ne of the greatest challenges for software developers is forecasting the development effort for a software system for the last decades. The capability to provide a good estimation on software development efforts is necessitated by the project managers. Software effort estimation models divided into two main categories: algorithmic and non-algorithmic. Developers should be able to achieve practi...

Parasite Ag-specific T cell unresponsiveness and diminished IFN-gamma production are immunologic hallmarks of patent infection with lymph-dwelling filarial nematodes. Although this diminished responsiveness is directed primarily against the intravascular microfilarial (MF) parasite stage and mediated in part by reduced APC function, the mechanisms involved are not fully understood. In this repo...

The log-rank conjecture states that the deterministic communication complexity of a Boolean function g (denoted by D(g)) is polynomially related to the logarithm of the rank of the communication matrixMg whereMg is the communication matrix defined byMg(x, y) = g(x, y). An XOR function F : {0, 1} × {0, 1} → {0, 1} with respect to f : {0, 1} → {0, 1} is a function defined by F (x, y) = f(x⊕ y). I...

The Multiquadric Radial Basis Function (MQ) Method is a meshless collocation method with global basis functions. It is known to have exponentional convergence for interpolation problems. We descretize nonlinear elliptic PDEs by the MQ method. This results in modest-size systems of nonlinear algebraic equations which can be efficiently continued by standard continuation software such as AUTO and...

We show that a function f : R → R of bounded variation satisfies VarMf ≤ C Var f, where Mf is the centered Hardy–Littlewood maximal function of f . Consequently, the operator f 7→ (Mf) is bounded from W (R) to L(R). This answers a question of Hajłasz and Onninen in the one-dimensional case.

This study evaluated the effect of mometasone furoate (MF)/formoterol (F) versus its monocomponents, each administered via metered-dose inhaler, on asthma deteriorations and lung function. This 26-week, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled study included subjects aged ≥12 yrs with not well-controlled asthma on low-dose inhaled corticosteroids. After a 2-3-week open-label run-in (MF 100...

increased the time to first asthma deterioration thus decreasing the proportion of subjects experiencing asthma deterioration during the study (MF/F 1⁄4 16.5%; versus MF 1⁄4 28.2% [P 1⁄4 0.006]; versus F 1⁄4 44.7% [P , 0.001]; and vs placebo 1⁄4 45.7% [P , 0.001]). Mean FEV1 AUC0–12h over baseline at week 12 were MF/F 1⁄4 4.00 L · h; MF 1⁄4 2.53 L · h; F 1⁄4 3.83 L · h; and placebo 1⁄4 1.11 L ·...

increased the time to first asthma deterioration thus decreasing the proportion of subjects experiencing asthma deterioration during the study (MF/F 1⁄4 16.5%; versus MF 1⁄4 28.2% [P 1⁄4 0.006]; versus F 1⁄4 44.7% [P , 0.001]; and vs placebo 1⁄4 45.7% [P , 0.001]). Mean FEV1 AUC0–12h over baseline at week 12 were MF/F 1⁄4 4.00 L · h; MF 1⁄4 2.53 L · h; F 1⁄4 3.83 L · h; and placebo 1⁄4 1.11 L ·...

This paper presents a study for solving unsaturated flow in heterogeneous porous media using the meshless method with radial basis function (RBF). For modeling nonlinear hydrological process zone, an exponential model is introduced Richards equation such that we may obtain linearized equation. We adopt multiquadric as RBF simulating problems layered soils, flux and head must satisfy continuity ...