abstract in this study the comparative advantage of wheat in sistan was investigated by using drc index and policy analysis matrix (pam) during 2006-2007. data were collected from zabol agri-jahad organization and annual foreign trade database. the npc index showed that there was an indirect tax on producers in all sectors. epc index represented that there were nonsupport of input and output ma...

Glioblastoma brain tumor cells and normal cells were treated with plasma-activated medium (PAM). Cell proliferation assays showed that glioblastoma cells were selectively killed by PAM. PAM induced apoptosis on glioblastoma. There are many signaling pathways that lead to apoptosis. We found that PAM downregulated the PI3K/PTEN-AKT pathway that is responsible for cell survival and proliferation ...

We propose a family of Passive-Aggressive Mahalanobis (PAM) algorithms, which are incremental (online) binary classifiers that consider the distribution of data. PAM is in fact a generalization of the Passive-Aggressive (PA) algorithms to handle data distributions that can be represented by a covariance matrix. The update equations for PAM are derived and theoretical error loss bounds computed....

Building on its high spatial resolution, deep penetration depth and excellent image contrast, 3D photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) has grown tremendously since its first publication in 2005. Integrating optical excitation and acoustic detection, PAM has broken through both the optical diffusion and optical diffraction limits. PAM has 100% relative sensitivity to optical absorption (i.e., a given p...

Dielectric barrier discharge plasma-activated mist (PAM) is a surface treatment that has been shown to have antimicrobial effects on microorganisms attached food contact surfaces. In this study, tryptic soy agar, purple lettuce, kale, and baby spinach leaves, were surface-inoculated with Enterobacter aerogenes inoculum (4 × 107 CFU/ml) held for 30 min at room temperature (25 °C), then subsequen...

We report the synthesis of new polymers based on a dimethylacrylamide-methacrylate (DMAA-MA) co-polymer backbone that support both chemical and biological agent decontamination. Polyurethanes containing the redox enzymes glucose oxidase and horseradish peroxidase can convert halide ions into active halogens and exert striking bactericidal activity against gram positive and gram negative bacteri...

External loading of phosphorus (P) from agricultural surface discharge (tailwater) is the main cause of excessive algae growth and the eutrophication of the Salton Sea, California. Continuous polyacrylamide (PAM) applications to agricultural irrigation water inflows were evaluated as a means of reducing sediment and P in tailwater. Zero (control) and 1 mg L PAM (PAM1) treatments were compared a...