Lorraine Johnson,1 Mira Shapiro,2 Sylvia Janicki,3 Jennifer Mankoff,4 Raphael B Stricker5 1MyLymeData, San Ramon, CA, USA; 2Analytic Designers LLC, Bethesda, MD, USA; 3School of Literature, Media and Communications, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; 4Paul G.Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington,
A novel desirability function for multi-response optimization and its application in chemical engineering
In many aspects of modern engineering (processes, products, and systems)InIn many aspects of modern engineering (processes, products, and systems) there is a need to optimize multiple responses simultaneously, rather than optimizing one response at a time.The optimization of each individual response may generate as many different results as the res
A Miniaturized MIMO Antenna With Triple Band-Notched Characteristics for UWB Applications
In this paper, a novel compact four-element ultra-wideband (UWB) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna with triple band-notched characteristics is proposed.The proposed antenna is composed of four slot antenna elements with a common rhombic slot, each feeding by a microstrip-fed line to greatly reduce the overall size of the antenna.It has
Personalized Genetic Testing and Norovirus Susceptibility
BACKGROUND: The availability of direct-to-consumer blue square tablecloth personalized genetic testing has enabled the public to access and interpret their own genetic information.Various genetic traits can be determined including resistance to norovirus through a nonsense mutation (G428A) in the FUT2 gene.Although this trait is believed to confer
Antibacterial activity of different formulations of cheese and whey produced with kefir grains
ABSTRACT The development of different products that confer health benefits on the population is a challenge for those who work with food.The aim of this study was to elaborate two formulations of kefir cheese (C1 and C2) and whey (W1, W2), and to evaluate their in situ antibacterial activity against microorganisms of interest in food.Pasteurized hd