this paper describes how multi-agent system technology can be used as the underpinning platform for voltage control in power systems. in this study, some facts (flexible ac transmission systems) devices are properly designed to coordinate their decisions and actions in order to provide a coordinated secondary voltage control mechanism based on multi-agent theory. each device here is modeled as ...

Colorectal cancer screening has vast potential. Beyond considerations for cost and diagnostic accuracy, the effectiveness of any colorectal screening strategy will be dependent on the degree of patient acceptance. Magnetic resonance (MR) colonography has been shown to be accurate regarding the detection of clinically relevant colonic polyps exceeding 10 mm in size, with reported sensitivity and...

M-DPT, a BODIPY-based water soluble near-infrared fluorescent probe with thiophene at the 1,7-position, is synthesized. M-DPT is found to possess high specificity to mitochondria, superior photostability, and appreciable tolerance to microenvironmental changes. Thus, this probe is a highly suitable imaging agent for targeting mitochondria and tracking morphology changes.

Pig vocalisations convey information about their current state of health and welfare. Continuously monitoring these vocalisations can provide useful information for the farmer. For instance, pig screams can indicate stressful situations. When monitoring screams, other sounds can interfere with scream detection. Therefore, identifying screams from other sounds is essential. The objective of this...

It has been shown that the relative effect of aminopterin on tumor and host, expressed quanti tatively as the specificity of action of the drug, may be altered by the manner in which the drug is employed (2-4). Two of the procedures reported increased the antileukemic specificity of action of aminopterin. (a) Delayed treatment with citrovorum factor (CF): At equal cost in drug dose mortality, a...

Faba bean gall (FBG) is a devastating disease of faba (Vicia faba) in Ethiopia. Studies were undertaken first to compare and contrast similarities between FBG symptoms morphology Ethiopia with those reported earlier China and, secondly, identify definitively the causal agent, previously considered as Olpidium viciae, through molecular studies. Morphological studies confirmed an epibiotic phase ...

Various retained surgical items often present a diagnostic dilemma to the interpreting radiologist. These include sponge (gossypiboma), misplaced, broken instruments, irrigation sets, and variety of paraphernalia. Such foreign bodies with varying imaging findings can mimic other diseases radiologically. We series seven interesting cases mops (cases 1, 2, 3), instrument (case 4), migrated plasti...

Bovine tuberculosis is an important worldwide disease mainly related to cattle, although it also affects other mammals, including humans. In recent years, there have been considerable advances in the knowledge of immune response mechanisms underlying interaction Mycobacterium bovis, main agent bovine tuberculosis, with its hosts. this review we describe most findings on cattle M. particularly r...

currently, different highly sensitive nucleic acid detection-based protocols used in medical diagnostic laboratories need specific working conditions, and if no optimization is performed, misleading results can be obtained. limitations of each protocol is different in obtaining an appropriate result. awareness of these limitations plays an important role in providing a reliable result for physi...