BACKGROUND With growing attention to the aortopathy associated with aortic valve diseases, the number of candidates for accompanying ascending aorta and/or root replacement is increasing among the patients who require aortic valve replacement (AVR). However, such procedures have been considered more risky than AVR alone. This study aimed to compare the surgical outcome of isolated AVR and AVR c...

Many plant pathogenic bacteria possess a conserved protein secretion system that is thought to transfer Avr (avirulence) proteins, with potential activities in both parasitism and defense elicitation, into plant cells. avr genes may be acquired horizontally by these bacteria, and avr gene compositions are highly variable. In the past year, heterologous expression experiments have revealed that ...

Designing of a PID controller is a very common method for industrial process control and due to its very simple and efficient function; it is used in a wide variety of industrial applications. PID controller to reduce the steady state error and dynamic response of the system is used. PID controller design is an inevitable problem in setting the coefficients need to try a lot of trial and error,...

VE (Virtual Environment) provides the three dimensional visual interactive environment for the new generation the fourth generation natural HCI (Human Computer Interaction) system. Modeling the virtual objects is the key to build VE. The paper focuses on the theory, algorithms and core techniques for AVR (From Actual Reality to Virtual Reality) modeling of virtual environment. Based on the inte...

The present work presents teaching–learning based optimization (TLBO) algorithm as an optimization technique in the area of tuning of the classical controller installed in automatic voltage regulator (AVR). The proposed TLBO algorithm is applied with an aim to find out the optimum value of proportional integral derivative (PID) controller gains with first order low pass filter installed in the ...

In this paper, a real-valued genetic algorithm (RGA) and a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm with a new fitness function method are proposed to design a PID controller for the Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) system. The proposed fitness function can let the RGA and PSO algorithm search a high-quality solution effectively and improve the transient response of the controlled system. T...

Arginine vasopressin (AVP) and angiotensin II (ANG II) are distinct peptide hormones involved in multiple organs modulating renal, cardiovascular, and brain functions. They achieve these functions via specific G protein-coupled receptors, respectively. The AVR/NAVR locus encodes two overlapping V2-type vasopressin isoreceptors: angiotensin-vasopressin receptor (AVR) responding to ANG II and AVP...

INTRODUCTION Reports describing respiratory function of patients after conventional or minimally invasive cardiac surgery are infrequent. AIM To compare pulmonary functional status after conventional (AVR) and after minimally invasive, through right anterior minithoracotomy, aortic valve replacement (RT-AVR). MATERIAL AND METHODS This was an observational analysis of 212 patients scheduled ...