bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Cohort Study of Pioglitazone and Cancer Incidence in Patients With Diabetes
Authors: Ferrara Assiamira , Lewis James D. , Quesenberry Charles P. , Peng Tiffany , Strom Brian L. , Van Den Eeden Stephen K. , Ehrlich Samantha F. , Habel Laurel A. 
Published: March 2011

OBJECTIVE
To explore whether treatment with pioglitazone was associated with risk of incident cancer at the 10 most common sites (prostate, female breast, lung/bronchus, endometrial, colon, non-Hodgkin lymphoma [NHL], pancreas, kidney/renal pelvis, rectal, and melanoma).

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
A cohort study of 252,467 patients aged ≥40 years from the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Diabetes Registry was conducted. All prescriptions for diabetes medications were identified by pharmacy records. Cox proportional hazards models were used to examine the association between risk of incident cancer and ever use, duration, dose, and time since initiation of pioglitazone (modeled as time-dependent variables).

RESULTS
In models adjusted for age, sex, year of cohort entry, race/ethnicity, income, smoking, glycemic control, diabetes duration, creatinine levels, congestive heart failure, and use of other diabetes medications, the hazard ratio (HR) for each cancer associated with ever use of pioglitazone ranged from 0.7 to 1.3, with all 95% CIs including 1.0. There was a suggestion of an increased risk of melanoma (HR 1.3 [95% CI 0.9–2.0]) and NHL (1.3 [1.0–1.8]) and a decreased risk of kidney/renal pelvis cancers (0.7 [0.4–1.1]) associated with ever use of pioglitazone. These associations were unaltered with increasing dose, duration, or time since first use.

CONCLUSIONS
We found no clear evidence of an association between use of pioglitazone and risk of the incident cancers examined. Because the maximum duration of follow-up was fewer than 6 years after the initiation of pioglitazone, longer-term studies are needed.
Analysis on genetic contribution of some traits to seed yield in rapeseed by additive-dominance genetic method of mixed model
Authors: Sabaghnia N. , Dehghani H. , Alizadeh B. , Mohghaddam M. 
Published: March 2011

Analysis on genetic contribution of some traits to seed yield in rapeseed by additive-dominance genetic method of mixed modelA genetic model is developed with additive, dominance and genotype x environment interaction effects for the progeny from a diallel mating design. To uncover the genetic contributions of some traits of rapeseed to seed yield and find indicator traits for indirect selection, multivariable conditional analysis was conducted based on this method. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to estimate genetic parameters using a half diallel of nine international rapeseed cultivars. The 36 Fl hybrids, the parents and four additional cultivars were planted in the breeding nurseries in 2008 and 2009. Several traits including number of pods per plant (NPP), pod length (LP), height of the first pod (HFP), height of the first lateral branch (HFB), stem diameter (SD), days of flowering period (FP), days to physiological maturity (DPM) and seed yield were recorded. The genetic variance component (VDxY) was significant for all the studied traits but the genetic variance component (VA) was significant for NPP, HFB, HFP, DPM and SY traits and the genetic variance component (VD) was significant for HFB, HFP, LP and FP traits. There was significant positive phenotypic correlation (rA) between seed yield with NPP and HFP and there was significant positive dominance x year interaction correlation (rDxY) between seed yield with NPP and DPM while there was significant negative dominance x year interaction correlation (rDxY) between seed yield with HFB, LP and FP. There were significantly positive additive effects of SY for two parents Orient and Talaye. Finally according to additive-dominance genetic model and conditional genetic effects, the genotypes Talaye proved good general combiner for seed yield improvement and crosses 4 × 8 (Orient × Talaye), 7 × 8 (Opera × Talaye) were found the best specific combiner for all the studied traits.
SETHI: The Flying Lab
Authors: Bruyant Jean-Paul , Dreuillet Philippe , du Plessis Olivier , Oriot Héléne , Dubois-Fernandez Pascale , Cantalloube Hubert 
Published: March 2011

SETHI: The Flying Lab
This paper presents the new-generation test bench SETHI, developed by ONERA, the French Aerospace Lab. SETHI is a medium range platform dedicated to environmental, scientific and security applications. The first part of this paper describes the system architecture, the development state and the future capabilities. A set of recent significant results are presented: these results cover various applications, such as high spatial resolution imaging, change detection between two acquisitions, biomass measurement in the rain forest, bistatic imaging and innovative measurements, such as air-to-air imaging or circular imaging.
Multisensor Tracking of Marine Targets - Decentralized Fusion of Kalman and Neural Filters
Authors: Stateczny Andrzej , Kazimierski Witold 
Published: March 2011

Multisensor Tracking of Marine Targets - Decentralized Fusion of Kalman and Neural FiltersThis paper presents an algorithm of multisensor decentralized data fusion for radar tracking of maritime targets. The fusion is performed in the space of Kalman Filter and is done by finding weighted average of single state estimates provided be each of the sensors. The sensors use numerical or neural filters for tracking. The article presents two tracking methods - Kalman Filter and General Regression Neural Network, together with the fusion algorithm. The structural and measurement models of moving target are determined. Two approaches for data fusion are stated - centralized and decentralized - and the latter is thoroughly examined. Further, the discussion on main fusing process problems in complex radar systems is presented. This includes coordinates transformation, track association and measurements synchronization. The results of numerical experiment simulating tracking and fusion process are highlighted. The article is ended with a summary of the issues pointed out during the research.
Nonuniform Spatial Sampling in a Ground-Based Noise SAR
Authors: Maślikowski Łukasz , Misiurewicz Jacek 
Published: March 2011

Nonuniform Spatial Sampling in a Ground-Based Noise SARThe paper presents an idea of nonuniform spatial sampling applied to a noise synthetic aperture radar. In certain cases it is desirable to limit the number of spatial (along-track) domain samples acquired in a SAR radar because of external constraints on sampling frequency or on the overall number of samples - e.g. in order to economy on time or power consumed. Lowering number of samples taken may, however, lead to spatial aliasing and incorrect reconstruction of the image. Nonuniform sampling allows to reduce the aliasing effect and reconstruct the image better. This technique can be applied with standard reconstruction methods, but it works best together with Compressive Sensing reconstruction algorithms. The idea will be verified with an experimental noise SAR built at ISE PW.
Application of Digital Control Techniques for Satellite Medium Power DC-DC Converters
Authors: Skup Konrad , Grudziński Paweł , Orleański Piotr 
Published: March 2011

Application of Digital Control Techniques for Satellite Medium Power DC-DC Converters
The objective of this paper is to present a work concerning a digital control loop system for satellite medium power DC-DC converters that is done in Space Research Centre. The whole control process of a described power converter is based on a high speed digital signal processing. The paper presents a development of a FPGA digital controller for voltage and current mode stabilization that was implemented using VHDL. The described controllers are based on a classical digital PID controller. The converter used for testing is a 200 kHz, 750W buck converter with 50V/15A output. A high resolution digital PWM approach is presented. Additionally a simple and effective solution of filtering of an analog-to-digital converter output is presented.
Bistatic Noise SAR Experiment with a Non-Cooperative Illuminator
Authors: Maślikowski Łukasz , Kulpa Krzysztof 
Published: March 2011

Bistatic Noise SAR Experiment with a Non-Cooperative IlluminatorThe paper describes the results of a conception-stage experiment with a ground-based bistatic noise SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) demonstrator. Its aim was to research the ability of a simple Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) build system to provide a bistatic SAR image using non-cooperative illuminator. The noise signal used in the experiment is similar to a signal used in many transmission systems such as DVB-T that can be employed in passive bistatic radars. The paper presents the system setup, details of the measurement campaign, signal processing and the results of SAR imaging.
A Short Range Synthetic Aperture Imaging Radar with Rotating Antenna
Authors: Ali Faiza , Urban Alexander , Vossiek Martin 
Published: March 2011

A Short Range Synthetic Aperture Imaging Radar with Rotating AntennaThe design of a short range synthetic aperture imaging radar is introduced in this paper. A radar hologram is acquired using a small omnidirectional antenna that is mounted on a rotating platform. After each turn of the platform a high resolution 360° 2D image is reconstructed; a rotating window function optimizes the reconstructed image function to get the best image focus for detecting both weak and strong scatterers. The rotating window function depends on the target direction and is executed for each image point and each target direction. The size of the synthetic aperture - and thus the lateral resolution of the imaging system - is determined by the diameter of the circular antenna trajectory. In contrast to common radar scanner concepts that utilize highly directional and thus bulky antennas, the proposed scanner concept has the advantage of using a small, lightweight omni-directional antenna. The developed radar system is much more compact and the scanning mechanics are significantly simplified. Furthermore, an omni-directional antenna offers very straightforward options for powering the radar on the rotation platform. Measurement results obtained with a 24 GHz FMCW short range radar sensor illustrate the performance of the proposed SAR imaging method.
27 dBm Microwave Amplifiers with Adaptive Matching Networks
Authors: Rosolowski Dawid , Wojtasiak Wojciech , Gryglewski Daniel 
Published: March 2011

27 dBm Microwave Amplifiers with Adaptive Matching Networks
The paper describes adaptive amplifier design with varactors and pin diodes as regulators of matching networks. As examples the two amplifiers with SHF-0189 HFET transistor and different matching sections were designed and manufactured. The output power level of 27 dBm and gain higher than 13 dB within L and S-band have been achieved. The amplifier design methodology is based on the small-signal approach and DC characteristics of transistors and regulators. Amplifier adaptivity allows us to remotely control the chosen parameters such as: frequency range, output power level, gain and etc.
A Computer-controlled System of High-power Microwave Sources
Authors: Korpas Przemysław , Gryglewski Daniel , Wojtasiak Wojciech , Gwarek Wojciech 
Published: March 2011

A Computer-controlled System of High-power Microwave Sources
The paper presents the design and hardware implementation of a computer controlled system composed of up to four high-power microwave sources. Each source provides up to 200 W of continuous wave power. Frequency of each source is stabilized within ±0.5 ppm of the nominal frequency adjustable within 2.35 ÷ 2.6 GHz range. All four sources can be synchronized to the same frequency with computer-controlled phase shift between the signals generated by each of them. The paper concentrates on the choice of components for such a system and the properties of the realized hardware implementation.
Modulation-Mode Assignment for SVD-assisted Downlink Multiuser MIMO Transmission Schemes with Iterative Detection
Authors: Ahrens Andreas , Benavente-Peces César 
Published: March 2011

Modulation-Mode Assignment for SVD-assisted Downlink Multiuser MIMO Transmission Schemes with Iterative DetectionSince the capacity of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems increases linearly with the minimum number of antennas at both, the transmitter as well as the receiver side, MIMO systems have attracted a lot of attention for both frequency and non-frequency selective channels and reached a state of maturity. By contrast, MIMO-aided multiple-user systems require substantial further research. In comparison to zero-forcing (ZF) multiuser transmission techniques, where all users are treated jointly, the investigated singular value decomposition (SVD) assisted DL multiuser MIMO solution takes the individual user's channel characteristics into account. In analogy to bit-interleaved coded irregular modulation, we introduce a MIMO-BICM scheme, where different user-specific signal constellations and mapping arrangement were used within a single codeword. Extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) charts are used for analyzing and optimizing the convergence behaviour of the iterative demapping and decoding. Our results show that in order to achieve the best bit-error rate, not necessarily all user-specific MIMO layers have to be activated.
La vie quotidienne des Bretons pendant la guerre : quelques aspects
Authors: Bougeard Christian 
Published: March 2011

« Quelques aspects de la vie quotidienne des Bretons pendant la Deuxième guerre mondiale ». Christian Bougeard.
La Défaite de 1940 a jeté sur les routes des millions de personnes. La Bretagne compte 751 183 réfugiés en août 1940. L'occupation allemande (du 17 au 23 juin) se traduit par de nombreux interdits (couvre-feu, ausweis, zone côtière interdite). Les réquisitions de toute nature, agricoles surtout avec l'appui de la Corporation paysanne, ne cessent de s'alourdir de 1940 à 1944. Les livraisons d'animaux sur pied, de beurre, de céréales sont de plus en plus difficilement réalisées. Dès l'été 1940, les difficultés de ravitaillement pour la population civile apparaissent, les rations diminuent dans les villes, le marché noir prospère malgré la répression ; La Bretagne en sort très affaiblie économiquement.
Fréquentation, Amour, Mariage au XVIIIe siècle dans les villages du Sud du Maine (1ère partie)
Authors: Fillon Anne 
Published: March 2011

Courtship, love, marriage in the eighteenth century in the villages of the upper Maine. ;
From a corpus of 62 couples appearing either in the manuscript of a village serge-maker (1741-1820) or in the deeds of notarial offices situated between Maine and Anjou, Anne Fillon distinguishes certain common factors. The influence of professionnal migration on the formation of couples, the organisation of meetings for young people, the existence of family manœuvres, the dynamic attitude of girls, the unpopularity of stubborn parents, suggest a non-authoritarian matrimonial policy. Among the fondations of a good mariage, love is not excluded, specially in the second half of the century. The village inhabitants (and even the priory of benedictine nuns) participate in the match-making process.
The civil agreements drawn up in cases of séduction seem to reveal that in the last quarter of the century, extra-marital carnal relations become relatively more banal. It is shown in the vocabulary, the choice of authority resorted to, in the attitude of the parties and the treatment of the child born or to be born.
The study of the mariage ritual confirms a change in values.
Fréquentation, Amour, Mariage au XVIIe siècle dans les villages du sud du Maine (2ème partie)
Authors: Fillon Anne 
Published: March 2011

This article follows the study of Courtship, Love, Marriage in the Eighteenth Century in the villages of the Upper Maine. Several phases appear, according to a relatively strict code.
1) Short courtship requiring an introduction but apparetly unknown to the parents.
2) Authorized courtship after a request from father to father.
3) Offering of gifts amongst which the pledge of mariage has a privileged place. The pledge evolves from the piece of silver money offered in public (first half of the century) to the ring offered in private. Acceptance of the pledge seals anengagement relatively difficult to break (Resorts to justice although the ritual loses some of its force in the second half of the century).
4) Official courtship after requer from suiter to father, visits of the family, marriage contract fréquent to correct custom law. The breach of promise may intervene at any moment. The study of specifie notarial acts again shows the role of the girls and the evolution from the social towards the individual phenomenon. Honour — even if its définition evolves — appears to be one of the essential and permanent values of the village world, and happiness is a new value, awakeningthe interest of a whole community. Between 1740 and 1780 this community seems to attain a culminating point of civilisation before the arrival of XIXth century values.
Une "corporation" à Rennes, au XIXe siècle: des encaveurs au fourché
Authors: Gandilhon René 
Published: March 2011

In Rennes, when the huge barrels of cider (14 hl and more) were rolled down into the cellars, from time immemorial, a special implement known as "the fork" was employed. Before the revolution this specialization brought about the necessity of forming a fellowship of cellar-men who had this exclusive privilege.
The fellowship, run by a syndic, was then made into a corporation, although it did not necessarily have the basic characteristics.
Set up again during the Empire, the corportion continued to function during the 19th and 20th centuries and disappeared in 1970.
Les sources documentaires anglaises de l'histoire médiévale de la Bretagne (suite)
Authors: Peyronnet Georges 
Published: March 2011

Avec cet article s'achève le dépouillement des manuscrits de la British Library concernant l'histoire médiévale de la Bretagne (par ordre alphabétique des fonds). On signale ensuite quelques manuscrits se trouvant dans trois dépôts divers à Londres. Puis on analyse les documents concernant notre enquête contenus dans les bibliothèques de l'Université d'Oxford, et notamment la plus importante, la célèbre Bodleian Library. Le matériel fourni par les fonds de l'Université de Cambridge est moins considérable.
On examinera dans l'article suivant des fonds anglais divers en dehors de Londres et des deux grandes villes universitaires.
Enseignants et enseignés à l'école laïque primaire en Maine-et-Loire (1914-1918)
Authors: Jacobzone Alain 
Published: March 2011

L'administration s'appuie beaucoup sur ses instituteurs entre 1914 et 1918, pour maintenir un système éducatif diminué par les pénuries et la mobilisation, pour contrôler et raffermir le moral des populations ou susciter leur participation active à l'effort de guerre (emprunts - journées). En pays angevin, souvent hostile à la république et à son école ce ne fut pas chose facile.
Auprès des enfants l'école a tenté de jouer un rôle d'assistance matérielle et morale. Elle a mis en place une pédagogie de guerre : explications, exemples, exercices, actions d'entraide sont des moyens utilisés pour modeler une mentalité adaptée aux circonstances. Il reste que les pacifistes les plus convaincus sont des instituteurs. Très actifs mais peu nombreux et surveillés, ils ne pouvaient être très efficaces.
Les sources documentaires anglaises de l'histoire médiévale de la Bretagne (suite)
Authors: Peyronnet Georges 
Published: March 2011

On examine ici les archives des ports d'Exeter, Bristol et Southampton, qui ont eu des relations particulièrement actives avec la Bretagne médiévale. Ensuite on recense les archives des comtés (publiques et privées) qui contiennent des documents intéressant notre enquête : on a rangé ces comtés par ordre alphabétique.
Le prochain article présentera la conclusion générale de l'enquête, en dégageant des indications pour des recherches ultérieures destinées à compléter cette enquête.
Le marronage sur les habitations Laborde à Saint-Domingue dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle
Authors: Foubert Bernard 
Published: March 2011

Réactions à l'esclavage sur les grandes plantations coloniales du XVIIIe siècle, le marronage demeure encore assez mal connu.
L'auteur qui a travaillé six ans à l'Institut français d'Haïti en étudie les principaux aspects sur les habitations sucrières du banquier Laborde situées dans la plaine des Cayes.
Une analyse serrée des comptes de régie lui permet de mesurer l'intensité d'un phénomène dont le caractère marginal ne semble pas avoir ébranlé sérieusement la stabilité des ateliers en question.
La première génération d'instituteurs normaliens en Bretagne
Authors: Nicolas Gilbert 
Published: March 2011

At the beginning of the « July Monarchy » primary education in Brittany stands out by its backwardness. To recruit secular school teachers who would be both (more) numerous and better trained, an « École Normale Primaire » (teacher training college) was set up in Rennes by 1831.
For ever twenty years, despite a difficult environment exemplified by the competition of the «Frères de l'Instruction Chrétienne »,financial difficulties and much opposition, this E.N. managed to train more than a thousand teachers to the level of « instituteur » - From many sources but espedally from the records of the trainee teachers, we have attempted to define the recruiting mode, the geographical and social origins of this first generation of a new mold of « instituteurs ». Despite its impressive number, this flow of instituteurs from the E.N. did not, in this pioneering period, meet the needs of the majority of Breton communes.
Les sources documentaires anglaises de l'histoire médiévale de la Bretagne (suite)
Authors: Peyronnet Georges 
Published: March 2011

On présente ici l'analyse du grand recueil diplomatique des Foedera (documents relatifs aux rapports entre la Couronne d'Angleterre et les puissances étrangères à l'Angleterre) édités par l'historiographe royal anglais Thomas Rymer au début du XVIIIe siècle. On en a tiré les actes relatifs à l'histoire médiévale de la Bretagne, en en donnant un bref résumé.
Le manque de place nous a contraint de nous arrêter provisoirement à la fin de l'année 1357. Mais dans l'article suivant nous analyserons les années 1358-1492. Et nous terminerons par la conclusion générale de notre enquête.