Background: This study aimed to assess the fracture resistance of zirconia restorations fabricated with rapid layer (RL group) technique and zirconia computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (zir/CAD/CAM) system (ZC group). Methods:This study evaluated 30 all-ceramic crowns in two groups of 15. After fabricating the metal dies and scanning them ...

BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) creates debilitating effects on a wide range of cognitive functions, including reinforcement learning (RL). In this study, we sought to assess whether reward processing as such, or alternatively the complex interplay between motivation and reward might potentially account for the abnormal reward-based learning in MDD. METHODS A total of 35 treatment ...

Abstract Various human activities have led to multiple contamination of natural water systems. The present study investigated the effect a novel multifunctional biochar treat nutrients, oil, and harmful algae in water. Specifically, magnesium (Mg) biosurfactant rhamnolipid (RL) were incorporated into biochar, including Mg-biochar, RL-biochar, Mg-RL-biochar. Their adsorption efficiency on phosph...

Two hundred sixteen prepubertal Genex Manor hybrid F1 gilts were used to determine the impact of lean growth rate on sexual development of gilts. This study was composed of two experiments (Exp. 1 and Exp. 2). In Exp. 1, at approximately 96 d of age and 54 kg weight, gilts were allocated with respect to growth rate and litter origin to one of two dietary treatments: 1) a diet formulated to maxi...

This paper presents an online two-stage Q-learning based multi-agent (MA) controller for load frequency control (LFC) in an interconnected multi-area multi-source power system integrated with distributed energy resources (DERs). The proposed control strategy consists of two stages. The first stage is employed a PID controller which its parameters are designed using sine cosine optimization (SCO...

Five alfalfa (Medicago sativa L) cultivars from different areas of Iran were evaluated for oxidative markers under salinity conditions. Plants were grown in hydroponic condition by Hoagland nutrient solution containing different amounts of NaCl (control, 50 and 100 mM). Relative growth rate, membrane stability, lipid peroxidation, proline, hydrogen peroxide and relative water contents were dete...

the objective of the present investigation was to design a sustained release floating microcapsules of theophylline using two polymers of different permeability characteristics; eudragit rl 100 (eu rl) and cellulose acetate butyrate (cab) using the oil-in-oil emulsion solvent evaporation method. polymers were used separately and in combination to prepare different microcapsules. the effect of d...

9 Abstract In the present study, conducted with French-speaking children, we 10 examined the reliability group study) and the prevalence (multiple-case study) of 11 dyslexics’ phonological deficits in reading and reading-related skills in comparison 12 with Reading Level (RL) controls. All dyslexics with no comorbidity problem 13 schooled in a special institution for children with severe readin...

In this paper, we present a distributed resource allocation algorithm for cellular OFDMA networks by adopting a Reinforcement Learning (RL) approach. We use an RL method which employ Growing Self Organizing Maps to deal with the huge and continuous problem space. The goal of the algorithm is to maximize the network throughput in a fair manner. Indeed, the algorithm maximizes the throughput unti...

Background & Aims The purpose of the study is to evaluate the accuracy of the C/RL, RPN, and EGF in diagnosing cirrhosis. Methods The study population included 95 cirrhotic patients in the cirrhosis group (56 men, 39 women, age range 14-76;mean age 52.3) and 57 subjects in the control group (26 men, 31 women, age range 18-83;mean age 51). All MR examinations were performed by using the same pro...