Individuals are typically co-infected by a diverse community of microparasites (e.g. viruses or protozoa) and macroparasites (e.g. helminths). Vertebrates respond to these parasites differently, typically mounting T helper type 1 (Th1) responses against microparasites and Th2 responses against macroparasites. These two responses may be antagonistic such that hosts face a 'decision' of how to al...

Advanced power system nowadays demands to ensure accurate estimate of the system states (bus voltages and angles) in order to ensure protection, monitoring, controlling and smooth running of the system. The conventional state estimator estimates the power system states based on the measurements obtained from the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. Besides, the use of synchr...

In this paper we consider a simplified variant of the discrete Voronoi Game in R, which is also of independent interest in competitive facility location. The game consists of two players P1 and P2, and a finite set U of users in the plane. The players have already placed two sets of facilities F and S, respectively in the plane. The game begins by P1 placing a new facility followed by P2 placin...

Running robots often have their center of mass (CoM) located on the hip. This decouples the pitching and CoMdynamics and therefore allows for simple control schemes. However, by creating an offset between the CoM and the hip, and herewith introducing coupling between the pitching and CoMdynamics, the performance of the running robot might possibly increase. In this simulation study, we calculat...

for continues production if field crops in arid and semi arid regions of the world, such as iran, beside of using of drought resistant varieties, water management must also be considered. in this context, the use of tape drip irrigation system could reduce the amount of irrigation water consumption. this study, was conducted to determine the best sowing pattern of sugar beet under type drip irr...