bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The marketing of industrial real estate: application of Taguchi loss functions
Authors: Festervand Troy A. , Kethley R. Bryan , Waller Bennie D. 
Published: August 2002

AbstractThe marketing of industrial real estate is a resource‐consuming endeavour for all parties involved consisting of many objectives that, in many cases, may be in conflict with one another. One method of minimizing resource requirements, especially time, while increasing the probability of a successful match is to select properties for presentation that maximizes buyer utility. Zionts (1992) indicated one area for future research in multiple criteria decision‐making (MCDM) is in the development of ‘Eclectic Approaches’ using old ideas in a new way to help develop MCDM approaches. In this paper Taguchi loss functions, a procedure commonly used in quality control, is proposed as a tool that can be used by industrial real estate professionals to more efficiently determine the property that most closely matches the buyer's needs. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Towards a behavioral ecology of consumption: delay‐reduction effects on foraging in a simulated Internet mall
Authors: Rajala Amy K , Hantula Donald A 
Published: August 2002

AbstractYoung adults shopped for music compact disks in a five store simulated Internet mall. In stock probability in all stores was constant at 0.80, but each store was associated with either a 0.5, 2, 4, 8, or 16 second to a feedback message indicating whether a particular disk was in stock or out of stock at that time. Working under a successive choice schedule, in Phase I subjects' behavior was in quantitative concordance with the Delay‐Reduction Hypothesis (DRH), and in Phase II, when a changeover delay was added, subjects' behavior conformed more closely to the predictions of the DRH. Hyperbolic discount functions provided the best fit to the data. This study extends the synthesis of foraging theory and operant psychology, known as behavioral ecology, to human consumption in an affluent post‐industrial culture, and provides the basis for an experimental analysis of human consumption. Extensions to research in consumer behavior, marketing strategy, and behavior on Internet services are proposed. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Clinical, neuropsychological, and morphometric correlates of apathy in Parkinson's disease
Authors: Isella Valeria , Melzi Paola , Grimaldi Marco , Iurlaro Simona , Piolti Roberto , Ferrarese Carlo , Frattola Lodovico , Appollonio Ildebrando 
Published: August 2002

AbstractApathy is a salient feature of various neuropsychiatric disorders, from depression to Alzheimer's disease. We formally assess its prevalence in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) together with its clinical, neuropsychological, and morphometric correlates. Thirty patients with PD and 25 normal controls were assessed using an extensive neuropsychological battery and Marin's Apathy Scale; parkinsonian patients also underwent MRI scan, followed by linear measurement of various frontotemporal structures. Approximately 45% of the PD sample showed apathy. For comparison analysis, given the unimodal distribution of the apathy scores, the PD sample was divided into three groups on the basis of the apathy tertiles. All three PD groups had worse cognitive and depression scores than controls, whereas they did not differ in terms of demographic, neurological, general cognitive, or affective features. By contrast, a significant positive association was found between apathy scores and performance on tests of executive function. As regards the morphometric data, we failed to find any specific measure of frontotemporal atrophy correlating with the presence or severity of apathy. Thus, apathy seems to be a frequent and important companion of PD, in many cases probably due to a primary motivational impairment, possibly related to a frontosubcortical dysfunction. © 2002 Movement Disorder Society.
The natural history of embouchure dystonia
Authors: Frucht Steven J. , Fahn Stanley , Greene Paul E. , O'Brien Christopher , Gelb Michael , Truong Daniel D. , Welsh John , Factor Stewart , Ford Blair 
Published: August 2002

AbstractFocal task‐specific dystonias are unusual disorders of motor control, often affecting individuals who perform complex repetitive movements. Musicians are especially prone to develop these disorders because of their training regimens and intense practice schedules. Task‐specific dystonia occurring in keyboard or string instrumentalists usually affects the hand. In contrast, there have been few descriptions of musicians with task‐specific dystonia affecting the muscles of the face and jaw. We report detailed clinical observations of 26 professional brass and woodwind players afflicted with focal task‐specific dystonia of the embouchure (the pattern of lip, jaw, and tongue muscles used to control the flow of air into a mouthpiece). This is the largest and most comprehensively studied series of such patients. Patients developed embouchure dystonia in the fourth decade, and initial symptoms were usually limited to one range of notes or style of playing. Once present, dystonia progressed without remission and responded poorly to oral medications and botulinum toxin injection. Patients with embouchure dystonia could be separated by the pattern of their abnormal movements into several groups, including embouchure tremor, involuntary lip movements, and jaw closure. Dystonia not infrequently spread to other oral tasks, often producing significant disability. Effective treatments are needed for this challenging and unusual disorder. © 2001 Movement Disorder Society.
Hysterectomy, menopause, and estrogen use preceding Parkinson's disease: An exploratory case‐control study
Authors: Benedetti Maria D. , Maraganore Demetrius M. , Bower James H. , McDonnell Shannon K. , Peterson Brett J. , Ahlskog J. Eric , Schaid Daniel J. , Rocca Walter A. 
Published: August 2002

AbstractWe studied the association of Parkinson's disease (PD) with type of menopause (natural or surgical), age at menopause, and postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapy using a case‐control design. We used the medical records‐linkage system of the Rochester Epidemiology Project to identify 72 women who developed PD in Olmsted County, MN, during the twenty years 1976–1995. Each incident case was matched by age (± 1 year) to a general population control subject. We collected exposure data through review of the complete medical records of cases and control subjects in the system. PD cases had undergone hysterectomy (with or without unilateral oophorectomy) significantly more often than control subjects (odds ratio [OR] = 3.36; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.05–10.77). In addition, PD cases had experienced early menopause (≤ 46 years) more commonly than control subjects (OR = 2.18; 95% CI = 0.88–5.39). Finally, PD cases had used estrogens orally or parenterally for at least 6 months after menopause less frequently (8%) than control subjects (14%; OR = 0.47; 95% CI = 0.12–1.85). However, the findings for early menopause and estrogen replacement therapy were not statistically significant. Despite the limited sample size of this exploratory study, we hypothesize that there is an increased risk of PD in conditions causing an early reduction in endogenous estrogen. This hypothesis needs to be confirmed in a larger study. © 2001 Movement Disorder Society.
Rivastigmine in the treatment of parkinsonian psychosis and cognitive impairment: Preliminary findings from an open trial
Authors: Reading Paul J. , Luce Anna K , McKeith Ian G. 
Published: August 2002

AbstractThis open study assessed the ability of rivastigmine to treat the neuropsychiatric complications of advanced Parkinson's disease. In a group of 12 patients, hallucinations, sleep disturbance, and carer distress were all improved and cognitive performance significantly enhanced by the drug. © 2001 Movement Disorder Society.
A (3+1)‐dimensional Painlevé integrable model obtained by deformation
Authors: Yu Jun , Lou Zhimei 
Published: August 2002

AbstractTo find some non‐trivial higher‐dimensional integrable models (especially in (3+1) dimensions) is one of the most important problems in non‐linear physics. An efficient deformation method to obtain higher‐dimensional integrable models is proposed. Starting from (2+1)‐dimensional linear wave equation, a (3+1)‐dimensional non‐trivial non‐linear equation is obtained by using a non‐invertible deformation relation. Further, the Painlevé integrability of the resulting model is also proved. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
FDTD simulations for hybrid circuits with linear and nonlinear lumped elements
Authors: Yuan Weiliang , Li Erping 
Published: August 2002

AbstractIn this paper, hybrid circuits with lumped elements, including a capacitor, inductor, and diode, are analyzed with the finite‐difference time‐domain (FDTD) method, and alternative algorithms for FDTD simulations of those elements are proposed, respectively. An integral formulation for the capacitor and a differential one for the inductor make it possible that any concatenations of multiple lumped elements can be inserted into one Yee cell in FDTD simulations. An algorithm for the diode is also modified to extend the dynamic range of its 3‐D FDTD simulation. Then, several hybrid circuits with different concatenations of lumped elements are analyzed by using the FDTD method. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 32: 408–412, 2002.
A three‐stage microwave‐assisted drying model based on the dielectric properties of laminar materials: Theoretical development and validation
Authors: Monzó‐Cabrera J. , Catalá‐Civera J. M. , Díaz‐Morcillo A. , Sánchez‐Hernández D. , Plaza‐González P. J. , De los Reyes E. 
Published: August 2002

AbstractIn this work, a very simple and accurate model for the microwave‐assisted drying of laminar bodies, based on their dielectric properties, is developed and tested over a laminar material such as leather. Several assumptions are made to simplify the obtained expressions. The results show that the correct determination of the dielectric properties as well as the internal characteristics of the solid are very relevant in order to achieve a correct modeling of the drying process. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 32: 465–469, 2002.
Effect of optical radiation on millimeter‐wave characteristics and avalanche noise generation in double‐drift impatt diodes based on opto‐sensitive semiconductors
Authors: Dash S. K. , Pati S. P. 
Published: August 2002

AbstractRF properties and avalanche noise generation in opto‐sensitive GaAs, InP, GaInAs, and GaInAsP double‐drift IMPATT diodes with and without optical injection have been studied. The optimum frequency and RF characteristics undergo sufficient variation with increase of intensity of optical radiation, which opens the prospects for RF tuning and its use as a low‐noise optical detector. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 33: 295–300, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10300
2D‐FDTD modeling of wire antennas near artificial impedance surfaces
Authors: Kärkkäinen Mikko , Tretyakov Sergei 
Published: August 2002

AbstractThis Letter deals with wire antennas radiating in the vicinity of an impedance surface. The use of impedance surfaces has been suggested, for instance, in the context of antenna reflectors. In this Letter a numerical surface impedance model is introduced. Some radiation patterns are calculated to validate the model. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 34: 38–40, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10366
Bistatic scattering from a fractal dynamic rough sea surface with a ship presence at low grazing‐angle incidence using the GFBM/SAA
Authors: Li Zhongxin , Jin Ya‐Qiu 
Published: August 2002

AbstractA generalized forward–backward method (GFBM) with the spectral accelerated algorithm (SAA) to solve the magnetic‐field integral equation (MFIE) is developed. It is applied to the numerical simulation of bistatic scattering from a one‐dimensional (1‐D) fractal dynamic sea surface with a ship presence under TE tapered wave incidence at a low grazing angle (LGA). Numerical simulations of bistatic scattering at an LGA show the functional dependence upon the fractal dimension of the conducting rough surface, ship location, and other parameters. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 31: 146–151, 2001.
Thyroid cancer after radiotherapy for childhood cancer*
Authors: Inskip Peter D. 
Published: August 2002

AbstractThe thyroid gland in children is among the most sensitive organs to the carcinogenic effects of ionizing radiation, and very young children are at especially high risk. Risk associated with exposure to external X‐ or γ‐radiation increases linearly with increasing dose to the thyroid gland at low‐to‐moderate doses, but the dose–response relationship appears to flatten at the very high doses characteristic of cancer radiotherapy. Because of the extreme sensitivity of the thyroid gland in children, there is a risk of radiation‐induced thyroid cancer even when the thyroid gland is outside of the irradiated field. Increased incidence of thyroid cancer has been noted following radiotherapy for childhood Hodgkin disease, non‐Hodgkin lymphoma, neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, acute lymphocytic leukemia and tumors of the central nervous system. Radiation‐induced tumors begin to appear 5–10 years after irradiation and excess risk persists for decades, perhaps for the remainder of life. The background incidence of thyroid cancer is two‐ to threefold higher among females than males, and the absolute increase in risk due to irradiation is higher in females as well. Most of the thyroid cancers that occur in association with irradiation are of the papillary type, for which the cure rate is high if tumors are detected early. This highlights the importance of long‐term surveillance of persons irradiated during childhood. Important areas for research include the possibility that children with certain types of first cancer are especially susceptible, the basis of the greater female susceptibility, the joint effects of radiation and other factors, and genetic mechanisms in radiation‐induced and spontaneously occurring thyroid cancer. Med. Pediatr. Oncol. 36:568–573, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis and management of children and adolescents with Ewing sarcoma and peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor*
Authors: Fröstad B. , Tani E. , Brosjö O. , Skoog L. , Kogner P. 
Published: August 2002

AbstractPurposeThe utility of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in conjunction with immunocytochemistry in the diagnosis of Ewing sarcoma and peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor, the Ewing family of tumors (EFT), is retrospectively described.Patients and MethodsDuring a 10‐year period 24 children and adolescents were diagnosed at Karolinska Hospital to have EFT of bone or soft tissue using FNAC. Criteria for diagnosis was based on cytomorphology combined with immunocytochemistry. The median age was 14.1 years (range 0.7–20.2). FNAC was performed within a median time of 1 day after referral.ResultsForty aspiration procedures were performed, 24 at primary work up in 23 patients and 16 at suspected relapses in 10 patients. A primary cytologic diagnosis of EFT was obtained in 22 of 23 cases. In nine cases with primary disease there was no histologic confirmation. Two tumors were on FNAC diagnosed as neuroblastoma versus EFT, and EFT, respectively. Histopathology on resected tumor tissue from these patients showed EFT and small cell osteosarcoma, respectively. Suspected relapse was found to be positive at five and negative at 11 occasions. Immunocytochemistry was positive for CD45 (LCA) in 0/12, for desmin in 2/21, for MIC2 in 15/15, for NB84 in 1/3, for NFP in 7/7, for NSE in 12/18, for S‐100 in 4/11 and for vimentin in 18/19.ConclusionsThe results show that FNAC together with immunocytochemistry is a rapid, physically atraumatic and accurate method in diagnosing both primary EFT of bone and soft tissue as well as relapses. Med Pediatr Oncol 2002;38:33–40. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Temperature dependence of internucleotide nitrogen–nitrogen scalar couplings in RNA
Authors: Bytchenkoff Dimitri , Chiarparin Elisabetta , Früh Dominique , Rüdisser Simon , Bodenhausen Geoffrey 
Published: August 2002

AbstractThe temperature dependence of internucleotide nitrogen–nitrogen scalar couplings 2hJ(N,N) across hydrogen bonds in adenine–uracil (A–U) and guanine–cytosine (G–C) base pairs of the 22 nucleotide RNA oligomer GGCGAAGUCGAAAGAUGGCGCC was studied between 280 and 310 K. The value of 2hJ(N,N) was observed to decrease monotonically for all four base pairs with increasing temperature. The temperature dependence of 2hJ(N,N) was found to be more pronounced for the A–U base pair than for G–C base pairs. An earlier study of cross‐correlation effects at 296 K appeared to indicate a reduced mobility of the A–U base pair, as evidenced by small contributions of chemical shift modulation to relaxation rates. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Sex determination in cattle based on simultaneous amplification of a new male‐specific DNA sequence and an autosomal locus using the same primers
Authors: Weikard Rosemarie , Kühn Christa , Brunner Ronald M. , Roschlau Daniela , Pitra Christian , Laurent Pascal , Schwerin Manfred 
Published: August 2002

AbstractA PCR‐based method for sex determination of bovine DNA samples and embryo biopsies is presented. Using only one primer pair both the male‐specific sequence FBNY (127 bp) and a sex‐independent control PCR‐fragment, the microsatellite marker FBN17 (136–140 bp) are generated in the same PCR reaction. Synteny mapping assigned the male‐specific sequence to bovine chromosome Y (BTA Y), whereas FBN17 was mapped to bovine chromosome 2. Localisation of FBNY on BTA Y was confirmed by fluorescence in hybridisation of two BAC clones containing the male‐specific sequence. There was no amplification of the male‐specific target sequence FBNY in sheep, pig, goat, mice, man, and several wild species of the tribe Bovini. The bovine male‐specific fragment was detected in dilutions containing as little as 10 pg genomic DNA and in blastomeres from embryo biopsies. The PCR assay presented here does require neither restriction endonuclease digestion of the PCR product nor additional nested PCR steps. Owing to the advantage of parallel amplification of the autosomal locus FBN17 no additional control fragment is necessary to detect PCR failure. The results of sex determination in embryo biopsies using FBNY were in agreement with the outcome from a reference assay used in commercial breeding programs. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 60: 13–19, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Gene for porcine pregnancy‐associated glycoprotein 2 (poPAG2): Its structural organization and analysis of its promoter*
Authors: Szafranska Bozena , Miura Ryuichi , Ghosh Debjani , Ezashi Toshihiko , Xie Sancai , Roberts R. Michael , Green Jonathan A. 
Published: August 2002

AbstractThe pregnancy‐associated glycoproteins (PAG) are abundant secretory products of the placental trophectoderm of ungulate species. They are structurally related to pepsin, having the capability to bind peptides. However, many cannot function as enzymes due to amino acid substitutions in and around the catalytic site. Here, we demonstrate that pigs, like cattle and sheep, but unlike equids, have multiple PAG genes. One of the transcribed porcine PAG (poPAG) genes, the one for poPAG2, was cloned. It had a nine‐exon organization similar to that of other mammalian aspartic proteinase genes with an atypical TATA sequence. A total of 1.2 kbp upstream from exon 1 was sequenced. This region shared identity (> 65%) with the promoter regions of the bovine (bo) PAG1, boPAG2 and equine (eq) PAG genes, but not with other aspartyl proteinase genes, including that of pepsinogen A. Nor were there clear similarities to the promoters of other genes with trophoblast‐specific expression. Of the different poPAG2 promoter constructs tested in transfection experiments in two human (JAr and JEG3) and one rat (Rcho) choriocarcinoma cell lines, only the shortest (−149 bp) was required to provide full expression of a luciferase reporter. Although this short promoter was not active in Cos‐1 and L‐929 cells, it was active in CHO cells, a transformed non‐trophoblast hamster ovarian cell line. Co‐transfection of Ets2 elevated the activity of this short promoter approximately six‐fold in JAr cells, but, disruption of the two putative Ets sites did not alter the ability of Ets2 to transactivate the promoter. In the non‐trophoblast cell lines, Ets2 failed to elicit any response. Ets2 responsiveness may be a common feature of most or all trophoblast‐expressed genes, although in the case of poPAG2, the effect may be indirect. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 60: 137–146, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Cloning and characterization of a novel mouse immunoglobulin superfamily gene expressed in early spermatogenic cells
Authors: Wakayama Tomohiko , Ohashi Kazumasa , Mizuno Kensaku , Iseki Shoichi 
Published: August 2002

AbstractWe cloned and characterized a novel immunoglobulin superfamily gene from the cDNA library of adult mouse testis. This gene was expressed in the spermatogenic cells and hence termed SgIGSF. The predicted SgIGSF protein was composed of 445 amino‐acid residues and contained a signal peptide, three extracellular immunoglobulin (Ig)‐like domains, a transmembranous domain, and a cytoplasmic domain. SgIGSF mRNA consisted of two size species, 2.1‐ and 4.5‐kb in length. Besides testis, SgIGSF mRNA was also expressed in a variety of organs, including the cerebrum, liver, kidney, and epididymis. The testis and liver expressed both the 2.1‐ and 4.5‐kb transcripts, whereas the cerebrum and epididymis predominantly expressed the 4.5‐kb one. In situ hybridization analysis in testis revealed that SgIGSF mRNA signal was localized to the spermatogenic cells from spermatogonia to zygotene spermatocytes. These results suggested that SgIGSF occurs in the plasma membrane of spermatogenic cells during the earlier stages of spermatogenesis. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 60: 158–164, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.