Bacterial abundance is a fundamental measure in microbiology, but its assessment is often tedious, especially for soil, and sediment samples. To overcome this limitation, we adopted a time-efficient flow-cytometric (FCM) counting method involving cell detachment and separation from matrix particles by centrifugation in tubes receiving sample suspensions and Histodenz(®) solution. We used this a...

This paper provides an hybrid method for segmentation using FCM thresholding with fuzzy levelset . FCM thresholding gives fine segmented results when compared to edge detection method. The optimization property of FCM is improved when it is combined with local thresholding. The application of Fuzzy levelset gives enhanced segmentation results. The experimental result proves that the hybrid meth...

This paper presents a hybrid methodology of automatically constructing fuzzy cognitive map (FCM). The proposed method is based on immune algorithm to learn the connection matrix of FCM. In the algorithm, the DNA coding method is used, and in order to utilize the experts’ knowledge and the feature of system, they are used as “vaccine”. Finally, an illustrative example is provided. The results su...

Typically, complex systems such as socio-ecological systems are ambiguous and ill-defined due to human-environment interactions. These systems could be participatory systems which involve many participants with different levels of knowledge and experience. The various perceptions of the participants may need to be combined to get a comprehensive understanding and useful knowledge of the system....

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BACKGROUND Many patients receiving oral iron for iron deficiency anemia (IDA) cannot tolerate or fail to respond to therapy, and existing intravenous (IV) iron formulations often require repeated administrations. Ferric carboxymaltose (FCM), a nondextran IV formulation, permits larger single doses. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS We evaluated FCM versus oral iron in IDA patients. After 14 days of or...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Minimal residual disease (MRD) studies are useful in multiple myeloma (MM). However, the definition of the best technique and clinical utility are still unresolved issues. The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the clinical utility of MRD studies in MM with two different techniques: allelic-specific oligonucleotide real-time quantitative PCR (ASO-RQ-PCR), and...

OBJECTIVE Intravenous iron is widely used to treat iron deficiency in day-care units. Ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) allows administration of larger iron doses than iron sucrose (IS) in each infusion (1000 mg vs. 200 mg). As FCM reduces the number of infusions required but is more expensive, we performed a cost-minimization analysis to compare the cost impact of the two drugs. MATERIALS AND METH...

Seismic hazard assessment like many other issues in seismology is a complicated problem, which is due to a variety of parameters affecting the occurrence of an earthquake. Uncertainty, which is a result of vagueness and incompleteness of the data, should be considered in a rational way. Using fuzzy method makes it possible to allow for uncertainties to be considered. Fuzzy inference system,...

Résumé. Dans cet article, nous nous intéressons à Fuzzy C-Means (FCM), une technique très connue pour la classification floue. Nous proposons un algorithme efficace basé sur la programmation DC (Difference of Convexe functions) et DCA (DC Algorithm) pour résoudre ce problème. Les expériences numériques comparatives avec l’algorithme standard FCM sur les données réelles montrent la robustesse, l...