We analyze a collaboration network based on the Marvel Universe comic books. First, we consider the system as a binary network, where two characters are connected if they appear in the same publication. The analysis of degree correlations reveals that, in contrast to most real social networks, the Marvel Universe presents a disassortative mixing on the degree. Then, we use a weight measure to s...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of farrowing month (FM), parity and sex on the growth performance of Berkshire swine raised in alternative production systems. METHODS A total of 40 farrowing records from 27 sows and 1,258 body weight (BW) records from 274 piglets collected over a two-year period were used for the analysis. The BWs were recorded at b...

Canola sensitivity to delayed sowing date should be managed in such a way that the observance of crop rotation with less reduced in seed yield. The research was conducted to evaluate the yield variation of Hyola401 hybrid, affected by sowing date and nitrogen fertilizer treatments. In this study, the effect of planting date and different levels of nitrogen fertilizers on effective characteristi...

probiotics have shown beneficial effects on growth parameters of various food animals. in this research, the growth promoting effects of a multi-strain probiotic was investigated on common carp (cyprinus carpio). accordingly, 200 fish (6-7g) were randomly allocated to 4 experimental groups. the first group received placebo and was served as the negative control. the second group received the pr...

Analyzing sequencing data is difficult because of the low frequency of rare variants, which may result in low power to detect associations. We consider pathway analysis to detect multiple common and rare variants jointly and to investigate whether analysis at the pathway level provides an alternative strategy for identifying susceptibility genes. Available pathway analysis methods for data from...

Typically each voter contributes with one vote for an election. But there are some elections where voters can have different weights associated with their vote. In this paper we provide a solution for allowing an arbitrary number of weights and weight values to be used in an electronic voting system. We chose REVS, Robust Electronic Voting System, a voting system designed to support Internet vo...

The major technical challenge is to design the individual weight measuring point without using load cell or pressure sensor, since it will increase cost of the equipment. So our system incorporates low cost optical based weight measurement. In addition to this, we measure the severity of loss of sensation in the foot by introducing Vibro-tactile threshold sensation technique. By using this tech...

Despite recent rules from amateur wrestling sport-governing bodies intended to discourage extreme weight loss measures, wrestling culture still includes varied methods to make weight, including holding a headstand position immediately before stepping on the scale. The procedure, according to the notion, will reduce reported mass anywhere between 250 and 500 g (weight between 2.45 and 4.89 N). T...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To compare physical activity outcome expectations related to cancer survival with traditional physical activity outcome expectations in breast and colon cancer survivors
. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey
. SETTING Canada and the United States. SAMPLE 146 participants
. METHODS Self-reported survey instruments and height and weight measurement. The online survey was comp...

Standard techniques for improved generalisation from neural networks include weight decay and pruning. Weight decay has a Bayesian interpretation with the decay function corresponding to a prior over weights. The method of transformation groups and maximum entropy indicates a Laplace rather than a Gaussian prior. After training, the weights then arrange themselves into two classes: (1) those wi...