简介:Heartfailureposesanincreasingproblemforglobalhealthcaresystems.Theepidemiologicaldatawhichhavebeenaccruedoverthelast30yearshavepredominantlybeenaccumulatedfromexperiencewithinNorthAmericaandEurope.TheEuropeanexperienceinheartfailure,althoughsimilartothatinNorthAmerica,hasrecentlydemonstrateddifferencesinhospitalizationwhichmayunderliethedifferencesbetweenhealthcaresystemconfigurations.Despitethepredictedincreaseinthenumberofpatientsaffectedbyheartfailure,overthelast30yearsaclearmanagementalgorithmhasevolvedfortheuseofpharmacotherapies,device-basedtherapies,andmechanicaltherapies,includingleftventricularassistdevicesandcardiactransplantation.Althoughthetreatmentofsuchpatientshasbeenclearlydelineatedinnationalandinternationalguidelines,theunderuseofallavailableandappropriatetherapiesremainsasignificantproblem.ThepurposeofthisreviewistoprovideaEuropeanperspectiveonmanagementofheartfailure.
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简介:SincePresidentNixonvisitedChinain1972,theicehasbrokeninChina-U.S.relations.In1979,thetwocountriesnormalizedbilateralrelationsbyestablishingdiplomaticrelations.Overthepastthreedecades,bilateralrelationshaveexperiencedcomplicatedandconvolutedchange.Today,China-U.S.relationsareentering
简介:TheconfigurationmanagementtoolCMThasbeenusedsinceseveralyearsnow,andinquitsdifferentprojects(Virgo,GLAST,LHCb,Auger,Atlas,etc).Thefeaturesofthetoolhavecontinuouslyevolvedaccordingtothegrowingneedsofthedevelopersandtofollowtheincreasingcomplexityofthesoftwarebasesithastoservice,Howevertheoriginalconcepts:readability,simplicity,flexibility,completenesshavebeenpreservedandthesyntanofthecoreelementofthesystem-therequirementsfile-hasbeenalwaysketpbackwardcompatible.MoreandmoreprojectspecificconventionsandneedshavefounrtheirexpressionusingCMT,andsimultaneouslythefocuesetoCMTfeatureshaveevolvedaccordingly,progressivelyraisingimportancetowardslanguagecustomisation,newdocumentgeneratorsproductionofpatterns,packageorganizationandsoftwaredistribution.ThebasicpropertiesoftheCMTtoolkitwillbeshortlypresentedbutthefocusofthediscussionwillbesettotheCMTtoolkitwillbeshortlypresentedbutthefocusofthediscussionwillbesettoptheserecentevolutions,throughtsometypicalexamplesobtainedfromactualprojectsshowingspecificdefinitionsorconventions.Thediscussionisthenextendedtowardsthegeneralizedquestionofthescalabilityinsoftwareproductionandmanagementinthecontextofe.g.Gridtechnologies.TheimpactofusinggenericandhighleveltoolssuchasCMT,whichalreadyoffersseveralsolutions,RPMortheGridtechnologies,inthisrespectwillbepresented.Inparticular,theroleofformalspecificationsforthesoftwareconfigurationappearstobecriticalforquerymechanismsrequiredinmanagementoperationsorinremoteactions.
简介:<正>OneofthemandatesItriedtoembracewhenIwaspresidentoftheInternationalSocietyofBiomechanics(2007-2009)wastofoster,encourage,andbringtothelimelight,theresearchactivitiesfromcountriesthatwereunderrepresentedinternationally.Irealizedthatsuchunderrepresentationwasoftentheresultofbarriersbetweenscientificcommunitiesthathadevolvedhistorically,basedonbackground,language,scientificmethod,financialsupportetc.,barriersthatcouldeasilybeovercomebypersonalcontacts,acknowledgementof
简介:Theobjectiveofconformancetestingistodeterminewhetheranimplementationundertest(IUT)conformstoitsspecification.Indistributedtestarchitecturewheretherearemultipleremotetesters,theobjectivecanbecomplicatedbythefactthattestersmayencountercontrollabilityandobservabilityproblemsduringtheapplicationofatestsequence.Acertainamountofworkhasbeendoneintheareaofgeneratingtestsequencethatisfreefromtheseproblems.However,fewresearchersinvestigatethemfromtheaspectoftestexecution.Thisworkstudiesthetestexecutionphasewhentestsequencesareappliedtotheimple-mentationanditispointedoutthatcontrollabilityandobservabilityproblemscanberesolvedifandonlyifthetestsystemim-plementssometimingconstraints.Whendeterminingtheseconstraints,thedynamictimeinformationduringtestistakenintoaccount,whichreducesthetestexecutiontimeandimprovestestefficiencyfurther.
简介:TheemergenceofinternationalrelationsthinktanksreflectshistoricchangesinChina’srelationswiththeworldandisaresultofChina’sneedtobetterunderstandtheinternationalsituationandtohaveagreaterimpactonit.Italsoreflectsthethirstfor'intellectualsupport'forforeignpolicyandstrategy,andthisisasignofprogressinChina’sgovernancesystem.
简介:Tosomeextent,China’ssecurityenvironmentdependsonifithasactivecreation,understanding,attentionandvigilanceonthecommoninterestsofthesurroundingareasandgroupsofstates,andifitcouldtaketimelyandpropercountermeasures.Inmypersonalview,twoprinciplesshouldbetakenintoconsideration.Thefirstprincipleisto
简介:SincetheFederalReserve'sfirstratehikein2015,theFed'smonthlybenchmarkinterestratehasrisentwicefrom0.12percentinOctober2015to0.66percentinFebruary2017,andfromtheFed'smonetarypolicydynamics,Interestrateswillcontinuetorise,sotheUSinterestratecyclehascome.DespiteofChinesemorestringentcapitalcontrols,theUnitedStates,astheissuingcountry,whosemonetarypolicyisboundtocauseChinatobeundiscoveredimpact.WhereshouldtheshockcomefromandhowshouldChinarespondto?Wemustfacethesequestions.Therefore,thispaperisaimedtoputforwardtheresponseplanthroughmacroeconomicanalysis.