Multi-Agent Systems technology can be useful for efficiently designing and maintaining secure networks. Indeed, networks evolve at a rapid pace in terms of the number and type of components and user access queries as well as intrusion possibilities. Features such as autonomy, adaptability and flexibility of the “intelligent” agent paradigm allow managing network evolution in a controlled way. T...

This study delves into investors’ perceptions of the polluting label attached to listed manufacturing firms, emphasizing interplay between external political ties and internal green innovative capability in influencing these perceptions. Drawing on a longitudinal analysis firms China from 2010 2020 employing difference-in-differences (DID) approach, we treat identified under National Specially ...

IntroductionThere are limited available data on the prognostic implications of locoregional recurrence (LRR) after nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) and immediate reconstruction. In this study, we investigated patterns prognosis associated with LRR following treatment approach for breast cancer.MethodsA total 1696 patients primary cancer who underwent NSM reconstruction from March 2003 to Decembe...

language must be studied as a social behavior and the aim of language instruction must be to facilitate learners’ acquisition of communicative competence; the ability to speak both accurately and appropriately. rules of speaking must be included into second language classroom teaching. we should teach linguistic rules along with social rules. in this study a number of social functions in persia...

In this study, an experimental program was developed to investigate the flexural behavior of pre-damaged reinforced concrete (RC) beams that had been repaired and strengthened using carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates under a monotonic load. Two techniques were used: externally bonded reinforcement (EBR) near-surface-mounted (NSM) reinforcement, repair strengthen tested beams. The ...

Swets et al. (2008. Underspecification of syntactic ambiguities: Evidence from self-paced reading. Memory and Cognition, 36(1), 201-216) presented evidence that the so-called ambiguity advantage [Traxler et al. (1998). Adjunct attachment is not a form of lexical ambiguity resolution. Journal of Memory and Language, 39(4), 558-592], which has been explained in terms of the Unrestricted Race Mode...

Mulberry vein banding associated virus (MVBaV) that infects mulberry plants with typical vein banding symptoms had been identified as a tentative species of the genus Tospovirus based on the homology of N gene sequence to those of tospoviruses. In this study, the complete sequence of the tripartite RNA genome of MVBaV was determined and analyzed. The L RNA has 8905 nucleotides (nt) and encodes ...

BACKGROUND Nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) is gaining popularity due to its superior aesthetic results. When reconstructing the breast with free abdominal tissue transfer, we must readdress the recipient vessel, because NSM can cause difficulty in access to the chest vessel. METHODS Between June 2006 and March 2011, a total of 92 women underwent NSM with free abdominal tissue transfer. A late...