简介:Thispaperpresentsabidmodelwhichcanbereadilyimplementedinacompetitivebidenvironmentwithintheconstructionindustry.Competitivebidsituationsinvolveamultiplicityofcriteria.Inthispaper,31criteria,whicheffectoptimumestimation,areconsidered.ThemodelisbasedonCBR,thedatabaseofpastcompletedbids,andinformationassociatedwithsuccessfulbids.CBRisconsideredthebestmethodbecauseofthecomplexityoftheconstructiondomainandthewealthofinformationthatthecontractorspossessedonpastbids.
简介:Twomajorapoptosispathwayshavebeendefinedinmammaliancells,theFas/TNF-R1deathreceptorpathwayandthemitochondriapathway.TheBcl-2familyproteinsconsistofbothanti-apoptosisandpro-apoptosismembersthatregulateapoptosis,mainlybycontrollingthereleaseofcytochromecandothermitochondrialapoptoticevents.However,deathsignalsmediatedbyFas/TNF-R1receptorscanusuallyactivatecaspasesdirectly,bypassingtheneedformitochondriaandescapingtheregulationbyBcl-2familyproteins.Bidisanovelpro-apoptosisBcl-2familyproteinthatisactivatedbycaspase8inresponsetoFas/TNF-R1deathreceptorsignals.ActivatedBidistranslocatedtomitochondriaandinducescytochromecrelease,whichinturnactivatesdownstreamcaspases.Suchaconnectionbetweenthetwoapoptosispathwayscouldbeimportantforinductionofapoptosisincertaintypesofcellsandresponsibleforthepathogenesisofanumberofhumandiseases.