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Integrated Silicon-on-Insulator Spectrometer With Single Pixel Readout for Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy

Mid-infrared spectroscopy in the 2–4 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math> </inline-formula>m wavelength range is of cardinal value for many sensing applications. Current solutions involve bulky and expensive systems to operate. Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) waveguide technology offers means to miniaturize the different parts of the spectrometer. However, the development of on-chip detectors for the mid-infrared wavelength range is in its infancy and the characteristics are not on par with their discrete (cooled) counterparts. In this work, a compact and cheap mid-infrared spectrometer is realized by integrating a SOI arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) spectrometer operating in the 2.3 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>m wavelength range with a high performance mid-infrared photodiode. The AWG has 12 output channels with a spacing of 225 GHz (4 nm) and a free spectral range of 3150 GHz (56 nm), which are simultaneously collected by a single, transistor outline (TO)-packaged extended InGaAs PIN photodiode. The response of each AWG channel is discerned by time-sequentially modulating the optical power in each output channel using integrated Mach-Zehnder based thermo-optic modulators with a <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pi$</tex-math></inline-formula>-phase shift power consumption of <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\approx$</tex-math></inline-formula>50 mW. As an example, the absorption spectrum of a 0.5 mm thick polydimethylsiloxane sheet is sampled and compared to a benchtop spectrometer to good agreement.
Contextual Pattern Embeddings for One-shot Relation Extraction

We consider the task of learning extractors for knowledge base relations from little training data. This learning setup, also referred to as one-shot learning, is challenging for models that assume the availability of substantial amounts of training data from which to learn patterns that can generalize to unseen instances at test time. Nevertheless, it is also of practical importance, as many real-world knowledge bases are incomplete, and need to be extended to new relations for which there are typically limited learning examples. Previous work proposed the use of logic rules combined with matrix factorization in order to improve predictive accuracy when only a few training examples are available. In this work, we instead propose and show how explicit modeling of contextual patterns, within a factorization machine-based model, can be effectively utilized for this task. We test our approach on a standard relation extraction dataset, and ﬁnd that with limited training data, our approach obtains relative improvements of more than 3% points in area under the weighted Mean Average Precision (wMAP) curve, compared to state-of-the-art approaches that utilize matrix factorization combined with additional supervision signals in the form of propositional logic rules.
The Influence of Genetic Modification Technologies on U.S. and EU Crop Yields

Over 90% of U.S. corn and soybeans are planted with genetically modified (GM) seed varieties. We use a flexible, nonlinear functional form to investigate yield differences for corn, soybeans, and wheat between the United States and the European Union (which bans the use of GM technologies). U.S. corn and soybean yields increased relative to EU yields since the introduction of GM technologies. EU wheat yields (for which GM technologies are not commercially available in either region) continue to increase relative to the United States. Thus, the EU ban on GM technologies has likely increased the difference between corn and soybean yields between the two regions.
Risk Assessment-Led Characterisation of the SiteChar UK North Sea Site for the Geological Storage of CO2

Risk assessment-led characterisation of a site for the geological storage of CO 2 in the UK northern North Sea was performed for the EU SiteChar research project as one of a portfolio of sites. Implementation and testing of the SiteChar project site characterisation workflow has produced a ‘dry-run’ storage permit application that is compliant with regulatory requirements. A site suitable for commercial-scale storage was characterised, compatible with current and future industrial carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) sources in the northern UK. Pre-characterisation of the site, based on existing information acquired during hydrocarbon exploration and production, has been achieved from publicly available data. The project concept is to store captured CO 2 at a rate of 5 Mt per year for 20 years in the Blake Oil Field and surrounding Captain Sandstone saline aquifer. This commercial-scale storage of 100 Mt CO 2 can be achieved through a storage scenario combining injection of CO 2 into the oil field and concurrent water production down-dip of the field. There would be no encroachment of supercritical phase CO 2 for more than two kilometres beyond the field boundary and no adverse influence on operating hydrocarbon fields provided there is pressure management. Components of a storage permit application for the site are presented, developed as far as possible within a research project. Characterisation and technical investigations were guided by an initial assessment of perceived risks to the prospective site and a need to provide the information required for the storage permit application. The emphasis throughout was to reduce risks and uncertainty on the subsurface containment of stored CO 2 , particularly with respect to site technical performance, monitoring and regulatory issues, and effects on other resources. The results of selected risk assessment-led site characterisation investigations and the subsequent risk reassessments are described together with their implications for the understanding of the site. Additional investigations are identified that could further reduce risks and uncertainties, and enable progress toward a full storage permit application. Permit performance conditions are presented as SiteChar-recommended useful tools for discussion between the competent authority and operator. © M. Akhurst et al.
Designof EvaluationAreasBased onType ofMobile-BasedVirtual Reality Training Content

In the field of technology education, virtual reality (VR) training has received significant attention in terms of its efficacy in use. Given its many advantages, there is a specific need to emphasize concrete measures for the implementation of VR training in the field of tech education. VR training based on mobile environments has been touted as a means of not only enhancing presence, flow, and learning authenticity, but also of minimizing spatial and temporal constraints. *e present study has developed an evaluation tool for VR training contents, including those based on mobile environments. After categorizing VR training contents in the field of tech education into structure comprehension type, procedure learning type, and equipment experiment type contents, we constructed items for each evaluation area. *e considered areas included learning, media, and content quality. By conducting Delphi surveys with a panel of experts, we confirmed that the derived evaluation items differed in number across different types of content. Under the learning area, satisfaction was found to be adequate for all content types. Items such as flow, interactivity, and learning effects were found to be adequate for procedure learning and equipment experiment type contents. *e media area indicated marked variability in item adequacy depending on the content type. Usability was found to be adequate only for procedure learning type content. For equipment experiment type content, items such as presence, usability, andmanipulability were all found to be adequate. All evaluation items under the content design area were found to be adequate across all content types. *us, regardless of the type of content, it is necessary to fulfil the basic elements within the content design area in order to establish the efficacy of VR training as educational content in the field of tech education.
Factors Associated with Sleep Disturbance Among Community Dwelling Older Adults

Back ground: Sleep disturbanceis associatedwithadverse health impacts andpoor quality of life in older adults.Increasedprevalence of sleeptroubles among older adultscreates the need toinvestigatefactors associated with its occurrence. Control the effect of these factors can help in development of proper interventions for better sleeping patterns in old age. The aim of the study: to determine factors associated with sleep disturbance among community dwelling older adults. Subjects & method: Research design: A descriptive correlational research design was followed. Setting: Somohahealth insurance outpatient clinics, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt. Subjects:170 older adults were recruited. Tools: Four tools were used for data collection: 1) Socio-demographic and clinical data structured interview schedule of community dwelling older adults,2) Factors associated with sleep disturbance assessment structured interview schedule of community dwelling older adults, 3) Life satisfaction IndexZ, and 4)the General Sleep Disturbance Scale (GSDS). Results: More than three quarters of the study subjects suffer from significant levels of overall sleep disturbance. Conclusion: Sleep disturbance among the study subjects is significantly associated with differentpersonal characteristics, health status, life style behaviors, sleep environment and psychological status of them. Recommendations: Evaluation of sleep patterns among older adults should be done periodically by the gerontological nurse to discover sleep disturbance and factors associated with it. Then, the nurse can intervene to control the influence of these factors on the older adults' sleeping pattern through suitable nursing interventions.
Inflammatory cytokines and related genes are induced in the rat hippocampus by limbic status epilepticus

Limbic status epilepticus was induced in rats by unilateral 60‐min electrical stimulation of the CA3 region of the ventral hippocampus. As assessed by RT‐PCR followed by Southern blot analysis, transcripts of interleukin‐1β, interleukin‐6, interleukin‐1 receptor antagonist and inducible nitric oxide synthase were significantly increased 2 h after status epilepticus in the stimulated hippocampus. Induction was maximal at 6 h for interleukin‐1β (445%), interleukin‐6 (405%) and tumour necrosis factor‐α (264%) and at 24 h for interleukin‐1 receptor antagonist (494%) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (432%). In rats with spontaneous seizures (60 days after status epilepticus), interleukin‐1β mRNA was still higher than controls (241%). Immunocytochemical staining of interleukin‐1β, interleukin‐6 and tumour necrosis factor‐α was enhanced in glia with a time‐course similar to that of the respective transcripts. Sixty days after status epilepticus, interleukin‐1β immunoreactivity was increased exclusively in neurons in one third of the animals. Multiple intracerebroventricular injections of interleukin‐1 receptor antagonist (0.5 μg/3 μL) significantly decreased the severity of behavioural convulsions during electrical stimulation and selectively reduced tumour necrosis factor‐α content in the hippocampus measured 18 h after status epilepticus. Thus, the induction of spontaneously recurring seizures in rats involves the activation of inflammatory cytokines and related pro‐ and anti‐inflammatory genes in the hippocampus. These changes may play an active role in hyperexcitability of the epileptic tissue.
ABSTRACTS (PH D FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING) Study on Beam Forming and Direction-of-Arrival Measurement for Solar Power Satellite

S (PH D FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING) Study on Beam Forming and Direction-of-Arrival Measurement for Solar Power Satellite A. K. M. Baki Laboratory ofApplied Radio Engineering for Humanosphere, RISH, Kyoto University. Figure 1 Normalized radiation patterns for phased array antenna of uniform amplitude, -10 dB Gaussian tapering, -10 dB lTD and -10 dB ITDU. 33 elements from each side were tapered in lTD. 30 elements from each side were tapered in lTDU and 40 elements from each side were ofunequal spacing in ITDU. 3 +
ASSESSMENT OF THE ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT OF A MASLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF ACUTE INFLAMMATION

Maslinic acid (MA) is a pentacyclic triterpenoid recognized for multiple therapeutic effects including antidiabetic, antiinflammatory, antitumor, antioxidant and antiviral properties. Structural changes of MA were performed in order to obtain new derivatives with enhanced properties. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of a benzylamide derivative of maslinic acid (“EM2”) (Benzyl (2α, 3β) 2,3-diacetoxy-olean-12-en-28-amide) on acute inflammation-induced oxidative stress. The effect of EM2 on oxidative stress was assessed in an experimental model of turpentine oil-induced acute inflammation in rats by measuring total nitrites and nitrates (NOx), total oxidative status (TOS), total antioxidant response (TAR), oxidative stress index (OSI), total thiols (SH) and malondialdehyde (MDA). The compound was administered prior to and after the induction of the inflammation. In the experimental model of acute inflammation only prophylactic administration elicited an antioxidant effect through a decrease of MDA, the effect being comparable to that of diclofenac (p < 0.01).
[Three dimensional sonography in the endometrial volume measurement in women with perimenopausal irregular uterine bleeding].

OBJECTIVES Evaluation of the role of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonographic measurement of the endometrium volume in perimenopausal women with irregular uterine bleeding. MATERIAL AND METHODS We have assessed 45 women (23 postmenopausal) with 3D transvaginal probe and automatic volume measurement (VOCAL) software using Voluson V730 scanner (Kretztechnik, Austria). Additionally, doppler blood flow indices PI, RI and PSV in uterine artery as well as endometrial thickness were measured. All ultrasound data were verified by histology of the endometrial specimens removed during D&C or hysterectomy. RESULTS The age of the study group ranged between 43-70 years (median 53 years). The mean volume of endometrium in women with endometrial cancer was 19.9 +/- 7.5 ml. The mean volumes measured in women with endometrial hyperplasia and normal endometrium were 12.2 +/- 7.9 ml and 7.4 +/- 4.8 ml, respectively. There was a significant difference in endometrial volume between each pair of study groups (P < 0.05). Moreover, significant differences were found in mean endometrial thickness between endometrial cancer and benign but not in hyperplastic endometrium. In contrast, there were no significant differences in study groups in mean values of Doppler blood flow indices measured in uterine artery. CONCLUSION We conclude that 3D sonography and automatic volume measurement might be used better to characterize endometrial changes in women with perimenopausal bleeding.
The Impact of Industry Commonality on Post-merger Performance

The purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of industry commonality on post-merger performance and further examine whether the acquiring firms have the abnormal returns after mergers and acquisitions which is evidenced by many prior studies. Through the US sample of 3016 observations consisting of 1732 related and 1284 unrelated acquisitions from 1995 to 2009, we find that the abnormal returns of acquisitions during three years are all negative, but the post-performances of related acquisitions is significantly better than those of unrelated acquisitions. Moreover, while insignificant in the first year, the related acquisitions have significantly positive impact on market performances in the second and third years.
The System Thinking Perspective in the Open-Innovation Research: A Systematic Review

The new logics of competitions are mostly based on exploiting relationships to implement new mechanisms in managing Knowledge. Today, a successful company should be, lean, modular, and with a smart approach to new products development. In this context, the source of competitive advantage cannot be found into a static heterogeneity of resources, but companies must be able to create and manage a dynamic competitive process to continuously reinvent their products/services and to re-combine their resources with their partners’ ones. A paradigm for this behavior is the Open Innovation one, as created by Chesbrough. According to the rules of this paradigm, companies have to acknowledge that they operate in a network of relationships, they must be open to cooperate with their external partners, and they must not try to limit their actions in reaching only for some pre-defined result. So, Open Innovation Networks appear to be similar to those described by the scholars in the Complex Adaptive Systems field where the actions of the system, and of its parts, are the result of the various actors’ interactions in an emergent way. In this paper, we use a Systematic Literature Review approach to explore how the main topics in the System Thinking Perspective, and in particular, those related to Complex Systems, are linked to the Open Innovation studies.
University of Dundee The effect of a programme to improve men's sedentary time and physical activity Wyke,

Citation for published version (APA): Wyke, S. , Bunn, C. , Andersen, E. , Silva, M. N. , van Nassau, F. , McSkimming, P., Kolovos, S. , Gill, J. M. R. , Gray, C. M. , Hunt, K. , Anderson, A. , Bosmans, J. E. , Jelsma, J. G. , Kean, S. , Lemyre, N. , Loudon, D. W. , Macaulay, L. , Maxwell, D. J., McConnachie, A. , . van der Ploeg, H. P. (2019). The effect of a programme to improve men's sedentary time and physical activity: The European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, 16(2), 1-25. [e1002736]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed. 1002736
Semantic Similarity Measures for Malay-English Ambiguous Words

The measurement of semantic similarity between words or concepts has been widely applied in various applications such as Artificial Intelligence, Information Processing and Natural Language Processing (NLP) field. In this paper, we are going to demonstrate how several semantic similarity measures can be adapted to disambiguate words that belong to two different languages. The measures include two path-based and three information content (IC)-based measures. These five measures are evaluated against a test bed of 40 word pairs with eight Malay-English ambiguous words. The experimental results on a common benchmark, created by human judgments show that Wu and Palmer's measures have given the best performance as compared to the other four semantic similarity measures.
La prévalence des gènes de résistance à la quinolone à médiation plasmidique en cas d ’ Escherichia coli et de Klebsiella pneumoniae non susceptibles à la ciprofloxacine isolés dans des cultures sanguines

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) determinants in ciprofloxacin-nonsusceptible Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from patients at a tertiary care hospital in Korea. METHODS: A total of 102 nonduplicate isolates of ciprofloxacinintermediate or ciprofloxacin-resistant E coli (n=80) and K pneumoniae (n=22) from blood cultures were obtained. The qnr (qnrA, qnrB, qnrS), aac(6')-Ib-cr, qepA and oqxAB genes were detected using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and confirmed using direct sequencing. To determine whether the PMQR-positive plasmid was horizontally transferable, conjugation experiments were performed. RESULTS: Of the 102 isolates, 81 (79.4%) had one or more PMQR genes; these consisted of 59 (73.8%) E coli and 22 (100%) K pneumoniae isolates. The qnr genes were present in 15 isolates (14.7%): qnrB4 was detected in 10.8% and qnrS1 was detected in 3.9%. The aac(6')-Ib-cr, qepA and oqxAB genes were detected in 77.5%, 3.9% and 10.8%, respectively. In conjugation experiments, PMQR genes were successfully transferred from seven (8.6%) isolates. The range of minimum inhibitory concentrations of ciprofloxacin for these seven transconjugants increased to 0.5 mg/L to 1 mg/L, which was 16to 33-fold that of the recipient E coli J53 bacteria. CONCLUSIONS: PMQR genes were highly prevalent among ciprofloxacin-nonsusceptible E coli and K pneumoniae from blood cultures in the authors’ hospital. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor for the spread of PMQR genes of clinical isolates and to ensure careful antibiotic use in a hospital setting.
Depression Outcomes AssociatedWith an Intervention Implemented in Employment Training Programs for Low-Income Adolescents and Young Adults

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A quasi-experimental study was conducted; 512 adolescents and young adults newly enrolling in one employment training program site were intervention participants, while 270 youth from a second program site were enrolled as controls. Participants were aged 16 to 23 years and not in foster care. Study recruitment took place from September 1, 2008, to May 31, 2011, with follow-up data collection occurring for 12 months after recruitment. Propensity score matching adjusted for observed baseline differences between the intervention and control groups.
Corynebacterium accolens Corynebacterium afermentans Corynebacterium ammoniagenes Corynebacterium amycolatum Corynebacterium argentoratense Corynebacterium auris Corynebacterium bovis Corynebacterium callunae Corynebacterium coyleae Corynebacterium cystitidis Corynebacterium diphtheriae ' Corynebact

Microbiology, BBSRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Reading RG6 6BZ, UK 2 Department of Four strains of a hitherto-unknown catalase-positive, facultatively anaerobic Corynebacterium species were isolated from the milk of sheep affected by subclinical mastitis. The most characteristic phenotypic reactions of the four strains were their weak fermentative acid production from glucose, their failure to produce acid from mannitol, xylose, sucrose and maltose, and a strong CAMP reaction with Staphy/ococcus aureus. Chemotaxonomic investigations revealed the presence of a cell wall based on mesodiaminopimelic acid and short-chain mycolic acids, which is consistent with the genus Corynebacterium. A comparative 165 rRNA gene sequence analysis confirmed that the organisms from sheep were members of the genus Corynebacterium, where they formed a distinct subline, exhibiting >4% sequence divergence with other known Corynebacterium species. Based on both phenotypic and phylogenetic findings, a new species, Corynebacterium camporealensis, is proposed. The type strain of Corynebacterium camporealensis is CECT 4897 (= CRS-513.