The Knapsack Problem with Setup (KPS) is a generalization of the classical Knapsack problem (KP), where items are divided into families. An individual item can be selected only if a setup is incurred for the family to which it belongs. This paper provides a dynamic programming (DP) algorithm for the KPS that produces optimal solutions in pseudo-polynomial time. In order to reduce the storage re...

Infantswithsignificantcornealopacitiesareat risk fordevelopmentofprofound deprivation amblyopia without surgical intervention. Early cornealtransplantationisrecommended. However, penetrating keratoplasty (PK) in young children is considered a high-risk procedure. Additionally, apoorerprognosishasbeendescribed in children with congenital corneal opacities when compared with acquired corneal opac...

PURPOSE To describe a visually evoked potential (VEP) examination performed on a patient with a keratoprosthesis. METHODS We report the case of a 60-year-old patient with a Fyodorov-Zuev keratoprosthesis in the right eye complained of gradual visual deterioration in that eye. His past medical history consisted of failed corneal graft procedures due to corneal dystrophy and an Ahmed valve impl...

OBJECTIVE To quantitatively evaluate the anterior segment using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) following Boston keratoprosthesis type 1. METHODS A retrospective study consisted of AS-OCT imaging at a single time point postoperatively in 52 eyes. Main outcomes measures include anatomical and functional anterior chamber depth (ACD), angle (ACA) and peripheral and proxima...

This paper considers the application of Wireless Sensor Networks in healthcare monitoring systems. The KPS protocol with and without looping in Wireless Sensor Networks is also discussed. The KPS protocol is used for efficient delivery of messages of interest in the form of packets generated from different source nodes to multiple sink nodes within different geographic target regions. In the KP...

Kisspeptins (KPs) are major regulators of trophoblast and cancer invasion. Thus far, limited and conflicting data are available on KP-mediated modulation of breast cancer (BC) metastasis; mostly based on synthetic KP-10, the most active fragment of KP. Here, we report for the first time comprehensive functional effects of term placental KPs on proliferation, adhesion, Matrigel invasion, motilit...

Purpose: Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers with one of the poorest survival rates following brain metastasis. Only a few studies have described outcomes after radiosurgery and predictors of mortality in these patients. We describe a multi-center experience in the treatment of colorectal cancer metastases to the brain using stereotactic radiosurgery. Material and Methods: A ret...