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Effects of predation by sea ducks on clam abundance in soft-bottom intertidal habitats

Recent studies have documented strong, top-down predation effects of sea ducks on mussel populations in rocky intertidal communities. However, the impact of these gregarious preda- tors in soft-bottom communities has been largely unexplored. We evaluated effects of predation by wintering surf scoters Melanitta perspicillata and white-winged scoters M. fusca on clam populations in soft-bottom intertidal habitats of the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. Specifically, we docu- mented spatial and temporal variation in clam density (clams m -2 ), scoter diet composition, and the consequences of scoter predation on clam abundance. Of the 3 most numerous clams, Manila clams Venerupis philippinarum and varnish clams Nuttallia obscurata were the primary prey items of both scoter species, while clams of the genus Macoma were rarely consumed by scoters. Between scoter arrival in the fall and departure in the spring, Manila clams decreased in density at most sample sites, while varnish clam densities did not change or declined slightly. Our estimates of numbers of clams consumed by scoters accounted for most of the observed declines in combined abundance of Manila and varnish clams, despite the presence of numerous other vertebrate and invertebrate species known to consume clams. For Macoma spp. , we detected an over-winter increase in density, presum- ably due to growth of clams too small to be retained by our sieve (<5 mm) during fall sampling, in addition to the lack of predation pressure by scoters. These results illustrate the strong predation potential of scoters in soft-bottom intertidal habitats, as well as their potentially important role in shaping community structure.
Lymph node volume predicts survival but not nodal clearance in Stage IIIA-IIIB NSCLC

Background Locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC) patients have poorer survival and local control with mediastinal node (N2) tumor involvement at resection. Earlier assessment of nodal burden could inform clinical decision-making prior to surgery. This study evaluated the association between clinical outcomes and lymph node volume before and after neoadjuvant therapy. Materials and methods CT imaging of patients with operable LA-NSCLC treated with chemoradiation and surgical resection was assessed. Clinically involved lymph node stations were identified by FDG-PET or mediastinoscopy. Locoregional recurrence (LRR), distant metastasis (DM), progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed by the Kaplan Meier method, concordance index and Cox regression. Results 73 patients with Stage IIIA-IIIB NSCLC treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgical resection were identified. The median RT dose was 54 Gy and all patients received concurrent chemotherapy. Involved lymph node volume was significantly associated with LRR and OS but not DM on univariate analysis. Additionally, lymph node volume greater than 10.6 cm3 after the completion of preoperative chemoradiation was associated with increased LRR (p<0.001) and decreased OS (p = 0.04). There was no association between nodal volumes and nodal clearance. Conclusion For patients with LA-NSCLC, large volume nodal disease post-chemoradiation is associated with increased risk of locoregional recurrence and decreased survival. Nodal volume can thus be used to further stratify patients within the heterogeneous Stage IIIA-IIIB population and potentially guide clinical decision-making.
Key-Controlled Order-Preserving Encryption

In this paper we study order-preserving encryption (OPE), a primitive in the database community for allowing efficient range queries on ecrypted data. OPE was suggested by Agrawal et al [1], and was throughly studied by Boldyreva et al [2]. In this paper we present a practical OPE scheme, which is a key-controlled algorithm, based on simple computation. A primary analysis shows that our algorithm is secure enough.
A Deterministic GPSR Routing Protocol for MANET

In VANET, the communication between the vehicles takes place. As the vehicles are in motion the main aim is to provide efficient routing. The position based routing protocol are better than topology based routing protocol. Working on GPSR routing protocol main aim is to improve the performance of the GPSR as well as E-GPSR routing protocol. The proposed methodology considers the border node and angle of orientation of the neighboring nodes. Based on this the D-GPSR outperforms the GPSR and E-GPSR routing protocol in terms of throughput, average end-to-end delay, packet delivery ratio and network load. D-GPSR is methodology and algorithm is studied in detailed.
Dynamic changes in plasma concentrations of gonadotropins, inhibin, estradiol-17beta and progesterone in cows with ultrasound-guided follicular aspiration.

To elucidate the effects of ultrasound-guided transvaginal follicular aspiration, plasma concentrations of FSH, LH, inhibin, estradiol-17beta and progesterone, and folliculogenesis were examined in Holstein cows. Four clinically healthy cows with regular estrous cycles were scanned by ultrasound per rectum once a week for 9 weeks before the commencement of follicular aspiration. All visible follicles were divided into 3 categories based on their sizes (2 < or = small < 5 mm; 5 < or = medium < 10 mm, large > or = 10 mm). The follicular aspiration was started at random during the estrous cycle and conducted under epidural anesthesia induced with 5 ml of 2% lidocaine once a week for 6 weeks. The average number of total visible follicles > or = 2 mm in diameter at 7 days after aspiration (21.7 +/- 7.4, n = 24) was similar to that before starting aspiration (26.7 +/- 10.5, n = 36). Plasma inhibin and estradiol-17beta declined and fell to a trough on 1.5 days and returned to pre-aspiration values by 5 days after aspiration. Plasma concentrations of FSH increased and reached peak levels between 1 and 1.5 days after aspirations. Plasma concentrations of LH also increased and reached peak levels between 0.5 and 1.5 days after aspirations. Both plasma FSH and LH had returned to pre-aspiration levels by 5 days after aspirations. Plasma concentrations of progesterone did not change with the follicular aspiration. These results demonstrate that follicular aspiration decreases plasma concentrations of inhibin and estradiol-17beta, which in turn leads to a rise in plasma concentrations of FSH and LH. It is suggested that marked increases in plasma concentrations of FSH and LH after the aspiration stimulate the development and maturation of a new cohort of follicles within one week in cows.
Detecting humans in RGB-D data with CNNs

We address the problem of people detection in RGB-D data where we leverage depth information to develop a region-of-interest (ROI) selection method that provides proposals to two color and depth CNNs. To combine the detections produced by the two CNNs, we propose a novel fusion approach based on the characteristics of depth images. We also present a new depth-encoding scheme, which not only encodes depth images into three channels but also enhances the information for classification. We conduct experiments on a publicly available RGB-D people dataset and show that our approach outperforms the baseline models that only use RGB data.
Narration in the Psychoanalytic Dialogue

Freud established a tradition within which psychoanalysis is understood as an essentialist and positivist natural science. One need not be bound by this scientific commitment, however; the individual and general accounts and interpretations Freud gave of his case material can be read in another way. In this reading, psychoanalysis is an interpretive discipline whose practitioners aim to develop a particular kind of systematic account of human action. We can say, then, either that Freud was developing a set of principles for participating in, understanding, and explaining the dialogue between psychoanalyst and analysand or that he was establishing a set of codes to generate psychoanalytic meaning, recognizing this meaning in each instance to be only one of a number of kinds of meaning that might be generated. Psychoanalytic theorists of different persuasions have employed different interpretive principles or codes-one might say different narrative structures-to develop their ways of doing analysis and telling about it. ' These narrative structures present or imply two coordinated accounts: one. of the beginning, the course, and the ending of human
Neuromodulatory Treatment of Medically Refractory Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a common chronic neurologic disorder affecting 0.5 to 1 percent of the population. (Hauser, 1993 4131) More than one-third of all epilepsy patients have incompletely controlled seizures or debilitating medication side effects in spite of optimal medical management. (Kwan et al. 2000; Sillanpaa et al. 2006; Sander et al. 1993) Medically refractory epilepsy is associated with excess injury and mortality, psychosocial dysfunction, and significant cognitive impairment. (Brodie et al. 1996) Treatment options for these patients include new anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), which may lead to seizure freedom in 7 percent of patients (Fisher et al. 1993) and resective surgery which is associated with longterm seizure freedom in 60-80% of patients. (Engel et al. 2003 ;Lee et al. 2005) Surgery for patients whose epilepsy has proven refractory to AEDs provides a high likelihood of reduction in seizure frequency, is generally safe, and is recommended for selected patients with refractory partial seizures. In spite of improvements in surgical technique, approximately 4 percent of patients will suffer death or permanent neurologic disability ( A global survey on epilepsy surgery, 1980-1990: a report by the Commission on Neurosurgery of Epilepsy, the International League Against Epilepsy 1997). Moreover, more than onethird of patients will not be candidates for surgical resection (Kwan et al. 2000). For patients who are not candidates for resective surgery, there are limited options. Neuromodulatory treatment, which consists of administering electrical pulses to neural tissue to modulate its activity leading to a beneficial effect, may be an option for these patients. The interest in neuromodulation for neurological disorders is driven by a desire to discover less invasive surgical treatments, as well as new treatments for patients whose medical conditions remain refractory to existing modalities. Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) is one example of neuromodulation that was developed in the 1980s, and which is now routinely available. (Ben-Menachem et al. 2002) VNS, as an adjunct to medical management, may yield up to a 50 percent reduction in seizure frequency (A randomized controlled trial of chronic vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of medically intractable seizures. The Vagus Nerve Stimulation Study Group. 1995) although most of these patients will not be seizurefree. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is another example of neuromodulation. Given the significant experience and success of DBS for movement disorders (Krack et al. 2003) combined with its reversibility, programmability, and low risk of morbidity, there has been
The reception of W.B. Yeats in Europe

Series Editor's Preface, Elinor Shaffer \ Acknowledgements \ List of Contributors \ Timeline: European Reception of W. B. Yeats, Klaus Peter Jochum \ Introduction: The Yeatsian Reception of Europe and the European Reception of Yeats, Klaus Peter Jochum \ 1. Yeats in the Dutch-language Low Countries, Theo D'haen \ 2. The Reception of W. B. Yeats in France, Carle Bonafous-Murat \ 3. Yeats in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Klaus Peter Jochum \ 4. Lands of Desire: Yeats in Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque Country, 1920-1935, Jacqueline A. Hurtley \ 5. The Reception of W. B. Yeats in Italy, Fiorenzo Fantaccini \ 6. The Reception of Yeats's Works in Poland (1898-2004), Jolanta Dudek \ 7. The Reception of the Work of W. B. Yeats in Russia and Countries of the Former USSR, Roger Keys \ 8. 'The Hungarian of the West': Yeats's Reception in Hungary, Csilla Bertha \ 9. The Reception of Yeats in Croatia, Ljiljana Ina Gjurgjan \ 10. The Reception of Yeats in Romania, Rodica Albu \ 11. Yeats's Early Irish Reception, 1882-1917, Eamonn Cantwell and Klaus Peter Jochum \ 12. The Reception of W. B. Yeats in Ireland, 1918-50, Nicholas Allen and Eamonn Cantwell \ 13. The Reception of W. B. Yeats in Ireland since 1950, Jonathan Allison \ 14. Epilogue: Yeats from Iceland to Turkey, Klaus Peter Jochum \ Bibliography \ Index.
Regularized Speaker Adaptation of KL-HMM for Dysarthric Speech Recognition

This paper addresses the problem of recognizing the speech uttered by patients with dysarthria, which is a motor speech disorder impeding the physical production of speech. Patients with dysarthria have articulatory limitation, and therefore, they often have trouble in pronouncing certain sounds, resulting in undesirable phonetic variation. Modern automatic speech recognition systems designed for regular speakers are ineffective for dysarthric sufferers due to the phonetic variation. To capture the phonetic variation, Kullback–Leibler divergence-based hidden Markov model (KL-HMM) is adopted, where the emission probability of state is parameterized by a categorical distribution using phoneme posterior probabilities obtained from a deep neural network-based acoustic model. To further reflect speaker-specific phonetic variation patterns, a speaker adaptation method based on a combination of L2 regularization and confusion-reducing regularization, which can enhance discriminability between categorical distributions of the KL-HMM states while preserving speaker-specific information is proposed. Evaluation of the proposed speaker adaptation method on a database of several hundred words for 30 speakers consisting of 12 mildly dysarthric, 8 moderately dysarthric, and 10 non-dysarthric control speakers showed that the proposed approach significantly outperformed the conventional deep neural network-based speaker adapted system on dysarthric as well as non-dysarthric speech.
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome-associated disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus: Report of an autopsy case

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome is a collection of inflammatory disorders associated with paradoxical worsening of preexisting infectious processes following the initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It involves a wide range of pathogens, neoplasms such as Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and some autoimmune diseases. We describe an autopsy report of a 40-year-old man infected with HIV. He experienced a rapid dissemination of KS resulting in death within 6 months after starting HAART. His serum viral load had significantly decreased 4 log10 within 32 days and his CD4+ T-cell count increased 4-fold. He presented with multiple skin lesions over the chin and anterior neck, which rapidly spread over the trunk, 4 extremities, perianal region, and penis. Finally, he developed acute dyspnea and a plain chest radiograph showed bilateral pulmonary infiltrations. Despite treatment, he died of acute respiratory failure. At autopsy, multiple KS lesions were noted in the bilateral lungs, liver, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract. Increased inflammatory cytokines during immune reconstruction from HAART-reactive human herpes virus type-8 infection, linked to the tumorigenesis of KS, finally led to rapid dissemination and death.
Actin pools and actin microfilament organization in cultured human endothelial cells after exposure to thrombin

Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) in primary confluent cultures lost their normal polygonal shape and assumed a ‘contracted’ appearance as judged by phase contrast microscopy when exposed to highly purified bovine thrombin (2 N.I.H. u/ml). Total actin in thrombin‐exposed cells did not differ from that of control cells, as measured by the deoxyribonuclease I inhibition assay. However, the monomeric actin pool (unpolymerized actin) in thrombin‐treated HUVEC was c. 15% smaller (P<0.01) than in control HUVEC (in which it represented approximately 50% of total actin). Transmission electron microscopy showed that thrombin‐stimulated HUVEC contained more and thicker bundles of filamentous actin than control cells. Polymerization of actin and reorganization of actin microfilaments may contribute to the shape changes of HUVEC induced by thrombin.
Mucosal Expression of Nerve Growth Factor and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Background Allergic rhinitis (AR) is characterized in part by hyperresponsiveness to nonspecific stimuli, a phenomenon that reflects the fundamental role of nasal neural pathways in chronic airway inflammation. Neurotrophins may serve pivotal roles in mediating hyperresponsiveness in allergic airway disease, although the role of such neurogenic mediators in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is not well understood. This study was designed to examine the expression of two potent neurotrophins, nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), in CRS. Methods Inferior turbinate and sinus mucosa were obtained from CRS patients with and without nasal polyps (NPs) and from nonallergic controls. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used for quantitative determination of tissue concentrations of NGF and BDNF. Results Ninety-four tissue samples from 48 patients were included. Mean concentration of NGF in sinus mucosa was significantly higher in CRS than controls. CRS without NPs was associated with a 60% increase in sinus NGF over controls (p < 0.05), and CRS with NPs was associated with a 140% increase (p < 0.05). Mean sinus NGF concentration was significantly elevated in allergic subjects compared with controls (p < 0.01). A similar trend was noted in subjects with nonallergic CRS, although this did not reach significance. Mean BDNF concentration was decreased in CRS compared with controls, with the most significant decrease in patients with polyps (p < 0.05). Mean turbinate concentration of both NGF and BDNF were similar in controls and CRS. Conclusion Increased expression of NGF may contribute to neural hyperresponsiveness in CRS sinus mucosa, particularly those patients with NP and/or allergies. BDNF expression is decreased in CRS sinus mucosa. Alterations in neurogenic inflammation may contribute to the pathophysiology of CRS and provide alternative therapeutic targets.
Analysis of Rayleigh wave radiations from leaky SAW resonators

The Rayleigh wave radiations from leaky surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators on around 42° Y-cut LiTaO3 substrates are known as one of acoustic loss mechanisms. This paper analyzes and characterizes the Rayleigh wave radiations and develops the analytical model for the radiations. First, the finite element method (FEM) analyses and optical probe measurements reveal that the scattering of leaky SAW at the gap between interdigital transducer (IDT) and dummy electrodes generates the Rayleigh wave radiations. Based on the result, the simple and fast analytical model using the point sources is developed to simulate the Rayleigh wave radiations. The model precisely simulates the measurement patterns of radiations about 1,000 times faster than the FEM.
The Aggression Observation Short Form Identified Episodes Not Reported on the Staff Observation Aggression Scale-Revised

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the underreporting of violence and aggression on the Staff Observation Aggression Scale-Revised (SOAS-R) when compared to a simpler assessment: the Aggression Observation Short Form (AOS). During a period of one year, two open and two closed wards gathered data on both the SOAS-R and the AOS for all of their patients. The 22-item SOAS-R is to be filled out after each violent episode. The 3-item AOS is to be filled out during each shift and should also record the absence of violence. The SOAS-R registered 703 incidents and the AOS registered 1,281 incidents. The agreement between the SOAS-R and the AOS was good (kappa = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.62–0.67). Among the 1,281 AOS episodes, 51% were also registered on the SOAS-R. For the 176 AOS episodes with harm, 42% were also registered on the SOAS-R. We found 44% missing registrations on the AOS, primarily for open wards and for patients with short admission lengths. Standard instruments such as the SOAS-R underreport aggressive episodes by 45% or more. Underreporting can be reduced by introducing shorter instruments, but it cannot be completely eliminated.
Shape Analysis by Conformal Modules

All the surfaces in real life are Riemann surfaces, therefore with conformal structures. Two surfaces share the same conformal structure, if there exists a conformal (angle-preserving) mapping between them. Conformal modules are the complete invariants of conformal structures, which can be treated as shape descriptors for shape analysis applications. This work focuses on the computational methods of conformal modules for genus zero surfaces with boundaries, including topological quadrilaterals, annuli, multiply connected annuli. The algorithms are based on both holomorphic 1-forms and discrete curvature flows, which are rigorous and practical. The conformal module shape descriptors are applied for shape classification and comparison. Experiments on surfaces acquired from real world demonstrate the efficiency and efficacy of the conformal module method.
Study of Carbon Monoxide Oxidation in a Monolithic Converter

Combustion of fuels in industrial and transport sector has lead to an alarming release of polluting gases to the atmosphere. Carbon monoxide is one such pollutant, which is formed as a result of incomplete oxidation of the fuel. In order to analyze the effect of catalyst on the reduction of CO emissions to the atmosphere, two catalysts Mn2O3 and Hopcalite are considered. A model was formed based on mass and energy balance equations. Results show that Hopcalite catalyst as compared to Mn2O3 catalyst helped in faster conversion of the polluting gas as the operating temperature of the hopcalite catalyst is much lower as compared to the operating temperature of Mn2O3 catalyst. Keywords—Carbon monoxide, modeling, hopcalite, manganese oxide.
Fundamental View of the Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education

The research paper presents a holistic framework of the outcomes of entrepreneurship education (EE) at educational and socio-economic levels. Employing the general scientific research methods, monograph and logical construction, the author investigates the fundamental origins of the European Competence Framework for entrepreneurial learning and identifies a scientific justification for its implementation. This work is also the first to exploit an integral view of entrepreneurship as a combination of employability, intrapreneurship and venture creation – for measuring the impact of entrepreneurship education, and to set linkages between learning outcomes in real life and educational settings. The target audiences for this paper include entrepreneurship educators, researchers and EE decision-makers.
Capacity sensitivity in additive non-Gaussian noise channels

In this paper, a new framework based on the notion of capacity sensitivity is introduced to study the capacity of continuous memoryless point-to-point channels. The capacity sensitivity reflects how the capacity changes with small perturbations in any of the parameters describing the channel, even when the capacity is not available in closed-form. This includes perturbations of the cost constraints on the input distribution as well as on the channel distribution. The framework is based on continuity of the capacity, which is shown for a class of perturbations in the cost constraint and the channel distribution. The continuity then forms the foundation for obtaining bounds on the capacity sensitivity. As an illustration, the capacity sensitivity bound is applied to obtain scaling laws when the support of additive α-stable noise is truncated.