Divide-and-conquer-based (DC-based) evolutionary algorithms (EAs) have achieved notable success in dealing with large-scale optimization problems (LSOPs). However, the appealing performance of this type generally requires a high-precision decomposition problem, which is still challenging task for existing methods. This study attempts to address above issue from different perspective and propose...

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) or Disruptors are unique assemblage cluster of emerging pollutants as they affect the synthesis, release and transport hormones. EDCs have been associated with a diverse array health issues diseases. can alter endocrine system involved in carcinogenesis inducing poly-cystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The objective this article is to furnish an outline research ...

BACKGROUND Cervical pillow height is an important factor that affects the perception of pillow comfort. However, few studies have addressed methods for predicting a patient's preferred cervical pillow size. We studied the effect of pillow size preference on the strength and electromyographic (EMG) signals of the upper extremity muscle. If the response of the upper extremity muscle is affected b...

BACKGROUND This randomized phase III trial compared pathologic complete response (pCR) rates of early breast cancer (EBC) following neoadjuvant epirubicin-docetaxel (ED)±capecitabine (C), and evaluated the addition of trastuzumab in HER2-positive tumors. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with invasive breast cancer (except T4d) were randomly assigned to receive six 3-weekly cycles of ED (both 75 ...

BACKGROUND With improvements in technology, electronic data capture (EDC) for large surveys is feasible. EDC offers benefits over traditional paper-based data collection, including more accurate data, greater completeness of data, and decreased data cleaning burden. METHODS The second Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS 2012) was a population-based survey of persons aged 18 months to 64 years. ...

BACKGROUND The study objective was to investigate and synthesize available evidence relating to the psychological health of Emergency Dispatch Centre (EDC) operatives, and to identify key stressors experienced by EDC operatives. METHODS Eight electronic databases (Embase, PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, PsycInfo, PsycArticles, The Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection, and Google Scholar) w...

Abstract Several of Earth's intraplate volcanic provinces are hard to reconcile with the mantle plume hypothesis. Instead, they exhibit characteristics that more compatible shallower processes involve interplay between uppermost flow and base heterogeneous lithosphere. The mechanisms most commonly invoked edge‐driven convection (EDC) shear‐driven upwelling (SDU), both which act focus associated...

In addition to endothelium-derived relaxing factor and hyperpolarizing factor, vascular endothelium also modulates smooth muscle tone by releasing endothelium-derived contracting factor(s) (EDCF), but the identity of EDCF remains obscure. We studied here the involvement of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in endothelium-dependent contraction (EDC) of rat renal artery to acetylcholine (ACh). ACh (10(-6)...