Hofstra University

About: Hofstra University is a education organization based out in Hempstead, New York, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Medicine. The organization has 6341 authors who have published 11896 publications receiving 268028 citations.

Organizational Communication An Examination of Four Instruments

Abstract: This chapter looks at interpersonal and group communication, especially as they relate to professional settings. Interpersonal communication refers to one-on-one or small group interactions. Research generally suggests that this type of communication is influential in changing opinions, dealing with resistance and apathy to issues, and generally maintaining harmony in social situations – more so than its opposite, mass communication. The main features of interpersonal media are:

Performance comparison of multiwavelength CDMA and WDMA+CDMA for fiber-optic networks

Abstract: A "multiwavelength" scheme has been proposed to support large numbers of subscribers and simultaneous users in optical code-division multiple-access (CDMA) networks without using very large bandwidth expansion or the need of complicated and not-yet-feasible optical processing. In this paper, multiwavelength optical orthogonal codes (MWOOCs), which consist of two-dimensional codewords (or matrices) with every pulse of a codeword encoded in a distinct wavelength, are constructed for this scheme. MWOOCs have larger cardinality than the one-dimensional codes used in the hybrid wavelength-division multiple-access (WDMA) and CDMA scheme. With the same hardware configuration, our analysis shows that the multiwavelength scheme, in general, performs better than the hybrid scheme, particularly when the traffic load is heavy. However, if a central controller (i.e., under the best scenario) is used to uniformly distribute all available wavelengths to simultaneous users in the hybrid scheme, both schemes have comparable performance for a medium traffic load and the hybrid scheme can theoretically achieve error-free transmission when the load is light. In addition, using multiple wavelengths, the requirements of fiber ribbons and multiple stars in temporal/spatial optical CDMA networks are eliminated.

Low Back Pain, a Comprehensive Review: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.

Abstract: Low back pain encompasses three distinct sources: axial lumbosacral, radicular, and referred pain. Annually, the prevalence of low back pain in the general US adult population is 10–30%, and the lifetime prevalence of US adults is as high as 65–80%. Patient history, physical exam, and diagnostic testing are important components to accurate diagnosis and identification of patient pathophysiology. Etiologies of low back pain include myofascial pain, facet joint pain, sacroiliac joint pain, discogenic pain, spinal stenosis, and failed back surgery. In chronic back pain patients, a multidisciplinary, logical approach to treatment is most effective and can include multimodal medical, psychological, physical, and interventional approaches. Low back pain is a difficult condition to effectively treat and continues to affect millions of Americans every year. In the current investigation, we present a comprehensive review of low back pain and discuss associated pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.