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The Oslo definitions for coeliac disease and related terms

Objective The literature suggests a lack of consensus on the use of terms related to coeliac disease (CD) and gluten. Design A multidisciplinary task force of 16 physicians from seven countries used the electronic database PubMed to review the literature for CD-related terms up to January 2011. Teams of physicians then suggested a definition for each term, followed by feedback of these definitions through a web survey on definitions, discussions during a meeting in Oslo and phone conferences. In addition to ‘CD’, the following descriptors of CD were evaluated (in alphabetical order): asymptomatic, atypical, classical, latent, non-classical, overt, paediatric classical, potential, refractory, silent, subclinical, symptomatic, typical, CD serology, CD autoimmunity, genetically at risk of CD, dermatitis herpetiformis, gluten, gluten ataxia, gluten intolerance, gluten sensitivity and gliadin-specific antibodies. Results CD was defined as ‘a chronic small intestinal immune-mediated enteropathy precipitated by exposure to dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals’. Classical CD was defined as ‘CD presenting with signs and symptoms of malabsorption. Diarrhoea, steatorrhoea, weight loss or growth failure is required. ’ ‘Gluten-related disorders’ is the suggested umbrella term for all diseases triggered by gluten and the term gluten intolerance should not to be used. Other definitions are presented in the paper. Conclusion This paper presents the Oslo definitions for CD-related terms.
Application of non-contact optic voltage sensor based on Pockels effect in ±800 kV convertor station

Measurement of lightning and switching transient overvoltage in power system is significant to the research that guides the protection of power system. This study presented a new type of sensor for the measurement of lightning and switching transient overvoltage based on the capacitive coupling and Pockels effects. Its advantages include high accuracy and sensitivity of measurement, non-contact with primary devices, wide frequency response band, no power supply at the monitoring site, and high insulation against electromagnetic interference during the data transmission. This sensor is applied to the measurement of overvoltage in a ±800 kV convertor station.
Feasibility study for future implantable neural-silicon interface devices

The emerging neural-silicon interface devices bridge nerve systems with artificial systems and play a key role in neuro-prostheses and neuro-rehabilitation applications. Integrating neural signal collection, processing and transmission on a single device will make clinical applications more practical and feasible. This paper focuses on the wireless antenna part and real-time neural signal analysis part of implantable brain-machine interface (BMI) devices. We propose to use millimeter-wave for wireless connections between different areas of a brain. Various antenna, including microstrip patch, monopole antenna and substrate integrated waveguide antenna are considered for the intra-cortical proximity communication. A Hebbian eigenfilter based method is proposed for multi-channel neuronal spike sorting. Folding and parallel design techniques are employed to explore various structures and make a trade-off between area and power consumption. Field programmable logic arrays (FPGAs) are used to evaluate various structures.
A framework for enhancing depth perception in computer graphics

This paper introduces a solution for enhancing depth perception in a given 3D computer-generated scene. For this purpose, we propose a framework that decides on the suitable depth cues for a given scene and the rendering methods which provide these cues. First, the system calculates the importance of each depth cue using a fuzzy logic based algorithm which considers the target tasks in the application and the spatial layout of the scene. Then, a knapsack model is constructed to keep the balance between the rendering costs of the graphical methods that provide these cues and their contibution to depth perception. This cost-profit analysis step selects the proper rendering methods. In this work, we also present several objective and subjective experiments which show that our automated depth enhancement system is statistically (p < 0.05) better than the other method selection techniques that are tested.
Transforming growth factor beta 1 inhibition of p34cdc2 phosphorylation and histone H1 kinase activity is associated with G1/S-phase growth arrest

Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) is a potent inhibitor of epithelial cell proliferation. We present data which indicate that epithelial cell proliferation is inhibited when TGF beta 1 is added throughout the prereplicative G1 phase. Cultures become reversibly blocked in late G1 at the G1/S-phase boundary. The inhibitory effects of TGF beta 1 on cell growth occur in the presence of the RNA synthesis inhibitor 5,6-dichloro-1-beta-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole. Associated with this inhibitory effect is a decrease in the phosphorylation and histone H1 kinase activity of the p34cdc2 protein kinase. These data suggest that TGF beta 1 growth inhibition in epithelial cells involves the regulation of p34cdc2 activity at the G1/S transition.
Is Network Coding Always Good for Cooperative Communications?

Network coding (NC) is a promising approach to reduce time-slot overhead for cooperative communications (CC) in a multi-session environment. Most of the existing works take advantage of the benefits of NC in CC but do not fully recognize its potential adverse effect. In this paper, we show that employing NC may not always benefit CC. We substantiate this important finding in the context of analog network coding (ANC) and amplify-and-forward (AF) CC. This paper, for the first time, introduces an important concept of network coding noise (NC noise). Specifically, we analyze the signal aggregation at a relay node and signal extraction at a destination node. We then use the analysis to derive a closed-form expression for NC noise at each destination node in a multi-session environment. We show that NC noise can diminish the advantage of NC in CC. Our results formalizes an important concept on using NC in CC.
Maintaining sliding window skylines on data streams

The skyline of a multidimensional data set contains the "best" tuples according to any preference function that is monotonic on each dimension. Although skyline computation has received considerable attention in conventional databases, the existing algorithms are inapplicable to stream applications because 1) they assume static data that are stored in the disk (rather than continuously arriving/expiring), 2) they focus on "one-time" execution that returns a single skyline (in contrast to constantly tracking skyline changes), and 3) they aim at reducing the I/O overhead (as opposed to minimizing the CPU-cost and main-memory consumption). This paper studies skyline computation in stream environments, where query processing takes into account only a "sliding window" covering the most recent tuples. We propose algorithms that continuously monitor the incoming data and maintain the skyline incrementally. Our techniques utilize several interesting properties of stream skylines to improve space/time efficiency by expunging data from the system as early as possible (i.e., before their expiration). Furthermore, we analyze the asymptotical performance of the proposed solutions, and evaluate their efficiency with extensive experiments.
Data-driven subspace-based distributed control and its algorithmic convergence

This paper proposed a new data-driven subspace-based distributed control strategy based on Nash optimality. The distributed controller of each subsystem exchange the input-output information with other subsystems by networks. Communication among the controllers is helped to make each controller work in coordination with the others. In this way, the control performance of each subsystem is improved by considering the interactions among subsystems. An iteration algorithm is utilized to achieve the Nash equilibrium. The computational convergence of the algorithm is discussed. Simulations on a radial distribution power system network would provided to verify the validness of the proposed control strategy.
Intermediary Semantic Representation through Proposition Structures

We propose an intermediary-level semantic representation, providing a higher level of abstraction than syntactic parse trees, while not committing to decisions in cases such as quantification, grounding or verbspecific roles assignments. The proposal is centered around the proposition structure of the text, and includes also implicit propositions which can be inferred from the syntax but are not transparent in parse trees, such as copular relations introduced by appositive constructions. Other benefits over dependency-trees are explicit marking of logical relations between propositions, explicit marking of multiword predicate such as light-verbs, and a consistent representation for syntacticallydifferent but semantically-similar structures. The representation is meant to serve as a useful input layer for semanticoriented applications, as well as to provide a better starting point for further levels of semantic analysis such as semantic-rolelabeling and semantic-parsing.
Public key cryptography: Feasible for security in modern personal area sensor networks?

Public key cryptography has been considered too expensive, in terms of resource requirements, for applications within personal area networks and larger wireless sensor networks. Approaches based on public key cryptography for encryption/decryption and key generation respectively have been overlooked as the devices have been considered too low power or resource scarce. In recent times with the explosion of interest in the Internet of Things a range of new devices have been created that are low cost, powerful and could easily be applied within the wireless sensor network/personal area network domain. In this work we create a public key library suite based in selected approached from IEEE 1363 to test two of these new devices and confirm the capabilities of these new devices.
Assortative Mating in Sympatric Host Races of the European Corn Borer

Although a growing body of work supports the plausibility of sympatric speciation in animals, the practical difficulties of directly quantifying reproductive isolation between diverging taxa remain an obstacle to analyzing this process. We used a combination of genetic and biogeochemical markers to produce a direct field estimate of assortative mating in phytophagous insect populations. We show that individuals of the same insect species, the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis, that develop on different host plants can display almost absolute reproductive isolation—the proportion of assortative mating was >95%—even in the absence of temporal or spatial isolation.
RXTE observations of Galactic microquasar XTE J1748-288 during its 1998 outburst

We present an analysis of the RXTE observations of the recently discovered Galactic microquasar XTE J1748−288 during its 1998 outburst. General spectral and temporal properties of the source and their evolution were very typical for the Galactic black hole candidates (BHC) and, in particular, black hole X-ray novae. The spectral evolution of the source during the outburst can be considered a sequence of qualitatively distinct states. During the first observations, corresponding to a maximum of the X-ray flux, the spectrum of the source consisted of a dominating hard power-law component and a soft thermal component, which can be described by a model for the multicolour-disc emission. The hard component contributed ≥80 per cent to the X-ray luminosity in the 3–25 keV energy band. Overall the two-component spectral shape is an attribute of the very high state observed previously in BHC, but the domination of the hard component is unusual. Later on, as the X-ray source faded, its energy spectrum qualitatively changed, showing high and then low states, both typical for black hole binaries. As the energy spectrum changed, the fast variability also evolved dramatically. Initially the power-density spectrum was formed by a dominating band-limited noise component, quasi periodical oscillation features at 20–30 Hz and at ∼0.5 Hz, and a very low-frequency noise component. After a significant decrease of the contribution of the hard spectral component, the amplitude of the fractional variability decreased by an order of magnitude and the power-density spectrum adopted a power-law shape with a broad quasi periodical oscillation peak around 0.03 Hz. When the system switched to the low state, the power-density spectrum shape changed again and the quasi periodical oscillations have not been detected since. When the source was observed in the very high state, a clear correlation between quasi periodical oscillation parameters and X-ray flux was seen. Such a correlation gives an insight into our understanding of the accretion process in X-ray black hole binaries.
Empowerment como forma de prevenção de problemas de saúde em trabalhadores de abatedouros Empowerment as a way to prevent work-related health conditions in slaughterhouse workers

The objective of the review was to emphasize the need for educational efforts aiming at the empowerment of slaughterhouse workers based on their major work-related conditions. Slaughterhouse work involves stressful and tiring tasks. These workers suffer from serious occupational injuries and health problems including musculoskeletal disorders, zoonoses, skin conditions and injuries related to animals and sharp instruments. Slaughterhouse workers are generally low-skill staff, have no control over their job tasks and may not be aware of the determinants affecting their health. While working for the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, veterinarians are greatly responsible for the work routine in slaughterhouses and are aware of health risks involved in these workers’ job. Besides focusing their activities on food safety, veterinarians they should take an active role in educating slaughterhouse workers for their empowerment.
Elder Abuse

Criminological concerns with the victimization of the elderly has developed parallel to, and independently of, the elder abuse debate. Criminologists have traditionally been concerned with the commission of acts against the older person in public as opposed to private space. A further hindrance to criminological enquiry is the practice of defining elder abuse in terms of victim needs, rather than of basic human rights. There has been no neat evolutionary process from positive treatment of the elderly, attributed to some golden age in the past to their increasing present victimization rates globally. Elder victimization is a long way from the simplistic notions of “granny battering. ” There is general agreement among scholars that older people regularly suffer victimization in private space—in the household and in care institutions. They regularly experience multiple forms of abuse. One can attribute some of these experiences to major social changes as declining family support for older people diminishes and the proportion of young to old decreases. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that as the global population ages, the number of people aged sixty years and older is estimated to reach 1.2 billion worldwide by 2025. More pointedly, the longevity is also inextricably linked to the maltreatment of the global old. In particular, we have seen offenders apprehended in transgressions against the young, women, and ethnic minorities but have yet to see an active criminal justice response concerned with the experience of elder victimization. The discipline’s reluctance to recognize elder victimization is associated with it commonly being labeled as victimization by intimates, and to be understood through the lenses of psychology and psychiatry rather than through a criminal justice model. Care and individual needs of the elderly have been the traditional focus, rather than social justice, reason, and rights. Justice and rights involve choice and free will. Older people are not simply passive recipients of other people’s actions—they resist their victimization and often fight back. This article is a critical exposition of the sources available on elders abused as part of a larger account of the experience of older people worldwide. In particular, the reader is reminded that this article is limited due to publishing word constraints. Therefore, it provides a balanced, limited overview of the major literature and research available in the Western context. More pointedly, the literature cited here is intended to reflect on recent scholarship considered to have the potential of adding to the debate in criminology and elder victimization. Given that the study of elder abuse is still in its infancy in the discipline of criminology, this article is therefore necessarily interdisciplinary.
What's in a View?

The impact of views on property values has not been the specific focus of as much research as has the impact of other externalities on property values. When the impact of views is assessed, it is usually done by adding a single dummy variable to a hedonic regression equation. This paper provides a detailed literature review as well as an empirical analysis of the impact of a view on residential property values with a very rich database of nearly 5000 sales in Auckland, New Zealand. Several dimensions of a view are analyzed: type of view, scope of view, distance to coast, appearance of immediately surrounding improvements, average quality of landscaping in the neighborhood, and average quality of structures in the neighborhood. It is found that wide views of water add an average of 59% to the value of a waterfront property but that this effect diminishes quite rapidly as the distance from the coast increases. Attractive buildings in the neighborhood of a property on average add 37% to value relative to properties in neighborhoods with only average-quality structures. Particularly attractive improvements in the immediate surroundings of a property add another 27% to value on average. In contrast, properties in neighborhoods with only poor-quality landscaping on average experience a – 51% impact on price. Our results lead to the conclusion that aesthetic externalities are multidimensional and can have a substantial impact on residential property values.
Nutrition Journal Controlled, Double-blind, Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Impact of Fruit Juice Consumption on the Evolution of Infants with Acute Diarrhea

In order to assess the effects of juice feedings during acute diarrhea a double-blind, randomized study was performed in 90 children, mean age of 10 ± 4.28 months. Thirty patients with acute diarrhea were fed twice-daily 15 ml/kg of Apple Juice (AJ), 30 received White Grape Juice (WGJ), and 30 were given colored and flavored water (WA) as part of their age appropriate dietary intake. The duration and severity of diarrhea were the main endpoint variables of the study performed in a metabolic unit. The patients were similar among the 3 groups, had diarrhea for 50–64 hours prior to admission, and were dehydrated when admitted to the unit for study. Half of the patients in each group were well nourished and the others had mild to moderate degrees of malnutrition. Rotavirus infection was the agent causing the illness in 63% of the patients. The infants fed juice ingested 14–17% more calories than those given WA, (those receiving AJ and WGJ ingested 95 and 98 Calories/Kg/d respectively) whereas those receiving WA consumed 81 cal/kg/d). The increased energy intake was not at the expense of other foods or milk formula. The mean body weight gain was greater among patients receiving WGJ (+ 50.7 gm) as compared with the patients in the AJ group (+ 18.3 gm) or the patients fed WA (-0.7 gm) (p = 0.08). The duration of the illness was longer in the infants fed juice as compared with those given WA (p = 0.006), the mean +/-SD duration in hours was 49.4 ± 32.6, 47.5 ± 38.9 and 26.5 ± 27.4 in patients fed AJ, WGJ and WA respectively. All patients improved while ingesting juice and none of them developed persistent diarrhea; most recovered within 50 hours of the beginning of treatment and less than one fourth had diarrhea longer than 96 hours in the unit. The fecal losses were also increased among the juice fed patients (p = 0.001); the mean ± SD fecal excretion in g/kg/h was 3. The stool output was highest during the first day of treatment among all the patients, though those fed AJ had the highest volume of fecal losses and those who received WA had the lowest stool excretion. After the first day of treatment the differences in fecal excretion were not significant. The ability to tolerate carbohydrates during the illness and immediately after recovery was similar among the 3 groups of …
Breakfast eating and overweight in a pre-school population: is there a link?

Abstract Objectives To analyse the socio-economic factors related to breakfast eating, the association between breakfast eating and overweight, and to gain a more thorough understanding of the relationship between these two elements in a population-based cohort of 4.5-year-old children. We hypothesised that a relationship could be observed between breakfast skipping and overweight independently of socio-economic factors such as ethnicity, maternal education, single parenting and family income. Design A population-based study whereby standardised nutritional interviews were conducted with each child's parent. The children's height and weight were taken by a trained nutritionist and parents were asked about their child's breakfast eating. Setting The analyses were performed using data from the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (1998–2002), conducted by Santé Québec (Canada). Subjects Subjects were 1549 children between the ages of 44 and 56 months, with a mean age of 49 months. Results Almost a tenth (9.8%) of the children did not eat breakfast every day. A greater proportion of children with immigrant mothers (19.4% vs. 8.3% from non-immigrant mothers), with mothers with no high school diploma (17.5% vs. <10% for higher educated mothers) and from low-income families (15% for income of $39 999 or less vs. 5–10% for better income) did not eat breakfast every day. Not eating breakfast every day nearly doubled the odds (odds ratio = 1.9, 95% confidence interval 1.2–3.2) of being overweight at 4.5 years when mother's immigrant status, household income and number of overweight/obese parents were part of the analysis. Conclusion Although our results require replication before public policy changes can be advocated, encouraging breakfast consumption among pre-school children is probably warranted and targeting families of low socio-economic status could potentially help in the prevention of childhood obesity.