BACKGROUND Atomoxetine is FDA-approved as a treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in patients aged 6 years to adult. Among pediatric clinical trials of atomoxetine to date, six with a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled design were used in this meta-analysis. The purpose of this article is to describe and compare the treatment response and tolerability of atomoxe...

The structural and optical characterization of bulk GeO2-PbO glasses was the goal of this study. In this regard, six different (100-x)GeO2‌-xPbO (15<x<45) glasses were prepared by conventional melt quenching technique between two steel sheets. The produced samples were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and UV-Vis s...

Resistance to insecticides remains a major problem for the successful control of the horn Xy, Haematobia irritans irritans (L.), one of the most important pests of cattle in many countries including the United States. The organophosphate (OP) insecticide diazinon has been used to control pyrethroid-resistant populations of the horn Xy. There are only a few reported cases of horn Xy resistance t...

The Pseudo-Boolean Optimization (PBO) and Maximum Satisfiability (MaxSAT) problems are natural optimization extensions of Boolean Satisfiability (SAT). In the recent past, different algorithms have been proposed for PBO and for MaxSAT, despite the existence of straightforward mappings from PBO to MaxSAT and viceversa. This papers proposes Weighted Boolean Optimization (WBO), a new unified frame...

Linear Pseudo-Boolean Optimization (PBO) is a widely used modeling framework in Electronic Design Automation (EDA). Due to significant advances in Boolean Satisfiability (SAT), new algorithms for PBO have emerged, which are effective on highly constrained instances. However, these algorithms fail to handle effectively the information provided by the cost function of PBO. This paper addresses th...

BACKGROUND: The susceptibility of adult house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L.), adult convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens (Guérin-Méneville), and larval fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith), to resmethrin and δ-phenothrin synergized with piperonyl butoxide (PBO) was evaluated in a laboratory bioassay procedure. RESULTS: The 1 day LC50 values for resmethrin + PBO were 23.2, 3...

The electrochemical activities of PbO(2) thin-film electrodes were systematically studied with an oxygen-transfer reaction, i.e., the oxidation of thiourea. Five different types of PbO(2) film electrodes were prepared using various methods to investigate the influence of the interfacial oxide layer formed between the Ti substrate and the PbO(2) layer contacting the electrolyte. Among the electr...

Cutting planes are a well-known, widely used, and very effective technique for Integer Linear Programming (ILP). However, cutting plane techniques are seldom used in PseudoBoolean Optimization (PBO) algorithms. This paper addresses the utilization of Gomory mixed-integer and clique cuts, in Satisfiability-based algorithms for PBO, and shows how these cuts can be used for computing lower bounds ...

Aromatic polybenzoxazole (PBO) precursor, hydroxy-substituted polyenaminonitrile, was prepared by direct polycondensation of 1,4-bis(1-chloro-2,2-dicyanovinyl)benzene (CCB) and 4,6-diaminoresorcinol dihydrochloride (DAR) using pyridine and N,N-dimethylacetamide as condensing agent and solvent. The precursor has good solubility in polar aprotic solvent which is due to the strong dipolar nature o...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the trial was to assess the efficacy of chondroitin sulphate (CS) on symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) associated to psoriasis. METHODS In this randomized, double-blind, placebo (PBO)-controlled clinical trial 129 patients with symptomatic knee OA and concomitant psoriasis were randomized into two groups receiving 800 mg daily of CS or PBO for 3 months. The primary eff...