Effective utility system management is fundamental and critical for ensuring the normal activities, operations, services in cities urban areas. In that regard, advanced information communication technologies underpinning smart enable close linkages coordination of different subutility systems, which now attracting research attention. To increase operational efficiency, we propose a two-stage op...

We propose a novel method for semi-supervised learning (SSL) based on data-driven distributionally robust optimization (DRO) using optimal transport metrics. Our proposed method enhances generalization error by using the unlabeled data to restrict the support of the worst case distribution in our DRO formulation. We enable the implementation of our DRO formulation by proposing a stochastic grad...

In the structure of the title complex, [Cs(C8H4Cl3O2)(H2O)] n , the caesium salt of the commercial herbicide fenac [(2,3,6-tri-chloro-phen-yl)acetic acid], the irregular eight-coordination about Cs(+) comprises a bidentate O:Cl-chelate inter-action involving a carboxyl-ate-O atom and an ortho-related ring-substituted Cl atom, which is also bridging, a triple-bridging carboxyl-ate-O atom and a b...

BACKGROUND Genetic variation in endocannabinoid metabolism is associated with colonic transit in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with diarrhea (IBS-D). The nonselective cannabinoid (CB) receptor agonist, dronabinol (DRO), reduced fasting colonic motility in nonconstipated IBS. FAAH and CNR1 variants influenced DRO's effects on colonic motility. Our aims were: (i) to compare dose-related effects ...

In this paper we consider a broad class of distributionally robust optimization (DRO for short) problems where the probability of the underlying random variables depends on the decision variables and the ambiguity set is defined through parametric moment conditions with generic cone constraints. Under some moderate conditions including Slater type conditions of cone constrained moment system an...

Tics are rapid, repetitive, stereotyped movements or vocalizations that arise from neurobiological dysfunction and are influenced by environmental factors. Although persons with tic disorders often experience aversive social reactions in response to tics, little is known about the behavioral effects of such consequences. Along several dimensions, the present study compared the effects of two tr...

We consider optimal transport-based distributionally robust optimization (DRO) problems with locally strongly convex transport cost functions and affine decision rules. Under conventional convexity assumptions on the underlying loss function, we obtain structural results about value policy, worst-case adversarial model. These expose a rich structure embedded in DRO problem (e.g., strong even if...

The wide implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) cause power system operations exposed to cyber-attacks. Meanwhile, the tendency integrated multi energy vectors has worsened this issue with multiple coupled. This paper proposes a two-stage risk-averse mitigation strategy for water-energy systems (WESs), incorporating power, natural gas water against false data injecti...

AIM To study the expression of preproopiomelanocortin (POMC) and preprodynorphin (PPD) mRNA following the combination of electroacupuncture (EA) with droperidol (Dro), a dopamine receptor antagonist. METHODS The brains and spinal cords of Sprague-Dawley rats were sectioned after combination of EA with Dro, and the gene expression was investigated using nonradioactive in situ hybridization his...