this paper presents a new mathematical model for a hybrid flow shop scheduling problem with multiprocessor tasks in which sequence dependent set up times and preemption are considered. the objective is to minimize the weighted sum of makespan and maximum tardiness. three meta-heuristic methods based on genetic algorithm (ga), imperialist competitive algorithm (ica) and a hybrid approach of ga a...

Abstract Objectives To assess the correlations between flaccid penile colour-Doppler ultrasound (fPCDU) parameters, carotid (CCDU) parameters and history of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in men with erectile dysfunction (ED). Methods A consecutive series 269 (55.3±11.6 years) complaining ED were evaluated fPCDU (assessing cavernosal artery peak systolic velocity [CAPSV] acceleratio...

The convex divergence is used as a surrogate function for obtaining a class of ICA algorithms (Independent Component Analysis) called the f-ICA. The convex divergence is a super class of α-divergence, which is a further upper family of Kullback-Leibler divergence or mutual information. Therefore, the f-ICA contains the α-ICA and the minimum mutual information ICA. In addition to theoretical int...

To extract consistently and transiently task-related component maps, a novel ICA paradigm, the ICA with reference (ICA-R), is proposed. ICA-R produces only component maps corresponding to the input stimuli which are used as reference signals in the learning paradigm, and all activations corresponding to a particular stimulus are located in a single component map. Computational and memory requir...

b a ckground : in fact the biofilms are composed of bacterial cells living inmulticellular structures such as tissues and organs embedded within a self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substance (eps). ability to attach and biofilm formation are the most important virulence factors staphylococcus aureus isolates. the aims of this study were to detect intracellular adhesion (ica) locus...

Production scheduling (planning) of an open-pit mine is the procedure during which the rock blocks are assigned to different production periods in a way that the highest net present value of the project achieved subject to operational constraints. The paper introduces a new and computationally less expensive meta-heuristic technique known as imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) for long-term...

Individuals with or at risk for insulin-dependent diabetes (IDD) frequently have autoantibodies against an islet cell cytoplasmic (ICA) antigen thought to be a sialoglycolipid. However, we now report that preabsorption of ICA-positive sera with recombinant glutamate decarboxylase (human GAD 65 and/or GAD 67) reduced or blocked the ICA reactivity of 5/18 (27%) new-onset IDD patients and 7/18 (39...

Cytoplasmic islet cell antibodies are well-established predictive markers of IDDM. Although target molecules of ICA have been suggested to be gangliosides, human monoclonal ICA of the immunoglobulin G class (MICA 1-6) produced from a patient with newly diagnosed IDDM recognized glutamate decarboxylase as a target antigen. Here we analyzed the possible heterogeneity of target antigens of ICA by ...