Background and Objectives: Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from tuberculosis patients in the multiethnic province of Alborz, Iran was assessed.Materials and Methods: A total of 17 isolates in the period of 2012-2013 were collected and subjected to a Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA
The problem of real-time optimal guidance is extremely important for successful autonomous missions.In this paper, the last phases of click here autonomous lunar landing trajectories are addressed.The proposed guidance is based on the Particle Swarm Optimization, and the differential flatness approach, which is a subclass of the inverse dynamics te
This paper describes the results of meteorological observations (mainly surface and aerological) carried out by meteorological observation members of the 22nd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-22) at Syowa Station for the period from 1 February 1981 to 31 January 1982.The observations and the statistics of surface and aerological data we
Abstract Background Research on the ecological consequences of global climate change has elicited a growing interest in the use of time series analysis to investigate population dynamics in a changing climate.Here, we compare linear and non-linear models describing the contribution of climate to the density fluctuations of the population of wolves