Wang-Ball (WB) curve is one of the generalized cubic Ball basis which was first put forward in CONSURF system by Ball. Wang extended it to arbitrary odd and even degrees. An algorithmic approach to degree reduction of interval Wang-Ball curve is presented in this paper. The four fixed Kharitonov's polynomials (four fixed WB curves) associated with the original interval WB curve are obtained. Th...

International Journal of Exercise Science 9(1): 56-63, 2016. The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the relationship between maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) and bone health in young women. Eighty-three participants (age=21.0±2.2 years; BMI=22.4±3.0 kg/m2) reported for testing on two occasions separated by 48 hours. During visit 1 body composition assessment via dual-energy ...

We argue that the design principles of the TCP timeout algorithm are based solely on RTT estimations and may lead to flow synchronization, unnecessary retransmission effort and unfair resource allocation. We present a new Window-Based timeout algorithm (WB-RTO) for TCP, which exhibits two major properties: (i) it cancels retransmission synchronization, which dominates when resource demand excee...

OBJECTIVES To examine the prevalence of and factors associated with potentially unnecessary repeat confirmatory testing after initial HIV diagnosis and the relationship of repeat testing to medical care engagement. DESIGN South Carolina HIV/AIDS surveillance data for 12,504 individuals who were newly diagnosed with HIV infection between January 1997 and December 2008 were used for this analys...

BACKGROUND Experimental studies indicate that greater skeletal muscle protein breakdown is a trigger for the cachexia that often is prevalent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OBJECTIVE We compared myofibrillar protein breakdown (MPB) with whole-body (WB) protein breakdown (PB) in 9 cachectic COPD patients [x +/- SEM forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV(1)): 48 +/- 4% of predic...

the present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of wood betony (wb), stachys lavandulifolia extract on growth performance and some immune responses in common carp, cyprinus carpio. different concentrations of the wb extract 0, 2, 4 and 8% (g per 100 g of diet) were added to commercial diet. each treatment was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of fish having average initial weight ...

The use of the new wave based (WB) method, instead of the finite element (FE) method, for the steady-state dynamic response analysis of flat plates is considered. The mathematical background of the WB method is discussed in detail, where much attention is paid to the least-squares formulation. The comparison of both prediction techniques applied to an uncoupled plate problem illustrates the bet...

Wheat bran (WB) from Triticum aestivum has many beneficial effects on human health. To the best of our knowledge, very little has been published about its ability to prevent pathogenic bacterial adhesion in the intestine. Here, a WB extract was fractionated using different strategies, and the obtained fractions were tested in different in vitro methodologies to evaluate their interference in th...

The production of extracellular α-amylase by Trichothecium roseum was studied in solid state fermentation (SSF). The effects of wheat bran (WB), rye straw (RS), corncob leaf (CL), sunflower oil meal (SOM) and rice husk (RH) were examined. WB exhibited the highest enzyme production. The appropriate moisture level, incubation period, moistening agent, incubation temperature, inoculum level and pa...

The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of wood betony (WB), Stachys lavandulifolia extract on growth performance and some immune responses in common carp, Cyprinus carpio. Different concentrations of the WB extract 0, 2, 4 and 8% (g per 100 g of diet) were added to commercial diet. Each treatment was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of fish having average initial weight ...