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"abstract": "This paper presents a method of constructing C programs from mainframe assembly programs. IBM mainframe assembly programs, which are called as subroutines from programs written in high-level language such as COBOL, are automatically translated into equivalent C programs. The assembly programs are conve... | {
"abstract": "....................................................................................................................................... I Resumen .................................................................................................................................... III Agradecimientos ....... |
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"abstract": "Analysis and modeling of aging human faces have been extensively studied in the past decade for applications in computer vision such as age estimation, age progression and face recognition across aging. Most of this research work is based on facial appearance and facial features such as face shape, geo... | {
"abstract": "We propose a two fold approach towards modeling facial aging in adults. Firstly, we develop a shape transformation model that is formulated as a physically-based parametric muscle model that captures the subtle deformations facial features undergo with age. The model implicitly accounts for the physica... | {
"abstract": "An age group classification system for gray-scale facial images is proposed in this paper. Four age groups, including babies, young adults, middle-aged adults, and old adults, are used in the classification system. The process of the system is divided into three phases: location, feature extraction, an... |
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"abstract": "Green protocols for the synthesis of nanoparticles have been attracting a lot of attention because they are eco-friendly, rapid, and cost-effective. Nickel and nickel oxide nanoparticles have been synthesized by green routes and characterized for impact of green chemistry on the properties and biologic... | {
"abstract": "Here in, we are reporting a novel biochemical approach for the formation of nickel and cobaltoxide(NiO and CoO) nanoparticles by using pomegranate peel and fungus at room temperature. We used nickel nitrate hexahydrate (Ni(NO3)2.6H2O)and cobalt nitrate hexahydrate (Co(NO3)2.6H2O) as precursors. Exposur... | {
"abstract": "Urea nitrate (UN) and ammonium nitrate (AN) are fertilizer-based explosives that are commonly used in improvised munitions and can have highly destructive effects. Because they are in the form of salts, their relatively low volatility makes them difficult to detect at trace levels. In addition, these s... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nResearchers have criticised epilepsy care for adults for its lack of impact, stimulating the development of various service models and strategies to respond to perceived inadequacies.\n\n\nOBJECTIVES\nTo assess the effects of any specialised or dedicated intervention beyond that of usual ca... | {
"abstract": "This article provides a framework and examples for critical media literacy pedagogy. More than simply guiding how students read and interpret the texts they encounter, critical media literacy pedagogy pushes to illuminate the underlying power structures that are a part of every media text. Throughout t... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents a novel approach to manufacture and metalize a standard waveguide microwave filter, with a high dielectric resonator inserted in it. As a first step, a set of 3D-printed ABS plastic filaments have been measured, to establish their electrical properties and suitability for microwave ... | {
"abstract": "The implementation of fully three-dimensional (3D) substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) components by using an additive manufacturing technique is demonstrated for the first time. In particular, a 3D printing process based on the t-glase filament has been adopted. 3D printing allows for the manufacturi... | {
"abstract": "Inkjet-printing is a very promising technology for the development of microwave circuits and components. Inkjet- printing technology of conductive silver nanoparticles on an organic flexible paper substrate is introduced in this study. The paper substrate is characterised using the T-resonator method. ... |
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"abstract": "Bronchial artery (BA) pseudoaneurysm is an uncommon vascular complication of tuberculosis (TB), and early diagnosis is crucial due to risk of rupture and life-threatening hemorrhage. Immediate intervention is warranted in massive hemoptysis due to high mortality. Various causes of massive hemoptysis ar... | {
"abstract": "Fatal hemoptysis is a serious complication of pulmonary tuberculosis, which can rarely be due to a bronchial aneurysm. Here, we present a case of fatal hemoptysis due to bronchial aneurysm occurred in a 59-year-old patient of Han ethnicity suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis. Meanwhile, we per... | {
"abstract": "The concept of ‘ street-level bureaucracy ’ was coined by Michael Lipsky (1980) as the \ncommon denominator for what would become a scholarly theme. Since then his stress \non the relative autonomy of professionals has been complemented by the insight that \nthey are working in a micro-network of relat... |
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"abstract": "Many applications today, such as natural language processing, network and code analysis, rely on semantically embedding objects into low-dimensional fixed-length vectors. Such embeddings naturally provide a way to perform useful downstream tasks, such as identifying relations among objects and predicti... | {
"abstract": "Word2Vec is a widely used algorithm for extracting low-dimensional vector representations of words. It generated considerable excitement in the machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) communities recently due to its exceptional performance in many NLP applications such as named entity re... | {
"abstract": "We propose a fast approximation method of a softmax function with a very large vocabulary using singular value decomposition (SVD). SVD-softmax targets fast and accurate probability estimation of the topmost probable words during inference of neural network language models. The proposed method transfor... |
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"abstract": "*Corresponding author: Dong-In Jung Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea Tel: +82-55-772-2361, Fax: +82-55-772-2330, E-mail: jungdi@gnu.ac.kr This study compares the differences in the gastrointestinal transit time between the ... | {
"abstract": "The current accepted standard for evaluating the efficacy of gastrointestinal anthelmintic drugs is necropsy of infected animals followed by a comparison of worm counts between treated and non-treated groups. In this study capsule endoscopy, a minimally invasive method of imaging the small intestine of... | {
"abstract": "The environmental problems and low efficiency associated with conventional fertilizers provides an impetus to develop advanced fertilizers with slower release and better performances. Here, we report of development of a new carrier platform based on graphene oxide (GO) sheets that can provide a high lo... |
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"abstract": "Limits on perceptual capacity result in various phenomena of inattentional blindness. Here we propose a neurophysiological account attributing these perceptual capacity limits directly to limits on cerebral cellular metabolism. We hypothesized that overall cerebral energy supply remains constant, regar... | {
"abstract": "We present a multi-channel, multi-distance broadband near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) system with the capability of measuring changes in haemoglobin concentrations (Δ[HbO2], Δ[HHb]), oxidation state of cytochrome-c-oxidase (Δ[oxCCO]) and tissue oxygen saturation (TOI) in the adult human brain. The mai... | {
"abstract": "It is currently known that erythrocytes are the major source of sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) in the body. S1P acts both extracellularly as a cellular mediator and intracellularly as an important second messenger molecule. Its effects are mediated by interaction with five specific types of G proteincou... |
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"abstract": "Davies, Christopher W. Ph.D., Purdue University, December 2013. Structural and Functional Characterization of the Endosome-Associated Deubiquitinating Enzyme AMSH. Major Professor: Chittaranjan Das. The endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT) machinery is a ubiquitin-dependent molecu... | {
"abstract": "Summary The endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRTs) facilitate endosomal sorting of ubiquitinated cargo, MVB biogenesis, late stages of cytokinesis, and retroviral budding. Here we show that ubiquitin associated protein 1 (UBAP1), a subunit of human ESCRT-I, coassembles in a stable ... | {
"abstract": "Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are highly diverse nanoscale membrane-bound structures released from different cell types into the extracellular environment. They play essential functions in cell signaling by transporting their cargo, such as proteins, RNA, DNA, lipids, metabolites, and small molecules, t... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nThe purpose of our study was to assess the extrarenal length of renal arterial branches and tumour-feeding arteries on multidetector CT (MDCT) angiography, in addition to the perihilar branching patterns, with relevance to segmental artery clamping.\n\n\nMETHODS\nMDCT angiograms of 64 patien... | {
"abstract": "Objectives: Partial nephrectomy is effective for preserving renal function, but temporary clamping of the renal artery for hemorrhagic control may impair renal function due to ischemia/reperfusion injury. Anatrophic partial nephrectomy (APNx) has been proposed to minimize renal ischemia/reperfusion in... | {
"abstract": "The anatrophic nephrolithotomy described by Smith and Boyce is an excellent method of preserving a maximum number of functioning nephrons by minimizing injuries to both the renal parenchyma and its blood supplies. However, clamping of the main renal artery is inevitable and may damage renal function de... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Himalaya foothill geo-environment is highly vulnerable for flood disaster due to climate change and dynamic upstream hydrological process which reshaped its downstream foothill geomorphology. Rapid urbanization has caused high rate of land-use change and natural resource degradation, enhancing... | {
"abstract": "Purpose – The purpose of the study is to assess the environmental and socio‐economic impacts and risks of climate change through GIS database management system (DBMS) on land use‐informatics and climate‐informatics. The Dabka watershed constitutes a part of the Kosi Basin in the Lesser Himalaya, India ... | {
"abstract": "The morphology of the scoleces of 11 Proteocephalus species, parasites of freshwater fish in the Palaearctic Region, was compared using light and scanning electron microscopy. The following taxa were evaluated: Proteocephalus ambiguus (Dujardin, 1845); P. cernuae (Gmelin, 1790); P. exiguus La Rue, 1911... |
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"abstract": "Salient region detection is useful for many image processing applications, such as adaptive compression, object recognition, image retrieval, filter design, and image retargeting. In this paper, we propose a novel method to determine salient regions in images. Principle Component Analysis (PCA) is serv... | {
"abstract": "Detection of visually salient image regions is useful for applications like object segmentation, adaptive compression, and object recognition. In this paper, we introduce a method for salient region detection that outputs full resolution saliency maps with well-defined boundaries of salient objects. Th... | {
"abstract": "We describe two cases of open user experience (UX) design using the Firefox web browser and OpenOffice.org office suite as case studies. Open UX design refers to activities and practices surrounding designing for the user experience in open source contexts. We analyze the socio-technical complexity of ... |
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"abstract": "We study numerically the tunable all-optical pulse compression induced by stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) double gain lines for Gaussian, super-Gaussian, and square shaped input pulses in optical fibers. We consider that the steepness of input pulse edges has an influence on the distortion and th... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we investigate slow light via stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in a room temperature optical fiber that is pumped by a spectrally broadened laser. Broadening the spectrum of the pump field increases the linewidth Deltaomegap of the Stokes amplifying resonance, thereby increasing the... | {
"abstract": "A scheme for the photonic generation and coherent detection of ultra-wideband radio-frequency (RF) noise is proposed and demonstrated. The technique relies on the amplified spontaneous emission of a broadened stimulated Brillouin scattering process in an optical fiber (SBS-ASE). The SBS-ASE noise is on... |
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"abstract": "Continuous electroencephalogram (EEG) provides an excellent possibility to track memory traces from brain rhythmic activity and to study the underlying neural signatures of memory processes. To do so, a promising approach is to employ multivariate pattern classification (MVPC). These methods lend thems... | {
"abstract": "Multivoxel pattern analysis (MVPA) is a sensitive and increasingly popular method for examining differences between neural activation patterns that cannot be detected using classical mass-univariate analysis. Recently, Todd et al. (\"Confounds in multivariate pattern analysis: Theory and rule represent... | {
"abstract": "In human functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a characteristic pattern of frontal and parietal activity is produced by many different cognitive demands. Although frontoparietal cortex has been shown to represent a variety of task features in different contexts, little is known about detailed r... |
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"abstract": "Background: Tooth root Exposure is the denudation of the tooth root surface due to apical movement of the gingiva &it is a common clinical finding in adults. Prevalence of tooth root exposure related to mechanical oral hygiene procedures was recorded and correlated to tooth brushing. Materials and meth... | {
"abstract": "Traumatization of oral hard and soft tissues connected with mechanical oral hygiene procedures has been reported in the dental literature. Definitions, classifications and localization of such lesions are listed, and in vivo and in vitro experiments within the field are reviewed. Existing literature su... | {
"abstract": "Twenty-five years ago the complaint was received from a woman patient of one of the authors (Rost) that the edge of her vulcanite denture had become sharp at the periphery. Five years later she presented the replacement with the same complaint. Six years after this the same thing had occurred to an acr... |
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"abstract": "Gender stereotypes adversely affect gay men’s lives. Although research has linked the degree to which gay men are conscious of masculine stereotypes with symptoms of psychological distress, it is unclear whether different groups of gay men are equally conscious of gender stereotypes. Thus, we compared ... | {
"abstract": "Research suggests that in the United States, Hispanic professional women's self-esteem is affected by their unique challenge of balancing U.S. majority cultural values with their own, more family-oriented ethnic values. In the present study, the effect of this ethnic minority/majority cultural differen... | {
"abstract": "In an effort to clarify and expand the theoretical foundation for behavioral researches on androgyny the present study, through an extensive literature review, attempted to establish personality structure as a function of masculine instrumentality (M) and feminine expressivity (F) in females. Results w... |
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"abstract": "Abstract. As the issue of garbage pollution becomes increasingly urgent, accurate and effective garbage detection can play a crucial role in minimizing environmental pollution and facilitating the conversion of waste into energy. However, the accuracy of current waste detection algorithms is limited. W... | {
"abstract": "Waste recycling is very important in terms of economy and climate balance of the world. For this reason, classifying recyclable garbage is an important goal for humanity and Deep Learning models can be used for this purpose. In this study, we tested well-known Deep Learning models to provide the most e... | {
"abstract": "This paper designs a high-performance deep convolutional network (DeepID2+) for face recognition. It is learned with the identification-verification supervisory signal. By increasing the dimension of hidden representations and adding supervision to early convolutional layers, DeepID2+ achieves new stat... |
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"abstract": "Abstract. Glaciers are currently the largest contributor to sea\nlevel rise after ocean thermal expansion, contributing ∼ 30 % to the sea level budget. Global monitoring of these regions remains a\nchallenging task since global estimates rely on a variety of observations\nand models to achieve the requ... | {
"abstract": "Recent studies of Asian glaciers have shown that glaciers in eastern Karakoram and West Kunlun have been slightly gaining mass while those in nearby Jammu Kashmir and Himalayas are losing mass, at rates of more than 0.5 m w.e.yr−1 and about 0.3 m w.e.yr−1, respectively. Two possible explanations have b... | {
"abstract": "Glacier inventories provide essential baseline information for the determination of water resources, glacier-specific changes in area and volume, climate change impacts as well as past, potential and future contribution of glaciers to sea-level rise. Although Greenland is heavily glacierised and thus h... |
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"abstract": "In this study, three different flow injection techniques have been developed for the direct determination of phosphonates, (glyphosate, its degradation product aminomethylphosphonic acid AMPA, inorganic phosphonate and orthophosphate). These techniques em",
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"abstract": "A simple voltammetric method for the determination of phosphonate ion is described. A 12-molybdodiphosphonate complex is formed in a 50mM Mo(VI)-0.5M HCl-70% (v/v) CH(3)CN system containing phosphonate ion. The yellow heteropolyanion undergoes apparent two-step reductions at a glassy carbon electrode. ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract A new reagent for the colorimetric and spectrophotometric determination of phosphorus, arsenic and gurmanium is described. It contains Mo(Vl) amd Mo(V) in the ratio of 3 : 2 in an acid medium, 10 N with respect to H 2 SO 4 and 3 N with respect to HCl. The absorption spectra, the influence of t... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Hematogones are normal B-lymphocyte precursors identified in the regenerative state of the bone marrow following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). To evaluate the impact of hematogones on long-term outcomes after single-unit cord blood transplantation (CBT), we retrosp... | {
"abstract": "A 33-year-old woman underwent unrelated cord blood transplantation (U-CBT) for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)-related secondary AML. She showed impressive increases in the number of CD19+ B cells in bone marrow and CD19+27−IgD+ B cells in peripheral blood from about 1 month to 3 months after U-CBT. The... | {
"abstract": "The significance of the slave trade and slavery-related commerce—what I will call the slave(ry) trade—in contributing to the development of colonial America and the United States has been a persistent theme in the work of Afro-American scholars. Two scholars in particular should be cited in this regard... |
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"abstract": "Utilization of biogas is attractive from a greenhouse gas standpoint since it is carbon neutral due to the use of renewable resources. One source of biogas is anaerobic digestors. The biogas produced could be used to power IC engine-generator sets to produce electric power and heat on farms and in rura... | {
"abstract": "This paper treats the control of engine air-to-fuel ratio from the perspective of adaptive control of time-delay systems. High accuracy of engine air-to-fuel ratio control is required to meet stringent emissions regulations. Two adaptive controller designs are considered. The first design is based on f... | {
"abstract": "A control scheme is designed to limit air-fuel ratio excursions and track driver-demanded torque for a 4-cylinder engine during rapid changes in throttle position. The new control scheme is based on joint management of air and fuel flow into the cylinders using secondary throttles placed before the int... |
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"abstract": "This literature review examined 16 treatment studies which employed electroencephalographic (EEG) biofeedback to treat children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). An introductory section reviews hallmarks of ADHD, its historical background, current diagnostic criteria, etiology, sing... | {
"abstract": "This article presents a review of work that my colleagues and I have been doing during the past 15 years developing a rationale for the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and treatment of ADHD employing EEG biofeedback techniques. The article first briefly reviews the history ... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nThis study investigated differences in intrahemispheric and interhemispheric electroencephalographic (EEG) coherences between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and control children, and between children with the Combined (ADHDcom) and Inattentive (ADHDin) types of ADHD.\n\n\nM... |
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"abstract": "Background and objective: Production of single cell protein has various outstanding advantages, e.g., it can be grown on waste and it is environmental friendly as it helps in upgrading agricultural wastes. In the present study, the influence of process parameters on the biomass formation (g l -1 ), pro... | {
"abstract": "Objective: This study aimed at improving the medium composition for efficient and economical production of pigment and mycelial biomass from the native isolates of Fusarium moniliforme by submerged culture. Methods: The effect of cultural conditions like different production medium, temperatures, pH, i... | {
"abstract": "Marine sponge associated fungi are known as potential source of metabolites with various biological activities. Natural pigment is one of metabolite which produced by microorgisms. Several researches reported the antimicrobial activity from natural pigment. Unfortunatelly there are lack of information ... |
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"abstract": "The dissolution and release of active ions from ion-doped apatites is currently gaining interest due to indications of a beneficial biologic response. The release of ions from apatite coatings is important because it influences the biological effect of these types of materials. In this study the ion re... | {
"abstract": "Fabrication of trace elements incorporated apatite coating could combine the ions’ pharmaceutical effect into the materials. In this study, strontium, silicon, and fluoride ions have been incorporated into apatite coatings through a biomineralization method, which mimics an in vitro mineralization proc... | {
"abstract": "Ceramics used for the repair and reconstruction of diseased or damaged parts of the musculo-skeletal system, termed bioceramics, may be bioinert (alumina, zirconia), resorbable (tricalcium phosphate), bioactive (hydroxyapatite, bioactive glasses, and glass-ceramics), or porous for tissue ingrowth (hydr... |
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"abstract": "Muchas organizaciones hacen seguimiento a sus procesos de negocio con la identificacion del estado de las actividades de cada proceso. Otras utilizan los registros de eventos de Bases de Datos Transaccionales para conocer el estado de sus modelos de procesos. Los registros de eventos son actividades qu... | {
"abstract": "In recent years, the management and processing of data streams has become a topic of active research in several fields of computer science, such as distributed systems, database systems, and data mining. In data streams' applications, such as network monitoring, telecommunication systems and sensor net... | {
"abstract": "We consider the problem of maintaining aggregates and statistics over data streams, with respect to the last N data elements seen so far. We refer to this model as the sliding window model. We consider the following basic problem: Given a stream of bits, maintain a count of the number of 1's in the las... |
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"abstract": "Start-ups often post updates during equity crowdfunding campaigns. However, little is known about the effects of such updates on crowd participation. We investigate this question by using hand-collected data from 71 funding campaigns and 39,399 investment decisions on two German equity crowdfunding por... | {
"abstract": "The innovativeness of business start-ups represents a criterion which is important for venture capital donors when examining whether or not to invest in a proposed venture, but it is not easy to conceptualize or measure innovativeness. In spite of its great practical relevance of innovativeness for dec... | {
"abstract": "Crowdfunding gewinnt in der Grundungs- und Innovationsfinanzierung an Bedeutung. Ein Uberblick der wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten zu Crowdfunding fehlt allerdings. Dieser Artikel gibt einen Literaturuberblick und leitet relevante Forschungsfragen fur zukunftige Untersuchungen ab. Zunachst werden die Begri... |
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"abstract": "The longitudinal associations of sleep timing and time in bed (TIB) with dementia and cognitive decline in older adults are unclear.",
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"title": "Associations of sleep timing and time in bed with dementia and cognitive decline among Chinese older adults: A cohort study"
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nPrevious studies have examined an association between sleep duration and hypertension, but the conclusions remain inconsistent.\n\n\nMETHODS\nWe conducted a cross-sectional study in a community-based rural elderly population of Beijing, China. A total of 2397 participants (967 male and 1430... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Few epidemiological studies have examined the association between serum aminotransferase levels and hypertension, and have yielded inconsistent results. A cross-sectional study was performed in a Chinese rural elderly population. A total of 2174 participants with normal range of aminotransfera... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Introduction Music-Oriented Parent Counseling (MOPC) is a clinical way to work with parents, using musical improvisations and listening. This study examined effects of MOPC on level of stress, quality of life perception and daily use of music by the parents of autistic children. Method Fourtee... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe conduct of randomized, controlled trials of nonpharmacologic treatments presents specific challenges that are not adequately addressed in trial reports.\n\n\nOBJECTIVE\nTo develop an extension of the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement for trials of nonpharmac... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundSmartphones are popular technologies that combine telephone communications and informatics in portable devices. Limited evidence exists regarding their effectiveness in improving academic performance among medical students. This study aims to assess whether a smartphone application could impr... |
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"abstract": "4-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid (HPA) and nitrite are present in human mixed whole saliva, and HPA can be nitrated by peroxidase/hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))/nitrite systems in the oral cavity. Thus, the objectives of the present study were to estimate the concentrations of HPA, nitrated HPA [4-hydroxy-3-ni... | {
"abstract": "Human saliva contained 4‐hydroxyphenylacetic acid (HPA) (2–10 μM) and nitrite (60–300 μM). HPA was nitrated to 4‐hydroxy‐3‐nitrophenylacetic acid (NO2HPA) when HPA and sodium nitrite were mixed at pH 1.0. NO2HPA was also formed when saliva was incubated under acidic conditions. These results suggest th... | {
"abstract": "Starting many centuries ago, artists in a number of cultures have created spiral patterns on flat surfaces, and even on spheres. Mathematicians have given precise definitions of spirals in the Euclidean plane and have studied them for centuries. Yet no one seems to have studied spirals in the hyperboli... |
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"abstract": "Electroencephalogram (EEG)-based emotion recognition is a relatively new field in the affective computing area with challenging issues regarding the induction of the emotional states and the extraction of the features in order to achieve optimum classification performance. In this paper, a novel emotio... | {
"abstract": "In this article we describe a new approach to enhance presence technologies. First, we discuss the strong relationship between cognitive processes and emotions and how human physiology is uniquely affected when experiencing each emotion. Secondly, we introduce our prototype multimodal affective user in... | {
"abstract": "Recent research in the field of Human Computer Interaction aims at recognizing the user's emotional state in order to provide a smooth interface between humans and computers. This would make life easier and can be used in vast applications involving areas such as education, medicine etc. Human emotions... |
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"abstract": "Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the comparative efficacy of 3MTM CobanTM 2 layer system and conventional multi-layer short-stretch bandaging in terms of volume reduction, ultrasonographic measurements, functional status, and quality of life (QoL) in the treatment of patients with breas... | {
"abstract": "In the acute phase of lymphoedema, patients require comprehensive decongestive therapy (CDT), which includes skin care, an exercise regimen, manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) and regular bandaging. This study was established to determine the effectiveness of a new system of bandage therapy, the 3M™ Coban... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo evaluate whether oral contraceptive pill (OCP) therapy has any effects on ovarian stromal blood flow by using pulsed and color Doppler at the end of 3 months follow-up period of OCP-users and non-users with or without polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).\n\n\nSTUDY DESIGN\n200 patients were ... |
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"abstract": "Mathematical modeling of planing hulls and determination of their characteristics are the most important subjects in hydrodynamic study of planing vessels. In this paper, a new mathematical model has been developed based on pressure distribution. This model has been provided for two different situation... | {
"abstract": "Water impact phenomenon of general bow section is a critical event for planning hulls. In this paper, the water entry of several arbitrary bow sections is investigated. For this purpose, arbitrary bow shapes which are introduced by Lewis form approximation are considered. In order to obtain pressure di... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This paper describes the validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for modelling free surface flows over common hydraulic structures. A series of CFD simulations are compared against an existing set of experimental data for the free surface flow over a broad-crested weir. By fixing the ... |
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"abstract": "Les mots etant rarement produits hors contexte phrastique, les enfants vont devoir les extraire du flux de parole pour les apprendre. Les probabilites de transition (Saffran et al., 1996) et les unites rythmiques (Nazzi et al., 2006) seraient cruciales a l'emergence de la segmentation. Les formes sonor... | {
"abstract": "In order to acquire their native language, infants must learn to identify and segment word forms in continuous speech. This word segmentation ability is thus crucial for language acquisition. Previous behavioral studies have shown that it emerges during the first year of life, and that early segmentati... | {
"abstract": "Speech is continuous, and isolating meaningful chunks for lexical access is a nontrivial problem. In this paper we use neural network models and more conventional statistics to study the use of sequential phonological probabilities in the segmentation of an idealized phonological transcription of the L... |
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"abstract": "Improving Accuracy of the EdgeBox Approach",
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"title": "Improving Accuracy of the Edgebox Approach"
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"abstract": "Corner points are formed from two or more edges and edges usually define the boundary between two different objects or parts of the same objects. In this novel we discuss the theory of the Harris corner detection and indicate its disadvantage. Then it proposes an improved algorithm of Harris detection ... | {
"abstract": "Stereo image matching is one of the research areas in computer vision. In stereo image matching, technological developments advances from area based matching techniques to the feature based matching techniques. In this paper, we present a Harris corner detection algorithm for stereo image feature match... |
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"abstract": "From careful studies of the 1530-nm fluorescence decay, we obtain the rate of energy transfer upconversion as a function of the inverted population for a series of nine highly Er-doped silica fibers (with concentrations from 0.3 to 8.6/spl middot/10/sup 25/ Er/sup 3+/-ions per m/sup 3/). The results de... | {
"abstract": "Quenching of Er/sup 3+/ ions by homogeneous energy-transfer upconversion in high-concentration erbium-doped silica glasses has been theoretically investigated, The results indicate that at Er/sup 3+/ concentrations of 1.0-2.0/spl middot/10/sup 26/ m/sup -3/ or below, the kinetic limit of strong migrati... | {
"abstract": "Commercial Erbium doped silica fibers fabricated through the modified chemical vapor deposition and direct nanoparticle deposition processes where Er3+ concentration is varied in a wide range are characterized by means of analyses of Er3+ fluorescence decay kinetics and nonlinear absorption coefficient... |
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"abstract": "Abstract. Glacial-interglacial fluctuations in the vegetation of South Africa might elucidate the climate system at the edge of the tropics between the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. However, vegetation records covering a full glacial cycle have only been published from the eastern South Atlantic. We pres... | {
"abstract": "A combined oxygen isotope, planktonic foraminiferal and pollen record from the southwestern Indian Ocean makes possible a comparison between estimated lowland terrestrial temperatures and isotope and faunal sea surface temperatures. The estimates of land and sea mean temperatures over the past 135 kyr ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The NCAR global circulation model has been used to simulate global atmospheric conditions using boundary conditions representing those of the present day and those of the Wurm/Wisconsin glacial maximum at about 20,000 years ago, for January and July cases. The mean zonal wind strength in the J... |
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"abstract": "A life-centric model of single hop regenerative relay based cognitive radio system is introduced. Objective of this paper is to minimize the outage probability while satisfying the total power constraint and interference threshold for primary user(PU). Lifetime of cognitive radio network is also consid... | {
"abstract": "This paper proposes an optimal strategy for power allocation algorithm for source and relay nodes in multihop cognitive radio network that minimizes the outage probability of data transmission while meeting the constraints of interference to primary user and total transmit power of cognitive radio user... | {
"abstract": "The present invention comprising at least a strip of a material forming a plurality of lines of a strip of material having a longitudinal axis, wherein two of the strip line comprises a twisted respectively along the longitudinal axis of the strip, an odd number the twist of 180 degrees It relates to a... |
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"abstract": "Abstract A discrete particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is a randomized search heuristic for discrete optimization problems. A fundamental question about randomized search heuristics is how long it takes, in expectation, until an optimal solution is found. We give an overview of recent developm... | {
"abstract": "Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a nature-inspired technique originally designed for solving continuous optimization problems. There already exist several approaches that use PSO also as basis for solving discrete optimization problems, in particular the Traveling Salesperson Problem (TSP). In this... | {
"abstract": "Most real-life problems involve the simultaneous optimisation of two or more, usually conflicting, objectives. Researchers have put a continuous effort into solving these problems in many different areas, such as engineering, finance and computer science. Over time, thanks to the increase in processing... |
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"title": "Factors influencing peer-communication through social advertising: a consumer socialisation framework"
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"abstract": "This article investigates how Internet users' perceptions of control over their personal information affect how likely they are to click on online advertising on a social networking website. The analysis uses data from a randomized field experiment that examined the effectiveness of personalizing ad te... | {
"abstract": "Studying how privacy regulation might impact economic activity on the advertising-supported Internet.",
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"abstract": "lsoelectric focusing of Atlantic salmen (Sa/mo sa/ar L.) trypsin resolved three major isozymes designated TRP-1, TRP-2 and TRP-3, with three variants, TRP-1(91), TRP-1(75) and TRP-2(92). The TRP-1 and TRP-2 may represent duplicated loci which exhibit either tetrasomic or disomic inheritance from pairin... | {
"abstract": "The recA gene from the bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), a rice pathogen, was cloned based on its ability to complement DNA repair defects of Escherichia coli recA- mutants. The Xoo recA was localized to a 1.3-kb Sau3AI-XhoI fragment and, when cloned into pBR322, specifies increased methyl... | {
"abstract": "Thirteen positron emission tomographic studies of cerebral glucose utilization were carried out in 12 patients with postanoxic syndrome due to cardiac arrest. Seven subjects were in a persistent vegetative state. The 5 other subjects were normally conscious, but disclosed focal neurological signs. When... |
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"abstract": "The potential of using a compact eight‐wavelength near‐infrared (NIR) laser array spectrometer for measuring wheat characteristics (hardness index, moisture content, and waxy character) and determining tsetse fly pupae sex was investigated and compared to a commercial single kernel near infrared (SKNIR... | {
"abstract": "Implementation of the sterile insect technique for tsetse (Glossina spp.) requires that only sterile male insects be released; thus, at some stage of the fly production process the females have to be removed. A further constraint in the use of the sterile insect technique for tsetse is that the females... | {
"abstract": "Abstract.The ability of social insects to differentiate between colony members and others is essential for the survival of the colony. It enables individuals to direct altruistic behavior towards colony mates, while protecting the colony from intruders. Colonies have a distinct chemical signature that ... |
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"abstract": "We present a new state-of-the-art approach for face detection. The key idea is to combine face alignment with detection, observing that aligned face shapes provide better features for face classification. To make this combination more effective, our approach learns the two tasks jointly in the same cas... | {
"abstract": "We present two optimization algorithms for the design of a cascade of classifiers, which is becoming a popular choice for many classification problems. Both algorithms represent each node classifier of a cascade using a high-level abstraction model and attempt to jointly optimize the setting of the thr... |
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"abstract": "Little is known about the specific neural mechanisms through which cognitive factors influence craving and associated brain responses, despite the initial success of cognitive therapies in treating drug addiction. In this study, we investigated how cognitive factors such as beliefs influence subjective... | {
"abstract": "Loss of control over drug taking is considered a hallmark of addiction and is critical in relapse. Dysfunction of frontal brain regions involved with inhibitory control may underlie this behavior. We evaluated whether addicted subjects when instructed to purposefully control their craving responses to ... | {
"abstract": "The main aim of this study was to compare patients with euthymic bipolar I (BDI) and bipolar II (BDII) disorders and healthy controls in measures of social cognition. Additional aims were to explore the association between social cognition performance with neurocognitive impairments and psychosocial fu... |
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"abstract": "Given the continued economic pressure on information technology (IT) organizations, the effective and efficient delivery of IT remains a crucial issue for IT executives in order to optimize their department's performance. Due to company specifics, however, an absolute assessment of IT organizations' pe... | {
"abstract": "According to Kuhn, science and progress are strongly interrelated. In this paper, we define criteria of progress for design theories. A broad analysis of the literature on information systems design science reveals that there is no consensus on the criteria of progress for design theories. We therefore... | {
"abstract": "The rapid pace of recent research in AI has been driven in part by the presence of fast and challenging simulation environments. These environments often take the form of games; with tasks ranging from simple board games, to competitive video games. We propose a new benchmark - Obstacle Tower: a high f... |
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"abstract": "Data Deduplication is the foremost technique used for data compression by removing redundant data. It is broadly utilized for cloud storage server, which reduces the un‐utilized memory space and optimized bandwidth. The confidentiality of sensitive information maintains during Deduplication detection. ... | {
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"abstract": "Data grows at the impressive rate of 50% per year, and 75% of the digital world is a copy! Although keeping multiple copies of data is necessary to guarantee their availability and long term durability, in many situations the amount of data redundancy is immoderate. By keeping a single copy of repeated... |
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"abstract": "Background With current medical advancements, more adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders are transitioning from child- to adult-centred health care services. Therefore, there is an increasing demand for transitional services to help navigate this transition. Health care transitions can be furth... | {
"abstract": "To determine which clinical (health status) and nonclinical (demographic) factors may affect perceptions of quality of life in children with spina bifida and their parents.",
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"abstract": "President Carter will perhaps be remembered most for his perceived incompetence, an impression produced largely by his inability to forge coalitions in Congress, and by his failure as an ‘outsider’ to intervene effectively in the established policy-making processes in Washington. In his farewell addres... |
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"abstract": "Software is the key enabling technology (KET) as digitalization is cross-cutting future energy systems spanning the production sites, distribution networks, and consumers particularly in electricity smart grids. In this paper, we identify systematically what particular software competencies are require... | {
"abstract": "The digitalization of the electricity grid opens the way to bundle value added services to the electricity commodity, and possibly shift business value to electricity services in line with the notions of efficiency, conservation and sustainability. In this context, market forces should be mobilized wit... | {
"abstract": "For thirty years, dependence on oil has been a significant problem for the United States. Oil dependence is not simply a matter of how much oil we import. It is a syndrome, a combination of the vulnerability of the U.S. economy to higher oil prices and oil price shocks and a concentration of world oil ... |
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"abstract": "Significant progress has been made in the last few years toward synthesizing highly dispersible inorganic catalysts for application in the electrodes of direct methanol fuel cells. In addition, research toward achieving an efficient catalyst supporting matrix has also attracted much attention in recent... | {
"abstract": "A simple solvothermal route in a binary solution of triethylenetetramine (TETA) and deionized water (DIW) has been used to synthesize hierarchical hollow Co(9)S(8) microspheres with high surface area (80.38 m(2) g(-1)). An appropriate volume ratio of TETA:DIW has been found to be essential for the form... | {
"abstract": "Latex beads are used as a combined template and porogen in the fabrication of monolithic silica containing a hierarchy of pores. Prefabricated core/shell particles, prepared by the layer-by-layer assembly of zeolite (silicalite) nanoparticles onto spherical latex templates, are assembled into macroscop... |
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"abstract": "Population divergence in antipredator defence and behaviour occurs rapidly and repeatedly. Genetic differences, phenotypic plasticity or parental effects may all contribute to divergence, but the relative importance of each of these mechanisms remains unknown. We exposed juveniles to parents and predat... | {
"abstract": "Predation may be a significant factor in the divergence of sympatric species although its role has been largely overlooked. This study examines the consequences of predation on the fitness of a pair of lacustrine stickleback species (Gasterosteus aculeatus complex) and their F1 hybrids. Benthic stickle... | {
"abstract": "High human density and land use intensity often coincide with biodiversity hotspots making peri-urban reserves a keystone for conserving natural remnants in a highly anthropogenic matrix. Particularly, intense propagule pressure by alien plant species can pose a threat to native biodiversity. However, ... |
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"abstract": "Evidence suggests that oxidative stress is involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease (PD). Simvastatin has been suggested to protect against oxidative stress in several diseases. However, the molecular mechanisms by which simvastatin protects against neuropathology and oxidative damage in PD ar... | {
"abstract": "Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced in the course of normal metabolism and they serve important physiological functions. However, because of their high reactivity, accumulation of ROS beyond the immediate needs of the cell may affect cellular structure and functional integrity, by bringing about... | {
"abstract": "Within recent years, many investigators have implicated the pineal gland and melatonin in the processes of both aging and age-related diseases. These theories stem from the importance of melatonin in a number of biological functions and the fact that melatonin production in the organism is gradually lo... |
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"abstract": "A remarkable example of biological engineering is the capability of some marine animals to take advantage of photosynthesis by hosting symbiotic algae. This capacity, referred to as photosymbiosis, is based on structural and functional complexes that involve two distantly unrelated organisms. These sta... | {
"abstract": "Acoel and platyhelminth worms are particularly attractive invertebrate models for stem-cell research because their bodies are continually renewed from large pools of somatic stem cells. Several recent studies, including one in BMC Developmental Biology, are beginning to reveal the cellular dynamics and... | {
"abstract": "Despite several decades of extensive research efforts, there is yet no single permanent cell line available from marine invertebrates as these cells stop dividing in vitro within 24–72 h after their isolation, starting cellular quiescence. This ubiquitous quiescent state should be modified in a way tha... |
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"abstract": "Abstract - This paper proposes the approach to a concept map merging using methods and tools developed for the same task in the domain of ontologies. The developed method is based on ideas that concept maps and ontologies have structural similarities, and mutual transformations between them are possibl... | {
"abstract": "The paper is dedicated to OWL ontology derivation from concept maps (CMs) which have been created using the intelligent knowledge assessment system (IKAS). Usage of IKAS allows capturing quite a lot of CMs of different topics covered in several study courses taught at the Faculty of Computer Science an... | {
"abstract": "The paper describes the developed adaptive system for knowledge assessment and self-assessment based on usage of concept maps. The concept mapping approach offers a reasonable balance between complexity of knowledge assessment system and necessity to assess higher levels of knowledge according to the B... |
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"abstract": "Circadian rhythms are recurring patterns (~24hrs) in behaviour and physiology that are driven primarily by an endogenous biological timekeeping system, with the master pacemaker located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Studies have indicated bidirectional relationships between the circadian and the immu... | {
"abstract": "In mammals, the master circadian pacemaker is located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus. The SCN is thought to drive peripheral oscillators by controlling neuronal and humoral signals that can entrain the peripheral clocks. Here, we show that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), a proinflamm... | {
"abstract": "Accumulation of lipids and their intermediary metabolites under endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress instigates metabolic failure, described as lipotoxicity, in the kidney. This study aimed to determine ER-stress-related sphingolipid and polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) changes in human kidney cells. Tun... |
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"abstract": "The tremendous increase in the multilingual data on the internet has increased the demand for efficient retrieval of information. Urdu is one of the widely spoken and written languages of south Asia. Due to unstructured format of Urdu language information retrieval of information is a big challenge. Qu... | {
"abstract": "The logic-based machine-understandable framework of the Semantic Web typically challenges casual users when they try to query ontologies. An often proposed solution to help casual users is the use of natural language interfaces. Such tools, however, suffer from one of the biggest problems of natural la... | {
"abstract": "Existing semantic search tools have been primarily designed to enhance the performance of traditional search technologies but with little support for ordinary end users who are not necessarily familiar with domain specific semantic data, ontologies, or SQL-like query languages. This paper presents SemS... |
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"abstract": "Everybody experiences every day the need to manage a huge amount of heterogeneous shared resources, causing information overload and fragmentation problems. Collaborative annotation tools are the most common way to address these issues, but collaboratively tagging resources is usually perceived as a bo... | {
"abstract": "In the last decade, collaboration and sharing on the Web have become mainstream. Digital, remote interaction happens on a daily basis, not only to share digital resources, but also to create, manage and discuss them, in every possible situation where collaboration is required: from work teams to groups... | {
"abstract": "Everybody experiences every day the need to manage a huge amount of heterogeneous shared resources, causing information overload and fragmentation problems. Collaborative annotation tools are the most common way to address these issues, but collaboratively tagging resources is usually perceived as a bo... |
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"abstract": "Plausible reasoning concerns situations whose inherent lack of precision is not quantified; that is, there are no degrees or levels of precision, and hence no use of numbers like probabilities. A hopefully comprehensive set of principles that clarifies what it means for a formal logic to do plausible r... | {
"abstract": "In nonmonotonic reasoning, a default conditional α→β has most often been informally interpreted as a defeasible version of a classical conditional, usually the material conditional. There is however an alternative interpretation, in which a default is regarded essentially as a rule, leading from premis... | {
"abstract": "Multidetector CT (MDCT) has revolutionized non-invasive imaging of the central airways. Compared to single-detector helical CT scans, MDCT results in higher spatial resolution, faster speed, greater anatomic coverage, and higher quality multiplanar reformation and 3-D reconstruction images. This articl... |
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"abstract": "A teletraffic analysis for the performance evaluation of the joint use of dynamic resource allocation (DRA), channel de-allocation (DAS), and channel re-allocation (RAS) strategies in GSM/GPRS networks is developed. In addition, an efficient DRA strategy with a link quality awareness policy, channel de... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, a novel mathematical approach to evaluate the performance of adaptive or flexible resource allocation (FRA) strategies with uniform quality of service (QoS) provisioning in multiservices wireless cellular networks, in terms of the call blocking probabilities and transmission delay, is pr... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we present a queueing model to evaluate the performance of CDMA reverse link in a multiple cell environment. Since CDMA capacity is interference limited, both the communication quality of ongoing calls and the admission condition of new arriving calls for each cell depend on the time-var... |
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"abstract": "Let A = fa1;a2; : : : ;akg be a set of k relatively prime positive integers. Let pA(n) denote the partition function of n with parts in A, that is, pA is the number of partitions of n with parts belonging to A. We survey some known results on pA(n) for general k, and then concentrate on the cases k = 2... | {
"abstract": "Let a1; : : : ; ak be positive integers generating the unit ideal, and j be a residue class modulo L = lcm(a1; : : : ; ak). It is known that the function r(N) that counts solutions to the equation x1a1 + : : : + xkak = N in non-negative integers xi is a polynomial when restricted to non-negative intege... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Let Ω be the set of positive integers that are omitted values of the form f = Σi=1naixi, where the ai are fixed and relatively prime natural numbers and the xi are variable nonnegative integers. Set ω = #Ω and κ = max Ω + 1 (the conductor). Properties of ω and κ are studied, such as an estimat... |
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"abstract": "The world is governed by complex systems and it is inadequate to deal with complexity by simplifying it (Bawden, 1991). Therefore, higher-order thinking, especially systems thinking, is needed to help solve complex problems in society. This study addressed two major problems in the education systems. F... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Students were surveyed to assess food system knowledge, attitudes, and experiences. Participants are least knowledgeable about food system sectors, sustainability, and agriculture; more knowledgeable about nutrition and food origins; and most knowledgeable about food safety, local foods, and h... | {
"abstract": "To determine the timing of peak bone mass and density, we conducted a cross-sectional study of bone mass measurements in 265 premenopausal Caucasian females, aged 8-50 yr. Bone mass and bone mineral density were measured using dual X-ray absorptiometry and single-photon absorptiometry at the spine (ant... |
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"abstract": "Image set classification (ISC) has always been an active topic, primarily due to the fact that image set can provide more comprehensive information to describe a subject. However, the existing ISC methods face two problems: (1) The high computational cost prohibits these methods from being applied into... | {
"abstract": "To address the problem of face recognition with image sets, we aim to capture the underlying data distribution in each set and thus facilitate more robust classification. To this end, we represent image set as the Gaussian mixture model (GMM) comprising a number of Gaussian components with prior probab... | {
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"abstract": "Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text Abstract Background: Although preventing triceps fragment displacement is essential for treating an olecranon fracture, we frequently encounter situations in which only a few screws can be fixed to the triceps fragment. The aim of this study was to ... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nTo assess the results of olecranon fractures with an intra-articular sagittal plane fracture managed by orthogonal fixation constructs.\n\n\nMETHODS\nA retrospective chart review was performed and 14 proximal ulna fractures with intra-articular comminution resulting in separate medial and late... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Background In treatment planning for intensity‐modulated proton therapy (IMPT), we aim to deliver the prescribed dose to the target yet minimize the dose to adjacent healthy tissue. Mixed‐integer programming (MIP) has been applied in radiation therapy to generate treatment plans. However, MIP ... |
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"abstract": "Various intestinal symptoms or diseases are closely associated with intestinal motility, which may be altered by metabolic disturbances associated with diabetes and obesity. It is therefore important that drugs used in the treatment of metabolic disorders should not have any adverse effects on the inte... | {
"abstract": "The chemical compound [4-(4-bromo-2-cyano-phenylcarbamoyl)-benzyl]-phosphonic acid diethyl ester (NO-1886) is a lipoprotein lipase activator having beneficial effects on both diabetes control and the cardiovascular system. Preventing accumulation of lipids in the cell wall, in addition to improving ins... | {
"abstract": "Abstract— 1 The brains of 17‐day‐old quaking and jimpy mice were compared with those of the corresponding normal phenotypes. The concentrations of cerebroside and sulphatide were found to be markedly lower in the affected mutants, while the relative amounts of ceramide and free fatty acid appeared norm... |
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"abstract": "Rice axillary meristems (AMs) are essential to the formation of tillers and panicle branches in rice, and therefore play a determining role in rice yield. However, the regulation of inflorescence AM development in rice remains elusive. In this study, we identified no spikelet 1-Dominant (nsp1-D), a spa... | {
"abstract": "In the classical theory of apical dominance, auxin depletion from the stem releases bud dormancy. Recent studies have revealed a poor correlation between the initial bud release and auxin depletion from the stem after decapitation. Sucrose mobility in plants and its accumulation in buds correlates well... | {
"abstract": "Barbier et al. give a quick guide to apical dominance, whereby a plant's main shoot dominates and inhibits the outgrowth of other shoots.",
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"abstract": "Information systems are increasingly distributed and pervasive, enabling organizations to deliver remote services and share personal information, worldwide. However, developers face significant challenges in managing the many laws that govern their systems in this multi-jurisdictional environment. In t... | {
"abstract": "Information technology (IT) controls are reusable system requirements that IT managers, administrators and developers use to demonstrate compliance with international standards, such as ISO 27000 standard. As controls are reusable, they tend to cover best practice independently from what specific gover... |
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"abstract": "This paper is focused on the detection of counterfeit documents via the recurrent comparison of the security textured background regions of two images. The main contributions are twofold: first we apply and adapt a recurrent comparator architecture with attention mechanism to the counterfeit detection ... | {
"abstract": "Document forgery is an increasing problem for both the public administration and private companies. It represents substantial losses in time and economical resources. Classical solutions to this problem such as watermarks or other integrated security patterns can not be applied in general for any unkno... | {
"abstract": "Digital images are everywhere—from our cell phones to the pages of our online news sites. How we choose to use digital image processing raises a surprising host of legal and ethical questions that we must address. What are the ramifications of hiding data within an innocent imageq Is this an intentiona... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents the first attempt at fusing data from inertial and vision depth sensors within the framework of a hidden Markov model for the application of hand gesture recognition. The data fusion approach introduced in this paper is general purpose in the sense that it can be used for recognitio... | {
"abstract": "Body sensor networks (BSNs) are considered a great example for cyber-physical systems due to their close coupling with human body. Activity monitoring is one of the numerous applications of BSNs. Continuous and real-time monitoring of human activities has many applications in health-care and wellness d... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a multi-Hidden Markov Model (HMM) classification approach for hand gesture recognition by utilizing two differing modality and low-cost sensors. The sensors consist of a Kinect depth camera and a wearable inertial sensor. It is shown that the multi-HMM classification based on nine s... |
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"abstract": "To the Editor: In the April issue of the journal, Cohen et al. (1) aimed to assess fecal elastase-1 (FE) levels in young children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and pancreatic insufficiency (PI) and to explore the relationship between FE values and growth, nutrition, pulmonary status, and fat absorption ove... | {
"abstract": "This article is adapted from a published evidence report concerning neonatal hyperbilirubinemia with an added section on the risk of blood exchange transfusion (BET). Based on a summary of multiple case reports that spanned more than 30 years, we conclude that kernicterus, although infrequent, has at l... | {
"abstract": "Prospective follow-up studies on long term effects of pre- and perinatal adverse conditions in adulthood are rare. We will continue to follow the prospective cohort of initially 1196 subjects with predefined at-delivery risk factors out of 22,359 consecutive deliveries during 1971-74 at a single matern... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Imagining helping a person in need can facilitate prosocial intentions. Here we investigated how this effect can change with aging. We found that, similar to young adults, older adults were more willing to help a person in need when they imagined helping that person compared to a baseline cond... | {
"abstract": "Recent research has demonstrated commonalities between remembering past events and imagining future events. Behavioral studies have revealed that remembering the past and imagining the future depend on shared cognitive processes, whereas neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies have shown that many ... | {
"abstract": "The ability to ignore or control the processing of distracting information may underlie many age-related and individual differences in cognitive abilities. Using a large sample of adults aged 18 to 87 years, this article presents data examining the mediating role of distraction control in the relations... |
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"abstract": "A algebraic system, Test Algebra (TA), identifies faults in combinatorial testing for SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) applications. SaaS is a software delivery model that involves composition, deployment, and execution of mission application on cloud platforms. Testing SaaS applications is challenging bec... | {
"abstract": "SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) often uses multi-tenancy architecture (MTA) where tenant developers compose their applications online using the components stored in the SaaS database. Tenant applications need to be tested, and combinatorial testing can be used. While numerous combinatorial testing techniq... | {
"abstract": "One of the biggest challenges for software developers to build real-world predictive applications with machine learning is the steep learning curve of data processing frameworks, learning algorithms and scalable system infrastructure. We present PredictionIO, an open source machine learning server that... |
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"abstract": "Energy storage is one of the challenges currently confronting the energy sector. However, the invention of supercapacitors has transformed the sector. This modern technology’s high energy capacity, reliable supply with minimal lag time, and extended lifetime of supercapacitors have piqued the interest ... | {
"abstract": "Mesoporous slit-structured NiO materials were prepared through a simple hydrothermal route with sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) as an additive. The as-prepared NiO samples presented high specific capacitance of over 1700 F g(-1) in the potential range from 0.10 to 0.56 V (vs. Hg/HgO/6 mol L(-1)... | {
"abstract": "Highly dispersed Ni nanoparticles (NPs) and abundant functional N-species were integrated into ultrathin carbon nanosheets by using a facile and economical sol-gel route. Embedded- and anchored-type configurations were achieved for the dispersion of Ni NPs in/on N-rich carbon nanosheets. The anchored-t... |
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"abstract": "Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) consist of small, inexpensive sensors that communicate among each other using number of elected sensors known as cluster heads. These cluster heads collect data from neighbours, process it, then transmit it to the network base station (sink). Each WSN sensor has limited ... | {
"abstract": "Wireless sensor networks are one of the fast growing technologies in communication field, because of their compact size and ability to work in rugged conditions where human reach is not possible. This paper discusses about H-LEACH, which is used to solve problems of energy considerations while electing... | {
"abstract": "Information visualization has traditionally limited itself to 2D representations, primarily due to the prevalence of 2D displays and report formats. However, there has been a recent surge in popularity of consumer grade 3D displays and immersive head-mounted displays (HMDs). The ubiquity of such displa... |
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"abstract": "This review covers the literature published by chemists from China during the 2015–2016 on natural products (NPs), with 1,985 citations referring to 6,944 new compounds isolated from marine or terrestrial microorganisms, plants, and animals. The emphasis is on 730 new compounds with a novel skeleton or... | {
"abstract": "The new highly oxygenated germacranolides cernuumolides A-J (1-10) and the known compounds 11-20 were isolated from Carpesium cernuum. Among these compounds, 1-4 are 11-methoxymethylgermacranolides and 5-7 as well as 11-17 are 2,9-hemiacetal-linked germacranolides. Their structures were elucidated usin... | {
"abstract": "Nine compounds, 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxyphenyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (1),β-D-fructfuranosyl-α-D-(6-vanilloyl)-glucopyranoside (2), β-D-fructfuranosyl-α-D-(6-syringyl)-glucopyranoside (3), 3-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-[4-(3-hydroxy-1-(E)-propenyl)- 2-methoxyphenoxy]propyl-β-D-glucopyranoside(4... |
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"abstract": "The distribution of a major fibroblast protein, fibronectin, was studied by immunofluorescence and immunoscanning electron microscopy in cultures of human and chicken fibroblasts during different phases of the cell cycle. The main findings were: (a) In interphase cells, the intensity of surface-associa... | {
"abstract": "It was previously shown that the fibroblast surface antigen (SF antigen, SFA) is composed of polypeptides of high molecular weight 210,000 (SF210) and 145,000 (SF145) and that both of these decrease in quantity after transformation of the fibroblasts by Rous sarcoma virus (RSV). The present experiments... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Molecular weights for the human erythrocyte membrane glycoprotein and other glycoproteins calculated relative to protein standards on SDS acrylamide gel electrophoresis depend upon the percent crosslinking of gels. This anomaly is due to a decreased binding of SDS to the oligosaccharide side c... |
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"abstract": "The paper is devoted to an analysis of the development of agrarian farms in Visegrad Group (V4) countries, primarily in terms of results and the most important production inputs of production factors and their efficiency in the period from 2004 to 2013 based on the EU Farm Accountancy Data Network (FAD... | {
"abstract": "This paper identifies and analyzes the changes that have occurred in terms of territorial and commodity structure of agrarian trade (exports) of countries of the Visegrad Group (or V4 -i.e. Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia) in the period 1993-2008. In terms of methodological approaches, the... | {
"abstract": "The paper summarizes additional problems that, at the present time, are not incorporated in the ACI Chimney Code. Besides the static wind loading, which is covered in the ACI Code, the paper outlines the effect of the radial pressure distribution and the effect of ovalling and swaying due to resonant w... |
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"abstract": "In this position paper, we describe a number of methodological and philosophical challenges that arose within our interdisciplinary Digi-tal Humanities project CATVIS, which is a collaboration between applied geometric algorithms and visualization researchers, data scientists working at OCLC, and philo... | {
"abstract": "The History of Ideas is presently enjoying a certain renaissance after a long period of disrepute. Increasing quantities of digitally available historical texts and the availability of computational tools for the exploration of such masses of sources, it is suggested, can be of invaluable help to histo... | {
"abstract": "Implementation strategies have unparalleled importance in implementation science, as they constitute the ‘how to’ component of changing healthcare practice. Yet, implementation researchers and other stakeholders are not able to fully utilize the findings of studies focusing on implementation strategies... |
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"abstract": "The Digital era marked by the unrivalled growth of Internet and its services with day-to-day technological advancements has paved way for a data driven society. This digital explosion offers opportunities for extracting valuable information from collected data, which are used by organizations and resea... | {
"abstract": "Feature detection, description and matching are essential components of various computer vision applications, thus they have received a considerable attention in the last decades. Several feature detectors and descriptors have been proposed in the literature with a variety of definitions for what kind ... | {
"abstract": "In several imaging inverse problems, it may be of interest to encourage the solution to have characteristics which are most naturally expressed by the combination of more than one regularizer. The resulting optimization problems can not be dealt with by the current state-of-the-art algorithms, which ar... |
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"abstract": "Riparian zones are important buffer zones for streams as they are hotspots of nitrate transformation and removal in agricultural catchments. However, mixing of water from different sources and various transformation processes can complicate the quantification of nitrate turnover in riparian zones. In t... | {
"abstract": "Compound-specific stable isotope analysis (CSIA) serves as a tool for source apportionment (SA) and for the quantification of the extent of degradation (QED) of organic pollutants. However, simultaneous occurrence of mixing of sources and degradation is generally believed to hamper both SA and QED. On ... | {
"abstract": "In order for Fe contained in aeolian dust to act as a micronutrient for oceanic phytoplankton it must be first mobilized or dissolved. We propose that significant Femobilization can occur in mineral dust from East Asia as a result of the incorporation of SO2 from pollutant emissions into the advecting ... |
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"abstract": "Tobacco smoking results in more than five million deaths each year and accounts for ∼90% of all deaths from lung cancer. 3 Nicotine, the major reinforcing component of tobacco smoke, acts in the brain through the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). The nAChRs are allosterically regulat... | {
"abstract": "Schizophrenic patients have impairments in cognitive function, including deficits in visuospatial working memory (VSWM). VSWM is mediated, in part, by prefrontal cortical dopamine (DA) function, and dysregulation of prefrontal cortical DA systems may contribute to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. ... | {
"abstract": "Adolescents' peer group status in high school was examined using self-report, peer nominations, and archival data collected during 2 consecutive school years. Higher status students (popular and controversial) had more close friends, engaged more frequently in peer activities, and self-disclosed more t... |
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"abstract": "The objectives of this study were: (1) to evaluate the effect of sire on the time from insemination to first cleavage following insemination in vitro and the relationship of this parameter to field fertility and (2) to establish the relationship between the kinetics of cleavage in vitro and oocyte deve... | {
"abstract": "Control of sperm quality after commercial freezing/thawing of bull semen is still restricted to the subjective assessment of sperm motility, despite its low correlation to fertility (Söderquist et al. 1991, Kjaestad et al. 1993). Although no single in vitro method has yet been designed to predict the f... | {
"abstract": "The aim of the present study was to identify the target genes of cediranib and the associated signaling pathways in alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS). A microarray dataset (GSE32569) was obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. The R software package was used for data normalization and scree... |
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"abstract": "The testis is a highly specialized tissue that plays a vital role in ensuring fertility by producing spermatozoa, which are transferred to the female during mating. Spermatogenesis is a complex process, resulting in the production of mature sperm, and involves significant structural and biochemical cha... | {
"abstract": "Ticks are important vectors of numerous human diseases and animal diseases. Feeding stimulates spermatogenesis, mating and insemination of male factors that trigger female reproduction. The physiology of male reproduction and its regulation of female development are essentially a black box. Several tra... | {
"abstract": "Male-derived accessory gland proteins (Acps) are transferred to the female reproductive tract during mating and affect female reproductive maturation and behavior. Some Acps subsequently enter the female hemolymph. We hypothesized that humoral proteases are the primary effectors of Acp bioactivity by p... |
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"abstract": "Speculative execution for improving instruction-level parallelism is widely used in high-performance processors. In the speculative execution technique, the most important factor is the accuracy of branch predictor. Unfortunately, complex branch predictors for improving the accuracy can cause serious t... | {
"abstract": "Fetch gating mechanisms have been proposed to gate the processor pipeline to reduce the wasted energy consumption due to wrong-path (i.e. mis-speculated) instructions. These schemes assume that all wrong-path instructions are useless for processor performance and try to eliminate the execution of all w... | {
"abstract": "Superscalar microprocessors obtain high performance by exploiting parallelism at the instruction level. To effectively use the instruction-level parallelism found in general purpose, non-numeric code, future processors will need to speculatively execute far beyond instruction fetch limiting conditional... |
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"abstract": "We examine the relation between testosterone, cortisol, and financial decisions in a sample of naïve investors. We find that testosterone level is positively related to excess risk-taking, whereas cortisol level is negatively related to excess risk-taking (correlation coefficient [r]: 0.75 and -0.21, r... | {
"abstract": "Little is known about the role of the endocrine system in financial decision-making. Here, we survey research on steroid hormones and their cognitive effects, and examine potential links to trader performance in the financial markets. Preliminary findings suggest that cortisol codes for risk and testos... | {
"abstract": "Rat myofibers in the resting state and under imposed conditions of moderate to severe physiological, pharmacological, and mechanical stress were prepared by ultrarapid freezing and examined by freeze fracture. In rapidly frozen rat myofibers, caveolae morphology and distribution were found to be unchan... |
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"abstract": "Subacute rumen acidosis (SARA) represents one of the most important metabolic disorders in intensive dairy farms that affects rumen fermentations, animal welfare, productivity and farm profitability. The aim of the present study was to study the occurrence of SARA in intensive Italian dairy herds and t... | {
"abstract": "Subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) has been considered a major pathology in high producing dairy herds for years. These findings were corroborated by several studies in Europe. However, different feeding practices and herds’ production levels are found in Southern Belgium. This study aimed to ascertain w... |
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"abstract": "This study examined whether the presence of hypertension, an insulin-resistant condition, exacerbates the defect in insulin action observed in obesity and type II diabetes mellitus. Glucose metabolism in the basal state and in response to insulin was quantitated by using the euglycemic insulin (20 mU ·... | {
"abstract": "UNLABELLED\nTo assess the mechanisms of the insulin resistance in human obesity, we have determined, using a modification of the euglycemic glucose clamp technique, the shape of the in vivo insulin-glucose disposal dose-response curves in 7 control and 13 obese human subjects. Each subject had at least... | {
"abstract": "The effect of insulin on transport of d-glucose, d-mannose, d-fructose, d-xylose, l-arabinose and d-ribose through the cell membrane has been studied. Each sugar was infused into eviscerated rats with or without insulin for 1 or 2 hours. The accumulation of free sugar within the cell was determined in ... |
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"abstract": "Formal methods (FM) are mathematics-based software development methods aimed at producing ``code for a nuclear power reactor''. That is, due application of FM can produce bug-free, zero-defect, correct-by-construction, guaranteed, certified software. However, the software industry seldom use FM. One of... | {
"abstract": "We present the first formalisation of a blockchain-based distributed consensus protocol with a proof of its consistency mechanised in an interactive proof assistant. Our development includes a reference mechanisation of the block forest data structure, necessary for implementing provably correct per-no... | {
"abstract": "This article uses isonymy to test predictions about the genetic structure of Irish populations made on the basis of geography and population history, and compares the mid‐nineteenth century population of Ireland with the late nineteenth century Irish‐born population resident in England and Wales. Surna... |
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"abstract": "The aim of this paper is to unpack the concept of power in its episodic and systemic forms in an in the context of IS mediated organizational activities - power issues often having been neglected in prior IS studies. To develop an integrated analytical approach and a rounded understanding of the effect... | {
"abstract": "We review the IS strategizing literature and highlight its main strengths and weaknesses. Strengths include an account given to the relevance of tensions between planned and executed strategy, and associated tradeoffs such as rigidity and flexibility, formal and informal strategizing and the exploitati... | {
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"abstract": "AIM\nTo investigate the association of obesity and elevated alanine aminotransferase with insulin resistance and compare these factors with metabolic syndrome.\n\n\nMETHODS\nWe enrolled a total of 1308 male workers aged from 22 to 63 years. Data was extracted from the workers' periodic health check-ups... | {
"abstract": "The objective of this study was to characterize the prevalence of asymptomatic liver transminase (LT) abnormalities in a healthy, low-risk adult population and identify associated risk factors. We reviewed 2340 completed medical records of participants in our Executive Health Program, which provided sc... | {
"abstract": "IRES elements. The apparent absence of a nucleocapsid proSEE ARTICLES ON PAGES 1258, 1261, 1266, AND 1271 tein raises very interesting questions about the structure of the virus. One possibility is that the virus might usurp a cellular protein (or a protein encoded by a different virus) in In this issu... |
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"abstract": "To estimate the relative importance of mangrove swamps for sesarmids habitat, total organic carbon (TOC) and inorganic nutrients in water, and the sediment C/N ratios were determined from three different sites of the Ryukyu Islands: the Shira River mangrove swamp at Iriomote Island, the Nuha River mang... | {
"abstract": "Bacterial productivity (3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA) and intertidal microbenthic communities were examined within five mangrove estuaries along the tropical northeastern coast of Australia. Bacteria in mangrove surface sediments (0–2 cm depth) were enumerated by epifluorescence microscopy and w... | {
"abstract": "Benthic oxygen consumption and primary production were measured using the bell jar technique in deltaic and fringing mangrove forests of tropical northeastern Australia. In a deltaic forest, rates of sediment respiration ranged from 197 to 1645 μmol O2 m−2 h−1 (mean=836), but did not vary significantly... |
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"abstract": "Introduction: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may serve as a target in therapeutic treatments, thus reliable diagnostic results are necessary. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of EBV detection by in situ hybridization (ISH) using five commercial probes in formalin-fixed and paraff... | {
"abstract": "In virus associated diseases identification of viruses in cells can contribute to the understanding of the pathogenesis and may also help to establish the diagnosis. In the present communication, the effects of the microwave pretreatment (MWP) and that of the proteinase-K enzymatic predigestion (PKD) o... | {
"abstract": "Yield loss caused by random defects is an important manufacturability concern. Random yield of modern integrated circuits is associated with layout sensitivity to defects defined as the ratio of critical area to the overall layout area. This paper proposes a methodology to predict random yield with hig... |
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"abstract": "Hemorrhage results in excessive production of superoxide that is associated with severe lung injury. We examined whether the superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetic manganese(III) mesotetrakis (di-N-ethylimidazole) porphyrin (AEOL 10150) could attenuate this lung injury and whether extracellular (EC)-SOD-de... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nRuptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA) remains a lethal condition despite improvements in perioperative care. The consequences of RAAA are hypothesized to result from a combination of two ischemia/reperfusion events: hemorrhagic shock and lower torso ischemia. Ischemia/reperfusion results i... | {
"abstract": "Aim: To delineate the predisposing factors, clinical, radiological features and outcomes of bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) in children for minimising morbidity and mortality.",
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"title": "Bronchiolitis obliterans in children: Clinical presentation, therapy and lo... |
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"abstract": "In this study, we develop a dynamic Inverse Almost Ideal Demand System model to derive own- and cross-price flexibilities for wild-caught fish, Australian farmed salmon and imports of fresh and frozen fish. We find that the growth of fresh fish imports and Australian farmed salmon production have both ... | {
"abstract": "In 1991, mandatory warning labels were imposed on the sale of oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico. Using an IAIDS model, this paper investigates the impact of these labels on the demand for Gulf product as well related oyster products (the Chesapeake, the Pacific, and imports).",
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"abstract": "Abstract This paper proposes and estimates on annual time series U.K. data (1900–1980) a dynamic generalisation of the ‘Almost Ideal Demand System’. The results support the proposed generalisation and point to the dynamic AIDS as a potentially useful tool in future applications.",
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT This longitudinal study explored intra-annual variation in feed availability and the chemical composition of milk and feed resources at smallholder dairy farms in Nakuru county, Kenya. Feed and milk samples were collected for a full year, every last week of the month, from 43 purposively selec... | {
"abstract": "We studied influence of distance to urban markets on smallholder dairy farming system development. Farms were chosen from three locations that varied in distance to the urban market of Nakuru Town in the Kenyan highlands: urban location (UL, n = 10) at less than 15 km distance, mid-rural location (MRL,... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Milk production per lactation (MPL) is a key metric of dairy farms. Accurate estimation of MPL requires regular recording, which is laborious and costly. In smallholder systems in the tropics, therefore, generally very few records are available to estimate MPL. Cross-sectional studies collect ... |
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"abstract": "Modern society is becoming increasingly aware of the necessity to behave in a sustainable manner which resulted in higher expectations towards sustainable practices of businesses. This is why the emergence of Marketing 3.0, a concept developed by Kotler, Kartajaya, and Setiawan (2010) which takes a mor... | {
"abstract": "A concept conducted from the influence of marketing 3.0 on purchase decisions in post graduate institutions of higher education in Jakarta. Research was conducted the quantitative confirmatory method, of structural equation hybrid modeling. Samples used 105 postgraduate students at three institutions. ... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT One of the core assumptions of the open systems perspective is that management facilitates the technical flows that transform resources and demands into output, which ultimately affects the organization’s performance. This article sheds light on the managerial throughput hypothesis by testing ... |
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"abstract": "Cellular permissiveness to HIV infection is highly heterogeneous across individuals. Heterogeneity is also found across CD4+ T cells from the same individual, where only a fraction of cells gets infected. To explore the basis of permissiveness, we performed single-cell RNA-seq analysis of non-infected ... | {
"abstract": "Summary: Cell differentiation processes are achieved through a continuum of hierarchical intermediate cell states that might be captured by single-cell RNA seq. Existing computational approaches for the assessment of cell-state hierarchies from single-cell data can be formalized under a general framewo... | {
"abstract": "We all know that gene expression occurs within cells, yet we do not think of expression in terms of its fundamental unit -- a single cell. Instead, we understand the expression of genes in terms of a cell population as all of our information comes from samples containing millions of cells. From a compl... |
{
"abstract": "Genetic improvement through breeding is one of the key approaches to increasing biomass supply. This paper documents the breeding progress to date for four perennial biomass crops (PBCs) that have high output–input energy ratios: namely Panicum virgatum (switchgrass), species of the genera Miscanthus (... | {
"abstract": "Miscanthus is a genus of perennial rhizomatous grasses with C4 photosynthesis which is indigenous in a wide geographic range of Asian climates. The sterile clone, Miscanthus × giganteus (M. × giganteus), is a naturally occurring interspecific hybrid that has been used commercially in Europe for biomass... | {
"abstract": "In wheat stems, the levels of fructan-dominated water-soluble carbohydrates (WSC) do not always correlate well with grain yield. Field drought experiments were carried out to further explain this lack of correlation. Wheat (Triticum aestivum) varieties, Westonia, Kauz and c. 20 genetically diverse doub... |
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"abstract": "To make biofuel production feasible from an economic point of view, several studies have investigated the main associated bottlenecks of the whole production process through approaches such as the “cradle to grave” approach or the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analysis, being the main constrains the feed... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundWaste biomass from agro-food industries are a reliable and readily exploitable resource. From the circular economy point of view, direct residues from these industries exploited for production of fuel/chemicals is a winning issue, because it reduces the environmental/cost impact and improves ... | {
"abstract": "Lignocellulose biomass during pretreament release various copmounds, among them important one is reducing sugars, which can be utilized for the production of biofuels and some other products. Thereby, innovative greener pretreatment techniques for lignocellulosic materials have been considered to open ... |
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"abstract": "Objective\nAlthough the fastest growing minority group, Asian Americans receive little attention in mental health research. Moreover, aggregated data mask further diversity within Asian Americans. This study aimed to examine depression risk by detailed Asian American subgroup, and further assess determ... | {
"abstract": "Immigrant mental health issues, especially depression in relation to discrimination and acculturation, are reported to be serious problems in the United States. The current study examines the prevalence of depressive symptoms among Korean immigrants in New York City (NYC) and its relation to self-repor... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND: Previous studies regarding depressive symptoms and acculturative stress among immigrants have been limited to the initial period after immigration. OBJECTIVE: The relationships between depressive symptoms, acculturation, and acculturative stress among immigrants from the former Soviet Union... |
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"abstract": "The importance of epigenetic dysregulation to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) pathophysiology has become increasingly apparent in recent years. Epigenetic regulators, including readers, writers, and erasers, are recurrently dysregulated by way of chromosomal translocations, somatic mutations, or genomic a... | {
"abstract": "Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is associated with a poor prognosis, particularly in older patients. To the authors' knowledge, few population‐based studies of AML treatment patterns and outcomes exist to date.",
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"title": "Outcomes and quality of care in acute myeloid leukemia ov... | {
"abstract": "Although acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is primarily a disease of older adults (age ≥60 years), the optimal treatment for older adults remains largely undefined. Intensive chemotherapy is rarely beneficial for frail older adults or those with poor-risk disease, but criteria that define fitness and/or app... |
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"abstract": "Presented work is primarily oriented on the experimental verification of the influence of fatigue on the psychological condition of the flying personnel, using psychological and performance tests. For the evaluation of a pilot performance, the 24 hours experiment was conducted. In total, eight subjects... | {
"abstract": "Graphical abstract",
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"title": "Physical and cognitive consequences of fatigue: A review"
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"abstract": "This study was designed to test position sense of the knee joint before and after fatigue in order to determine whether muscle or capsular receptors are the primary sensors for joint position sense. Reproduction of passive positioning and detection of the onset of motion (kinesthesia) were employed to ... |
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