Sliced inverse regression is one of the widely used dimension reduction methods. Chiaromonte and co-workers extended this method to regressions with qualitative predictors and developed a method, partial sliced inverse regression, under the assumption that the covariance matrices of the continuous predictors are constant across the levels of the qualitative predictor. We extend partial sliced i...

Comorbidity and multimorbidity, defined as the presence of more than one disease in individuals, have emerged as a major challenge in the last decade (Valderas et al., 2009). Indeed, researchers, health professionals, healthcare managers and policy makers, and patients and citizens are lagging behind considering the comorbidity scenario, as illustrated by the paucity of documentation concerning...

The In this paper a novel hybrid evolutionary algorithm (HEA) method is used to find optimal feedback gains for inverse dynamics controllers. It is shown that HEA efficiently finds the optimal feedback gains to improve the performances of inverse dynamics controllers for end-effector tracking control in highly complex, nonlinear, multi-arm manipulator systems. The feedback gain tuning is studie...

The effect of varying the CO-CO2 and CO2-N2 ratios was investigated in the presence of coal in a specially designed 3-electrode setup, used to simulate the anode compartment in a hybrid direct carbon fuel cell (HDCFC). The HDCFC consists of a hybrid between a molten carbonate and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). It was shown that the cell performance improved with increased CO2 content in the CO...

Aerobic reactions of Co(O(2)CMe)(2).4H(2)O with di-2-pyridyl ketone oxime (Hpko) in the presence of counterions (ClO(4)(-), PF(6-)) give the tetranuclear, mixed-valence cobalt(II/III) clusters [Co(II)(2)Co(III)(2)(OR)(2)(O(2)CMe)(2)(pko)(4)S(2)]X(2) [R = H, S = MeOH, X = ClO(4) (1); R = Me, S = EtOH, X = PF(6) (2)] depending on the solvent mixture. Complexes 1 and 2 are the first Co members in ...

This issue addresses the present-day budget for anthropogenic CO 2 , and particularly the distribution and controlling factors of net terrestrial sinks for atmospheric CO 2 . The latter are of increasing political and economic importance under international CO2 mitigation agreements. Inverse modelling of meridional and zonal atmospheric, data(e.g. CO 2 , O 2, C), is one way to constrain terrest...