In terms of flexibility and product variety in lot-sizing systems of crisp cases, the average demand of per unit of time (mj), the relative duration of setup (qj), and the unit cost of production (cj) are considered. Instead of using the usual method that the mj, qj, and cj in the total cost function are respectively fuzzified by the triangular fuzzy numbers to derive fuzzy total cost, in this ...

Buprenorphine HCl is a common analgesic for laboratory mice undergoing surgical procedures. The documented duration of action of buprenorphine HCl is as short as 3 to 5 h in mice, potentially necessitating readministration for continued analgesia. A long-acting buprenorphine formulation would reduce handling-associated stress and provide uninterrupted analgesia. This study used the hot-plate a...

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There are M excludable and indivisible public goods, labeled by j ∈ J = {1, ...,M} and n agents, indexed by i ∈ I = {1, ..., n}. The cost of providing good j, denoted Cj (n), is independent of which of the other goods are provided. Notice that Cj (n) depends on n, the number of agents in the economy, and not on the number of users. This assumption captures the fully non-rival nature of the publ...

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• Basic (discrete) model – Set Γ of n independent, periodic tasks τ1,..., τn; – with periods Ti, deadlines Di, worst-case computation times Ci, and phasing φi; – where Di ≤ Ti, and {Ti, Di, Ci} ∈ Z+; – arbitrary phasings. • Necessary (but insufficient) test for Γ: – Liu & Layland: Un = ∑j≤n Cj/Tj ≤ 1 • Sufficient (but unnecessary) test for Γ for RM: – Liu & Layland (LL(n)): Un ≤ n(21/n – 1) – B...

Thermal correlation functions C(t) ∼ 〈φ(t)φ(0)〉 in ohmically damped systems such as optical resonators can be expressed as a sum over modes j. In contrast to the conservative case, each term is multiplied by the Petermann factor Cj , which can exceed unity and lead to “excess noise”. A time-independent perturbation ∼ǫ also leads to a response ∼ǫCj . Moreover, C −1 j is proportional to a diagona...

The natural product CJ-15,801 is an inhibitor of Staphylococcus aureus, but not other bacteria. Its close structural resemblance to pantothenic acid, the vitamin precursor of coenzyme A (CoA), and its Michael acceptor moiety suggest that it irreversibly inhibits an enzyme involved in CoA biosynthesis or utilization. However, its mode of action and the basis for its specificity have not been elu...

In the Multiprocessor Scheduling with Precedence Constraints, we are given n-jobs denoted by {J1, J2, · · · , Jn}, the associated processing time pi, i = 1, · · · , n and m identical machines to which jobs are needed to be assigned. In addition, jobs have precedence constraints between them, and we use notation Jj ≺ Ji to imply that Ji cannot be done before completing Jj (the smaller runs earli...