In this paper we detail a new algorithm for multi-objective optimization, the Multi-Objective Coral Reefs Optimization (MO-CRO) algorithm. The algorithm is based on the simulation of the coral reefs processes, including corals’ reproduction and fight for the space in the reef. The adaptation to multi-objective problems is an easy process based on domination or non-domination during the process ...

We investigate the sensitivity of production rates (activities) of the regulatory proteins CI (repressor) and Cro at the right operator (OR) of bacteriophage lambda. The DNA binding energies of CI, Cro, and RNA polymerase are perturbed to check the uncertainty of the activity, due to the experimental error, by means of a computational scattering method according to which the binding energies ar...

BACKGROUND DNA sequences from ancient specimens may in fact result from undetected contamination of the ancient specimens by modern DNA, and the problem is particularly challenging in studies of human fossils. Doubts on the authenticity of the available sequences have so far hampered genetic comparisons between anatomically archaic (Neandertal) and early modern (Cro-Magnoid) Europeans. METHOD...

Background: Management options for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) metastatic to the liver include surgical, ablative, cytotoxic, and radioisotope approaches. One potential local treatment option includes selective internal radiotherapy utilizing yttrium-90 ( 90 Y) microspheres. 90 Y has also been used in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma and tumors metastatic to the liver. It ...

Clinical strains of Enterobacter were isolated from Cumana's Central Hospital in Venezuela, and classified as E. cloacae (21), E. aerogenes (7), E. intermedium (1), E. sakazakii (1) and three unclassified. The strains showed high levels of resistance, especially to SXT (58.1%), CRO (48.8%), CAZ (46.6%), PIP (46.4%), CIP (45.2%) and ATM (43.3%). This is the first report for South America of blaV...

The number conn counts matchings X on f1; 2; : : : ; 2ng, which are partitions into n two-element blocks, such that the crossing graph of X is connected. Similarly, cron counts matchings whose crossing graph has no isolated vertex. (If it has no edge, Catalan numbers arise.) We prove, using a more generally aplicable criterion, that the sequences (conn) and (cron) are not P-recursive. On the ot...

Vertically aligned CrO(2) nanorods with an areal density as high as 1.2 x 10(10) cm(-2) were obtained via atmospheric pressure CVD assisted by AAO templates for the first time.