Abscondita, a new genus of fireflies from South-east Asia, is described from males and females of Abs. anceyi (Olivier 1883), Abs. cerata (Olivier 1911), Abs. chinensis (L. 1767), Abs. perplexa (Walker 1858), Abs. promelaena (Walker 1858) and Abs. terminalis (Olivier 1883), all transferred from Luciola Laporte. Both L. dubia Olivier 1903 and L. dejeani Gemminger 1870 are synonymised with Luciol...

Using a drone as an aerial base station (ABS) to provide coverage to users on the ground is envisaged as a promising solution for beyond fifth generation (beyond-5G) wireless networks. While the literature to date has examined downlink cellular networks with ABSs, we consider an uplink cellular network with an ABS. Specifically, we analyze the use of an underlay ABS to provide coverage for a te...

BACKGROUND Aortic regurgitation (AR) is a condition associated with volume overload, causing left-ventricular (LV) remodeling, eccentric LV hypertrophy and eventually heart failure. LV remodeling associated with AR is regulated by mechanical stress, neurohormonal activation, inflammation and oxidative stress. Since anti-oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) antibodies (Abs) are a measurable ma...

BACKGROUND Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) helps the equipped vehicles to stop under heavy braking, in a shorter distance and with a better control of direction. It was expected that this technology will reduce the rate of fatal road traffic crashes (RTC); however, the outcome is controversial in the real world. The aim of this study is to compare the claimed annual incidence rate and financial lo...

Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS), a hemostatic agent of plant origin, has been registered for the prevention of clinical hemorrhages. Currently there is no data regarding the ultrastructural analysis of ABS at the tissue level. The aim of this study is to assess renal tissue effects via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses for the ABS and ABS nanohemostat (formed by the combination of self-a...

Anti-glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (GPI) antibodies (Abs) are known to be arthritogenic in mice. These Abs are elevated in several forms of arthritic condition in humans, although their prevalence in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is still in debate. Some RA patients have increased levels of anti-GPI Abs, but their clinical manifestation and relevance to other Abs are not clearly elucidated...

We present the main results obtained during a research on ABS methods in the framework of the project Analisi Numerica e Matematica Computazionale. 1. – The ABS algorithms. ABS algorithms were introduced by Abaffy, Broyden and Spedicato (1984), to solve linear equations first in the form of the basic ABS class, later generalized as the scaled ABS class and applied to linear least squares, nonli...

ABS (for abstract behavioral specification) is a novel language for modeling feature-rich, distributed, object-oriented systems at an abstract, yet precise level. ABS has a clear and simple concurrency model that permits synchronous as well as actor-style asynchronous communication. ABS abstracts away from specific datatype or I/O implementations, but is a fully executable language and has code...