Glutamate has a key role in the neuronal cell damage associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Liquiritin (LQ), a major constituent of Glycyrrhiza Radix, possesses various pharmacological activities. The present study investigated the neuroprotective effect of LQ against glutamate‑induced cell damage in the differentiated PC12 (DPC12) rat pheochromocytoma cell line. Pretreatment wit...

In this paper, our aim is to estimate sparse sequences in the framework of the heteroscedastic white noise model. To model sparsity, we consider a Bayesian model composed of a mixture of a heavy-tailed density and a point mass at zero. To evaluate the performance of the Bayes rules (the median or the mean of the posterior distribution), we exploit an alternative to the minimax setting developed...

This paper presents an analysis of classical and modern control methods for blood glucose control of diabetic patients under intensive care. Employing a modified twocompartment model proposed by Bergman, et al. (1979), linear feedback control law leads to a fully symbolic solution. In case of nonlinear approach, considering glucose injection as the only control variable and using Pontryagin's m...

Abstract: In this paper a state feedback controller is designed to stabilize a discrete-time nonlinear and uncertain system. The Takagi Sugeno (TS) fuzzy model with norm-bounded uncertainties is considered for modelling the nonlinear system. Beyond stability, a mixed (LQ/H∝) index is also considered, which simultaneously guarantees an upper bound of LQ cost and is robust for unknown external di...

AIM To evaluate and compare the functional status in surgically treated patients with Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) compared with those treated conservatively by Levine Questionnaire (LQ) in relation to electroneurographic findings. METHODS The prospective study included 80 patients with diagnosed CTS. Patients were assessed clinically and electrophysiologically. The main outcome measures were...

Abstract— This paper presents an adaptive control strategy with LQ control of a quarter-car, which is ameliorated to smoothly follow the dynamically changing reference arm angle, in order to omit the heave sensor in this study. Linearized plant parameters are initially derived from model equation and then estimated by online estimator. LQ control method provides optimal control effort with corr...

In this paper we propose the general bulk service queueing model for FM/M(a,b)/1/MWV/Br. The batches are served according to FCFS discipline. In which arrival rate, vacation parameter, service rate for busy period, and for vacation period are all considered as trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. The basic idea is to convert all these fuzzy numbers into crisp values by applying Robust ranking Technique. ...

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BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is caused by high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV). DNA testing of such high-risk types of HPV could improve cervical screening.The aim of the study was to compare the sensitivities and positive predictive values of two commercially available typing assays (Qiagen LQ and Roche LA) and to comparatively assess the distribution of HPV types with these two assays....