Thermal imagers operating in the 3-5 micron and 8-12 micron spectral bands require Automatic Gain Control (AGC) to enhance the visual detection and identification of targets against varying atmospheric conditions. In this paper, two algorithms viz., plateau equalization and adaptive plateau equalization algorithms are discussed for implementing AGC. The MATLAB simulation results show the effect...

The article deals with the problem of sustainable concept development regional agro-industrial complex (AGC). A reasonable and objective approach to this using knowledge regularities socio-ecological-economic systems study divergent environmental factors internal environment enables developing effective management decisions strategic tactical nature selection tools agriculture development. form...

BACKGROUND Gastric cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in both sexes worldwide, especially in Eastern Asia. This study aimed to estimate the economic burden of advanced gastric cancer (AGC) in Taiwan. METHODS The costs of AGC in 2013 were estimated using resource use data from a chart review study (n = 122 with AGC) and national statistics. Annual per-patient costs, w...

In this paper, the parameters of PID controller for Automatic Generation Control (AGC) is tuned according to Generic Algorithms (GAs) based performance indices in the restructured power systems. The key idea of the proposed method is to use the fitness function based on figure of demerit. The simulation results are shown to illustrate effectiveness of the proposed method to solution of AGC prob...

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of S-1-based therapy versus non-S-1-based therapy in advanced gastric cancer (AGC) patients.Eligible studies stratifying objective response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and adverse events (AEs) in AGC patients were identified from Embase, Pubmed, Cochrane Library, and China National Knowledge Inf...

We investigated the clinicopathological implications of leptin-signaling proteins and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-infection status in gastric carcinomas. Immunohistochemistry for leptin signalling-related proteins (leptin, leptin-receptor, pSTAT3, ERK, pAkt, mTOR and HIF-1 alpha), and in situ hybridization for EBV-encoded small RNAs was performed in 343 cases of gastric carcinomas. The siRNA again...

Due to the continuous change in load, the frequency and tie-line power of control areas get disturbed from their scheduled value which is undesirable. Automatic Generation Control (AGC) is an essential mechanism in electric power systems which balance generated power and demand in each control area in order to maintain the system frequency at nominal value and tie-line power at its scheduled va...

The term atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance (AGUS) was first introduced at the 1988 Bethesda Conference (National Cancer Institute Workshop, 1989) and defined as morphologic changes in glandular cells beyond those suggestive a benign reactive process, but insufficient for the interpretation of adenocarcinoma. In the 2001 Bethesda System (TBS 2001) (Solomon, 2002), the term ha...

We aim to evaluate the efficacy and safety of paclitaxel-based doublet intravenous chemotherapy (IVC) with and without intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IPC) as the first-line treatment in advanced gastric cancer (AGC) with peritoneal metastasis (PM). 173 AGC patients with peritoneal metastasis were enrolled. All patients received paclitaxel-based doublet systemic chemotherapy Among them, 117 patie...

Tomlinson-Harashima Precoding (THP) is a transmitter technique particularly suited for data transmission systems in which the channel equalization task is performed at the transmitter. In such systems, accurate receiver AGC is a key requirement to achieve low bit error rates. This issue is particularly challenging in packet-based (bursty) wireless communication systems using THP, where fast con...