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"abstract": "In the past 2 decades, an innovative and active field of surgical collaboration has been evolved and established combining the expertise of neurosurgery and rhinosurgery in the endonasal treatment of different lesions affecting the anterior skull base together with the adjacent intranasal and intradura... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVEThe traditional boundaries of the transsphenoidal approach can be expanded to include the region from the cribriform plate of the anterior cranial fossa to the foramen magnum in the anteroposterior plane. The introduction of endoscopy to transsphenoidal surgery, with its improved illumination ... | {
"abstract": ": THE TRANSSPHENOIDAL MIDLINE route represents the standard approach to the pituitary and sellar area and is used for more than 95% of surgical indications in this region. It is the least traumatic route to the sella turcica, it avoids brain retraction, and it provides excellent visualization of the pi... |
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"abstract": "The 1:1 complex of copper (II) and human serum albumin (HSA) slowly reacts with radiolytically generated •O2- radical-anion at a rate constant of 6.1×106 M-1 s-1. Absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopies demonstrate that addition of an equimolar portion of quercetin (QH2) to the solution of the coppe... | {
"abstract": "Neutral tryptophan (*Trp) and tyrosine (TyrO(*)) radicals are repaired by certain flavonoids in buffer, in micelles and in human serum albumin (HSA) with corresponding formation of semioxidized flavonoid radicals. In deaerated buffer, *Trp but not TyrO(*) radicals react with catechin. In micelles, quer... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This work reports a voltammetric sensor for selective recognition and sensitive determination of mercury ions using glassy carbon (GC) electrode modified with a novel ion imprinted polymeric nanobeads (IIP) and multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The ion imprinted polymers were prepared by d... |
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"abstract": "For a finite group $G$, (semi-)Mackey functors and (semi-)Tambara functors are regarded as $G$-bivariant analogs of (semi-)groups and (semi-)rings respectively. In fact if $G$ is trivial, they agree with the ordinary (semi-)groups and (semi-)rings, and many naive algebraic properties concerning rings a... | {
"abstract": "We give, for every finite group G, a combinatorial description of the ring of G-Witt vectors on a polynomial algebra over the integers. Using this description we show that the functor, which takes a commutative ring with trivial action of G to its ring of Witt vectors, coincides with the left adjoint o... | {
"abstract": "Abstract It is shown that well-known product decompositions of formal power series arise from combinatorially defined canonical isomorphisms between the Burnside ring of the infinite cyclic group on the one hand and Grothendieck's ring of formal power series with constant term 1 as well as the universa... |
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"abstract": "Styloid process of temporal bone is a pointed projection from the petrous part of temporal bone which ranges with an average of 25 mm in length , and any process longer than 30 mm is defined as the \"Elongated Styloid Process” . In asymptomatic cases, diagnosis is usually made with routine radiological... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe aim of this investigation was to evaluate the length, thickness, sagittal and transverse angulations and the morphological variations of the stylohyoid complex (SHC), to assess their probable associations with age and gender, and to investigate the prevalence of it in a wide range of a ... | {
"abstract": "Fracture of the styloid process (SP) of temporal bone is an uncommon injuries. Fracture of the SP can be associated with the facial injuries including mandible fracture. However, injury to the SP may be concealed and missed diagnosis may lead to the improper or various unnecessary treatments. A rare ca... |
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"abstract": "Cyst and root-knot nematodes are major risk factors of agroecosystem management, often causing devastating impacts on crop production. The use of microbes that parasitize or prey on nematodes has been considered as a promising approach for suppressing phytopathogenic nematode populations. However, as e... | {
"abstract": "Terrestrial plants host phylogenetically and functionally diverse groups of below-ground microbes, whose community structure controls plant growth/survival in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. Therefore, understanding the processes by which whole root-associated microbiomes are organized is one... | {
"abstract": "The phloem is a well-known target of sucking and piercing insects that utilize the transported fluid as their major nutrient source. In addition to small molecules like sugars and amino acids, phloem sap of higher land plants contains proteins that can accumulate up to high concentrations. Although the... |
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"abstract": "Acute Liver Failure has poor prognosis; current treatment - liver transplant - cannot keep up with demand. Due to its regenerative capabilities, a damaged liver could heal if its functions were temporarily carried out by a separate device. A bioartificial liver device (BAL) could provide functional sup... | {
"abstract": "Liver failure is an increasing problem. Donor-organ shortage results in patients dying before receiving a transplant. Since the liver can regenerate, alternative therapies providing temporary liver-support are sought. A bioartificial-liver would temporarily substitute function in liver failure buying t... | {
"abstract": "A new generation of bioartificial livers, based on differentiated proliferative hepatocyte sources, has been developed. Several practicable and regulatory demands have to be addressed before these can be clinically evaluated. We identified three main hurdles: (1) expansion and preservation of the bioco... |
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"abstract": "Because of the light weight and less wear and tear on components, the flexible beam has been and will continue to be an appealing option for civil and military applications. However, flexibility brings with it unwanted oscillations and severe chattering which may even lead to an unstable system. To tac... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a robust control scheme for flexible link robotic manipulators, which is based on considering the flexible mechanical structure as a system with slow (rigid) and fast (flexible) modes that can be controlled separately. The rigid dynamics is controlled by means of a robust sliding-mo... | {
"abstract": "A control scheme for flexible link manipulators, which makes use only of directly measurable variables and thus is well suited for practical implementations, is presented. The scheme is based on a combined PD-H X design that takes into account the actual coupling between the rigid and flexible dynamics... |
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"abstract": "High speed dislocations have long been identified as the dominant feature governing the plastic response of crystalline materials subjected to high strain rates. They allegedly control deformation and failure response of industrial processes in a large range of applications, including machining, laser ... | {
"abstract": "Dislocations are the primary agents of permanent deformation in crystalline solids. Since the theoretical prediction of supersonic dislocations over half a century ago, there is a dearth of experimental evidence supporting their existence. Here we use non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of s... | {
"abstract": "Silicon wafers subject to depth-sensing indentation tests have been studied using Raman microspectroscopy. We report a strong correlation between the shape of the load-displacement curve and the phase transformations occurring within a nanoindentation. The results of Raman microanalysis of nanoindentat... |
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"abstract": ".................................................................................................................... xxi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background information ................................................ | {
"abstract": "This review evaluates evidence for benefits of including animal source foods (ASF) in the diets of children in developing countries. In observational studies, a higher usual intake of ASF in such countries is associated with better growth, status of some micronutrients, cognitive performance, motor dev... | {
"abstract": "This review examined the evidence behind dietary guidelines for dairy. Most countries recommend consumption of dairy products; and when amounts are specified, recommendations are typically for 2 or 3 servings per day. Specific recommendations for dairy products are based partly on culture and availabil... |
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"abstract": "This article presents analysis, properties, and systematic synthesis of a new class of hybrid dc–dc converters named transformerless stacked active bridge (TSAB) converters. The TSAB converters, which are obtained from switched-capacitor (SC) converters by insertion of small ac inductors, inherit advan... | {
"abstract": "Achieving high efficiency and high power density features of intermediate bus converter (IBC) in data center application is very critical. This paper proposes a nonisolated switched-tank dc–dc converter (STC) to meet the high requirement of IBC. The proposed STC has fixed voltage conversion ratio. Theo... | {
"abstract": "One of the main factors that limit the accuracy of facial analysis systems is hand occlusion. As the face becomes occluded, facial features are either lost, corrupted or erroneously detected. Hand-over-face occlusions are considered not only very common but also very challenging to handle. Moreover, th... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT The expression of genes involved in photosystem development in Rhodobacter sphaeroides is dependent upon three major regulatory networks: FnrL, the PrrBA (RegBA) two-component system, and the transcriptional repressor/antirepressor PpsR/AppA. Of the three regulators, PpsR appears to have the n... | {
"abstract": "Regulation of photosynthetic membrane synthesis in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 is dependent on the interactions of numerous regulatory elements, with two of the most important being the cbb(3) terminal oxidase and the PrrBAC two-component regulatory system. Here, we reveal that the cbb(3) terminal ox... | {
"abstract": "Rivers flow downstream and unidirectionally. However, this fact has not yet been utilized in the institutional design for water trading. By utilizing this characteristic, we first designed a water trading system of “locational water rights.” This new system is able to mitigate the return flow-related a... |
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"abstract": "Recent progress in molecular medicine has identified the nutrient-sensitive kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) as the central regulator of protein and lipid synthesis, cell growth, proliferation, energy metabolism and autophagy. Age-related diseases of Western civilization such a... | {
"abstract": "Nutrient overload is associated with the development of obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. However, the underlying mechanisms for developing insulin resistance in the presence of excess nutrients are incompletely understood. We investigated whether activation of AMP-activated protein kin... | {
"abstract": "Molecular adaptations in human non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are incompletely understood. This study investigated the main gene categories related to hepatic de novo lipogenesis and lipid oxidation capacity.",
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"abstract": "The theory of directed graphs has developed enormously over recent decades, yet this book (first published in 2000) remains the only book to cover more than a small fraction of the results. New research in the field has made a second edition a necessity. Substantially revised, reorganised and updated, ... | {
"abstract": "We survey results on the sequential and parallel complexity of hamiltonian path and cycle problems in various classes of digraphs which generalize tournaments. We give detailed informations on the difference in difficulties for these problems for the various classes as well as prove new results on hami... | {
"abstract": "First-order logic with the reachability predicate (FO[R]) is an important means of specification in system analysis. Its decidability status is known for some individual types of infinite-state systems such as pushdown (decidable) and vector addition systems (undecidable).This work aims at a general un... |
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"abstract": "Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt has evolved into an important option for management of complications of portal hypertension. The use of polytetrafluoroethylene covered stents enhances shunt patency. Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) remains a significant problem after TIPS placement. The approa... | {
"abstract": "A 51-year-old man with posthepatitis cirrhosis underwent a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) for bleeding of recurrent esophageal varices. The patient had a coexisting, spontaneous, splenorenal shunt. He subsequently developed hepatic encephalopathy, presumably due to excessive porto... | {
"abstract": "A method of performing percutaneous cholangiography is suggested that may substantially reduce the incidence of bile peritonitis and also alleviate the necessity of immediate operation when an obstructive biliary lesion is encountered. By passing a catheter percutaneously via the right internal jugular... |
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"abstract": "Background: Prion disease causes chronic neurodegeneration via deposition of extracellular misfolded protein akin to Alzheimer disease. Results: Proteomic analysis revealed a major nonproliferative astrogliosis encompassing GFAP, EAAT-2, Prdx6, and the acute phase protein Clusterin. Conclusion: Brain c... | {
"abstract": "We previously detailed how intrahippocampal inoculation of C57BL/6J mice with murine modified scrapie (ME7) leads to chronic neurodegeneration (Cunningham C, Deacon R, Wells H, Boche D, Waters S, Diniz CP, Scott H, Rawlins JN, Perry VH (2003) Eur J Neurosci 17:2147-2155.). Our characterization of the M... | {
"abstract": "A new long-acting ceftiofur hydrochloride preparation was formulated and its physical properties, stability, and pharmacokinetics were investigated in this study. The prepared ceftiofur hydrochloride suspension demonstrated a milk white consistency, was easy to re-disperse and was stable in light, heat... |
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"abstract": "Hydrologic recovery after wildfire is critical for restoring the ecosystem services of protecting of human lives and infrastructure from hazards and delivering water supply of sufficient quality and quantity. Recovery of soil‐hydraulic properties, such as field‐saturated hydraulic conductivity (Kfs), i... | {
"abstract": "The current work evaluates the effects of the 2003 Old Fire on semi-arid systems in the San Bernardino Mountains, California. Pre- and post-fire daily streamflow are used to analyze flow regimes in two burned watersheds. The average pre-fire runoff ratios in Devil Canyon and City Creek are 0.14 and 0.2... | {
"abstract": "Wildland fire impacts on surface freshwater resources have not previously been measured, nor factored into regional water management strategies. But, large wildland fires are increasing and raise concerns about fire impacts on potable water. Here we synthesize long-term records of wildland fire, climat... |
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"abstract": "Les bases de connaissances du Web semantique sont generalement representees sous forme de triplets RDF formant un graphe. Leur interrogation passe par un langage de type SPARQL, langage non ma\\ⁱtrise des utilisateurs non experts, qui requiert de conna\\ⁱtre le schema de la base. C'est pourquoi les sys... | {
"abstract": "Question Answering over Linked Data (QALD) aims to evaluate a question answering system over structured data, the key objective of which is to translate questions posed using natural language into structured queries. This technique can help common users to directly access open-structured knowledge on t... | {
"abstract": "Tabular data is difficult to analyze and to search through, yielding for new tools and interfaces that would allow even non tech-savvy users to gain insights from open datasets without resorting to specialized data analysis tools or even without having to fully understand the dataset structure. The goa... |
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"abstract": "General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users ma... | {
"abstract": "Theophylline, aminophylline, and isobutylmethylxanthine, compounds reported to be inhibitors of adenosine 3',5'-phosphate (cAMP) phosphodiesterase, prevented the alpha-factor-induced cell cycle arrest of Saccharomyces cerevisiae a cells. To determine whether the in vivo effect of these methylxanthines ... | {
"abstract": "Mating-type a cells of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that had been specifically arrested in the G1 phase of the cell cycle by alpha factor, an oligopeptide pheromone made by alpha cells, recovered and resumed cell division after a period of inhibition which was dependent on the concentration of al... |
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"abstract": "Applications of urea before planting and at the initial flowering stage at ratios of 1:1 are the conventional nitrogen (N) fertilization method in the Yellow River Valley Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Area of China. This study was conducted to determine whether increasing urea fertilization ratios at ... | {
"abstract": "The purpose of optimal water and nutrient management is to maximize water and fertilizer use efficiency and crop production, and to minimize groundwater pollution. In this study, field experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of soil salinity and N fertigation strategy on plant growth, N up... | {
"abstract": "O aumento da demanda global de alimentos e um dos principais fatores que induzem ao aprimoramento das tecnicas aplicadas na agricultura. Nesse contexto, a utilizacao de tecnicas como o cultivo em ambiente protegido, manejo integrado de pragas e doencas e o uso e manejo eficientes de agua e fertilizante... |
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"abstract": "Microprocessorisaprocessorwhichcanprocesstheoperationwith in microseconds.As we move on togeneration by generation the size of processors starts decreasing with the increase in efficiency. So many techniques which already do exist such as data, instruction and thread level parallelism and simultaneous ... | {
"abstract": "Continuous effort to achieve higher performance without driving up the power consumption and thermal effects has led the researchers to look for alternative architectures for microprocessors. Like the parallel processing which is extensively used in today's all microprocessors, multi-core architecture ... | {
"abstract": "Microprocessors have revolutionized the world we live in and continuous efforts are being made to manufacture not only faster chips but also smarter ones. A number of techniques such as data level parallelism, instruction level parallelism and hyper threading (Intel's HT) already exists which have dram... |
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"abstract": "HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte plurid... | {
"abstract": "We investigated the evolution of the performances of Pulse Pre Pump-Brillouin Time Domain Analysis (PPP-BOTDA) and Tunable Wavelength Coherent Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (TW-COTDR) fiber-based temperature and strain sensors when the sensing optical fiber is exposed to two γ-ray irradiation condi... | {
"abstract": "Experimental data are presented which describe heat transfer characteristics of turbulent supercritical carbon dioxide flow in vertical tubes with circular, triangular, and square cross-sections. Experiments are conducted at a constant pressure of 8 MPa under various conditions such as inlet bulk tempe... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Background Higher mammographic breast density (MBD) is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer when compared with lower MBD, especially in premenopausal women. However, little is known about the effectiveness of chemoprevention agents in reducing MBD in premenopausal women without a... | {
"abstract": "Previously, we described the reduction in mammographic densities that occurred in premenopausal women after 12 months on a hormonal regimen designed to be chemopreventive for breast (and ovarian) cancer consisting of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHA) plus low-dose add-back estrogen-proge... | {
"abstract": "Numerous studies have been reported in the field of vascular graft in recent years. The main interest in these studies has focused on produc ing either a small diameter arterial graft or prosthesis for veins. Polyurethane polymers are emerging because of their superior mechanical, chemically stable and... |
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"abstract": "Studies on hereditary pancreatitis have provided evidence in favor of central role for trypsin activity in the disease. Identification of genetic variants of trypsinogen linked the protease to the onset of pancreatitis, and biochemical characterization proposed an enzymatic gain of function as the init... | {
"abstract": "Serine protease inhibitor, Kazal type 1 (SPINK1) is expressed not only in normal human pancreatic acinar cells but also in a variety of pancreatic ductal neoplasms. There are structural similarities between SPINK1 and epidermal growth factor (EGF). Hence, we hypothesized that SPINK1 binds to EGF recept... | {
"abstract": "The effect of okadaic acid, a serine/threonine phosphatase inhibitor, was analyzed in two insulin-responsive systems, the isolated mouse soleus muscle and 3T3-L1 adipocytes. While okadaic acid alone was a potent stimulator of glucose transport in both systems, it prevented transport stimulation by insu... |
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"abstract": "Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers (MSFWs) in the United States live and work within ever changing contexts, which require researchers to take into account multiple environmental and psychosocial stressors influencing mental health. The current study examined factors of social support and social isolati... | {
"abstract": "Among women of Mexican descent, increased acculturation in the US has been associated with poorer health behaviors during pregnancy. This study examined a population of low-income women of Mexican descent in an agricultural community to determine: whether social support patterns were associated with ag... | {
"abstract": "We studied health behaviors and birth outcome among 201 foreign-born and 616 US-born Black women receiving prenatal care at Boston City Hospital. Foreign-born women had better pre-pregnancy nutritional status and prenatal health behaviors, and their infants had greater intrauterine growth. Black women ... |
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"abstract": ".....................................................................................................................iii Acknowledgements..................................................................................................iv Table of",
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"title": "The characteristi... | {
"abstract": "AIMS AND OBJECTIVES\nTo explore recent Singapore nursing graduates' experience of and views about their career development and progress.\n\n\nBACKGROUND\nThe recruitment and retention of an adequate number of registered nurses is a continuing workforce issue in Singapore and other major cities.\n\n\nDE... | {
"abstract": "Objective: This study measured patient satisfaction levels and staff views regarding their expectations and workplace and other opinions after relocation to a new purpose-built mental health facility within the grounds of a general repatriation hospital. Method: Patients were interviewed face-to-face u... |
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"abstract": "Estimating the political leanings of social media users is a challenging and ever more pressing problem given the increase in social media consumption. We introduce Retweet-BERT, a simple and scalable model to estimate the political leanings of Twitter users. Retweet-BERT leverages the retweet network ... | {
"abstract": "Text data has recently been used as evidence in estimating the political ideologies of individuals, including political elites and social media users. While inferences about people are often the intrinsic quantity of interest, we draw inspiration from open information extraction to identify a new task:... | {
"abstract": "Across many disciplines, interest is increasing in the use of computational text analysis in the service of social science questions. We survey the spectrum of current methods, which lie on two dimensions: (1) computational and statistical model complexity; and (2) domain assumptions. This comparative ... |
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"abstract": "Cholesteatoma is a destructive pathology characterized with progressive and chronic infiltration of keratinized squamous epithelium that can be seen the middle ear and mastoid regions of temporal bone. It has serious intra and extracranial complications which can be difficult to manage. Embryologic rem... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo evaluate the type of differentiation of keratinocytes of acquired cholesteatoma and its significance for cholesteatoma invasiveness.\n\n\nDESIGN\nForty acquired cholesteatomas and 10 tympanic membranes with persisting perforations were snap frozen and processed for immunohistochemical stu... | {
"abstract": "The effect of androgen depletion/repletion on the cell types of the rat ventral prostate has been studied using light microscope autoradiography and morphometric analysis. All prostatic cells were assigned to one of the following groups: epithelial, endothelial, stromal (periacinar), or stromal (intera... |
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"abstract": "4 INTRODUCTION 5 LITERATURE REVIEW 6 MULTISENSORY AND NEURO-MARKETING 6 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SELECTION OF FOOD AND DRINK\t\r 10 MULTISENSORY PACKAGING DESIGN 12 THE ETHICS OF NEUROMARKETING 14 METHODOLOGY 14 THE PEPSI VS COKE CHALLENGE 16 SONY BRAVIA 17 RESULTS 17 RESULTS FOR THE PEPSI ... | {
"abstract": "The use of neuroimaging in product marketing has received considerable business and media attention. Ariely and Berns consider the possibilities and limitations of neuromarketing, arguing that, although not generally cost-effective, it might be useful in specific aspects of marketing. An interview with... | {
"abstract": "Software maps -- linking rectangular 3D-Treemaps, software system structure, and performance indicators -- are commonly used to support informed decision making in software-engineering processes. A key aspect for this decision making is that software maps provide the structural context required for cor... |
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"abstract": "Common bean (Phaesolus vulgaris L.) distribution across eastern, central and southern Africa region is widely driven by choice of grain types, which is affecting the genetic composition and adaptation to target production environments for biotic and abiotic constraints. Two bean fly species, Ophiomyia ... | {
"abstract": "In order to have the consumers’ preferences in Kenya in beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) more clearly outlined and to survey the variation existing in local food bean material, 997 seed samples from plants selected in farmers’ fields and from agricultural shows were investigated and classified on the basi... | {
"abstract": "WITHIN the last few years the output of exact experimental work upon phenomena of heredity has been very large, and the progress made, as compared with that of the previous forty years, has been astounding. In England it has chiefly been produced by investigator? who have strictly segregated themselves... |
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"abstract": "We conducted an integrative review of research on listening relevant to work and organizations published from 2000 to 2021 and across three disciplines (management, psychology, and communication studies). We found that listening research is fragmented across three perspectives: (a) perceived listening ... | {
"abstract": "The framework for understanding effortful listening (FUEL) draws on psychological theories of cognition and motivation. In the present article, theories of social-cognitive psychology are related to the FUEL. Listening effort is defined in our consensus as the deliberate allocation of mental resources ... | {
"abstract": "How the pleasantness of chemosensory stimuli such as odorants or intranasal trigeminal compounds is processed in the human brain has been the focus of considerable recent interest. Yet, so far, only the unimodal form of this hedonic processing has been explored, and not its bimodal form during crossmod... |
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"abstract": "The thesis introduces a set of machine learning techniques that enhance the extraction of Named Entities from informal and unstructured free text.",
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"title": "Named entity recognition in unstructured text."
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"abstract": "Nowadays biomedical research is developing rapidly. A large number of biomedical knowledge exists in the form of unstructured text documents in various files. Named Entity Recognition (NER) from biomedical text is one of the basic task s of biomedical text mining, of which purpose is to recognize the n... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a maximum entropy-based named entity recognizer (NER). It differs from previous machine learning-based NERs in that it uses information from the whole document to classify each word, with just one classifier. Previous work that involves the gathering of information from the whole do... |
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"abstract": "We propose a method for estimating the musical “typicality” of a song from an information theoretic perspective. While musical similarity compares just two songs, musical typicality quantifies how many of the songs in a set are similar. It can be used not only to express the uniqueness of a song but al... | {
"abstract": "This paper proposes a novel concept we call musical commonness, which is the similarity of a song to a set of songs; in other words, its typicality. This commonness can be used to retrieve representative songs from a set of songs (e.g. songs released in the 80s or 90s). Previous research on musical sim... | {
"abstract": "The Australian Labor Party has always been, and remains, a complex entity which encompasses both centralist/national and decentralist/federal interests and values. The common interpretation that the party has been historically ‘frustrated’ by federalism but is now ‘reconciled’ with it thus exaggerates ... |
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"abstract": "Within the scope of this thesis, a method for the quick and versatile functionalization of preformed liposomes was developed. Further investigations demonstrated the applicability of the obtained vesicular sensors in analytics.\n\nChapter I briefly introduces the concept of functionalized vesicles and ... | {
"abstract": "Biological membranes play a key role for the function of living organisms. Thus, many artificial systems have been designed to mimic natural cell membranes and their functions. A useful concept for the preparation of functional membranes is the embedding of synthetic amphiphiles into vesicular bilayers... | {
"abstract": "A new rhodamine-based reagent (L1), trapped inside the micellar structure of biologically benign Triton-X 100, could be used for specific recognition of Cr(III) in aqueous buffer medium having physiological pH. This visible light excitable reagent on selective binding to Cr(III) resulted in a strong fl... |
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"abstract": "The main advantage of cloud computing consists in minimizing the cost of computing services, but on the other hand energy consumption in cloud data centers is increasing in an unacceptable manner. Thus, there is a need to improve the energy efficiency. Energy consumption could be reduced with different... | {
"abstract": "Energy efficiency has grown into a latest exploration area of virtualized cloud computing paradigm. The increase in the number and the size of the cloud data centers has propagated the need for energy efficiency. An extensively practiced technology in cloud computing is live virtual machine migration a... | {
"abstract": "We provide a general framework for privacy-preserving variational Bayes (VB) for a large class of probabilistic models, called the conjugate exponential (CE) family. Our primary observation is that when models are in the CE family, we can privatise the variational posterior distributions simply by pert... |
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"abstract": "This research describes problems faced by students of ITB AAS Indonesia in the implementation of online learning during the pandemic Covid-19 in the academic year 2020/2021. This research uses qualitative research. The analysis results show that during online learning in English class, students’ proble... | {
"abstract": "Due to the complexity of biological systems, cutting-edge machine-learning methods will be critical for future drug development. In particular, machine-vision methods to extract detailed information from imaging assays and active-learning methods to guide experimentation will be required to overcome th... | {
"abstract": "We report on the fabrication and optical characterization of a three-dimensional (3D) photonic crystal on the basis of macroporous silicon. The structure consists of a 2D array of air pores in silicon whose diameter is varied (modulated) periodically with depth. The bandstructure of the resulting 3D he... |
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"abstract": "Blecher and Read have recently introduced and studied a new notion of positivity in operator algebras, with an eye to extending certain $C^*$-algebraic results and theories to more general algebras. In the present paper we generalize some part of this, and some other facts, to larger classes of Banach ... | {
"abstract": "This work introduces the concept of an M-complete approximate identity (M-cai) for a given operator subspace X of an operator space Y. M-cai's generalize central approximate identities in ideals in C-algebras, for it is proved that if X admits an M-cai in Y , then X is a complete M-ideal in Y. It is pr... | {
"abstract": "Most of this paper ( § § 2 6 ) will be devoted to answering this question and related questions. The related questions arise in connection with the concepts of absolute retract, absolute neighborhood retract, and absolute neighborhood extensor (in § 2 these are all defined and their interrelations and ... |
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"abstract": "Formal specifications can precisely and unambiguously define the required behavior of a software system or component. However, formal specifications are complex artifacts that need to be verified to ensure that they are consistent, complete, and validated against the requirements. Specification testing... | {
"abstract": "Large Z specifications require testing if they are to be at all credible and translation to Prolog provides one means of doing this. Experience with PiZA (Prolog Z Animator), a system designed to carry out this translation automatically, is described. The paper gives a brief description of the principl... | {
"abstract": "The use of formal methods for the specification of complex computer systems is becoming increasingly widespread. It is generally recognised that it is not feasible to apply formal methods to large scale problems without appropriate tool support. CADiℤ is a suite of tools designed to check and typeset s... |
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"title": "Does Lower-extremity Symmetry Matter for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk in Male Rugby Union Athletes?"
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"abstract": "s were then peer-reviewed for scientific merit and relevance to the retreat topic. There was a 50% increase in the number of abstract submissions this year. In the end, 33 abstracts were accepted. These were grouped into sessions addressing structural, neuromuscular, biomechanical, and hormonal factors... | {
"abstract": "Dear Editor: The subject of noncontact mechanisms of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury has been a controversial one. Although existing mechanisms of injury have been studied exhaustively over the past decades, a profound lack of consensus persists among researchers. This lack of consensus stems n... |
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"abstract": "When the model of the system under observation is not precisely known, state estimation and the subsequent prediction of system trajectories from this state estimate is subject to uncertainty. A useful method state estimation and prediction is to provide bounds within which the estimates are guaranteed... | {
"abstract": "A method to characterize model uncertainty for robust model predictive control is studied. The goal is to reduce the computational complexity of robust MPC. The main element of this method is the computation of an approximate convex hull of the model set. The introduced method guarantees that the actua... | {
"abstract": "Density estimation, especially multivariate density estimation, is a fundamental problem in nonparametric inference. In the Bayesian approach, Dirichlet mixture priors are often used in practice for such problems. However, the asymptotic properties of such priors have only been studied in the univariat... |
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"abstract": "This study aimed to determine quantitatively the attributes of such screening tests that couples placed most value on.",
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"title": "Women and their partners' preferences for Down's syndrome screening tests: a discrete choice experiment"
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"abstract": "To establish and compare obstetricians' and midwives' preferences for hypothetical prenatal screening tests for Down syndrome.",
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"abstract": "Bastuji-Garin, S., Fouchard, N., Bertocchi, M., Roujeau, J.C., Revuz, J. & Wolkenstein, P. (2000) SCORTEN: a severity-of-illness score for toxic epidermal necrolysis. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 115, 149–153. Ca~ namares Orbis, I., Garc ıa Mu~ noz, C., Cortijo Cascajares, S. & M endez Est... |
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"abstract": "academic) There is plenty of research on effects of negative stereotypes on performance, but less is known about effects of positive stereotypes. Research examining effects of positive stereotypes on performance has found mixed, often competing, results; positive stereotypes have been shown to lead to ... | {
"abstract": "Psychological threat experienced by students of negatively stereotyped groups impairs test performance. However, stereotype boost can also occur if a positively stereotyped identity is made salient. Biracial individuals, whose racial identities may be associated with both negative and positive testing ... | {
"abstract": "Good preparation for reflective practice is a challenge for social work educators. Opportunities for facilitated reflection in the placement are often compromised due to field educator focus on 'doing' in the practice context. Equipping students with a tangible set of awareness skills that engages them... |
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"abstract": "Inflatable structures offer the potential of compactly stowing lightweight structures, \nwhich assume a fully deployed state in space. An important category of space inflatables \nare cylindrical booms, which may form the structural members of trusses or the support \nstructure for solar sails. Two cri... | {
"abstract": "This paper describes an experimental investigation ofa type of foldable cylindrical structure, first presented in two earlier papers. Three cylinders of this type were designed and manufactured, and were then tested to find the force required to fold them. The results from these tests show some discrep... | {
"abstract": "Abstract: In this paper, the topic of laminar to turbulent flow transition, as applied to the design of gas turbines, is discussed. Transition comes about when a flow becomes sufficiently unstable that the orderly vorticity structure of the laminar layer becomes randomly oriented. Vorticity with a stre... |
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"abstract": "Abstract By expanding each kernel using the orthonormal Laguerre series, a Volterra functional series is used to represent the input-output relation of a nonlinear dynamic system. With the feedback of the modeling error, we give a novel nonlinear observer-controller design, based on which both the stab... | {
"abstract": "This work is concerned with the optimization of Laguerre bases for the orthonormal series expansion of discrete-time Volterra models. The aim is to minimize the number of Laguerre functions associated with a given series truncation error, thus reducing the complexity of the resulting finite-dimensional... | {
"abstract": "The present work focuses on robust predictive control (RPC) of uncertain processes and proposes a new approach based on orthonormal series function modeling. In such unstructured modeling, the output signal is described as a weighted sum of orthonormal functions that uses approximative information abou... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT The pathogenesis of spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia species, including R. conorii and R. rickettsii, is acutely dependent on adherence to and invasion of host cells, including cells of the mammalian endothelial system. Bioinformatic analyses of several rickettsia genomes revealed the pres... | {
"abstract": "The association of Rickettsia prowazeki with L cells was examined by using a novel radioactive assay in which [α-32P]ATP-labeled rickettsiae were incubated with L-cell monolayers. Rickettsial association with the monolayer involved adherence and internalization steps that could be experimentally distin... | {
"abstract": "200,880 (20,300), 674 and 256,400 (19,870), 813 and 262,750 (19,810), respectively, with an overall mean for the six years of 244,070 (8050) cells. Data collected during the study for cows in lactations 9 to 13 was combined to allow meaningful numbers per lactation group to be used for the comparisons.... |
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"abstract": "Fueled by more than 30 years of intensive research and debate on the impact of electromagnetic fields (EMF) on everyday life—starting with residential exposure to magnetic fields and the development of childhood cancer in the 70s and continuing with risk of exposure via wireless communications in prese... | {
"abstract": "The aim of the nested case-control study reported here was to test the hypothesis that exposure to electromagnetic fields of the type generated by high-voltage power lines increases the incidence of cancer in children aged 0-14 years. The study population comprised children who during at least one of t... | {
"abstract": "High-resolution banding techniques for the study of human chromosomes have revealed that the malignant cells of most tumors analyzed have characteristic chromosomal defects. Translocations of the same chromosome segments with precise breakpoints occur in many leukemias and lymphomas, and a specific chr... |
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"abstract": "As user requests arrive randomly in a wireless network, a good serving discipline scheme optimizes the trade-off between resource utilization and quality of service by effectively predicting future demands. In this paper, we analyze research outputs on serving discipline algorithms for cellular network... | {
"abstract": "Guaranteeing a handoff dropping probability below a predetermined threshold is essential for wireless mobile networks. Previous researches have proposed admission control policies for integrated voice/data traffic in wireless mobile networks. However, since QoS has been considered only in terms of CDP ... | {
"abstract": "As user requests arrive randomly in a wireless network, a good serving discipline scheme optimizes the trade-off between resource utilization and quality of service by effectively predicting future demands. In this paper, we analyze research outputs on serving discipline algorithms for cellular network... |
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"abstract": "Abstract The influence of noise on the quality of the urban living environment has traditionally been studied focusing on negative effects on man, such as noise annoyance and sleep disturbance. Recently a more holistic approach, including positive and negative aspects as well as non-residential functio... | {
"abstract": "An attempt is made to explain the fact that in flicker effect and in excess noise in semi-conductors the noise intensity is inversely proportional to the frequency in a wide frequency range. \n \nIn section 1. a few general theorems about the F o u r i e r analysis of fluctuating quantities are mention... |
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"abstract": "The increasing in the demand for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) has intensified studies which are dedicated to obtain more energy-efficient solutions, since the energy storage limitation is critical in those systems. Additionally, there are other aspects which usually must be ensured in order to get a... | {
"abstract": "In the last decade, several technological advances in embed ded systems and wireless communication allowed the arising of a new kind of ad-hoc network, the Wireless Sens or Network (WSN). A WSN is a special kind of mobile network composed by hundreds or even thousands of aut nomous and compact devices,... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents an integer linear programming model devoted to optimize the energy consumption efficiency in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks. This model is based upon a schedule of sensor allocation plans in multiple time intervals subject to coverage and connectivity constraints. By turning... |
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"abstract": "Centered around feature extraction, the core task of any Face recognition system, our objective is devising a robust facial representation against major challenges, such as variations of illumination, pose and time-lapse and low resolution probe images, to name a few. Besides, fast processing speed is ... | {
"abstract": "Over the past two decades several attempts have been made to address the problem of face recognition and a voluminous literature has been produced. Current face recognition systems are able to perform very well in controlled environments e.g. frontal face recognition, where face images are acquired und... | {
"abstract": "The research focus of designing local patch descriptors has gradually shifted from handcrafted ones (e.g., SIFT) to learned ones. In this paper, we propose to learn high performance descriptor in Euclidean space via the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). Our method is distinctive in four aspects: (i) ... |
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"abstract": "The corpus callosum (cc) contains nitric oxide (NO)‐producing neurons. Because NO is a potent vasodilator, these neurons could translate neuronal signals into vascular responses that can be detected by functional brain imaging. Substance P (SP), one of the most widely expressed peptides in the CNS, als... | {
"abstract": "We developed a model of the input circuitry of the FD1 cell, an identified motion-sensitive interneuron in the blowfly's visual system. The model circuit successfully reproduces the FD1 cell's most conspicuous property: its larger responses to objects than to spatially extended patterns. The model circ... | {
"abstract": "Bees use visual memories to find the spatial location of previously learnt food sites. Characteristic learning flights help acquiring these memories at newly discovered foraging locations where landmarks—salient objects in the vicinity of the goal location—can play an important role in guiding the anim... |
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"abstract": "Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a potent bioactive phospholipid. As many other biological active lipids, LPA is an autacoid: it is formed locally on demand, and it acts locally near its site of synthesis. LPA has a plethora of biological activities on blood cells (platelets, monocytes) and cells of the ... | {
"abstract": "Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), which is proposed to play an important role in normal physiological situations such as wound healing, vascular tone, vascular integrity and reproduction, may be involved in the etiology of some diseases such as atherosclerosis, cancer, obesity or myocardial infarction. Abno... | {
"abstract": "The robotic assembly operation has a prominent role in industry due to the fact that (a) it accounts for a substantial proportion of production cycle times and (b) it requires high precision. The peg-hole insertion operation, which is a simplified industrial application model, has special prominence. I... |
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"abstract": "This paper describes the obstacle detection and tracking algorithms developed for Boss, which is Carnegie Mellon University 's winning entry in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge. We describe the tracking subsystem and show how it functions in the context of the larger perception system. The tracking subsy... | {
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"abstract": "The BMW Group Research and Technology has been testing automated vehicles on Germany's highways since Spring 2011. Since then, thousands of kilometers have been driven on the highways around Munich, Germany. Throughout this project, fundamental technologies, such as environment perception, localization... |
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"abstract": "— The increased popularity of social networking sites and mobile apps in general has led to uptake in marketing research [1]. In this paper using data mining techniques to motivate the buyers to increase their buying habit based on WhatsApp data [1]. The buyer’s habit is a measured of how products and ... | {
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"abstract": "In this paper, we have analysed and modelled the layout dependent effects (LDE) found in pMOSFET transistors from 14nm UTBB FDSOI CMOS technology. Experiments show that changing the layout has a clear impact on threshold Voltage (Vth), under NBTI reliability and on Ring Oscillator (RO) Frequency drift.... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT The present study was conducted in wheat to study effect of four tillage practices viz mold board plowing to a depth of 25 cm followed by rotavator (PT25 + R), mold board plowing to a depth of 14 cm followed by rotavator (PT14 + R), zero tillage with happy seeder (ZT) and conventional practice... | {
"abstract": "Abstract An improved understanding of the impact of tillage systems on soil hydraulic properties is necessary to conserve and manage soil water under a changing climate. The objective of this study was to specifically measure soil hydraulic properties (total porosity, water infiltration, saturated hydr... | {
"abstract": "Many wells in the US Central Plains can no longer meet full crop water requirements due to declines in Ogallala aquifer water levels. A study was conducted in Southwest Kansas to determine optimum limited irrigation strategies for grain sorghum. Objectives were to (1) calibrate and validate the AquaCro... |
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"abstract": "1. Organic cation transporters (OCTs) translocate endogenous (e.g. dopamine) and exogenous (e.g. drugs) substances of cationic nature and, therefore, play an important role in the detoxification of exogenous compounds. This review aims to furnish essential information on OCTs, with an emphasis on pharm... | {
"abstract": "The affinity of corticosterone to organic cation transporters (OCTs) is subtype- and species-dependent. For example, the IC50 values for corticosterone inhibition of cation uptake by transporters rOCT1 and rOCT2 are ∼150 and ∼4 μM, respectively. By introducing domains and amino acids from rOCT2 into rO... | {
"abstract": "Reuptake systems for monoamines are the initial sites of action for a wide range of therapeutic antidepressants and drugs of abuse, such as cocaine. To delineate structural domains of the dopamine and norepinephrine transporters that contribute to differential interaction with reuptake inhibitors with ... |
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"abstract": "Low levels of physical activity (PA) are of a health concern among high body mass index (BMI) women living a sedentary lifestyle and being overweight or obese during pregnancy is associated with increased risks of maternal and fetal health complications. Obstetricians often provide advice regarding rec... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundWhilst there has been increasing research interest in interventions which promote physical activity during pregnancy few studies have yielded detailed insights into the views and experiences of overweight and obese pregnant women themselves. The qualitative study described in this paper aimed... | {
"abstract": "Although much research has focused on whether the physical demands of employment during pregnancy affect birth outcomes, this article argues that psychological demands should also be considered. Research published since 1980 is reviewed to examine how physical and psychological demands of employment ar... |
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"abstract": "We report two studies that suggest that some 36-month-old (and younger) children understand others' false beliefs. In the false belief conditions, children and two adults (E1 and E2) watched as an object was put into a container. E1 left the room, and E2 switched that object with another. E1 returned, ... | {
"abstract": "Background and Objectives: This large-scale prospective cohort study of a Taiwan population applied generalized estimating equations (GEEs) to evaluate changing trends in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and to compare predictors of HRQoL before and after surgical resection of hepatocellular carc... |
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"abstract": "Premise selection is a fundamental problem of automated theorem proving. Previous works often use intricate symbolic methods, rely on domain knowledge, and require significant engineering effort to solve this task. In this work, we show that Magnushammer, a neural transformer-based approach, can outper... | {
"abstract": "We study the effectiveness of neural sequence models for premise selection in automated theorem proving, one of the main bottlenecks in the formalization of mathematics. We propose a two stage approach for this task that yields good results for the premise selection task on the Mizar corpus while avoid... | {
"abstract": "In the context of superintelligent AI systems, the term “oracle” has two meanings. One refers to modular systems queried for domain-specific tasks. Another usage, referring to a class of systems which may be useful for addressing the value alignment and AI control problems, is a superintelligent AI sys... |
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"abstract": "Repair of damage in the DNA is essential for an organism. Therefore, several repair mechanisms have evolved. In this thesis, the mechanism of Transcription-Coupled Nucleotide Excision Repair (TC-NER) and the UV Damage Endonuclease repair pathway (UVDE) have been studied. Central to TC-NER is the protei... | {
"abstract": "Histone methylation at specific lysine residues brings about various downstream events that are mediated by different effector proteins. The WD40 domain of WDR5 represents a new class of histone methyl‐lysine recognition domains that is important for recruiting H3K4 methyltransferases to K4‐dimethylate... | {
"abstract": "The fluorescence quantum yields of six polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) adsorbed on both hydroxylated and highly dehydroxylated silica gel surfaces have been measured, using a diffuse reflectance method, an integrating sphere method, and a secondary method based on diffuse reflectance. Consisten... |
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"abstract": "My PhD work is composed of two parts, the first part is dedicated to the discrete-time stochastic analysis for obtuse random walks as to the second part, it is linked to free probability. In the first part, we present a construction of the stochastic integral of predictable square-integrable processes ... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we investigate a continuous family of notions of independence which interpolates between the classical and free ones for non-commutative random variables. These notions are related to the liberation process introduced by D. Voiculescu. To each notion of independence correspond new convol... | {
"abstract": "Free products Free random variables in noncommutative probability theory Free harmonic analysis Random matrices and asymptotic freeness Free product factors.",
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"abstract": "Significance Naturally split inteins are important tools in chemical biology and protein engineering, as they provide a rapid and bioorthogonal means to link two polypeptides, termed exteins, together in a near-traceless manner. However, their use is currently limited by sequence constraints imposed by... | {
"abstract": "Background: Inteins are protein maturation machines that enable technologies for regulating enzymes and protein semisynthesis. Results: Robust splicing was achieved with novel genetically selected exteins. Conclusion: In contrast to commonly held perceptions, the natural extein was not the fastest spli... | {
"abstract": "In current molecular epidemiology studies, a wide range of methods are used to monitor early biological effects after exposure to xenobiotic agents. Gene expression profiling is considered a promising tool that may provide more sensitive, mechanism-based biomarkers. As a first step toward obtaining inf... |
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"abstract": "Simple Summary The hypothesis of this experiment proposes that it could be possible to identify pregnant goats through maximum progesterone milk levels at any time in the pregnancy, and that there is an optimal moment to apply a lactation inhibitor to dry off lactating goats. The maximum progesterone c... | {
"abstract": "The energy requirements of the fetus through pregnancy have been previously investigated in several slaughter experiments, and many studies have attempted to estimate the effect of pregnancy on milk production. Data from 154 pasture-based dairy cows (77 twin pairs) were subjected to a retrospective ana... | {
"abstract": "The objective of the present study was to quantify the relationships among body condition score (BCS; scale 1 to 5), live weight (WT) and milk production in Irish Holstein-Friesian spring calving dairy cows. Data were from 66 commercial dairy herds during the years 1999 and 2000. The data consisted of ... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents an Acoustic Emission characterisation of the damage behaviour of asphalt concrete subjected to bending fatigue loading. An experimental campaign is carried out on an old asphalt concrete extracted from an in-service highway pavement, built-in 2001. Tests were performed in strain-con... | {
"abstract": "We have developed an automatic P -wave arrival detection and picking algorithm based on the wavelet transform and Akaike information criteria (AIC) picker. Wavelet coefficients at high resolutions show the fine structure of the time series, and those at low resolutions characterize its coarse features.... | {
"abstract": "Summary. Two methods of computing body wave synthetic seismograms in three-dimensional laterally varying media are discussed. Both these methods are based on the summation of Gaussian beams. In the first, the initial beam parameters are chosen at the source, in the second at the beam endpoints. Both th... |
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"abstract": "Collaborative Multi-Agent Planning (MAP) under uncertainty with partial observability is a notoriously difficult problem. Although such problems are often modeled as DecPOMDPs, recent work has demonstrated that planners for Qualitative Dec-POMDPs can scale up to much larger problem sizes. The best curr... | {
"abstract": "Replanning via determinization is a recent, popular approach for online planning in MDPs. In this paper we adapt this idea to classical, nonstochastic domains with partial information and sensing actions. At each step we generate a candidate plan which solves a classical planning problem induced by the... | {
"abstract": "\n \n The paper presents an investigation of the use of two alternative forms of CNF formulae—prime implicates and minimal CNF—to compactly represent belief states in the context of conformant planning. For each representation, we define a transition function for computing the successor belief state re... |
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"abstract": "presentations at national / international conferences 1. Walter P Abhayaratna, Wayne T. Smith, Thomas H. Marwick, Ian M. Jeffery, Darryl A. McGill, Niels G. Becker. Is Left Atrial Volume a Marker of Diastolic Burden in the Community? European Society o f Cardiology, Vienna, Austria, September, 2003 Car... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE To examine a general practice population to measure the prevalence of signs and symptoms of heart failure (SSHF) and left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD). DESIGN Cross sectional screening study in three general practices followed by echocardiography. SETTING AND PATIENTS All patients ... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE: To study the trend in hospital admission rates for heart failure in the Netherlands from 1980 to 1993. DESIGN: All hospital admissions in the Netherlands with a principal discharge diagnosis of heart failure were analysed. In addition, individual records of heart failure patients from a subs... |
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"abstract": "We address the problem of unsupervised video summarization that automatically selects key video clips. Most state-of-the-art approaches suffer from two issues: (1) they model video clips without explicitly exploiting their relations, and (2) they learn soft importance scores over all the video clips to... | {
"abstract": "Video summarization aims to facilitate large-scale video browsing by producing short, concise summaries that are diverse and representative of original videos. In this paper, we formulate video summarization as a sequential decision-making process and develop a deep summarization network (DSN) to summa... | {
"abstract": "Underwater sensor networks (USN) for ocean development and disaster prevention have been emerged as one of interesting research topics recently. Since low-power, high-speed and inexpensive communication modem is a prerequisite for deployment of USN, in this paper we design and implement an underwater m... |
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"abstract": "Treatment resistance in schizophrenia is a fairly common problem faced by psychiatrists worldwide. The concept and definition of Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia (TRS) is still far from satisfactory. Data suggests the presence of biological factors underlying TRS. Second generation antipsychotics are ... | {
"abstract": "Summary The first choice group of psychotropic agents in schizophrenia is neuroleptics. However, this treatment is not effective in all patients and with every symptom. We summarize papers published on the role of antiepileptic drugs in treatment-resistant schizophrenia. We have searched the computer d... | {
"abstract": "Abstract1. The GABAergic neurotransmission has been implicated in the modulation of many neural networks in forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain, as well as, in several neurological disorders.2. The complete comprehension of GABA system neurochemical properties and the search for approaches in identifying... |
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"abstract": "Purpose: To describe an association between extrafoveal vitreoretinal traction and intractable chronic pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (CME) by the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods: In a retrospective case series study, charts and OCT findings of patients who had postoperative reca... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nWe determined the efficacy of pars plana vitrectomy in a series of patients with chronic pseudophakic cystoid macular edema.\n\n\nMETHODS\nClinical records were reviewed on 24 consecutive patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy in one eye for chronic pseudophakic cystoid macular edema. Al... | {
"abstract": "One hundred twenty-eight consecutive aphakic glaucomatous eyes of 91 patients were examined by fluorescein angiography. Macular edema was present in 16 (28%) of 56 eyes currently being treated with epinephrine and 9 (13%) of 72 eyes not currently being treated with epinephrine. This difference is stati... |
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"abstract": "Xenobiotics are encountered by humans on a daily basis and include drugs, environmental pollutants, cosmetics, and even components of the diet. These chemicals undergo metabolism and detoxication to produce numerous metabolites, some of which have the potential to cause unintended effects such as toxic... | {
"abstract": "Antibodies to digitalis glycosides have been elicited in experimental animals and have been utilized in the development of rapid, sensitive, specific and convenient radioimmunoassay methods for the clinical measurement of digoxin and other cardiac glycosides in man. The use of these assay methods has s... |
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"abstract": "Although recent studies suggest the existence of distinct positive emotions in terms of an evolutionary framework, no study has examined the facial expression in several positive emotions. Present study examined the subjective experience of emotion and facial muscle activity by facial electromyographic... | {
"abstract": "Much research has found that positive affect facilitates increased reliance on heuristics in cognition. However, theories proposing distinct evolutionary fitness-enhancing functions for specific positive emotions also predict important differences among the consequences of different positive emotion st... | {
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"abstract": "Current efforts to reform the American high school face a number of complex realities. Among the most significant are the far-reaching economic and demographic changes in the United States over the past several decades. The restructuring of the economy has made some education beyond high school the new... | {
"abstract": "The purpose of this case study was to examine and extrapolate the primary design elements of early/middle colleges in Minnesota that are most likely to support expanded statewide implementation of the model. These early/middle colleges are presently located in Anoka and Rochester and on the Iron Range ... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, we revisit the memristor concept within circuit theory. We start from the definition of the basic circuit elements; then, we introduce the original formulation of the memristor concept and summarize some of the controversies on its nature. We also point out the ambiguities resulting from... | {
"abstract": "The subject matter of this paper is an attempt to specify the characteristics of a certain class of two terminal dissipative elements and the conditions under which such elements will display both real and imaginary components of A.C. impedance. Since it is difficult to find a systematic treatment of t... | {
"abstract": "The squid giant axon was placed in a shallow narrow trough and current was sent in at two electrodes in opposite sides of the trough and out at a third electrode several centimeters away. The potential difference across the membrane was measured between an inside fine capillary electrode with its tip i... |
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"abstract": "Plager-VG is an architecture to design, execute, analyze and adapt video game - based learning processes, especially those that include group activities and use collaborative learning techniques. In this paper, we focus on the processes of monitoring and adaptation, both the game and educational conten... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we present part of our current work: a proposal on a Software System evolutionary framework. This proposal is based mainly on previous work carried out by the GEDES (Group of Specification, Development and Evolution of Software) Research Group. Within this framework, we try to model the w... | {
"abstract": "This paper proposes a novel breaking strategy for dramatically shortening the response time of a single, stable electromagnetic contactor. A reverse voltage was applied across the excitation coil to increase the decay velocity of the magnetic field in the iron core, leading to a dramatic reduction of t... |
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"abstract": "This paper investigates stability of nonlinear control systems under intermittent information. Following recent results in the literature, we replace the traditional periodic paradigm, where the up‐to‐date information is transmitted and control laws are executed in a periodic fashion, with the event‐tr... | {
"abstract": "We consider the scenario where a controller communicates with a mobile robot via a network. Our objective is to design the control law such that the robot tracks a given reference trajectory while reducing the usage of the communication channel. For that purpose, we design a nonlinear event-triggered f... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Clinical supervision is of growing importance, but poor conceptualization continues to impede research and practice. We conducted a “best evidence synthesis” (empirical review) of the literature to generate an integrative summary of the concepts and models used (implicitly or explicitly) in 24... |
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"abstract": "L iver ischemia and hypoxia can lead to cholestasis through various mechanisms and may present in different clinical scenarios. In general, cholestasis can occur at the level of hepatocytes (hepatocellular cholestasis) or of bile duct epithelial cells (ductular/ductal cholestasis) (Fig. 1). The clinica... | {
"abstract": "Cholestasis is a common complication in patients with extrahepatic bacterial infection and sepsis. This article gives a comprehensive overview of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of sepsis-associated cholestasis. Recent advances in the understanding of intrahepatic cholestasis have allowed us to d... | {
"abstract": "Organic cation transporters (OCTs) are responsible for excretion of cationic substances into urine. Tissue OCT expression may be important for the disposition and excretion of xenobiotics. Therefore, OCT1, OCT2, OCT3, OCTN1, and OCTN2 mRNA levels were measured in adult rat tissues and rat kidney tissue... |
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"abstract": "В наши дни трудно представить современные научные исследования без использования инструментов визуальной аналитики. Исследователи столь же часто анализируют науные данные на базе анализа поставленных им в соответсвие графический изображений, как и в повседневной жизни люди судят о предметах в основном ... | {
"abstract": "A well-known definition of visualization is the mapping of initial data to a visual representation, which can be perceived and interpreted by humans. Human senses include not only vision, but also hearing, sense of touch, smell and others including their combinations. Visual analytics and its more gene... | {
"abstract": "This study investigates the effectiveness of user design methods to create a sonification for an astronomer who analyses exoplanet meteorological data situated in habitable zones. Requirements about the astronomer's work, the dataset and how to sonify it utilising Grounded Theory were identified. Param... |
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"abstract": "Direct Marketing is a form of advertising strategies which aims to communicate directly with the most potential customers for a certain product using the most appropriate communication channel. Banks are spending a huge amount of money on their marketing campaigns, so they are increasingly interested i... | {
"abstract": "Direct marketing has generated an increasing interest among academics and practitioners over the past few years. This is due to competitive market environment, advancement in technology and changing behavior of customers which are difficult to predict. Despite of numerous studies that have provided imp... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Advancements in technology have made relationship marketing a reality in recent years. Technologies such as data warehousing, data mining, and campaign management software have made customer relationship management a new area where firms can gain a competitive advantage. Particularly through d... |
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"abstract": "This demonstration highlights some emerging capabilities for incremental speech understanding and processing in virtual human dialogue systems. This work is part of an ongoing effort that aims to enable realistic spoken dialogue with virtual humans in multi-party negotiation scenarios (Pluss et al., 20... | {
"abstract": "We describe the dialogue model for the virtual humans developed at the Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California. The dialogue model contains a rich set of information state and dialogue moves to allow a wide range of behaviour in multimodal, multiparty interaction. W... | {
"abstract": "Attaching next-generation non-volatile memories (NVMs) to the main memory bus provides low-latency, byte-addressable access to persistent data that should significantly improve performance for a wide range of storage-intensive workloads. We present an analysis of storage application performance with no... |
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"abstract": "\n We present the results of the light curve model fitting technique applied to optical and near-infrared photometric data for a sample of 18 Classical Cepheids (11 fundamentals and 7 first overtones) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We use optical photometry from the OGLE III data base and near-in... | {
"abstract": "The “VISTA near-infrared YJKs survey of the Magellanic Clouds System” (VMC) is collecting deep Ks-band time-series photometry of pulsating variable stars hosted by the two Magellanic Clouds and their connecting Bridge. In this paper, we present Y, J, Ks light curves for a sample of 4172 Small Magellani... | {
"abstract": "Cepheids and RR Lyrae are among the most important primary distance indicators to calibrate the extragalactic distance ladder and excellent stellar population tracers, for Population I and Population II, respectively. In this paper I first mention some recent theoretical studies of Cepheids and RR Lyra... |
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"abstract": "Proactive companies analyze global megatrends to anticipate and leverage future opportunities in the marketplace. Limited body of academic research ex-ists to facilitate global megatrends forecasting. The objective of this paper is to identify important global megatrends that are being facilitated by t... | {
"abstract": "Abstract\nGrid computing, in which a network of computers is integrated to create a very fast virtual computer, is becoming ever more prevalent. Examples include the TeraGrid and Planet-lab.org, as well as applications on the existing Internet that take advantage of unused computing and storage capacit... | {
"abstract": "The throughput (rate of task completion) of a multi-server system is typically the sum of the service rates of individual servers. In this paper we demonstrate how task replication can result in a higher throughput, and we seek to find the fundamental limit of this throughput boost. Several recent work... |
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"abstract": "Discriminative feature based modeling (DFM) is widely used for moving object detection, which, however, may tend to fail when encountering camouflage problems. In this paper we propose a new strategy, camouflage modeling (CM), to detect camouflaged moving objects. In view that a camouflage area is high... | {
"abstract": "We analyze the computer vision task of pixel-level background subtraction. We present recursive equations that are used to constantly update the parameters of a Gaussian mixture model and to simultaneously select the appropriate number of components for each pixel. We also present a simple non-parametr... | {
"abstract": "Background subtraction is a crucial step in many automatic video content analysis applications. While numerous acceptable techniques have been proposed so far for background extraction, there is still a need to produce more efficient algorithms in terms of adaptability to multiple environments, noise r... |
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"abstract": "Steady states are often used to study long-term behaviors of (bio)-chemical systems. Recently, network-based approaches have been given attention to derive parametrizations of positive steady states of these systems that follow mass-action kinetics. In this work, we consider deriving positive steady st... | {
"abstract": "Dynamical systems arising from chemical reaction networks with mass action kinetics are the subject of chemical reaction network theory (CRNT). In particular, this theory provides statements about uniqueness, existence, and stability of positive steady states for all rate constants and initial conditio... | {
"abstract": "TiO2-based composites have been paid significant attention in the photocatalysis field. The size, crystallinity and nanomorphology of TiO2 materials have an important effect on the photocatalytic efficiency. The synthesis and photocatalytic activity of TiO2-based materials have been widely investigated... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT There is an increasing demand for simple, greener, and cost-effective synthesis of nanomaterials and nanostructures with well-defined and uniform architectures. Recently, various studies are focused on the application of plant viruses and bacteriophages to construct innovative nano-based syste... | {
"abstract": "Mesoporous semiconducting networks exhibit advantageous photoelectrochemical properties. The M13 virus is a versatile biological scaffold that has been genetically engineered to organize various materials into nanowire (NW)-based mesoporous structures. In this study, high-aspect ratio titanium dioxide ... | {
"abstract": "Deep silicon etching in an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reactor offers a high etch rate (7 μm/min), nearly vertical profile with simple oxide masking. Test structures with patterns of different sizes (from a few microns to over 100 μm) and shapes (square and circular holes and trenches of variable ... |
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"abstract": "The gut microbiota is composed of several microbial strains, with diverse and variable combinations in healthy and sick persons, changing at different stages of life. A healthy balance between host and gut microorganisms must be maintained in order to perform the normal physiological, metabolic, and im... | {
"abstract": "S-layer proteins (Slps) are crystalline arrays of protein on bacterial cell surface layers. Owning to their capability to reassemble on the surface of lipid layers, Slps have been employed to modify liposomes for various profits. But the interaction information between Slps and positively charged lipos... | {
"abstract": "[reaction: see text] A wide variety of N-alkyl-3-iodoindoles are readily prepared under very mild reaction conditions by the palladium/copper-catalyzed cross-coupling of N,N-dialkyl-o-iodoanilines and terminal alkynes, followed by electrophilic cyclization by I(2)(). Alkyl-, aryl-, and vinylic-substitu... |
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"abstract": "This paper explores the potential of Bronfenbrenner’s Bio-ecological Model of Human Development (Bronfenbrenner and Morris, 2006) as a framework for theory and research in education. It draws on other well-known conceptual approaches, particularly Bourdieu’s theories of social reproduction, habitus, fi... | {
"abstract": "Transition in education benefits from an established and wide ranging literature which \nincludes transition into education and transition between educational institutions, for \nchildren and adults alike. Much of the literature provides rich, descriptive material which \nserves to illuminate the exper... | {
"abstract": "This article examines the impact of experiencing several major life transitions simultaneously in early adolescence. For many children, entry into the new life period of adolescence is marked by the transition from a relatively intimate elementary school setting into a more complex, impersonal junior h... |
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"abstract": "Purpose: Several studies have documented a deficiency in the delivery of preventive services to adolescents during physician visits in the United States. This study sought to assess and compare pediatric, family medicine (FM), and obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) resident perceptions of their respons... | {
"abstract": "Residents in six specialty training programs completed a 126-item questionnaire designed to assess their skill or confidence to manage adolescent health issues. The residency programs studied were family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and combined me... | {
"abstract": "ADOLESCENT medicine began more than 30 years ago when J. Roswell Gallagher established the first Adolescent Unit at Boston Children's Hospital in 1952. 1 His rationale was that \"medical clinics devoted to the care of a single age group foster a physician's tendency to consider his patient, diminish th... |
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"abstract": "Provided that they are scientifically substantiated, nutrition and health (NH) claims linked to food products can help consumers make well-informed food choices. The new European legislation on NH claims made on foods entered into force on 19 January 2007. The law sets out conditions for their use, est... | {
"abstract": "The authors analyze the impact of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act on the use of voluntary claims in 19 product categories between 1992 and 1999. The percentage of products that make nutrient-content claims decreased somewhat, and the major effect was a redistribution of claim activity among pr... | {
"abstract": "Background: Extensive debate surrounds the practice of continuous sedation until death to control refractory symptoms in terminal cancer care. We examined reported practice of United Kingdom, Belgian and Dutch physicians and nurses. Methods: Qualitative case studies using interviews. Setting: Hospitals... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, a new flip flop called clock gated static pulsed flip-flop (CGSPFF) is proposed. The dynamic power consumption in CGSPFF is reduced by avoiding unnecessary input pulse transitions with clock gating. Two transistors in the main block of the flip-flop are eliminated to achieve low leakage ... | {
"abstract": "Two simple structures of low-power dual-edge triggered static pulsed flip-flops (DSPFF) are presented in this paper. They are composed of a dual-edge pulse generator and a static flip-flop with equal toggling delays. The static feature of DSPFF avoids unnecessary internal node transitions to reduce pow... | {
"abstract": "1. Modern Languages Teaching: In search of methodology 2. What it is to know, what it is to learn 3. Learners' Strategies 4. Strategy Instruction 5. Strategy Instruction in Action Conclusion",
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"title": "Modern Languages and Learning Strategies: In Theory and Pr... |
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"abstract": "We develop an artificial neural circuit for contour tracking and navigation inspired by the chemotaxis of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. In order to harness the computational advantages spiking neural networks promise over their non-spiking counterparts, we develop a network comprising 7-spiking ... | {
"abstract": "The nematode C. elegans has attracted a great deal of interest from the neuroscience community due to the simplicity of its nervous system, which in the hermaphrodite is composed of just 302 neurons. C. elegans is known to engage in a number of sophisticated behaviours such as chemo- and thermotaxis. E... | {
"abstract": "The pentapeptide proctolin has been localized previously to the crustacean stomatogastric nervous system and shown to modulate the rhythmic activity of the pyloric network in the stomatogastric ganglion (STG) (Marder et al., 1986; Hooper and Marder, 1987). We have now identified a pair of modulatory pr... |
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"abstract": "The purpose of the paper is to set up a model for the nonisothermal transition between incompressible phases. The scheme involves an order parameter as a phase field. Because of the incompressibility the phase field is identified with the volume fraction occupied by one of the phases. As a whole, the p... | {
"abstract": "The paper investigates the modelling of phase transitions in multiphase fluid mixtures. The order parameter is identified with the set of concentrations and is a phase field in that it varies smoothly in the space region. This in turn requires that the continuity equations be regarded as constraints on... | {
"abstract": "We provide a thermodynamic basis for the development of models that are usually referred to as “phase-field models” for compressible, incompressible, and quasi-incompressible fluids. Using the theory of mixtures as a starting point, we develop a framework within which we can derive “phase-field models”... |
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"abstract": "INTRODUCTION\nmanipur, one of the northeastern states of India, lies on the ancient silk route and serves as a meeting point between the Southeast Asia and South Asia.\n\n\nAIMS\nthis study was conducted to understand and estimate the genomic diversity among various population groups of Manipur, with a... | {
"abstract": "SummaryPolymerase chain reaction and direct sequencing were used to investigate an amplified DNA fragment containing the suspected polymorphic site of all known intragenic restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) within the human tissue-type plasminogen activator (TPA) gene. Sequence data obta... | {
"abstract": "Objective—Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), a serine protease, catalyzes the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin, the major enzyme responsible for endogenous fibrinolysis. In some populations, elevated plasma levels of tPA have been associated with myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular dise... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Hearing loss affects both speech perception and production with detrimental effects on various speech characteristics including coarticulatory dynamics. The aim of the present study is to explore consonant-to-vowel (C-to-V) and vowel-to-vowel (V-to-V) coarticulation in magnitude, direction and... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Purpose: The study examines F1, F2 and F3 formant frequencies of vowels produced by six Greek intelligible speakers with profound hearing impairment and six speakers with normal hearing (three male and three female in each group). Method: The formant frequencies are measured in words of the fo... | {
"abstract": "We search the literature for reports on the spectral properties of neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries when they have accretion luminosities between 1034 and 1036 erg s−1, corresponding to roughly 0.01-1 per cent of the Eddington accretion rate for a neutron star. We found that in this luminosity rang... |
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"abstract": "Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMAs) are a special type of smart materials which can commonly display strains of about 6 % by applying an external magnetic field. The large magnetic induced strain and the possibility of non-contact actuation make those materials promising active elements for actua... | {
"abstract": "Due to their outstanding strain capability, Magnetic Shape Memory actuators are a promising technology for positioning systems. Their wide hysteresis and dependence on temperature require a control system capable to cope with time-varying hysteresis as well as other uncertainties. In this paper, we ado... | {
"abstract": "Preisach-type operators model hysteresis via weighted superposition of a large (and even infinite) number of basic hysteretic elements (called hysterons), and they have proven capable of capturing various complicated hysteretic behaviors. While inverse compensation is an effective approach to control o... |
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"abstract": "Summary Interleukin-11 (IL-11, CAS 145941-26-0) is a cytokine that ameliorates thrombocytopenia induced by chemotherapy. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is frequently used clinically as an adjuvant therapy to ameliorate neutropenia. In this study, it has been investigated whether IL-11 in... | {
"abstract": "We investigated how in vivo effects of single hematopoietic cytokines change if given in combination for a prolonged time. Mice were treated with every combination of recombinant human (rh) erythropoietin (EPO), rh granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), recombinant rat (rr) stem cell factor (SC... | {
"abstract": "In this study, we determined in vivo interactions between hemopoietic growth factors and etoposide (VP-16) to assess whether normal blood cell production could be maintained during chemotherapy if hemopoietic growth factors were simultaneously administered. Groups of mice were treated for 7 consecutive... |
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"abstract": "Audio repetition detection has played a very important role in applications of content-based intelligent radio/TV services. In this paper, a method for fast and accurate audio repetition detection in broadcast audio/video is proposed based on the audio feature EEUPC (Energy Envelope Unit Position and C... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we propose a method for detecting and precisely segmenting repeated sections of broadcast streams. This method allows advertisements to be removed and replaced with new ads in redistributed television material. The detection stage starts from acoustic matches and validates the hypothesiz... | {
"abstract": "We present a system developed for content-based broadcast news video browsing for home users. There are three main factors that distinguish our work from other similar ones. First, we have integrated the image and audio analysis results in identifying news segments. Second, we use the video OCR technol... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Introduction Desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is an extremely rare and highly aggressive soft tissue sarcoma, presenting mainly in male adolescents and young adults with multiple nodules disseminated within the abdominopelvic cavity. Despite a multimodal approach including aggressiv... | {
"abstract": "Purpose: Despite the frequent overexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), the efficacy of cetuximab alone is limited. Given the marked activity of namitecan, a hydrophilic camptothecin, against SCC models, the present study was performed to explore the ef... | {
"abstract": "Most scholarly efforts to understand the political economy of postwar urban redevelopment have typically viewed urban renewal and public housing as \"housing\" programs that originated with the \"federal\" government. Yet this view is problematic for two reasons. First, it fails to specify the key acto... |
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"abstract": "Blood flow shapes vascular networks by orchestrating endothelial cell behavior and function. How endothelial cells read and interpret flow-derived signals is poorly understood. Here, we show that endothelial cells in the developing mouse retina form and use luminal primary cilia to stabilize vessel con... | {
"abstract": "Blood flow plays crucial roles in vascular development, remodeling and homeostasis, but the molecular pathways required for transducing flow signals are not well understood. In zebrafish embryos, arterial expression of activin receptor-like kinase 1 (alk1), which encodes a TGFβ family type I receptor, ... | {
"abstract": "Formation of a hierarchically organized blood vessel network by sprouting angiogenesis is critical for tissue growth, homeostasis and regeneration. How in this process endothelial cells arise in adequate numbers and arrange suitably to shape a functional vascular network is poorly understood. Here we s... |
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"abstract": "Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a multisystem disorder with ocular, pulmonary, and cardiovascular involvement. The incidence of pulmonary involvement varies from 1 to 52%. Abnormal T‐cell function‐derived immune responses are involved in AS pathogenesis. Numerous genes such as CTLA4 and CD28 control T‐c... | {
"abstract": "IntroductionCytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is a costimulatory molecule expressed by activated T cells. This study was performed to investigate the allele and genotype frequencies of CTLA4 gene polymorphisms in Iranian patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).MethodsOne hundred and fifty-sev... | {
"abstract": "HLA-B27 is the major genetic susceptibility factor for ankylosing spondylitis (AS). However, its precise role in the pathogenesis of AS still remains unclear, even though its gene has been cloned and sequenced, and its crystallographic structure has been defined. Arthritogenic peptide and molecular mim... |
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"abstract": "Bufalin has been shown to be effective against a variety of cancer cells, but its role in lung cancer has never been studied in an animal model. In this study, we evaluated bufalin effects in a human lung cancer cell line NCI‐H460 both in vitro and in vivo. Bufalin caused significant cytotoxicity in NC... | {
"abstract": "Leukemia, one of the causes of cancer-related death in humans, is an aggressive malignancy via the rapid growth of abnormal white blood cells. The aim of this study was to determine the anti-leukemia effect of glycyrrhizic acid (GA) on a mouse leukemia cell line, WEH... | {
"abstract": "Replication of retroviral and host genomes requires ribonucleotide reductase to convert rNTPs to dNTPs, which are then used as substrates for DNA synthesis. Inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase by hydroxyurea (HU) has been previously used to treat cancers as well as HIV. However, the use of HU as an ... |
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"abstract": "The ability of the genome to support normal cellular homeostasis and to transmit genetic information is directly dependent upon how well its covalent structure is preserved. Inside the cell, DNA is under constant attack by exogenous environmental toxins and cellular metabolites, free radicals, oxidizin... | {
"abstract": "Abasic sites are common DNA lesions resulting from spontaneous depurination and excision of damaged nucleobases by DNA repair enzymes. However, the influence of the local sequence context on the structure of the abasic site and ultimately, its recognition and repair, remains elusive. In the present stu... | {
"abstract": "Bleomycins (BLMs) are antitumor antibiotics that in the presence of iron and oxygen mediate DNA damage by 4'-hydrogen atom abstraction of pyrimidines 3' to guanines. The resulting 4'-deoxyribose radicals can be trapped by O2 and ultimately result in the formation of base-propenal and gapped DNA with 3'... |
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