From the viewpoint of service level agreements,data transmission accuracy is one of the critical performances for assessing Internet by service providers and enterprise customers.The stochastic computer network(SCN),i...From the viewpoint of service level agreements,data transmission accuracy is one of the critical performances for assessing Internet by service providers and enterprise customers.The stochastic computer network(SCN),in which each edge has several capacities and the accuracy rate,has multiple terminals.This paper is aimed mainly to evaluate the system reliability for an SCN,where system reliability is the probability that the demand can be fulfilled under the total accuracy rate.A minimal capacity vector allows the system to transmit demand to each terminal under the total accuracy rate.This study proposes an efficient algorithm to find all minimal capacity vectors by minimal paths.The system reliability can then be computed in terms of all minimal capacity vectors by the recursive sum of disjoint products(RSDP) algorithm.展开更多
We were unable to find reports in the published medical literature of any cases of bowel surgery being successfully performed at such a low hemoglobin level,without blood transfusion or blood products pre or post-surg...We were unable to find reports in the published medical literature of any cases of bowel surgery being successfully performed at such a low hemoglobin level,without blood transfusion or blood products pre or post-surgery,with the patient’s uncomplicated recovery.This study is about such a case.A patient presenting with severegastrointestinal bleeding was diagnosed with enteric fever and multiple ileal ulcers.He had an extremely low hemoglobin level(2 g/dL) and mild renal and hepatic impairment.He was immediately admitted for right hemicolectomy under general anesthesia though he refused transfusion of blood or blood products prior to,during,or after surgery on religious grounds(Jehovah’ s Witnesses).After the surgery and having survived these potentially life-threatening circumstances,he left the hospital without major complications.In such circumstances,lives may be saved by prompt clinical decision-making,collaboration and swift surgical intervention coupled with the immediate consultation and input of the patient and family.展开更多
基金Project (No. NSC 99-2221-E-011-066-MY3) supported in part by the National Science Council,Taiwan
文摘From the viewpoint of service level agreements,data transmission accuracy is one of the critical performances for assessing Internet by service providers and enterprise customers.The stochastic computer network(SCN),in which each edge has several capacities and the accuracy rate,has multiple terminals.This paper is aimed mainly to evaluate the system reliability for an SCN,where system reliability is the probability that the demand can be fulfilled under the total accuracy rate.A minimal capacity vector allows the system to transmit demand to each terminal under the total accuracy rate.This study proposes an efficient algorithm to find all minimal capacity vectors by minimal paths.The system reliability can then be computed in terms of all minimal capacity vectors by the recursive sum of disjoint products(RSDP) algorithm.
文摘We were unable to find reports in the published medical literature of any cases of bowel surgery being successfully performed at such a low hemoglobin level,without blood transfusion or blood products pre or post-surgery,with the patient’s uncomplicated recovery.This study is about such a case.A patient presenting with severegastrointestinal bleeding was diagnosed with enteric fever and multiple ileal ulcers.He had an extremely low hemoglobin level(2 g/dL) and mild renal and hepatic impairment.He was immediately admitted for right hemicolectomy under general anesthesia though he refused transfusion of blood or blood products prior to,during,or after surgery on religious grounds(Jehovah’ s Witnesses).After the surgery and having survived these potentially life-threatening circumstances,he left the hospital without major complications.In such circumstances,lives may be saved by prompt clinical decision-making,collaboration and swift surgical intervention coupled with the immediate consultation and input of the patient and family.
