In this paper, we introduce a Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy model which is derived from a typical Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Network (MLP NN). At first, it is shown that the considered MLP NN can be interpreted as a variety of TS fuzzy model. It is discussed that the utilized Membership Function (MF) in such TS fuzzy model, despite its flexible structure, has some major restrictions. After modify...

The title compound, C(15)H(21)N(3)O(3)S, is known to be an impurity of gliclazide [systematic name: N-(hexa-hydro-1H-cyclopenta[c]pyrrol-2-ylcarbamo-yl)-4-methyl-benzene-sulfonamide], a sul-fonyl-urea anti-diabetic drug. Gliclazide has a p-tolyl group substituting the sulfonamide functionality, while the title mol-ecule contains an o-tolyl group. Both five-membered fused rings adopt envelope co...

Five Bedsonia (Chlamydia) isolates from lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) patients were tested for inclusion type, sulfonamide sensitivity, and mouse virulence. Two matched the classical description of LGV agents. Two were not virulent for mice by the intracerebral route, therefore fitting the description for trachoma-inclusion conjunctivitis agents. One was highly virulent for mice and sulfonamid...

Simple sulfonamide and amide derivatives of tris(2-aminoethyl)amine (Tren) are known to promote the translocation or flip-flop of phosphatidylcholine, but not phosphatidylserine, across bilayer membranes. This paper describes the synthesis of a 300-member, spatially encoded library of Tren derivatives with appended peptide--sulfonamide and peptide--urea arms. The library was synthesized using t...

Certain microbes can transform antibiotics in the environment. However, little is known about the identity of these microbes and their antibiotic biotransformation processes. The objectives of this study were to (1) isolate bacterial strains capable of transforming antibiotics, (2) determine the biotransformation kinetics of antibiotics, (3) characterize the effects of background carbons on the...

Bacteria which are sulfonamide-sensitive have been reported to be incapable of the rapid utilization of folic acid for inhibition reversal (Alimchandani and Sreenivasan, J. Bacteriol. 73:538, 1957; Krieg and Pelczar, J. Bacteriol. 80:242, 1960; Davis and Feingold, p. 343. In I. C. Gunsalus and R. Y. Stanier [ed.], The Bacteria, vol. 4, Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1962), presumably because o...

= = = + ⋅ + ⋅ = ∑ ∑ ... Abstract—A new application of the NN ensemble technique to improve the accuracy and stability of the calculation of NN emulation Jacobians is presented. The term “emulation” is defined to distinguish NN emulations from other NN models. It was shown that, for NN emulations, the introduced ensemble technique can be successfully applied to significantly reduce uncertainties...

A total of 434 Belgian Landrace (B) or Piétrain x B (PB) pigs, of known halothane genotype (NN, Nn, and nn), were slaughtered in a commercial abattoir. Pigs were either fed until loading or deprived of food overnight before delivery. Upon arrival at the abattoir, pigs were slaughtered after different lairage times (within 1 h after arrival, after 2 to 3 h lairage, or 4 to 5 h lairage). Meat qua...