* Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] AbstractIn this paper, we introduce hybrid differential evolution with a multiplier updating method to solve constrained optimization problems. An adaptive scheme for penalty parameters is involved in the proposed algorithm so that smaller penalty parameters can be used and does not affect the final search results. Computational examples ...

0. Introduction In order to understand what is going on when phonology is acquired we clearly need to understand what is being acquired. We need to understand what phonology is, and what aspects of it have to be learned. have deepened our understanding of the phonological component of the human linguistic system, its interfaces with other components and the extent and nature of cross-linguistic...

This article was accepted under the editorship of David A. F. Haaga. This paper is drawn from a doctoral dissertation by the first author, entitled “Parenting and Family Support in Primary Care Settings,” which was supervised by the second author. Special thanks go to Dr. Jan Nicholson, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, who as associate supervisor provided invaluable...

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AbstractIn this paper, a low-voltage current mirror with neuron MOSFETs is proposed. The proposed circuit can decrease a variation of an output current of the current mirror by monitoring an error of the output current caused by the mismatch of MOSFETs. In addition, the proposed circuit can avoid a trade-off between an accuracy and an output swing. The proposed circuit is fabricated in phenitec...

In this issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, Sakabe et al report that the polymerase acidic (PA) protein component of the H5N1 influenza RNA-dependent RNA polymerase affects cytokine production in human macrophages and may be important in determining pathogenicity in mice [1]. They imply that PA may be relevant to the increased mortality mediated by hypercytokinemia in H5N1 infection in...

AbstractIn this paper, a novel functional network designing method based on cultural algorithm is proposed. This method can get the hybrid basis function and its parameters with optimal searching achieving the learning between functional network structure and the functional parameters, and each model of the initial set is evaluated by the adjusted  R squared criterion ) ( 2 a R , to find the o...

Clique sizes for chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) grooming and for human conversation are compared in order to test Robin Dunbar’s hypothesis that human language is almost three times as efficient a bonding mechanism as primate grooming. Recalculation of the data provided by Dunbar et al. (1995) reveals that the average clique size for human conversation is 2.72 whereas that of chimpanzee grooming ...

AbstractIn this paper, the use of Simulated Evolution (SimE) Algorithm in the design of digital logic circuits is proposed. SimE algorithm consists of three steps: evaluation, selection and allocation. Two goodness measures are designed to guide the selection and allocation operations of SimE. Area, power and delay are considered in the optimization of circuits. Results obtained by SimE algorit...