Background: Invasive candidiasis, caused mostly by Candida albicans and C.tropicalis is one of the most common causes of bloodstream infection with a substantial attributable mortality.This disease is associated with formation of structured, multilayered microbial communities known as biofilms over indwelling devices.Treatment is rendered difficult

Neisseria meningitidis is a human exclusive pathogen that can lead to invasive meningococcal disease or may be carried in the upper respiratory tract without symptoms.The relationship between carriage and disease remains poorly understood but it is widely accepted that decreasing carriage by immunization should lead to a reduction of invasive cases

Hybrid renewable energy (HRE) sources have become a popular alternative in isolated and rural locations; because of the increased prices of fossil fuels and their CO2 emissions.This paper investigates the application of recent optimization methods to dedicate the optimal configuration of HRE sources.These HRE sources comprise photovoltaic (PV) pane

Image compression is a process applied to reduce the size of an image file, byte by byte, without reducing its quality acceptability levels.By reducing the file size, more images can be stored dona given amount of disk or memory space.Thus, bandwidth is required when images are transmitted over the Internet or downloaded from a web page, reducing n

In the traditional double auction market, the number of achievable tradable pairs are usually limited by the market size.To solve this problem, we propose new double auction mechanisms based on social networks to realize market expansion.In this paper, we examine the double auction market, which consists of a group of sellers and a group of buyers,