In this study, a new artificial intelligence based optimization method is applied to optimize the gains of PID controller for Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) system. A dynamic performance of the controller which is optimized with ABC algorithm is compared with the results which are obtained with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). The transient response analysis is used in order to determine t...

BACKGROUND Graft choice for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is of critical importance. Various grafts have been used so far, with autografts long considered the optimal solution for the treatment of ACL-deficient knees. Limited data are available on the long-term survivorship of synthetic grafts. PURPOSE To compare the functional outcome and survivorship of ACL reconstructions...

The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a member of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily, an ancient family of proteins found in all phyla. In nearly all cases, ABC proteins are transporters that couple the hydrolysis of ATP to the transmembrane movement of substrate via an alternating access mechanism. In contrast, CFTR is best known for its activity...

Serratia marcescens secretes several proteins, such as the lipase LipA, the metalloprotease PrtA, and the heme-binding protein HasA, which is required for heme acquisition, through two N-terminal signal peptide-independent systems that are classified as bacterial ATP-binding cassette (ABC) exporters. One is the ABC exporter for HasA, consisting of the ABC protein HasD, the membrane fusion prote...

A major problem with Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm is its premature convergence to local optima, which originates from lack of explorative search capability of the algorithm. This paper introduces ABC with Improved Explorations (ABC-IX), a novel algorithm that modifies both the selection and perturbation operations of the basic ABC algorithm in an explorative way. Unlike the basic ABC a...

Changes in assessment methodology: Assessment of squids is challenging due to a lack of reliable data and their unusual life history. In this document we suggest several alternatives for calculating ABC and OFL using the NPFMC’s tier system. Tier 5 requires reliable estimates of biomass and natural mortality rate (M). Under Tier 5, OFL is calculated as M * biomass, while ABC = 0.75 * M * biomas...

Theorem 1 (Line). The equation of a line is ux+ vy + wz = 0 where u, v, w are reals. (These u, v and w are unique up to scaling.) ∗Mewto55555, Missouri. I can be contacted at [email protected]. †v Enhance, SFBA. I can be reached at [email protected]. 1For ABC counterclockwise, this is positive when P , Q and R are in counterclockwise order, and negative otherwise. When ABC is la...

The main objective of this study was to examine how activity-based costing would be carried out by a standard Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. According to Cooper and Kaplan the requirements for operational-control and ABC systems have fundamentally different purposes and a single, fully integrated approach cannot be adequate for both of these. Nevertheless, the purpose was to extend ...