Abstract In this paper, an integration of a fuzzy-interval credibility-constrained (FIC) model expressed by fuzzy interval sets (FIS) and nonlinear programming (INP), termed FIC-INP model, was proposed applied to two cases. After formulating the upper lower disinfection booster costs can be obtained for cases under various combinations credibility levels limits. The results indicated that incre...

In this paper, a fractal compression technique based on zero-mean block matching is utilized as unconventional affine mapping. In this method the mean of the range blocks is used instead of traditional offset parameter. This will reduce and simplify the computations of the affine parameter during the encoding process. This method is tested on 24 bits/pixel color image. The data of the color com...

In this work, a fractal image compression method based on zero-mean block matching method is adopted. In this method the mean of the range blocks is used instead of traditional offset parameter. This reduces and simplifies the computations of the affine parameters during the encoding process. To increase the compression gain the indexes of range mean bits have been coded using DPCM followed by ...

This paper extends factorized asymptotic Bayesian (FAB) inference for latent feature models (LFMs). FAB inference has not been applicable to models, including LFMs, without a specific condition on the Hessian matrix of a complete loglikelihood, which is required to derive a “factorized information criterion” (FIC). Our asymptotic analysis of the Hessian matrix of LFMs shows that FIC of LFMs has...

The ability of dipolarizing flux bundles (DFBs) in transporting magnetic flux from the mid-tail reconnection site for near-Earth dipolarization is evaluated by two methods: the generalized Ohm’s law and the concept of flux preserving and line preserving. From the generalized Ohm’s law, the breakdown of the frozen-in condition (FIC) for ions is shown to be intimately related to that for electron...

PURPOSE This study examined the relationship between the near dissociated phoria and disparity vergence eye movements. Convergence insufficiency (CI) patients before vergence therapy were compared to: (1) the same patients after vergence therapy; and (2) binocularly normal controls (BNC). METHODS Sixteen subjects were studied-twelve BNC and four with CI. Measurements from the CI subjects were...

The aim of this study is to determine the combined effects of stilbenoids from Shorea gibbosa and vancomycin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). A total of nine pure compounds, five stilbenoid dimers ε-viniferin, ampelopsin A, balanocarpol, laevifonol and diptoindonesin G and four stilbenoid trimers a-viniferin, johorenol A, ampelopsin E and vaticanol G were evaluated fo...

The use of regulatory hexapeptide at frequently ill children Background. Respiratory diseases is one of the actual problems of modern pediatrics. The aim is to study clinical and laboratory level performance imunofan ( regulatory hexapepdidealpha-arginyl-lysyl-aspartyl-valyltyrosyl-arginine) at frequently ill children (FIC). Material and methods.To this end, 42 children were examined frequently...