Abstract Introduction The neuropeptide pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is considered to be a potential therapeutic agent for prevention of cerebral ischemia.Ischemia is a most common cause of death after heart attack and cancer causing major negative social and economic consequences.This study was designed to investigate

Production control for high-mix production remains a complex issue.Common pull system replenishment generates large works-in-process (WIPs) for each part type, especially under breakdown.This paper attempts to solve this by presenting a production control that classifies parts into two categories.The performances of three production control mechani

Regularization methods are often employed to reduce here overfitting of machine learning models.Nonconvex penalty functions are often considered for regularization because of their near-unbiasedness properties.In this paper, we consider two relatively new penalty functions: Laplace and arctan, and show how they fit into certain recently introduced

A case of Trypanosoma congolense savannah type infection in a 4-year old German shepherd dog weighing 26-kg was presented to the Small Animal Clinic, University of Nairobi, Kenya, with the history of anorexia and difficulty in breathing.The clinical manifestations were fever, pale mucous membrane, dyspnea and wasting.Blood examination revealed the