A heuristic improvement technique referred to as multi-dimensional heuristics is presented. Instead of only applying the heuristic between two states X 1 and X 2 , when a distance esti­ mate of X 1 X 2 is needed, this technique uses a reference state R and applies the heuristic func­ tion to {X 1 ,R) and (X' 2 ,R) and compares the resulting values. If two states are close to each other, then th...

Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is generally considered to be a regulator of T cell homeostasis because it works with other common gamma-chain cytokines like IL-2 and IL-7 to control the maintenance of naive and memory T cell populations. However, recent reports highlight new roles for IL-15 during the primary immune responses that involve promoting the survival of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells. These...

Five new pimarane diterpenoids 1-5 were synthesized using ent-8(14)-pimarene-15R,16-diol as starting material. The structures were elucidated by means of extensive NMR and MS analysis. The antifouling activity against larval settlement of the barnacle Balanus albicostatus were evaluated using capsaicin as a positive control. Compounds 1-3 and 5 showed more potent antifouling activity than capsa...

sugar  is very important role  in  humanbeing feed.  for sugar beet  production in tropical area detemine  sowing and  harvesting date is very important . for this reason three sowing date (1 sep, 20 sep and 10 oct) and three harvesting date (15 apr, 15 may and 15 jun) in complete blouck design as factorial with three replication in two year in sarpol area condoucted. results  showed  that  the...