Decentralized POMDPs (Dec-POMDPs) are becoming increasingly popular as models for multiagent planning under uncertainty, but solving a Dec-POMDP exactly is known to be an intractable combinatorial optimization problem. In this paper we apply the Cross-Entropy (CE) method, a recently introduced method for combinatorial optimization, to Dec-POMDPs, resulting in a randomized (sampling-based) algor...

Wireless Sensor Networks have been used for various purposes in different spaces from the field of industry to our home surroundings because of their capacity to powerfully screen remote areas such as agriculture farm lands, health care system etc [1]. DEC (Deterministic Energy Efficient Clustering) protocol is fast, dispersive, organizing toward oneself and much productive as far as continuity...

Autoimmune disorders during pregnancy are an established cause of complications and mortality. Women without an autoimmune disorder history, but with complications during pregnancy, have a raised number of autoantibodies. This may be due to exacerbation of an undiagnosed autoimmune disorder or an unknown maternal immune reaction. It is not known whether the occurrence of autoantibodies, which i...

Therapeutic benefits of acupuncture for chronic pain patients have been clearly identified in recent clinical trials. Underlying mechanisms of acupuncture action mediated by endogenous opioids have been well demonstrated. The existence of pain inhibitory systems in the central nervous system has also been clarified and acupuncture seems to be a potent stimulus for activating the analgesic syste...

Background Patients are attracted to acupuncture partly by its reputation for having low risks. The safety of acupuncture should be established by positive evidence. Methods Two prospective surveys were conducted among different groups of professionals in the UK, including doctors, physiotherapists and practitioners primarily trained in acupuncture. Participants monitored adverse events over a ...

49 Anakinra IL1 RA Open Safety and Tolerability Trial to Evaluate a Subcutaneous Injection Solution of 100 mg of Anakinra in Combination With Riluzol in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Unknown NCT01277315 II Interventional Safety/Efficacy Open label Treatment Charite University, Berlin Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Germany Thomas Meyer 20 Subcutaneous Injection Solution of 100 mg of ...

Introduction: Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) including enteropathogenic (EPEC), enteroaggregative (EAEC), enterotoxigenic (ETEC), and shiga toxin producing E. coli are among the most common agents of diarrhea. There are various classes of iron uptake receptors, but there is not much data on the presence of these iron receptors in DEC isolates. The present study aimed to evaluate the prese...

Background Evidence on the efficacy of acupuncture for reducing the pain and dysfunction of osteoarthritis is equivocal. Objective To determine whether acupuncture provides greater pain relief and improved function compared with sham acupuncture or education in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Design Randomised, controlled trial. Setting Two outpatient clinics (an integrative medicine ...