Yu-Cheng Chou¹, Wei-Chieh Liao², Yan-Liang Chen², Ming Chang², Po Ting Lin³

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.25, No.1, pp. 79-90, 2019, DOI:10.31209/2018.100000011

Abstract This paper presents the Distributed Heterogeneous Inspection System (DHIS), which comprises two CUDA workstations and is equipped with CPU distributed computing, CPU concurrent computing, and GPU concurrent computing functions. Thirty-two grayscale images, each with 5,000× 12,288 pixels and simulated defect patterns, were created to evaluate the performances of three system configurations: (1) DHIS; (2) two CUDA workstations with CPU distributed computing and GPU concurrent computing; (3) one CUDA workstation with GPU concurrent computing. Experimental results indicated that: (1) only DHIS can satisfy the time limit, and the average turnaround time of DHIS is 37.65% of More >

Patrick D. Evers^1,*, Tarek Alsaied^1,2,*, Jeffrey B. Anderson¹, James F. Cnota¹, Allison A. Divanovic¹

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.2, pp. 221-229, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12713

Abstract Objective: Maternal anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB antibodies can lead to fetal complete heart block (CHB). Current guidelines recommend weekly echocardiographic screening between 16 and 28 weeks gestation. Given the cost of screening and the rarity of conduction abnormalities in fetuses of mothers with low anti-Ro levels (<50 U/mL), we sought to identify a strategy that optimizes resource utilization.
Design: Decision analysis cost-utility modeling was performed for three screening paradigms: “standard screening” (SS) in which mid-gestation mothers are screened weekly, “limited screening” (LS) in which fetal echocardiograms are avoided unless the fetus develops bradycardia, and “targeted screening by maternal… More >

A. Cruz-Estrada^1,2, E. Ruiz-Sánchez², I.L. Medina Baizabal¹, E. Balam-Uc¹ and M. Gamboa-Angulo^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.88, No.2, pp. 161-170, 2019, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2019.05809

Abstract The development of plant-derived products to control Bemisia tabaci Genn. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is an urgent need for production of horticultural crops. Plant extracts and essential oils of several species of the genus Eugenia (Myrtaceae) have shown insecticidal activity. In southern Mexico, leaf extracts from Eugenia winzerlingii showed nematicidal effect but its insecticidal properties have not been explored. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the insecticidal effect of aqueous and organic extracts from E. winzerlingii leaves on B. tabaci egg, nymph and adult stages, and else to explore its nursery propagation. Then, extracts… More >

Ramesa Shafi BHAT¹, Amina El GEZEERY², Abir Ben BACHAN¹, Mona Awad ALONAZI¹, Leena Saleh ALSUHAIBANI¹, Afaf El-ANSARY^3,4

BIOCELL, Vol.43, No.2, pp. 65-71, 2019, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2019.07012

Abstract Fluoride is a key ingredient of many psychiatric drugs like fluoxetine (Prozac^®, Fluoxetine^®). Pregnant women frequently use this drug as they suffer from depression and anxiety disorders during this period. Fluoxetine is able to reach the fetus through the placenta and passes to the newborn through milk. In the present study, female Wistar rats were treated with 5, 10, and 20 mg/L fluoxetine (containing 94% fluorides) from pregnancy day 10 to day 20. After delivery, the levels of the enzymatic antioxidants in the brain of their offspring at postnatal day 2 were measured. The results More >

Wenjing Yang*, Peijin Liu, Qiang Li, Guoqiang He

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.22, No.1, pp. 100-100, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05495

Abstract Particle manipulation due to SSAW has been spread widely in many lab-on-a-ship applications such as flow cytometry, single molecular detection, protein folding, cell sorting and enzymatic kinetics. For microflow, particle separation can be quite difficult, since the laminar nature of microfluidic flow predominantly determines the particle motion following the fixed streamlines. Thus the lateral forces are necessary to change the original path of particles, involving hydrodynamic force, electro-kinetic force, dielectrophoresis force and acoustic force. To date, the standing surface acoustic wave (SSAW) shows the unique abilities in separating particles in micro-channel. Based on particle size,… More >

Ingrid Souza Vieira da Silva¹, Natália Soares Prado¹, Patrícia Gontijo de Melo², Danilo Campion Arantes³, Mara Zeni Andrade⁴, Harumi Otaguro¹, Daniel Pasquini^1,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.7, No.1, pp. 73-87, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2019.00042

Abstract In this work, nine different types of edible coating based on pectin, cellulose nanocrystals, glycerol, and essential oil of lemongrass were prepared and used to coat strawberries with a film formed directly on the surface of the coated fruit. The effects of the different edible coatings on refrigerated fruits in terms of weight loss, titratable acidity, total soluble solids, pH, and anthocyanin content was evaluated after 2 days, 4 days, 6 days, and 8 days of storage. Application of the edible coatings reduced the weight loss of the coated strawberries and the anthocyanin content. The More >

Mohammad Behrouzian Nejad¹, Mohammad Ebrahim Shiri Ahmadabadi^{1, 2, *}

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.119, No.1, pp. 185-205, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2019.01838

Abstract The main target of this paper is presentation of an efficient method for MRI images classification so that it can be used to diagnose patients and non-patients. Image classification is one of the prominent subset topics of machine learning and data mining that the most important image technique is the auto-categorization of images. MRI images with high resolution and appropriate accuracy allow physicians to decide on the diagnosis of various diseases and treat them. The auto categorization of MRI images toward diagnosing brain diseases has been being used to accurately diagnose hospitals, clinics, physicians and… More >

Guozhong Dong^1,2,*, Jun Gao³, Liang Huang⁴, Chunlei Shi¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.60, No.1, pp. 213-225, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.05601

Abstract The rapid spread of microblog messages and sensitivity of unexpected events make microblog become the public opinion center of burst events. Online burst events detection oriented real-time microblog message stream has become an important research problem in the field of microblog public opinion. Because of the large amount of real-time microblog message stream and irregular language of microblog message, it is important to process real-time microblog message stream and detect burst events accurately. In this paper, an online burst events detection framework is proposed. In this framework, abnormal messages are detected based on sliding time More >

Yalan Wang^1,2, Yuling Chen^1,*, Haseeb Ahmad³, Zhanhong Wei⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.59, No.2, pp. 635-648, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.05251

Abstract To ensure the security during the communication, we often adopt different ways to encrypt the messages to resist various attacks. However, with the computing power improving, the existing encryption and authentication schemes are being faced with big challenges. We take the message authentication as an example into a careful consideration. Then, we proposed a new message authentication scheme with the Advanced Encryption Standard as the encryption function and the new quantum Hash function as the authentication function. Firstly, the Advanced Encryption Standard algorithm is used to encrypt the result of the initial message cascading the… More >

Afzal Badshah¹, Anwar Ghani¹, Muhammad Ahsan Qureshi², Shahaboddin Shamshirband,^3,4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.61, No.1, pp. 81-101, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.06288

Abstract Educational institutions are soft targets for the terrorist with massive and defenseless people. In the recent past, numbers of such attacks have been executed around the world. Conducting research, in order to provide a secure environment to the educational institutions is a challenging task. This effort is motivated by recent assaults, made at Army Public School Peshawar, following another attack at Charsada University, Khyber Pukhtun Khwa, Pakistan and also the Santa Fe High School Texas, USA massacre. This study uses the basic technologies of edge computing, cloud computing and IoT to design a smart emergency… More >