Due to the complexity and uncertainty in the process, the soft computingmethods such as regression analysis, neural networks (ANN), support vector regression (SVR), fuzzy logic andmulti-gene genetic programming (MGGP) are preferred over physics-based models for predicting the process performance. The model participating in the evolutionary stage of the MGGP method is a linear weighted sum of se...

Mustafa Gungormus,* Monica Branco, Hanson Fong,* Candan Tamerler,* Joel P. Schneider and Mehmet Sarikaya* *Genetically Engineered Materials Science and Engineering Center, MSE, U. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; #Chemistry and Biochemistry, U. of Delaware, Newark DE, USA Introduction: A major ongoing challenge in the field of reconstructive and regenerative medicine is successful repair or rep...

In a second best environment, the optimal policy choice sometimes follows first best rules, as described in a number of scattered works. This paper presents a formal general argument which allows to unify much of the literature. It lays down the information structure and separability assumptions under which the results hold in a variety of setups, with extensions to preference heterogeneity and...

background: hydatidosis is one of the cosmopolitan parasitic zoonoses caused by the larval stage of echinococcus granulosus. diagnosis of hydatidosis is still an unresolved problem. serological tests using crude antigens for diagnosis of e. granulosus are sensi-tive, however their specificity are not satisfactory. therefore, who recommended spe-cific serological methods using specific antigens,...

We examine a new dataset of public procurement laws, practice, and outcomes in 187 countries. measure regulation as restrictions on the discretion procuring entities. find that laws practice are highly correlated with each other across countries, better is outcomes, but themselves not outcomes. A closer look shows stricter correlate improved only countries low sector capacity. present model whi...

objective(s): the aim of this study was to estimate effects of hyperbaric (hb) treatment by determination of cd15s and cd11b leukocyte proinflammatory markers expression.  in addition, this study describes changes in cd77 and cd34 expression on rat endothelial cells in renal, pulmonary and cardiac tissue following exposure to hyperbaric pressure. materials and methods:expression of cd11b and cd...

OBJECTIVE To compare retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) measurements performed with Stratus OCT 3000 in normal, ocular hypertensive, pre-perimetric and glaucomatous eyes. METHODS 98 normal subjects, 156 ocular hypertensives with short-wavelength automated perimetry (SWAP), 21 ocular hypertensives with altered SWAP (pre-perimetric glaucoma) and 66 glaucomatous eyes were included in the study. Di...