We propose, for the first time, neural space-mapping (NSM) optimization for electromagnetic-based design. NSM optimization exploits our space-mapping (SM)-based neuromodeling techniques to efficiently approximate the mapping. A novel procedure that does not require troublesome parameter extraction to predict the next point is proposed. The initial mapping is established by performing upfront fi...

PURPOSE: Complications of nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) include necrosis of the nipple-areolar complex (NAC) or mastectomy skin flaps. NAC and mastectomy flap delay procedures are novel techniques designed to avoid these complications, and may be combined with retroareolar biopsy when performed prior to NSM. We performed a systematic review of the literature to evaluate techniques for NAC and...

Cooperative Management has appeared as a promising paradigm on which Network and System Management (NSM) solutions should be partially or entirely based. This paper proposes a conceptual framework to obtain, from any CIM schemas, NSM frame-based ontologies which can then be used in cooperative management solutions.

Some of the advantages that results from the structural strengthening of concrete slabs using prestressed fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) systems are as follows: the prestressed FRP delays the formation and propagation of cracks, and both the serviceability and the flexural capacity are increased. In this research program, the flexural performance of a concrete slab strengthened with a three-sta...

Tospoviruses are among the most devastating viruses of horticultural and field crops. Capsicum chlorosis virus (CaCV) has emerged as an important pathogen of capsicum and tomato in Australia and South-east Asia. Present knowledge about CaCV protein functions in host cells is lacking. We determined intracellular localization and interactions of CaCV proteins by live plant cell imaging to gain in...

The authors thank SL Smith for technical assistance, NM Magoski for evaluation of previous drafts of the manuscript, and the two anonymous reviewers for constructive criticism of the work. KEG held a RS McLaughlin Fellowship and NSM holds a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator Award. Supported by a CIHR operating grant to NSM. Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (April 2...

Snail-like transcription factors affect stem cell function through mechanisms that are incompletely understood. In the Caenorhabditis elegans neurosecretory motor neuron (NSM) neuroblast lineage, CES-1 Snail coordinates cell cycle progression and cell polarity to ensure the asymmetric division of the NSM neuroblast and the generation of two daughter cells of different sizes and fates. We have p...

In this paper, we compare the results of the modeling of a protoplanetary disk chemical evolution obtained with the UMIST95 and “New Standard Model” (NSM) chemical databases. Assuming the same initial conditions, it is found that the substitution of one chemical network by another causes almost no difference for the disk ionization degree. In contrast, the NSM and UMIST95 abundances of CO can d...