INTRODUCTION An important factor in vascular wall alterations is degradation of elastic fiber major protein - elastin. As a result, elastin derived peptides (EDP) are found in circulation. Advanced glycation might also involve elastin, because it is a protein with slow metabolism. The aim of our study was to measure serum levels of glycated elastin derived peptides (AGE-EDP) of elastin in patie...

The main objective of optimizing any chemical process is to find the best operation conditions that can maximize the production of the most valuable products and minimize operating costs with respecting the operational and environmental constraints. Uncertainty or variations in some parameters such as demand and supply of each processing unit or product prices can seriously affect the optimizat...

Estrogen disrupting pesticides (EDP) are that modify estrogen activities in estrogen-producing vertebrates. A substantial amount of these has been detected human tissues, and they function directly to disrupt synthesis or effector cells. This study examines EDP’s ecological distribution across Nebraska counties its association with estrogen-related cancers (ERC). To determine the selected EDP, ...

Establishing suitable probabilistic seismic demand models (PSDMs) is a key part of the performance-based method. Intensity measures (IMs) are used as connection between earthquake hazard and response in engineering. This study identifies optimal intensity for steel Modular Building Systems (MBSs) subjected to near-field ground motions. It achieved by performing Cloud analysis utilizing two sets...

ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRICITY DEMAND IN IRAN'S INDUSTRIAL SECTOR USING DIFFERENT INTELLIGENT OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES M. A. Behrang a , E. Assareh a , M. R. Assari b & A. Ghanbarzadeh c a Department of Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Dezful Branch, Iran b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Jundi Shapour University, Dezful, Iran c Department of Mechanical Engi...

Erythema dyschromicum perstans (EDP) and vitiligo are two cutaneous pigmentary dermatoses of unknown etiology. In the present study, the leukocyte infiltrates in the affected skin of EDP and vitiligo patients were studied using the avidin-biotin (ABC) immunoperoxidase technique and monoclonal antibodies which recognise the following mononuclear cell subgroups: T-suppressor/cytotoxic (CD8-Leu-2)...

Guidelines are presented for specifying the design parameters of multi-level pseudo-random sequences in a manner useful for “plant-friendly” nonlinear system identification. These multi-level signals are introduced into a Rapid Thermal Processing wafer reactor simulation and compared against a well-designed pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS). The resulting data serves as a database for a “Mode...

Psychogenic erectile dysfunction (ED) is defined as a male sexual dysfunction characterized by a persistent or recurrent inability to attain adequate penile erection due predominantly or exclusively to psychological or interpersonal factors. Previous fMRI studies were based on the common occurrence in the male sexual behaviour represented by the sexual arousal and penile erection related to vie...

During the past two decades, event-driven programming (EDP) has emerged as a central and almost ubiquitous concept in modern software development: Graphical user interfaces are self-evident most mobile web-based applications, well many embedded systems, they often based on reacting to events. To facilitate both teaching practice research education, this mapping review seeks give an overview of ...

“Model on Demand” (MoD) simulation of the temperature dynamics in a simulated Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP) reactor is compared against various types of global models (ARX, semiphysical, combined semiphysical with neural net). The identification data is generated from a m-level pseudo-random sequence input whose parameters are specified systematically using a priori information readily availab...