This work presents a novel low-cost optoelectronic setup for timeand spatially resolved analysis of photonic emissions and a corresponding methodology, Simple Photonic Emission Analysis (SPEA). Observing the backside of ICs, the system captures extremly weak photoemissions from switching transistors and relates them to program running in the chip. SPEA utilizes both spatial and temporal informa...

Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes secrete exotoxins that act as superantigens, proteins that cause hyperimmune reactions by binding the variable domain of the T-cell receptor beta chain (Vβ), leading to stimulation of a large fraction of the T-cell repertoire. To develop potential neutralizing agents, we engineered Vβ mutants with high affinity for the superantigens staphylococca...

Telomerase is a crucial biomarker for cancers. Its reliable and sensitive detection, particularly in a single cell, has great significance for the early diagnosis of cancers, studies on tumor progression and anticancer therapy, which remain a challenge, due to nonspecific amplification. Herein, we developed a novel stem-loop primer-mediated exponential amplification (SPEA) strategy, which can s...

In this research, we proposed a new metaheuristic technique for stock portfolio multi-objective optimization employing the combination of Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm (SPEA), Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) and Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT). To generate the more precise model, ANFIS has implemented to envisage long-term movement values of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)...

This paper presents a method, based on the Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm (SPEA), designed to solve multi-objective convex integer optimization problems. The proposed method has the aim to overcome some shortcomings of SPEA, as noted in [2]. An interaction phase with the Decision Maker (DM) is also included in the method, so that the search process can be quickly directed to the part of...

This paper focuses on multi-objective designing of multi-machine Thyristor Controlled Series Compensator (TCSC) using Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm (SPEA). The TCSC parameters designing problem is converted to an optimization problem with the multi-objective function including the desired damping factor and the desired damping ratio of the power system modes, which is solved by a SPEA ...

The Pareto-based approaches have shown some success in designing multiobjective evolutionary algorithms. Their methods of fitness assignment are mainly from the information of dominated and nondominated individuals. On the top of the hierarchy of multiobjective evolutionary algorithms, the Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm (SPEA) has been elaborately designed with this principle in mind. I...

We developed nine polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Mexican spadefoot toad, Spea multiplicata. Allele numbers range from five to 12, with observed heterozygosities from 0.48 to 0.87. Because two loci are in linkage disequilibrium, these nine loci provide eight independent markers. Three loci exhibit departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, possibly resulting from null alleles or popu...

Putrescine can be synthesized either directly from ornithine by ornithine decarboxylase (ODC; the speC product) or indirectly from arginine via arginine decarboxylase (ADC; the speA product). The authors identified the speA and speC genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. The activities of the two decarboxylases were similar and each enzyme alone appeared to direct sufficient formation of the pol...

Traditional stiff actuators have a high reflected inertia, which do not meet the safety requirements, are bad to absorb shocks and cannot store and release energy which are for different applications required. Initiated by the introduction of the Series Elastic Actuator (SEA) by Gill A. Pratt in 1995, a wide range of Variable Impedance Actuators (VIA) are developed, for which inspiration was fo...