Cancer's cellular behavior is driven by alterations in the processes that cells use to sense and respond to diverse stimuli. Underlying these processes are a series of chemical processes (enzyme-substrate, protein-protein, etc.). Here we introduce a set of mathematical techniques for describing and characterizing these processes.

We survey three applications of mathematical programming to rea soning under uncertainty a an application of linear programming to probabilistic logic b an application of nonlinear programming to Bayesian logic a combination of Bayesian inference with probabilistic logic and c an application of integer programming to Dempster Shafer theory which is a method of combining evidence from di erent s...

Final Exam Total time for the exam: 3 hours! Please sign in and turn the exam sheet with your notebook. A notebook without the test sheet won't be graded. I am respecting the rules of the exam and won't discuss the exam with anybody till 5pm the 24th of July: Signature 1. True or False (55 points) Let X, Y, Z be discrete random variable. Copy each relation to your notebook and write true or fal...

The manufacture of nitrocellulose, which is the basis of most artillery, tank, mortar and rocket propellant is intrinsically risky due to the energetic nature of the product and the sensitivity of the process. To optimise the performance of the nitrator, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology was employed to initially select a suitable impeller design and subsequently used to select an a...

Background The factors responsible for the induction of allergic disease at an early age have not been completely identified. Data about maternal factors during pregnancy and early sensitization to food allergens are limited. Aim: To determine the prevalence of food sensitization in children under 6 months of age and to determine relationship between maternal avoidance of allergenic foods, mate...

A R T I C L E I N F O AISI D2 steel, Tool wear, Workpiece surface temperature, Taguchi method, Regression analysis. Received 19 July 2012 Accepted 29 August 2012 Available online 31 December 2012 Now-a-days increasing the productivity and the quality of the machined parts are the main challenges of metal cutting industry during turning processes. Optimization methods in turning processes, consi...

A one-dimensional mathematical model was developed for the simulation of limestone calcination in rotary kilns. The model is comprised of ordinary differential equations derived from mass and energy conservation principles. The system of equations is solved by a fourth-order Runge-Kutta method. The model predicts, in the axial direction, temperature profiles for the bed of particles, the gas ph...

Posterior Decoding Methods for Optimization and Accuracy Control of Multiple Alignments

This paper reconsiders task-action consistency with respect to multi-device systems. We show how this concept influences our understanding of an appropriate model-based design approach. In addition, we argue that concepts like consistency, their evaluation and their integration into formal methods cannot replace user-centered design approaches with an active user involvement. Author