Multi-state Systems (MSS) are those systems whose stochastic degradation process is characterized by several performance levels varying from nominal functioning to complete failure. MSS arise naturally in many application areas. Since, MSS reliability evaluation and estimation has received a great attention from researchers and a wide range of papers dealing with MSS exist in the literature. In...

During visual fixation, the eyes make fast involuntary miniature movements known as microsaccades (MSs). When MSs are executed they displace the visual image over the retina and can generate neural modulation along the visual pathway. However, the effects of MSs on neural activity have substantial variability and are not fully understood. By utilizing voltage-sensitive dye imaging, we imaged th...

This paper describes, summarizes and comments on the empirical studies in the use of three information technologies to support managerial activities: decision support systems (DSS), group decision support systems (GDSS), and expert systems (ES). These are collectively labeled as managerial support systems (MSS). A classification scheme to organize empirical research in MSS is proposed. An overv...

Core-shell structured CaCO3 microspheres (MSs) were prepared by a facile, one-pot method at room temperature. The adsorbent dosage and adsorption time of the obtained CaCO3 MSs were investigated. The results suggest that these CaCO3 MSs can rapidly and efficiently remove 99-100% of anionic dyes within the first 2 min. The obtained CaCO3 MSs have a high Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area (211.7...

Multimedia Software Systems (MSS) are characterized by their surface capabilities of collecting and producing textual, pictorial, sound and haptic events. A crucial requirement on the MSS-user interaction is to prevent users from getting lost in the multimedia virtual space and from performing incorrect operations. To this end, MSS development requires the coordination of computational and outp...

Two Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterial strains, MSS-160(T) and MSS-161, were isolated from a marine solar saltern in the Yellow Sea, Korea, and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The two strains grew optimally in the presence of 2 % (w/v) NaCl and at 25-30 degrees C. Strains MSS-160(T) and MSS-161 contained MK-7 as the predominant menaquinone and large amounts of fatty acids C(16 : 1)o...

The BRAF oncogene is mutated in 15% of sporadic colorectal cancers. Approximately half of these BRAF mutant cancers demonstrate frequent frameshift mutations termed microsatellite instability (MSI), but are diploid and chromosomally stable. BRAF wild type cancers are typically microsatellite stable (MSS) and instead acquire chromosomal instability (CIN). In these cancers, CIN is associated with...

Similarity search in math is to find mathematical expressions that are similar to a user’s query. We conceptualized the similarity factors between mathematical expressions, and proposed an approach to math similarity search (MSS) by defining metrics based on those similarity factors [11]. Our preliminary implementation indicated the advantage of MSS compared to nonsimilarity based search. In or...