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"abstract": "Introduction: The gold standard diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma is essentially histological. Dermoscopy adds to clinical examination improved sensitivity and specificity. Objective: To evaluate the histological profile of risk melanocytic lesions excised in a dermatology service. Methods: Case review t... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND The incidence of cutaneous melanoma is increasing worldwide. Since it is an aggressive neoplasm, it is difficult to treat in advanced stages; early diagnosis is important to heal the patient. Melanocytic nevi are benign pigmented skin lesions while atypical nevi are associated with the risk ... | {
"abstract": "The diagnostic accuracy and index of suspicion concerning malignant melanoma were calculated based on review of 5,538 histologically examined lesions (of which 99 were melanomas) that were recorded in the Oncology Section of the Skin and Cancer Unit from 1955 to 1967. The diagnostic accuracy of the phy... |
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"abstract": "Spontaneous high‐voltage rhythmic spike (HVRS) discharges at 6–12 Hz have been widely described in the electrocorticogram (EcoG) of Long‐Evans rats. These ECoG oscillations have been proposed to reflect a state of attentive immobility allowing the optimization of sensory integration within the corticot... | {
"abstract": "Absence seizures are characterized by impairment of consciousness associated with widespread bilaterally synchronous spike-and-wave discharges (SWDs) in the electroencephalogram (EEG), which reflect highly synchronized oscillations in thalamocortical networks. Although recent pharmacological studies su... | {
"abstract": "We review data demonstrating that single-neuron sensory responses change with the states of the neural networks (indexed in terms of spectral properties of local field potentials) in which those neurons are embedded. We start with broad network changes--different levels of anesthesia and sleep--and the... |
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"abstract": "A healthy and a dignified life experience requires adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) coverage. However, inadequate WaSH resources remain a significant public health challenge in many communities in Southern Africa. A systematic search of peer-reviewed journal articles from 2010 –May 2022 w... | {
"abstract": "Water services providers should supply water that is fit for human consumption, taking into account multi-barrier approaches and technical aspects such as design aspects, operation monitoring, final water quality compliance monitoring, plant monitoring practices, maintenance, and risk management practi... | {
"abstract": "ion Raw Water Storage Tank Chemical Addition and Flash Mixing",
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"title": "IMPROVING DISINFECTION EFFICIENCY IN SMALL DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANTS"
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"abstract": "Few studies have discussed the roles of parents towards addressing ecological crisis. Yet, discourses on these roles have always been approached from a secular perspective. To this end, this paper critically discusses the roles of parents towards ecological crisis from the Christian or biblical perspec... | {
"abstract": "The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC; Christensen et al 2007) has, with greater confidence than previous reports, warned the international community that the increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gases emissions will result in global climate change. One of ... | {
"abstract": "The agricultural sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to be confronted with multiple shocks and crises, threatening the endowments of the sector and impeding efforts at attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the region via the sector. We note that shocks to the agricultural sector... |
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"abstract": "The success of deep convolutional networks on on tasks involving high-dimensional data such as images or audio suggests that they are able to efficiently approximate certain classes of functions that are not cursed by dimensionality. In this paper, we study this theoretically and empirically through th... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we introduce a new image representation based on a multilayer kernel machine. Unlike traditional kernel methods where data representation is decoupled from the prediction task, we learn how to shape the kernel with supervision. We proceed by first proposing improvements of the recently-i... | {
"abstract": "The application of THz to medical imaging is experiencing a surge in both interest and federal funding. A brief overview of the field is provided along with promising and emerging applications and ongoing research. THz imaging phenomenology is discussed and tradeoffs are identified. A THz medical imagi... |
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"abstract": "This report is published as part of the EPA Research Programme 2014–2020. The EPA Research \nProgramme is a Government of Ireland initiative funded by the Department of Communications, \nClimate Action and Environment. It is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, which \nhas the statutory... | {
"abstract": "A preliminary assessment of the bioaccessibility of contaminants of emerging concern (CeCs), including perfluorinated compounds (PFCs; i.e. PFOS and PFUnA), brominated flame retardants (BFRs; i.e. BDE47, BDE100, α-HBCD) and pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs; i.e. venlafaxine, methylpara... | {
"abstract": "A new bio-inspired method was applied in this study to simultaneously improve the monovalent anion selectivity and antifouling properties of anion exchange membranes (AEMs). Three-layer architecture was developed by deposition of polydopamine (PDA) and electro-deposition of N-O-sulfonic acid benzyl chi... |
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"abstract": "Spelling correction for keyword-search queries is challenging in restricted domains such as personal email (or desktop) search, due to the scarcity of query logs, and due to the specialized nature of the domain. For that task, this paper presents an algorithm that is based on statistics from the corpus... | {
"abstract": "Spelling correction is the task of correcting words in texts. Most of the available spelling correction tools only work on isolated words and compute a list of spelling suggestions ranked by edit-distance, letter-n-gram similarity or comparable measures. Although the probability of the best ranked sugg... | {
"abstract": "Abstract CloniZER spell checker is an adaptive, language independent and 'built-in error pattern free' spell checker tool which is based on 'Ternary Search Tree' data structure. It suggests the proper form of the misspelled words using nondeterministic traverse. In other words the problem of spell chec... |
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"abstract": "Many bacteria produce reddish brown to black pigments and some of these have been characterised. This report describes the isolation and characterisation of a diffusible brown melanin-like pigment from the bacterium Aeromonas media. Physico-chemical testing suggested that the pigment is a true melanin.... | {
"abstract": "The surface-adhering, Gram-negative marine bacterium Shewanella colwelliana synthesizes a red-brow melanin in the late stage of exponential growth in laboratory culture. Previous studies identified a single gene, melA, from S. colwelliana that could impart the ability to produce melanin to an E. coli h... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundNeuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease that predominantly affects the optic nerves and the spinal cord, and is possibly mediated by an immune mechanism distinct from that of multiple sclerosis (MS). Central scotoma is recognized as a characteristic visual field de... |
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"abstract": "Black hole production at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was first discussed in 1999. Since then, much work has been performed in predicting the black hole cross section. In light of the start up of the LHC, it is now timely to review the state of these calculations. We review the uncertainties in esti... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Large extra dimensions lower the Planck scale to values soon accessible. Motivated by string theory, the models of large extra dimensions predict a vast number of new effects in the energy range of the lowered Planck scale, among them the production of TeV-mass black holes. But not only is the... | {
"abstract": "Deeply penetrating particles in the 10 to the 17th power eV cosmic ray flux were investigated. No such events were found in 8.2 x 10 to the 6th power sec of running time. Limits were set on the following: quark-matter in the primary cosmic ray flux; long-lived, weakly interacting particles produced in ... |
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"abstract": "Human SEMAPHORIN 5A (SEMA5A) is an autism susceptibility gene; however, its function in brain development is unknown. In this study, we show that mouse Sema5A negatively regulates synaptogenesis in early, developmentally born, hippocampal dentate granule cells (GCs). Sema5A is strongly expressed by GCs... | {
"abstract": "Wnt proteins play a crucial role in several aspects of neuronal circuit formation. Wnts can signal through different receptors including Frizzled, Ryk and Ror2. In the hippocampus, Wnt7a stimulates the formation of synapses; however, its receptor remains poorly characterized. Here, we demonstrate that ... |
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"abstract": "During the last decade, life sciences researchers have gained access to the entire human genome, reliable high-throughput biotechnologies, affordable computational resources, and public network access. This has produced vast amounts of data and knowledge captured in the life sciences Web, and has creat... | {
"abstract": "Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) has been a topic of research interest for nearly a decade. Approaches to date use image features for describing content. A survey of the literature shows that progress has been limited to prototype systems that make gross assumptions and approximations. Additionally... | {
"abstract": "Digital imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) is a standard developed for handling large amount of pictorial information in Medical imaging. With the vast availability of medical imaging applications like computed tomography, magnetic resonance, digital radiography, radiation therapy and ultra... |
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"abstract": "Human has the ability to roughly estimate the distance of objects because of the stereo vision of human’s eyes. In this paper we proposed an improved stereo vision system to accurately measure the distance of objects in real world. Object distance is very useful for obstacle avoidance and navigation o... | {
"abstract": "Human has the ability to roughly estimate the distance and size of an object because of the stereo vision of human's eyes. In this project, we proposed to utilize stereo vision system to accurately measure the distance and size (height and width) of object in view. Object size identification is very us... | {
"abstract": "Exploration in multi-task reinforcement learning is critical in training agents to deduce the underlying MDP. Many of the existing exploration frameworks such as $E^3$, $R_{max}$, Thompson sampling assume a single stationary MDP and are not suitable for system identification in the multi-task setting. ... |
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"abstract": "Chongqing Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400054, People’s Republic of China Purpose: To investigate the effect of geniposide on the biosynthesis of insulin and the expression protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and endoplasmic... | {
"abstract": "Changes in assisted protein folding are largely unexplored in diabetes. In the present studies, we have identified a reductive shift in the redox status of rat liver microsomes after 4 weeks of streptozotocin-induced diabetes. This change was reflected by a significant increase in the total- and protei... | {
"abstract": "Regulation of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-response pathway during the course of diabetes specifically in renal tubules is unclear. Since tubule cell dysfunction is critical to progression of diabetic nephropathy, this study analyzed markers of ER stress response and ER chaperones at different... |
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"abstract": "This action research study explored attitudes and expectations of faculty at a Midwestern university who taught at least one fully online course during 2014. The study focused on instructor perceptions toward and experiences with web-based instruction, particularly in the critical areas of assessment a... | {
"abstract": "The past decade has witnessed an explosion in online learning opportunities for post-secondary students throughout the United States. The university has developed a Faculty Online Observation (FOO) model to allow for an annual observation of online adjunct faculty with a focus on five major areas of fa... | {
"abstract": "Automatic repair: a polymer with pendent dibenzo[24]crown-8 units (purple in picture) was cross-linked by two bisammonium salts (green) to form two supramolecular gels based on host-guest interactions. These two gels are stimuli-responsive materials that respond to changes of the pH value and are also ... |
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"abstract": "We investigate the origin of the intrinsic scatter in the correlation between black hole mass (MBH) and bulge luminosity (Lbul) in a sample of 45 massive, local (z≲ 0.35) type 1 active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We derive MBH from published optical spectra assuming a spherical broad-line region, and Lbul ... | {
"abstract": "VLT on-axis optical spectroscopy of the $z=0.144$ radio-loud quasar HE 1434-1600 is presented. The spatially resolved spectra of the host galaxy are deconvolved and separated from those of the central quasar in order to study the dynamics of the stars and gas as well as the physical conditions of the I... | {
"abstract": "We investigate the origin of the intrinsic scatter in the correlation between black hole mass (MBH) and bulge luminosity (Lbul) in a sample of 45 massive, local (z≲ 0.35) type 1 active galactic nuclei (AGNs). We derive MBH from published optical spectra assuming a spherical broad-line region, and Lbul ... |
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"abstract": "Helicobacter pylori colonizes the human gastric epithelium and induces chronic gastritis, which can lead to gastric cancer. Through cell-cell contacts the gastric epithelium forms a barrier to protect underlying tissue from pathogenic bacteria; however, H. pylori have evolved numerous strategies to per... | {
"abstract": "Activation of protein kinase C (PKC) has been shown to regulate electrolyte transport in rabbit small intestine. We investigated the types of PKC isoforms in rabbit ileal villus and crypt cells and the potential for phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) to induce translocation of the PKC from the cytos... |
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"abstract": "The fitness cost associated with resistance genes was investigated on mosquito’s viability. We studied four fitness parameters in a laboratory-selected strain of Culex pipiens associated with resistance to the insecticide temephos. S-Lab was the susceptible strain used for comparison. Two genes are inv... | {
"abstract": "The highly active esterases A′ and B that cannot be dissociated from OP resistance in Culex pipiens from France and California are shown to have equivalent Km values (2.1×10−6m/min/mosquito) but different turnover rates (Vm=2.13 and 0.57×10−6m/min/mosquito, respectively) and pH for maximum activity. Bo... | {
"abstract": "The lightweight fast ferry industry that has emerged in Australia over the last couple of decades has been a remarkable and surprising success story. Given the contraction of manufacturing in general and traditional shipbuilding in particular, its growth is all the more noteworthy. This paper analyses ... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nExecutive function deficits are well-established in ADHD. Unfortunately, replicated evidence indicates that executive function training for ADHD has been largely unsuccessful. We hypothesized that this may reflect insufficient targeting, such that extant protocols do not sufficiently and spe... | {
"abstract": "The current study examined competing predictions of the working memory and behavioral inhibition models of ADHD. Behavioral inhibition was measured using a conventional stop-signal task, and central executive, phonological, and visuospatial working memory components (Baddeley 2007) were assessed in 14 ... | {
"abstract": "A flow sensor is disclosed, which has a thin film heater which is formed atop a cavity formed in the substrate, and the thin film heater is formed on its upstream and downstream sides with slits for separating it and temperature sensors from the substrate. The slits have such a small width that a lamin... |
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"abstract": "Near‐field optical second harmonic microscopy has been applied to imaging of the c/a/c/a polydomain structure of epitaxial PbZrxTi1–xO3 thin films in the 0 < x < 0.4 range. Comparison of the near‐field optical images and the results of atomic force microscopy and X‐ray diffraction studies show that an ... | {
"abstract": "PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3(PZT) thin films with and without La0.5Sr0.5CoO3(LSCO) electrodes were grown epitaxially on (001) SrTiO3 at 650 °C by pulsed laser deposition. The domain structure of the 400 nm thick PZT films with different electrode layer configurations was investigated by x-ray diffraction and transmi... | {
"abstract": "This paper deals with a modification of the Hill cipher. In this, we have introduced interweaving in each step of the iteration. The interweaving of the resulting plaintext, at each stage of the iteration, and the multiplication with the key matrix leads to confusion and diffusion. From the cryptanalys... |
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"abstract": "Significance Humans possess the remarkable ability to recombine details of divergent memories into imaginings of future events. Such imaginings are useful, for example, because they foster planning and motivate farsighted decisions. Importantly, recurrently imagining feared situations can also undermin... | {
"abstract": "Information that is congruent with existing knowledge (a schema) is usually better remembered than less congruent information. Only recently, however, has the role of schemas in memory been studied from a systems neuroscience perspective. Moreover, incongruent (novel) information is also sometimes bett... | {
"abstract": "Reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms have made huge progress in recent years by leveraging the power of deep neural networks (DNN). Despite the success, deep RL algorithms are known to be sample inefficient, often requiring many rounds of interaction with the environments to obtain satisfactory perfo... |
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"abstract": "We develop a data-driven optimal shrinkage algorithm for matrix denoising in the presence of high-dimensional noise with separable covariance structure; that is, the nose is colored and dependent. The algorithm, coined extended OptShrink (eOptShrink), involves a new imputation and rank estimation and w... | {
"abstract": "The fetal ECG derived from abdominal leads provides an alternative to standard means of fetal monitoring. Furthermore, it permits long-term and ambulant recordings, which expands the range diagnostic possibilities for evaluating the fetal health state. However, due to the temporal and spectral overlap ... | {
"abstract": "In machine learning, there is a fundamental trade-off between ease of optimization and expressive power. Neural Networks, in particular, have enormous expressive power and yet are notoriously challenging to train. The nature of that optimization challenge changes over the course of learning. Traditiona... |
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"abstract": "Although bacterial plaque is primary etiologic factor in the initiation and progression of periodontal diseases, the host’s reactions to the presence of the bacteria are the one which mediates the periodontal tissue destruction. The periodontal tissue destruction is believed to be due to the host respo... | {
"abstract": "Conventional periodontal therapy consists of mechanical scaling and root planing, and surgical treatment. This is still the mainstay of periodontal treatment. Adjunctive antimicrobial treatments, both systemic and local delivery, are becoming more sophisticated and useful in the treatment of recurrent ... | {
"abstract": "1. The effect of increasing dietary calcium from 10.3 to 20 g/kg on 5- to 17-day growth performance and plasma minerals, electrolytes, total protein, albumin and glucose in chickens from 4 lines selected for: high 8-week body weight (W), low abdominal fat (L), high abdominal fat (F) or at random (C) wa... |
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"abstract": "Introduction: Oral tuberculosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 2 billion people are infected with tuberculosis. Objective: To report a rare case of oral tuberculosis with ulcers at two different sites. Ma... | {
"abstract": "Tuberculosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is a chronic granulomatous disease that can affect any part of the body, including the oral cavity. Oral lesions of tuberculosis, though uncommon, are seen in both the primary and secondary stages of the disease. This article presen... | {
"abstract": "Canada is one of the only nations in the world that offers universal health coverage that excludes outpatient prescription drug services. This means that citizens may find out their diagnosis free of charge, but must incur out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs dispensed outside of hospitals. Th... |
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"abstract": "Sjögren's Syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by histological and functional alterations of salivary and lacrimal glands that result in a severe dryness of the mouth and the eyes. The etiology of SS has remained undefined despite investigators' significant efforts to identify th... | {
"abstract": "Publisher Summary Early studies pointed to the directions for subsequent investigations and there has been continuing identification of other circulating autoantibodies, characterization of their respective cellular antigens, and demonstration of the relationship between autoantibodies and clinical syn... | {
"abstract": "Most, if not all, of the DNA polymerase alpha activity in monkey and human cells was complexed with at least two proteins, C1 and C2, that together stimulated the activity of this enzyme from 180- to 1800-fold on low concentrations of denatured DNA, parvovirus DNA, M13, and phi X174 DNA or RNA-primed D... |
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"abstract": "Immunohistochemistry has become an essential ancillary examination for the identification and classification of carcinomas of unknown primary site (CUPs). Over the last decade, the diagnostic accuracy of organ- or tumour-specific immunomarkers and the clinical validation of effective immunohistochemica... | {
"abstract": "Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) are soft tissue neoplasms with evidence of nerve sheath differentiation. They usually arise from peripheral nerves or from preexisting benign nerve sheath neoplasms, often in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). The histologic diagnosis of MPNST... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Monophasic epithelial synovial sarcoma is extremely rare, and its existence has been debated. We report a case of monophasic epithelial synovial sarcoma, which was initially diagnosed as metastatic adenocarcinoma. A 45-year-old woman presented with a tender pelvic mass, whose morphology was co... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Aims The aim of this official guideline published and coordinated by the German Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) in cooperation with the Austrian Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics (OEGGG) and the Swiss Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics (SGGG) was to provide consensus-base... | {
"abstract": "Background: A possible etiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer has been repeatedly reported in the literature. Objective: Our aim was to evaluate published epidemiological data on this issue. Review Methods: We conducted an extensive search of the literature in MEDLINE, of arti... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nTo examine the risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer in a cohort of women seeking treatment for infertility.\n\n\nMETHODS\nUsing whole-population linked hospital and registry data, we conducted a cohort study of 21,646 women commencing hospital investigation and treatment for infertili... |
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"abstract": "Past research has demonstrated the racially and spatially uneven impacts of economic shocks and environmental disasters on various markets. In this article, we examine if and how the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the market for rental housing in the 49 largest metropolitan areas in... | {
"abstract": "Abstract“Superstorm Sandy” brought unprecedented storm surge to New York City neighborhoods and like previous severe weather events exacerbated underlying inequalities in part because socially marginalized populations were concentrated in environmentally exposed areas. This study makes three primary co... | {
"abstract": "Two landmark policy interventions to improve the lives of youth through neighborhood mobility-the Gautreaux program in Chicago and the Moving to Opportunity experiments in five cities-have produced conflicting results and created a puzzle with broad implications: Do residential moves between neighborho... |
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"abstract": "textabstractSince the introduction of the AV fistula and the use of interposition graft little improvement has \nbeen made in the vascular access field. Still, vascular access related complications, are one of the \nmost important reasons for patient hospitalization, morbidity and even mortality (1,2).... | {
"abstract": "Venous pressures (VP) measured by the dialysis machine are widely used for access surveillance and have significantly improved outcomes. VP reflect the resistance in the venous outflow tract, which will rise in the presence of stenosis. Low graft flow caused by high graft resistance predicts thrombosis... | {
"abstract": "Volume flow rates were measured in 31 expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts (6 mm) of 26 patients undergoing hemodialysis. Flow was calculated from the known access graft diameter and by measurement of the mean Doppler shift frequency waveform. Overall flow rates were 750 +/- 383 ml/min (range, 0 to ... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous endocrine and metabolic disorder, characterized by chronic anovulation/oligomenorrhea, hyperandrogenism and insulin-resistance. Initial studies on the genetic basis of this disorder suggested both a maternal and paternal pattern of inheritanc... | {
"abstract": "Objectives Several studies have demonstrated associations of birth weight with metabolic and reproductive abnormalities in adults. The aim of this study was to investigate the birth weight in women with PCOS and its correlation with clinical and biochemical characteristics of the syndrome. Materials an... | {
"abstract": "nursing home beds while some outer London districts such as Croydon have 712 beds. It is estimated that two thirds of people in residential and nursing homes are financed through income support.3 From April 1992 this is £ 175 for residential homes and £270 per week for nursing homes. In inner London th... |
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"abstract": "Research suggests that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with sexual dysfunction; however, there is a paucity of research examining the relations among trauma exposure, PTSD, and low sexual desire, specifically. Thus, the goal of the present study was to investigate whether women with ... | {
"abstract": "INTRODUCTION\nDifficulties in sexual desire and function often occur in persons with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but many questions remain regarding the mechanisms underlying the occurrence of sexual problems in PTSD.\n\n\nAIM\nThe aim of this review was to present a model of sexual dysfuncti... | {
"abstract": "INTRODUCTION\nExtensive research suggests that long-term cigarette smoking is an independent risk factor for the introduction of sexual dysfunction in men. However, results of limited data investigating this relationship in women are mixed. No studies have examined the acute effects of tobacco or nicot... |
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"abstract": "Ocular recognition on smartphone authentication applications are gaining popularity in academic research and in the commercial sector where operators are requesting reliable and robust biometric authentication. The wide acceptance of such ocular based authentication systems also depends on the verifica... | {
"abstract": "Good biometric performance of iris recognition motivates it to be used for many large scale security and access control applications. Recent works have identified visible spectrum iris recognition as a viable option with considerable performance. Key advantages of visible spectrum iris recognition incl... | {
"abstract": "Algorithms first described in 1993 for recognizing persons by their iris patterns have now been tested in several public field trials, producing no false matches in several million comparison tests. The underlying recognition principle is the failure of a test of statistical independence on texture pha... |
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"abstract": "The model of integration of distributed knowledge resources in monitoring system is proposed. It is assumed that agent's knowledge about the states of objects is represented by the graded profiles. The procedure of data integration is given and the algorithm for semantic knowledge integration is introd... | {
"abstract": "A population of artificial cognitive agents is studied, where agents gather their individual knowledge in strictly private knowledge bases. In this paper we present an approach which integrates the autonomously obtained temporally-vague observations forming the global system perspective of the observed... | {
"abstract": "An original architecture for production and usage of modal linguistic summaries in IoT contexts and domains is presented. The underlying research takes into account basic features of real IoT contexts and tries to map them effectively into a set of functional requirements. The architecture is strongly ... |
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"abstract": "For most nonlinear systems, it is in general a difficult task to obtain algebraic controllability criteria. In this paper, we consider small-controllability of discrete-time state-affine nonlinear systems. We first focus on the systems in dimension two with single-input and improve a previous controlla... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, small-controllability and controllability of a class of nonlinear systems are studied. Both the discrete-time case and continuous-time case are considered. By proposing an implicit function approach, sufficient conditions for the systems respectively to be small-controllable and controll... | {
"abstract": "This note addresses the following problem: Find conditions under which a continuous-time (nonlinear) system gives rise, under constant rate sampling, to a discrete-time system which satisfies the accessibility property.",
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"abstract": "Introduction: Observational studies reported inverse associations between serum total 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations and mortality. Evolving evidence indicated, however, that bioavailable or free 25(OH)D may be even better predictors of mortality. We conducted a systematic review and meta... | {
"abstract": "Vitamin D stimulates transcription of antiangiogenic and apoptotic factors that may suppress tumours, while vitamin D binding protein (DBP) may be a biomarker in murine lung cancer models. We sought to ascertain whether the vitamin D axis is altered in lung cancer or influences prognosis. 148 lung canc... | {
"abstract": "Currently, the interest of the scientific community towards Polylactide (PLA), blended and/or functionalized with other biopolymers, is rapidly increasing due to its great potential as starting material for biomedical applications. This favorable approval arises from its excellent properties, such as b... |
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"abstract": "3 To my loving family and friends 4 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I thank Jesse Stephens for his encouragement, light-hearted attitude, and love; without his support my time as a graduate student would not have been as enjoyable. The serenity and reassurance of my family provided the zeal I needed to complete my deg... | {
"abstract": "Abstract How do inherent variations and uncertainties in empirical data constrain approaches to predictions and possibilities to identify critical thresholds and points of no return? This work addresses this question in discussing and reviewing key concepts and methods for coastal ecology and managemen... | {
"abstract": "USAGE Permission is granted to copy this article for use in teaching and research. Republication, systematic reproduction, or collective redistribution of any portion of this article by photocopy machine, reposting, or other means is permitted only with the approval of The Oceanography Society. Send al... |
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"abstract": "Domesticated pasture legumes have played an important role in shaping broadacre farming systems in Australia. Past efforts have not only delivered novel plants species and cultivars but also substantial knowhow about the processes of domestication that allows current efforts to be targeted and effectiv... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Legumes have played an increasingly important role in Mediterranean farming systems of southern Australia. The paper describes and explains the key factors and interactions which affect a farmer's management decisions regarding legume crops and pastures. These management decisions include whic... | {
"abstract": "World prices for agricultural commodities are traditionally unstable, but they were particularly turbulent during the late 1970s and early 1980s. This paper uses available post‐War data on individual commodity prices to test whether world price instability is increasing, and to examine its impact on th... |
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"abstract": "This review presents the comprehensive knowledge about the bidirectional relationship between polyphenols and the gut microbiome. The first part is related to polyphenols’ impacts on various microorganisms, especially bacteria, and their influence on intestinal pathogens. The research data on the mecha... | {
"abstract": "The antibacterial activity of methanol extract obtained from fruiting body of industrially grown basidiomycete Coriolus versicolor was examined. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) values against various bacteria ranged from 0.625 to 20 mg mL-1. C. versicolor expressed bactericidal activity agai... | {
"abstract": "LI‐Fs are a family of highly potent cyclic lipodepsipeptide antibiotics with a broad antimicrobial spectrum (Gram‐positive bacteria and fungi). In this study, LI‐F‐type antimicrobial peptides (AMP‐jsa9) composing of LI‐F03a, LI‐F03b, LI‐F04a, LI‐F04b and LI‐F05b were isolated from Paenibacillus polymyx... |
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"abstract": "The Fixed Anvil Temperature (FAT) hypothesis proposes that upper tropospheric cloud fraction peaks at a special isotherm that is independent of surface temperature. It has been argued that a FAT should result from simple ingredients: Clausius‐Clapeyron, longwave emission from water vapor, and troposphe... | {
"abstract": "Significance The study explores two fundamental problems in climate science: (i) The physical factors that govern the depth of the troposphere, and (ii) the response of clouds to climate change. Previous research has argued that tropical anvil temperatures are strongly constrained by the fundamental th... | {
"abstract": "The relative contributions of the meridional gradients in insolation and in longwave optical depth (caused by gradients in water vapor) to the equator-to-pole temperature difference, and to Earth’s climate in general, have not been quantified before. As a first step to understanding these contributions... |
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"abstract": "Children with specific learning disabilities (SLD) have disparate neuropsychological processing deficits that interfere with academic achievement in spelling, writing fluency, and/or written expression (WE). Although there are multiple potential causes of WE SLD, there is a paucity of research explorin... | {
"abstract": "Studies investigating reading and spelling difficulties heavily focused on the neural correlates of reading impairments, whereas spelling impairments have been largely neglected so far. Hence, the aim of the present study was to investigate brain structure and function of children with isolated spellin... | {
"abstract": "This study explores oscillatory brain activity by means of event-related synchronization and desynchronization (%ERS/ERD) of EEG activity during the use of phonological and orthographic-morphological spelling strategies in L2 (English) and L1 (German) in native German speaking children. EEG was recorde... |
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"abstract": "Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and periodontal disease (PD) are prevalent chronic inflammatory disorders that affect bone structures. Individuals with RA are more likely to experience PD, but how disease in joints could induce PD remains unknown. This study aimed to experimentally mimic clinical parameters ... | {
"abstract": "Periodontitis (PD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been found to be clinically associated and to share the chronic nature of the inflammatory reaction associated with bone resorption activity. However, the mechanisms underlying such association are unknown. Therefore, we examined the basis of Actino... | {
"abstract": "An association between oral disease/periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been considered since the early 1820s. The early treatment was tooth eradication. Epidemiological studies suggest that the prevalence of RA and periodontitis may be similar and about 5% of the population are aged 50 yea... |
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"abstract": "Rigid pavement overlays have been used for construction and repair applications of structures such as highways, bridge-decks and airports for many years. Although rigid pavement overlays have advantages as long service life and high durability, problems are encountered particularly on reflective cracki... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This paper presents the influence of surface preparation on the kink-crack trapping mechanism of engineered cementitious composite (ECC)/concrete repair system. In general, surface preparation of the substrate concrete is considered essential to achieve a durable repair. In this experiment, th... | {
"abstract": "Research conducted by the In-Space Propulsion (ISP) Technologies Projects is at the forefront of NASA's efforts to mature propulsion technologies that will enable or enhance a variety of space science missions. The ISP Program is developing technologies from a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 3 thro... |
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"abstract": "We investigate the absorption cross section for minimal-coupled scalars in the warped AdS3 black hole. According to our calculation, the cross section reduces to the horizon area in the low energy limit as usually expected in contrast to what was previously found. We also calculate the greybody factor ... | {
"abstract": "The absorption cross section is studied in the low-frequency region for a propagating scalar field under the warped AdS3 black hole background in the { cosmological} topologically massive gravity. It can be shown that the absorption cross section is { unexpectedly} deformed by the gravitational Chern-S... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In this paper, researches and advances in biped locomotion are reviewed. A detailed survey is presented describing the various research problems and the approaches reported in the literature to analyze and control biped locomotion. A method of Zero-Moment-Point (ZMP) compensation is discussed ... |
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"abstract": "Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are new paradigms in the move towards open software and network hardware. While NFV aims to virtualize network functions and deploy them into general purpose hardware, SDN makes networks programmable by separating the control ... | {
"abstract": "The mobile network plays an important role in the evolution of humanity and society. However, due to the increase of users as well as of mobile applications, the current mobile network architecture faces many challenges. In this paper we describe V-Core, a new architecture for the mobile packet core ne... | {
"abstract": "The appropriate functionality of the human shoulder including the shoulder girdle movements is crucial for effective use of the arm during activities of daily living (ADL). It is important to assist all shoulder degrees-of-freedom (DOFs) when implementing robotic exoskeletons for rehabilitation purpose... |
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"abstract": "This study applies the RBF wavelet series to the evaluation of analytical solutions of linear time-dependent wave and diffusion problems of any dimensionality and geometry. To the best of the author's knowledge, such analytical solutions have never been achieved before. The RBF wavelets can be understo... | {
"abstract": "The boundary knot method (BKM) [1] is a meshless boundary-type radial basis function (RBF) collocation scheme, where the nonsingular general solution is used instead of fundamental solution to evaluate the homogeneous solution, while the dual reciprocity method (DRM) is employed to approximation of par... | {
"abstract": "In this investigation the boundary integral equation (BIE) method with numerical evaluation of the boundary integral equations is applied to the analysis of simply supported plates of any shape, resting on an elastic foundation. The numerical results are compared with those available from analytical so... |
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"abstract": "Coronary flow reserve (CFR) measurements have been widely used in assessing the functional significance of coronary artery stenosis because they are more sensitive in predicting major cardiac events than angiographically detected reductions of coronary arteries. Myocardial blood flow can be determined ... | {
"abstract": "Blood samples obtained from the coronary sinus in man contain venous blood draining from left ventricular myocardium. It is believed by many investigators that coronary sinus blood in man is composed almost entirely of left ventricular efflux. That this is true in the canine heart is firmly established... | {
"abstract": "The repair of orbital floor fractures is complicated not only by the technical aspects of the procedure, but by the decision-making process one must initiate to determine when and if the fracture should be repaired. This article examines the indications for repairing orbital floor fractures through the... |
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"abstract": "Inverse associations are consistently observed in epidemiological studies on the relations between the consumption of vegetables and fruits and different types of cancer. The strength of these associations is, however, unknown amongst others because of measurement error in data on vegetable and fruit i... | {
"abstract": "A literature review of the effects of long-term freezer storage on concentrations of antioxidant micronutrients in serum or plasma showed that a high proportion of the studies that compared the concentrations of retinol, beta-carotene, or alpha-tocopherol in fresh and stored serum were deficient becaus... | {
"abstract": "Ground penetrating radar for humanitarian demining has a large bandwidth. It should discriminate small objects against a complex background. The stepped frequency continuous wave radar of IRCTR has a synthesized bandwidth of 4.5 GHz. Classical methods for generating an image of the subsurface include s... |
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"abstract": "In mammals, expiration is lengthened by mid‐expiratory lung inflation (Breuer‐Hering Expiratory reflex; BHE). The central pathway mediating the BHE is paucisynaptic, converging on neurones in the rostral ventrolateral medulla. An in vitro neonatal rat brainstem–lung preparation in which mid‐expiratory ... | {
"abstract": "Respiration is modulated by lung mechanoreceptor feedback in vivo on a cycle-to-cycle basis. We replicated this modulation in vitro and tested four stimulus protocols to identify which of these most closely replicated in vivo responses to lung mechanoreceptor activation in mammals. We activated pulmona... | {
"abstract": "The Perception Neuron Studio (PNS) is a cost-effective and widely used inertial motion capture system. However, a comprehensive analysis of its upper-body motion capture accuracy is still lacking, before it is being applied to biomechanical research. Therefore, this study first evaluated the validity a... |
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"abstract": "3D meshes are commonly used to represent virtual surface and volumes. However, their raw data representations take a large amount of space. Hence, 3D mesh compression has been an active research topic since the mid 90’s. In 2005, two very good review articles describing the pioneering works were publis... | {
"abstract": "Geometry processing algorithms have traditionally assumed that the input data is entirely in main memory and available for random access. This assumption does not scale to large data sets, as exhausting the physical memory typically leads to IO-inefficient thrashing. Recent works advocate processing ge... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we are interested in sequentialization of formal power series with coefficients in the semiring (ℝ∪{−∞},max,+)$(\\mathbb {R}\\cup \\{- \\infty \\},\\max ,+)$ which represent the behavior of timed Petri nets. Several approaches make it possible to derive nondeterministic (max, + ) automata... |
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"abstract": "Links between health behaviours are potentially of great importance for cost-effectiveness estimates in economic evaluations of behaviour change strategies. This thesis investigates bias in economic evaluations due to the omission of links between health behaviours. A framework to evaluate the health c... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nDespite efficacious treatment, alcohol use disorders contribute significantly to the disability burden. Although wider dissemination of evidence-based health care may impact on the population burden, the affordability of this strategy is unknown. This article compares the cost-effectiveness ... | {
"abstract": "The effects of bioaugmenting anaerobic biosolids digestion with a commercial product that contained selected strains of bacteria from genera Bacillus, Pseudomonas, and Actinomycetes, along with ancillary organic compounds containing various micronutrients were evaluated. The main objective of the study... |
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"abstract": "The inactivation kinetics of a lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens (EC 3.1.1.3.) were studied in a simulated skim milk ultrafiltrate treated with high-intensity pulsed electric fields. Samples were subjected to electric field intensities ranging from 16.4 to 27.4 kV/cm for up to 314.5 micros, thus achi... | {
"abstract": "High-intensity pulsed electric field (HIPEF) is a non-thermal food processing technology that is currently being investigated to inactivate microorganisms and certain enzymes, involving a limited increase of food temperature. Promising results have been obtained on the inactivation of microbial enzymes... | {
"abstract": "The effect of high-intensity pulsed electric fields (HIPEF) or thermal processes and refrigerated storage on water-soluble vitamins and antioxidant capacity of beverages containing fruit juices and whole (FJ-WM) or skim milk (FJ-SM) was assessed. Peroxidase (POD) and lipoxygenase (LOX) inactivation as ... |
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"abstract": "This paper describes the realization of bond-wire micromagnetics by using standard bonding wires and a toroidal ferromagnetic low-temperature co-fired ceramic core with high resistivity. The proposed fabrication procedure is suitable for the development of magnetic components on the top of an integrate... | {
"abstract": "This paper describes the modeling of startup circuits in battery-less micropower energy harvesting systems and investigates the use of bond wire micromagnetics. The analysis focuses on step-up Meissner oscillators based on magnetic core transformers operating with input voltages down to $\\approx$ 100 ... | {
"abstract": "This paper reports the design of a photovoltaic energy harvesting device used as a telemetry node in wireless sensor networks. The device draws power from the small solar cell, stores it into the primary energy buffer and backup supercapacitor, collects measured data from various sensors and transmits ... |
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"abstract": "The monetary authority’s choice of operating procedure has significant implications for the role of monetary aggregates and interest rate policy on the business cycle. Using a dynamic general equilibrium model, we show that the type of endogenous monetary regime, together with the interaction between m... | {
"abstract": "Many different models of money stock determination exist in the literature. An attempt is made here to understand why the differences in these models arise. Differences in models are ascribed first to the (usually implicit) role assigned to the price level. From this perspective, models fall into two c... | {
"abstract": "THIS PAPER ADDRESSES THE QUESTION of whether the Federal Reserve System in the 1970s used the money supply as its predominant intermediate target of policy.l Did the Federal Reserve \"control\" the money supply in the 1970s, where \"control\" is defined as requiring that the behavior of the money suppl... |
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"abstract": "Facial beauty prediction (FBP) has become an emerging area in the field of artificial intelligence. However, the lacks of data and accurate face representation hinder the development of FBP. Multi-task transfer learning can effectively avoid over-fitting, and utilize auxiliary information of related ta... | {
"abstract": "Due to its indefinite evaluation criterion, facial beauty analysis has shown its challenges in pattern recognition and biometric recognition. Plenty of methods have been designed for solving this problem, but there are still various limitations. Most of the available research results in this field are ... | {
"abstract": "Perception of (facial or bodily) beauty has long been debated amongst philosophers, artists, psychologists and anthropologists. Ancient philosophers claimed that there is a timeless, aesthetic ideal concept of beauty based on proportions, symmetry, harmony, and geometry, that goes well beyond the obser... |
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"abstract": "Copper oxide nanomaterials are used in many biomedical, agricultural, environmental, and industrial sectors with potential risk to human health and the environment. The present study was conducted to determine the renal ultrastructural damage caused by 25 nm CuO nanoparticles in renal tissues. Adult he... | {
"abstract": "In the copper metallurgy workplace air is polluted with condensation aerosols, which a significant fraction of is presented by copper oxide particles <100 nm. In the scientific literature, there is a lack of their in vivo toxicity characterization and virtually no attempts of enhancing organism’s resis... | {
"abstract": "Chowdhury, Md Motiur Rahaman Relationship between the endangered freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera, its salmonid host and co-infectants Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2018, 39 p. (JYU Dissertations ISSN 2489-9003; 46) ISBN 978-951-39-7626-2 (pdf) Yhteenveto: Uhanalaisen jokihelmi... |
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"abstract": "We report on classification of phones and phonetic features from facial electromyographic (EMG) data, within the context of our EMG-based Silent Speech interface. In this paper we show that a Deep Neural Network can be used to perform this classification task, yielding a significant improvement over co... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we present a study on phone confusabilities based on phone recognition experiments from facial surface electromyographic (EMG) signals. In our study EMG captures the electrical potentials of the human articulatory muscles. This technology can be used to create Silent Speech Interfaces, wh... | {
"abstract": "We propose a content-based approach to explorative visualization of online audio streams (e.g., web radio streams). The visualization space is defined by prototypical instances of musical concepts taken from personal music collections. Our system shows the relation of prototypes to each other and gener... |
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"abstract": "The primary and foremost objective of this particular study is to know the perspective of the comprehension and teaching of English idioms to Kurdish Learners. The study focuses on two major parts that make idioms difficult to Kurdish learners. Kurdish students encountered many difficulties while learn... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we demonstrate that identifying the mappings between the source and target domains for a conceptual metaphor allows for both a greater understanding of the conceptual basis of metaphors, and more effective language translation. We first introduce and explain the Animal Metaphor to support... | {
"abstract": "Ices of mixtures of carbon dioxide and methanol have been studied in a range of temperatures relevant for star-forming regions, comets, polar caps of planets and satellites, and other solar system bodies. We have performed temperature-programmed desorption measurements and recorded IR spectra of variou... |
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"abstract": "A. Summary of items most closely related to the proposal: (1) In [7] (The generalized Grassmann invariant ...), the PI introduces pictures, derives their basic properties, and uses them to construct an element of order 16 in K 3 (Z). (2) In [40] (Links, pictures and the homology of nilpotent groups), t... | {
"abstract": "Introduction 1 1. Topological AR-quivers 2 2. Theorem of Brady-Watt and Bessis 3 3. Exceptional sequences 4 3.1. Basic definitions 5 3.2. Braid action on exceptional sequences 6 3.3. Example: Auslander-Reiten translation 7 4. Theorems about exceptional sequences 8 5. Appendix 10 5.1. Example: A2 10 5.2... | {
"abstract": "We give a survey on some aspects of the topological investigation of isolated singularities of complex hypersurfaces by means of Picard-Lefschetz theory. We focus on the concept of distinguished bases of vanishing cycles and the concept of monodromy.",
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"abstract": "An automated architecture optimization for DSP algorithms within graphical Matlab/Simulink environment is proposed. The optimization uses Integer Linear Programming for scheduling and retiming of hardware blocks. The high-level block-diagram based Simulink model maps to FPGA or ASIC. Users can control ... | {
"abstract": "An ASIC realization of the MIMO baseband processing for a multi-antenna WLAN is described. The chip implements a 4times4 adaptive singular value decomposition (SVD) algorithm with combined power and area minimization achieving a power efficiency of 2.1GOPS/mW in just 3.5mm2 in a 90nm CMOS. The computat... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a comparison of word length determination procedures. It is realized using an automated testbed that exploits a C/C++ fixed-point simulation utility to model the impact of finite word length on overall accuracy. Word length determination procedures find a combination of optimum bit ... |
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"abstract": "Switching power semiconductor online junction temperature <inline-formula><tex-math notation=\"LaTeX\">$T_{j}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> sensing is essential for device switching performance evaluation, device switching control, and device lifetime optimization. The contribution of this paper is a d... | {
"abstract": "The switching transient properties of conventional power semiconductors (Silicon MOSFET and IGBT) have been proposed for online junction temperature (Tj) sensing. This method utilizes the semiconductor Tj dependent characteristics and the gate drive output dynamics. In this paper, the method is applied... | {
"abstract": "Junction temperature is a critical indicator for health condition monitoring of power devices. Concerning the reliability of emerging silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors due to immaturity of new material and packaging, junction temperature measurement becomes more significant and challenging, si... |
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"abstract": "Autophagy is an essential process of the eukaryotic cell allowing degradation and recycling of dysfunctional cellular components in response to either physiological or pathological changes. Inhibition of autophagy in combination with chemotherapeutic treatment has emerged as a novel approach in cancer ... | {
"abstract": "The lack of knowledge about molecular pathology of uterine sarcomas with a representation of 3–7% of all malignant uterine tumors prevents the establishment of effective therapy protocols. Here, we explored advanced therapeutic options to the previously discovered antitumorigenic effects of the histone... | {
"abstract": "Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) are a new class of chemotherapeutic drugs able to induce tumor cell apoptosis and/or cell cycle arrest; however, the molecular mechanisms underpinning their anticancer effects are poorly understood. Herein, we assessed the apoptotic pathways activated by three HD... |
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"abstract": "Novice programming environments are increasingly popular as introductory tools for teaching programming. Many of these tools differ significantly from traditional programming environments and are successful in motivating novices and making it simple to start programming. However, it has been reported t... | {
"abstract": "Visual programming environments are widely used to introduce young people to computer science and programming; in particular, they encourage learning by exploration. During our research on teaching and learning computer science concepts with Scratch, we discovered that Scratch engenders certain habits ... | {
"abstract": "There is a call for change in the treatment of ICT curriculum in our schools driven by the relatively recent acknowledgement of the growing importance of ICT in industry and society, and the need to empower youth as producers, as well as consumers, of technology. ICT curriculum in previous incarnations... |
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"abstract": "The physical constraints in wireless sensor networks can often be a significant compromising factor to their effective performance. To improve energy efficiency, there has been increasing research efforts that investigate employing predictive sensing mechanisms where adaptive clustering schemes and int... | {
"abstract": "Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are crucial in supporting continuous environmental monitoring, where sensor nodes are deployed and must remain operational to collect and transfer data from the environment to a base-station. However, sensor nodes have limited energy in their primary power storage unit, ... | {
"abstract": "This paper proposes a novel load management solution for coordinating the charging of multiple plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in a smart grid system. Utilities are becoming concerned about the potential stresses, performance degradations and overloads that may occur in distribution systems with multi... |
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"abstract": "Background Given its low-middle-income status, Vietnam is experiencing a rapidly aging population. Along with this demographic trend, the care needs of older adults, particularly those with functional disabilities, have become an emerging policy issue. Purpose This study examined the prevalence of unme... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundThe proportion of older people is increasing rapidly in Vietnam. The majority of the elderly live in rural areas. Their health status is generally improving but this is less pronounced among the most vulnerable groups. The movement of young people for employment and the impact of other socioe... | {
"abstract": "The aim of the study was to investigate functional ability and health complaints of people, 65+, living in special accommodation (equivalent to nursing home) and their counterparts who live at home and receive municipal care or a combination of municipal and informal care. Persons (n = 1958) receiving ... |
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"abstract": "Quantum stretching is a technique to make quasi-copies of an arbitrary qubit without violating the No-Cloning Theorem. These quasi-copies of the original qubit contain all the information of the original but at the cost of duplication in its size each time the technique is applied. Basically, a stretch... | {
"abstract": "A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Northwestern University (NU) is developing a system for long-distance, high- delity qubit tele-portation. Such a system will be required if future quantum computers are to be linked together into a quantum Internet. This pap... | {
"abstract": "Quantum key distribution (QKD) provides a way for distribution of secure key in at least two parties which they initially share. And there are many protocols for providing a secure key i.e. BB84 protocol, SARG04 protocol, E91 protocol and many more. In this paper all the concerned protocols that share ... |
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"abstract": "Multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation programmes are found decreasing pain and improve back-to-work rates. There is, however, a lack of knowledge in several\nrespects. The overall aim of this thesis was to study outcomes in terms of occupational performance, satisfaction with performance, psychosocial ... | {
"abstract": "&NA; A cognitive–behavioral return‐to‐work focused program was evaluated in a randomized controlled design, and the effects were compared between two groups of women with musculoskeletal pain. One group of patients (n=36) had a history of long‐term sick leave (>12 months) at the start of the program an... | {
"abstract": "Advances in immunotherapy have resulted in remarkable clinical responses in some patients. However, one of the biggest challenges in cancer therapeutics is the development of resistant disease and disease progression on or after therapy. Given that many patients have now received various types of immun... |
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"abstract": "The influence of local and landscape habitat diversification on biological control of the Western grape leafhopper (Erythroneura elegantula Osborn) by its key parasitoids Anagrus erythroneurae S. Trjapitzin & Chiappini and Anagrus daanei Triapitsyn was studied in wine grape vineyards. At the landscape ... | {
"abstract": "This study evaluated how the proportional area of natural habitat surrounding a vineyard (i.e. landscape diversity) worked in conjunction with crop vigor, cultivar and rootstock selection to influence biological control of the western grape leafhopper (Erythroneura elegantula Osborn). The key natural e... | {
"abstract": "Viticulture has experienced dramatic global growth in acreage and value. As the international exchange of goods has increased, so too has the market demand for sustainably produced products. Both elements redefine the entomological challenges posed to viticulture and have stimulated significant advance... |
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"abstract": "La Tres Petite Entreprise (TPE) / Petite et Moyenne Entreprise (PME), comme toutes entites socioeconomiques, est confrontee a des risques varies durant la conduite de ses activites (Incendie, perte d'un fournisseur important, Accident du travail, echec d'un partenariat, espionnage industriel,…). A la d... | {
"abstract": "The former Soviet Union is presently going through a period of unprecedented economic and organizational change. In this “wild market”, many Russian organizations are struggling to compete and adapt. During the decade of the 1990s Russian managers have had to develop new skills and business practices t... | {
"abstract": "Executive Overview Imagine, if you will, managers, executives, and CEOs working in a stable, predictable, and centrally planned environment, where managerial functions such as production, pricing, exporting, planning, distribution, R&D, and personnel management are performed in a simple, almost mechani... |
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"abstract": "In many regions, due to freshwater scarcity, municipal wastewater (MWW) is used for crop irrigation. However, heavy metals can be transferred to human and pose diseases. Therefore, a greenhouse experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design for cress, radish, spinach and turnip irrigated wi... | {
"abstract": "The long-term application of phosphate fertilizers on vegetable production fields has raised concerns about the potential health risks of heavy metal contamination of crops grown on contaminated soils in the Hamadan province, western Iran. This study found that long-term fertilizer use led to a growing... | {
"abstract": "Food Security Research Project (FSRP) et Division des Statistiques Agricoles (DSA); Ministere de l’Agriculture, de l’Elevage, et des Forets, MINAGRI",
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"abstract": "Induction motors are widely used in the industry due to its relative low cost, low maintenance and high reliability. The development of the computer and electronic industry, as well as design of new control methods, has opened the door to control induction motors. In order to control the induction moto... | {
"abstract": "In conventional direct torque control (DTC) has, over the years, become of the most popular methods of control for induction motors (IM) drive system. A single stator voltage vector of the inverter standard topology is selected every control sampling period, and it is maintained for the whole period. T... | {
"abstract": "In the classical DTC scheme, due to the limited number of the VSI voltage vectors, large and small errors can not be distinguished. In fact, the switching vectors chosen for large errors are the same as those chosen for small errors. In this paper, in order to overcome this problem, after considering t... |
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"abstract": "This paper describes the main features of KALAKA-3, a speech database specifically designed for the development and evaluation of language recognition systems. The database provides TV broadcast speech for training, and audio data extracted from YouTube videos for tuning and testing. The database was c... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents the main features (design issues, recording setup, etc.) of KALAKA-2, a TV broadcast speech database specifically designed for the development and evaluation of language recognition systems in clean and noisy environments. KALAKA-2 was created to support the Albayzin 2010 Language R... | {
"abstract": "This work has been supported by the University of the Basque Country under grant GIU10/18 and project US11/06 and by the Government of the Basque Country under program SAIOTEK (project S-PE12UN55). M. Diez is supported by a research fellowship from the Department of Education, Universities and Research... |
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"abstract": "We analyzed a series of ten systematically developed surface exploration systems that integrated a variety of hardware and software components. Design, development, and testing data suggest that incremental buildup of an exploration system for long-duration capabilities is facilitated by an open archit... | {
"abstract": "We demonstrated integrated technology for multiple crew and robots to work together in a planetary surface exploration scenario. Highlights include dynamic replanning, “many to many” rover commanding, efficient human-system interaction and workflows, single cycle instrument placement, and data manageme... | {
"abstract": "A proposal for the realization of highly sensitive optical direct-detection (incoherent) multilevel transmission with arbitrary signal constellation without optical chromatic dispersion (CD) compensation is reviewed in this paper. We introduce transmitter-side signal processing, ¿CD pre-equalization,¿ ... |
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"abstract": "In this correction, we correct a typo error in <xref rid=\"deqn1\" ref-type=\"disp-formula\">equation (1)</xref> that appears in our letter “All-Solid Athermal Multimode-Interference Cascaded Device for Wavelength-Locking” <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" rid=\"ref1\">[1]</xref>.",
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"abstract": "We demonstrate a passive, material-based athermalization of all-fiber architectures consisting of cascaded multimode-interference (MMI) devices. Specifically, the athermal MMI filter used for in-line thermo-optic compensation consists of a no-core multimode fiber, which is spliced between two single-mo... | {
"abstract": "Thermal conductivity of liquid silicon is indispensable for numerical modeling of silicon crystal growth processes and for elucidating electron transport phenomena in high-temperature liquids. However, crucial obstacles render measurement of thermal conductivity difficult: convection and contamination ... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Successful plant recruitment is crucial for maintaining forest ecosystems, but knowledge of the responses of early life stages of tropical montane tree species to complex environmental factors is still limited across the Himalayas. Vegetation was surveyed along an altitudinal gradient (2450–30... | {
"abstract": "Questions \n \nAn advance of high-altitude treelines has been reported in response to warming climate throughout the globe. Understanding local controls on the establishment of seedlings above the treeline is essential for predicting wider patterns of treeline response from a process-based perspective.... | {
"abstract": "The uptake of mercury by microorganisms is a key step in the production of methylmercury, a biomagnifiable toxin. Mercury complexation by low-molecular-weight (LMW) thiols can affect its bioavailability and thus the production of methylmercury. Freshwater biofilms were sampled in the summer using artif... |
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"abstract": "Volunteer tourism is an increasingly popular form of travel that is attracting growing research attention. Nevertheless, existing research has focused primarily on the benefits of volunteer tourism, and many studies have simply involved profiling volunteers or investigating their motivations. However, ... | {
"abstract": "This study adopts needs theory and affective ambivalence to explore how people obtain psychological satisfaction through internet usage, and to explore how such usage behaviour can lead to the development of a sense of dependence. Few previous studies have incorporated these four perspectives. Data min... |
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"abstract": "Gastric pacemaker cells, interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC), are believed to initiate myogenic (non‐neuronal) contractions. These become damaged in gastroparesis, associated with dysrhythmic electrical activity and nausea. We utilised mouse isolated stomach to model myogenic contractions and investigate... | {
"abstract": "Gastrointestinal motility involves interactions between myogenic and neurogenic processes intrinsic to the gut wall. We have compared the presence of propagating myogenic contractions of the isolated colon in four experimental animals (guinea pig, mouse, rabbit, and rat), following blockade of enteric ... | {
"abstract": "1 A method is described for studying the peristaltic reflex in the guinea‐pig or cat isolated colon, using a graded localized intraluminal stimulus consisting of a solid bolus. 2 The method gives an easy evaluation of propulsive activity and makes it possible to record simultaneously the segmental acti... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, a shunt active power filter based on fuzzy logic controller is modeled, simulated, and tested. The fundament of Instantaneous Reactive Power Algorithm is used for extracting compensated reference harmonic current. A fuzzy logic controlled shunt Active Power Filter (SAPF) Using Hysteresis... | {
"abstract": "In this paper the current harmonic can be compensated by using the Shunt Active Power Filter, Passive Power Filter and the combination of both. The system has the function of voltage stability, and harmonic suppression. The reference current can be calculated by dq transformation. An improved generaliz... | {
"abstract": "Bismuth phosphate (BiPO4), a very attractive candidate for organics electrodegradation, harbors tremendous potential on removing contaminants from water. Here, four carbon microtube electrodes were prepared from corncob, each coated with BiPO4 by a different method to study the electrodegradation of me... |
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"abstract": "This descriptive study conducted in 2003 utilized random sampling techniques for accessing the 450,000 members of the National FFA Organization. The purpose of the study was to describe career aspirations of FFA members within, and related to, USDE career clusters, Supervised Agricultural Experiences, ... | {
"abstract": "The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of engagement of agricultural education students in the FFA, their agricultural education courses, their high school courses, and agriculture. This descriptive study using self-administered mailed questionnaires had a 52% useable response rate from ... |
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"abstract": "Context: Eccentric exercises are increasingly being used to treat lower limb musculoskeletal conditions such as Achilles tendinopathy. Despite widespread clinical application and documented efficacy, mechanisms underpinning clinical benefit remain unclear. Positive adaptations in motor performance are ... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nTo determine whether ballistic power training and strength training result in specific changes in stretch-shorten cycle (SSC) function during the eccentric (ECC) phase and, if so, whether these changes are influenced by the individual's strength level.\n\n\nMETHODS\nThirty-two male subjects we... | {
"abstract": "PurposeTo investigate the selective effects of different types of external loads applied in vertical jump training on both the performance and muscle power output of the squat (SJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ).MethodsPhysically active males practiced maximum unconstrained vertical jumps over an 8-wee... |
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"abstract": "The aim of this study was to compare liver‐related mortality and liver‐related hospitalizations for persons living with HIV (PLWH) with and without hepatitis C virus (HCV) exposure, and to estimate the fraction of liver disease attributable to chronic HCV coinfection.",
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"abstract": "Liver mortality among individuals with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection is common, but the relative contribution of CHC per se versus adverse health behaviors is uncertain. We explored data on spontaneous resolvers of hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a benchmark group to uncover the independent contributi... | {
"abstract": "Background Translating research to make it more understandable and effective (research translation) has been declared a priority in environmental health but does not always include communication to the public or residents of communities affected by environmental hazards. Their unique perspectives are a... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is an inherited multisystem disorder, characterized by renal and extra-renal fluid-filled cyst formation and increased kidney volume that eventually leads to end-stage renal disease. ADPKD is considered the fourth leading cause of end-stage ... | {
"abstract": "The vasopressin-cAMP-osmolality axis is abnormal in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). In the Tolvaptan Efficacy and Safety in Management of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease and Its Outcomes 3:4 Trial, a 3-year randomized, placebo-controlled trial in adults, the vasopress... | {
"abstract": "Biomarkers of hydration change in response to acute dehydration; however, their responsiveness to changes in fluid intake volume, without exercise or heat exposure, has not been adequately described. Moreover, patterns of circadian variation in hydration biomarkers have not been established. The study ... |
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"abstract": "The thyroid gland is important in the human body because of its ability to produce the hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and tetraiodothyronine (T4), necessaries for appropriate energy levels and an active life. It has long been known that thyroid hormones are of vital importance in maintaining the initia... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nA case can be made for routine testing for thyroid dysfunction (TD) in women aged over 50 years once every 5 years when they present for medical care (case finding). This recommendation is based on: (i) the prevalence of TD, predominantly hypothyroidism, (ii) the insensitivity of standard c... | {
"abstract": "ObjectiveSelf-injurious behavior presents a significant challenge in autism, and first-line psychopharmacological and behavioral interventions have limited efficacy in some patients. These intractable cases may be responsive to electroconvulsive therapy.Clinical pictureThis article presents an eight-ye... |
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"abstract": "Tallying the numbers of listeners that took part in subjective evaluations of synthetic speech at Interspeech 2014 showed that in more than 60% of papers conclusions are based on listening tests with less than 20 listeners. Our analysis of Blizzard 2013 data shows that for a MOS test measuring naturaln... | {
"abstract": "We investigate whether listener age or native speaker status has the biggest impact on the intelligibility of a synthetic New Zealand English voice. The paper presents findings from a speech intelligibility experiment based on a reminding task involving 67 participants. There were no significant differ... | {
"abstract": "Publisher Summary This chapter outlines the way somatosensory cortical maps of the skin surface are determined experimentally and summarizes some of the evidence for the functional plasticity of these somatosensory cortical representations of the skin surface in adults. The chapter describes new electr... |
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"abstract": "Introduction This paper details a retrospective review of patients’ records diagnosed with de Quervain’s syndrome following a traumatic event but no history of repetitive strain. Methods Data analysis of 41 patients was performed. The inclusion criteria were pain over first dorsal compartment, pain on ... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE ::: To assess the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability and validity of the original and a modified Medical Research Council scale for testing muscle strength in radial palsy. ::: ::: ::: DESIGN ::: Prospective, randomized validation study. ::: ::: ::: PATIENTS ::: Thirty-one patients with ... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE ::: A first report of 3 patients who developed hypofibrinogenemia due to long-term administration of hemocoagulase. ::: ::: ::: METHODS ::: The clinical data of three patients with hypofibrinogenemia due to long-term administration of hemocoagulase were analyzed, and the related literature wa... |
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"abstract": "Cancer stem cells (CSC) play critical roles in cancer initiation, progression, and therapeutic refractoriness. Although many studies have focused on the genes and pathways involved in stemness, characterization of the factors in the tumor microenvironment that regulate CSCs is lacking. In this study, w... | {
"abstract": "IntroductionNotch signaling has been implicated in the regulation of cell-fate decisions such as self-renewal of adult stem cells and differentiation of progenitor cells along a particular lineage. Moreover, depending on the cellular and developmental context, the Notch pathway acts as a regulator of c... | {
"abstract": "Summary Radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP), external beam radiation and brachytherapy are considered to be the main treatment modalities in localized prostate cancer (PCA). However, with respect to the incidence of complications, efforts have been made to establish alternative treatment modalities ... |
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"abstract": "We present a catalogue of 247 photometrically and spectroscopically confirmed fainter classical Be stars (13 lsim r lsim 16) in the direction of the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way (-1ẹg lt b lt +4ẹg, 120ẹg lt \\ell lt 140ẹg). The catalogue consists of 181 IPHAS-selected new classical Be stars, in additio... | {
"abstract": "Aims. We present results of a photometric survey whose aim was to derive structural and astrophysical parameters for 42 open clusters. While our sample is definitively not representative of the total open cluster sample in the Galaxy, it does cover a wide range of cluster parameters and is uniform enou... | {
"abstract": "Mean proper motions and parallaxes of 205 open clusters were determined from their member stars found in the Hipparcos Catalogue. 360 clusters were searched for possible members, excluding nearby clusters with distances D < 200 pc. Members were selected using ground based information (photometry! radia... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT This study was aimed at improving the functional attributes and shelf life of burrata cheese by using protective lactobacilli (Lactobacillus plantarum LPAL and Lactobacillus rhamnosus LRB), fructooligosaccharides, and inulin. Six burrata cheeses were made using (i) the traditional protocol (co... | {
"abstract": "This study examined the possibility of converting mageu, a fermented maize beverage popular throughout southern Africa, into a health-promoting and affordable alternative to probiotic dairy products. A range of probiotic Lactobacillus species was compared with a control species traditionally used to pr... | {
"abstract": "Abstract A hot refractory anode vacuum arc (HRAVA) starts as a cathodic arc, which heats and deposits cathodic material on the anode. When the anode is hot, all the deposited cathode material is re-evaporated from the anode, forming a radially expanding plasma with reduced macroparticle (MP) contaminat... |
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"abstract": "Link prediction can be used to extract missing information, identify spurious interactions as well as forecast network evolution. Network embedding is a methodology to assign coordinates to nodes in a lowdimensional vector space. By embedding nodes into vectors, the link prediction problem can be conve... | {
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"title": "Link Prediction via Subgraph Embedding-Based Convex Matrix Completion"
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"abstract": "Identifying disease from the images of the plant is one of the interesting research areas in computer and agriculture field. This paper presents a survey of different image processing and machine-learning techniques used in the identification of rice plant diseases based on images of disease infected r... |
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"abstract": "Irrigation is known to influence soil organic matter dynamics and aggregation, but its effects are not completely understood. In this work, organic C inputs from crops and the topsoil (0–10 cm) organic fraction and aggregates size-distribution were measured during the two first growing seasons in an ex... | {
"abstract": "Among greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO(2)) is one of the most significant contributors to regional and global warming as well as climatic change. A field study was conducted to (i) determine the effect of soil characteristics resulting from changes in soil management practices on CO(2) flux from th... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Tillage practices and weather affect the release of greenhouse gases but there have been few integrated studies of the quantities released or the mechanisms involved. No-tillage may increase emissions of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and the fixation of carbon by decreasing carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emis... |
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"abstract": "Introduction The need to indentify patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) at a higher risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) has become increasingly important; therefore, new parameters, such as health-related quality of life (HRQoL), are gaining ground. The aim of this study The aim of... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nThe aim of this study was to examine whether the physical and mental components of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are independent predictors of survival in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).\n\n\nMETHODS\nA cohort of 231 outpatients with CHF was followed prospectively for 986... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Deep subduction of lower continental crust to mantle depths has been recognized in outcrops and drill cores of eclogites and other ultra-high pressure (UHP) rocks of the Sulu intra-continental orogenic belt. In a search of evidence for such subducted crustal sources of melts, we study the elem... |
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"abstract": "The Nigerian local government system’s failure is widely documented, yet little is known about an alternative governance framework that communities have developed to tend to their needs. Using a case study methodology, this paper investigates the structure and process of informal community governance b... | {
"abstract": "An emerging model of governance gaining popularity within the public and community sectors is that of Community Governance. The concept usually refers to community participation, engagement and decision-making in public matters and is related to terms such as local governance, social governance, networ... | {
"abstract": "List of AcronymsCACCP Committee Against Chinese Communist PropagandaCCP Chinese Communist PartyCPPCC Chinese People's Political Consultative ConferenceETIC East Turkistan Information CenterETIM East Turkistan Islamic Movement [Sharqiy Turkistan Islam Herikiti]ETLO East Turkistan Liberation Organization... |
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"abstract": "In this thesis, I study the collective behavior and self-organization of immiscible silicone \noil drops in a castor oil medium. Castor oil is a “leaky dielectric” and the silicone \noil drops interact with each other due to electrohydrodynamic forces induced by an \nimposed electric field. The strengt... | {
"abstract": "Systems of spherical colloidal particles mimic the thermodynamics of atomic crystals. Control of interparticle interactions in colloids, which has recently begun to be extensively exploited, gives rise to rich phase behaviours as well as crystal structures with nanoscale and micron-scale lattice spacin... | {
"abstract": "We discuss how a machine learning approach based on relative entropy optimization can be used as an inverse design strategy to discover isotropic pair interactions that self-assemble single- or multicomponent particle systems into Frank-Kasper phases. In doing so, we also gain insights into the self-as... |
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"abstract": "Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) has been typically considered to be an endothelial‐specific growth factor. However, it was recently demonstrated that VEGF can interact with non endothelial cells. In this study, we tested whether vascular smooth muscles cells (VSMCs) can express VEGF receptors... | {
"abstract": "Previous studies of neointima formation on Dacron vascular grafts mainly focused on the late stages using immunohistochemistry staining for von Willebrand factor (vWF) and smooth muscle (SM) α-actin. However, it is impossible to use immunohistochemistry to study the early events of neointima formation,... | {
"abstract": "The morphology and physicochemical properties of polydopamine are not totally inherent and undergo changes with differing reaction conditions like the choice of solvent used for polymerization. The polymerisation of dopamine to polydopamine carried out in different solvents like sodium hydroxide, sodiu... |
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"abstract": "Detecting rocks in images is a valuable capability for autonomous planetary science. Rock detection facilitates selective data collection and return. It also assists with image analysis on Earth. This work reviews seven rock detection algorithms from the autonomous science literature. We evaluate each ... | {
"abstract": "The Onboard Autonomous Science Investigation System (OASIS) evaluates geologic data gathered by a planetary rover. This analysis is used to prioritize the data for transmission, so that the data with the highest science value is transmitted to Earth. In addition, the onboard analysis results are used t... | {
"abstract": "Onboard classification of remote sensing data is of general interest given that it can be used as a trigger to initiate alarms, data download, additional higher-resolution scans, or more frequent scans of an area without ground interaction. In our case, we study the sulfur-rich Borup-Fiord glacial spri... |
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"abstract": "This article discusses the meaning of self-determination in its historical and contemporary contexts and examines the different options available for the accommodation of contested self-determination claims. Among these, the creation of a new state, arguably, is the most radical of options and one that... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Using the relationship between Hungary and Slovakia as a case study, this article discusses the problems associated with ‘bilateral’ ethnopolitics in the context of cross‐border minority situations. It starts by outlining a theoretical framework for such an analysis, and then turns to the inst... | {
"abstract": "In population learning studies, between-subject response differences are an important source of variance that must be characterized to identify accurately the features of the learning process common to the population. Although learning is a dynamic process, current population analyses do not use dynami... |
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"abstract": "Background: Sexual dysfunction in people with chronic kidney disease is progressive and worsens with the deterioration of kidney functions. Although most people recover their sexual function after kidney transplantation, many sexual problems may persist after transplantation. Objectives: To characteriz... | {
"abstract": "Introduction: Sexual dysfunction (SD) is a common problem in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and endures in 50% of patients after kidney transplantation (KTx), diminishing patients’ expectations of life after KTx. Unfortunately, SD is often ignored by renal care providers. Research questions as part of a ... | {
"abstract": "The IEA Medium-Term Gas Market Report 2013 reviews how gas markets managed the challenges of 2012. It gives detailed gas supply, demand and trade forecasts up to 2018, by region as well as for key countries, while investigating many of today’s crucial questions.",
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"abstract": "Congenital abnormalities of the limbs are common birth defects. These include missing or extra fingers or toes, abnormal limb length, and abnormalities in patterning of bones, cartilage or muscles. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a 3-D imaging modality, which can produce high-resolution (~8 μm) i... | {
"abstract": "Although the mouse is a superior model to study mammalian embryonic development, high-resolution live dynamic visualization of mouse embryos remain a technical challenge. We present optical coherence tomography as a novel methodology for live imaging of mouse embryos through the uterine wall thereby al... | {
"abstract": "Previous animal studies have indicated that drugs targeted at metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors may be useful for treatment of psychosis. In this article, the effects of the novel, potent, and selective mGlu2/3 receptor agonists LY354740 and LY379268, and the clinically effective agents clozapine... |
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"abstract": "The feasibility of data based machine learning applied to ultrasound tomography is studied to estimate water-saturated porous material parameters. In this work, the data to train the neural networks is simulated by solving wave propagation in coupled poroviscoelastic-viscoelastic-acoustic media. As the... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In this paper, we consider a high-order discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method for modelling wave propagation in coupled poroelastic–elastic media. The upwind numerical flux is derived as an exact solution for the Riemann problem including the poroelastic–elastic interface. Attenuation mechanisms ... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, control of small PEM(Proton Exchange Membrane) fuel cell stack by a microprocessor is introduced. The water management of fuel cell stack inside, a key technique in fuel cell control, can be achieved by adjusting the required air flow for fuel and cooling, and by purging the excessive wa... |
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"abstract": "Data intensive research (DIR) is being developed in frame of the new paradigm of research study known as the Fourth paradigm, emphasizing an increasing role of observational, experimental, and computer simulated data practically in all research domains. The principal goal of DIR is an extraction (infer... | {
"abstract": "In recent years, it has become common practice in neuroscience to use networks to summarize relational information in a set of measurements, typically assumed to be reflective of either functional or structural relationships between regions of interest in the brain. One of the most basic tasks of inter... | {
"abstract": "Functional brain connectivity is the co-occurrence of brain activity in different areas during resting and while doing tasks. The data of interest are multivariate timeseries measured simultaneously across brain parcels using resting-state fMRI (rfMRI). We analyze functional connectivity using two hete... |
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"abstract": "Introduction: Antenatal depression is associated with a broad range of suboptimal outcomes in offspring, although the underlying mechanisms are not yet understood. Animal studies propose inflammation and glucocorticoids as mediators of the developmental programming effect of prenatal stress on offsprin... | {
"abstract": "The objective of this study was to determine the consequences for HPA axis functioning among healthy full-term newborns of prenatal treatment with the synthetic glucocorticoid (GC), betamethasone, which is the routine treatment for threatened preterm delivery. Ninety full-term infants were recruited in... | {
"abstract": "This paper explores the contribution that geographers can make to debates about the nature and utility of participatory approaches. It argues for a constructive reconciliation between these approaches and the growing poststructural critique of participation. Through an examination of the similarities a... |
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"abstract": "Article history: Received 8 September 2010 Revised 13 November 2010 Accepted 6 December 2010 Available online 17 December 2010 A counter-intuitive property of many pleasant and attractive stimuli is that they are hedonically complex, containing both pleasant and unpleasant components. A striking exampl... | {
"abstract": "In most sensory systems, the sensory cortex is the place where sensation approaches perception. As described in this review, olfaction is no different. The olfactory system includes both primary and higher order cortical regions. These cortical structures perform computations that take highly analytica... | {
"abstract": "The aim of this study was to evaluate the stresses within simulated roots with internal resorption cavities at the apical, middle and coronal root levels, after obturation with gutta-percha and/or MTA utilising finite element analysis (FEA). Mandibular premolar teeth with internal resorption cavities a... |
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