In this study,we analyze the network effect in amodel of a personal communicationmarket, by using amulti-agent based simulation approach.We introduce into the simulationmodel complex network structures as the interaction patterns of agents. With complex network models,we investigate the dynamics of amarket inwhich twoproviders are competing.We also examine the structure of networks that affect ...

A small series of 5-nitro-2-aminothiazole-based amides containing arylpiperazine-, biphenyl- or aryloxyphenyl groups in their core were synthesized and evaluated as antitrypanosomatid agents. All tested compounds were active or moderately active against Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes in infected L6 cells and Trypanosoma brucei brucei, four of eleven compounds were moderately active against Leish...

Comprehension of goal-directed, intentional motion is an important but understudied visual function. To study it, we created a two-dimensional virtual environment populated by independently-programmed autonomous virtual agents, which navigate the environment, collecting food and competing with one another. Their behavior is modulated by a small number of distinct “mental states”: exploring, gat...

Numerous studies document, on the one hand, a positive correlation between crime and unemployment and, on the other hand, a negative correlation between the crime rate and educational attainment levels within given communities. We study this phenomenon in the context of a search-equilibrium model, in which agents choose between formal employment and pursuing crime related activities (theft). Pr...

background: in current study, chemical composition and antibacterial activity of leaves and flowers essential oils of origanum vulgare ssp. gracile against four food-borne pathogens including  escherichia coli, listeria monocytogenes, salmonella thyphimurium and staphylococcus aureus were examined. methods: the different organs (leaves and flowers) of o. vulgare ssp. gracile were harvested at f...

introduction: the plethora of studies indicated that there is a cross talk relationship between harmaline and serotonergic (5-ht) system on cognitive and non-cognitive behaviors. thus, the purpose of this study is to assess the effects of hippocampal 5-ht4 receptor on memory acquisition deficit induced by harmaline.  methods: harmaline was injected peritoneally, while 5-ht4 receptor agonist (rs...

In this paper, the properties of the WalshHadamard codes used as spreading codes in QCDMA cellular systems are analyzed. It is shown that among Walsh-Hadamard codes, obtained from Hadamard Matrix , only k 2 ) , 2 ( k H k 1 + k codes are orthogonal to each other in all phases. Also, the performance of the Walsh Hadamard codes is compared with that of the Gold codes from the average cross-correla...

We consider the cross-correlation of a Costas array with its image under a horizontal and/or a vertical flip. We propose and prove several bounds on the maximal cross-correlation and on its value at the origin, for both general Costas arrays and for algebraically constructed ones.

Elshorbagy et al. (2001) report the presence of chaos in the streamflow series in the Little River and Reed Creek based (only) on the low correlation dimensions of 1.19 and 1.07 obtained when the Grassberger-Procaccia correlation dimension algorithm (e.g. Grassberger & Procaccia, 1983) is employed. Whether or not a low correlation dimension is a proof of chaos is an important question (cf. Siva...

Deep surveys have recently discovered galaxies at the tail end of the epoch of reionization. In the near future, these discoveries will be complemented by a new generation of low-frequency radio observatories that will map the distribution of neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium through its redshifted 21cm emission. In this paper we calculate the expected cross-correlation between the d...