Routing is a core problem in networks for delivering data from one node to another. Wireless Ad Hoc networks are also called Mobile Ad Hoc multihop wireless networks without predetermined topology or central control. In this paper I present a number of ways of classification or categorization of these routing protocols and did Qualitative / Quantitative analysis of a dozen typical existing rout...

background: rna interference-based gene silencing has recently been applied as an efficient tool for functional gene analysis. rorc2 is the key transcription factor orchestrating th17 cells differentiation, the cells that are known as the pathogenic elements in various autoimmune diseases. the aim of this study was to design efficient sirnas specific for rorc2 and to evaluate different criteria...

Quantitative prediction of quality properties (i.e. extrafunctional properties such as performance, reliability, and costs) of software architectures during design supports a systematic software engineering approach. Designing architectures that exhibit a good trade-off between multiple quality criteria is hard, because even after a functional design has been created, many remaining degrees of ...

Factor or criteria prioritization is essential for decision making and planning. In most areas in decision making, integrating the related literature yields an exuberance of criteria which leads a robust decision. Yet, an excess number of criteria may handicap decision making or evaluations in terms of computational time and complexity. In these circumstances, decreasing the number of factors i...

Engineering design often involves several objectives. True engineering design solutions are not necessarily the global optimum as described by some mathematical simulation with respect to one criterion [Parmee and Denham (1)]. Often designer interaction is required to take into account many different criteria. In the case of multimodal design problems there may be quite different design solutio...

To obtain insights into similarities and differences in the biological actions of related drugs or toxic agents, their transcriptomal signature profiles (TSPs) have been examined in a large number of studies. However, many such reports did not provide proper justification for the dosage criteria of each agent. Using a well characterized cell culture model of estrogen-dependent proliferation of ...

It is necessary to subject published research to critical scrutiny, in order to evaluate the robustness of the findings. The criteria used in evaluation require to be appropriate for the research paradigm, i.e. quantitative or qualitative. Quantitative conceptualizations of reliability and validity are unsuitable for evaluation of qualitative research as they were not devised for this purpose. ...

background and purpose: future generalists require in depth exposure to primary care practice and the opportunity to work with successful generalist role models.changes in hospital practice, patient availability, increased student numbers and their expectations and a redefinition of expected learning outcomes are changing the emphasis of clinical teaching away from traditional inpatient setting...

because of important role of development banks in optimal allocation of limited financial resources, their investment efforts must have an objective direction to the achievement of government's strategic goals. in order to get appropriate approaches in its investment, bank of industry and mine (bim) as the only development bank in industry and mine sector, aims to take a general survey amo...

The fundamental problem underlying all multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) problems is that of dominance between any two alternatives: ‘Given two alternatives A and B, each described by a set criteria, is A preferred to B with respect to a set of decision maker (DM) preferences over the criteria?’. Depending on the application in which MCDA is performed, the alternatives may represent strat...