Flow-Shop Scheduling Models with Parameters Represented by Rough Variables

In reality, processing times are often imprecise and this imprecision is critical for the scheduling procedure. This research deals with flow-shop scheduling in rough environment. In this type of scheduling problem, we employ the rough sets to represent the job parameters. The job processing times are assumed to be rough variables, and the problem is to minimize the makespan. Three novel types of rough scheduling models are presented. A rough simulation-based genetic algorithm is designed to solve these models and its effectiveness is well illustrated by numerical experiments.     

Input Data Dependency of a Genetic Algorithm to Solve the Set Covering Problem

A genetic algorithm to solve the set covering problem proposed in the literature had some improvements which gave better solutions, i.e., better chromosomes in the first starting population, taking full account of domain specific knowledge with sound programming skill. We have further investigated the input data dependency of their genetic algorithm, i.e., the dependency on costs and density. We have found that for input problem data sets with densities greater than or equal to 3%, our genetic algorithm is still practical both in computing time and approximation ratio.     

Monosynaptic reflex and natural sleep

Résumé Le réflexe monosynaptique (MSR) du nerf tibial ou du péronier a été observé chez le chat intact en expériences chroniques et non-anesthesié au cours des deux différentes phases du sommeil; la phase de hautvoltage ou des fuseaux et la phase paradoxale de basvoltage.Au cours de cette dernière, le MSR diminue d'amplitude, souvent même disparaît, et le seuil est toujours haut placé.     

Chance Constrained Integer Programming and Stochastic Simulation Based Genetic Algorithm

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A new cell line (XTY) from a tumor of Xenopus laevis.

A new cell line (XTY) was derived from a tumor of a female Xenopus laevis. This cell line has been proliferating in standard amphibian culture medium for more than 4 years (470 generations) and has a doubling time of 75.5 h at 25 degrees C. The cells aggregate into large groups, and their stellate morphology and the expression of desmin demonstrated by immunocytochemistry suggest that their origin is not epithelial.     

A new cell line (XTY) from a tumor ofXenopus laevis

A new cell line (XTY) was derived from a tumor of a femaleXenopus laevis. This cell line has been proliferating in standard amphibian culture medium for more than 4 years (470 generations) and has a doubling time of 75.5 h at 25°C. The cells aggregate into large groups, and their stellate morphology and the expression of desmin demonstrated by immunocytochemistry suggest that their origin is not epithelial.     

Primal Dual Algorithms for the Lexicographically Optimal Base of a Submodular Polyhedron and Its Relation to a Poset Greedoid

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Thermodynamic control of asymmetric amplification in amino acid catalysis

Ever since Pasteur noticed that tartrate crystals exist in two non-superimposable forms that are mirror images of one another--as are left and right hands--the phenomenon of chirality has intrigued scientists. On the molecular level, chirality often has a profound impact on recognition and interaction events and is thus important to biochemistry and pharmacology. In chemical synthesis, much effort has been directed towards developing asymmetric synthesis strategies that yield product molecules with a significant excess of either the left-handed or right-handed enantiomer. This is usually achieved by making use of chiral auxiliaries or catalysts that influence the course of a reaction, with the enantiomeric excess (ee) of the product linearly related to the ee of the auxiliary or catalyst used. In recent years, however, an increasing number of asymmetric reactions have been documented where this relationship is nonlinear, an effect that can lead to asymmetric amplification. Theoretical models have long suggested that autocatalytic processes can result in kinetically controlled asymmetric amplification, a prediction that has now been verified experimentally and rationalized mechanistically for an autocatalytic alkylation reaction. Here we show an alternative mechanism that gives rise to asymmetric amplification based on the equilibrium solid-liquid phase behaviour of amino acids in solution. This amplification mechanism is robust and can operate in aqueous systems, making it an appealing proposition for explaining one of the most tantalizing examples of asymmetric amplification-the development of high enantiomeric excess in biomolecules from a presumably racemic prebiotic world.