This paper presents a Variable Neighborhood Search (VNS) algorithm for the container loading problem. The algorithm combines a constructive procedure based on the concept of maximal-space, with five new movements defined directly on the physical layout of the packed boxes, which involve insertion and deletion strategies. The new algorithm is tested on the complete set of Bischoff and Ratcliff p...

We report a half-sibling cohort with deletion of 4p16.1, astigmatism, gross and fine motor delay, variable intellectual disability, and variable behavioral concerns. However, two siblings without the deletion also had learning delays and psychological concerns. Thus, variable phenotypic expression was seen and the significance of deletion of 4p16.1 remains unclear.

This paper presents a parallel implementation for the Optimal Transportation Meshfree (OTM) method on large CPU clusters. Communications are handled with Message Passing Interface (MPI). The Recursive Coordinate Bisection (RCB) algorithm is utilized domain decomposition and implementing dynamic load-balancing strategy. work involves three new concepts to reduce computational efforts: Dynamic ha...

Introduction Cri du chat syndrome is a rare genetic disorder due to deletion of variable length of short arm of chromosome 5(5p). It mainly presents with typical cat like cry, facial dysmorphism, poor growth with feeding problems and severe cognitive, speech, and motor delays. Case Report We present here a one year old child who did not presented with typical features but presented with recurre...

French variable adjectives have traditionally been described as undergoing a process of final consonant deletion from the feminine to the masculine form. We review here different analyses that have been proposed to account for this phenomenon, highlighting problems with the theoretical analyses and advances in empirical work on the question. We present an analysis where, by default, French adje...

This paper proposes two sampling strategies based on the modified ratio estimator using the population mean of auxiliary variable and population correlation coefficient between the study variable and the auxiliary variable by Singh and Tailor (2003) for estimating the population mean (total) of the study variable in a finite population. A comparative study is made with usual sampling strategies...

Labov goes on to argue that the observed patterning of deletion with regards to other variable phenomena (specifically, copula contraction) argues for one analysis in particular: that by which forms of be are deleted by phonological processes. The more broadlyapplicable argument is that the patterns and correlations observed in natural speech data provide evidence for the particular locus of th...