Facility layout problems have been generally solved either hierarchically or integrated into other phases of plant design. In this paper, a hybrid method is introduced so that clustering and facilities layout can be simultaneously optimized. Each cluster is formed by a group of connected facilities and selection of the most appropriate cluster configuration is aimed. Since exact method by MIP i...

This paper presents a Dynamic Reconfiguration of Mobile IP Agents (DRMIPA) and failure free architecture integrated in Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs). The proposal is due to the fact that: actual infra-structured networks do not implement the Mobile IP (MIP) protocol, all MIP agents are static and the cost of having redundancy for MIP agents’ failure is often high. As MANETs are created tempor...

New immunolocalization data put the role of the lens MP26 (MIP) protein in a new perspective. During maturation of lens fibre cells, MIP is found to associate specifically with two structures, gap junctions and cell interlocking processes (known as ball and socket domains). It is significant that the zone in which these associations are most striking is discrete, coinciding with the zone of rap...

The original Mobile IP (MIP) protocol does not perform route optimisation but uses Home Agents to forward traffic. Thus, it does not have problems with simultaneous mobility, i.e., the special case when both end hosts are mobile and move at about the same time. However, MIP for IPv6 (MIPv6) uses binding updates that are sent directly to a correspondent node. Session Initiation Protocol based mo...

Background. Minor papilla (MiP) cannulation is frequently performed using specialized small-caliber accessories. Outcomes data for MiP cannulation with standard-sized accessories are lacking. Methods. This is a case series describing MiP cannulation outcomes in consecutive patients treated by two endoscopists between July 2005 and November 2008 at two tertiary referral centers. MiP cannulation ...

BACKGROUND To increase the sensitivity of measurements of maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) as a test of inspiratory muscle strength and endurance, software was developed to correct for variation in lung volume. METHODS Using a body plethysmograph to determine absolute lung volume during each manoeuvre, values for MIP were expressed as a percentage of the pressure "expected" from the unfatig...

Orbital shrinking is a newly developed technique in the MIP community to deal with symmetry issues, which is based on aggregation rather than on symmetry breaking. In a recent work, a hybrid MIP/CP scheme based on orbital shrinking was developed for the multi-activity shift scheduling problem, showing significant improvements over previous pure MIP approaches. In the present paper we show that ...

The CC chemokines MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta, and RANTES suppress replication of certain HIV-1 strains in cultured PBMC and T cell lines by blocking interaction of gp120 with CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5). However, the same chemokines can enhance HIV-1 replication in cultured macrophages. The net effect of chemokines on HIV-1 infection in intact lymphoid tissue, the major reservoir of HIV-1 in vivo...