background: brucellosis is a febrile zoonotic infectionand has worldwide distribution among humans as well asanimals. although the seroprevalence of brucellosis in variousanimals has been described in iran, there is only one report onequine brucellosis in the region. objectives: this study wascarried out to determine the seroprevalence of brucellosis inracing clubs and private horse owners in t...

We present a new hybrid BDD and SAT-based algorithm for model checking. Our algorithm is based on backward search, where each pre-image computation consists of an efficient All-SAT procedure. The All-SAT procedure exploits a graph representation of the model to dynamically prune the search space, thus preventing unnecessary search in large sub-spaces, and for identifying independent sub-problem...

The distribution of overlaps of solutions of a random CSP is an indicator of the overall geometry of its solution space. For random k-SAT, nonrigorous methods from Statistical Physics support the validity of the “one step replica symmetry breaking” approach. Some of these predictions were rigorously confirmed in [MMZ05a] [MMZ05b]. There it is proved that the overlap distribution of random k-SAT...

Current SAT solvers are well engineered and highly efficient, and significant research effort has been put into creating data structures that can produce maximal efficiency for the core propagation engine within SAT solvers. However, there is still substantial room for improvement. As the disparity between CPU speeds and cache sizes have increased, cache conscious data structures and algorithms...

Since 2004, increases in computational power described by Moore’s law have substantially been realized in the form of additional cores rather than through faster clock speeds. To make effective use of modern hardware when solving hard computational problems, it is therefore necessary to employ parallel solution strategies. In this work, we demonstrate how effective parallel solvers for proposit...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine whether intravenous (IV) conjugated estrogens (EST) acutely enhance the suppression of whole-body or regional subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) lipolysis by insulin in postmenopausal women. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES We assessed whole-body lipolysis by [(2)H(5)]glycerol rate of appearance (Glyc(RA)) and abdominal and femoral SAT lipolysis ...

The optical device LIPOMETER enables the non-invasive, quick, and save determination of the thickness of subcutaneous adipose tissue layers at any given site of the human body. The specification of 15 evenly distributed body sites allows the precise measurement of subcutaneous body fat distribution, so-called subcutaneous adipose tissue topography (SAT-Top). In the present paper we focus on SAT...

BACKGROUND: Brucellosis is a febrile zoonotic infectionand has worldwide distribution among humans as well asanimals. Although the seroprevalence of brucellosis in variousanimals has been described in Iran, there is only one report onequine brucellosis in the region. OBJECTIVES: This study wascarried out to determine the seroprevalence of brucellosis inracing clubs and private horse owners in t...