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"abstract": "Memristors are novel and hopeful electronic memory components. They might be potential substitution of the CMOS elements. Owing to their nano dimensions, low power consumption and memorizing properties, the memristors could be applied in artificial neural networks, memory matrices, programmable analog ... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we consider using memristors to implement the neighborhood connections of a CNN. First the benefits and drawbacks of using memristors as programmable CNN weights are described. Then, an existing memristor model is improved to allow full-scale simulation of the design. The new model is imp... | {
"abstract": "We present a design study for a nano-scale crossbar memory system that uses memristors with symmetrical but highly nonlinear current-voltage characteristics as memory elements. The memory is non-volatile since the memristors retain their state when un-powered. In order to address the nano-wires that ma... |
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"abstract": "Image quality of flat panel displays has made remarkable advance in recent years. However, there is still room to improve the quality. Cooperation of components in a video system, such as camera, image processing and display, is important for further improvement and efficient construction of a video sy... | {
"abstract": "We discuss the requirements of system colorimetry for a wide-gamut television system and propose a set of wavelengths as monochromatic RGB primaries. We show that a display with three monochromatic primaries (R: 635 nm, G: 532 nm, B: 467 nm) generated by feasible laser devices can cover the gamuts defi... | {
"abstract": "We examine the economic tradeoff between the costs of pre-event preparedness and post-event response to the potential introduction of an infectious animal disease. In a simplified case study setting, we examine the conditions for optimality of an enhanced pre-event detection system considering various ... |
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"abstract": "More accurate predictions of the biological properties of chemical\ncompounds would guide the selection and design of new compounds in drug\ndiscovery and help to address the enormous cost and low success-rate of\npharmaceutical R&D. However this domain presents a significant\nchallenge for AI methods ... | {
"abstract": "All of the experimental compound data with which we work have significant uncertainties, due to imperfect correlations between experimental systems and the ultimate in vivo properties of compounds and the inherent variability in experimental conditions. When using these data to make decisions, it is es... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, an extendable volumetric representation based on run-lengths called spatial run-length encoding (S-RLE) is presented. The S-RLE representation is developed for a haptic shape modeling system that is based on simulated machining processes. In the system, shape modeling is simulated as vir... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents the planar implementation of a two dimensional (2-D) beam steering array antenna with a cascaded 2 × 2 Butler Matrix (BM) as the beamformer. A single layer has been chosen to ensure low cost and ease fabrication. The four input ports of the proposed antenna have the capability of pr... | {
"abstract": "This paper provides details on the design of a beam steerable array antenna for mobile applications at 28 GHz frequency band. The array is designed using a Rogers RT/duroid 5880 substrate material of 0.254 mm thickness and dielectric constant of 2.2. The designed antenna is fed by a 2 × 2 Butler matrix... | {
"abstract": "Future broadband mobile communication networks such as 5G and beyond will most likely use millimeter-wave frequencies. There is, however, little knowledge about millimeter-wave antenna design for cellular mobile devices. This paper reports a microstrip grid array antenna on an FR4 substrate in a standa... |
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"abstract": "Probabilistic topic models in low data resource scenarios are faced with less reliable estimates due to sparsity of discrete word co-occurrence counts, and do not have the luxury of retraining word or topic embeddings using neural methods. In this challenging resource constrained setting, we explore mi... | {
"abstract": "Continuous space word embeddings learned from large, unstructured corpora have been shown to be effective at capturing semantic regularities in language. In this paper we replace LDA’s parameterization of “topics” as categorical distributions over opaque word types with multivariate Gaussian distributi... | {
"abstract": "Topic modeling of textual corpora is an important and challenging problem. In most previous work, the \"bag-of-words\" assumption is usually made which ignores the ordering of words. This assumption simplifies the computation, but it unrealistically loses the ordering information and the semantic of wo... |
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"abstract": "Sensory information from the urethra is essential to maintain continence and to achieve efficient micturition and when compromised by disease or injury can lead to substantial loss of function. Despite the key role urethral sensory information plays in the lower urinary tract, the relationship between ... | {
"abstract": "Although sensory feedback from the urethra plays an integral role in the regulation of lower urinary tract function, little is known about the properties of flow-responsive primary afferent neurons. The purpose of this study was to characterize the activity of sacral afferents that responded to fluid f... | {
"abstract": "Reflex bladder activation and inhibition by electrical stimulation of pudendal nerve (PN) afferents is a promising approach to restore control of bladder function in persons with lower urinary tract dysfunction caused by disease or injury. The objective of this work was to determine whether bladder act... |
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"abstract": "SUMMARY The problem of enumerating connected induced sub- graphs of a given graph is classical and studied well. It is known that connected induced subgraphs can be enumerated in constant time for each subgraph. In this paper, we focus on highly connected induced subgraphs. The most major concept of co... | {
"abstract": "A chordless cycle (induced cycle) $C$ of a graph is a cycle without any chord, meaning that there is no edge outside the cycle connecting two vertices of the cycle. A chordless path is defined similarly. In this paper, we consider the problems of enumerating chordless cycles/paths of a given graph $G=(... | {
"abstract": "Deep learning applications are computation-intensive and often employ GPU as the underlying computing devices. Deep learning frameworks provide powerful programming interfaces, but the gap between source codes and practical GPU operations make it difficult to analyze the performance of deep learning ap... |
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"abstract": "This work proposes a Fourier-EWT based methodology for tracking the modal parameters of low-frequency range electromechanical oscillations of the power system. It is essential to monitor the low-frequency electromechanical oscillations as poorly damped uncorrected modes adversely affect the power syste... | {
"abstract": "Accurate on-line estimation of power systems oscillatory modes is important for dealing with complex interactions of large interconnected power systems especially in light of growing number of wind farms with complex power electronics controls. This paper describes an automatic ringdown analysis algori... | {
"abstract": "This paper introduces a set of self-correction strategies for improved oscillation modal analysis of ring down responses from synchrophasors in frequency domain analysis. It is shown that the modal estimates of frequency, damping ratio and mode shape using the improved frequency domain algorithms of th... |
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"abstract": "The issue of finite-time stabilization (FTS) for the memristor-based inertial neural networks (MINNs) with mixed time-varying delays (MTVDs) is researched by virtue of a new analytical method in this brief. First, an appropriate reliable control strategy is proposed for MINNs, which takes the influence... | {
"abstract": "This paper investigates the finite-time synchronization and fixed-time synchronization problems of inertial memristive neural networks with time-varying delays. By utilizing the Filippov discontinuous theory and Lyapunov stability theory, several sufficient conditions are derived to ensure finite-time ... | {
"abstract": "According to conventional memristive neural network theories, neurodynamic properties are powerful tools for solving many problems in the areas of brain-like associative learning, dynamic information storage or retrieval, etc. However, as have often been noted in most fractional-order systems, system a... |
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"title": "Understanding the interplay between HIV-1 diversity, humoral immune responses and viral fitness"
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nTo determine baseline prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and other reproductive tract infections (RTI) and their association with HIV as well as sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics in a newly recruited cohort of female bar workers in Mbeya Region, Tanzania.\n\n... | {
"abstract": "Background and Objectives: Genital ulcer disease (GUD) is a major risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. Cross‐sectional studies have suggested that HIV infection may itself predispose to genital ulceration (GU). Goal: To prospectively study the effects of HIV type 1 (HIV‐1) i... |
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"abstract": "Adiponectin (AdipoQ) and its receptors (AdipoRs) are strongly related to growth and development of skeletal muscle, as well as glucose and lipid metabolism in vertebrates. Herein we report the identification of the first full-length cDNA encoding an AdipoR homolog (Liv-AdipoR) from the decapod crustace... | {
"abstract": "Myostatin (MSTN), also known as GDF8, is a member of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily and plays an important role in muscle growth, development, and differentiation. Recently, Lv-MSTN/GDF11, the primitive isoform of MSTN and GDF11, was identified from the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a combined Fast Gradient Projection Method with Gabor filter technique for removing the Rician noise present in MR images using general purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and MATLAB. In this work, the capability of GPUs such as processing tens of thousands of threads in parall... |
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"abstract": "First, we review the basic mathematical structures and results concerning the gauge orbit space stratification. This includes general properties of the gauge group action, fibre bundle structures induced by this action, basic properties of the stratification and the natural Riemannian structures of the... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In the presence of Chern-Simons interactions the wave functionals of physical states in 2 + 1-dimensional gauge theories vanish at a number of nodal points. We show that those nodes are located at some classical configurations which carry a non-trivial magnetic charge. In abelian gauge theorie... | {
"abstract": "The geometric description of Yang–Mills theories and their configuration space M is reviewed. The presence of singularities inM is explained and some of their properties are described. The singularity structure is analysed in detail for structure group SU(2). This review is based on [28]. 1. Yang–Mills... |
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"abstract": "Eleven-dimensional supergravity admits non-supersymmetric solutions of the form AdS5 × M6 where M6 is a positive Kahler-Einstein space. We show that the necessary and sufficient condition for such solutions to be stable against linearized bosonic supergravity perturbations can be expressed as a conditi... | {
"abstract": "We discuss the stability of non-supersymmetric compactifications of M-theory and string theory of the form AdS × X, and their dual non-supersymmetric interacting conformal field theories. We argue that some of the difficulties in controlling 1/N-corrections disappear in the cases that the large-N dual ... | {
"abstract": "We show that type 0B theory has a classical AdS5 × S5 solution and argue that it is stable at the string-theory level for small enough radius. The dual 4-d conformal field theory is the infrared limit of the theory on N electric D3-branes coincident with N magnetic D3-branes. We explicitly construct th... |
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"abstract": "To determine if exfoliation syndrome (XFS) is associated with hearing loss (HL) or vestibular dysfunction.",
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"title": "Hearing Loss in Exfoliation Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis"
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"abstract": "Purpose To determine the incidence and severity of hearing loss in different frequencies in patients with Pseudoexfoliation. Furthermore, possible links between homocysteine and Pseudoexfoliation were evaluated. Methods Seventy-five consecutive patients with Pseudoexfoliation and 75 sex- and age-matche... | {
"abstract": "PurposeTo evaluate the levels of serum antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS), pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PXG), primary open-angle glaucoma, and healthy controls. Materials and MethodsThis prospective study included 17 patients with PXS, 19 patients with pseudoex... |
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"abstract": "Cerebrovascular diseases are a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. The definition of stroke etiology is mandatory to predict outcome and guide therapeutic decisions. The diagnosis of pathological processes involving intracranial arteries is especially challenging, and the visualization of ... | {
"abstract": "Background and Purpose— Although studies have evaluated the differential imaging of moyamoya disease and atherosclerosis, none have investigated the added value of vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This study evaluates the added diagnostic value of vessel wall MRI in differentiating moyamoy... | {
"abstract": "Tyrosine crystals were identified in the fine needle aspirate from a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland. Such crystals have been seen before in tissue sections of pleomorphic adenomas, and they should be considered supportive evidence for a diagnosis of pleomorphic adenoma.",
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"abstract": "AIMS\nUpper turn-around of the reentry circuit in typical atrial flutter (AF) is classically described to be located in front of the superior vena cava (SVC), but circuits posterior to the SVC as well as lower loop reentry (LLR) involving only the lower part of the right atrium have been described. How... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe crista terminalis (CT) has been identified as the posterior boundary of typical atrial flutter (AFL) in the lateral wall (LW) of the right atrium (RA). To study conduction properties across the CT, rapid pacing was performed at both sides of the CT after bidirectional conduction block w... | {
"abstract": "Reconstruction of soft tissue defects of the ear with burns remains one of the most difficult tasks for the reconstructive surgeon. Although numerous reconstructive options are available, the results are often unpredictable and worse than expected. Besides full and split skin grafting, local random pat... |
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"abstract": "Context: Quality Control (QC) has been constantly an essential concern in many fields like food industry production, medical drugs, environmental protection, and so on. An odor or flavor, as a global fingerprint, can be implemented as a non-invasive mechanism for quality assurance. This computer-based ... | {
"abstract": "An array of ZnO thin film sensors was obtained by thermal oxidation of physical vapor deposited thin Zn films. Different conditions of the thermal treatment (duration and temperature) were applied in view of obtaining ZnO sensors with different gas sensing properties. Films having undergone a long ther... | {
"abstract": "Abstract A fiber optic sensor coated with a thin film of zinc oxide nanorods has been developed to detect methanol in adulterated tequila. Zinc oxide was synthesized by ultrasonic method and was used as vapor sensing media. The measured intensities of transmitted light in the optical sensor were analyz... |
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"abstract": "The Zigzag ladybird beetle, Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), is a biological control agent that feeds on a variety of aphid species. Life table and predation data of C. sexmaculata were collected under laboratory conditions at 25±2⁰C, 60±5% RH and L14: D10 h in connectio... | {
"abstract": "Life table and predation data were collected for Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) feeding on three different host aphid species, Aphis craccivora (Koch) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), and Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: ... | {
"abstract": "Insect predators, in general, play an important role in regulating pest populations in agricultural systems, but may be negatively affected by pesticides used in pest management. Convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens Guerin-Meneville (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is known as an important biologic... |
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"abstract": "Risk of sudden death in multiple system atrophy (MSA) is greatest during sleep with unknown mechanisms. We compared nocturnal pulse event frequency in 46 MSA patients and age‐/sex‐matched controls undergoing overnight pulse oximetry. Nocturnal oxyhemoglobin desaturation indices and pulse event indices ... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nSudden death in multiple system atrophy (MSA) usually occurs during sleep and was therefore attributed to suffocation resulting from vocal cord abductor paralysis, a characteristic laryngeal finding of MSA. This led to the use of tracheostomy and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (N... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Based upon several recent studies involving reassessment of the essential amino acid requirements of the young chick, levels of dietary arginine, lysine, leucine, valine and glycine were decreased and proline and glutamic acid increased from those present in the Illinois Reference Standard (RS... |
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"abstract": "The pleiotropic cytokine IL-21 is implicated in the pathogenesis of human systemic lupus erythematosus by polymorphisms in the molecule and its receptor (IL-21R). The systemic lupus erythematosus-like autoimmune disease of BXSB.Yaa mice is critically dependent on IL-21 signaling, providing a model for ... | {
"abstract": "Dysregulation of the T cell-dependent Ab response can lead to numerous immunological disorders, ranging from systemic lupus erythematosus to B cell lymphomas. Cellular processes governed by MHC class II proteins play a major role in this response and its dysregulation. The extent to which processes con... | {
"abstract": "Immune-mediated diseases are common and life-threatening disorders in dogs. Many canine immune-mediated diseases have strong breed predispositions and are believed to be inherited. However, the genetic mutations that cause these diseases are mostly unknown. As many immune-mediated diseases in humans sh... |
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"abstract": "This paper reports the first finding of cupolets in a chaotic Hindmarsh-Rose neural model. Cupolets (chaotic, unstable, periodic, orbit-lets) are unstable periodic orbits that have been stabilized through a particular control scheme by applying a binary control sequence. We demonstrate different neural... | {
"abstract": "We discuss the biological plausibility and computational efficiency of some of the most useful models of spiking and bursting neurons. We compare their applicability to large-scale simulations of cortical neural networks.",
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"title": "Which model to use for cortical spiking neu... | {
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"title": "Intrinsic current generated, omnidirectional phase precession and grid field scaling in toroidal attractor model of medial entorhinal path integration"
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"abstract": "Recently, Chernozhukov, Chetverikov, and Kato [Ann. Statist. 42 (2014) 1564--1597] developed a new Gaussian comparison inequality for approximating the suprema of empirical processes. This paper exploits this technique to devise sharp inference on spectra of large random matrices. In particular, we sho... | {
"abstract": "Bootstrap methods are widely used for distribution estimation, although in some problems they are applicable only with difficulty. A case in point is that of estimating the distributions of eigenvalue estimators, or of functions of those estimators, when one or more of the true eigenvalues are tied. Th... | {
"abstract": "Eigenvalues and functions of eigenvalues play an important role in the reduction of the dimensionality of data in multivariate analysis. However, even under the usual normal model context, the associated distributional theory is extremely complicated. In this paper, bootstrap algorithms for ap-proximat... |
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"abstract": "In the event of a fission-based weapon or improvised nuclear device (IND) detonation, dose coefficients can be harnessed to provide dose assessments for defense, emergency preparedness, and consequence management, as well as to prospectively inform the assessment of radiation biomarkers and development... | {
"abstract": "Fluence spectra at several ground distances in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are provided along with associated fluence-to-kerma coefficients from the Dosimetry System 2002 (DS02). Also included are transmission factors for calculating expected responses of in situ sample measurements of neutron activation pr... | {
"abstract": "The increased threat of terrorism across the globe has raised fears that certain groups will acquire and use radioactive materials to inflict maximum damage. In the event that an improvised nuclear device (IND) is detonated, a potentially large population of victims will require assessment for radiatio... |
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"abstract": "The increased interest in micro-algae as a feedstock for petro-chemicals driven by the anticipated global crudepetroleum shortage and environmental security has brought them into forefront. Known for their nutrient uptake potential, these microalgae could be employed to treat wastewater biologically wh... | {
"abstract": "L A U R E N T L A R D O N , * , † A R N A U D H É L I A S , † , ‡ B R U N O S I A L V E , § J E A N P H I L I P P E S T E Y E R , † A N D O L I V I E R B E R N A R D § INRA, UR50 Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l’Environnement, Avenue des Etangs, 11100 Narbonne, France, Montpellier SupAgro, 2 Place Pi... | {
"abstract": "Botryococcus braunii is a microalga considered for biofuel production and may require physical disruption of cells/colonies for efficient hydrocarbon extraction. In this study, the strength of individual cells of B. braunii was measured using a nanoindenter. From the load and cell size, the pressure fo... |
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"abstract": "Cytochrome P450scc (CYP11A1) can hydroxylate vitamin D3 producing 20S-hydroxyvitamin D3 [20(OH)D3] and 20S,23-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [20,23(OH)2D3] as the major metabolites. These are biologically active acting as partial vitamin D receptor [VDR] agonists. Minor products include 17-hydroxyvitamin D3, 17,2... | {
"abstract": "20,23-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 [20,23(OH)2D3] is a biologically active metabolite produced by the action of cytochrome P450scc (CYP11A1) on vitamin D3. It inhibits keratinocyte proliferation, stimulates differentiation, and inhibits nuclear factor-κB activity, working as a vitamin D receptor agonist. We hav... | {
"abstract": "The x-ray structure of the mouse cholesterol-regulated START protein 4 (StarD4) has been determined at 2.2-Å resolution, revealing a compact α/β structure related to the START domain present in the cytoplasmic C-terminal portion of human MLN64. The volume of the putative lipid-binding tunnel was estima... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Indoor radon survey in Sološnica, Vydrník and Zázrivá villages has been performed within the framework of the project “Multidisciplinary research of geophysical and structural parameters, and environmental impacts of faults of the Western Carpathians”. Integration measurement of 222Rn activity... | {
"abstract": "The indoor radon measurements were carried out in 123 residential buildings and 33 schools in Visegrad countries (Slovakia, Hungary and Poland). In 13.2% of rooms radon concentration exceeded 300Bqm(-3), the reference value recommended in the Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM. Indoor radon in houses sh... | {
"abstract": "A perennial question in ornithology is whether flight has evolved mostly to facilitate access to food or as an anti-predator strategy. However, flight is an expensive mode of locomotion and species using flight regularly are associated with an expensive lifestyle. Using heart rate (HR) data loggers imp... |
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"abstract": "We present a set of Roche tomography reconstructions of the secondary stars in the cataclysmic variables AM Her, QQ Vul, IP Peg and HU Aqr. The image reconstructions show distinct asymmetries in the irradiation pattern for all four systems that can be attributed to shielding of the secondary star by th... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRA C T We present multi-epoch high-resolution spectroscopy and photoelectric polarimetry of the long-period polar (AM Herculis star) QQ Vul. The blue emission lines show several distinct components, the sharpest of which can unequivocally be assigned to the illuminated hemisphere of the secondary s... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Supernova 1993J, a Type II pec supernova, was discovered on March 28 in the nearby galaxy M81. The spectra displayed strong Balmer lines establishing its classification as a Type II supernova. About 26 days after explosion the Hα profile became anomalous, signaling the presence of significant ... |
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"abstract": "Algorithms for detecting molecular co-evolution have until now been applied only to individual protein families, but not to the human proteome. Linked to this is the problem that performing the computations for identifying co-evolving sites in the human proteome would take a prohibitively long time usi... | {
"abstract": "MOTIVATION\nThe evolution of protein sequences is constrained by complex interactions between amino acid residues. Because harmful substitutions may be compensated for by other substitutions at neighboring sites, residues can coevolve. We describe a Bayesian phylogenetic approach to the detection of co... | {
"abstract": "Background: All objects put into a child’s mouth could be hazardous in terms of trauma and toxic substance exposure. The aims of this study were to evaluate morphological characteristics of the primary teeth bite marks inflicted on various materials and to assess material wear using experimental model.... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Background Only a few studies have analyzed the effects of physical and psychiatric conditions on the risk of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Therefore, the goal of this exploratory case-control study was to investigate the associations of physical and psychiatric conditions with CFS in almost... | {
"abstract": "Objectives:To identify psychiatric differences between patients with chronic fatigue and those with rheumatoid arthritis and to investigate whether patients meeting Centers for Disease Control (CDC) criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) can be differentiated from patients with chronic fatigue on ... | {
"abstract": "Listeria monocytogenes is among the most important foodborne pathogens, which can be isolated from bird feces. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence, genotypes, virulence factors and drug-resistance characteristics of L. monocytogenes isolated from the black-headed gull in Kunming, China.... |
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"abstract": "The Q-curvature is a notion introduced by Branson initially defined on manifolds of dimension four, and is a direct generalization of the Gaussian curvature on compact surface. If Σ is a compact surface with Riemannian metric g, under the conformal change of metric g̃ = e2wg, we have Δg̃ = e−2wΔg and −... | {
"abstract": "An important problem in conformal geometry is the construction of conformal metrics for which a certain curvature quantity equals a prescribed function, e.g. a constant. In two dimensions, the uniformization theorem assures the existence of a conformal metric with constant Gauss curvature. Moreover, J.... | {
"abstract": "The presence of snow cover has significant impacts on the both global and regional climate and water balance on earth. The accurate estimation of snow cover area can be used for forecasting runoff due to snow melt and output of hydroelectric power. With development of remote sensing techniques at diffe... |
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"abstract": "Chloro- and dichloro-methylsulfonyl nitrenes, CH2ClS(O)2N and CHCl2S(O)2N, have been generated from UV laser photolysis (193 and 266 nm) of the corresponding sulfonyl azides CH2ClS(O)2N3 and CHCl2S(O)2N3, respectively. Both nitrenes have been characterized with matrix-isolation IR and EPR spectroscopy ... | {
"abstract": "The thermal-decomposition and photo-decomposition of benzenesulfonyl azide, PhS(O)2N3, have been studied by combining matrix-isolation IR spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations. Upon flash vacuum pyrolysis at 800 K, the azide splits off molecular nitrogen and exclusively furnishes phenylnitrene... | {
"abstract": "The photochemistry of diphenylphosphoryl azide was studied by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, by chemical analysis of light-induced reaction products, and by RI-CC2/TZVP and TD-B3LYP/TZVP computational methods. Theoretical methods predicted two possible mechanisms for singlet diphenylpho... |
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"abstract": "The locus coeruleus (LC) is activated by noxious stimuli, and this activation leads to inhibition of perceived pain. As two physiological reflexes, the acoustic startle reflex and the pupillary light reflex, are sensitive to noxious stimuli, this review considers evidence that this sensitivity, at leas... | {
"abstract": "Light-dark periodicity and luminance play important roles in regulating sleep-wake cycles. We recently identified a discrete cluster of sleep-active cells in the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus that we hypothesize plays a central role in sleep regulation. These ventrolateral preoptic nucleus neurons are... | {
"abstract": "The asparagine-linked sugar chains of human follicle-stimulating hormone (hFSH) were liberated as radioactive oligosaccharides from the polypeptide moiety by hydrazinolysis followed by N-acetylation and NaB3H4 reduction. Ninety-five percent of the oligosaccharides were acidic and all were converted to ... |
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"abstract": "Reactions to individuals who possess features associated with multiple racial groups may be particularly susceptible to external contextual influences, leading to meaningfully different racial perceptions and judgments in different situations. In the present study, we found that an extrinsic race-label... | {
"abstract": "Two studies tested whether racial category labels and lay beliefs about human traits have a combined effect on people’s perception of, and memory for, racially ambiguous faces. Participants saw a morphed target face accompanied by a racial label (Black or White). Later, they were asked to identify the ... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACTPerceivers rapidly process social category information and form stereotypic impressions of unfamiliar others. However, a goal to individuate a target or to accurately predict their behavior can result in individuated impressions. It is unknown how the combination of both accuracy and individuat... |
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"abstract": "Technology plays an important role in helping organisations control quality and costs, and taking advantage of opportunities in a highly competitive and increasingly complex business environment. Cloud computing offers greater access to computing power, storage, software, and remote data centres throug... | {
"abstract": "Cloud computing is seen as an increasingly important enabler for improving productivity, efficiency and cost reduction. This research aims to identify factors that are perceived likely to influence the adoption of cloud computing for Australian municipal governments. The research model draws from the t... | {
"abstract": "The concept of operations is often assumed when assessing different design variables in a tradespace study for a particular system architecture, The way a system operates, however, has a large effect on its performance, and can often be the only variable through which stakeholders can influence a syste... |
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"abstract": "How do you distinguish a cat from a dog by their DNA? Did Shakespeare really write all of his plays? Pattern matching techniques can offer answers to these questions and to many others, from molecular biology, to telecommunications, to classifying Twitter content. This book for researchers and graduate... | {
"abstract": "A digital search tree (DST) – one of the most fundamental data structures on words – is a digital tree in which keys (strings, words) are stored directly in (internal) nodes. The profile of a digital search tree is a parameter that counts the number of nodes at the same distance from the root. It is a ... | {
"abstract": "A low voltage embedded single port SRAM memory generator implemented in a 6 metals, 0.18 /spl mu/m standard CMOS process is described. The typical (8k/spl times/16) cut achieves 300 MHz maximum frequency, with a 3.3 ns access time at 1.3 V and 25/spl deg/C and a typical power of 60 /spl mu/A/MHz at 1.3... |
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"abstract": "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become the preferred modality for imaging the knee to show pathology and guide patient management and treatment. The knee is one of the most frequently injured joints, and knee pain is a pervasive difficulty that can affect all age groups. Due to the diverse patholo... | {
"abstract": "Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has become an important diagnostic tool in evaluation of the musculoskeletal system. While most examinations are currently performed at magnetic field strengths of 1.5 T or lower, whole-body MR systems operating at 3.0 T have recently become available for clinical use. T... | {
"abstract": "In this work, both T1- and T2-weighted fast imaging methods at 8 T are presented. These include the modified driven equilibrium Fourier transform (MDEFT) and rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement (RARE) methods, respectively. Axial MDEFT images were acquired with large nutation angles, both par... |
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"abstract": "With the development of next-generation communication technologies and smart handheld devices, mobile services have multiplied the global network traffic. Due to the subjectivity of user expectations and the instability of wireless environments, the Quality of Experience (QoE) of the mobile service is ... | {
"abstract": "Video-on-demand streaming services have gained popularity over the past few years. An increase in the speed of the access networks has also led to a larger number of users watching videos online. Online video streaming traffic is estimated to further increase from the current value of 57% to 69% by 201... | {
"abstract": "With companies such as Netflix and YouTube accounting for more than 50% of the peak download traffic on North American fixed networks in 2015, video streaming represents a significant source of Internet traffic. Multimedia delivery over the Internet has evolved rapidly over the past few years. The last... |
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"abstract": "Introduction: The floppy eyelid syndrome describes an eyelid disorder characterized by floppy tarsal plates that may be caused by a loss of elastin. The authors attempted to create floppy eyelids by digesting elastin from cadaveric tarsus and then treated them with cross-linking using ultraviolet A and... | {
"abstract": "A 31-year-old man with spastic paraparesis (diagnosed when he was 10 years old) and hyperglycinemia (diagnosed when he was 19 years old) had an intermittently swollen right eye and blurred vision. His right upper eyelid was S-shaped and edematous, the lateral canthal tendon was flaccid, and the eyelid ... | {
"abstract": "Although metabolic acidosis from a variety of causes is very frequent in infancy, congenital acidosis appears to be extremely rare. Two unrelated cases of a new syndrome are now described with a congenital metabolic acidosis resulting from a block in the conversion of methylmalonic acid to succinic aci... |
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"abstract": "SUMMARY Bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) swim in the labriform mode at low speeds, generating lift and thrust by beating their pectoral fins. The maximal power output available from the two largest pectoral fin adductor and abductor muscles, constituting half of the total pectoral girdle muscle m... | {
"abstract": "Undulatory swimming in fish is powered by the segmental body musculature of the myotomes. Power generated by this muscle and the interactions between the fish and the water generate a backward-travelling wave of lateral displacement of the body and caudal fin. The body and tail push against the water, ... | {
"abstract": "1. We studied the effects of shortening history on isometric force and isotonic velocity in single intact frog fibres. Fibres were isometrically tetanized. When force reached a plateau, shortening was imposed, after which the fibre was held isometric again. Isometric force after shortening could then b... |
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"abstract": "Mahesh Bachu, Swarupa Yalla, Mangaiarkarasi Asokan, Anjali Verma, Ujjwal Neogi, Shilpee Sharma, Rajesh V Murali, Anil Babu Mukthey, Raghavendra Bhatt, Snehajyothi Chatterjee, Roshan Elsa Rajan, Narayana Cheedarla, Venkat S Yadavalli, Anita Mahadevan, Susarla K Shankar, Nirmala Rajagopalan, Anita Shet, ... | {
"abstract": "Although the prototypical HIV-1 LTR sequences were determined 22 years ago from the initial isolate, elucidating which transcription factors are critical to replication in vivo, has been difficult. One approach has been to examine HIV-1 LTRs that have gone through the gamut of in vivo mutation and sele... | {
"abstract": "Although theories have been developed that describe surface activity of organic molecules at the air-water interface, few studies have tested how surface activity impacts the selective transfer of molecules from solution phase into the aerosol phase during bubble bursting. The selective transfer of a s... |
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"abstract": "Elongation factor 1α (EF1α), an essential component of the eukaryotic translational machinery, has been shown to possess various biochemical and biological activities, including F‐actin‐binding and ‐bundling, microtubule‐ severing, and the activity of making fibroblasts highly susceptible to transforma... | {
"abstract": "To identify the genes involved in cell morphogenesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, we screened for the genes that cause aberrant cell morphology by overexpression. The isolated genes were classified on the basis of morphology conferred. One of the genes causing a rounded morphology was identified as th... | {
"abstract": "The Rho small GTP-binding protein family regulates various actomyosin- dependent cell functions, such as cell morphology, locomotion, cytokinesis, membrane ruffling, and smooth muscle contraction. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, there is a homologue of mammalian RhoA, RHO1, which is essential fo... |
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"abstract": "We consider the problem of parameter synthesis for black-box systems whose operations are jointly influenced by a set of “tunable parameters” under the control of designers, and a set of uncontrollable stochastic parameters. The goal is to find values of the tunable parameters that ensure the satisfact... | {
"abstract": "Stochastic fluctuations in gene expression give rise to cell-to-cell variability in protein levels which can potentially cause variability in cellular phenotype. For TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand) variability manifests itself as dramatic differences in the time between ligand exposure an... | {
"abstract": "Using models to simulate and analyze biological networks requires principled approaches to parameter estimation and model discrimination. We use Bayesian and Monte Carlo methods to recover the full probability distributions of free parameters (initial protein concentrations and rate constants) for mass... |
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"abstract": "Drug use disorders (DUDs) frequently co-occur with alcohol use disorders, affecting approximately 1.1 percent of the U.S. population. Compared with alcohol use disorders or DUDs alone, co-occurring disorders are associated with a greater severity of substance dependence; co-occurring psychiatric disord... | {
"abstract": "Background To date, there have been no published data on 12-month comorbidity of DSM–IV alcohol and drug use disorders in the general U.S. population. The purposes of the present study were to examine the prevalence and comorbidity of alcohol and specific drug use disorders, and to identify sociodemogr... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nIn this critical review the authors evaluate the literature regarding the relationship between lifelong DSM-III-R anxiety disorders and alcohol dependence. Many alcohol-dependent individuals demonstrate severe anxiety symptoms in the context of acute or protracted abstinence syndromes, but i... |
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"abstract": "A new non-coherent chaotic modulation technique based on adaptive decision threshold is proposed for the UltraWideBand (UWB) Direct Chaotic Communication (DCC) technology. The principal advantages of the proposed technique are: (1) Removing the threshold problem of the classical Chaotic On-Off Keying m... | {
"abstract": "Chaotic signals must have specific characteristics in order to be used in certain applications. One of them is band-limited power spectrum. An approach to design of chaotic sources with band-limited feature is proposed. Realization of the approach in microwave band is demonstrated.",
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"abstract": "Information from imaging and diffraction planes, or real and reciprocal spaces, of transmission electron microscopes (TEM) can be combined using iterative transformation algorithms to reconstruct the complex wave function, to improve image resolution and to remove residual aberrations in the case of ab... |
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"abstract": "Experience has a profound influence on how sound is processed in the brain. Yet little is known about how enriched experiences interact with developmental processes to shape neural processing of sound. We examine this question as part of a large cross-sectional study of auditory brainstem development i... | {
"abstract": "Neural encoding of pitch in the auditory brainstem is shaped by long-term experience with language. The aim herein was to determine to what extent this experience-dependent effect is specific to a particular language. Analysis of variance of brainstem responses to Mandarin and Thai tones revealed that ... | {
"abstract": "Summary Oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopes ( δ 18 O and δD ) in precipitation collected in every event from 2007 to 2009 in Guangzhou, South China, are presented in this paper. The total correlation between δ 18 O and δD is obtained as δD = (8.46 ± 0.13) δ 18 O + (15.0 ± 0.9). More negative δ 18 O an... |
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"abstract": "Preterm infants often have a reduced bone mineral content (BMC) with increased risk of metabolic bone disease. After birth it is difficult to supply calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) comparable to the high fetal accretion rate. It is not known whether high supplementation of minerals in the early postnat... | {
"abstract": "PurposePreterm infants are at risk for suboptimal bone mineralization. Postnatal bone formation requires optimal nutritional composition. This study evaluated the effect of isocaloric, protein-, and mineral-enriched postdischarge formula (PDF), standard term formula (TF), and human milk (HM) on gain in... | {
"abstract": "To determine the timing of peak bone mass and density, we conducted a cross-sectional study of bone mass measurements in 265 premenopausal Caucasian females, aged 8-50 yr. Bone mass and bone mineral density were measured using dual X-ray absorptiometry and single-photon absorptiometry at the spine (ant... |
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"abstract": "Although many papers describe the evolution of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), most adopt a subjective approach. This paper examines the pattern of development of the AHP research field using social network analysis and scientometrics, and identifies its intellectual structure. The objectives are... | {
"abstract": "In this paper the authors review the developments of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) since its inception. The focus of this paper is a neutral review on the methodological developments rather than reporting its applications that have appeared since its introduction. In particular, we discuss probl... | {
"abstract": "The aim of this paper is to examine the factors influencing the adoption of the human resource information system (HRIS) in the Saudi context. A few researches have looked at the adoption of HRIS, but none of these studies have examined the adoption of such a system from the users’ perspective in gener... |
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"abstract": "Methods to generate ultra-short radiation pulses from Xray FELs commonly slice a relatively long electron bunch to feature one (or more) short regions of higher beam quality which then lase preferentially. The slotted foil approach spoils the emittance of all but a short region, while laserbased altern... | {
"abstract": "A method to achieve high-brightness self-amplified spontaneous emission (HB-SASE) in the free-electron laser (FEL) is described. The method uses repeated nonequal electron beam delays to delocalize the collective FEL interaction and break the radiation coherence length dependence on the FEL cooperation... | {
"abstract": "Abstract A new design for a single pass X-ray Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission (SASE) FEL is proposed. The scheme consists of two undulators and an X-ray monochromator located between them. The first stage of the FEL amplifier operates in the SASE linear regime. After the exit of the first undulator... |
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"abstract": "Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a data-oriented approach for performance evaluation and benchmarking when trade-offs on multiple performance measures and benchmarks are not completely available. There are relative efficiencies and inefficiencies in using DEA in classifying funds of hedge funds (FOF)... | {
"abstract": "Engle-Granger representation theory is used to estimate the secular and cyclical determinants of business output in Israel during 1960–1988. The specification of the secular production function is based on the technique of cointegration, while the cyclical, or short-term, production function is specifi... | {
"abstract": "Because a political crisis may negatively affect stock returns, it is important for investors to know which firms will be affected less adversely by such a crisis. This study shows that firms that are controlled by families or have high growth opportunities will experience larger declines in their stoc... |
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"abstract": "In this work, the radiolysis mechanisms in solids as well as in liquid and frozen aqueous solutions have been studied. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry has evolved so that mass spectral information can now be used to determine the most probable structures of radiolysis products, even thos... | {
"abstract": "The extent of physico-chemical changes induced by irradiation of cefazolin sodium was investigated. The methods used were potency determination, impurity profile, colour measurements and pH measurements. The potency of irradiated samples at 25 kGy was 4+/-2% lower than that of the non irradiated ones. ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Radiation, in the form of high energy electrons as well as gamma radiation, has featured in the last 15 yr as a promising sterilization agent for many heat sensitive and ethylene oxide incompatible pharmaceuticals and polymers of medical usage. This article deals with(i) a comparison of the va... |
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"abstract": "We examine the issues of market efficiency and price discovery in the European Union carbon futures market. Our findings suggest that none of the carbon futures contracts examined here are priced according to the cost-of-carry model, although two of the three futures contracts studied here form a stabl... | {
"abstract": "To succeed in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, a climate policy must establish credible long-term incentives for investments in new energy-sector capital and in research and development. We argue that credibility implies that international agreements should focus on enhancing coordination and collabo... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we investigate the determinants of credit default swap (CDS) spread for the Japanese market, which is one of the major CDS markets in the world. Our assessment of literature indicates that there is a lack of related empirical research using data from the Japanese market. By analyzing dat... |
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"abstract": "Although it is generally accepted that burnout has an effect on cognitive functioning, very few studies have so far examined the link between cognitive functioning and job burnout. The purpose of this systematic review was to explore the reported association between burnout and cognitive functioning, a... | {
"abstract": "In the light of social change and a transformation in the work situation, interest in the problem of burnout has grown over the past decade. There is a conspicuous discrepancy, however, between what is regarded as certain knowledge and what is published opinion. To date, there is no generally accepted ... | {
"abstract": "In this commentary, we discuss seldom-noticed methodological problems affecting biological research on burnout and depression and make recommendations to overcome the limitations of past studies conducted in this area. First, we suggest that identified subtypes of depression (e.g., depression with mela... |
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"abstract": "The present study investigated the effects of discomfort glare on driving behavior. Participants (old and young; U. S. and Europeans) were exposed to a simulated low-beam light source mounted on the hood of an instrumented vehicle. Participants drove at night in actual traffic along a track consisting ... | {
"abstract": "In this experiment 12 experienced truck drivers drove a fixed-base driving simulator for three 8-h sessions under simulated nighttime driving conditions. Sessions included (a) no glare, (b) intermittent glare presented in the exterior rearview mirrors to simulate following vehicles, and (c) intermitten... | {
"abstract": "The visual acuity and contrast sensitivity of two groups of 30 male and female drivers (aged 20–25, 40–45, and 60–65 years) were measured over a range of background luminances and in the presence of glare. Results showed that (1) visual acuity decreased significantly with both increasing age and decrea... |
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"abstract": "Juvenile angiofibroma is a benign fibroangiomatous tumor of relatively rare occurrence, developing most frequently in male adolescents. It has local characteristics of aggressiveness and expansion. The treatment of choice is surgical excision. In this paper the advantages and disadvantages of the surgi... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe Le Fort I maxillary osteotomy approach for skull base tumor removal in the pediatric age group has not been widely discussed in the literature except for sporadic case reports and limited case series.\n\n\nOBJECTIVES\nTo review our experience with the Le Fort I osteotomy and to propose ... | {
"abstract": "A recurrent adenoid cystic carcinoma of the hard palate extending to the maxillary sinus was resected through the versatile midface degloving approach. The surgical technique is discussed, and advantages and limits of the procedure are analyzed. The authors recommend this approach for midface tumors wh... |
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"abstract": "Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a term used to describe a form of autoimmune diabetes that resembles type 1 diabetes, but has a later onset and slower progression toward an absolute insulin requirement. Controversies have been surrounding this concept and several attempts have been made ... | {
"abstract": "Background: Several experimental studies in rats have demonstrated that sulfonylurea treatment increases autoantigen expression in B-cells. This phenomenon may be deleterious for the preservation of residual beta cell function in patients with slowly progressing type 1 diabetes or latent autoimmune dia... | {
"abstract": "Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is marked by circulating antibodies to a 64,000-Mr islet cell antigen identified as glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD). We describe a radioimmunoprecipitation assay with GAD isolated from pig brain. The sera tested were from 80 patients with IDDM including 26 w... |
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"abstract": "Ecotoxicological studies of soil metal toxicity conventionally rely on the use of uncontaminated soils gradually enriched with metals in the form of soluble salts. Although this method is very useful in many ways, it is continually complicated by the difficulty of extrapolating laboratory results to ac... | {
"abstract": "Effects on soil Collembola of Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd pollution from Cu smelters over 40 years were investigated in paddy fields from an area of Eastern China. We compared the field effects to those observed in single-species laboratory tests employing the hemiedaphic collembolan Folsomia candida and the ep... | {
"abstract": "To verify the feasibility of portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) for rapidly analyzing, assessing and improving soil heavy metals mapping, 351 samples were collected from Fuyang District, Hangzhou City, in eastern China. Ordinary kriging (OK) and co-ordinary kriging (COK) combined with PXRF measurements... |
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"abstract": "Instant noodles originated in eastern nations and have been accepted due to its practicality and low cost. However, its high sodium content can lead to health problems. The present study aimed to reduce sodium and increase calcium levels in noodles. A control (N1: K2CO3+ Na2CO3) and three treatments wi... | {
"abstract": "Numerous calcium sources are available to enrich food, but their behavior during digestion is still unknown. This study focused on the influence of the gastro-intestinal pH, the food structure and the calcium source on the bioaccessibility of the nutrient. Four calcium sources were studied: calcium car... | {
"abstract": "Lors du vieillissement, les capacites sensorielles et l’efficacite masticatoire diminuent, affectant negativement l'alimentation des seniors. Ainsi, la formulation d’aliments adaptes aux besoins nutritionnels et sensoriels des seniors est un enjeu pour les annees a venir. L'objectif principal de cette ... |
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"abstract": "The interaction of the incoming beam radiation with the patient body in hadrontherapy treatments produces secondary charged and neutral particles, whose detection can be used for monitoring purposes and to perform an on-line check of beam particle range. In the context of ion-therapy with active scanni... | {
"abstract": "Hadrontherapy is an emerging technique in cancer therapy that uses beams of charged particles. To meet the improved capability of hadrontherapy in matching the dose release with the cancer position, new dose-monitoring techniques need to be developed and introduced into clinical use. The measurement of... | {
"abstract": "The interaction of the incoming beam radiation with the patient body in hadrontherapy treatments produces secondary charged and neutral particles, whose detection can be used for monitoring purposes and to perform an on-line check of beam particle range. In the context of ion-therapy with active scanni... |
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"abstract": "Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are the most popular among the adult stem cells in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Since their discovery and functional characterization in the late 1960s and early 1970s, MSCs or MSC‐like cells have been obtained from various mesodermal and non‐mesodermal ti... | {
"abstract": "Crosstalk between hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and the cells comprising the niche is critical for maintaining stem cell activities. Yet little evidence supports the concept that HSCs regulate development of the niche. Here, the ability of HSCs to directly regulate endosteal development was examined.... | {
"abstract": "Upon contact with airway epithelial cells, bacterial products activate Ca2+ fluxes that are required for induction of NF-κB-dependent gene expression. TLR2 is apically displayed on airway cells, making it a likely transducer linking bacterial stimuli and kinases that affect Ca2+ release. Using biochemi... |
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"abstract": "Abstract The mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Megachile strupigera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Megachilinae) was determined in our study. The sequenced region is 15,193 bp with an A + T content of 83.44%, including 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNAs and 19 transfer RNAs. All PCGs are initi... | {
"abstract": "Nymphalidae is the largest family of butterflies with their phylogenetic relationships not adequately approached to date. The mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of 11 new nymphalid species were reported and a comparative mitogenomic analysis was conducted together with other 22 available nymphalid mit... | {
"abstract": "Pharmaceutical solid dispersions (SD) of curcumin (Cur) with macromolecule polysaccharide arabinogalactan (AG) from wood of Larix sibirica were prepared by mechanical ball milling. The physical properties of the dispersed curcumin mixture in solid state were characterized by scanning electron microscop... |
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"abstract": "Article history: Received 11 September 2014 Received in revised form 5 November 2014 Accepted 5 November 2014 Available online xxxx",
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"title": "Fate of Pesticides in the Aquatic Environment: Determination and Identification of Dead End Degradation Products of Selected Pestic... | {
"abstract": "Modern approaches to drug discovery have dramatically increased the speed and quantity of compounds that are made and tested for potential potency. The task of collecting, organizing, and assimilating this information is a major bottleneck in the discovery of new drugs. We have developed LeadScope a no... | {
"abstract": "With increasing arsenic (As) contamination incidents reported around the world, better processes for As removal from industrial wastewater and other contaminated waters are required to protect drinking water sources. Complexation of As with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) cationic surfactant micelles, c... |
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"abstract": "The Embedded Figures Test (EFT) requires observers to search for a simple geometric shape hidden inside a more complex figure. Surprisingly, performance in the EFT is negatively correlated with susceptibility to illusions of spatial orientation, such as the Roelofs effect. Using fMRI, we previously dem... | {
"abstract": "Previous studies found normal or even superior performance of autistic patients on visuospatial tasks requiring local search, like the Embedded Figures Task (EFT). A well-known interpretation of this is “weak central coherence”, i.e. autistic patients may show a reduced general ability to process infor... | {
"abstract": "For dynamics x/spl dot/=f(x) with output y=h(x) invariant with respect to a transformation group G, we define invariant asymptotic observer of the form x/spl circ//spl dot/=f/spl circ/(x/spl circ/,y) where y=h(x) is the measured output and x/spl circ/an estimation of the unmeasured state x. Such a defi... |
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"abstract": "In this study, we propose driving the amorphous blue phase III (BPIII) with a tilted electric field to enhance or magnify its inherent linear electro-optical properties. The electro-optical properties of in-plane-switching (IPS) BPIII and tilted-field-switching (TFS) BPIII cells are compared here. Acco... | {
"abstract": "A low driving voltage and fast response blue phase III (BPIII) liquid-crystal device with very low dielectric anisotropy is demonstrated. To stabilize BPIII in a wide temperature range (> 15°C), a chiral molecule with good solubility was chosen. By studying field-dependent polarization state of the tra... | {
"abstract": "We present X-ray diffraction evidence for clusters exhibiting a skewed cybotactic supramolecular structure in the nematic phase of the butyloxy-phenyl diester, ODBP-Ph-OC4, a bent core mesogenic diester of the nonlinear diol 2,5-bis-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole (ODBP). The temperature dependence ... |
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"abstract": "Person re-identification is a fundamental challenging task in Computer Vision that consists on recognizing the same person across multiple potentially non-overlapping cameras. This importance is due to the important challenges that it proposes like pose, background clutter and occlusion, illumination c... | {
"abstract": "We propose in this paper a spatio-temporal pyramid representation (STPR) of the video based Accordion image. The Accordion image allows the pixels having a high temporal correlation to be put in space adjacency. The STPR introduces spatial and temporal layout information to the local SIFT features comp... | {
"abstract": "Gaussian Fisher Vector (GFV) encoding is an extension of the conventional Fisher Vector (FV) that effectively discards the noisy background information by localizing the pedestrian position in the image. Nevertheless, GFV can only provide a shallow description of the pedestrian features. In order to ca... |
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"abstract": "Endothelial keratoplasty has been adopted as an alternative to penetrating keratoplasty in the treatment of corneal endothelial disorders. However, references identifying at what time of posterior lamellar transplant surgery occurs greater damage to the endothelial cells of the donor button were not fo... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nTransplantology is a quickly developing field of ophthalmology. It currently is able to treat many inherited, degenerative, inflammatory, traumatic, and cancerous diseases. This review outlines recent concepts and methods of treating ocular diseases with tissue and cell grafts. Ocular trans... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nIn the epidermis, the highest clonogenicity, a feature of stem cells (SCs), is found in the smallest keratinocyte. In the limbal-corneal (LC) epithelium the SCs are exclusively localized in the basal epithelial layer of the limbal domain. The current study was conducted to determine whether th... |
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"abstract": "This paper introduces pixel-wise prediction based visual odometry (PWVO), which is a dense prediction task that evaluates the values of translation and rotation for every pixel in its input observations. PWVO employs uncertainty estimation to identify the noisy regions in the input observations, and ad... | {
"abstract": "The ability for an agent to localize itself within an environment is crucial for many real-world applications. For unknown environments, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) enables incremental and concurrent building of and localizing within a map. We present a new, differentiable architecture... | {
"abstract": "This article presents a survey of recent research on sparsity-driven synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging. In particular, it reviews 1) the analysis and synthesis-based sparse signal representation formulations for SAR image formation together with the associated imaging results, 2) sparsity-based me... |
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"abstract": "Synopsis Family history of Alzheimer's disease (AD) was investigated using a telephone re-interview of 99 cases and 116 controls selected from a case–control study of 170 matched pairs. It was found that the family history method used in the initial interview was satisfactory in identifying first-degre... | {
"abstract": "An autosomal dominant genetic etiology has been proposed for Alzheimer Dementia (AD), but many cases appear to be sporadic. Evaluation of the possible genetic transmission of AD from its familial aggregation requires consideration of (1) the proportion of index cases with genetic disease, and (2) the c... | {
"abstract": "Nanofiber scaffolds have been useful for engineering tissues derived from mesenchymal cells, but few studies have investigated their applicability for epithelial cell-derived tissues. In this study, we generated nanofiber (250 nm) or microfiber (1200 nm) scaffolds via electrospinning from the polymer, ... |
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"abstract": "Polar codes are the family of the codes which are first ones to achieve channel capacity of any binary discrete memory less channel (B-DMC) with an explicit construction. The method relates with polar codes, channel polarization and encoding & decoding of polar code is considered that in the live struc... | {
"abstract": "XOR and XNOR gate plays an important role in digital systems including arithmetic and encryption circuits. This paper proposes a combination of XOR-XNOR gate using 6-transistors for low power applications. Comparison between a best existing XOR-XNOR have been done by simulating the proposed and other d... | {
"abstract": "A new low-power full-adder based on CMOS inverter is presented. This full-adder is comprised of inverters. Universal gates such as NOR, NAND and MAJORITY-NOT gates are implemented with a set of inverters and non-conventional implementation of them. In the proposed design approach the time consuming XOR... |
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"abstract": "There is disclosed a device for dewatering sludge, sewage and other materials containing water and solid particles. The device comprises at least two rotatable and two superimposed power driven filter bands which are successively guided to and about the perforated cylindrical walls of the drums in pres... | {
"abstract": "Most query and transformation languages developed since the mid 90es for XML and semistructured data - e.g. XQuery [1], the precursors of XQuery [2], and XSLT [3] - build upon a path-oriented node selection: A node in a data item is specified in terms of a root-to-node path in the manner of the file se... | {
"abstract": "Tree patterns forms a natural basis to query tree-structured data such as XML and LDAP. Since the efficiency of tree pattern matching against a tree-structured database depends on the size of the pattern, it is essential to identify and eliminate redundant nodes in the pattern and do so as quickly as p... |
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"abstract": "&NA; The authors have indicated no significant interest with commercial supporters.",
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"title": "Electrosurgery and Implantable Electronic Devices: Review and Implications for Office‐Based Procedures"
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nThe purpose of this pictorial essay is to familiarize radiologists with the clinical functioning, proper anatomic positioning, appearance on radiographs and CT scans, potential complications, and MRI safety issues of several implantable noncardiac pacemaker and stimulator devices.\n\n\nCONCL... | {
"abstract": "Electrically stimulating the stomach to treat gastroparesis has been proposed by investigators for decades. With the development of techniques of implantable pacing devices and electrodes and promising preliminary results in chronic pacing studies, gastric electrical stimulation (GES) has received incr... |
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"abstract": "Species differences in the host factor ANP32A/B result in the restriction of avian influenza virus polymerase (vPol) in mammalian cells. Efficient replication of avian influenza viruses in mammalian cells often requires adaptive mutations, such as PB2-E627K, to enable the virus to utilize mammalian ANP... | {
"abstract": "THE genome of influenza virus consists of eight distinct segments of single stranded RNA as determined by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels1–3. Each of these segments codes for one of the eight virus specified polypeptides4–9 and is therefore believed to be a single gene which functions by a monoc... | {
"abstract": "SummaryThe lower epidermis ofSelaginella Helvetica leaves has numerous chloroplasts. In the diffuse light of the plant's normal habitat these are distributed over the inner wall of the cell, while in bright sunlight they move to the lateral walls. High voltage electron microscopy of whole critical-poin... |
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"abstract": "Abstract People in receipt of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa often discontinue taking the medication. We conducted 27 semi-structured interviews with men and women who had started PrEP but did not return to the clinic for a refill after a 1, 2 or 3-month... | {
"abstract": "Introduction:Antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV acquisition is cost-effective when delivered to those at substantial risk. Despite a high incidence of HIV infection among pregnant and breastfeeding women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a theoretical increased risk of ... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundAntiretroviral therapy (ART) and oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are effective in reducing HIV transmission in heterosexual adults. The epidemiologic impact and cost-effectiveness of combined prevention approaches in resource-limited settings remain unclear.MethodsWe develop a dynamic ma... |
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"abstract": "Abstract This study uses Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as a lens for informing the process for building on employees' existing wellbeing within one Australian organisation, using the ‘discovery, dreaming, designing, and achieving destiny’ process. Using POSH as a theoretical framework, we worked with a lar... | {
"abstract": "Following increased interest in and use of new public management (NPM), greater regulation has been introduced into many Western health systems. Yet, the effects have revealed the negative aspects of NPM. Positive organizational scholars have argued that adversity can give rise to positive deviance. Ye... | {
"abstract": "Monitoring transcriptional reorganization triggered in response to a particular stress is an essential first step for the functional analysis of genes involved in the process. To characterize Cicer arietinum L. defence responses against Helicoverpa armigera feeding, transcript patterns elicited by both... |
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"abstract": "This Dissertation is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It has been brought to you by ScholarWorks@UNO with permission from the rights-holder(s). You are free to use this Dissertation in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For o... | {
"abstract": "This article is the 3rd in a series of investigations into the supply and demand of qualified counselor educators for the oncoming millennium.",
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"title": "The Counselor Educator Crunch Revisited: A Status Report"
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"abstract": "Reproduced here is a version of the presidential address delivered at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) luncheon, during the American Counseling Association national convention in Atlanta on March 16, 1993. (Appendix A is a reference list the was available at the luncheon f... |
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"abstract": "Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) play an essential role in IoT applications, especially for long‐term data gathering and monitoring applications. The deployment field and the limited energy sources are two critical constraints directly influencing WSN lifespan, and both must be considered while designin... | {
"abstract": "Sensor Network (WSN) consists of irreplaceable nodes which are equipped with limited energy resources. Necessity of power consumption becomes a prior importance for various pervasive and ubiquitous applications. For realistic computation of energy in accordance with available motes like Micaz, Telos, M... | {
"abstract": "Sensor webs consisting of nodes with limited battery power and wireless communications are deployed to collect useful information from the field. Gathering sensed information in an energy efficient manner is critical to operate the sensor network for a long period of time. In W. Heinzelman et al. (Proc... |
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"abstract": "\n \n Distant labeling for information extraction (IE) suffers from noisy training data. We describe a way of reducing the noise associated with distant IE by identifying coupling constraints between potential instance labels. As one example of coupling,items in a list are likely to have the same label... | {
"abstract": "Recently, there has been much effort in making databases for molecular biology more accessible and interoperable. However, information in text form, such as MEDLINE records, remains a greatly underutilized source of biological information. We have begun a research effort aimed at automatically mapping ... | {
"abstract": "The objective of the Hughes Trainable Text Skimmer (TTS) Project is to create text skimming software that: (1) can be easily re-configured for new applications, (2) improves its performance with use, and (3) is fast enough to process megabytes of text per day. The TTS-MUC3 system is our first full scal... |
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"abstract": "Stress induces a shift from hippocampus-based “cognitive” toward dorsal striatum-based “habitual” learning and memory. This shift is thought to have important implications for stress-related psychopathologies, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, there is large individual variabili... | {
"abstract": "Experiences with a high emotional content (aversive) tend to be stored as long-term memories; however, there are also contextual recollections, which form a significant part of our memories. Different research has shown that the insular cortex (IC) plays an important role during aversive memory formati... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Rats injected with diazepam exhibited a gradual emergence of drinking elicited by electrical stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus (ESLH), and the drug was found to reduce thresholds for stimulation-bound eating but not for drinking. The failure of the tranquilizer to facilitate elicited wat... |
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"abstract": "Thumb movement is very important for object gripping. However, when a cerebrovascular disorder or spinal cord injury causes hand paralysis, which impairs the motor function of the fingers, it becomes impossible to flex and extend the fingers and to move the thumb to the opposition position; this makes ... | {
"abstract": "The unique musculoskeletal structure of the human hand brings in wider dexterous capabilities to grasp and manipulate a repertoire of objects than the non-human primates. It has been widely accepted that the orientation and the position of the thumb plays an important role in this characteristic behavi... | {
"abstract": "Our dexterous hand is a fundmanetal human feature that distinguishes us from other animals by enabling us to go beyond grasping to support sophisticated in-hand object manipulation. Our aim was the design of a dexterous anthropomorphic robotic hand that matches the human hand's 24 degrees of freedom, u... |
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"abstract": "Human parsing is an important task in human-centric image understanding in computer vision and multimedia systems. However, most existing works on human parsing mainly tackle the single-person scenario, which deviates from real-world applications where multiple persons are present simultaneously with i... | {
"abstract": "Todays person detection methods work best when people are in common upright poses and appear reasonably well spaced out in the image. However, in many real images, thats not what people do. People often appear quite close to each other, e.g., with limbs linked or heads touching, and their poses are oft... | {
"abstract": "Synthetic cathinones, frequently referred to as \"bath salts\", have significant abuse potential, and recent evidence suggests that these novel psychoactive substances can also produce cognitive deficits as well as cytotoxic effects. However, most of these latter findings have been obtained either usin... |
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"abstract": "In order to improve compatibility at chip and system level, the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of digital signal controllers (DSCs) is analyzed in this paper. The EMC issues of DSCs, related to emission and susceptibility for chip including multiple complex peripherals running at fairly high-clock... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a comparative study of susceptibility reduction techniques for electromagnetic interference (EMI) in digital integrated circuits (ICs). Both direct power injection (DPI) and very-fast transmission-line pulsing (VF-TLP) methods are used to inject interference into the substrate of a ... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents the simulation analysis of electromagnetic susceptibility (EMS) for a 32-Bit digital signal controllers (DSCs). The electromagnetic susceptibility model of the DSCs for conducted immunity, built upon the conducted disturbances sources, passive distribution network and the immunity b... |
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"abstract": "This thesis presents a cross-section of research on the development and application for management of water quality research on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and its catchment area undertaken by myself and colleagues between 1980 and 2016. Over this period, I have published ~90 peer-reviewed papers on t... | {
"abstract": "This is Chapter 15 of Climate change and the Great Barrier Reef: a vulnerability assessment. The entire book can be found at http://hdl.handle.net/11017/137",
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"title": "Chapter 15: Vulnerability of marine reptiles in the Great Barrier Reef to climate change"
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"abstract": "Artificial light at night poses a significant threat to multiple taxa across the globe. In coastal regions, artificial lighting close to marine turtle nesting beaches is disruptive to their breeding success. Prioritizing effective management of light pollution requires an understanding of how the light... |
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"abstract": "The doctoral defense is an important step towards obtaining the doctoral degree. As such, preparing for the event is necessary. Anecdotal evidence highlights that there is a wide variety of ways in which doctoral candidates prepare for the defense. In this work, I want to explore if there is a relation... | {
"abstract": "The PhD viva has been described as mysterious (Burnham 1994; Morley et al. 2002), unpredictable (Rugg & Petre 2004) and potentially frightening for students (Delamont et al. 2004), with its form and duration a function of the predilections of individual examiners as well as a function of differences ac... | {
"abstract": "Section 1 The Experiences of Women in Higher Education: Being Different is a Very Difficult Roe to Hoe: Survival strategies of women academics Caught Between Two Worlds: Mothers as academics Ivory Towers and Ebony Women: The experiences of black women in higher education Fighting Back or Biting Back: L... |
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"abstract": "Aim: To assess the effectiveness of expressed breast milk (EBM) in reducing pain due to venepuncture, in term neonates, as measured by behavioural and physiological observations. Methods: This randomized, placebo‐controlled, double‐blind trial involved 81 full‐term neonates, up to 4wk of postnatal age,... | {
"abstract": "There is evidence that newborn babies feel pain even at the lowest gestational ages when they can survive. Because sweet solutions such as sucrose, given orally, may relieve pain in neonates, we decided to compare the effects of two concentrations of glucose (normally used for intravenous infusions) an... | {
"abstract": "In this issue of the Journal, Nemes et al 1 consider alterations in aortic stiffness during a 1-year follow-up after aortic valve replacement (AVR). Twelve patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) who underwent AVR were prospectively investigated. As expected, stenosis severity and left ventricular (L... |
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"abstract": "Part deformation has been a longstanding challenge for object parsing, of which the primary difficulty lies in modeling the highly diverse object structures. To this end, we propose a novel structure parsing model to capture deformable object structures. The proposed model consists of two deformable la... | {
"abstract": "Most current approaches to recognition aim to be scale-invariant. However, the cues available for recognizing a 300 pixel tall object are qualitatively different from those for recognizing a 3 pixel tall object. We argue that for sensors with finite resolution, one should instead use scale-variant, or ... | {
"abstract": "The advancement of augmented reality (AR) and holographic display technologies have a great potential to support and improve teaching and learning process, because the 3D images give new perspectives to the students to understand certain topic easily and intuitively. In this paper, an Interactive Holog... |
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"abstract": "Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from ... | {
"abstract": "A better understanding of the pathogenesis and the resolution of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is needed. Although some progress has been made with the use of protein biomarkers and candidate gene studies in understanding the pathobiology of ARDS, we propose that new studies that measu... | {
"abstract": "Keeping forestland intact has emerged as a critical policy objective at state and federal levels. This target has been supported by substantial public investment. The collective impact from the bequest decisions of millions of landowning individuals and families has the potential to affect the extent a... |
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"abstract": "In this study 90 individuals of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) were developed by crossing subspecies of japonica rice cultivar, ‘Nagdong’ and an indica type cultivar, ‘Cheongcheong’. These individuals were used to identify the quantitative trait loci of panicle traits using SSR markers. A genetic link... | {
"abstract": "Introgression has been achieved from a wild species Oryza minuta (2n = 48, BBCC, Acc No.101141) into O. sativa subsp. indica IR71033-121-15. This introgression line was developed at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) through embryo rescue as well as three backcrosses using IR31917-45-3-2 as a... | {
"abstract": "An integrated research approach to ensure sustainable rice yield increase of a crop grown by 25% of the world’s farmers in 10% of cropland is essential for global food security. Rice, being a global staple crop, feeds about 56% of the world population and sustains 40% of the world’s poor. At ~ $200 bil... |
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"abstract": "Extensive livestock production in Mediterranean climate conditions and acidic soils requires animal feed supplementation. This occurs during the summer and, frequently, also in the autumn and winter, depending on the prevailing rainfall patterns. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of ... | {
"abstract": "Montado is a silvo-pastoral ecosystem of the Mediterranean region, a mixed system of trees and grass, where livestock graze. The information about the spatial and temporal variability of pastures constitutes the basis to estimate available feed, a fundamental decision support tool for the farm manager ... | {
"abstract": "The most accurate method for determining canopy biomass of pastures for forage availability is by cutting and weighing forage from known areas. Faster methods that require less time and labor would help producers to monitor forage availability in pastures on a daily or weekly basis. Indirect methods re... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents a number of models whose aim is to establish a computational basis for the hypothesis that conscious information processing in the brain is mediated by a mechanism of global broadcast. A possible role for this putative “global neuronal workspace” in achieving cognitive integration i... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a computer model of cortical broadcast and competition based on spiking neurons and inspired by the hypothesis of a global neuronal workspace underlying conscious information processing in the human brain. In the model, the hypothesised workspace is realised by a collection of recur... | {
"abstract": "The BankXX system models the process of perusing and gathering information for argument as a heuristic best-first search for relevant cases, theories, and other domain-specific information. As BankXX searches its heterogeneous and highly interconnected network of domain knowledge, information is increm... |
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"abstract": "The objective of this study was to investigate the protein and mRNA expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), VEGFR‐1 (fms‐like tyrosine kinase, Flt‐1) and VEGFR‐2 (fetal liver kinase‐1/kinase insert domain‐containing receptor, Flk‐1/KDR) in the endometrium during the estrous cycle and e... | {
"abstract": "The present study was undertaken to determine the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors, fms‐like tyrosine kinase (Flt‐1) and fetal liver kinase‐1/kinase insert domain‐containing receptor (Flk‐1/KDR), in the porcine corpus luteum (CL) during the estrous cycle and ear... | {
"abstract": "The expression and localization of VEGFA and its main receptors Flt-1 and KDR is characterized in the oviduct throughout the porcine estrous cycle. Oviducts were sampled from sows at early follicular, late follicular, early luteal and late luteal stages of the estrous cycle and a segment from the mid p... |
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"abstract": "Central to the disparate adaptive immune systems of archaea and bacteria are clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR). The spacer regions derive from invading genetic elements and, via RNA intermediates and associated proteins, target and cleave nucleic acids of the invader. H... | {
"abstract": "The CRISPR-Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-CRISPR-associated proteins) modules are adaptive immunity systems that are present in many archaea and bacteria. These defence systems are encoded by operons that have an extraordinarily diverse architecture and a high rate of ev... | {
"abstract": "To predict a set of diverse and informative proposals with enriched representations, this paper introduces a differentiable Determinantal Point Process (DPP) layer that is able to augment the object detection architectures. Most modern object detection architectures, such as Faster R-CNN, learn to loca... |
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"abstract": "Analytical approach to SLAM problem was introduced in the recent years. In our work we investigate the method numerically with the motivation of using the algorithm in a real hardware experiments. We perform a robustness test of the algorithm and apply it to the robotic hardware in two different setups... | {
"abstract": "We apply a combination of linear time varying (LTV) Kalman filtering and nonlinear contraction tools to the problem of simultaneous mapping and local- ization (SLAM), in a fashion which avoids linearized approximations altogether. By exploiting virtual synthetic measurements, the LTV Kalman observer av... | {
"abstract": "We live on a flammable planet yet there is little consensus on the origin and evolution of flammability in our flora. We argue that part of the problem lies in the concept of flammability, which should not be viewed as a single quantitative trait or metric. Rather, we propose that flammability has thre... |
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"abstract": "Electroencephalography (EEG) is a non-invasive technique to record brain activities in natural settings. Ocular Artifacts (OA) usually contaminates EEG signals, removal of which is critical for accurate feature extraction and classification. With the increasing adoption of wearable technologies, single... | {
"abstract": "Wearable, unobtrusive and patient friendly physiological sensors will be a key driving force in the wireless health revolution. Cardiac (ECG) and brain (EEG) signals are two important signal modalities indicative of healthy and diseased states of body and mind that directly benefit from long-term monit... | {
"abstract": "Nowadays, transfer of the health care from ambulance to patient's home needs higher demand on patient's mobility, comfort and acceptance of the system. Therefore, the goal of this study is to proof the concept of a system which is ultra-wearable, less constraining and more suitable for long term measur... |
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"abstract": "< Armingeat T, Brondino R, Pham T, et al. Intravenous pamidronate for pain relief in recent osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: A randomised double-blind controlled study. Osteoporos Int 2006;17:1659e65. < Kelly AM. Does the clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale pain score... | {
"abstract": "A prospective study was performed to compare the efficacy and patient tolerance of Merocel® and Rapid Rhino® nasal tampons in the treatment of epistaxis. A total of 42 patients were studied. There was no significant difference between the two types of pack in efficacy or patient discomfort with pack in... | {
"abstract": "We study here the large-time behaviour of all continuous affine stochastic volatility models [in the sense of Keller-Ressel (Math Finan 21(1):73–98, 2011)] and deduce a closed-form formula for the large-maturity implied volatility smile. We concentrate on (rescaled) strikes around the money, which are ... |
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"abstract": "Background Eukaryotic Argonaute proteins mediate RNA-guided RNA interference, allowing both regulation of host gene expression and defense against invading mobile genetic elements. Recently, it has become evident that prokaryotic Argonaute homologs mediate DNA-guided DNA interference, and play a role i... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundRNA metabolism, including RNA synthesis and RNA degradation, is one of the most conserved biological systems and has been intensively studied; however, the degradation network of ribonucleases (RNases) and RNA substrates is not fully understood.ResultsThe genome of the extreme thermophile, Th... | {
"abstract": "Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) plays an integral role in angiogenesis by contributing to growth, development, and metastasis of solid tumors. Recently, a single-nucleotide polymorphism +936C/T located in the VEGF-A 3′ untranslated region (UTR) facilitated the susceptibility of colorectal... |
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"abstract": "Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) mediate cell-signaling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana, including those controlling growth and development, immune response, and cell death. The RLK coreceptor BRI1-ASSOCIATED KINASE-1 (BAK1) partners with multiple ligand-binding RLKs and contributes to their signaling in ... | {
"abstract": "Summary Expression of the flagellin receptor FLS2 is regulated in a cell/tissue-specific and stress-induced manner that correlated with sites of bacterial infection. The vasculature expresses FLS2 and responds to flagellin.",
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"title": "Expression patterns of FLAGELLIN SENSING ... | {
"abstract": "Background\nPerception and activation of plant immunity require a remarkable level of signalling plasticity and control. In Arabidopsis and other plant species, constitutive defence activation leads to resistance to a broad spectrum of biotrophic pathogens, but also frequently to stunted growth and red... |
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"abstract": "Simple Summary Some institutions consider re- whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) administration for brain metastases recurrence; however, there is insufficient information regarding this. We aimed to review re-WBRT administration among these patients. symptomatic improvement was sometimes observed, with t... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundTo assess the outcomes, symptom palliation and survival rates in patients who received repeat whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT).MethodsTwenty-eight patients who had progression of brain metastasis received a second course of WBRT. Univariate log-rank testing and multivariate Cox regression anal... | {
"abstract": "Simple Summary Some institutions consider re- whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) administration for brain metastases recurrence; however, there is insufficient information regarding this. We aimed to review re-WBRT administration among these patients. Sympathetic improvement was sometimes observed, with t... |
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"abstract": "Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health threat, aggravated by emergence of drug resistance. Early diagnosis is critical and has been offered lately by molecular assays. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of GeneXpert® MTB/RIF and AnyplexTM II MTB/MDR assays in simultaneous direct detection... | {
"abstract": "Performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay, designed to simultaneously detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and rifampin (RIF) resistance, has been well documented in low-resource settings with high TB-incidence. However, few studies have assessed its accuracy in low TB incidence settings. We e... | {
"abstract": "Background It is common practice to use a combination approach of computed tomography (CT) scan followed by upright radiographs when assessing traumatic thoracolumbar (TL) vertebral fractures. The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical utility of upright spine radiographs in the setting of... |
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"abstract": "Obesity is a metabolic disease in which adipose tissue comprises a greater proportion of body tissue than normal. It affects up to 33 % of the population in North America [11, 112]. Almost 5% weigh more than double their ideal body weight as predicted by age, sex and height. The precursors to obesity a... | {
"abstract": "Appraisal of the gross and microscopic anatomy of the heart was carried out at necropsy in 12 subjects (six men, six women) with marked chronic obesity. In each case the observed heart weight was considerably greater than that predicted at ideal body weight. Nine of the 12 subjects were found to have i... | {
"abstract": "Die Verfettung oder fettige Degeneration des Myocards hat im Laufe der Jahre von seiten der Kliniker und Pathologen eine sehr verschiedene Beurteilung erfahren. Wahrend sie fruher allgemein in ihrer Bedeutung fur die Herzfunktion sehr hoch bewertet wurde und viele Autoren in ihr eine der haufigsten und... |
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"abstract": "Disease progression simulation is a crucial area of research that has significant implications for clinical diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. One major challenge in this field is the lack of continuous medical imaging monitoring of individual patients over time. To address this issue, we develop a n... | {
"abstract": "Chronic diseases, such as Alzheimer's Disease, Diabetes, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, usually progress slowly over a long period of time, causing increasing burden to the patients, their families, and the healthcare system. A better understanding of their progression is instrumental in ea... | {
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"title": "A MultiTask Framework for Monitoring Health Conditions via Attention-based Recurrent Neural Networks"
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"abstract": "Finite state machines can be used to detect anomalous behaviour in TCP traffic by describing the progression of a connection through states as a result of events based on header flags. The method was applied to real traffic to understand its realistic use and it was found that for the time period analy... | {
"abstract": "Simulating how the global Internet data network behaves is an immensely challenging undertaking because of the network's great heterogeneity and rapid change. The heterogeneity ranges from the individual links that carry the network's traffic, to the protocols that interoperate over the links, to the “... | {
"abstract": "The number of spanning trees of a graph is an important invariant related to topological and dynamic properties of the graph, such as its reliability, communication aspects, synchronization, and so on. However, the practical enumeration of spanning trees and the study of their properties remain a chall... |
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