Background and Aim: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a health problem in countries. Despite the global prevalence of tuberculosis and the lack of appropriate drugs, further progress is still needed with the help of modern methods of preparing epitope-based vaccines for tuberculosis. Materials and Methods: In this study, specific T and B cell epitopes required for producing chimeric vaccines with ...

The pose of a polyhedral object can be determined with range data obtained from a set of simple light-stripe range sensors. However, localization results are highly dependent on sensor placement. This paper presents a method for designing an optimal sensor placement of three light-stripe sensors with which to determine the pose of an arbitrarily positioned object. We evaluate a sensor placement...

We develop new optimal partitioning and placement codes for end-case processing in top-down standard-cell placement. Such codes are based on either enumeration or branch-and-bound, and are invoked for instances below prescribed size thresholds (e.g., < 30 cells for partitioning, or < 10 cells for placement). Our optimal partitioners handle tight balance constraints and uneven cell sizes transpa...