Dexamethasone inhibits the expression of the interleukin-2 receptor, the synthesis of immune interferon, and the development of natural killer cells when added to peripheral blood mononuclear cells cultured with soluble microbial antigens (purified protein derivative and a polysaccharide extract from Candida albicans [MPPS]) or human recombinant interleukin-2.

Networks of workstations have become increasingly popular for high performance computing. However, in order to become a real alternative for MPPs, reliability and efficiency issues must be tackled. In this paper, we identify the key challenges for very large workstation networks, and describe implementation techniques at system software level to overcome these problems. CROWN, a testbed for exp...

In recent years, the photovoltaic (PV) system was designed to supply solar power through arrays. The PV generator exhibits nonlinear voltage–current characteristics and its maximum point tracking (MPPT), which varies with temperature radiation. event of non-uniform insolation, several multiple points (MPPs) appear in power–voltage characteristic module. Thus, a hybrid combination binary particl...

Sound absorbing micro-perforated panels (MPPs) are being increasingly used because of their high quality in terms hygiene, sustainability and durability. The present work investigates the feasibility performance MPPs when as an acoustic treatment lecture rooms. With this purpose, three different steel specimens were first designed following existing predictive models then physically manufacture...

• Studies dynamic effects of macroprudential policy (MPP) on macrofinancial variables. Uses novel regime-switching factor-augmented VAR model to identify shifts. Includes intensity-adjusted index for MPPs tracking strength adjustments. Credit growth and capital inflows decrease following a tightening MPP shock. Reactions are stronger in low-interest rate environment. In line with recent discuss...

Particle back-corona slows the efficiency of dry-electrostatic precipitator (dry-ESP), especially during removal high resistivity particles. In this study, a new type wet-electrostatic (wet-ESP) was designed and built using stainless steel (SS), conductive glass (CG), original (OG) for its collection plates. The objectives research included characteristics both dry-ESP wet-ESP, how materials us...

In this paper, we propose a new algorithm called multiple physicochemical properties and support vector machines (MppS) which uses support vector machines (SVM) in conjunction with multiple physicochemical properties of amino acids. The algorithm was tested in two problems: HIV-protease and recognition of T-cell epitopes. A series of SVM classifiers combined with the ‘‘max rule’’ enables us to ...

Mucus is a highly viscoelastic and adhesive substance that protects against infection and injury at nearly all entry points to the body not covered by skin. However, mucus also traps potentially life-saving drugs and nucleic acids delivered by synthetic nanoparticles, including those composed of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) and poly(e-caprolactone) (PCL), two FDA-approved polymers commo...

Recently, a swarm-based method called Artificial Hummingbird Algorithm (AHA) has been proposed for solving optimization problems. The AHA algorithm mimics the unique flight capabilities and intelligent foraging techniques of hummingbirds in their environment. In this paper, we propose modified version combined with genetic operators mAHA. experimental results show that mAHA improved convergence...

Recent progress in semiconductor technology enables practical use of MPP systems in numerical intensive computations. However, current MPPs are still very ine cient for general-purpose computations. Our main goal is to construct a truly general-purpose massively parallel processor that covers application elds not only for vector super-computers but also for main-frames and workstations. Potenti...