OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that in very prematurely born infants remaining ventilated beyond the first week, proportional assist ventilation (PAV) compared with assist control ventilation (ACV) would be associated with reduced work of breathing, increased respiratory muscle strength and less ventilator-infant asynchrony which would be associated with improved oxygenation. DESIGN Randomi...

The key parameters associated to the thermally induced spin crossover process have been calculated for a series of Fe(II) complexes with mono-, bi-, and tridentate ligands. Combination of density functional theory calculations for the geometries and for normal vibrational modes, and highly correlated wave function methods for the energies, allows us to accurately compute the entropy variation a...

This paper presents the results of an investigation, and optimization of scheduling system in Sohar University (as a case study) using the genetic algorithm (GA). GA techniques are useful for solving real-world scheduling problem such as timetable which is a complex work and usually done manually. This work focuses on scheduling courses timetable to allocate events (time, subject, and lecturer)...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between sleep and wakefulness duration and childhood unintentional injury. Study Design. Case-crossover study. METHODS Two hundred ninety-two injured children who presented at the Children's Emergency Center of Udine, Italy, or their parents were interviewed after a structured questionnaire. Information was collected concerning sociodemographic variables,...

A double-blind crossover study of sodium valproate and placebo was conducted in five patients with Meige syndrome. CSF neurotransmitter studies were performed at the end of each treatment period. GABA levels were not influenced by the administration of sodium valproate. An increase in HVA levels was observed in every patient, which may reflect an increase in central dopaminergic activity. This ...

A new model for evolving crossover operators for evolutionary function optimization is proposed in this paper. The model is a hybrid technique that combines a Genetic Programming (GP) algorithm and a Genetic Algorithm (GA). Each GP chromosome is a tree encoding a crossover operator used for function optimization. The evolved crossover is embedded into a standard Genetic Algorithm which is used ...

Stock valuation is very important for fundamental investors to select undervalue stocks to earn excess profit. However, it may be difficult to use stock valuation results because different models generate different estimates on the same stock. This suggests that the value of a stock should be multi-valued rather than single-valued. We therefore develop a multi-valued stock valuation model based...

We cannot deny the effort that the scientific community is devoting to the explanation of the features of the crossover operator of real-coded genetic algorithms and its effect over the evolutive process. This paper is another step in that direction, we analyze the behavior of the Confidence Interval Based Crossover using L2 Norm (CIXL2). This crossover is based on the learning of the statistic...

The segregation of homologous chromosomes during the Meiosis I division requires an obligate crossover per homolog pair (crossover assurance). In Saccharomyces cerevisiae and mammals, Msh4 and Msh5 proteins stabilize Holliday junctions and its progenitors to facilitate crossing over. S. cerevisiae msh4/5 hypomorphs that reduce crossover levels up to twofold at specific loci on chromosomes VII, ...