RIS-Aided coexistence in wireless networks using angular information.

Owing to the ability of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) to control the propagation environment in their vicinity, they have emerged as an appealing solution to enhance the performance of next-generation wireless networks. While the effectiveness of RISs with complete channel state information (CSI) is well-documented, their performance with limited user information remains less explored. This is particularly pronounced when an RIS interferes with nodes in a potentially non-cooperating network, making CSI acquisition challenging.

Anxiety and depression among couples undergoing treatment for infertility with assisted reproductive techniques at an Indian centre.

Background Infertility and its treatment are frequently associated with psychological distress. We assessed the prevalence of anxiety and depression in couples undergoing treatment for infertility with assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs). Methods We included 160 married couples undergoing treatment for infertility at an ART centre.

Psychological hardiness, personality factors and coping styles in male patients of alcohol dependence syndrome.

Background: Alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS) is a result of complex interplay between biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. While the biological (genetic) factors remain non-modifiable, better understanding of individual hardiness, personality variables, and coping mechanisms can help us in better understanding and comprehensive management of the illness.

Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital.

Properties of a Random Bipartite Geometric Associator Graph Inspired by Vehicular Networks.

We consider a point process (PP) generated by superimposing an independent Poisson point process (PPP) on each line of a 2D Poisson line process (PLP). Termed PLP-PPP, this PP is suitable for modeling networks formed on an irregular collection of lines, such as vehicles on a network of roads and sensors deployed along trails in a forest. Inspired by vehicular networks in which vehicles connect with their nearest wireless base stations (BSs), we consider a in which each point of the PLP-PPP is associated with the nearest point of an independent PPP through an edge.

Distribution of the Age of Gossip in Networks.

We study a general setting of gossip networks in which a source node forwards its measurements (in the form of status updates) about some observed physical process to a set of monitoring nodes according to independent Poisson processes. Furthermore, each monitoring node sends status updates about its information status (about the process observed by the source) to the other monitoring nodes according to independent Poisson processes. We quantify the freshness of the information available at each monitoring node in terms of Age of Information (AoI).

Stress and burnout among health-care workers in the coronavirus disease 2019 intensive care unit.

Since late December 2019, the city of Wuhan in China has reported a novel pneumonia caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has now spread domestically and internationally. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unthinkable consequences and has challenged and, in numerous cases, beaten the capacity of hospitals and intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide to handle it. Apart from the obvious burden of patient care, extended work timings, and fear of personal safety, health-care workers (HCWs) also suffer from occupational stress as a result of lack of skills, organizational factors, and low social support at work leading to distress, burnout, and psychosomatic problems.

COVID-19 ARDS: A Multispecialty Assessment of Challenges in Care, Review of Research, and Recommendations.

Physicians and care providers are familiar with the management of ARDS, however, when it occurs as a sequalae of COVID-19, it has different features and there remains uncertainty on the consensus of management. To answer this question on how it compares and contrasts with ARDS from other causes, the authors reviewed the published literature and management guidelines as well as their own clinical experience while managing patients with COVID-19 ARDS. For research, a PubMed search was conducted on 01.

A Snapshot of Poverty, Diseases and war - the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

DRC's fight with the EVD (Ebola Virus Disease) was just settling when WHO declared COVID-19 to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on March 12, 2020. DRC's economic growth decelerated from its pre-COVID level of 4.4% in 2019 to an estimated 0.

Prolonged apnea after ECT in organophosphorus poisoning - the need to redefine norms.

Background: Poisoning and deaths by organo-phosphorous (OP) compounds are one of the major causes of death in developing and poor countries, and a common admission in the emergency ward and the ICU. OP compounds act by irreversibly binding to pseudocholinesterase enzyme and hence prolong the apnea in patients being given suxamethonium. We present a unusual case of OP poisoning (OPP) in which prolonged apnea ensued in a patient of severe depression following MECT (modified electroconvulsive therapy) in which suxamethonium was used as muscle relaxant, in whom we were cautious of the side-effect of prior organophosphorus poisoning.

Ebola, COVID-19 and Africa: What we expected and what we got.

Democratic Republic of the Congo's fight with Ebola was just settling when WHO declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic on March 12, 2020. This has caused concomitant setbacks in the treatment and control of major health issues like HIV, tuberculosis, measles, and malaria in the country. This, coupled with civil unrest and risk to the safety of the health workers, is a 'perfect storm' waiting to unfold.