Males have a higher risk for developing Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism after ischemic stroke than females. Although estrogens have been shown to play a neuroprotective role in Parkinson's… (More)
The paper considers broadcasting protocols in radio networks with known topology that are efficient in both time and energy. The radio network is modelled as an undirected graph G = (V, E) where |V|… (More)
Nanoparticles (NPs) which target specific agents could effectively recognize the target cells and increase the stability of chemical agents by encapsulation. As such, NPs have been widely used in… (More)
i Application of EGARCH model to estimate financial volatility of daily returns: The empirical case of China Chang Su Abstract The financial crisis generates a practical case to measure the variation… (More)
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The link between particulate matter (PM) and cardiovascular morbidity has been investigated in numerous studies. Less evidence exists, however, about how age, gender and season may modify… (More)
The enormous growth of the World Wide Web has made it important to perform resource discovery efficiently. Consequently, several new ideas have been proposed; among them a key technique is focused… (More)
Progesterone is a gonadal steroid hormone whose physiological effects extend well beyond the strict confines of reproductive function. In fact, progesterone can have important effects on a variety of… (More)
The processed food sector in low- and middle-income countries has grown rapidly. Little is understood about its effect on obesity. Using data from 14,976 participants aged two and older in the 2011… (More)
We propose a parametric class of myopic scheduling and routing policies for open and closed multiclass queueing networks. In open networks, they steer the state of the system toward a predetermined… (More)