Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) provide numerous benefits for cacheable content: reduced delivery cost, improved quality of experience for End Users, and increased robustness of delivery. For these reasons, they are frequently used for large-scale content delivery. As a result, existing CDN Providers are scaling up their infrastructure, and many Network Service Providers (NSPs) are deploying t...

This paper introduces a new approach to adjust a class of neurofuzzy networks based on the idea of participatory learning. Participatory learning is a mean to learn and revise beliefs based on what is already known or believed. The performance of the approach is verified with the Box and Jenkins gas furnace modeling problem, and with a shortterm load forecasting problem using actual data. Compa...

introduction: children’s iron deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional problem; it plays an important role in reducing the child’s scientific and practical abilities. this study aims at reviewing the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in 1 to 6 year old children referring to the city health care centers in jahrom. material and methods: this is a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectio...

Information on the knowledge, uses, and abundance of natural resources in local communities can provide insight on conservation status and conservation strategies in these locations. The aim of this research was to evaluate the uses, knowledge and conservation status of plants in two Quilombolas (descendants of slaves of African origin) communities in the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil, São Seba...

In this paper, forecasting of monthly electricity load using Box-Jenkins methodology and feed forward neural networks is discussed. This study investigates application of neural networks models and the results of neural networks will be compared with those obtained by Box-Jenkins method.