We tested the hypothesis that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within genes of the NF-κB pathway are associated with altered clinical outcome of septic shock patients. We genotyped 59 SNPs in the NF-κB pathway in a discovery cohort of septic…
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This paper addresses the problem of scheduling the tour of a marketing executive (ME) of a large electronics manufac- turing company in India. In this problem, the ME has to visit a number of customers in a given planning period. The scheduling…
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Patient-centered care has received new prominence with its inclusion by the Institute of Medicine as 1 of the 6 aims of quality. Seven attributes of patient-centered primary care are proposed here to improve this dimension of care: access to care,…
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Mobile payment is very important and critical solution for mobile commerce. A user-friendly mobile payment solution is strongly needed to support mobile users to conduct secure and reliable payment transactions using mobile devices. This paper…
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Life is mostly composed of the elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and phosphorus. Although these six elements make up nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids and thus the bulk of living matter, it is theoretically possible that some…
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Previous research has demonstrated that manipulating vision influences balance. Here, we question whether manipulating balance can influence vision and how it may influence vision-specifically, the perception of width. In Experiment 1, participants…
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This book first appeared in 1925. The basic principles of relativity have not changed since then, but both the theory and its applications have been much extended, and some revision has been necessary for the second and subsequent editions. For the…
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Design consultancies dont plan for, assign resources to, or appropriately bill for synthesis activities, and so design synthesis happens casually or not at all. If there is no formal period of time allotted for design synthesis methods, and no…
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This paper presents a new model for understanding human behavior. In this model (FBM), behavior is a product of three factors: motivation, ability, and triggers, each of which has subcomponents. The FBM asserts that for a person to perform a target…
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This paper proposes an original model for interpreting human errors, mainly violations, in terms of benefits, costs and potential deficits. This BCD model is then used as an input framework to learn from human errors, and two systems based on this…
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Youth obesity is a difficult problem for health care professionals, the patients' themselves, and their families. This complex issue requires new theoretical and clinical models for intervention, which accommodates interdisciplinary collaboration.…
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Current educational thinking promotes a student-centred approach to teaching as more engaging and challenging for students, leading to improved learning outcomes. But what is student-centred learning, and how can it be achieved in a higher education…
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This paper reports on a project that has redesigned a module and incorporated online components in the form of a VLE and reusable learning objects. The goal was to improve HE students academic competence and critical enquiry skills. The paper…
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Shape grammars, utilizing function labels, are shown to be applicable to product design. A grammar that describes a language of coffeemakers is presented and shown to generate a large class of coffeemakers currently on the market, as well as new…
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