We hypothesized that a better correlation between MRI and clinical measures of neurological disability using the expanded disability status scale (EDSS) in multiple sclerosis could be obtained by assessing lesion load only in and around the corticospinal tracts, since the EDSS is weighted towards motor and ambulatory deficits. Multiple sclerosis lesions in cerebral MRIs from 39 patients with re...

In this paper, we address the problem of load selection and pickup-dispatching of multiple-load AGVs. Various load-selection rules and pickup-dispatching rules are proposed and studied. The objective of this study is twofold. We want to understand not only the performance of load-selection rules and pickup-dispatching rules in two performance criteria—throughput and tardiness, but also the effe...

Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) face several challenges such as architectural design and network protocol design issues. The capacity of WMNs is very limited, such as the result in an available singlechannel bandwidth system compared to a multi-channel system. Two problems affect the capacity of mesh networks; i.e. load balancing and interference. To support the mesh network infrastructure, it is...

Beam's multiple-contact mode, characterized by multiple and discrete contact regions, non-uniform stoppers' heights, irregular contact sequence, seesaw-like effect, indirect interaction between different stoppers, and complex coupling relationship between loads and deformation is studied. A novel analysis method and a novel high speed calculation model are developed for multiple-contact mode un...

The paper presents approaches for fault tolerance and load balancing in QoS provisioning using multiple alternate paths The pro posed multiple QoS path computation algorithm searches for maximally disjoint i e minimally overlapped multiple paths such that the im pact of link node failures becomes signi cantly reduced and the use of multiple paths renders QoS services more robust in unreliable n...

In this paper we present a technique for prediction of electrical demand based on multiple models. The multiple models are composed by several local models, each one describing a region of behavior of the system, called operation regime. The multiple models approach developed in this work is applied to predict electrical load 24 hours ahead. Data of electrical load from the state of California ...