Fick’s second law applies locally in an evolving concentration field: ∂c = −∇ · J ⃗ ∂t

In mass casualty events with chemical or radiologic exposure, the majority of victims can be managed with decontamination, observation and supportive care. Antidotal therapies should be reserved for more critically injured victims. Nerve agent poisoning is similar to organophosphate insecti-cide poisoning with atropine and pralidoxime being the primary antidotes. Cyanide gas exposure can be rapidly fatal but most victims that are conscious upon arrival to the hospital will not require anti-dote therapy. Respiratory problems caused by pulmonary agents with low water solubility may take several hours to develop thus requir-ing extended observation. Vesicant chemical weapons are less lethal than other chemical weapons but cause significant morbidity leaving many survi-vors that need extensive care.

• Fick’s second law with D independent of c: ∂c = D ∇ 2 c.

children will be presented with the following beliefs and practices and at the conclusion of this level demonstrate a knowledge of these beliefs and an understanding of how these practices are integral to living out the Catholic faith in a manner appropriate for their age and ability. The following curriculum outcomes are categorized within the fundamental tasks of catechesis: “helping to know, to celebrate and to contemplate the mystery of Christ. ” (GDC 85-87; NDC pp. 59-63) 2Third Grade • God is the Creator of all things and created us in his image and likeness • in the Blessed Trinity there are three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit in the one God • the Bible, Old Testament and New Testament, is the Word

The evaluation of healthcare is increasingly focused on the as-sessment of the outcomes of medical interventions. An essential patient-reported outcome is self-assessed func-tion and well-being, or health-related quality of life (HRQOL). In certain chronic conditions, HRQOL may be the most impor-tant health outcome to consider in assessing treatment. Information about the impact of pharmacotherapy on HRQOL can provide additional data for making decisions regarding medication use. HRQOL instruments can be categorized as generic/general or targeted/specific. In HRQOL research, the quality of the data collection tool is the major determinant of the overall quality of the results. Although it has not involved the comprehensive reform that may be necessary, 1 the medical care marketplace in the United States continues to experience change in both the financing and delivery of care. 2 This change is evidenced by a variety of developments, including an increase in investor-owned organizations, heightened competition, numerous mergers and acquisitions, increasingly sophisticated clinical and administrative information systems, and new financing and organizational structures. In this dynamic and increasingly competitive environment, there is a concern that healthcare quality is being compromised in the push to contain costs. As a consequence, there has been a growing movement to focus the evaluation of healthcare on the assessment of the end results, or outcomes, associated with medical care delivery systems as well as specific medical interventions. The primary objective of this effort is to maximize the net health benefit derived from the use of finite healthcare resources.

Pharmacoeconomics identifies, measures, and compares the costs and consequences of drug therapy to healthcare systems and society. The perspective of a pharmacoeconomic evaluation is para-mount because the study results will be highly dependent on the perspective selected. Healthcare costs can be categorized as direct medical, direct nonmedical, indirect nonmedical, intangible, opportunity, and incremental costs. Economic, humanistic, and clinical outcomes should be con-sidered and valued using pharmacoeconomic methods, to in-form local decision making whenever possible. To compare various healthcare choices, economic valuation methods are used, including cost-minimization, cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, and cost-utility analyses. These methods all

Current search engines do not, in general, perform well with longer, more verbose queries. One of the main issues in processing these queries is identifying the key concepts that will have the most impact on effectiveness. In this paper, we develop and evaluate a technique that uses query

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Abstract. Two key concepts of quantum theory, complementarity and entanglement, are considered with respect to their significance in and beyond physics. An axiomatically formalized, weak version of quantum theory, more general than the ordinary quantum theory of physical systems, is described. Its

Abstract. This chapter aims to introduce the reader to the basic issues surrounding the design and implementation of intelligent agents. It begins by motivating the idea of an agent, presents a definition of agents and intelligent agents. The article then goes on to discuss four major approaches to building agents. First, logic based architectures are reviewed, in which decision-making is viewed as logical deduction. Second, reactive architectures are discussed, in which symbolic representations and models are eschewed in favour of a closer relationship between agent perception and action. Third, we discuss belief-desire-intention architectures, in which decision making is viewed as practical reasoning from beliefs about how the world is and will be to the options available to an agent, and finally to intentions and actions. Fourth, we review layered agent architectures, in which decision making is partitioned into a number of different decision making layers, each dealing with the agent’s environment at a different level of abstraction. 1