We introduce an expandable Bayesian network (EBN) to handle the combination of diverse multiple homogeneous evidence sets. An EBN is an augmented Bayesian network which instantiates its structure at runtime according to the structure of input. We show an application of an EBN for a multi-view 3-D object description problem in computer vision. The experiments show that the proposed method gives ...

Polyploidization has played a major role in the origin and evolution of polyploid species. In this article we outline the unique characteristics of 2n gametes and implications of their participation in the evolution of polyploid Solanum species. The genetic consequences of 2n gametes indicate that sexual polyploidization results in greater variability, fitness, and heterozygosity than does soma...

هيلع لوصلحا نكيم يذلا وه يبطلا ناهربلا يلع لوصلحا نكيم فنصتو يلماكتو يليلتح ،يفصو نوكي دق يتلاو ،جهن نم طاقن في صخلتو اهتيعونل اًقفو ةجردتم تايوتسم ىلإ ةلدلأا براجتلا ،ءاربلخا ءارآ نم ةلدلأا رداصم جردتتو .ةيصوتلا في ةوقلا بسانلما مادختسلاا نإ .يولتلا ليلحتلا ىتح ،ةطوبضلما ةيئاوشعلا ددحي ىضرلما ةياعرب ةلصلا تاذ تارارقلا ذاختا في ةيلالحا ةلدلأل لاقلما اذه في .ةلدلأا ىلع ةمئاقلا باصعلأاو خلما ةحارج...

Medical evidence is obtainable from approaches, which might be descriptive, analytic and integrative and ranked into levels of evidence, graded according to quality and summarized into strengths of recommendation. Sources of evidence range from expert opinions through well-randomized control trials to meta-analyses. The conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in maki...

The electron spin resonance (EPR) spin-trapping technique allows detection of radical species with nanosecond half-lives. This technique is based on the high rates of addition of radicals to nitrones or nitroso compounds (spin traps; STs). The paramagnetic nitroxides (spin-adducts) formed as a result of reactions between STs and radical species are relatively stable compounds whose EPR spectra ...

Edible bird's nest (EBN) is popular in Asia, and has long been used traditionally as a supplement. There are, however, limited evidence-based studies on its efficacy. EBN has been reported to improve dyslipidemia, which is closely linked to hypercoagulation states. In the present study, the effects of EBN on high-fat diet- (HFD-) induced coagulation in rats were evaluated. Rats were fed for 12 ...

In today’s heterogeneous Internet, bandwidth available to TCP flows is often variable. However, current TCP cannot perform optimally under such dynamically varying bandwidth conditions. This paper addresses this problem by introducing a new architecture to improve TCP performance with explicit bandwidth notification (EBN). It uses a normalized bandwidth feedback method to provide accurate and t...

The availability of Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN) online to institutions that currently subscribe to the print version is good news for nurse educators. EBN online offers educators an innovative way to use the journal’s resources and the internet to teach students about evidence-based practice (EBP). Each issue of EBN online contains the full text (downloadable and printable) of all abstracts of...

This paper describes the synthesis and characterization of epoxy resins based on (hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphenol (EFN) and p,p’-isopropylidenebisphenol (EBN), respectively and 4, 4’(hexafluoroisopropylidene)dipthalic-imideamine (IMAM), a curing agent. The synthesized epoxy resins and IMAM curing agent were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (...

ndemic Balkan nephropathy (EBN), a disease restricted to three Balkan countries (Bulgaria, Rumania, and Yugoslavia), is characterized by a progressive shrinking of the kidneys and, in some cases, tumors in the proximal regions of the urinary tract (1,2). A coronavirus was reported to be involved in the etiology of the disease, mostly on the basis of the isolation of a virus in cultures of kidne...