Soil nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) data arranged on a three-dimensional grid were analyzed to compare tillage effect on the spatial distribution of residual NO3-N in the soil profile of agricultural plots drained by subsurface tiles. A three-dimensional median-based resistant (to outlier(s)) approach was developed to polish the spatially located data on soil NO3-N affected by directional trends (non...

Most dimension reduction techniques produce ordered coordinates so that only the first few coordinates need be considered in subsequent analyses. The choice of how many coordinates to use is often made with a visual heuristic, i.e., by making a scree plot and looking for a “big gap” or an “elbow.” In this article, we present a simple and automatic procedure to accomplish this goal by maximizing...

We have previously reported that human total body clearance (CL) and steady-state volume of distribution (Vss) of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) could be predicted reasonably well from monkey data alone using simple allometry with scaling exponents of 0.79 and 1.12 (for soluble targets), and 0.96 and 1.00 (for membrane-bound targets). In the present study, to predict the plasma concentration-time...

We plot the functionality and architecture of a personalized agent that represents its users in decisionmaking on various matters, when it is necessary to reason about mental attributes of other human and automatic agents (virtual mental world). Natural language multiagent mental simulator NL_MAMS is suggested as a unit for reasoning and user profile specification. The simulator is capable of y...

BACKGROUND The glucuronidation process has been regarded as the key elimination process for toxic bile acids. UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A3 is one important metabolizing enzyme involved in this process. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the inhibition of UGT1A3 by scutellarein which is an important herbal ingredient using in vitro method, trying to indicate the possibility of toxicity due to the ...

Dynamical parameters like average velocity dispersion and temperature profile of galaxy clusters are determined using a quasi equilibrium thermodynamic theory. The calculated velocity dispersion results from theory and simulations shows a good agreement with the velocity dispersion results of (Abdullah et al. 2011). An Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR), Grid based hybrid code have been used to car...

OBJECTIVE Phantoms with simulating mandibular trabecular bone structure fabricated using micro-stereolithography were applied for a quantitative evaluation of cone-beam computed tomography (CT) images. MATERIALS AND METHODS Phantoms with a three-dimensional lattice, in which a square pillar was set at 0.10, 0.20, 0.30 and 0.40 mm at the edge, spaced at 0.60 mm, were made of an acrylic resin u...