In vitro and in vivo experiments were designed to evaluate the effectiveness of laboratory-made di-d-fructose dianhydride (DFA)-enriched caramels. The DFA-enriched caramels were obtained from d-fructose (FC), d-fructose and sucrose (FSC), or d-fructose and β-cyclodextrin (FCDC). In the in vitro experiment, raftilose and all caramels increased (P<0.05) l-lactate concentration and decreased (P<0....

We study safe policy improvement (SPI) for partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs). SPI is an offline reinforcement learning (RL) problem that assumes access to (1) historical data about environment, and (2) the so-called behavior previously generated this by interacting with environment. methods neither require a model nor environment itself, aim reliably improve upon in manner...

Few-shot classification (FSC) targeting at classifying unseen classes with few labelled samples is still a challenging task. Recent works show that transfer-learning based approaches are competitive meta-learning ones, which usually pre-train convolutional neural networks (CNN)-based network using cross-entropy (CE) loss and throw away the last layer to post-process novel classes. Hereby, they ...

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study is to identify strategies that Fiji Sugar Corporation Limited (FSC) has applied receive Government’s ongoing financial support despite making continuous substantial losses over years. Using a theoretical framework informed by legitimacy theory, authors predict used FSC. qualitative document analysis method and examined archival data such as scholarly articles, ...

• Objective: To compare budesonide/formoterol (BFC) and fluticasone propionate/salmeterol (FSC) in their ability to reduce COPD exacerbations using a novel risk stratification approach. • Design: Retrospective cohort study with propensity matching and stratification by short-acting beta2-agonist (SABA) use. • Participants: 7704 COPD patients identified using 2 U.S. health claims databases (stud...

This paper interrogates how the increasing stringency of international rules on Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), as reflected in Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)’s certification standards, is shaping rights afforded indigenous local communities Russia. Viewing FSC a ‘global governance generating network’ (GGN) that gains rule-making authority through diverse ‘forums negotiation’ at multi...

This brief provides a simple yet novel structure to achieve voltage conversion ratio (VCR) that exceeds the theoretical attainable VCR of topological switched-capacitor DC-DC converters (SCC). Typically, SCC terminals are connected input voltage, output or ground reference. The proposed in this utilizes ground-connected and instead connecting them negative provided by negator stage. Here, two t...

Food waste and loss (FWL), although a growing problem in the world, there is limited research especially from developing country context. In this research, we investigate FWL processing distribution stage of Nigerian Supply Chain (FSC). We propose use Lean Six Sigma (LSS) tools coupled with Double Loop Learning (DLL) to reduce FWL. Using case study strategy explored perception, understanding ex...