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"abstract": "Wireless communication has become a key technology in the modern world, allowing network services to be delivered in almost any environment, without the need for potentially expensive and invasive fixed cable solutions. However, the level of performance experienced by wireless devices varies tremendous... | {
"abstract": "An experimental study of MANET using 802.11b has shown that there exist several configurations where this standard does not guarantee fairness for the channel access. In this paper, we investigate the performance of the WiFi protocol in such configurations using the analytical modelling technique PEPA.... | {
"abstract": "IEEE 802.11 is the new wireless network standard. By use of two-dimensional Markovian analysis, we derive the throughput and average delay of the MAC part of IEEE 802.11 to demonstrate the efficiency of the CA (collision avoidance) mechanism. Furthermore, we also focus on its performance with the exist... |
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"abstract": "Specificity of the number of nouns in Czech and its annotation in Prague Dependency Treebank The paper focuses on the way how the grammatical category of number of nouns will be annotated in the forthcoming version of Prague Dependency Treebank (PDT 3.0), concentrating on the peculiarities beyond the r... | {
"abstract": "We present a description of a new resource (Prague Dependency Treebank of Spoken Language) being created for English and Czech to be used for the task of speech understanding, broad natural language analysis for dialog systems and other speech-related tasks, including speech editing. The resources we h... | {
"abstract": "This article presents a detailed classification of noun-noun nominal lexical units which shows that French and English have the same categories. It then contrasts French subordinative units with their English equivalents, and it appears that French units constitute less prototypical compounds, and thei... |
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"abstract": "Over the last few years, mobile wireless LANs (m-WLANs), which are characterized by portable access points (APs) and a small number of connected clients, are becoming popular. When a large number of such personal mobile APs operate close to each other, for example in crowded urban areas and conference ... | {
"abstract": "In late years, the demand for multimedia communication has been raised extensively. In this environment, to guarantee the QoS is extremely important． While various control mechanisms have already been realized about the QoS control in each protocol layer, a QoS-guaranteed TCP (QoS-TCP) has been propo... | {
"abstract": "We consider unconditionally secure leakage resilient two- party computation. Security means that the leakage obtained by an adversary can be simulated using a similar amount of leakage from the private inputs or outputs. A related problem is known as circuit compilation, where there is only one device ... |
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"abstract": "Zusammenfassung Die optimale Steuerung und Regelung hybrider Systeme ist herausfordernd, da sie sprunghafte Änderungen von Zustandsgrößen und die Kombinatorik ereignisdiskreten Verhaltens in die Optimierung von kontinuierlicher Dynamik einbringt. Dieser Beitrag gibt zunächst einen Überblick über die wi... | {
"abstract": "This paper applies a known approach for approximating controlled stochastic diffusion to hybrid systems. Stochastic hybrid systems are approximated by locally consistent Markov decision processes that preserve local mean and covariance. A randomized switching policy is introduced for approximating the ... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we propose a hybrid model for TCP's congestion control mechanism operating under drop-tail queuing policy. Using this model we confirmed the standard formula T := 1 23/RTT√ used by TCP-friendly congestion control algorithms, which relates the average packet drop rate p, the average round-... |
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"abstract": "Exploring the Effects of Implementation Intentions and Goal Formation on Anxiety and Communication Effectiveness when Discussing Difficult Interpersonal Topics Colleen C. Malachowski This study addressed the effects of two specific types of planning (i.e., goal intention and implementation intention fo... | {
"abstract": "The present research examines whether forming implementation intentions can help people with social anxiety to control their attention and make more realistic appraisals of their performance. In Experiment 1, socially anxious participants (relative to less anxious participants) exhibited an attentional... | {
"abstract": "Studies using the modified Stroop colour naming task have provided results consistent with the hypothesis that social phobia is associated with an attentional bias towards negative social-evaluative words. However, these results could also have arisen as a consequence of non-attentional processes. For ... |
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"abstract": "SUMMARY Each spring, North American spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) females each lay hundreds of eggs in shallow pools of water. Eggs are surrounded by jelly layers and are deposited as large gelatinous masses. Following deposition, masses are penetrated by a mutualistic green alga, Oophila am... | {
"abstract": "Abstract. The effects of the herbicide diuron on survival and growth of Pacific treefrog (Pseudacris regilla), bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), red-legged frog (Rana aurora), and African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) embryos and tadpoles were determined in static-renewal tests. P. regilla and X. laevis embr... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Nucleic acid therapeutics, including siRNAs, miRNAs/antimiRs, gRNAs and ASO, represent innovative and highly promising molecules for the safe treatment of a wide range of pathologies. The efficiency of systemic treatments is impeded by 1) the need to overcome physical and functional barriers i... |
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"abstract": "We present a natural language generation approach which models, exploits, and manipulates the non-linguistic context in situated communication, using techniques from AI planning. We show how to generate instructions which deliberately guide the hearer to a location that is convenient for the generation... | {
"abstract": "Our hypothesis is that conversational implicatures are a rich source of clarification questions. In this paper we do two things. First, we motivate the hypothesis in theoretical, practical and empirical terms. Second, we present a framework for generating the clarification potential of an instruction b... | {
"abstract": "This paper explores the truism that people think about what they say. It proposes hat, to satisfy their own goals, people often plan their speech acts to affect their listeners' beliefs, goals, and emotional states. Such language use can be modelled by viewing speech acts as operators in a planning sys... |
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"abstract": "Abstract: In the framework of information dynamics, the temporal evolution of coupled systems can be studied by decomposing the predictive information about an assigned target system into amounts quantifying the information stored inside the system and the information transferred to it. While informati... | {
"abstract": "We describe an analysis of cardiac and respiratory time series recorded from 189 subjects of both genders aged 16–90. By application of the synchrosqueezed wavelet transform, we extract the respiratory and cardiac frequencies and phases with better time resolution than is possible with the marked event... | {
"abstract": "Abstract An equation of state for the expanded monolayer of fatty acids was derived with the aid of statistical thermodynamics on the basis that the monolayer is composed of a quasi-crystalline lattice, the sites of which have the same size as segments of fatty acid molecules. A parameter which is the ... |
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"abstract": "La societe fait face a des defis tels que le rechauffement climatique et la diminution des ressources. Ils sont intimement lies a l’energie et a son stockage, dont les batteries Li-ion sont a ce jour la technologie la plus utilisee. L’amelioration de la densite d’energie et la securite, ainsi que la re... | {
"abstract": "A series of Li2 MnSiO4 samples with various Li, Mn, and/or Si concentrations are reported to study for the first time the effect of impurities and deviation from ideal stoichiometry on electrochemical behavior. Carbon-coated and nanosized powders are obtained at 600 °C and compared with those synthetiz... | {
"abstract": "Nanostructured Li2FeSiO4 and Li2MnSiO4 cathodes have been synthesized by a facile microwave-solvothermal synthesis. To improve crystallinity and enhance electronic conductivity, the resulting samples have been mixed with sucrose and heated at 650 °C for 6 h in argon atmosphere. The Li2MSiO4/C nanocompo... |
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"abstract": "A load-adjustment device having a control element which can act on a throttle valve (e.g.) of an internal combustion engine and which is connected to a driver which is coupled to an accelerator pedal and, in addition, can be moved by means of an electric setting drive, having a desired-value-detection ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Accurate impedance measurements on differently sized samples of lead–zirconate–titanate (PbZr0.53Ti0.47O3, PZT) have been analyzed with a CNLS procedure, resulting in the separation of the ionic and electronic conductivities over a temperature range from ∼150 to 630 °C. At 603 °C the electroni... | {
"abstract": "It is shown that unique defect thermodynamics and transport properties result for oxides of a few nanometers crystallite size. Fully‐dense CeO2−x polycrystals of ∼10 nm grain size were synthesized, and their electrical properties compared with those of samples coarsened from the same material. The nano... |
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"abstract": "The Himalayan region is one of the most highly glacierised areas on Earth. Regarded as the “water towers” of Asia, the Himalayas are the source of several of the world’s major rivers. The region is inhabited by some 140 million people and ten times as many (~1.4 billion) live in its downstream river ba... | {
"abstract": "The impact of future climate change on the glaciers in the Karakoram and Himalaya (KH) is investigated using CMIP5 multi-model temperature and precipitation projections, and a relationship between glacial accumulation-area ratio and mass balance developed for the region based on the last 30 to 40 years... | {
"abstract": "Multitemporal digital terrain models (DTM) are an important source for many purposes such as the detection of areas, which are susceptible to natural hazards such as landslides and glacial lake outburst floods, or for the examination of changes in glacier thickness. To exploit the potential of stereo s... |
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"abstract": "When only a limited amount of accented speech data is available, to promote multi-accent speech recognition performance, the conventional approach is accent-specific adaptation, which adapts the baseline model to multiple target accents independently. To simplify the adaptation procedure, we explore ad... | {
"abstract": "Building speech recognizers in multiple languages typically involves replicating a monolingual training recipe for each language, or utilizing a multi-task learning approach where models for different languages have separate output labels but share some internal parameters. In this work, we exploit rec... | {
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"title": "Exploring Open-Source Deep Learning ASR for Speech-to-Text TV program transcription"
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"abstract": "Dans cette these, des structures MEMS de type micropoutre ont ete concues pour des applications capteurs. Un procede de fabrication alternatif au silicium, associant la technique de serigraphie a l'utilisation d'une couche sacrificielle (SrCO3), a ete utilise pour la realisation de micropoutres piezoel... | {
"abstract": "This paper describes the development of MEMS force sensors constructed using paper as the structural material. The working principle on which these paper-based sensors are based is the piezoresistive effect generated by conductive materials patterned on a paper substrate. The device is inexpensive (∼$0... | {
"abstract": "In this research, in-plane shear tests were conducted for obtaining the shearing properties of wood. Thin strips of western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla Sarg.) were used for the specimens. Two circular holes were cut along the axial centerline of the wider surface (longitudinal-tangential plane), and th... |
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"abstract": "Movies are uncertain products. Nobody knows much about them prior to their screening and their attempt to survive in the risky motion picture market week by week. This paper studies short‐life products using the example of the UK film industry, including high and low‐budget films. Using a c... | {
"abstract": "Audiences choose to see films using information from previous films. A stochastic consumer choice process based on this assumption generates a particular distribution of financially successful films among film types. Movie stars can be used to mark these successful film types. Thus, their star power or... | {
"abstract": "*Labour Force, Hours of Work and Hours of Effort *Supply of Skill *The Demand for Labour *Extensions of Labour Demand *Supply and Demand Together *Migration and Turnover *Vacancies *Effort, Wages and Job Structure *Job Amenities and Employee Benefits *Unions *Union Methods *Effects of Employment and Tu... |
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"abstract": "Jacomassi MD. Involvement of PAFR activation during chemotherapy in the melanoma repopulation phenomenon [dissertation]. São Paulo: “Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo”; 2018. One of the recurrent challenges in the clinical practice of Oncology is the process of repopulation, in which the... | {
"abstract": "Melanoma cells express the platelet-activating factor receptor (PAFR) and, thus, respond to PAF, a bioactive lipid produced by both tumour cells and those in the tumour microenvironment such as macrophages. Here, we show that treatment of a human melanoma SKmel37 cell line with cisplatin led to increas... | {
"abstract": "Background There are at least two phases of β-cell death during the development of autoimmune diabetes: an initiation event that results in the release of β-cell-specific antigens, and a second, antigen-driven event in which β-cell death is mediated by the actions of T lymphocytes. In this report, the ... |
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"abstract": "Abstract The cryptic plumage and nocturnal nature of the great gray owl (Strix nebulosa) make it difficult to study in its densely forested habitat. We investigated whether the vocalizations of individual great gray owls could be distinguished and used as a tool for population survey and monitoring. We... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) is a difficult species to detect because of its remote breeding locations and secretive nature. We used autonomous recording units (ARUs) to monitor nest activity at 6 Great Gray Owl territories from June–July 2006 in the Sierra Nevada, California. We also u... |
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"abstract": "This thesis aimed to determine whether treating children who have asymmetric hearing loss with two different, but appropriate auditory prostheses promotes bilateral auditory development and bilateral hearing abilities. Unilateral deafness during development drives extensive reorganization in bilateral ... | {
"abstract": "Sound localization in the horizontal (azimuth) plane relies mainly on interaural time differences (ITDs) and interaural level differences (ILDs). Both are distorted in listeners with acquired unilateral conductive hearing loss (UCHL), reducing their ability to localize sound. Several studies demonstrat... | {
"abstract": "Spatial release from masking was studied in a three-talker soundfield listening experiment. The target talker was presented at 0 degrees azimuth and the maskers were either colocated or symmetrically positioned around the target, with a different masker talker on each side. The symmetric placement grea... |
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"abstract": "We report a rare case of long-term survival in a patient who received local therapy and salvage chemotherapy for recurrent metastases, along with a literature review. A 65-year-old male patient underwent subtotal gastrectomy for advanced gastric adenocarcinoma. Six months after gastrectomy, 2 metastati... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundAlthough various liver-directed treatment modalities, such as liver resection and radiofrequency ablation (RFA), have been applied to treat liver metastases from gastric cancer, optimal management of them remains controversial. In patients with liver metastasis from gastric cancer, we investi... | {
"abstract": "Osteoporosis and the associated risk of fracture are major clinical challenges in the elderly. Telomeres shorten with age in most human tissues, including bone, and because telomere shortening is a cause of cellular replicative senescence or apoptosis in cultured cells, including mesenchymal stem cells... |
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"abstract": "Implantable biosensing is attractive for both medical monitoring and diagnostic applications. It is possible to monitor phenomena such as physical loads on joints or implants, vital signs, or osseointegration in vivo and in real time. Microelectromechanical (MEMS)-based generation techniques can allow ... | {
"abstract": "Enabling technologies for wireless sensor networks have gained considerable attention in research communities over the past few years. It is highly desirable, even necessary in certain situations, for wireless sensor nodes to be self-powered. With this goal in mind, a vibration based piezoelectric gene... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents three different gesture recognition models which are capable of recognizing seven hand gestures, i.e., up, down, left, right, tick, circle, and cross, based on the input signals from MEMS 3-axes accelerometers. The accelerations of a hand in motion in three perpendicular directions ... |
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"abstract": "In this paper we make a detailed comparison between the Paley–Wiener theorems of J. Arthur and P. Delorme for a real reductive Lie group G. We prove that these theorems are equivalent from an a priori point of view. We also give an alternative formulation of the theorems in terms of the Hecke algebra o... | {
"abstract": "We show that Arthur's Paley-Wiener theorem for K-finite compactly supported smooth functions on a real reductive Lie group G of the Harish-Chandra class can be deduced from the Paley-Wiener theorem we established in the more general setting of a reductive symmetric space. \nIn addition, we formulate an... | {
"abstract": "In our previous articles \"A local Paley-Wiener theorem for compact symmetric spaces\", Adv. Math. 218 (2008), 202--215, and \"Fourier series on compact symmetric spaces\" (submitted) we studied Fourier series on a compact symmetric space M=U/K. In particular, we proved a Paley-Wiener type theorem for ... |
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"abstract": "Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) provide access, reuse and integration of geographic information from multiple sources. However, this potential can only be fully exploited if a) geographic information registered in the SDI reaches a critical mass, and b) this information is ‘findable’. Finding what ... | {
"abstract": "The ability to represent geospatial semantics is of great importance when building geospatial applications for the Web. This ability will enhance discovery, retrieval and translation of geographic information as well as the reuse of geographic information in different contexts. The problem of generatin... | {
"abstract": "An enhanced swing differential Colpitts VCO operates as low as 400 mV and enables oscillations to go beyond both the supply voltage and ground. Operating at 475 mV, the 4.9 GHz VCO consumes 2.7 mW. The 130 nm CMOS VCO's measured phase noise is −136.2 dBc/Hz at a 3 MHz offset frequency. The resulting Fo... |
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"abstract": "Many anatomical factors, such as bone geometry and muscle condition, interact to affect human movements. This work aims to build a comprehensive musculoskeletal model and its control system that reproduces realistic human movements driven by muscle contraction dynamics. The variations in the anatomic m... | {
"abstract": "Data driven models of human poses and soft-tissue deformations can produce very realistic results, but they only model the visible surface of the human body and cannot create skin deformation due to interactions with the environment. Physical simulations can generalize to external forces, but their par... | {
"abstract": "This paper compares two approaches for predicting air temperature from historical pressure, humidity, and temperature data gathered from meteorological sensors in Northwestern Nevada. We describe our data and our representation and compare a standard neural network against a deep learning network. Our ... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Oocytes are highly radiosensitive, so agents that prevent radiation-induced ovarian follicle destruction are important fertility preservation strategies. A previous study in rhesus macaques demonstrated that ovarian treatment with antiapoptotic agents, sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and FTY720,... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo determine whether sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), or the S1P mimetic FTY720 shields ovaries of adult female rhesus monkeys from damage caused by 15 Gy of targeted radiotherapy, allowing for the retention of long-term fertility, and to evaluate whether S1P protects human ovarian tissue (xen... | {
"abstract": "Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily, which plays an important role in both ovarian primordial follicle recruitment and dominant follicle selection in mice. However, the role of AMH in folliculogenesis in humans has not been investigated in detail.... |
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"abstract": "This study explored gender differences in quality of life and depressive symptoms over time among people with coronary heart disease (CHD) and compared them with a healthy population. Using three waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2002-03, 2004-05 and 2006-07) methodological problems su... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nCardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in women costing more than 500,000 lives each year in the United States alone. Major depression in healthy subjects increases cardiovascular mortality in both men and women. The presence of major depression in patients with recent acu... | {
"abstract": "\n The COVID-19 pandemic caused school systems to adapt very quickly to a variety of demands for change, and teachers, as frontline workers in the education system, were tasked with rapidly implementing new teaching practices in ways that promoted student learning while maximizing student safety. The a... |
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"abstract": "This work presents Taguchi method used in order to optimize overall power consumption of panel saw machine Holzma HPP 300 during sawing of laminated particleboards. Single boards and gathered in package of two and three sheets with thickness 18 mm were cut. There were used three feed speeds, namely: 50... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Drilling-induced delamination is among the major concerns of applying the fiber-reinforced composite materials in various industries. Core drill possesses the advantage for reducing the delamination by distributing the drilling thrust force toward the drill periphery. The thrust force of core ... | {
"abstract": "A new comprehensive approach to select cutting parameters for damage-free drilling in carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composite material is presented. The approach is based on a combination of Taguchi's experimental analysis technique and a multi-objective optimization criterion. The optimization objecti... |
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"abstract": "Objective Milk production is one of the most desirable traits in livestock. Recently, the toll-like receptor (TLR) has been identified as a candidate gene for milk traits in cows. So far, there is no information concerning the contribution of this gene in milk traits in sheep. This study was designed t... | {
"abstract": "The objective of this Research Communication was to use polymerase chain reaction-single stranded conformational polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analysis to investigate a region of the bovine TLR4 gene (TLR4) in pasture-fed New Zealand (NZ) Holstein-Friesian × Jersey (HF × J) cross dairy cows and to determine ... | {
"abstract": "Persistency of lactation is the ability of a cow to continue producing milk at a high level after the peak of her lactation. Differences in persistency, if not properly accounted for, reduce accuracy of genetic evaluation when incomplete records are used. Persistency has also direct economic value. Red... |
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"abstract": "This paper compares vegetation dynamics at two sites in the savanna landscape of Limpopo National Park (PNL), Mozambique. In order to test the relationship between vegetation cover and hydrology, nutrient availability and disturbance from grazing and fire over the last 1,200 years at local (100 m2) sca... | {
"abstract": "We investigated the annual changes in sediment fluxes at two depths in Lake Lugano, Switzerland, and the associated variations in carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of sedimenting organic matter. The organic carbon and nitrogen fluxes increased by 10 and 20% with depth, respectively, whereas parti... |
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"abstract": "This thesis presents a robust online learning and recognition system. The basic idea is to exploit information from tracking an object during the recognition and/or learning stage to obtain increased robustness and better recognition results. Object tracking by means of an extended MSER tracker is util... | {
"abstract": "‘Invariant regions’ are image patches that automatically deform with changing viewpoint as to keep on covering identical physical parts of a scene. Such regions are then described by a set of invariant features, which makes it relatively easy to match them between views and under changing illumination.... | {
"abstract": "The problem of establishing correspondences between images taken from different viewpoints is fundamental in computer vision. We propose an algorithm which is capable of handling larger changes in viewpoint than classical correlation based techniques. Optimal performance for the algorithm is achieved f... |
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"abstract": "BMI-1 oncogene is a member of the polycomb-group gene family and a transcriptional repressor. Overexpression of BMI-1 has been identified in various human cancer tissues and is known to be involved in cancer cell proliferation, cell invasion, distant metastasis, chemosensitivity and patient survival. A... | {
"abstract": "UNLABELLED\nB-cell-specific Moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1 (Bmi-l) is a member of polycomb group, which participates in axial patterning, hematopoiesis, cell cycle regulation, and senescence. Overexpression of Bmi-1 has been reported in various human cancers and proved to be associate... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Antidepressants are widely used to treat major depressive disorder. However, many patients have a suboptimal response to specific pharmacotherapy, and thus identification of factors that contribute to treatment response is a high priority. It is increasingly recognized that genetic variation, ... |
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"abstract": "Droplet microfluidics is a promising field since it overcomes many of the limitations of single phase microfluidic systems. The improved mixing time scale, the increase of number of samples and the isolation of droplets are some of its virtues. The core of droplet microfluidics is a two-phase flow cond... | {
"abstract": "The compatibility of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) channels with certain solvents is a well known problem of soft lithography techniques, in particular when it leads to the swelling of the PDMS blocks. However, little is known about the modification of microchannel geometries when they are subjected to s... | {
"abstract": "When you reach with your straw for the final drops of a milkshake, the liquid forms a train of plugs that flow slowly initially because of the high viscosity. They then suddenly rupture and are replaced with a rapid airflow with the characteristic slurping sound. Trains of liquid plugs also are observe... |
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"abstract": "Objective: To understand the factors that influence the use of e-Government monitoring systems in Brazil. Method: A structured questionnaire was applied to 377 Brazilian accountants using the Public Digital Bookkeeping System (SPED). The model by Chen, Chen, Huang and Ching (2006) was used for support,... | {
"abstract": "While technology adoption is a major stream of research in information systems, few studies have examined the antecedents and consequences of mandatory adoption of technologies. To address this gap, we develop and test a model of mandatory citizen adoption of an e-government technology. Based on a fram... | {
"abstract": "Electronic government is being increasingly recognized as a means for transforming public governance. Despite this increasing interest, information systems (IS) literature is mostly silent on what really contributes to the success of e-government Web sites. To fill this gap, this study examines the rol... |
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"abstract": "The growth of animal is measured as body weight on a longitudinal timeframe (AGGREY, 2002) and the characteristic growth curve is obtained in the sigmoid shape by plotting the body weights as function of time (age). The sigmoid shape first shows a self-accelerating phase in which the specific growth ra... | {
"abstract": "The pattern of growth from hatch to sexual maturity was measured in quail, chicken, and turkey females using the Gompertz equation. Quails and chickens were selected for high or low immature BW and turkeys were selected for high BW. Quail and turkey species also included their respective randombred con... | {
"abstract": "British United Turkeys (BUT) and Nicholas (NIC) hens were exposed to a step-up (10 to 16 h/day) or a step-down (16 to 10 h/day) light program from 4 to 16 wk of age. Lights were increased or decreased by .5h/wk. From 1 to 20 wk, weekly BW data were used to calculate growth curve parameters according to... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Recent breakthroughs in genetic explorations have extended our understanding through discovery of genetic patterns subjected to autoimmune diseases (AID). Genetics, on the contrary, has not answered all the conundrums to describe a comprehensive explanation of causal mechanisms of disease etio... | {
"abstract": "IntroductionRegulatory factor X-box 1 (RFX1) can interact with DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) and histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1), and RFX1 down-regulation contributes to DNA hypomethylation and histone H3 hyperacetylation at the cluster of differentiation (CD) 11a and CD70 promoters in CD4+ T cells of ... | {
"abstract": "The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a 12-week home-based exercise program on physical function, psychological dimensions, and health-related quality of life for patients with chronic kidney disease. Ninety eligible patients were enrolled and randomly separated into the exercise group an... |
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"abstract": "This article describes the general architecture and application of a remote laboratory for teaching control theory based in Matlab/Simulink. The proposed system allows solving the time and spatial limitations of laboratories that rely on real physical systems used in control courses. In this way, contr... | {
"abstract": "This paper describes the MATLAB/Simulink realization of the DC motor speed control methods, namely field resistance, armature voltage and armature resistance control methods, and feedback control system for DC motor drives. These simulation models are developed as a part of a software laboratory to sup... | {
"abstract": "Swarm intelligence is an emerging area in the field of optimization and researchers have developed various algorithms by modeling the behaviors of different swarm of animals and insects such as ants, termites, bees, birds, fishes. In 1990s, Ant Colony Optimization based on ant swarm and Particle Swarm ... |
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"abstract": "Once considered rare (1), carefully documented studies have demonstrated that panic disorder (PD) is a common condition affecting at least 1-2% of the general population in any 6-month period. This understanding has stimulated vigorous study of this disorder over the last decade, resulting in increased... | {
"abstract": "The authors examined dose-response relationships in 62 agoraphobic patients receiving either imipramine or placebo under double-blind conditions in conjunction with behavioral interventions. At the end of 12 weeks, patients treated with imipramine had improved significantly more than placebo patients. ... | {
"abstract": "The results of a comparative trial of desensitization and psychotherapy for phobias have been reported (Gelder, Marks and Wolff, 1967). Desensitization was found to have a rapid and rather specific effect on phobic symptoms, which was followed by improvement in social adjustment. During group and indiv... |
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"abstract": "We have collected a large data set of iris images, intentionally sampling a range of quality broader than that used by current commercial iris recognition systems. We have re-implemented the Daugman-like iris recognition algorithm developed by Masek. We have modified the iris segmentation stage of the ... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a new efficient method for fitting ellipses to scattered data. Previous algorithms either fitted general conics or were computationally expensive. By minimizing the algebraic distance subject to the constraint 4ac-b/sup 2/=1 the new method incorporates the ellipticity constraint int... | {
"abstract": "Modern CCD cameras are usually capable of a spatial accuracy greater than 1/50 of the pixel size. However, such accuracy is not easily attained due to various error sources that can affect the image formation process. Current calibration methods typically assume that the observations are unbiased, the ... |
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"abstract": "Pubertal hormones play an important role in brain and psychosocial development. However, the role of abnormal HPG axis states in altering brain function and structure remains unclear. The present study is aimed at determining whether there were significant differences in gray matter volume (GMV) and re... | {
"abstract": "Precocious puberty (PP) is defined as the onset of clinical signs of puberty before the age of 8 years in girls and 9.5 years in boys. It may be caused by central or peripheral mechanisms. Central PP (CPP) results from premature reactivation of the hypothalamo–pituitary–gonadal axis, with a hormonal pa... | {
"abstract": "A SIZEABLE literature exists on the relationships between body build or body composition and the timing and velocity of somatic development. For example, a relationship between obesity and relatively active growth of the long bones occurs at some but not all ages in children. At one month of age, a thi... |
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"abstract": "Abstract \nHUGO is an autonomous, last mile delivery robot concept currently under development\nby Gothenburg based tech agency Berge. The aim of this thesis was to design a top module\nfor HUGO, making the robot fit into the context of collaborative consumption. \n\nA literature study about collaborat... | {
"abstract": "This paper discusses the issues pertinent to the development of a meaningful social interaction between robots and people through employing degrees of anthropomorphism in a robot’s physical design and behaviour. As robots enter our social space, we will inherently project/impose our interpretation on t... | {
"abstract": "Computer animated characters are rapidly becoming a regular part of our lives. They are starting to take the place of actors in films and television and are now an integral part of most computer games. Perhaps most interestingly in on-line games and chat rooms they are representing the user visually in... |
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"abstract": ": Earlier geological work in the Oa(cid:155)—Gutâi Mts (OG), Eastern Carpathians, has revealed the extensive presence of shallow subvolcanic intrusive bodies, both exposed on the surface and covered by Paleogene-Neogene sedimentary sequences and Neogene volcanic formations. This study is based on detai... | {
"abstract": "1 ABSTRACT. Gutâi Mts., part of inner Carpathians volcanic arc, consist of products of felsic and intermediate volcanism. The previously known \"Badenian Rhyodacitic Formation\", expression of the felsic explosive volcanism, is composed of a well-defined basal unit of ignimbrites, overlain by a sequenc... | {
"abstract": "Destructive plate margins are major sites of terrestrial magmatism that have long had a key role in models for the generation of continental crust and the development of chemical heterogeneities in the upper mantle. In these models it is important to evaluate the nature and size of contributions from p... |
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"abstract": "Hurricanes are costly natural disasters periodically faced by households in coastal and, to some extent, inland areas. Public agencies must understand household behavior to develop evacuation plans that align with evacuee choices and behavior. This paper presents a previously unknown household-level hu... | {
"abstract": "The test was conducted by estimating the models on a portion of evacuation data from South Carolina following Hurricane Floyd, and then observing how well the models reproduced destination choice at the county level on the remaining data. The tests showed the models predicted destination choice on the ... | {
"abstract": "To understand how an extinct species may have moved, we first need to reconstruct the missing soft tissues of the skeleton which rarely preserve, with an understanding of segmental volume and the muscular composition within the body. The Australopithecus afarensis specimen AL 288-1 is one of the most c... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT This study examined how the catch-up provision—a tax-deferral incentive—impacts total retirement saving and household saving strategies. Using the Survey of Consumer Finance from 2004 to 2016, this study found that the catch-up provision does not have a positive impact on total retirement savi... | {
"abstract": "This paper evaluates research examining the effects of tax-based saving incentives on private and national saving. Several\" factors make this an unusually difficult problem. First, households that participate in, or are eligible for, saving incentive plans have systematically stronger tastes for savin... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nTo evaluate whether the dorsal tangential view (DTV) allows for reliable and valid in vivo measurement of the distance between screw tips and the dorsal radial cortex (STCD) during volar plating of distal radius fractures.\n\n\nMETHODS\nSubjects included 22 patients with displaced distal radiu... |
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"abstract": "In this digital world, artificial intelligence has provided solutions to many problems, likewise to encounter problems related to digital images and operations related to the extensive set of images. We should learn how to analyze an image, and for that, we need feature extraction of the content of tha... | {
"abstract": "We examine the problem of automatic image captioning. Given a training set of captioned images, we want to discover correlations between image features and keywords, so that we can automatically find good keywords for a new image. We experiment thoroughly with multiple design alternatives on large data... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we tackle the problem of automatic caption generation for news images. Our approach leverages the vast resource of pictures available on the web and the fact that many of them are captioned. Inspired by recent work in summarization, we propose extractive and abstractive caption generation... |
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"abstract": "We demonstrate compact full‐field soft X‐ray transmission microscopy with sub 60‐nm resolution operating at λ= 2.48 nm. The microscope is based on a 100‐Hz regenerative liquid‐nitrogen‐jet laser‐plasma source in combination with a condenser zone plate and a micro‐zone plate objective for high‐resolutio... | {
"abstract": "The scope of this article is to describe a transmission X-ray microscope, possible biological applications of soft X-ray microscopy and preliminary results. For soft X-ray microscopy of biological specimens the wavelength range of 1–10 nm is best suited. Microscopy in this wavelength range requires int... | {
"abstract": "The distribution of galaxies in position and velocity around the centers of galaxy clusters encodes important information about cluster mass and structure. Using the maxBCG galaxy cluster catalog identified from imaging data obtained in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we study the BCG-galaxy velocity cor... |
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"abstract": "Zika is an emerging virus whose rapid spread is of great public health concern. Knowledge about transmission remains incomplete, especially concerning potential transmission in geographic areas in which it has not yet been introduced. To identify unknown vectors of Zika, we developed a data-driven mode... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Six species of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) were collected in sufficient numbers for analysis in segregating traps set at 2-h intervals by using CO2 and light as attractants in a West Nile virus (family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, WNV) focus in Stratford, CT. The Kolmogorov–Smirnov one-... | {
"abstract": "Zika is an emerging virus whose rapid spread is of great public health concern. Knowledge about transmission remains incomplete, especially concerning potential transmission in geographic areas in which it has not yet been introduced. To identify unknown vectors of Zika, we developed a data-driven mode... |
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"abstract": "Various functional elements in organic optoelectronics devices are sensitive to oxygen an moisture. Thus, without an encapsulation the lifetime of organic light emitting diodes or organic solar cells does not meet the requirements of a serious application. We will discuss the particular challenges to f... | {
"abstract": "The use of plastic film substrates for organic electronic devices promises to enable new applications, such as flexible displays and conformal lighting, and a new low-cost paradigm through high-volume roll-to-roll fabrication. Unfortunately, presently available substrates cannot yet deliver this promis... | {
"abstract": "Summary form only given. This paper will review the electrical and optical properties of thin-film electroluminescent (EL) displays. An electrical model for thin-film electroluminescent (TFEL) device operation will be presented and used to describe the luminance and power in TFEL devices. The luminance... |
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"abstract": "The association between learning spaces and new pedagogical approaches is a current issue. Research shows that the classical, more silent, master class is being bypassed by student centered methods with participative classes and active methodologies. Major efforts in teacher training are taken to help ... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nInfluence of the acoustic environment on learning.\n\n\nAIM\nTo analyze the possible alterations students of schools found under the impact of internal or external noises may present.\n\n\nMETHOD\nLiterature review on the following subjects: auditory processing, speech perception, acoustics... | {
"abstract": "We investigated 2-month-old infants' perception of a subset of highly confusable English fricatives. In Experiment 1, infants discriminated modified natural tokens of the voiceless fricative pair [fa]/[oa] but only when the syllables included their frication noises. They also discriminated the voiced p... |
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"abstract": "Avatars, the users’ virtual representations, are becoming ubiquitous in virtual reality applications. In this context, the avatar becomes the medium which enables users to manipulate objects in the virtual environment. It also becomes the users’ main spatial reference, which can not only alter their in... | {
"abstract": "How do people appropriate their virtual hand representation when interacting in virtual environments? In order to answer this question, we conducted an experiment studying the sense of embodiment when interacting with three different virtual hand representations, each one providing a different degree o... | {
"abstract": "Males and females solved interesting puzzles in the presence of a same-sex confederate who posed as a second subject doing the same activity. Half the subjects were instructed to compete against each other (i.e., to try to solve the puzzles faster than the other person) while half were simply instructe... |
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"abstract": "* Modern land plants arose from a green algae-like ancestor c. 480 million years ago. While several novel morphological features were critical for survival in the aerial environment, physiological innovation undoubtedly played a key role in the colonization of terrestrial habitats. Recently, actinopori... | {
"abstract": "Actinoporins are potent eukaryotic pore-forming toxins specific for sphingomyelin-containing membranes. They are structurally similar to members of the fungal fruit-body lectin family that bind cell-surface exposed Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen. In the present study we found a number of sequences in pub... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In the presence of polyuridylic acid, the ribosomal system of Escherichia coli incorporates acetylphenylalanine from acetylphenylalanyl-sRNA into the N-terminal position during polyphenylalanine synthesis. In this case, acetylphenylalanyl-sRNA is also partially used as donor of phenylalanine i... |
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"abstract": "Self-Service Business Intelligence and Analytics (SSBIA) is an upcoming approach and trend that enables casual business users to prepare and analyze data with easy-to-use Business Intelligence and Analytics (BIA) systems without being reliant on expert support or power users to perform their (complex) ... | {
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"abstract": "Most existing active learning studies focus on designing sample selection algorithms. However, several fundamental problems deserve investigation to provide deep insight into active learning. In this article, we conduct an in-depth investigation on active learning for classification from the perspectiv... |
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"abstract": "E-Commerce is a prominent application of information technology in business, offering convenience in transactions. However, as more products and users join the platform, the complexity of E-Commerce systems increases. This necessitates the implementation of a recommendation system to enhance the user e... | {
"abstract": "Recommender systems are being widely applied in many fields, such as e-commerce etc, to provide products, services and information to potential customers. Collaborative filtering as the most successful approach, which recommends contents to the current customers mainly is based on the past transactions... | {
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"abstract": "For a given graph G, the well-known Randic index of G, introduced by Milan Randic in 1975, is defined as R ( G ) = ? u v ? E ( G ) ( d u d v ) - 1 / 2 , where the sum is taken over all edges uv and du denotes the degrees of u. Bollobas and Erdos generalized this index by replacing - 1 / 2 with any real... | {
"abstract": "Motivated by the problem about HOMO-LUMO separation that arises in mathematical chemistry, Fowler and Pisanski [2, 3] introduced the notion of the HL-index which measures how large in absolute value may be the median eigenvalues of a graph. In this note we prove that the median eigenvalues of every bip... |
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"abstract": "i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii ABBREVIATIONS iii LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS iv",
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"title": "Putrescine Accumulation in Mouse Central Nervous System Neuroprotection at the Expense of Learning Deficiency"
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"abstract": "Mouse brain ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity is high at the time of birth, whereas S-adenosyl-l-methionine decarboxylase (SAM-DC) activity is low. ODC activity, and putrescine, spermidine and spermine concentrations decline rapidly during postnatal development to the low level characteristic of m... | {
"abstract": "When a fluorescence photon is emitted from a molecule within a living cell it carries a signature that can potentially identify the molecule and provide information on the microenvironment in which it resides, thereby providing insights into the physiology of the cell. To unambiguously identify fluores... |
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"abstract": "The mathematical principles of near-optimal two-dimensional spatial encoding for dynamically adaptive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are presented together with a survey of numerical methods applicable for the computation of these encodes. Two main classes of linear algebraic techniques are identifie... | {
"abstract": "This paper is intended as a tutorial review of certain digital image processing transform techniques utilizing the notion of outer product expansions. Examples from Fourier, Walsh, Haar, and other well known transforms are reviewed in the notation of matrix-vector outer products; and implementation of ... | {
"abstract": "The introduction of the fast Fourier transform algorithm has led to the development of the Fourier transform image coding technique whereby the two-dimensional Fourier transform of an image is transmitted over a channel rather than the image itself. This devlopement has further led to a related image c... |
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"abstract": "As previously described, the age at onset of Huntington disease (HD) ranges from 2 to 80 years, with a mean between 46.0 and 48.9 years. The number of repeats, in the causal CAG repeat expansion, is inversely related to the age at onset and accounts for 50%-77% of the variation in age at onset. We anal... | {
"abstract": "The Leiden Roster for Huntington's disease (HD) contained data on 2617 cases up to July 1988. The age at onset (AO) was known in 1084 cases and in 1020 of these both their AO and the sex of the affected parent was known. The mean AO was higher for females than for males and higher for maternal than for... | {
"abstract": "Beam physicists use the word “cooling” differently than it is used by the general public or even by other physicists. It is recommended that we no longer use this term, but replace it with some other term such as: “Phase Density Cooling” (PDF) or “damping”, or alternatively “Liouville Cooling”, which w... |
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"abstract": "We report an evaluation of prediction accuracy for eye, hair and skin pigmentation based on genomic and phenotypic data for over 6,500 admixed Latin Americans (the CANDELA dataset). We examined the impact on prediction accuracy of three main factors: (i) The methods of prediction, including classical s... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND ::: Skin color is a well-recognized adaptive trait and has been studied extensively in humans. Understanding the genetic basis of adaptation of skin color in various populations has many implications in human evolution and medicine. ::: ::: ::: DISCUSSION ::: Impressive progress has been mad... | {
"abstract": "Recent progress in anatomical and functional MRI has revived the demand for a reliable, topographic map of the human cerebral cortex. Till date, interpretations of specific activations found in functional imaging studies and their topographical analysis in a spatial reference system are, often, still b... |
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"abstract": "Theoretical models predict that brood guarding may evolve in situations where eggs are costly to produce or when handling times are long. This study reveals that females of the secondary hyperparasitoid Trichomalopsis apanteloctena guarded cocoon broods of Cotesia kariyai, a gregarious endoparasitoid. ... | {
"abstract": "Lysibia nana is a solitary, secondary idiobiont hyperparasitoid that attacks newly cocooned pre-pupae and pupae of several closely related gregarious endoparasitoids in the genus Cotesia, including C. glomerata. Prior to oviposition, the female wasp injects paralysing venom into the host, thus preventi... | {
"abstract": "SummaryThe effects of an insect herbivore-resistant soybean genotype on relationships between four levels of a trophic system were examined in the laboratory using both greenhouse and field-grown plants. Pre-imaginal development of the predatory pentatomid, Podisus maculiventris (Say), was affected by ... |
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"abstract": "The objective of this study was to introduce an electrospun hybrid fibrous mat (a dual-fiber drug delivery system) based on cellulose acetate and poly(vinyl alcohol) containing tetracycline hydrochloride and phenytoin sodium, respectively. Characterization of samples was carried by morphology, drug rel... | {
"abstract": "aSchool of Environmental and Materials Engineering, Shanghai Second Polytechnic University, Shanghai 201209, People’s Republic of China bState Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, Peo... | {
"abstract": "The isotherms and kinetics of the adsorption of a cationic dye in aqueous solution, methylene blue, on a local Algerian montmorillonite clay mineral (raw, sodium and thermally activated at 300 and 500°C) were determined experimentally. Various parameters influencing the adsorption were optimized, mainl... |
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"abstract": "This project modelled a thermal liquefaction industrial facility for biofuel production from sugarcane bagasse using the process modelling software ASPEN Plus. Techno-economic models of liquefaction, pyrolysis and gasification processes were completed to assess the comparative feasibility of these ther... | {
"abstract": "This paper proposes a two-part process for producing biocrude with reduced impurities. The biocrude was produced from hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of Spirulina sp. and Tetraselmis sp. in a batch reactor at both 300 and 350°C, 5min, and 16%w/w solid feed composition. The resultant biocrudes were vacu... | {
"abstract": "Lignocellulosic materials can be explored as one of the sustainable substrates for bioethanol production through microbial intervention as they are abundant, cheap and renewable. But at the same time, their recalcitrant structure makes the conversion process more cumbersome owing to their chemical comp... |
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"abstract": "The 21st century has brought rapid global change to the cultural and linguistic landscape of many nations; this rapidly changing landscape has prompted educators to argue that the lived and evolving reality of contemporary classrooms demands a re-examination of current curriculum, pedagogies and assess... | {
"abstract": "Interdisciplinary childhood researchers have begun to advocate a shift from conducting research about children to engaging children themselves in the research process. In this article, I reflect on issues and insights that arose while working with grade 5 students as ethnographers of their own language... | {
"abstract": "Gold nanocrystals of various shapes, which were produced in high yield in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), showed a range of two-dimensional self-assembly patterns upon drying from aqueous solution. The interparticle spacings were independent of the size and shape of the gold nano... |
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"abstract": "La crainte d'une perte de competitivite industrielle est au cœur des debats sur de nouvelles politiques energetiques et environnementales. Cette these etudie les effets d'une asymetrie des prix de l'energie et des regulations environnementales entre pays sur la competitivite de l'industrie manufacturie... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This paper identifies and estimates the relative impact that factor input prices, output market size and agglomeration effects have on the choice of location for investment projects in the European pulp and paper industry, with special focus on the price of wastepaper. A conditional logit mode... | {
"abstract": "Abstract New capital-intensive waste processing plants have been developed that can recover secondary materials and energy from the municipal solid waste stream resulting in lower disposal costs than traditional methods. The potential supply of secondary glass, ferrous metals, aluminum, and energy is e... |
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"abstract": "Nitrobindins (Nbs) are all-β-barrel heme proteins and are present in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Although their function(s) is still obscure, Nbs trap NO and inactivate peroxynitrite. Here, the kinetics of peroxynitrite scavenging by ferric Danio rerio Nb (Dr-Nb(III)) in the absence and presence of CO2... | {
"abstract": "Truncated hemoglobins (trHb) are present in protozoa, cyanobacteria, nemertean, bacteria, algae, and plants. They are characterized by the 2-on-2 topology and are ordered in four phylogenetic groups (I or N, II or O, III or P, and IV or Q). Several functions have been attributed to trHbs including the ... | {
"abstract": "We hypothesize that the structure of the heme binding site of paralogous albuminoids alpha‐fetoprotein and serum albumin has evolved from the ancestor vitamin D binding protein through the 'phylogenetic intermediate' afamin, the most recently discovered albuminoid. Heme binding to plasma proteins shoul... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT This article describes a methodology for analysing the behaviour of vehicles on roads using data obtained from Volunteered Geographic Information and more specifically from GNSS traces. These data have a great potential for this goal due to their distribution, continuity and anonymity. The pro... | {
"abstract": "Consumer-grade GPS units are a staple of modern field ecology, but the relatively large error radii reported by manufacturers (up to 10 m) ostensibly precludes their utility in measuring fine-scale movement of small animals such as insects. Here we demonstrate that for data collected at fine spatio-tem... | {
"abstract": "Although there has been a long tradition in plant ecology of grouping species into functional groups, there is a lack of consensus regarding both the successional status of species and the dynamics of forest recovery. Therefore, plant species are commonly classified into two groups: early successional ... |
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"abstract": "Anthropogenic impairment of water bodies represents a global environmental concern, yet few attempts have successfully linked fish performance to thermal habitat suitability and fewer have distinguished co-varying water quality constraints. We interfaced fish bioenergetics, field measurements, and Ther... | {
"abstract": "Transmission is an essential process that contributes to the survival of pathogens. Ranaviruses are known to infect different classes of lower vertebrates including amphibians, fishes and reptiles. Differences in the likelihood of infection among ectothermic vertebrate hosts could explain the successfu... |
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"abstract": "Consider the focusing cubic semilinear Schroedinger equation in R^3 i \\partial_t \\psi + \\Delta \\psi + | \\psi |^2 \\psi = 0. It admits an eight-dimensional manifold of special solutions called ground state solitons. \nWe exhibit a codimension-one critical real-analytic manifold N of asymptotically ... | {
"abstract": "In this result, we develop the techniques of [J. Krieger and W. Schlag, J. Amer. Math. Soc., 19 (2006), pp. 815–920] and [J. Bourgain and W. Wang, Ann. Scuola Norm. Sup. Pisa Cl. Sci. (4), 25 (1998), pp. 197–215] in order to determine a class of stable perturbations for a minimal mass soliton solution ... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we present a procedure to obtaining the solution of a fuzzy differential equation via differential inclusions. This procedure is an alternative approach, based on optimal control tools, to obtaining a description exact of a fuzzy solution for a large class of nonlinear fuzzy differential ... |
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"abstract": "The objective of this thesis was to evaluate the effect of implementation of a multidisciplinary intestinal rehabilitation program (IRP) on clinical outcomes of pediatric intestinal failure (IF). This was attained by two comprehensive reviews and three related research projects that contribute both cli... | {
"abstract": "In recent months, numerous reports concerning total parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients have been published, including the guidelines and recommendations of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. The old controversy regarding the use of the enteral versus parenteral rout... | {
"abstract": "Theoretically, alpha-ketoglutarate is a precursor of glutamine, a fact that may be of importance given the key regulatory properties of this amino acid. Although the literature suggests that glutamine synthesis accounts only for a marginal part of the disposal of exogenously supplied alpha-ketoglutarat... |
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"abstract": "Currently, gene delivery has become a tangible option for the treatment of several diseases. However, there are few available options in the market, where viral vectors are the preferred option due to their high transduction efficiency. Despite the advantages that viral vectors offer, there are still m... | {
"abstract": "The clinical success of gene therapy is critically dependent on the development of efficient and safe gene delivery reagents, popularly known as “transfection vectors.” The transfection vectors commonly used in gene therapy are mainly of two types: viral and non‐viral. The efficiencies of viral transfe... | {
"abstract": "New types of cationic lipids based on AZT were evaluated for their biological effects in terms of their cytotoxicity and their cellular delivery of siRNA.",
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"abstract": "There is little consensus on what forced the climate of southern Africa to change during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Because of southern Africa's latitudinal position, changes in seasonal precipitation can help resolve the influence of internal climate factors such as groundwater and external clima... | {
"abstract": "The relative importance of deterministic and stochastic processes driving patterns of human settlement remains controversial. A main reason for this is that disentangling the drivers of distributions and geographic clustering at different spatial scales is not straightforward and powerful analytical to... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Though a large fraction of primary production and organic matter cycling in the oceans occurs on continental shelves dominated by sandy deposits, the microbial communities associated with permeable shelf sediments remain poorly characterized. Therefore, in this study, we provide the first deta... |
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"abstract": "This study presents a novel catastrophe option pricing model that considers counterparty risk. Asset prices are modeled through a jump-diffusion process which is correlated to counterparty loss process and collateral assets. Because of the long term of catastrophe options, this study also examines the ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This paper applies valuation theory to structured risk management products. We specialize the theoretical model to two representative products, a “double trigger” put option and a property insurance with a retention which is a function of a commodity price. The double trigger refers to the fac... | {
"abstract": "We analyze consumers' choice and overflow behavior between two potential market segments with different fares, capacity allocated, and then develop the optimal capacity and pricing polices assuming that such consumers' strategic behavior can be observed. Every consumer prefers to choose a fare to obtai... |
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"abstract": "This review paper focuses on present issues concerning the use of polyaniline–TiO2 heterostructures as potentially efficient photocatalysts. Conducting polymers such as polyaniline (PANI) are used in the preparation of heterojunction systems with metal oxides like titania to overcome their inherent lim... | {
"abstract": "Electrically conductive polymeric materials have recently attracted considerable interest from academic and industrial researchers to explore their potential in biomedical applications such as in biosensors, drug delivery systems, biomedical implants and tissue engineering. Conventional conductive homo... | {
"abstract": "Polypropylene (PP) and PP/organo-montmorillonite (OMMT) compounds containing antistatic agent (3, 6 and 9 wt%) were prepared using co-rotating twin screw extruder followed by injection molding. PP/OMMT composites were prepared by mixing of PP, OMMT and maleated PP (PPgMAH). The mechanical properties of... |
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"abstract": "Oriented strand board (OSB) is a building material used in new Canadian residential household construction. OSB emits formaldehyde, a suspected carcinogen that may pose a health risk to residents of Canadian households. This study employs a time-averaged mass balance model and Monte Carlo simulations u... | {
"abstract": "The emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from structural insulated panel (SIP) materials were investigated. Specimens of newly produced SIPs and associated panel adhesives were obtained from two relatively large manufacturers. Additionally, specimens of the oriented strand board (OSB) used as... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In this paper a method for evaluating land surface temperature (LST) algorithms over heterogeneous areas is presented. The evaluation was made for a set of 12 algorithms derived by using the split-window (SW) and dual-angle (DA) techniques for estimating sea and land surface temperature (SST a... |
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"abstract": "In the face of complex decisions, people often engage in a three-stage process that spans from (1) exploring and analyzing pertinent information (intelligence); (2) generating and exploring alternative options (design); and ultimately culminating in (3) selecting the optimal decision by evaluating disc... | {
"abstract": "In a variety of application areas, the use of simulation steering in decision making is limited at best. Research focusing on this problem suggests that most user interfaces are too complex for the end user. Our goal is to let users create and investigate multiple, alternative scenarios without the nee... | {
"abstract": "We present the Sounds of New York City (SONYC) project, a smart cities initiative focused on developing a cyber-physical system for the monitoring, analysis and mitigation of urban noise pollution. Noise pollution is one of the topmost quality of life issues for urban residents in the U.S. with proven ... |
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"abstract": "Introduction: The introduction of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) inhibitors represented a significant advance in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other chronic inflammatory diseases. Although three TNF-α inhibitors have been approved for the treatment of RA by the US Food and Drug Admin... | {
"abstract": "Background: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of malignant lymphomas, and maybe also of leukaemia and multiple myeloma. The effect of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists on lymphoma risk and characteristics is unclear. Objective: To assess expected rates and relative ri... | {
"abstract": "The administration of immunosuppressive agents may be associated with the occurrence of hematologic toxicity, such as anemia, due to bone marrow suppression or hemolysis, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia. The administration of azathioprine and mycophenolate mofetil is more frequently associated with bo... |
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"abstract": "An adult patient with IgA deficiency, celiac and Crohn’s disease is described. In addition to the rare association, he developed an unusual proximal Crohn’s disease. Unbalanced microbiome, increased intestinal permeability, susceptibility to infections that might initiate post translational modificatio... | {
"abstract": "The gut ecosystem with myriads of microorganisms and the high concentration of immune system cells can be considered as a separate organ on its own. The balanced interaction between the host and microbial cells has been shaped during the long co-evolutionary process. In dysbiotic conditions, however, t... | {
"abstract": "The modulation of the chromatin organization of eukaryotic cells plays an important role in regulating key cellular processes including host defence mechanisms against pathogens. Thus, to successfully survive in a host cell, a sophisticated bacterial strategy is the subversion of nuclear processes of t... |
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"abstract": "I envision a future in which average computer users can easily and secur ely use their computers to perform sensitive tasks (e.g., paying bills, shopping online, or accessing medical r ecords), while still retaining the flexibility and performance they have come to expect. Users will regard a co mputer... | {
"abstract": "Providing online access to sensitive data makes web servers lucrative targets for attackers. A compromise of any of the web server's scripts, applications, or operating system can leak the sensitive data of millions of customers. Unfortunately, many systems for stopping data leaks require considerable ... | {
"abstract": "The Web is playing a very important role in our lives, and is becoming an essential element of the computing infrastructure. Unfortunately, its importance makes it the preferred target of attacks. Web-based vulnerabilities now outnumber traditional computer security concerns. A recent study shows that ... |
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"abstract": "This article presents a mixed finite element method to find the resonant frequencies of 3-D closed cavity resonators filled with both electric and magnetic lossy, anisotropic media. By introducing a dummy variable with zero value in the 3-D linear vector Maxwell’s eigenvalue problem for the electric fi... | {
"abstract": "The least-squares finite dement method (LSFEM) is applied to dectromagnetic scattering and radar cross section (RCS) calculations. In contrast to most existing numerical approaches, in which divergence-free constraints are omitted, the LSFEM directly incorporates two divergence equations in the discret... | {
"abstract": "Mobile virtual environments, with real-time 3D and 2D graphics, are now possible on smart phone and other camera-enabled devices. Using computer vision, the camera sensor can be treated as an input modality in applications by analyzing the incoming live video. We present our tracking algorithm and seve... |
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"abstract": "Paintings have some sensibility information to human hearts. But, the sensibility information will be different to person to person. We like some paintings, while other persons like another ones. For appreciation of paintings, grouping of paintings with similar sensitivity will be helpful. In this pape... | {
"abstract": "The Birkhoff aesthetic measure of an object is the ratio between order and complexity. Informational aesthetics describes the interpretation of this measure from an information-theoretic perspective. From these ideas, the authors define a set of ratios based on information theory and Kolmogorov complex... | {
"abstract": "We examine two recent artificial intelligence (AI) based deep learning algorithms for visual blending in convolutional neural networks (Mordvintsev et al. 2015, Gatys et al. 2015). To investigate the potential value of these algorithms as tools for computational creativity research, we explain and sche... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, a new multilevel inverter is designed to improve the power and voltage quality, which contains a lesser number of switches in the specified voltage levels. The proposed inverter includes power electronic devices such as switches and diode, and DC inputs. In the proposed structure the des... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, a new topology for cascaded multilevel converter based on submultilevel converter units and full-bridge converters is proposed. The proposed topology significantly reduces the number of dc voltage sources, switches, IGBTs, and power diodes as the number of output voltage levels increases... | {
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT We present the first population genetics study of the calcifying coralline alga and ecosystem engineer Corallina officinalis. Eleven novel SNP markers were developed and tested using Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) genotyping to assess the population structure based on five sites around... | {
"abstract": "Seaweed and seagrass communities in the northeast Atlantic have been profoundly impacted by humans, and the rate of change is accelerating rapidly due to runaway CO2 emissions and mounting pressures on coastlines associated with human population growth and increased consumption of finite resources. Her... | {
"abstract": "Mechanisms for inorganic carbon acquisition in macroalgal assemblages today could indicate how coastal ecosystems will respond to predicted changes in ocean chemistry due to elevated carbon dioxide (CO2). We identified the proportion of noncalcifying macroalgae with particular carbon use strategies usi... |
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"abstract": "The purpose of this paper is two-fold: first, we propose a method for checking empirically whether inflation expectations are anchored in the long run, and at what level. The extent of anchoring then serves as a proxy for the credibility of the monetary authority. Second, to assess how well this measur... | {
"abstract": "In a world characterised by noisy information and conflicting signals, no Central Bank is always able to affect private sector expectations. Based on Morris and Shin's model, monetary policy then becomes an information game, in which individuals form their expectations based on all the information that... | {
"abstract": "Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, seems to have settled at an annual rate of about 2 percent. Is that rate too low? In this article, William Poole, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, states his belief that the Federal Reserve's target should be zero inflation, abs... |
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"abstract": "Context. A growing number of Be and Oe stars, named the γ Cas stars, are known for their unusually hard and intense X-ray emission. This emission could either trace accretion by a compact companion or magnetic interaction between the star and its decretion disk.\nAims. To test these scenarios, we carri... | {
"abstract": "The work of KP is supported by RSF grant 16-12-10519. JMT acknowledges the research grant ESP2014-53672-C3-3-P and LO acknowledges the DLR grant 50 OR 1508.",
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"title": "A propelling neutron star in the enigmatic Be-star γ Cassiopeia"
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"abstract": "This study aimed at exploring the potential of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) produced from excess sludge (ES) as a new cost-effective internal carbon source in wastewater treatment processes. The optimal condition for VFA accumulation and the bacterial community structure in the bio-production of VFAs fr... |
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"abstract": "Within the human intestinal tract, dietary, microbial- and host-derived compounds are used as signals by many pathogenic organisms, including Clostridioides difficile. Trehalose has been reported to enhance virulence of certain C. difficile ribotypes; however, such variants are widespread and not corre... | {
"abstract": "Objectives We investigated the efficacy of the novel antimicrobial agent SMT19969 in treating simulated Clostridium difficile infection using an in vitro human gut model. Methods Concentrations of the predominant cultivable members of the indigenous gut microfloras and C. difficile (total and spore cou... | {
"abstract": "Myxedema in men is thought to cause infertility and impotence. Testicular function was investigated in eight consecutive men with primary hypothyroidism (autoimmune thyroiditis in five patients and amiodarone therapy in three patients). All had impotence that preceded the onset of hypothyroidism and di... |
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"abstract": "The majority of human cancers acquire mutations that abrogate the p53 tumor suppressor network and, as a consequence, p53 is one of the most extensively studied proteins in cancer research. Because of its potent tumor suppressive activity, it is widely assumed that a molecular understanding of p53 acti... | {
"abstract": "The role of transcriptional activation in p53 function is highly controversial. To define this role in vivo, we generated a Trp53 knock-in construct encoding a protein carrying mutations of two residues that are crucial for transactivation (L25Q,W26S). Here we show that these mutations have selective e... | {
"abstract": "The TATA box-binding protein (TBP) is an essential component of the RNA polymerase II transcription apparatus in eukaryotic cells. Until recently, it was thought that the general transcriptional machinery was largely invariant and relied on a single TBP, whereas a large and diverse collection of activa... |
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"abstract": "To elucidate novel cell biological functions of specific protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) holoenzymes, we identified and biochemically characterized a complex between the Src homology 2 (SH2) domain‐containing inositol polyphosphate 5‐phosphatase 2 (SHIP2) and a PP2A holoenzyme comprising PR130/B″α1 as a ... | {
"abstract": "Activation of the EGF receptor tyrosine kinase by ligand indirectly activates a series of other cellular enzymes, including protein kinase C. To test the hypothesis that phosphorylation of the EGF receptor by protein kinase C provides an intracellular negative feedback loop to attenuate EGF receptor si... | {
"abstract": "The metabolism of exogenous [3H]diacylglycerols by intact human platelets was studied in order to examine: the metabolic fate of these second messengers in an intact cell, the effect of diacylglycerol kinase and diacylglycerol lipase inhibitors on this metabolism, the effect of agonist stimulation on m... |
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"abstract": "This paper describes a work-in-progress to identify and categorize metaphorical language use in a large corpus of historical German novels. An unsupervised learning method is utilized to detect metaphorical expressions and underlying conceptual metaphors. Furthermore, an extension is proposed that allo... | {
"abstract": "We present a novel approach to automatic metaphor identification, that discovers both metaphorical associations and metaphorical expressions in unrestricted text. Our system first performs hierarchical graph factorization clustering (HGFC) of nouns and then searches the resulting graph for metaphorical... | {
"abstract": "With the rapid growth of computer and mobile technology, it is a challenge to integrate computer based test (CBT) with mobile learning (m-learning) especially for formative assessment and self-assessment. In terms of self-assessment, computer adaptive test (CAT) is a proper way to enable students to ev... |
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"abstract": "At the end of May 2015, an imported case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection was confirmed in China. The patient is in a stable condition and is still undergoing treatment. In this report, we summarise the preliminary findings for this imported case and the results of c... | {
"abstract": "To determine the incidence and spectrum of malignancies in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children, we surveyed 48 hospitals in Thailand between 1996 and 2000. There were 23 children (14 boys and 9 girls; average age at diagnosis of malignancy, 4.2 years), and the incidence rate was 0.6 per 1000... | {
"abstract": "The pediatric AIDS epidemic began in the U.S.A. between 1983 and 1985. Hemophilia patients were among the first victims of this disease with the majority of these patients infected prior to 1984. At the South Texas Hemophilia Center 69 of 108 patients less than 21 years of age demonstrated serologic ev... |
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"abstract": "The difficulty of modeling and analyzing complicated data sets and data generating processes poses many difficult computational challenges in machine learning and statistics. We investigate two particular topics in this dissertation: methods for stochastic optimization and methods exploiting disparate ... | {
"abstract": "DIRECT (Dividing RECTangles) is a deterministic global optimization algorithm for bound-constrained problems. The algorithm, based on a space-partitioning scheme, performs both global exploration and local exploitation. In this paper, we modify the deterministic DIRECT algorithm to handle noisy functio... | {
"abstract": "The Open University (OU) is UK's largest modern foreign language learning provider with a current enrolment of approximetely 8000 students, all of whom study individually at home, at a distance from each other and their tutors. However, while most OU students work with trditional course material such a... |
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"abstract": "本稿では,実環境応用のための雑音ロバストな 音響イベント同定について述べる.既存のGMM などのパラメトリックモデルを用いた同定手法 は,目的音に雑音や残響が混入した際の学習環 境と音環境のミスマッチによって性能が劣化す る問題があった.そこで本稿は Latent Dirichlet AllocationとNested Pitman-Yor Processに基づく ノンパラメトリックベイズモデルを用いて,大 量の音環境データから音響イベント同定の統計 的モデルを構築する手法を提案する.提案手法 により,未知雑音が存在する環境下の音響イベ ント同定において,既存法より 5-18 pts の性能 向上が... | {
"abstract": "We propose a new hierarchical Bayesian n-gram model of natural languages. Our model makes use of a generalization of the commonly used Dirichlet distributions called Pitman-Yor processes which produce power-law distributions more closely resembling those in natural languages. We show that an approximat... | {
"abstract": null,
"corpus_id": 16953896,
"score": -1,
"title": "Richer Interpolative Smoothing Based on Modified Kneser-Ney Language Modeling"
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"abstract": "Cognitive and psychiatric comorbidities are common and clinically important in medial temporal lobe epilepsy and are likely caused by ongoing abnormalities in brain activity. In addition, it is unclear how the dynamics of interictal brain activity in medial temporal lobe epilepsy contributes to the gen... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nThe characterization of spatial network dynamics is desirable for a better understanding of seizure physiology. The goal of this work is to develop a computational method for identifying transient spatial patterns from intracranial electroencephalographic (iEEG) data.\n\n\nMETHODS\nStarting ... | {
"abstract": "Epileptic seizures are commonly characterized as 'hypersynchronous states'. This habit is doubly misleading, because seizures are not necessarily synchronous and are not unchanging 'states' but dynamic processes. Here the temporal evolution of the correlation structure in the course of 100 focal onset ... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Lupus erythematosus profundus (LEP) is a rare subset of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CCLE), with a reported incidence of 1–3% in all LE cases. The most common cutaneous clinical presentation includes indurated plaques or subcutaneous nodules with an overlying normal skin. The clinica... | {
"abstract": "Rationale: Lupus erythematosus panniculitis (LEP) is a rare subset of lupus erythematosus. The incidence of LEP in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) ranges from 2% to 5%. In the previous literature, most LEP patients were women aged from 20 to 60 years, while pediatric cases were rare, all of whom app... | {
"abstract": "Lupus erythematosus panniculitis is a clinical variant of lupus erythematosus in which the main pathologic process involves the deep corium and subcutaneous tissue. We reviewed twenty-nine cases of lupus panniculitis, as well as the cases previously reported in the literature. The histopathologic chang... |
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"abstract": "Recibido: 26/05/05. Aceptado: 12/10/05. Mas conocida por su uso recreativo, la marihuana (Cannabis sativa), ha recibido cada vez mayor atencion por sus efectos metabolicos, vasculares e inmunologicos. Recientemente, se ha descrito el sistema endogeno que la marihuana mimetiza, asi como sus receptores y... | {
"abstract": "The antigen-induced release of histamine from sensitized guinea pig mast cells was dose-dependently reduced by endogenous (2-arachidonylglycerol; 2AG) and exogenous [(1R,3R,4R)-3-[2-hydroxy-4-(1,1-dimethylheptyl)phenyl]-4-(3-hydroxypropyl)cyclohexan-1-ol (CP55,940)] cannabinoids. The inhibitory action ... | {
"abstract": "Two protein-tyrosine kinases, Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) and Syk, and members of the protein kinase C (PKC) subfamily of serine/threonine kinases play crucial roles in signal transduction through antigen receptors in B lymphocytes and high-affinity IgE receptors (FcepsilonRI) in mast cells. The pre... |
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"abstract": "Numerical simulation of micro-bumped flip chips mounted on a TSV interposer is conducted to study the thermal performance of the package. The 3D package, which consists of two chips, each dissipating 4W, is evaluated under various conditions with its thermal resistances θja θjb, θjc and θjma determined... | {
"abstract": "Three dimensional integrated circuits offer significant advantages over single chip packages in terms of functionalities and footprint needed. A key technology to enable the adoption of these advanced packages in electronic systems is Through-Silicon-Via (TSV). The use of TSV has realized integration i... | {
"abstract": "Background Untreated post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents is associated with a considerable economic burden on the health system, families and society. Recent research has demonstrated the potential efficacy of cognitive therapy as an early intervention for PTSD in children... |
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"abstract": "The following qualitative study examines a social learning initiative to support the leadership development of women in sport. Specifically, a Community of Practice (CoP) of femininity was cultivated to inspire women (and male allies) to develop their leadership capacities in the androcentric field of ... | {
"abstract": "1. Introduction 2. Higher Education: The Gender Neutral Myth 3. Research Metholodogy and Research Participants 4. Negotiating and Navigating Higher Education Gendered Leadership Cultures 5. Higher Education Leadership Communities of Practice of Masculinities 6. Achieving a Critical Mass of Women at the... | {
"abstract": "Today, in many European countries, research and higher education institutions have made steps to implement gender mainstreaming: integrating the gender issue in management processes, in staff and leadership development programmes and assessment procedures. There are signs of concerted efforts to tackle... |
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"abstract": "Purpose To validate the Physical Body Experiences Questionnaire simplified for Active aGing (PBE-QAG) with Rasch Measurement Theory. PBE-QAG measures body awareness during physical activity. Methods Community-dwelling adults were recruited at the Minnesota State Fair, Highland Fest, and in the Brain Bo... | {
"abstract": "Background: The physical activity has been indicated as an experience that can help achieve positive, self-oriented own body awareness. This awareness is an aspect that tends to get worse with age. Objective: Our study aims to verify the internal consistency of a questionnaire on physical awareness in ... | {
"abstract": "Four cases are reported of syringomatous squamous tumors of the breast occurring in women aged 37 to 70 years. The lesions were characterized histologically by relatively well‐circumscribed tumor‐like nodules composed of a proliferation of teardrop or comma‐shaped islands of squamous epithelium. The sq... |
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"abstract": "The literature on corporate governance reveals an emphasis on board characteristics and firm performance. The role of the NED is examined under board roles. The concept NED effectiveness is considered as part of board effectiveness revealing a lack of clarity of what distinguishes NED roles from board ... | {
"abstract": "SUMMARY \n \nThis paper is chiefly concerned with the causes and technological effects of ‘short-term pressures’ on and in large firms in British manufacturing. ‘Short-term pressures’ (STP) are defined as factors acting upon (or within) an organization which tend to cause decision-makers (explicitly or... | {
"abstract": "This paper seeks to review the enablers for the Travel & Tourism (T&T) industry in India and to rank these factors. The paper aims to introduce a fuzzy TOPSIS approach for this purpose. The paper begins with a literature review to investigate the significant enablers in the T&T sector. The research was... |
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"abstract": "The isolation of graphene in 2004 from graphite was a defining moment for the \"birth\" of a field: two-dimensional (2D) materials. In recent years, there has been a rapidly increasing number of papers focusing on non-graphene layered materials, including transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), becaus... | {
"abstract": "Germanene, a 2D honeycomb lattice analogous to graphene, is fabricated on a Pt(111) surface. It exhibits a buckled configuration with a (3 × 3) superlattice coinciding with the substrate's (√19 × √19) superstructure. Covalent bonds exist throughout the germanene layer. The resulting high-quality german... | {
"abstract": "We investigated the effects of neomycin on nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-induced responses in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. Neomycin inhibited the nicotinic agonist dimethylphenylpiperazinium iodide (DMPP)-induced norepinephrine secretion in a concentration-dependent manner. Neomycin had also an ... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, a twin-FET (field effect transistor) THz detector monolithically integrated with a dual-feed antenna is presented. The antenna-detector configuration can be extended for ’N’ FET elements to relax the input impedance requirement for the detector readout circuitry while maintaining good re... | {
"abstract": "Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy is a promising method for analysing polar gas molecules mixed with unwanted aerosols due to its ability to obtain spectral fingerprints of rotational transition and immunity to aerosol scattering. In this article, dynamic THz spectroscopy of acetonitrile (CH3CN) gas was per... | {
"abstract": "A single, free-running, dual-wavelength mode-locked, erbium-doped fibre laser was exploited to measure the absolute frequency of continuous-wave terahertz (CW-THz) radiation in real time using dual THz combs of photo-carriers (dual PC-THz combs). Two independent mode-locked laser beams with different w... |
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"abstract": "Valproate (VPA) is one of the two drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of bipolar disorder. The therapeutic mechanism of VPA has not been established. We have shown previously that growth of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the presence of VPA causes a decreas... | {
"abstract": "Publisher Summary This chapter describes the purification, reconstitution, and properties of the phosphatidylserine synthase. Phosphatidylserine synthase catalyzes the incorporation of serine into phosphatidylserine. The enzyme plays an important role in the regulation of phospholipid biosynthesis in t... | {
"abstract": "Three mutants of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae which require exogenous ethanolamine or choline were isolated. The mutants map to a single locus (cho1) on chromosome V. The lipid composition suggests that cho1 mutants do not synthesize phosphatidylserine under any growth conditions. If phosphatidyl... |
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"abstract": "There are two different opinions about India’s import liberalization surfaced in the recent global financial crisis era. Some expressed India to be one of the highest trade restrictive economies and others appreciated India for lowering import tariffs and making trade free. This empirical exercise comp... | {
"abstract": "would like to thank Dr. Philippe Lombaerde for his comments about my paper entitled \"Trade Liberalization Evaluation (TLE) Methodology\" (Ruiz Estrada, 2004 M.A. Ruiz Estrada, The Trade liberalization evaluation (TLE) methodology, Journal of Policy Modeling 26 (2004) (8-9), pp. 1015-1029. Article | PD... | {
"abstract": "We propose a dynamic general equilibrium model with human capital accumulation to evaluate the economic consequences of compulsory services (such as military draft or social services). Our analysis identifies a so far ignored dynamic cost arising from distortions in time allocation over the life-cycle.... |
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"abstract": "We explore resolutions of monomial ideals supported by simplicial trees. We argue that since simplicial trees are acyclic, the criterion of Bayer, Peeva and Sturmfels for checking if a simplicial complex supports a free resolution of a monomial ideal reduces to checking that certain induced subcomplexe... | {
"abstract": "We study free resolutions of monomial ideals in a polynomial ring.",
"corpus_id": 1523453,
"title": "Frames and degenerations of monomial resolutions"
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"abstract": "Hydroxyapatite (HAP)‐containing poly‐ε‐caprolactone (PCL)–polydiisopropyl fumarate (PDIPF) composite (Blend) was developed as an alternative for bone tissue engineering. The physicochemical, mechanical and biocompatibility properties of these composites were evaluated using two osteoblast‐like cell lin... |
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"abstract": "Ticks are the most important external parasites of cattle and are known to transmit more pathogens than any other group of arthropods worldwide. About 80% of the world cattle population is at risk of ticks and tick-borne diseases, causing a global annual loss of $US22–30 billion. In Africa, the impact ... | {
"abstract": "Summary For an economic analysis of theileriosis control, we adopted the total economic cost (TEC) method, which calculates the sum of output losses from tick damage, theileriosis mortality and morbidity, and expenditures for treatment or prevention of the disease. At farm level, the TEC can be minimiz... | {
"abstract": "Abstract. The effects of adults of the bont tick, Amblyomma hebraeum on the milk production of Sanga and Sanga x zebu (Brahman) cattle were measured over a period of 11 weeks in the lowveld of Zimbabwe in the summer of 1986. Four groups of lactating cows, consisting of two breeds, each divided into a h... |
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