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Alcohol Availability and Targeted Advertising in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities

Alcohol availability and advertising are disproportionately concentrated in racial/ethnic minority communities. Although research on alcohol availability and alcohol advertising in racial/ethnic minority communities is limited, evidence does show a relationship between minority concentration, alcohol outlet density, and alcohol problems. This article reviews research showing that certain neighborhood characteristics, such as alcohol outlet density, can be stronger predictors of homicide and violence than are race or ethnicity.
Biosynthesis of the Escherichia coli K5 polysaccharide, a representative of group II capsular polysaccharides: polymerization in vitro and characterization of the product

Biosynthesis of the capsular K5 polysaccharide of Escherichia coli, which has the structure 4)-beta GlcA-1,4-alpha GlcNAc-(1, was studied with membrane preparations from an E. coli K5 wild-type strain and from a recombinant K-12 strain expressing the K5 capsule. Polymerization occurs at the inner face of the cytoplasmic membrane without the participation of lipid-linked oligosaccharides. The serological K5 specificity of the in vitro product was determined with a K5-specific monoclonal antibody in an antigen-binding assay. The K5 polysaccharide, as obtained from the membranes after an in vitro incubation, has 2-keto-3-deoxyoctulosonic acid as the reducing sugar, which indicates that the polysaccharide grows by chain elongation at the nonreducing end.
Agent-based Visualization of Streaming Text

We present a visualization infrastructure that maps data elements to agents, which have behaviors parameterized by those elements. Dynamic visualizations emerge as the agents change position, alter appearance and respond to one other. Agents move to minimize the difference between displayed agent-to-agent distances, and an input matrix of ideal distances. Our current application is visualization of streaming text. Each agent represents a significant word, visualizing it by displaying the word itself, centered in a circle sized by the frequency of word occurrence. We derive the ideal distance matrix from word cooccurrence, mapping higher co-occurrence to lower distance. To depict co-occurrence in its textual context, the ratio of intersection to circle area approximates the ratio of word co-occurrence to frequency. A networked backend process gathers articles from news feeds, blogs, Digg or Twitter, exploiting online search APIs to focus on user-chosen topics. Resulting visuals reveal the primary topics in text streams as clusters, with agent-based layout moving without instability as data streams change dynamically.
Impacto do estado nutricional e da força muscular sobre o estado de saúde geral e qualidade de vida em pacientes com câncer de trato gastrintestinal e de pulmão

Introducao: A desnutricao e frequente em pacientes oncologicos, interferindo na funcionalidade e na qualidade devida. Objetivos: Avaliar o impacto do estado nutricional e da forca muscular na qualidade de vida de pacientes comcâncer do trato gastrintestinal e de pulmao indicados a quimioterapia. Metodo: Estudo transversal em um servico de quimioterapia do Sul do Brasil. Os pacientes tiveram o estado nutricional avaliado pelo Indice de Massa Corporal e pela Avaliacao Subjetiva Global, a funcao muscular avaliada por dinamometria; e o dominio de Estado de Saude Geral e Qualidade de Vida avaliado pelo questionario European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer – Qualityof Life Questionnaire Core-30. Os dados foram analisados no pacote estatistico Stata 11.1®. Resultados: A maioriados pacientes era homem (57,1%) e a idade media foi 63,9 ±22,6 anos. Tumores de trato gastrintestinal foram mais prevalentes (74%). Segundo o Indice de Massa Corporal, 60% da amostra estava eutrofica; porem a Avaliacao Subjetiva Global encontrou somente 13% bem nutridos. O escore de qualidade de vida medio foi 68 ±21,3. A media da forca de preensao manual nao dominante foi 25,7 ±10,1Kgf, sem associacao com qualidade de vida (p=0,3). O pior estadonutricional associou-se com menores escores de qualidade de vida tanto pelo Indice de Massa Corporal (p=0,04) quanto pela Avaliacao Subjetiva Global (p=0,007). Conclusao: Houve alta prevalencia de desnutricao segundo a Avaliacao Subjetiva Global, e o estado nutricional influenciou significativamente o Estado de Saude Geral e Qualidade de Vida, nao estando; porem, a forca muscular associada.
Perfis fisiológicos e cinemáticos de atletas de elite do basquetebol : Physiological and kinematic profiles of elite basketball players

O objetivo geral deste estudo e descrever as atividades de alta intensidade em jogos de competicao, baseado em dados de velocidade, e variaveis de carga interna, baseado na resposta de Frequencia Cardiaca (FC) de jogadores, enquanto que o objetivo especifico e encontrar diferencas entre posicoes e quartos. Foram utilizadas amostras de dados de FC e posicao em funcao do tempo de 10 jogadores profissionais do sexo masculino em 6 jogos de basquetebol de uma equipe brasileira de alto nivel. Na coleta da FC foram utilizados monitores de frequencia cardiaca com transmissao sem fio da marca Polar®, modelo Team System, com frequencia de 0,2 Hz. As partidas foram registradas a partir de quatro câmeras filmadoras digitais e, ao final de cada partida, as sequencias de imagens de 30 Hz adquirida da câmera foram convertidas para o formato AVI e analisadas a uma frequencia de 7.5 Hz utilizando o sistema DVideo (Campinas, Brasil). Foram quantificadas o tempo gasto por zonas de porcentagem, em funcao da FCmax e por faixa de Velmax, recuperacao da FC durante Bola Morta, picos de velocidade e intervalo entre picos de velocidade com a mesma intensidade. Os resultados mostram que jogadores podem estar submetidos a atividades de maiores intensidades em comparacao aos estudos na literatura. Ha ainda uma tendencia de os pivos realizarem mais deslocamentos com intensidades proximas a suas velocidades maximas e de os armadores realizarem mais deslocamentos em intensidades intermediarias, caracterizando um esforco continuo. As diferencas encontradas nos quartos mostram que ha uma tendencia de aumento das atividades de baixa intensidade conforme o desenvolvimento do jogo. Dados da taxa de reducao de FC mostrou que os jogadores tendem a ter sua melhor performance aerobia no primeiro e ultimo quarto, onde as taxas de reducao foram maiores. Fatores como o maior numero de lances livres e tempos tecnicos podem ter contribuido para a maior media na taxa de reducao durante esses quartos. A taxa de reducao analisada neste estudo para as diferentes posicoes nao apresentou nenhuma diferenca. Na quantificacao da intensidade de esforco a partir dois tipos de variaveis analisadas, a FC se mostrou como um parâmetro de intensidade acumulativo enquanto que a velocidade se mostra como uma parte da intensidade de esforco que se e realizado em geral, onde nao ha relacao linear entre as duas variaveis. Abstract
Reduction of test power and data volume in BIST scheme based on scan slice overlapping

In order to further reduce test data storage and test power of deterministic BIST based on LFSR reseeding and scan slice overlapping scheme, two optimization algorithms are proposed. One algorithm is to reorder scan cell by random exchanging two scan cells considering layout constraint in every loop. If both the number of specified bits and the number of overlapping blocks after exchanging operation are decreased, the exchanging operation is kept, otherwise the exchanging operation is ignored. The other algorithm is to partition test patterns by selecting the scan slice with most specified bits as the first scan slice of the current overlapping block. In this way, the partition which can lead to the minimal number of overlapping blocks and the minimal number of specified bits can be always achieved. Combining the proposed algorithms, test power and even test data storage can be significantly reduced. Experimental results indicate that the proposed method significantly reduces the switching activity and test data storage by 72%–92% and 54%–91%, respectively.
Prognostication in severe traumatic brain injury in adults #239.

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Interspecies scaling of biliary excreted drugs: prediction of human clearance and volume of distribution

Abstract Background: Interspecies differences in biliary excretion and the differences in bile flow rates make scaling across species difficult for drugs that are excreted in the bile. The objective of this study is to predict clearance (CL) and volume of distribution (V) for humans from animals for drugs that are excreted in the bile. Methods: Clearance values of 10 drugs known to be excreted in the bile were selected from the literature. Scaling of CL was performed using at least three animal species. Using simple allometry and the rule of exponents (ROE), clearances of studied drugs were predicted in humans. Besides using the ROE, a ‘correction factor’ was applied adjusting bile flow rate based on the species body weight (bile flow mL/day/kg body weight) or liver weight (bile flow mL/day/kg liver weight). Using the ROE and combining it with the ‘correction factor’, the clearances of biliary excreted drugs were predicted for humans. V for 15 drugs (without any correction factor) that are excreted in the bile was also predicted for humans. Results: The results of the study indicated that the ROE in association with the correction factors developed for the biliary excreted drugs substantially improved the prediction of human clearance for drugs that are excreted in the bile. In this study, there was no indication (unlike clearance) that the prediction of volume of drug distribution was affected (systematically under- or over-prediction) because of biliary excretion. Conclusions: The clearance of drugs that are excreted in the bile can be predicted with reasonable accuracy using ROE and a correction factor.
Proteomic Identification of OprL as a Seromarker for Initial Diagnosis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

ABSTRACT Identification of new immunogenic antigens that diagnose initial Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) alone or as an adjunct to microbiology is needed. In the present study, a proteomic analysis was performed to obtain a global assessment of the host immune response during the initial P. aeruginosa infection of patients with CF. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry was used to identify outer membrane protein L (OprL), a non-type III secretion system (TTSS) protein, as an early immunogenic protein during the initial P. aeruginosa infection of patients with CF. Longitudinal Western blot analysis of sera from 12 of 14 patients with CF detected antibodies to OprL during the initial P. aeruginosa infection. In addition, also detected were antibodies to ExoS, ExoU, or ExoS and ExoU, the latter indicating sequential P. aeruginosa infections during initial infections. Detection of serum reactivity to OprL, along with proteins of the TTSS, and in conjunction with microbiology may diagnose initial P. aeruginosa infections in patients with CF.
Prevalence of Comorbid Conditions in Patients of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [COPD] with Acute Exacerbation

Background: Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [AECOPD] often requires hospital admission in ICU with high mortality. Comorbidities appear to increase the mortality. Recent studies have focused on the comorbid conditions aggravating this problem. Aim: To study the prevalence of comorbid conditions in hospitalized patients with AECOPD in a tertiary care hospital in Tamilnadu. Methods: One hundred patients admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of AECOPD during the period of June 2013 to March 2014 were taken up for study. Ethical clearance and patient consent were obtained. They were investigated for comorbid conditions. Results: Majority of patients were above 65 years of age. Mean age was 67.1%. Males constituted 75% and 74.6% of them were smokers, 68% were hypertensive, 53.5% had diabetes and 28% had cardiac diseases. 17% were anemic, 15% had renal diseases, 12% had obstructive sleep apnea [OSA], 12% had eye problems, 11% had liver diseases and 10% had arthritis. Conclusion: It is important to identify these comorbidities and treat them effectively so as to reduce the morbidity and mortality of AECOPD.
Drug Delivery Systems 5B. Oral Drug Delivery

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The histogenesis of angiosarcoma of the face and scalp: an immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study

Thirteen cases of angiosarcoma of the face and scalp have been examined using immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. Endothelial cell markers have been employed in an immunoperoxidase technique on tissue that has either been routinely processed, periodate‐lysine paraformaldehyde fixed (PLP) and cold processed, or fixed in methacarn. A consistent pattern of endothelial cell labelling was only achieved in the PLP fixed tissue. In this fixative the angiosarcomas were factor VIII related antigen negative, Ulex europaeus lectin positive, laminin positive, unlabelled by the monoclonal antibody PAL‐E, and positively labelled by the monoclonal antibody EN4. Ultrastructural examination of four cases showed evidence of vascular lumina in all tumours. Weibel Palade bodies were seen in only one case but three tumours showed some evidence of tight junction formation and marginal folding. Thus, our cell marker studies can be interpreted as consistent with a lymphatic derivation for this type of angiosarcoma but in contra‐distinction the ultrastructural studies showed tumour channels with features suggestive of blood vessel differentiation.
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins in foods

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins in foods. The "double-antibody sandwich" protocol combines parts of several procedures reported previously. Horseradish peroxidase was conjugated to antibody specific for an enterotoxin, and the antibody-enzyme conjugate was assayed with a 2,2'-azino-di-(3-ethylbenzthiazoline sulfonic acid)-H2O2 substrate solution. Enterotoxins were added to a variety of foods that were representative of those implicated in staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks. Extracts of the foods were assayed by the ELISA and radioimmunoassay. Enterotoxin levels below 1 ng/g of food were consistently detectable by the ELISA. These results compared favorably with those of the radioimmunoassay. Experiments confirmed the interference of protein A in double-antibody sandwich ELISAs. Although protein A interference has not been demonstrated to be a problem in food extracts, we suggest a screen for protein A interference in which immunoglobulin G from nonimmunized rabbits is used. All of the known staphylococcal enterotoxins could be detected by this method. Analysis of a food product for entertoxin by the ELISA can be completed in an 8-h working day.
A study of unsupervised clustering techniques for language modeling

There has been recent interest in clustering text data to build topic-speciﬁc language models for large vocabulary speech recognition. In this paper, we studied various unsupervised clustering algorithms on several corpora. First we compared the clustering methods with quality metrics such as entropy and purity. Of the techniques studied, two-phase bisecting K-means achieved good performance with relatively fast speed. Then we performed speech recognition experiments on English and Arabic systems using the automatically derived topic-based language models. We obtained modest word error rate improvements, comparable to previously published studies. A careful analysis of the correlation between word error rate and the distribution of misrecognized words, including an information-gain metric, is presented.
New results on the tariff—growth paradox

This article investigates the question of how openness affected the growth of income in the late nineteenth-century Atlantic economy. More specifically, is the tariff-growth correlation identified by O'Rourke (2000) driven by European offshoots? Is the correlation perhaps explained by the concurrent integration of intranational markets before 1914? And what can other measures of openness tell us about the growth process in the nineteenth century? This note offers some answers. The results can be summarised as follows: O'Rourke's primary finding is not altered by changes in the sample; incorporating measures of inter- and intranational market integration into the analysis again supports O'Rourke's findings, but apparently leaves no role for intranational market integration; and evidence from trade-flow data suggests that there may been a pro-growth role for tariffs in a non-reciprocal trade environment.
The conduction current and displacement current in a Terahertz antenna

A semiclassical Monte Carlo model is presented to study the time-varying conduction current and displacement current in a Terahertz photoconductive antenna after photoexcitation. We analyzed conduction current and displacement current in a biased GaAs photoconductive antenna after fs laser pulse excitation as a function of bias voltage, pump pulse energy. While we analyzed conduction current and displacement current contribute on THz wave radiation. The simulation results show that the light-intensity dependence mainly influences the pulse amplitudes of the conduction current and the displacement current and THz wave. At the same light-intensity, higher bias field gives larger conduction current. The simulation results show that conduction current and displacement current are source of THz waveform radiated by bias photoconductive current.
Wide Band Polarimetric Interferometry for DEM Improvement and Retrieval of Vegetation Height

The Interferometric coherence can be optimised by properly using polarimetric information. The optimisation method has been experimentally tested under laboratory conditions in an anechoic chamber. The experiments have proved the remarkable contribution that this technique offers in two important applications of SAR interferometry: the improvement of Digital Elevation Models (DEW) generation and the estimation of vegetation height.
A Fully Differential 77-GHz Active IQ Modulator in a Silicon-Germanium Technology

A 77-GHz IQ modulator in a fully differential circuit configuration is presented. It includes an local oscillation (LO) buffer amplifier, a medium-power output stage, a double-balanced active mixer architecture and on-chip baluns for easy characterization. A differential branch-line coupler provides quadrature phase signals at the upconversion mixer LO inputs. The circuit is manufactured in a 200-GHz transit frequency technology, and the circuit performance is shown by on-wafer measurements.
Asian subgroups and cancer incidence and mortality rates in California

The objective of this study was to characterize better the cancer burden among Asian subgroups in California. Nearly 3.7 million Asians reside in California, and no other state has as many Asians. Cancer statistics for Asians often are combined with statistics for Pacific Islanders, and rates for subgroups are not often examined, because most states do not have a large enough population. Asians are affected disproportionately by certain cancers, such as stomach and liver cancers. The California Cancer Registry, a population‐based cancer registry, has collected data, including race/ethnicity data, since 1988. The 5‐year, average, annual, age‐adjusted cancer incidence and mortality rates from 1997 through 2001 were calculated for 5 Asian subgroups: Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese. Cancer incidence and mortality varied greatly. Incidence rates for all sites combined among males varied from a low of 318.6 per 100,000 for Chinese to a high of 366.0 per 100,000 among Japanese. For females, rates ranged from 236.6 per 100,000 among Koreans to 302.4 per 100,000 among Japanese. Mortality rates also varied by Asian subgroup. Presenting one statistic for Asian/Pacific Islanders did not provide an accurate depiction of the cancer burden among the different Asian subgroups. Acculturation will continue to affect the patterns of cancer incidence among Asian subgroups in California. Cancer 2005. © 2005 American Cancer Society.