In this paper we introduce a new UML stereotype, the Function Block Adapter (FBA), which is responsible for the connection of UML-RealTime capsules and function blocks of the IEC 61131-3 (standard for PLC programming languages). FBAs contain an interface to capsules as well as to function blocks and a description of the mapping between these interfaces. For this description a special FBA-langua...

Genome-based Flux Balance Analysis (FBA) and steady-state isotopic-labeling-based Metabolic Flux Analysis (MFA) are complimentary approaches to predicting andmeasuring the operation and regulation ofmetabolic networks. Here, genome-derivedmodels of Escherichia coli (E. coli)metabolismwere used for FBA and C-MFA analyses of aerobic and anaerobic growths of wild-type E. coli (K-12 MG1655) cells. ...

Attention can be directed at features and feature dimensions to facilitate perception. Here, we investigated whether feature-based-attention (FBA) can also dynamically weight feature-specific representations within multi-feature objects held in visual working memory (VWM). Across three experiments, participants retained coloured arrows in working memory and, during the delay, were cued to eithe...

In this paper we introduce a new profile for Function Block Adapters (FBAs), which are responsible for the connection of Unified Modeling Language (UML) ports and function blocks of non-UML languages. FBAs provide interfaces to ports, to function blocks, and a description of the mapping between these interfaces. Both UML and function block developers can use a special easy-to-use FBA descriptio...

Although the filtered backprojection algorithm (FBA) has been the standard reconstruction algorithm in 2D computerized tomography for more than 30 years, its convergence behavior is not completely settled so far. Relying on convergence results by Rieder and Faridani for the semi-discrete FBA [SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 41(3), 869-892, 2003] we show optimality of the fully discrete version for recons...

Immunoscreening of a C. paradoxa expression library against water soluble muroplast ("cyanelle") proteins resulted in isolation of a clone encoding the nucleus-encoded muroplast class-II fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (class-II FBA). Its nucleotide sequence was determined. The 1432 bp insert, derived from a single-copy gene transcript, bears a reading frame of 1206 bp in length, representin...

This study aimed to examine the impact of fashion brand attachment on customer’s purchase intention and role social media usage engagement this relationship. The data were collected through surveys distributed randomly 404 users in Albania during April 2020. PLS-SEM was used analyze relationships between Fashion Brand Attachment (FBA), Social Media Usage (SMU), Engagement (SBE), Purchase Intent...

Functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and functional analyses (FA) are grounded in the applied behavior analysis principle that posits problem behavior is functionally related to the environment in which it occurs and is maintained by either providing access to reinforcing outcomes or allowing the individual to avoid or escape that which they find aversive. Previous research has pointed to the...

This paper introduces a new model for consensus called federated Byzantine agreement (FBA). FBA achieves robustness through quorum slices—individual trust decisions made by each node that together determine system-level quorums. Slices bind the system together much the way individual networks’ peering and transit decisions now unify the Internet. We also present the Stellar Consensus Protocol (...

The producibility of metabolites from available resources is investigated systematically using flux balance analysis (FBA) and network expansion. Calculations are performed for the genome-scale metabolic networks of Escherichia coli and Methanosarcina barkeri. Strict biological interpretation of the results obtained with FBA leads to the concept of sustainability, which reduces the set of produ...