1. Abstract The Discrete Material Optimization (DMO) [1] is a technique employed in structural optimization problems, dealing with the choice of discrete candidate materials over a certain structural domain. It is based on the use of material interpolations, functions of design variables, which can be seen as weighted sums of these candidates. Its goal is to select the weights’ values by means ...

Destination marketing organizations (DMOs) use many different approaches for promoting their areas. With the growing popularity of the Internet, it is important for DMOs to understand the travel behaviors of Web site users versus nonusers. The purpose of this research study was to compare those who did and those who did not consult specific DMO Web sites in searching for travel information. DMO...

Oxidative coupling of toxic pollutant CO to form the platform raw chemical material dimethyl oxalate (DMO) has been industrialized however the catalytic mechanism has been unknown so far. The reaction mechanism of CO oxidative coupling to form DMO on a Pd(111) surface has been investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and in situ diffuse reflectance infrared (DRIR) spectroscopy. DFT ca...

At an external pH of 7.40, pH DMO was 7.17 while pH nicotine was 6.69-a pH difference of 0.48 pH units (P <0.001). In either respiratory or metabolic alkalosis both DMO and pH nicotine rose so that differences between them remained essentially constant. Metabolic acidosis induced a decrease in both values though they fell more slowly than did extracellular pH. In contradistinction, in respirato...

Diabetic macular oedema (DMO) is a leading cause of vision loss in the working-age population worldwide. Corticosteroid drugs have been demonstrated to inhibit the expression of both the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene and other anti-inflammatory mediators, such as prostaglandins. Triamcinolone, fluocinolone and dexamethasone are the main steroids that have been studied for the t...

[1] We present molybdenum isotope and concentration data from 14 sites in the eastern Pacific from the central California to the Peru margin. The environments studied have been chosen to represent a broad range in oxidation-reduction (redox) potential, which provide a framework for the behavior of this redoxsensitive element. Manganese-rich hemipelagic sediments from the eastern tropical Pacifi...

Aims To investigate the associations of baseline apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) and B (ApoB) levels with persistent incident diabetic macular oedema (DMO) after 6 months follow-up. Methods This is a prospective cohort study patients aged ≥30 years untreated retinopathy. Examinations, fundus photography spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) were assessed at baseline, 1, 3 months. Seru...

An optimal scheduling model for a microgrid participating in the electricity distribution market in interaction with a Distribution Market Operator (DMO) is proposed in this paper. The DMO administers the established electricity market in the distribution level, sets electricity prices, determines the amount of the power exchange among market participants, and interacts with the Independent Sys...

The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) and the Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) program are two key data repositories for oceanographic research, supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). R2R curates digital data and documentation generated by environmental sensor systems installed on vessels from the U.S. academic research fleet, with support f...

Dynamic Multi-Objective TSP (DMO-TSP) proposed as a theoretical model of mobile communication network in 2004 is an NP-hard problem. The problem dynamically changes the characteristics of its objectives, the conflict degrees between its objectives and the number of its cities. In fact, a Dynamic Multi-Objective TSP is not a single optimization problem, but a diverse set of optimization problems...