Recursive spectral bisection (RSB) is a heuristic technique for finding a minimum cut graph bisection. To use this method the second eigenvector of the Laplacian of the graph is computed and from it a bisection is obtained. The most common method is to use the median of the components of the second eigenvector to induce a bisection. We prove here that this median cut method is optimal in the se...

maximizing economic earnings is the most common goal in cut-off grade optimization of open-pit mining operations. when this is the case, the price of the product has a critical effect on optimum value of cut-off grade. this paper investigates the relationship between optimum cut-off grade and price to maximize total cash flow and net percent value (npv) of operation. in order to visualize this ...

in this paper, we study an equivalence relation on the set of fuzzysubgroups of an arbitrary group g and give four equivalent conditions each ofwhich characterizes this relation. we demonstrate that with this equivalencerelation each equivalence class constitutes a lattice under the ordering of fuzzy setinclusion. moreover, we study the behavior of these equivalence classes under theaction of a...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential of diagnostic tests based on interferon-gamma inducible protein (IP)-10 and monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-2, and compare the performance with the QuantiFERON TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-IT; Cellestis, Carnagie, Australia) test. IP-10 and MCP-2 were determined in supernatants from whole blood stimulated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis-spec...

We investigated in BALB/c mice the influence of the immunological environment created by the nematode Trichinella spiralis on the course of visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum. On the day of Leishmania inoculation (day 0), mice, T. spiralis infected 7 days earlier, presented increased gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), interleukin-4 (IL-4), and IL-5 mRNA levels locally and systemically...

Abstract Background Integrated pest management is one of the ways to solve problems increased outbreaks pests induced by effects climate change. Therefore, present investigation was carried out study integrated effect entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae and gamma radiation control 5th instar larvae black cut worm, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), under laboratory...

We evaluate the cross section for diffractive bremsstrahlung of a single photon in $pp \to pp \gamma$ reaction at high energies and forward rapidities. Several differential distributions, instance, $y$, $k_{\perp}$ $\omega$, rapidity, absolute value transverse momentum, energy photon, respectively, are presented. compare results our standard approach, based on QFT tensor-pomeron model, with two...