An in vitro technique for perfusion of the intestinal vasculature and lumen was developed and used to measure calcium (Ca) fluxes across the intestinal mucosa of the marine teleost, the Atlantic cod {Gadus morhua). Saturable and nonsaturable components of the calcium influx and efflux were determined. The calcium influx had one passive component and one saturable component, following Michaelis-...

In multiple criteria linear programming (MOLP) any efficient solution can be found by the weighting approach with some positive weights allocated to several criteria. The weights settings represent preferences model thus involving impreciseness and uncertainties. The resulting weighted average performance may be lower than expected. Several approaches have been developed to deal with uncertain ...

INTRODUCTION Human serum albumin (HSA) is a critical protein in human blood plasma, which can be highly damaged by oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to analyze modifications of this protein after oxidation using a Fenton system. METHODS In this 2015 experiment, different ratios of Fenton reagent (Fe2+/H2O2) was incubated with one concentration of human serum albumin (1mg/ml). Hence,...

This paper studies the economically significant problem of optimization customs fraud control, which is a critical issue for many countries. The European Union (EU) alone handles 4693 tons goods every minute (2018 figures). Even though 70% are imported at zero tariff, EU raised EUR 25.4 billions in 2018, and customs-related income transferred by member states to accounts nearly 13% its overall ...

Every day almost everyone has to plan or organize some activity by using different resources time, money, etc. It is even more important for managers that often are in a continuous process of decision making. Most managers rely mainly on their experience and intuition, rather than on strict mathematical models and optimization methods. With advances in the computer industry, it is becoming fa...

In table grapes (cv. Thomson Seedless), the antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea was further analysed and compared between two high potential bacterial biological control agent (BCA) strains, Bacillus velezensis BUZ-14 B. ginsengihumi S38. Two commercial biocontrol products (BPs), served as standards of comparison, Amylo-X® Serenade Max®, also based on BCA strains. The main mode action ...

PURPOSE The CD38 cell surface antigen is expressed in diverse hematologic malignancies including multiple myeloma, B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and T-cell ALL. Here, we assessed the antitumor activity of the anti-CD38 antibody SAR650984. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Activity of SAR650984 was examined on lymphoma, leu...

We interpret fuzzy multiple objective linear programming (FMOLP) problems with fuzzy coefficients and fuzzy inequality relations as multiple fuzzy reasoning schemes (MFR), where the antecedents of the scheme correspond to the constraints of the FMOLP problem and the facts of the scheme are the objectives of the FMOLP problem. Then the solution process consists of two steps: first, for every dec...

This paper proposes a new resource allocation model which is based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) and concerns systems with several homogeneous units operating under supervision of a central unit. The previous studies in DEA literature deal with reallocating/allocating organizational resource to improve performance or maximize the total amount of outputs produced by individual units. In tho...