Brainstem death is a clinical syndrome defined by the absence of reflexes with pathways through the brainstemâthe stalk of the brain, which connects the spinal cord to the mid-brain, cerebellum and cerebral hemispheresâin a deeply comatose, ventilator-dependent patient. Identification of this state carries a very grave prognosis for survival; cessation of heartbeat often occurs within a few days although it may continue for weeks or even months if intensive support is maintained. In ...
Collecting the Traffic Demand Matrices. The core traffic demand matrix is the matrix of ingress-to-egress traffic demands across the core network. Traffic matrices can be measured or estimated to different levels of aggregation: by IP prefix, by router, by point of presence (POP), or by autonomous system (AS).
Core (manufacturing), used in casting and molding. Core (optical fiber), the signal-carrying portion of an optical fiber. Core Animation, in computing, a data visualization API used in Mac OS X. Core dump, in computing, is the recorded state of a running program. Core International, a defunct American computer and technology corporation. Intel Core, in computing, a family of single-core and multi-core 32-bit and 64-bit CPUs released by Intel.