Abstract: In a classical consensus problem, the relative sates between neighbors play an important role in designing distributed protocols. In practice, these relative states are measured by some ...

Correspondence to Dr Bénédicte Clin, Service de Santé au Travail et Pathologie Professionnelle (Occupational Health Department), C.H.U. (University Hospital) Côte de Nacre, 14033 CAEN Cedex, France; ...

Introduction Osteoarthritis is the second most prevalent musculoskeletal disorder and mostly affects hip and knee joints. Movement behaviours have been associated with the incidence of osteoarthritis.

It is currently widely accepted among clinicians that chronic tendinopathy is caused by a degenerative process devoid of inflammation. Current treatment strategies are focused on physical treatments, ...

Objective To determine which service models and organisational structures are effective and cost-effective for delivering tuberculosis (TB) services to hard-to-reach populations. Design Embase and ...

Correspondence to Dr Jenny Jacobsson, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linkoping 581 83, Sweden; jenny.jacobsson{at}liu.se Objectives To examine whether ...

dDepartment of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatic Engineering, UCL (University College London), London, UK eDepartment of Political Science, UCL (University College London), London, UK fDepartment of ...

Correspondence to Dr S D J Makin, Division of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Bramwell Dott Building, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK; ...

The global spread of English, manifest in multiple Englishes around the world, and its role as a global language continue to be dynamically evolving areas of investigation. A range of studies have ...

Precision medicine is an approach that proposes customized medical care based on the individual characteristics of each patient. The rapidly emerging field not only holds great promise for diagnosis ...