Disturbance observer-based control method has achieved good results in the car-following scenario of intelligent and connected vehicle (ICV). However, gain conventional extended disturbance observer (EDO)-based is usually set manually rather than adjusted adaptively according to real time traffic conditions, thus declining performance. To solve this problem, a strategy ICV using EDO by reinforc...

Objective(s): Growing evidence demonstrates that L-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel pathway has a modulatory role in pain perception. Previous studies have shown that thymoquinone exerts antinociceptive effects; however, the mechanisms underlying antinociception induced by thymoquinone have not been fully clarified. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of L-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP c...

sex hormone is supposed to modify pain sensitivity. the aim of the present study was to investigat, the role of 2 adrenergic receptors in nociception using formalin test. formalin test was performed by subcutaneous injection of 50 ml formalin (%2.5) solution into hind paw. animals were divided into 4 groups as control group (intact animal), sham group (received 2µl of artificial csf by icv rout...

TVB-N is one of the important indexes freshness chilled pork. To present more accurately and completely, a visualization technology chemical composition was applied optimized for pork detection. Two hyperspectral cameras covering visible near-infrared wavebands were used to detect content. GA, SPA, iPLSR, siPLSR employed select characteristic from spectra data extracted images, PLSR models esta...

As one of the most complex steps in fabric production, sizing plays a very important role in the weaving process. The primary purpose of the sizing process is to obtain the warp threads that can successfully be woven without major damages which occur during the yarn passage through sliding metal parts of the weaving machine (Lord, 2003). It applies to the improvement of physical and mechanical ...

Early estimation of the size of a software product is extremely important. In this paper we analyze two software packages developed by a CMM level 3 software firm. We study if any property of analysis objects can be used to infer the size of the final code in an object-oriented environment. In both cases we find the number of methods well correlated with software size, in the sense that the cor...

A 56-year-old male patient was admitted for catheter ablation of highly symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. During the procedure, a rare anatomic variation with an interrupted inferior caval vein (ICV) branching suprarenal into an azygos venous continuation draining into the superior caval vein was detected. Using angiography, a continuation of the ICV leading into the liver, subdividin...

To elucidate the control of hepatic cholesterol metabolism by leptin, rats were administered IV (intravenous) leptin, ICV (intracerebroventricular) leptin or saline. A single low dose of ICV leptin was as effective as a continuous IV infusion of high-dose leptin at decreasing the activities of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase and cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase. These results indicate th...

Looking at the distribution of the costs of IT, the largest part of the budget is allocated to maintenance and enhancement projects. New development comprises between 30 to 50% of IT costs. Functional size measurement methods are mostly used for new development only. With some extensions to common size measurement methods like Function Point Analysis and COSMIC Full Function Point one can tackl...

Software size is the fundamental metric for project planning. Effort and duration are calculated based on the size estimate. However, for a given software size, the actual development effort could be significantly different. The question is whether the increase in effort is due to the low productivity of the development team or higher product quality. While higher product quality is highly desi...