In phase-field simulations, accurate material parameters are required to quantitatively predict microstructural evolutions. Non-sequential data assimilations enable the estimation of unknown by minimizing a cost function that represents misfit between numerical simulation results and time-series observation data. this study, new non-sequential Data assimilation method Minimizing Cost using tree...

BACKGROUND Psychiatric disorders can pose problems in the assessment of decision-making capacity (DMC). This is so particularly where psychopathology is seen as the extreme end of a dimension that includes normality. Depression is an example of such a psychiatric disorder. Four abilities (understanding, appreciating, reasoning and ability to express a choice) are commonly assessed when determin...

We present a detailed study of the energetics of water clusters (H(2)O)(n) with n ≤ 6, comparing diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) and approximate density functional theory (DFT) with well converged coupled-cluster benchmarks. We use the many-body decomposition of the total energy to classify the errors of DMC and DFT into 1-body, 2-body and beyond-2-body components. Using both equilibrium cluster co...

1. Twenty-four pigs (mean body-weight 44 kg) were used to determine the digestibilities of energy, nitrogen and amino acids in dried microbial cells (DMC) grown on methanol and in white fish meal (WFM). N utilization and the excretion of various nitrogenous compounds were also studied. 2. Semi-purified diets containing DMC, WFM or no protein source were offered at the rate of 1 kg fresh food/d....

Chemokines play an important role in the immune system by regulating cell trafficking in homeostasis and inflammation. In this study, we report the identification and characterization of a novel cytokine-like protein, DMC (dendritic cell and monocyte chemokine-like protein), which attracts dendritic cells and monocytes. The key to the identification of this putative new chemokine was the applic...

Porous polypropylene (PP) is commonly used as separator materials for lithium ion batteries (LIB). Its mechanical properties, especially critical for abuse tolerance and durability of LIB, are subject to change in different environments. To capture the mechanical responses of a porous PP separator, its microstructure was mapped into separate atomistic models of bulk crystalline phases and orien...

OBJECTIVE To estimate direct medical costs (DMC) associated with treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in newborns (NB) in two specialized public hospitals in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS The perspective used was health care payer. We estimated DMC associated with RDS management. The pattern of resource use was established by reviewing clinical records. Microcosting and bootstrap ...

This paper details a multiple model adaptive control strategy for model predictive control (MPC). To maintain performance of this linear controller over a wide range of operating levels, a multiple model adaptive control strategy for dynamic matrix control (DMC), the process industry’s standard for MPC, is presented. The method of approach is to design multiple linear DMC controllers. The tunin...