... mayinfluence psychological status in elderly people.The purpose of this study was to investigate thedifferences in loneliness, depression, and health sta-tus in institutionalized Korean and Japanese ... Japan 6Associate Professor, Miyazaki Prefectural Nursing University, Miyazaki, Japan Purpose The purpose of the study was to describe loneliness, depression, and health status in Korean and Japanese institutionalized ... bepoor. Loneliness and perception of general health were significant predictors of depression in Korean and Japanese subjects.Conclusion It is necessary to assess the levels of loneliness and depression...
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... series, engineer sciences, physics, and so forth.For applicationsof IFSs in image processing theory, in the theory of stochastic growth models, and in the theory of random dynamical systems, ... Hindawi Publishing CorporationFixed Point Theory and Applications Volume 2008, Article ID 312876, 11 pagesdoi:10.1155/2008/312876Research Article Applications of Fixed Point Theorems in the ... space and thefunctions fkare contractions, using some fixed point theorems for contractions from Xmto X,we prove the existence of the attractor of such a GIFS and its continuous dependence in...
... combining,equal gain combining, orthogonality restoring combining, minimum mean square error, as well as a partial equalization (PE) areinvestigated in time- and frequency-correlated fading ... spreading in the frequency-domain, thusresulting in a combination of orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing OFDM and CDMA techniques, and adopts or-thogonal Walsh-Hadamard (W-H) spreading ... models.7. CONCLUSIONS In this paper, we investigated the impact, at both physical and TCP levels, of different combining techniques for the down-link of MC-CDMA systems. By means of an integrated plat-form...
... encompass a broad range of wireless and wire line communications-based informa-tion and electronics technologies. When integrated intothe transportation system’s infrastructure, andin vehiclesthemselves, ... protocol and continues to develop. In our expandingfunction, the random number, SN, and the secret key, k,making the vehicle key, VK, has privacy and security. Sincethe VK is secure, GK and MK ... arepublic and homologous. In order to maintain fairness and privacy, all messages must be encrypted and conveyed. In view of this, UMTS-MBMS provides apoint-to-multipoint serv ice for transmitting...
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