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TRITIUM GENERATION IN PALLADIUM CATHODES WITH HIGH DEUTERIUM LOADING

Tritium up to fifty times background has been observed upon electrolyzing 1N D2SO4 in four out of four cells when using Pd cathodes "of a certain type". No tritium was detected in four control cells, containing H2S04 in H2O, employing Pd cathodes cut from the same wire spool. Tritium amounts were from 7 x 10 to 2.1 × 10 atoms, corresponding to average generation rates from 5.1 × 10 to 2 × 10 atoms/sec/cm. In all cases, D/Pd and H/Pd loadings of 1 ± 0.05 were attained. A cyclic loading/unloading regime rather than the usual continuous constant current regime was applied to attain these high loadings. Tritium analysis was performed in Pd, electrolyte and the gas head space of the sealed cells. Maximum tritium concentrations of 8.9 × 10 atoms/g Pd, 180 times the detection limit, were found in the D-loaded Pd cathodes, none in the Η-loaded Pd, Also, no tritium within detection limit was found in 150 unused Pd pieces. Of these, 13 were cut randomly from the same wire spool as the four D-loaded Pd cathodes. The probability that the tritium in the latter was due to random spot contamination is computed as 1 in 2,380. It is concluded that the tritium was generated by nuclear reactions in the Pd. However, no tritium was detected in four D-loaded Pd cathodes of a different type in spite of attaining loadings D/Pd = 1. Different metallurgical history and impurity contents may play an important role.
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with concomitant small- and large-vessel thrombosis, atypical posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and cerebral microbleeds

We report a case of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) with uncommon imaging features, namely concomitant small- and large-vessel thrombosis, atypical locations of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and microbleeds. A 58-year-old Chinese woman presented with slurred speech and multiple petechiae over lower limbs. Blood tests showed thrombocytopenia. Neuroimaging showed multiple acute small infarcts and PRES in the subcortical white matter, basal ganglia, thalamus, brainstem and occipital lobe. Microbleeds were noted. She was treated as TTP with infusion of cryo-reduced plasma (CRP). Patient subsequently developed dense right hemiplegia. Computed tomography of brain demonstrated a new major left middle cerebral artery territory infarct. She was stabilized after 2 weeks of treatment with daily CRP infusion, then received rehabilitation for major stroke. Early recognition of TTP provides the best chance of recovery as most lesions are reversible when TTP was treated. However, concurrent large artery thrombosis could cause major morbidity and mortality.
A dependency-based word reordering approach for Statistical Machine Translation

Reordering is of crucial importance for machine translation. Solving the reordering problem can lead to remarkable improvements in translation performance. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to solve the word reordering problem in statistical machine translation. We rely on the dependency relations retrieved from a statistical parser incorporating with linguistic hand-crafted rules to create the transformations. These dependency-based transformations can produce the problem of word movement on both phrase and word reordering which is a difficult problem on parse tree based approaches. Such transformations are then applied as a preprocessor to English language both in training and decoding process to obtain an underlying word order closer to the Vietnamese language. About the hand-crafted rules, we extract from the syntactic differences of word order between English and Vietnamese language. This approach is simple and easy to implement with a small rule set, not lead to the rule explosion. We describe the experiments using our model on VCLEVC corpus [18] and consider the translation from English to Vietnamese, showing significant improvements about 2-4% BLEU score in comparison with the MOSES phrase-based baseline system [19].
Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer: Where Are We in 2019?

In the last decade, important advances have been made in the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer, resulting in a better understanding of the biology underlying the disease, and in the approval of several therapeutic agents such as immunotherapy, new generation antiandrogens, cytotoxic chemotherapies, and radiopharmaceuticals. All these recent advances have been incorporated in clinical guidelines and a critical analysis of the data available should be important to help the decision-making process. In addition, the incorporation of well established therapies in early disease stages have demonstrated a robust overall survival gain for patients with castration-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer. However, no predictive biomarkers of response are available and the selection of the best therapeutic option is still challenging depending on clinical and pathological factors. Many questions related to the optimal sequencing of agents, or comparison of its efficacy remain unanswered. ABSTRACT
An analysis of social competences of professionally active physiotherapists in southeastern Poland – a pilot study

Introduction: Social competence is the basis of professional potential and has to be understood as complex abilities that determine the effectiveness of dealing with social situations. The aim of this work was an assessment of social competences found in professionally active physiotherapists working in Poland. Material and Methods: The study involved 121 physiotherapists: 32 men and 89 women, aged 25 to 49 years. We used Social Competences Questionnaire by Anna Matczak (KKS-A(D) to assess the level of social competence. Results: The study revealed that physiotherapists had a good level of social competence. 44.63% of the study population had average general social competence, and 14.05% had high general social competence. A significant proportion of the study population, had low level of social competence (41.32%). The level of competence in dealing with situations that involved intimacy, social contacts and assertiveness was similar. We found that younger physiotherapists coped better in intimate situations. Studied therapists who were eager to listen to their patients’ problems scored significantly higher on the competence scale that reflected effective behavior in social situations. Conclusions: Social competence of a therapist is an essential condition for them building appropriate rapport with patients, gives patients a sense of safety, and therefore significantly affects the effectiveness of the treatment. social competence, physiotherapist, professional work An analysis of social competences of professionally active physiotherapists in southeastern Poland – a pilot study Agnieszka Beata Ćwirlej-Sozańska1, A,C-F, Agnieszka Wiśniowska-Szurlej1, B-F, Gabriela Kołodziej1, B-D,F, Katarzyna Chmura1, B-C, Danuta Ochojska2, A,D-F, Anna Wilmowska-Pietruszyńska1, C,E-F, Bernard Sozański1, C-F University of Rzeszow
Effect of Magnetic Recording Layer Thickness on Media Performance in CoCrPt-Oxide Perpendicular Media

The microstructure, magnetic properties, and recording performance of CoCrPt-oxide perpendicular media were investigated at different magnetic layer film thicknesses (tMAG) from 2 to 27 nm. Media coercivity (Hc) reached a maximum value of 6.8 kOe at tMAG= 18 nm and then decreased to 5.3 kOe. Both crystallographic and magnetic c-axis orientations remained constant in the film thickness range of 12-27 nm. The change in the degree of grain isolation and grain size was observed as tMAG increased. Higher exchange coupling at tMAG= 4 nm was observed due to less grain isolation, but the in-plane magnetization was not detected. At tMAG= 10-18 nm, excellent grain isolation was achieved. However, the formation of many subgrains and less grain isolation at t MAG= 27 nm was related to the reduced Hc. When t MAG increased to above 12 nm, media signal-to-noise ratio rapidly decreased because of significant increase in dc-erase media noise, even though no degradation of media properties was observed up to tMAG= 18 nm. The significant increase in the dc-erase noise is related to poor media writability, contributed by both the increase in Hc and the reduction in head field magnitude, caused by increasing head-to-soft magnetic underlayer distance
Helping conversational agents to find informative responses: query expansion methods for chatterbots

Chatterbots are conversational agents engaging a natural language-based interaction with web site users. In e-commerce, however, simple "chatting" which is mainly entertaining the user is not sufficient. Instead, the agent needs to be cooperative by trying to provide relevant information about products and/or the conditions of purchasing, usually retrieved from product databases and manuals. In this paper we explore ways to extract information out of the on-going dialogue for the automatic generation of queries to application data sources. By evaluating the result set we identify and eventually apply so called "query expansion" mechanisms for improving the quality of the results.
Arabidopsis JAGGED links floral organ patterning to tissue growth by repressing Kip-related cell cycle inhibitors

Significance Plant organs, such as leaves, petals, or fruits, are shaped by the behavior of their constituent cells: cell growth, oriented extension of cell walls, and cell division. However, we know little about how these processes are coordinated by regulatory genes that shape plant organs, such as JAGGED (JAG) in Arabidopsis. By identifying the genes bound by JAG throughout the genome and the consequent changes in gene expression, we reveal that JAG functions as a direct mediator between genes that control the identity of organs and tissues and the cellular activities required for organ growth. In particular, we show that JAG sculpts floral organs by directly repressing genes that control entry into DNA replication. Plant morphogenesis requires coordinated cytoplasmic growth, oriented cell wall extension, and cell cycle progression, but it is debated which of these processes are primary drivers for tissue growth and directly targeted by developmental genes. Here, we used ChIP high-throughput sequencing combined with transcriptome analysis to identify global target genes of the Arabidopsis transcription factor JAGGED (JAG), which promotes growth of the distal region of floral organs. Consistent with the roles of JAG during organ initiation and subsequent distal organ growth, we found that JAG directly repressed genes involved in meristem development, such as CLAVATA1 and HANABA TARANU, and genes involved in the development of the basal region of shoot organs, such as BLADE ON PETIOLE 2 and the GROWTH REGULATORY FACTOR pathway. At the same time, JAG regulated genes involved in tissue polarity, cell wall modification, and cell cycle progression. In particular, JAG directly repressed KIP RELATED PROTEIN 4 (KRP4) and KRP2, which control the transition to the DNA synthesis phase (S-phase) of the cell cycle. The krp2 and krp4 mutations suppressed jag defects in organ growth and in the morphology of petal epidermal cells, showing that the interaction between JAG and KRP genes is functionally relevant. Our work reveals that JAG is a direct mediator between genetic pathways involved in organ patterning and cellular functions required for tissue growth, and it shows that a regulatory gene shapes plant organs by releasing a constraint on S-phase entry.
Global experience in cervical carotid artery stent placement

The purpose of this article is to review and update the current status of carotid artery stent placement in the world. Surveys to major interventional centers in Europe, North and South America, and Asia were initially completed in June 1997. Subsequent information from these 24 centers in addition to 12 new centers has been obtained to update the information. The survey asked the various questions regarding the patients enrolled, procedure techniques, and results of carotid stenting, including complications and restenosis. The total number of endovascular carotid stent procedures that have been performed worldwide to date included 5,210 procedures involving 4,757 patients. There was a technical success of 98.4% with 5,129 carotid arteries treated. Complications that occurred during the carotid stent placement or within a 30‐day period following placement were recorded. Overall, there were 134 transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) for a rate of 2.82%. Based on the total patient population, there were 129 minor strokes with a rate of occurrence of 2.72%. The total number of major strokes was 71 for a rate of 1.49%. There were 41 deaths within a 30‐day postprocedure period resulting in a mortality rate of 0.86%. The combined minor and major strokes and procedure‐related death rate was 5.07%. Restenosis rates of carotid stenting have been 1.99% and 3.46% at 6 and 12 months, respectively. The rate of neurologic events after stent placement has been 1.42% at 6–12‐month follow‐up. Endovascular stent treatment of carotid artery atherosclerotic disease is growing as an alternative for vascular surgery, especially for patients that are high risk for standard carotid endarterectomy. The periprocedure risks for major and minor strokes and death are generally acceptable at this early stage of development and have not changed significantly since the first survey results. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 50:160–167, 2000. ©2000 Wiley–Liss,Inc.
Profile-based subscriber service provisioning

Provisioning of residential voice and data subscriber services is a repetitive task and at the same time constitutes a key differentiation area for service providers. This paper presents an approach to subscriber service provisioning that is built around a concept of service and provision profiles. They allow services to be described in a network-independent manner and at the same time provide a formal method to define and derive the necessary network provisioning steps. Because they are machine interpretable, they can be leveraged to build provisioning systems that automate the subscriber provisioning process and are very easy to customize.
Macrophage-Derived Matrix Vesicles: An Alternative Novel Mechanism for Microcalcification in Atherosclerotic Plaques

Rationale: We previously showed that early calcification of atherosclerotic plaques associates with macrophage accumulation. Chronic renal disease and mineral imbalance accelerate calcification and the subsequent release of matrix vesicles (MVs), precursors of microcalcification. Objective: We tested the hypothesis that macrophage-derived MVs contribute directly to microcalcification. Methods and Results: Macrophages associated with regions of calcified vesicular structures in human carotid plaques (n=136 patients). In vitro, macrophages released MVs with high calcification and aggregation potential. MVs expressed exosomal markers (CD9 and TSG101) and contained S100A9 and annexin V. Silencing S100A9 in vitro and genetic deficiency in S100A9−/− mice reduced MV calcification, whereas stimulation with S100A9 increased calcification potential. Externalization of phosphatidylserine after Ca/P stimulation and interaction of S100A9 and annexin V indicated that a phosphatidylserine-annexin V-S100A9 membrane complex facilitates hydroxyapatite nucleation within the macrophage-derived MV membrane. Conclusions: Our results support the novel concept that macrophages release calcifying MVs enriched in S100A9 and annexin V, which contribute to accelerated microcalcification in chronic renal disease.
Upper bounds for symmetric Markov transition functions

Abstract : A large number of properties which are peculiar to symmetric Markov semigroups stem from the fact that such semigroups can be analyzed simultaneously by Hilbert space techniques as well as techniques coming from maximum principle considerations. The feature of symmetric Markov semigroups in which this fact is most dramatically manifested is the central role played by the Dirichlet form. In particular, the Dirichlet form is a remarkably powerful tool with which to compare symmetric Markov semigroups. The present paper consists of a number of examples which illustrate this point. There exist tight relationships between uniform decay estimates on the semigroup and certain Sobolev like inequalities involving the Dirichlet form.
A new preemption policy for DiffServ-aware traffic engineering to minimize rerouting

In this paper, a new preemption policy is proposed and complemented with an adaptive scheme that aims to minimize rerouting. The preemption policy combines the three main optimization criteria: number of LSP to be preempted, priority of LSP to be preempted, and amount of bandwidth to be preempted. The preemption policy is complemented by an adaptive scheme that selects LSP with lower priority and reduces their rate in order to accommodate the new high-priority LSP setup request. Heuristics for both preemption and adaptive preemption policies are derived. Simulation results show the heuristics' accuracy. Performance comparisons of a non-preemptive approach, our preemption policy, the adaptive rate policy, and the policy in use by commercial routers are included.
The Dynamics of Living Arrangements Among the Elderly

Living arrangements, health, wealth and the type of care received among the elderly are confounded. Yet in the existing literature when one outcome is studied, the others are often taken as exogenous variables. The importance of realizing the simultaneity of these decisions is crucial if we want to understand how the elderly switch in and out of a living arrangement over time. Public provision of care subsidies in the form of homeand community-based services and nursing home care bene ts through the meanstested Medicaid program changes the cost of one living arrangement relative to another and needs to be accounted for. In this study, I use the 1995-2006 waves of the Health and Retirement Study and supplement it with information on Medicaid eligibility criteria across states and time. I jointly estimate outcomes of living arrangement, health, wealth and manipulation of care provision by elderly parents and, to control for unobserved heterogeneity, I use the discrete factor random e¤ects method that allow for correlated errors across equations and time.
A distributed crossbar switch scheduler for on-chip networks

A scheduling algorithm is proposed for a lightweight on-chip crossbar switch in on-chip networks. The proposed NA-MOO algorithm distributes the arbitration computing over all of the crossbar fabric nodes. Its implementation shows that it can reduce >60% area and >20% computation delay compared to the conventional round robin based SLIP algorithm. Its feasibility is analyzed by using an SoC for HDTV as an example. The proposed techniques are area-efficient and show higher performance for the on-chip interconnection networks.
Design of a phase-locked-loop-based control scheme for Lissajous-trajectory scanning of fast steering mirrors

This paper introduces an advanced phase-locked-loop (PLL) control structure for an electromagnetically actuated fast steering mirror (FSM). It enables a performance improvement when tracking Lissajous trajectories on a modified FSM. The dynamics of the FSM are inserted into the phase control loop of the PLL control structure, such that frequency and phase of the output and the reference signal are synchronized. Feedforward gains are used to enable matching of the output and reference scan amplitudes. It is shown that the PLL together with decoupling control blocks is also capable of compensating crosstalk between the FSM axes. The performance of the designed control system is compared to state of the art dual tone (DT) controllers for Lissajous trajectories. While both control structures show comparable current consumption, the resulting rms tracking error can be reduced by 60% when using the proposed PLL-based controls.
Evaluation and forecasting of solar radiation using time series adaptive neuro‐fuzzy inference system: Seoul city as a case study

Given that solar radiation is unpredictable, an accurate solar energy prediction model must be developed. This study aimed to evaluate the changes in solar radiation over the past 37 years in Seoul city. The capability of the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) to forecast solar radiation using chaotic time series inputs was analysed. Results demonstrate the capability of ANFIS to provide a relatively good monthly solar prediction model with a normalised root mean square error of 0.22%, a root mean square error of 55.4, and a coefficient of determination of 0.8. The Jarque–Bera test was implemented as well to test the null hypothesis for the normal distribution of standardised residual. Results support the null hypothesis with P-value = 0.222, which indicates the normal distribution of the standardised residual and its goodness. The standardised residual shows that the model can effectively predict solar radiation on a monthly basis.
Syntax and Semantics vs . Statistics for Italian Multiword Expressions : Empirical Prototypes and Extraction Strategies

In this work we present an empirical analysis performed on Italian nominal multiword expressions (MWEs) of the form [noun + adjective] that aims at studying quantitatively their syntactic and semantic features in order to improve their automatic identification and collection. Three indices are proposed, which are able to measure syntactic and semantic frozeness of the expressions on empirical basis in a corpus of about 1.8 million words, composed of Italian texts concerning the domain of physics. The combination of the three indices can be used to create a global measure, that we call Prototypicality Index (PI), which appears to be useful in the automatic extraction of terminological MWEs. The performance of PI at extracting true positives out of a candidate list is compared to those of the well-known statistical association measures Log-likelihood and Pointwise Mutual Information. Our results show how the performance of PI can be comparable to those of association measures, although it does not involve statistical calculations. Thus, PI can be seen as a new option for lexicographers and terminologists to integrate the already available statistical methods when identifying MWEs from texts.
Reconfigurable circular monopole gasket fractal for UWB application

A compact UWB fractal monopole antenna is designed using CPW fed technique. The UWB antenna covers UWB range of 1.19 GHz to 16.41 GHz. A pair of switch (ring slot resonator) is inserted to the CPW ground plane to achieve a reconfigurable antenna operating at different sub bands. By using the gasket fractal concept the miniaturization of the antenna is obtained which provides a better bandwidth better over a simple circular monopole. The simulated results are shown with Omnidirectional radiation pattern.