Twelve novel Re(I) acetonitrile complexes of the type [Re(CO)3(L)(MeCN)][WCA], with L being a chelating bis(NHC) ligand with alkylene-bridged and N-substituted bis(imidazolineylidene) moieties, and WCA (WCA = weakly coordinating anion) representing PF6(-) and [Al(OC(CF3)3)4](-), have been synthesized. 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy as well as IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and X-ray crystallog...

MRI time series experiments produce a wealth of information contained in two or three spatial dimensions that evolve over time. Such experiments can, for example, localize brain response to pharmacological stimuli, but frequently the spatiotemporal characteristics of the cerebral response are unknown a priori and variable, and thus difficult to evaluate using hypothesis-based methods alone. Her...

Synonymous codon usage varies both between organisms and among genes within a genome, and arises due to differences in G + C content, replication strand skew, or gene expression levels. Correspondence analysis (CA) is widely used to identify major sources of variation in synonymous codon usage among genes and provides a way to identify horizontally transferred or highly expressed genes. Four me...

The objective of this study was to examine the degree to which 2 measures of weight criticism, the Weight Criticism During Physical Activity (WCA) scale and the Perceptions of Teasing Scale (POTS), represent distinct constructs and in what circumstances each is most appropriately used. A community sample of 307 fourth and fifth graders completed these measures, as well as measures of health-rel...

Power System Stabilizers (PSSs) are used to enhance damping of power system oscillations. This paper presents a new fast algorithm to develop PSS. According to this regard, Water Cycle Algorithm (WCA) is used to detect optimum Power System Stabilizer parameters. For this purpose, the design problem of PSS is formulated as an optimization problem and WCA by forming three subsidiary objective fun...

Amounts of serum calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium at weaning (WCa, WP, and WMg, respectively) and weaning weights (WW) were obtained from 380 Angus (A), Brahman (B), and A x B calves of various expected A and B fractions reared at the Pine Acres Research Station of the University of Florida, Citra from 1989 to 1990. Calves were produced by mating A, .75A, .25B, .5A .5B, .25A .75B, B, and Bran...

In this paper, we show how genetic algorithms can be useful in enhancing the performance of clustering algorithms in mobile ad hoc networks. In particular, we optimize our recently proposed weighted clustering algorithm (WCA). The problem formulation along with the parameters are mapped to individual chromosomes as input to the genetic algorithmic technique. Encoding the individual chromosomes ...

In this paper, we demonstrate how simulated annealing algorithm can be applied to clustering algorithms used in ad hoc networks; specifically our recently proposed weighted clustering algorithm(WCA) is optimized by simulated annealing. As the simulated annealing stands to be a powerful stochastic search method, its usage for combinatorial optimization problems was found to be applicable in our ...

INTRODUCTION The West and Central Africa (WCA) sub-region is the most populous region of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with an estimated population of 356 million living in 24 countries. The HIV epidemic in WCA appears to have distinct dynamics compared to the rest of SSA, being more concentrated among key populations such as female sex workers (FSWs), men who have sex with men (MSM), people who in...

To gain insight into the mechanisms controlling methanogenic pathways in the Florida Everglades, the distribution and functional activities of methanogens and sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (SRPs) were investigated in soils (0 to 2 or 0 to 4 cm depth) across the well-documented nutrient gradient in the water conservation areas (WCAs) caused by runoff from the adjacent Everglades Agricultural Area...