The activity of acetoacetyl-CoA (AcAc-CoA) ligase (E.C.6.2.1.16) in hepatocytes from rats was shown to be the same as the activity in homogenates of their livers. In hepatocytes treated with 25-hydroxycholesterol, AcAc-CoA ligase, 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase and rates of sterol synthesis were substantially decreased. Hepatocytes treated with high density lipoprotein (HDL...

Recently some CBIR approaches have shown the use of relevance feedback to train a pattern classifier to select relevant images for retrieval. This paper revisits this strategy by using an optimum-path forest (OPF) classifier. During relevance feedback iterations, the proposed method uses the OPF classifier to decide which database images are relevant or not. Images classified as relevant are so...

In this paper we present some theoretical results of the possibilities for controlling a given chaotic system using the (occasional proportional feedback) OPF method. It is usually claimed that the OPF method can be used only if the return map is almost one{dimensional and that the OPF control lacks a theoretical background for the choice of the feedback gain. We show how to nd the gain value f...

A well-defined amphiphilic core-shell polymer functionalized with bis(p-methoxyphenylphosphino)phenylphosphine (BMOPPP) in the nanogel (NG) core has been obtained by a convergent RAFT polymerization in emulsion. This BMOPPP@NG and the previously-reported TPP@NG (TPP = triphenylphosphine) and core cross-linked micelles (L@CCM; L = TPP, BMOPPP) having a slightly different architecture were loaded...

A fresh attempt has been made to develop a new algorithm for optimal power flow (OPF) using Fletcher's quadratic-programming method. The new algorithm considers two decoupled subproblems needing minimum cost of generation and minimum system-transmission losses. These have been solved sequentially to achieve optimal allocation of real and reactive power generation and transformer tap settings wi...

neutral bidentate n-o type complexe of vo(ii) has been synthesized through condensation of dpenicillamine,(d-h2pen), with bis(acetylacetonate)- oxovanadium(iv),[vo(acac)2], at neutralmedium . the established schiff base(no type) complex was characterized on the basis of ir andmass spectroscopy techniques.besides,d-h2pen binding behavior to[vo(acac)2] has been studiedin thermodynamic viewpoint u...

Chemical reaction of [Ru(III)(acac)(2)(CH(3)CN)(2)]ClO(4) (1) with 2-methylthioaniline, HL(1) in ethanol under basic conditions yielded three new complexes Ru(II)(acac)(2)(L(1b)) (1b), (L(1b) = 4-imino-3-(methylsulfanyl)cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one), Ru(III)(acac)(2)(L(1c)) (1c), (HL(1c) = N-(2-methylthiophenyl)formamide) and (acac)(2)Ru(II)(μ-L(1d))Ru(II)(acac)(2) (1d), (L(1d) = 1,4-bis(2-methylth...

Octahedral,cuboctahedral,branched and ‘rice-like’Pt NPs were synthesised using a seed-mediated growth route. Pt NPs (3 nm) were prepared and dispersed in oleyl amine to form a seed solution and then Pt(acac)2 was added. By adjusting the molar ratio of Pt from Pt(acac)2 and seed NPs, the seed diameter and the addition route of Pt(acac)2, the NPs growth could be controlled to fall into in a kinet...

This paper proposes an approach to solve the Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problem with an aim to enhancing the power system security. The approach uses proposed Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) based algorithm to acquire the optimal power dispatch meeting steady state security constraints under different loading conditions. The PSO algorithm can be used to solve many complex OPF problems are non d...