million in 2008. High malaria prevention coverage was achieved and extended to poor and ...

This coverage for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary is the High Water Line (HWL - SCALE ) vector coverage joined to tables with shoretype classification ... ...

This coverage depicts average maximum warmest month temperatures and average minimum coldest month temperatures throughout New Mexico. The coverage was ... ...

area coverage contours of HF skywave propagation parameters (Field Strength, Reliability, S/N Ratio, MUF) plotted with world political boundaries. HF or High Frequency is...

... This report provides coverage of the Managing Federal Real Property and DoD Financial Management high-risk areas. Prior Coverage ...

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) TiN is an attractive replacement for PVD TiN as a barrier and glue layer for subhalf-micron contacts and vias. CVD TiN films have been deposited in a commercial reactor via the thermal decomposition of tetrakis-dimethyl-amino-titanium (TDMAT) precursor in an N{sub 2} ambient. The deposition can be characterized by a simple Arrhenius rate expression with a half-order ...

without high-risk compared with seasonal influenza vaccine coverage estimates in previous seasons. However, vaccine coverage estimates using BRFSS data typically have been higher...

This report presents tentative innovations to enable unmanned vehicle guidance for a class of off-road traverse at sustained speeds greater than 30 miles per hour. Analyses and field trials suggest that even greater navigation speeds might be achieved. The performance calls for innovation in mapping, perception, planning and inertial-referenced stabilization of components, ...

Highly efficient emitters of polarized electrons based on the InAlGaAs/AlGaAs superlattice give an optimistic prognosis to explorations of such structures as the sources for accelerators. A new set of these SL structures with minimized conduction band offset was designed and recently tested. A new technology of surface protection in MBE growth leads to a significantly reduced ...

When using model checking to verify programs in practice, it is not usually possible to achieve complete coverage of the system. In this position paper we describe ongoing research within the Automated Software Engineering group at NASA Ames on the use of...

...if the necessary emission reductions are achieved. Vehicles registered or...number of subject vehicles which will be impacted...accounted for in the emission reduction analysis...implement and enforce the vehicle coverage...

Intra-vascular Optical Coherence Tomography (IV-OCT) is an appropriate imaging modality for the evaluation of stent struts apposition and coverage in the coronary arteries. Most often, image analysis is performed by a time-consuming manual contour tracing process. Recently, we proposed an algorithm for fully automated lumen morphology and individual stent struts ...

We have developed a 50 angstrom IMP Ti film for 300mm liner application. The process development was done on 300mm iLB Endura Platform, which combines the high bottom coverage and scalability of IMP Ti with the conformality of the CVD TXZ TiN process to address low contact resistance and good adhesion for W and Al application. The IMP technology has an ...

Although maternal and child mortality are on the decline in southeast Asia, there are still major disparities, and greater equity is key to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. We used comparable cross-national data sources to document mortality trends from 1990 to 2008 and to assess major causes of maternal and child deaths. We present inequalities in intervention ...

Achieving a high percentage of vaccination coverage with polio vaccine, while necessary, is not sufficient to eliminate or eradicate polio. The existence of pockets of under-vaccinated children has allowed outbreaks of polio in countries that have achieved high levels of vaccination ...

Aperture synthesis imaging provides a way to overcome the ambiguities which often exist in the interpretation of single-baseline interferometric visibility measurements. The mid-infrared imager MATISSE (Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment), which was proposed to ESO as a second-generation VLTI instrument, is designed to combine up to four 8.2 m VLTI UTs or 1.8 m ATs while ...

The Advanced Spectral Library (ASTRAL) is a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Cycle 18 (2010-2011) Large Treasury Project, whose aim is to collect high-quality ultraviolet echelle spectra of bright stars utilizing the high-performance Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS). In Cycle 18, ASTRAL focuses on eight iconic late-type objects -- all well-known ...

... SLURRIES, *GRINDING, ABRASIVES, HIGH RATE, SURFACES, AREA COVERAGE, HYDRODYNAMICS, BONDED JOINTS, ANGLE OF ATTACK ...

... solution. The fiberization process was optimized to produce uniform coverage with thin high strength polypropylene fibers. ...

... that, even for very high coverage probabilities, the intervals proposed are highly efficient, in terms of the expected length of the confidence interval. ...

Ion plating is a generic term applied to film deposition processes in which the substrate surface and/or the depositing film is subjected to a flux of high energy particles sufficient to cause changes in the interfacial region or film properties compared to the nonbombarded deposition. The most useful properties achieved by the ion plating process are ...

We report our recent results from multiwavelengths studies of microquasars, focusing on X-ray data of GX 339-4 and GRS 1915+105 obtained with Suzaku and other observatories. The broad band coverage and high energy resolution achieved with Suzaku (or a combination of Chandra/HETGS and RXTE) enable us to perform the most reliable ...

Single-reflection infrared reflection-absorption spectra (IRRAS) of adsorbates on surfaces have been obtained using a tunable diode laser radiation source. Surface sensitivity is achieved through the use of polarization modulation, and the high brightness of the laser light source has made possible the observation of vibrational modes at energies much ...

Sensor networks are composed of a large number of densely deployed sensors/actuators. Routing protocols are faced with the challenge of delivering data to sinks through multihop routes, in the presence of energy constrained sensor nodes. In this paper we present an energy-aware event dissemination protocol for mobile wireless sensor networks. In our proposed model each sink pro-actively constructs ...

The growth of graphene on single crystal Cu(111) has been achieved by thermal decomposition of ethylene in an ultrahigh vacuum chamber for the first time. The structural and electronic properties of graphene on Cu(111) have been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The nucleation of monolayer islands and two predominant domain orientations have been ...

The growth of graphene on single crystal Cu(111) has been achieved by thermal decomposition of ethylene in an ultrahigh vacuum chamber for the first time. The structural and electronic properties of graphene on Cu(111) have been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The nucleation of monolayer islands and two predominant domain orientations have been ...

Data on rapidity distributions of protons from the three AGS experiments E-814, E-810 and E-802 are compared on a common base to enlarge the rapidity coverage. Together they provide a unique opportunity to study the proton distributions in relativistic heavy ion reactions over the full rapidity range. Systematics of the rapidity density distributions are presented as function ...

We have investigated the stability of various hydrogenated single-walled carbon nanotubes. We find that the storage capacity of hydrogen depends significantly on the diameters of carbon nanotubes. Full hydrogen coverage can be reached for nanotubes with small size, while for nanotubes with large size, the saturation coverage is lower than 1. We have ...

Spatial heterodyne spectrometers have been used in multiple scientific studies since their invention and early development. Broadband spatial heterodyne spectrometers also have the advantages of large etendue, high spectral resolving powers, and high data collection rates as traditional spatial heterodyne spectrometer. Basic theory, design and performance ...

Measles was a leading cause of infant and child morbidity and mortality in Bahrain before the introduction of measles vaccine in 1974. With the establishment of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in 1981 and the introduction of a second dose of measles vaccine in 1985, coverage for first and second doses of measles vaccine increased to 94% by 1997 and has been ...

Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) allows the acquisition of a vast amount of analytical data in the aim of identifying peptides and proteins. Difficulties arise when attempting to identify proteins from the results of analyses of their peptide digests. We investigated possible quantitative correlations between the peak capacity achieved in ...

Hybrid FTMS instruments, such as the LTQ-FTTM and LTQ-OrbitrapTM, are capable of generating fast duty cycle linear ion trap MS/MS data along with high resolution information without compromising the overall throughput of measurements. Combined with online LC separations, these instruments represent powerful and flexible tools for proteomics research. In the present work, we ...

BackgroundCost-sharing schemes incorporating modest targeted subsidies have promoted insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) for malaria prevention in the Kilombero Valley, southern Tanzania, since 1996. Here we evaluate resulting changes in bednet coverage and malaria transmission.MethodsBednets were sold through local agents at fixed prices representing a 34% subsidy relative to ...

The variations vegetation coverage is the result of conjunct effects of inner and outer energy of the earth, however, the human activity always makes the coverage of vegetation change a lot. Based on the monitoring data of chemistry of groundwater and the coverage of vegetation from 2002 to 2007 in the lower reaches of Tarim River, ...

High polarization of nuclear spins in liquid state through dynamic nuclear polarization has enabled the direct monitoring of 13C metabolites in vivo at very high signal-to-noise, allowing for rapid assessment of tissue metabolism. The abundant SNR afforded by this hyperpolarization technique makes high-resolution 13C 3D-MRSI feasible. ...

High polarization of nuclear spins in liquid state through dynamic nuclear polarization has enabled the direct monitoring of ¹³C metabolites in vivo at very high signal to noise, allowing for rapid assessment of tissue metabolism. The abundant SNR afforded by this hyperpolarization technique makes high resolution ...

The results of recently completed trials in Africa of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITBN) offer new possibilities for malaria control. These experimental trials aimed for high ITBN coverage combined with high re-treatment rates. Whilst necessary to understand protective efficacy, the approaches used to deliver the intervention provide ...

The lack of efficient high-throughput methods for enrichment of specific sequences from genomic DNA represents a key bottleneck in exploiting the enormous potential of next-generation sequencers. Such methods would allow for a systematic and targeted analysis of relevant genomic regions. Recent studies reported sequence enrichment using a hybridization step to specific DNA ...

Microarray-based enrichment of selected genomic loci is a powerful method for genome complexity reduction for next-generation sequencing. Since the vast majority of exons in vertebrate genomes are smaller than 150 nt, we explored the use of short fragment libraries (85�110 bp) to achieve higher enrichment specificity by reducing carryover and adverse effects of flanking ...

implementation and measure MC/DC achieved. For our realistic examples, the test suites yield an average reduction of the program or model under test. A straightfor- ward way to reduce the difficulty of achieving MC/DC cov it easer to achieve the desired MC/DC coverage (it is significantly eas- ier to find the MC/DC ...

Measurement and detection of redundancy in test suites attempt to achieve test minimization which in turn can. In all of the papers in Table 1, to achieve the maximum possible test reduction, the smallest test set of the SUT parts that is covered by both test artifacts (area A) over the coverage achieved by only tj ...

Measurement and detection of redundancy in test suites attempt to achieve test minimization which in turn can. In all of the papers in Table 1, to achieve the maximum possible test reduction, the smallest test set by the ratio of the SUT parts that is covered by both test artifacts (area A) over the coverage ...

are clearly needed. Reliability achieved will be affected by: ffl the testing strategy: Test coverage may plot of the number of faults detected during system testing versus the block coverage achieved during metrics achieved during test phases: lines of executable code, independent test paths, ...

in an order. What are the most common orders (sequences) of subtasks in achieving X? #12;14Software Testing is achieved by having tests for every specification item. An alternative type of coverage includes all length mutation tests and protocol tests typify this work. � Coverage is achieved ...

BackgroundEnsuring that the poor and vulnerable population benefit from malaria control interventions remains a challenge for malaria endemic countries. Until recently, ownership and use of insecticides treated nets (ITNs) in most countries was low and inequitable, although coverage has increased in countries where free ITN distribution is integrated into mass vaccination ...

This study analyzed the amount of coverage for high school athletics in 43 newspapers with small circulation by devoting 40% of their interscholastic athletics coverage to girls in athletics, printed significantly more articles about girls' athletics than did the newspapers with medium (33%) or large (32%) circulation. Therefore, the ...

We investigate whether the removal of high-cost individuals from private insurance markets leads to greater coverage for individuals who are similar but not as high cost. Using data on insurance coverage from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we estimate the effect of the extension of Medicare to the disabled on ...

This patent describes a broad area injection semiconductor laser having a predetermined two-dimensional pattern of injecting and noninjecting contacts over a broad area of the device in which laser the two-dimensional spatial gain profile is tailored over the broad area to conform to a predetermined tailored pattern of varying injection by a predetermined contact pattern of injecting and ...

We report on the realization of compact UV visible multiline Raman lasers based on two types of hydrogen-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. The first, with a large pitch Kagome lattice structure, offers a broad spectral coverage from near IR through to the much sought after yellow, deep-blue and UV, whereas the other, based on photonic bandgap guidance, presents a pump ...

Future adaptive optics systems will benefit from multiple sodium laser guide stars in achieving satisfactory sky coverage in combination with uniform and high-Strehl correction over a large field of view. For this purpose ESO is developing with industry AFIRE, a turn-key, rack-mounted 589-nm laser source based on a fiber Raman laser. ...

We examined individual-level syringe coverage among 417 people who inject drugs who were recruited from pharmacies in New South Wales in 2009. There was a U-shaped distribution of syringe coverage with many people having very high (51%) or very low (23%) coverage. Overall, two-thirds of respondents (63%) reported ...

ABSTRACT: The experiences of the past 10 years have shown that it is feasible to treat HIV infected patients with ART even in severely resource constrained settings. Achieving the levels of antiretroviral coverage necessary to impact the course of the HIV epidemic remains a challenge and antiretroviral therapy coverage in most nations ...

CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) systems using ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) for second language learning have received increasing interest recently. However, it still remains a challenge to achieve high speech recognition performance, including accurate detection of erroneous utterances by non-native speakers. Conventionally, possible error ...

mators (1� >< l/2�) were not confusion-limited at the low end of this range. Full sky coverage was achieved in the rst six months of operation by ...

stances, hyperspectral image data volumes limit their achievable coverage and science return over the mis- sion lifespan. This is a particular concern for a future ...

... Farallon de Pajaros), Maug, and Asuncion Islands and Supply Reef, CNMI. Bottom coverage was achieved in depths ... ...

... shelf, bank and slope environments of Agrihan and Pagan Islands, CNMI. Bottom coverage was achieved in depths ... ...

... 20m) of the shelf and slope environments of Twin Banks, Hawaii, USA. Bottom coverage was achieved in ... ...

... 20m) of the shelf and slope environments of Twin Banks, Hawaii, USA. Bottom coverage was achieved in ... ...

Gridded bathymetry shelf, bank and slope environments of Supply Reef, CNMI. Bottom coverage was achieved in depths ... ...

Gridded bathymetry shelf, bank and slope environments of Pagan Island, CNMI. Bottom coverage was achieved in depths ... ...

Even if a satellite doesn't detect it, there are ~ 2 GRBs/day visible to the ... Achieving the necessary coverage to detect untriggered GRB afterglows is ...

Gridded bathymetry (40 m cell size) of the slope environment of Swains Island, American Samoa. Almost complete bottom coverage was achieved ... ...