We develop an algorithm for solving the stochastic convex program SCP by combining Vaidya s volumetric center interior point method VCM for solv ing non smooth convex programming problems with the Monte Carlo sampling technique to compute a subgradient A near central cut variant of VCM is developed and for this method an approach to perform bulk cut translation and adding multiple cuts is given...

We perform error probability analysis of the uncoded OFDM fixed gain Amplify-and-Forward (AF) relaying system with subcarrier permutation (SCP). Two SCP schemes, named: the best-to-best SCP (BTB SCP) and the best-to-worst SCP (BTW SCP) are considered. Closedform expressions for the bit error rate (BER) of the above SCP methods are derived. Numerical results manifest that these SCP schemes may o...

This article identifies barriers that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) encounter when they openly innovate, according to the open innovation (OI) mode used (inbound, outbound, coupled). A qualitative analysis—involving seven case studies of SMEs active in digital (high-tech) or social economy (low-tech) sectors—reveals face more internal than external OI barriers. Overall, nature does ...

Summary Motivation The scientific community devotes considerable attention to defining and implementing approaches for preventing managing disasters. article presents an innovative disaster management approach that considers societal, economic, environmental issues expectations, in order stimulate actors' collaboration at different scales (local, national, etc.). Purpose proposes integrates the...

This article describes the findings of a pilot program designed to enter advanced prostate cancer patients into the hospice benefit while they are still being actively treated, but in situations where treatment is known to be primarily palliative in nature. The supportive care program (SCP) combines the medical model's goal to prolong life with the goal of hospice to palliate symptoms and impro...

Although neither the physiological function nor the mechanism of action of sterol carrier protein 2 (SCP(2)) is yet completely clear, it is thought that SCP(2) interacts with membranes to elicit its biological effects. The results presented here show that the SCP(2) N-terminus, composed of two amphipathic alpha-helices, interacted preferentially with highly curved but not lower-curvature membra...

Model calibration is an essential test that dynamic hypotheses must pass in order to serve as tools for decision-making. In short, it the search a match between actual and simulated behaviours using parameter inference. Here, we approach such inference process from Bayesian perspective. Under this paradigm, provide statements about parameters (viewed random variables) data probabilistic terms. ...

With the evolution of COVID-19 pandemic, there is now a need for point-of-care devices quantification disease biomarkers toward severity assessment. Disease progression has been determined as multifactor phenomenon and can be treated based on host immune response within each individual. CoST an electrochemical immunosensor device that determine through multiplex measurement spike protein, nucle...

Sterol carrier protein-2 (SCP-2) and SCP-x are ubiquitous proteins found in all mammalian tissues. Although both proteins interact with fatty acids, their relative contributions to the uptake, oxidation, and esterification of straight-chain (palmitic) and branched-chain (phytanic) fatty acids in living cells has not been resolved. Therefore, the effects of each gene product on fatty acid metabo...