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"abstract": "Identifying and measuring soccer playing styles is a very important step toward a more effective performance analysis. Exploring the different game styles that a team can adopt to enable a great performance remains under-researched. To address this challenge and identify new directions in future resear... | {
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"title": "Flow motifs in soccer: What can passing behavior tell us?"
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"abstract": "Technological advancement has enabled us to store and process huge amount of data in relatively short spans of time. The nature of data is rapidly changing, particularly its dimensionality is more commonly multi- and high-dimensional. There is an immediate need to expand our focus to include analysis o... |
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"abstract": "Given the prevalence of vestibular dysfunction in pediatric concussion, there is a need to better understand pathophysiological disruptions within vestibular and associated cognitive, affective, and sensory‐integrative networks. Although current research leverages established intrinsic connectivity net... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND ::: Concussion is a heterogeneous mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) characterized by a variety of symptoms, clinical presentations, and recovery trajectories. By thematically classifying the most common concussive clinical presentations into concussion subtypes (cognitive, ocular-motor, hea... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE ::: To estimate prevalence and chronicity of insomnia and the impact of chronic insomnia on health and functioning of adolescents. ::: ::: ::: METHODS ::: Data were collected from 4175 youths 11-17 at baseline and 3134 a year later sampled from managed care groups in a large metropolitan area. ... |
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"abstract": "Image sequences recorded with cameras mounted in a moving vehicle provide information about the vehicle’s environment which has to be analysed in order to really support the driver in actual traffic situations. One type of information is the lane structure surrounding the vehicle. Therefore, driver ass... | {
"abstract": "This paper introduces a new algorithm, called lane-finding in another domain (LANA), for detecting lane markers in images acquired from a forward-looking vehicle-mounted camera. The method is based on a novel set of frequency domain features that capture relevant information concerning the strength and... | {
"abstract": "Plasmid instabilities in E. coli JM103 carrying three plasmids (pRK248cI, pMTC48, pEcoR4) and a single plasmid system (pTG206) for the production of fusion EcoRI (SPA::EcoRI) and catechol 2,3-dioxygenase, respectively, were investigated in continuous cultures under selective and non-selective condition... |
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"abstract": "Tarlov (perineural) cysts of the nerve root are common and usually incidental findings during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbosacral spine. There are a few case reports where symptomatic thoracic perineural cysts have been described in the literature. We report a case of a high thoracic ne... | {
"abstract": "Tarlov (perineural) cysts of the nerve roots are common and usually incidental findings during magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbosacral spine. There are only a few case reports where cervical symptomatic perineural cysts have been described in the literature. We report such a case where a high cer... | {
"abstract": "We report on a patient who developed winged scapula on the contralateral side to the approach for a cerebellopontine tumour excision, an unreported complication following this procedure. We think this was due to damage of the long thoracic nerve in the dependant side, while in the park bench position."... |
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"abstract": "This work presents the thermal analysis of a Schottky diode frequency doubler capable of providing over 30 mW at 160 GHz at room temperature. This analysis includes thermal modeling of its structure and characterization at different temperature conditions. The modeling of different Schottky diode multi... | {
"abstract": "Thermal management has become an important issue in the design of Schottky diode-based circuits for high power applications. This work presents a physics-based numerical electro-thermal model for Schottky diodes capable of evaluating the thermal effects on the electrical performance of devices and circ... | {
"abstract": "An inverter aimed at induction heating applications is presented. It features power factor correction and fast response to sudden changes in the load, while providing the capability to vary the power supplied to the load. Power variation is achieved by means of pulse density modulation using variable-l... |
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"abstract": "We address the problem of separating a monaural mixture of harmonic sounds into the audio signals of individual semitones in an unsupervised manner. Unsupervised monaural audio source separation has thus far been mainly addressed by two approaches: one rooted in computational auditory scene analysis (C... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a statistical multipich analyzer based on a source-filter model that decomposes a target music audio signal in terms of three major kinds of sound quantities: pitch (fundamental frequency: F0), timbre (spectral envelope), and intensity (amplitude). If the spectral envelope of an iso... | {
"abstract": "Isoprene synthase (ISPS) catalyzes the elimination of pyrophosphate from dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMADP) forming isoprene, a volatile hydrocarbon emitted from many plant species to the atmosphere. In the present work, immunological techniques were applied to study and localize ISPS in poplar leaves (... |
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"abstract": "Since 1756 Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand phenomena is considered an unproven, even harmful myth. This paper proves that a computational model of this phenomena can be proposed on the basis of spontaneous, unconscious computations over a social structure. Such computations can be described with the help o... | {
"abstract": "A bridge/scaffolding system, based on ants-like robots is proposed. Collective Intelligence of the system is derived from Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand phenomena (ASIH). Such a bridge system will be air/truck delivered to a particular earthquake location. Next, the bridge-robots, initialized by trained s... | {
"abstract": "The spectral properties of blazars seem to follow a phenomenological sequence according to the source luminosity. By inferring the source physical parameters through (necessarily) modeling of the blazar spectra, we have previously proposed that the sequence arises because the particles responsible for ... |
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"abstract": "The recent advances in mechatronics and robotics have hastened the need for better intention detection in order to improve dexterity for amputees. This thesis examines candidate human machine interfaces for advanced hand prosthetics. The contribution of this thesis can be divided into two distinct part... | {
"abstract": "In rehabilitation robotics it is highly desirable to find novel human-machine interfaces for the disabled, in particular to substitute or augment surface electromyography (sEMG), trying to keep at the same time its easiness of use, precision and non-invasiveness. In this paper we design and demonstrate... | {
"abstract": "This work presents a functional assessment of the Vanderbilt Multigrasp Hand prosthesis and Multigrasp Myoelectric Control method which the authors have previously described. In the study, a transradial amputee utilized the prosthetic system to perform the Southampton Hand Assessment Procedure (SHAP), ... |
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"abstract": "or in other countries with associated Reproduction Rights Organizations, may make photocopies in accordance with the licences issued to them for this purpose. The designations employed in ILO publications, which are in conformity with United Nations practice, and the presentation of material therein do... | {
"abstract": "Heavy load-carrying vehicles such as concrete trucks occasionally require the temporary addition of extra load-carrying wheels in order to reduce load concentrations transmitted to highways to within allowable limits as set by statute and/or regulatory agencies in various states. This invention is dire... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Most game-theoretic models of strategic interaction, indeed most economic models of any sort, specify potential outcomes entirely in terms of the preferences of the agents, as captured in their (possibly cardinal) utility functions. The underlying assumption is that the outcome of such interac... |
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"title": "Hamiltonicity, Pancyclicity, and Cycle Extendability in Graphs"
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"abstract": "A spanning cycle in a graph G is called a hamiltonian cycle, and if such a cycle exists G is said to be hamiltonian. Let G be a graph and H be a subgraph of G. If G contains a hamiltonian cycle C such that E(C) \\ E(H) is empty, we say that C is an H-avoiding hamiltonian cycle. Let F be any graph. If G... | {
"abstract": "In 1962, Erdős gave a sufficient condition for Hamilton cycles in terms of the vertex number, edge number and minimum degree of graphs which generalized Ore’s theorem. One year later, Moon and Moser gave an analogous result for Hamilton cycles in balanced bipartite graphs. In this paper, we present the... |
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"abstract": "Purpose \n \n \n \n \nThe purpose of this paper is to identify funders’ motivations for investing in crowdfunding. It applies trust theory to propose a research model including three subject measures – fundraiser-related, project-related and platform-related factors. Trust has been categorized into cog... | {
"abstract": "The principal objective of this study was to investigate the mediating and moderating effects of product involvement and trust toward websites in relation to the effects of the attributes of web advertisements on customers' purchase intentions. We collected data consisting of a total of 264 responses f... | {
"abstract": "Customer interface quality, perceived security, and customer loyalty are critical factors for success of an e-commerce website; however, the relationships among them are not fully understood. We proposed a model for testing the relationships among them and the important outcomes of the site: switching ... |
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"abstract": "There are conflicting reports on the validity of the multi‐biomarker disease activity (MBDA) score for assessing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity. Our aim was to perform a systematic review of the MBDA and a meta‐analysis of the correlation between the MBDA and other RA disease activity measu... | {
"abstract": "Background Variability exists in the assessment of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients that may affect quality of care. Objectives To measure the impact on quality of care of a Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity (MBDA) test that quantitatively assesses RA disease activity. Methods Boar... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nPatients and physicians often differ in their perceptions of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity, as quantified by the patient's global assessment (PGA) and by the evaluator's global assessment (EGA). The purpose of this study was to explore the extent and reasons for this discordance... |
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"abstract": "Abstract An important step toward understanding how the brain represents complex natural sounds is to develop accurate models of auditory coding by single neurons. A commonly used model is the linear-nonlinear spectro-temporal receptive field (STRF; LN model). The LN model accounts for many features of... | {
"abstract": "Auditory neurons are often described in terms of their spectrotemporal receptive fields (STRFs). These map the relationship between features of the sound spectrogram and firing rates of neurons. Recently, we showed that neurons in the primary fields of the ferret auditory cortex are also subject to gai... | {
"abstract": "It is demonstrated that via the catalytic disproportionation of Sn2+ ions an adsorbed tin layer can be formed on the Pt surface. The characteristics of this monolayer are similar to those formed from SnCl4 solution via the ionization of hydrogen adsorbed on Pt. It is proved that the desorbing tin, upon... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Undertaking empirical research in law can be a daunting task, one for which current undergraduate and postgraduate legal education does not provide a great deal of preparation. Yet the ability to undertake such research is valuable and, some suggest, in demand. Many areas of law, its operation... | {
"abstract": "Australian family law judicial officers rarely take the opportunity to meet with children who are the subject of proceedings, despite the fact that the outcome of these proceedings will affect many important aspects of a child’s life. This appears to be at odds with the court’s obligation to regard the... | {
"abstract": "The world of traditional clubs in London may be regarded as an anachronism in the modern age of technology and electronic communication. However, traditional Lon- GRQFOXEVQHYHUW KHOHVVFRQWLQXH�",
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"abstract": "Tomatoes may be minimally processed to obtain ready-to-eat products, and these steps include selection, washing, cleaning, stem removal, cutting, packaging and storage. Epidemiological data from the EU have identified one salmonellosis outbreak and one Norovirus outbreak associated with tomato consumpt... | {
"abstract": "Fresh produce has been implicated in several foodborne disease outbreaks. Produce surfaces can be primary sites of contamination during production and handling. One approach to reduce contamination is to treat fresh produce with rinsing agents. In this study, different detergent agents were used at 22 ... | {
"abstract": "The patterns of accumulation of three classes of legumin mRNA from Pisum sativum have been followed through seed development by cell-free translation and hybridization to complementary DNAs. Maximum amounts of mRNA were found at 19 days after flowering (DAF) for two classes and at 24 DAF for the third ... |
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"abstract": "In big data applications such as ambient healthcare-supported living, accurate human activity identification may be of tremendous use. In current years, research that is associated with the study of human behavior has been the focus of greater interest among engineers working in the field of computer v... | {
"abstract": "Our focus in this research is on the use of deep learning approaches for human activity recognition (HAR) scenario, in which inputs are multichannel time series signals acquired from a set of body-worn inertial sensors and outputs are predefined human activities. Here, we present a feature learning met... | {
"abstract": "We report a low-temperature process for covalent bonding of thermal SiO 2 to plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposited (PECVD) SiO 2 for Si-compound semiconductor integration. A record-thin interfacial oxide layer of 60 nm demonstrates sufficient capability for gas byproduct diffusion and absorption, le... |
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"abstract": "As critical determinants of growth anisotropy in plants, cortical microtubules are thought to constrain the movement of cellulose synthase complexes and thus align newly deposited cellulose microfibrils. We tested this cellulose synthase constraint model using the temperature-sensitive mor1-1 mutant of... | {
"abstract": "Gibberellic-acid (GA3) treatment of azukibean epicotyls resulted in alterations of the direction of newly deposited microfibrils, on the cell walls. Cells having transverse microfibrils on the inner surface of the wall were observed more frequently in GA3-treated epicotyls than in untreated or water-tr... | {
"abstract": "A coral-killing sponge, Terpios hoshinota, releases larvae harboring cyanobacterial symbionts: an implication of dispersal. Zoological Studies 51(3): 314-320. Terpios hoshinota, an encrusting sponge, overgrows hard corals on a relatively large scale, raising concerns for coral survival in the Indo-West... |
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"abstract": "Immunoglobulin E (IgE) first evolved in mammals. It plays an important role in defence against helminths and parasitic infection and in pathological states including allergic reactions, anti‐tumour defence and autoimmune diseases. Elucidation of genetic control of IgE level could help us to understand ... | {
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"title": "Immature B cells preferentially switch to IgE with increased direct Sμ to Sε recombination"
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"abstract": "A distributed optimization problem with Markovian switching targets and stochastic observation noises is considered in this paper. In order to solve target following and renewable following for microgrid (MG) optimal power balancing, and to attenuate observation noises simultaneously, distributed optim... |
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"abstract": "Tolerance is transplantation’s holy grail, as it denotes allograft health without immunosuppression and its toxicities. Our aim was to determine, among stable long‐term pediatric liver transplant recipients, the efficacy and safety of immunosuppression withdrawal to identify operational tolerance.",
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"abstract": "Impeccable management of immunosuppression is required to ensure the best longterm outcomes for liver transplant recipients. This is particularly challenging for children who arguably need 8 decades of graft and patient survival. Too little risks chronic, often subclinical allo‐immune injury while too ... | {
"abstract": "We designed a pilot trial in cadaveric liver transplantation to determine whether induction with antithymocyte globulins (ATG) and sirolimus would allow immunosuppression withdrawal. Patients received ATG 3.75 mg/kg per day from day 1 to 5 after transplantation followed by sirolimus for 4 to 6 months. ... |
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"abstract": "In this study, we analyzed the status and research trends of the GABAergic system in depression from 2004 to 2020 to provide a reference for further research. The Web of Science database was used as the data source and 1,658 publishments were included. Using two visualization analysis software, CiteSpa... | {
"abstract": "Big Data Analysis (BDA) has attracted considerable interest and curiosity from scientists of various fields recently. As big size and complexity of big data, it is pivotal to uncover hidden patterns, bursts of activity, correlations and laws of it. Complex network analysis could be effective method for... | {
"abstract": "We present CitNetExplorer, a new software tool for analyzing and visualizing citation networks of scientific publications. CitNetExplorer can for instance be used to study the development of a research field, to delineate the literature on a research topic, and to support literature reviewing. We first... |
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"abstract": "This study presents a new drone, called S-CLOUD, developed for safe and long flight time. It provides 3-axial (x, y, and z)translational motion and stable hovering for more than an hour after takeoff. S-CLOUD consists of two parts; soft blimp part and driving one. The soft blimp is a center-pierced tor... | {
"abstract": "The concept of utilizing the Coandia effect to produce stable flight in saucer type Aerial Vehicles (AV) was first conceived in 1935 by Henri Marie Coanda. Coanda's proposed AV design remained a relatively unexplored curiosity for decades until the recent surge in popularity of small Unmanned Aerial Ve... | {
"abstract": "We compare a recent dehazing method based on deep learning, Dehazenet, with traditional state-of-the-art approaches , on benchmark data with reference. Dehazenet estimates the depth map from transmission factor on a single color image, which is used to inverse the Koschmieder model of imaging in the pr... |
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"abstract": "We applied the theory of random genetic drift to determine the divergence history of a closed cattle population over the relatively short timescale of several hundred years. The divergence history of the closed population of Mishima Island cattle, a national natural treasure of Japan, was examined, and... | {
"abstract": "The aim of this study was to assess the level of inbreeding and its relationship to the functional survival of Canadian dairy breeds by using a Weibull proportional hazard model. Data consisted of records from 72,385 cows in 1,505 herds from 2,499 sires for Jerseys, 112,723 cows in 1,482 herds from 2,9... | {
"abstract": "Tarhana is a Turkish home-made fermented food product. The mixture of \nwheat flour, yoghurt, yeast, cooked vegetables, salt, and spices is fermented \nfor 1 - 7 days. Tarhana is sun dried and ground for preparation of instant Tarhana \npowder. Color, phenolic compounds and fatty acid composition were ... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nIn this study, we aimed to evaluate the functional results of patients operated for unilateral clubfoot who had good clinical outcome with gait analysis. We also investigated the deviation from the normal, and determined the compensation mechanisms by comparing this data with the unaffected... | {
"abstract": "Gait analysis and pedobarography were done on 58 surgically corrected clubfeet in 40 children. The average age of patients at the time of surgery was 6.7 months. The average age of the children at the time of the gait analysis was 6.1 years. Twenty-two children (32 feet) were 5 years old and younger. E... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, the workspace of a new type of spatial parallel mechanism (SPM) is studied, namely 2-RPU& 2- SPS. Firstly, the model and components of parallel mechanism are introduced, and the degree of freedom (DOF) is calculated. Secondly, the inverse kinematic solution equation of the mechanism was ... |
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"abstract": "In this paper we describe WantEat, an interactive system that aims to support sustainable gastronomy. Making people aware of the cultural heritage of a territory and allowing them to participate in keeping cultural heritage alive are the keys for supporting sustainable behavior and for promoting qualit... | {
"abstract": "This article introduces a framework for creating rich augmented environments based on a social web of intelligent things and people. We target outdoor environments, aiming to transform a region into a smart environment that can share its cultural heritage with people, promoting itself and its special q... | {
"abstract": "Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has long been known for its ability to uniquely identify objects. Recent years have witnessed a significant increase in storage capacity on the tag, which is giving rise to a new set of application scenarios. As the tag itself can carry relevant context ... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT In this article we focus upon low-income older adults’ lived experiences of aging, precariousness and housing instability/homelessness in Hamilton, Canada. Precariousness includes involuntary or incentivized displacement, as well as ‘health discounting’ in the face of rising shelter costs, ina... | {
"abstract": "We trace the legacies of filmed patient narratives that were edited and screened to encourage engagement with a participatory quality improvement project in an acute hospital setting in England. Using Gabriel’s theory of “narrative contract,” we examine the initial success of the films in establishing ... | {
"abstract": "Co-design is a collaborative approach between patients and staff, which ensures that services are designed, or redesigned, to meet the needs of service users and patients. Since patients uniquely see the service from start to finish, their first-hand knowledge of healthcare services and their ideas for... |
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"abstract": "Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the cyclic fatigue, torsional behavior and bending resistance of EdgeTaper Platinum [ETP (tip 25, taper 0.06)], Flex Gold [FG (tip 25, taper 0.08)], Pro-T [PT (tip 25, taper 0.08)] and ProTaper Gold [PTG (tip 25, taper 0.08)] systems. Methods: Rotary ins... | {
"abstract": "In the past 10 years, several proprietary processing procedures for nickel titanium (NiTi) alloy were developed to improve the mechanical properties of NiTi endodontic instruments. Beside specific thermal and mechanical treatments, manufacturers introduced several machining procedures (e.g. twisting, e... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The paper studies the dimensional accuracy of additively manufactured (AM) coil winding structures for small experimental stellarators fabricated under industrial non-laboratory conditions. Insufficient accuracy is one of the main issues hindering the use of additive manufacturing (AM) for coi... |
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"abstract": "Wildlife trade threatens global taxa. While interest in consumer behavior is increasing, such studies are scarce, particularly for plants and fungi, around questions of consumer characteristics, preferences, and perceptions. Moreover, these factors are not often marshaled to support conservation measur... | {
"abstract": "ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE\nCaterpillar mushroom (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) is a unique medicinal fungi which is only found in alpine grasslands in Himalayan mountain regions and the Tibetan Plateau. Known locally as Yartsa Gunbu, it has been widely used in Tibetan and Chinese Medicine for centuries... | {
"abstract": "Multi Across Country Evaluation (MACE) has successfully been introduced to traits with low and moderate heritability as SCC and mastitis resistance. The genetic correlations between nearly all countries have been estimated to be very high. This is not the case for longevity and fertility traits (Mark e... |
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"abstract": "J. Neurochem. (2010) 113, 1356–1363.",
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"title": "Lack of brain‐to‐blood efflux transport activity of low‐density lipoprotein receptor‐related protein‐1 (LRP‐1) for amyloid‐β peptide(1–40) in mouse: involvement of an LRP‐1‐independent pathway"
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"abstract": "Soluble amyloid‐β peptide (Aβ) exists in the form of monomers and oligomers, and as complexes with Aβ‐binding molecules, such as low‐density lipoprotein receptor‐related protein‐1 (LRP‐1) ligands. The present study investigated the effect of self‐aggregation and LRP‐1 ligands on the elimination of huma... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundCerebrovascular dysfunction has been considered to cause impairment of cerebral amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) clearance across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Further, low levels of vitamin D are associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease, as well as vascular dysfunction. The purpose of th... |
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"abstract": "In the first part of the thesis, we uncover how academic searchers interact with information objects. We start by characterizing academic search queries, and find that they are different from general web search queries. We also find that it is possible to suggest good query recommendations to help user... | {
"abstract": "In this talk, I will present a novel academic search and mining system, AMiner, the second generation of the ArnetMiner system. Different from traditional academic search systems that focus on document (paper) search, AMiner aims to provide a systematic modeling approach for researchers (authors), ulti... | {
"abstract": "Enabling touch gesture sensing on all surfaces of the mobile device, not limited to the touchscreen area, leads to new user interaction experiences. In this paper, we propose VSkin, a system that supports fine-grained gesture-sensing on the back of mobile devices based on acoustic signals. VSkin utiliz... |
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"abstract": "Rapid advances are occurring in the field of cytopathology, particularly in the field of digital imaging. Today, digital images are used in a variety of settings including education (E-education), as a substitute to multiheaded sessions, multisite conferences, publications, cytopathology web pages, cyt... | {
"abstract": "Background : Automated, high-speed, high-resolution whole slide imaging (WSI) robots are becoming increasingly robust and capable. This technology has started to have a significant impact on pathology practice in various aspects including resident education. To be sufficient and adequate, training in p... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundStudies reporting altered susceptibility to visual illusions in autistic individuals compared to that typically developing individuals have been taken to reflect differences in perception (e.g. reduced global processing), but could instead reflect differences in higher-level decision-making s... |
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"abstract": "The cascade seesaw scenario allows to implement a cancellation mechanism. We present one realization by the gauge group E_6 and two based on the discrete flavor symmetries T_7 and \\Sigma(81). Higher-dimensional operators and the flavon potential are discussed. \nAs renormalization group (RG) effects c... | {
"abstract": "We present an ${E}_{6}$ grand unified model with a realistic pattern of fermion masses. All standard model fermions are unified in three fundamental 27-plets (i.e., supersymmetry is not invoked), which involve in addition right-handed neutrinos and three families of vectorlike heavy quarks and leptons.... | {
"abstract": "Globally, there is an urgency to address fragmented mental health systems, especially in low-to-middle income countries. State and non-state mental health service collaboration is a central strategy to strengthen care. The study was undertaken to analyse the power in governance processes of public ment... |
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"abstract": "Extensive studies in rodents have established the role of neural pathways that are activated during thermoregulation. However, few studies have been conducted in humans to assess the complex, hierarchically organized thermoregulatory network in the CNS that maintains thermal homeostasis, especially as ... | {
"abstract": "In mammals, thermoregulation is a key feature in the maintenance of homeostasis. Thermoregulatory capacities are strongly related to energy balance and animals are constantly seeking to limit the energy costs of normothermia. In case of thermal changes, physiological mechanisms are enhanced, increasing... | {
"abstract": "Urbanisation has become a severe threat to pristine natural areas, causing habitat loss and affecting indigenous animals. Species occurring within an urban fragmented landscape must cope with changes in vegetation type as well as high degrees of anthropogenic disturbance, both of which are possible key... |
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"abstract": "The subtropical part of the eastern Australian seaboard experiences intense cyclonic activity. The severe damage caused by the intense storms in the region, known as east coast lows (ECLs), has motivated a number of recent studies. Cyclones in this region appear to be driven by a combination of differe... | {
"abstract": "Abstract An objectively defined three-dimensional cyclone phase space is proposed and explored. Cyclone phase is described using the parameters of storm-motion-relative thickness asymmetry (symmetric/nonfrontal versus asymmetric/frontal) and vertical derivative of horizontal height gradient (cold- vers... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This is the first of two papers dealing with the transformation of tropical storm Agnes (June 1972) into an extratropical cyclone. Synoptic analyses and vertical motion patterns are used to describe the behavior of Agnes over a five-day period subsequent to initial landfall during which time A... |
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"abstract": "We present Mecano, a development environment that automates the design of knowledge-acquisition software tools for knowledge-based systems. Mecano is a component of PROTEGE-II—a development environment for knowledge-based systems. Given an explicit model of the domain—called a domain ontology—that is s... | {
"abstract": "HUMANOID is a user interface design tool that lets designers express abstract conceptualizations of an interface in an executable form, allowing designers to experiment with scenarios and dialogues even before the application model is completely worked out. Three properties of the HUMANOID approach all... | {
"abstract": "Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is involved in cancer biological processes. However, there are several controversies concerning the role of H2S in cancer development and progression. In this study, we found that the growth and migration of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells were enhanced by 10–100 μM NaHS and... |
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"abstract": "Anthocyanins are flavonoid compounds that protect plant tissues from many environmental stresses including high light irradiance, freezing temperatures, and pathogen infection. Regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis is intimately associated with environmental changes to enhance plant survival under str... | {
"abstract": "By performing molecular studies coupled to radiation experiments and in silico systems analyses, we have ascertained the role of the grapevine UV-B receptor and two HY5 homologues in regulating flavonol synthesis.",
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"abstract": "Anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins (PAs) are crucial factors that affect the quality of grapes and the making of wine, which were stimulated by various stimuli and environment factors (sugar, hormones, light, and temperature). The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of exogenous 24-Epibra... |
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"abstract": "The management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in anticoagulated patients with supratherapeutic international normalized ratios (INRs) presents a challenge. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the safety of endoscopic therapy for UGIB in anticoagulated patients with supratherapeutic INR ... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE:Endoscopic therapy for nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage achieves hemostasis in greater than 90% of patients, but up to 20% rebleed. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of anticoagulation on rebleeding in patients undergoing endoscopic therapy for nonvariceal upper g... | {
"abstract": "Objectives. To retrospectively compare the accuracy of pretransplant panel of reactivity antibodies (PRA) and serum level of soluble CD30 (sCD30) in predicting early (<6 months) acute rejection (AR) in living-donor and deceased-donor kidney-transplant (KT) patients. Methods. Pretransplant sera of 24 KT... |
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"abstract": "The depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer is a major environmental issue and has increased the dosage of ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation reaching the Earth’s surface. Organisms are negatively affected by enhanced UV-B radiation, and especially in crop plants this may lead to severe yield losses. So... | {
"abstract": "The amount of ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B: 280–320 nm) reaching Earth’s surface is expected to increase due to stratospheric ozone depletion. This could cause significant biological damage in plants, and serious yield losses in crops. Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], a major legume crop, is known to... | {
"abstract": "This paper assesses the total factor productivity (TFP) growth and efficiency levels in the Indian dairy processing industry using the Tornqvist index and data envelopment analysis (DEA) models over the period 1980-2008. We utilize a different empirical approach and extend the data sets. To examine the... |
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"abstract": "The main purpose of this paper is to explore the significance of identity and access management systems in different businesses. The IAM system typically consists of specified functions as an information security system. The essential role is authentication because it is capable of providing confirmati... | {
"abstract": "Abstract An adaptive-control procedure is described which is intended to improve both acoustic analysis and linguistic decoding in automatic recognition of continuous speech by bringing into agreement data available at each of these stages. Specifically, hypotheses are formed by the decoder concerning ... | {
"abstract": "A tree-search algorithm was utilized in decoding the noisy phonetic output of an acoustic processor (AP) for purposes of automatic recognition of continuous speech. A 250-word lexicon and a finite-state grammar specify the tree to be searched. The search is performed in a best-first manner where partia... |
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"abstract": "Person reidentification (re-id) aims to match a specific person across nonoverlapping cameras, which is an important but challenging task in video surveillance. Conventional methods mainly focus either on feature constructing or metric learning. Recently, some deep learning-based methods have been prop... | {
"abstract": "The present invention relates to a method for forming microparticles of a material from microdroplets of a solution, wherein the solution comprises the material dissolved in a solvent. The method includes the steps of directing the microdroplets into a freezing zone, whereby the microdroplets freeze. T... | {
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"title": "Learning Partially Contracting Dynamical Systems from Demonstrations"
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"abstract": "Cachexia is a wasting syndrome observed in many patients suffering from several chronic diseases including cancer. In addition to the progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass, cancer cachexia results in cardiac function impairment. During the severe stage of the disease, patients as well as animals bea... | {
"abstract": "Cachexia is a common syndrome in advanced cancer patients and causes up to 22% of cancer-related deaths. It remains elusive whether cancer cachexia causes heart failure. We investigated the effect of cancer cachexia on heart function and cardiac muscle structure in a mouse model. Male CD2F1 mice were i... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nOne-piece dental implants are commonly used for the immediate restoration of missing teeth. In most cases, the clinician has to prepare the abutment intraorally to ensure a proper emergence profile and abutment angulation. However, this procedure might impair primary stability and thus potenti... |
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"abstract": "The bacterial species Streptomyces avermitilis is an important industrial producer of avermectins, which are widely utilized as effective anthelmintic and insecticidal drugs. We used gene deletion, complementation, and overexpression experiments to identify SAV4189, a MarR-family transcriptional regula... | {
"abstract": "The filamentous fungus Paecilomyces variotii NBRC 109023 (teleomorph: Byssochlamys spectabilis NBRC 109023) degrades formaldehyde at concentrations as high as 2.4 % (w/v). In many prokaryotes and in all known eukaryotes, formaldehyde degradation is catalyzed by S-hydroxymethylglutathione (S-HMGSH) dehy... | {
"abstract": "Cultured bronchial epithelial and fibroblastic cells from humans were used to study DNA damage and toxicity caused by formaldehyde. Formaldehyde caused the formation of cross-links between DNA and proteins, caused single-strand breaks in DNA, and inhibited the resealing of single-strand breaks produced... |
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"abstract": "Objective: Reconstructing brain activities from electroencephalography (EEG) signals is crucial for studying brain functions and their abnormalities. However, since EEG signals are nonstationary and vulnerable to noise, brain activities reconstructed from single-trial EEG data are often unstable, and s... | {
"abstract": "The ill-posed nature of the MEG (or related EEG) source localization problem requires the incorporation of prior assumptions when choosing an appropriate solution out of an infinite set of candidates. Bayesian approaches are useful in this capacity because they allow these assumptions to be explicitly ... | {
"abstract": "Nanopore technology provides a novel approach to DNA sequencing that yields long, label-free reads of constant quality. The first commercial implementation of this approach, the MinION, has shown promise in various sequencing applications. This review gives an up-to-date overview of the MinION's utilit... |
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"abstract": "The pancreas is characterized by a major component, an exocrine and ductal system involved in digestion, and a minor component, the endocrine islets represented by islet micro‐organs that tightly regulate glucose homoeostasis. Pancreatic organogenesis is strictly co‐ordinated by transcription factors t... | {
"abstract": "Plasma insulin measurements from mice, rats, dogs, and humans indicate that insulin levels are oscillatory, reflecting pulsatile insulin secretion from individual islets. An unanswered question, however, is how the activity of a population of islets is coordinated to yield coherent oscillations in plas... | {
"abstract": "To evaluate the role of pulsatile insulin administration, hepatic glucose production (HGP) and utilization were studied in type I diabetic patients in the fasting state and during a euglycemic insulin (1 mU · kg−1 · min−1 i.v.) clamp with continuous and pulsatile insulin administration. In the latter s... |
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"abstract": "In the fierce electronic commerce competition, how to utilize the existing resources to improve customer loyalty has became an important factor for enterprises to guarantee their sustained growth. Through investigation into the customer statics, dynamic and enterprise service attributes, this paper, in... | {
"abstract": "Microarray technology provides an opportunity for scientists to analyze thousands of gene expression profiles simultaneously. However, microarray gene expression data often contain multiple missing expression values due to many reasons. Effective methods for missing value imputation in gene expression ... | {
"abstract": "There has been much recent interest in adapting data mining algorithms to time series databases. Many of these algorithms need to compare time series. Typically some variation or extension of Euclidean distance is used. However, as we demonstrate in this paper, Euclidean distance can be an extremely br... |
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"abstract": "Determining a user’s affective state can be an important element when trying to understand human-computer interactions. Accurately assessing affect during system use, however, can be very difficult, especially in a non-laboratory setting. Extensive previous research in neuroscience has shown that arous... | {
"abstract": "The accuracy and variability of a sustained low-level force contraction (2% of maximum voluntary contraction) was measured while participants viewed unpleasant, pleasant, and neutral images during a feedback occluded force control task. Exposure to pleasant and unpleasant images led to a relative incre... | {
"abstract": "In the voluntary contractions, output force can be maintained constant although the inhibitory influences exerted by pain on muscle activity. We investigated changes in the spontaneous and evoked activity of the abductor digiti minimi muscle (ADM) and the biceps brachii muscle (BIC) in healthy voluntee... |
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"abstract": "Behavioral studies indicate that spatial and object working memory are computed by dissociable subsystems. We investigated the neural bases of this dissociation with a whole-brain fMRI design and analysis technique that permitted direct assessment of delay-period activity, uncontaminated by other compo... | {
"abstract": "An experimental design for functional MRI (fMRI) is presented whose conceptual units of analysis are behavioral trials, in contrast to blocks of trials. This type of design is referred to as a trial-based (TB) fMRI design. It is explained how TB designs can afford the ability to: (1) randomize the pres... | {
"abstract": "The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between Religiosity, Self-esteem, Stress, and Depression among nursing students, social work students, and early-education students of a Cypriot University. The data were collected using four questionnaires. The results indicate a significant po... |
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"abstract": "168 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PATHOGENICITY BETWEEN ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS AND PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM IN MICE S. N. Yassein Assist. Prof. Dept. of Microb., Coll. of Vet. Med. / University of BaghdadIraq. Shaimaa_nabhan@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This study was conducted to compare between two types of opportunistic... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT In this study, a mice model was devised to elucidate and compare the adverse effects caused by fungi isolated from outdoor locations in Lagos, Nigeria. The effects caused by Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus penicilloides, Penicillium chrysogenum and Penicillium citrinum were investigated. Both ... | {
"abstract": "The evaluation of the changes of lymphocytes: T(CD3), B (CD19), subpopulations CD4, CD8, active lymphocytes CD3 + HLA-DR+, lymphocytes with the receptor for IL2(CD3 + CD25+), NK cells as well as the CD4/CD8 ratio in 30 patients with the early localized (group I n = 7) and early disseminated (group II n... |
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"abstract": "As the most enterprises are relying on relations to other enterprises, it is relevant to consider enterprise architecture for inter-organisational relations particularly those relations involving technology. This has been conceptualised as Extended Enterprise Architecture, and a systematic review of th... | {
"abstract": "To stay competitive, enterprises must respond to changes as effectively and efficiently as possible and ensure the employed courses of action, whether in response to change or even to optimize business as usual, fall within the purview of internal and external directives. Often, the traceability from c... | {
"abstract": "The objective of this study was to assess the effect of wastewater produced from coffee processing plant on nearby water bodies and human health. A study was conducted around the coffee processing plant in Zimma zone (Ethiopia) to assess the physico-chemical characteristics of effluent generated from t... |
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"abstract": "Explicitly alerting users is not always an optimal intervention, especially when they are not motivated to obey. For example, in video-based learning, learners who are distracted from the video would not follow an alert asking them to pay attention. Inspired by the concept of Mindless Computing, we pro... | {
"abstract": "We present Context and Cognitive State triggered Feed-Forward (C2F2), an intelligent tutoring system and algorithm, to improve both student engagement and learning efficacy in mobile Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). C2F2 infers and responds to learners' boredom and disengagement events in real time... | {
"abstract": "Understanding a target audience's emotional responses to a video advertisement is crucial to evaluate the advertisement's effectiveness. However, traditional methods for collecting such information are slow, expensive, and coarse grained. We propose AttentiveVideo, a scalable intelligent mobile interfa... |
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"abstract": "Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) includes a group of disorders characterized by chronic arthritis. It is the most common chronic rheumatic illness in children and is a significant cause of morbidity, disability and dysfunction. Therefore, the potential for school attendance and academic performance ... | {
"abstract": "We studied the school attendance of 113 children and adolescents (mean age 11 yr, S.D. 3.8, range 3-18 yr) with juvenile chronic arthritis (73 with pauci- and 40 with polyarthritis). The mean attendance rate for the group was 92% (equivalent to 15 absent days a year) with a median of 97%. Attendance wa... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The aim of this paper was to explore opportunities to promote schoolchildren’s health literacy based on their own experiences and ideas. Research suggests the necessity for health literacy to be included into the school curriculum, and to view health promotion as part of lifelong learning. The... |
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"abstract": "Objective: To study the indices of some elements of the complete blood count, in type 2 diabetic patients, in comparison with nondiabetic healthy controls; and to find out the effects of glycemic control and different medications on these indices. To the best of our knowledge, this study is novel in ou... | {
"abstract": "Introduction The Mean platelet volume and platelet counts are indicators of thrombotic potentials, and risk factors for microvascular complications in diabetics. This study aimed to establish variations in platelet counts and mean platelet volume in type 2 diabetic patients on treatment and non-diabeti... | {
"abstract": "Circulating platelets are heterogeneous in size and structure. Whether this translates into differences in platelet function and efficacy of antiplatelet therapy is unclear. Hence, we decided to investigate the activation patterns among different platelet populations differentiated by size, and to comp... |
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"abstract": "Integrating processes, whose one or more poles are located at the origin, are common in the process industry. This paper focuses on maximum sensitivity (Ms)-based control of these types of processes. Integral–proportional derivative (I-PD) controllers are designed by exploiting the direct synthesis met... | {
"abstract": "Inverted pendulum is one of the fundamental benchmarks in application areas of control engineering and robotics. It is a good example of single input multi output (SIMO) systems. In this paper, identification of a cart inverted pendulum system is carried out and real time control of the system is accom... | {
"abstract": "This paper addresses some of the potential benefits of using fuzzy logic controllers to control an inverted pendulum system. The stages of the development of a fuzzy logic controller using a four input Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model were presented. The main idea of this paper is to implement and optimize fu... |
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"abstract": "SPM formalism can be used to specify the protection structure of a system, and it also provides an algorithm to decide if some privileges can be granted to some subjects. This paper extends the model to take into account authentication and revocation. The authentication extension gives an algorithm to ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In the schematic protection model subjects are classified into protection types. Creation is authorized by a can-create binary relation on types. It is shown that with arbitrary cycles in can-create safety is undecidable. Whereas it has been previously shown safety is decidable for acyclic can... | {
"abstract": "HITAC5020 time sharing system with a two-dimensional addressing feature was developed to accomplish the following: 1) to establish a design for a time sharing system with a two-dimensional addressing scheme, 2) to establish the structure of the required file system, 3) to explain the intrinsic nature o... |
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"abstract": "Dutch type periodic fever (DPF) is an autosomal recessive hereditary fever syndrome. Cases have been reported worldwide, the majority from France and The Netherlands. From infancy the patients suffer fever attacks that recur every 2-8 weeks, often precipitated by immunizations, infections or emotional ... | {
"abstract": "The hyperimmunoglobulinemia D and periodic fever (hyper-IgD) syndrome is typified by recurrent febrile attacks with abdominal distress, joint involvement (arthralgias/arthritis), headache, skin lesions, and an elevated serum IgD level (> 100 U/mL). This familial disorder has been diagnosed in 59 patien... | {
"abstract": "The energy-requiring, active, transport of sodium out and potassium into the cell seems to be due to the membrane bound (Na + K)-activated enzyme system.1–6 This system seems also to be involved in the Na: Na and K: K exchange which under certain conditions takes place across the cell membrane.4, 7 It ... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRA C T We have modelled dust envelopes and discs around oxygen-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars using optical properties of amorphous and crystalline silicate dust grains, paying close attention to the infrared observations of the stars including the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) data. U... | {
"abstract": "Silicate dust in the interstellar medium is observed to be amorphous, yet silicate dust in comets and interplanetary dust particles is sometimes partially crystalline. The dust in disks that are thought to be forming planets around some young stars also appears to be partially crystalline. These observ... | {
"abstract": "We present in this letter a homogeneous set of CORAVEL radial velocity measurements of the well studied RV Tauri star AC Her showing it to be a binary with a period of 1196 ± 6 days. The photospheric abundances are deduced using high resolution, high signal-to-noise optical spectra and prove that AC He... |
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"abstract": "The watermarking of digital images, audio, video, and multimedia products in general has been proposed for resolving copyright ownership and verifying originality of content. This paper studies the contribution of watermarking for developing protection schemes. A general watermarking framework (GWF) is... | {
"abstract": "We propose a new method for invisibly watermarking high-quality color and gray-scale images. This method is intended for use in image verification applications, where one is interested in knowing whether the content of an image has been altered since some earlier time, perhaps because of the act of a m... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents an approach for impedance-based sensor monitoring of dressing tool condition in grinding by using the electromechanical impedance (EMI) technique. This method was introduced in Part 1 of this work and the purpose of this paper (Part 2) is to achieve an optimal selection of the excit... |
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"abstract": "This article presents a solution for the low gain and the poor efficiency of the on‐chip antennas (OCA). The four elements of Quasi‐Yagi‐Uda antennas (QYUA) are introduced based on the diversity technique to reduce the interference between the elements. In addition, these antennas achieve high isolatio... | {
"abstract": "This letter presents an on-chip millimeter-wave (MMW) Yagi-Uda antenna implemented by the integrated passive device (IPD) process. This antenna consists of a half-wavelength dipole element and two director elements to achieve higher directivity than conventional wire dipole antennas and is excited usin... | {
"abstract": "In this paper a printed microstrip Yagi antenna is proposed for Millimeter or 5G applications. The resonant frequency of antenna is 60 GHz. The design has single wide band of 4.44 GHz. The proposed antenna shows good impedance matching throughout the band with minimum return loss −27.62 dB at 57.25 GHz... |
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"abstract": "An inbred colony of the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) (Miridae: Hemiptera), was observed to contain specimens with abnormal traits including red eyes, deformed antennae, and deformed legs. These specimens were isolated and back crossed to create stable phenotypic strains. ... | {
"abstract": "The pigmentation of black (wild) and red (mutant) eyes of Triatoma infestans was studied spectrophotometrically and compared with red-eyed (wild) and white-eyed (mutant) forms of Drosophila melanogaster. The spectral absorption profiles of the black and red eye pigments of T. infestans were similar to ... | {
"abstract": "The eye pigment system in Drosophila melanogaster has been studied with the electron microscope. Details in the development of pigment granules in wild type flies and in three eye color mutants are described. Four different types of pigment granules have been found. Type I granules, which carry ommochr... |
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"abstract": "Involuntary semantic memories are a new topic in psychology. Initial research has suggested that musical memories are a dominant type of involuntary memory. Interestingly, no comprehensive information exists on the commonality of “earworms”, or repeated involuntary imagery of music (INMI), and its rela... | {
"abstract": "Two studies examine the experience of ‘earworms’, unwanted catchy tunes that repeat. Survey data show that the experience is widespread but earworms are not generally considered problematic, although those who consider music to be important to them report earworms as longer, and harder to control, than... | {
"abstract": "Task unrelated thought (TUT) refers to thought directed away from the current situation; for example, a day dream. Encapsulated models of cognition propose that qualitative changes in consciousness, i.e., the production of TUT, can be explained in terms of changes in the quantity of resources deployed ... |
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"abstract": "The assessment of ecosystem functions in Cerrado is important to implement practices of conservation. Recently, a 'rapid ecosystem function assessment' (REFA) for measuring ecosystem functions has been proposed and tested as a suitable method. Thus, this study aimed to assess the proxies of ecosystem f... | {
"abstract": "The vegetation physionomy and cover can show patterns of diversity and composition of the edaphic community, depending on the quantity and quality of litter in a specific habitat. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the vegetation gradient formed by Graminoid Field (GRF), Cerrado ... | {
"abstract": "The decomposition of plant residues is influenced by their chemical com- position, the physical-chemical environment, and the decomposer organisms. Most studies interested in latitudinal gradients of decomposition have focused on substrate quality and climate effects on decomposition, and have excluded... |
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"abstract": "Plant diseases caused by fungi constitute a worldwide threat to food security and disease resistance (R) genes that allow to breed resistant crops are key elements for efficient disease control. The vast majority of R genes code for NLR multi domain proteins characterized by nucleotide-binding and leuc... | {
"abstract": "A chloroplastic protein inhibits defense-induced cell death and is destabilized by activation of a disease resistance protein. One branch of plant immunity is mediated through nucleotide-binding/Leu-rich repeat (NB-LRR) family proteins that recognize specific effectors encoded by pathogens. Members of ... | {
"abstract": "In addition to proteins, L-phenylalanine is a versatile precursor for thousands of plant metabolites. Production of phenylalanine-derived compounds is a complex multi-compartmental process using phenylalanine synthesized predominantly in plastids as precursor. The transporter(s) exporting phenylalanine... |
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"abstract": "Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the most common cancers in women and virtually all cases of CC are a result of a persistent infection of human papillomavirus (HPV). For disease detected in early stages there is curing treatment but when diagnosed late with recurring disease and metastasis there are limi... | {
"abstract": "Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the major cause of invasive cervical cancer (ICC). The study aim was to determine the prevalence of HPV genotypes and to correlate HPV types with response to radiotherapy. A total of 43 cervical biopsies collected from sequentially enrolled patients were analyzed by DNA a... | {
"abstract": "The aim of the present study is to estimate the overall prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) in Korean women, through literature review and meta-analysis. We searched published data for the period between 1995 and 2007 using the following inclusion criteria; (1) studies using ... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Structural changes in the cervical muscles are the cause of most injurious and non-injurious neck pain for which surgery and therapy are used as medical interventions. In clinical practice, the correct diagnosis of disorders and the planning of treatments in the cervical region require high-pr... | {
"abstract": "Image segmentation of anatomic structures is often an essential step in medical image analysis. A variety of segmentation methods have been proposed, but none provides automatic segmentation of the thigh. In magnetic resonance images of the thigh, the segmentation is complicated by factors, such as art... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we propose an active contour algorithm for object detection in vector-valued images (such as RGB or multispectral). The model is an extension of the scalar Chan?Vese algorithm to the vector-valued case 1]. The model minimizes a Mumford?Shah functional over the length of the contour, plus... |
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"abstract": "This paper aims to systematically review the major findings from meta-analyses comparing different treatment options for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A total of 153 relevant papers were searched via the PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane library databases. They were classified according to the mainstay tr... | {
"abstract": "The efficacy of adjuvant interferon treatment for the management of patients with viral hepatitis‐related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) following curative treatment is controversial. We have conducted a systematic review with meta‐analysis to assess the effects of adjuvant interferon therapy on surviv... | {
"abstract": "Tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) contribute to all aspects of tumor progression. Use of CSF1R inhibitors to target TAM is therapeutically appealing, but has had very limited anti-tumor effects. Here, we have identified the mechanism that limited the effect of CSF1R targeted therapy. We demonstrated t... |
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"abstract": "The idea that we live in a higher-dimensional space was first introduced almost 100 years ago. In the past two decades many extra-dimensional models have been proposed in order to solve fundamental problems of nature such as the hierarchy problem. Most of them need exploration via non-perturbative appr... | {
"abstract": "Abstract We consider the lattice regularization of a five-dimensional SU ( 2 ) gauge theory with periodic boundary conditions. We determine a consistent mean-field background and perform computations of various observables originating from fluctuations around this background. Our aim is to extract the ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract We study the potential of a static quark–anti-quark pair in the range 0.05 fm⩽ r ⩽0.8 fm, employing a sequence of lattices up to 64 4 . Lattice artifacts in potential and force are investigated theoretically as well as numerically and continuum quantities are obtained by extrapolation of the r... |
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"abstract": "With technology migration into nano and molecular scales several hybrid CMOS/nano logic and memory architectures have been proposed thus far that aim to achieve high device density with low power consumption. The discovery of the memristor has further enabled the realization of denser nanoscale logic a... | {
"abstract": "In recent years, many advances have been made in the development of molecular scale devices. Experimental data shows that these devices have potential for use in both memory and logic. This article describes the challenges faced in building crossbar array-based molecular memory and develops a methodolo... | {
"abstract": "Biomass yields and sporulation of Beauveria bassiana was concerned on culture conditions, environmental factors and cultivation method. We optimized the best culture conditions for biomass yields of B. bassiana IBC1201 with the novel “two-stage” cultivation method as well as orthogonal matrix method. F... |
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"abstract": "The objective of this paper is to discuss the nature of nonconceptual, as opposed to conceptual, states and their content, by exploring the suggestion that the distinction between the conceptual and the noncon- ceptual be mapped onto the distinction between the linguistic and the nonlinguistic. This ap... | {
"abstract": "Notes on Contributors. Preface. Part I: Knowledge and Skepticism. Introduction, Matthias Steup (St. Cloud State University). 1. Is Knowledge Closed under Known Entailment?. The Case against Closure, Fred Dretske (Stanford University and the University of Wisconsin). The Case for Closure, John Hawthorne... | {
"abstract": "Contemporary epistemology must choose between the solid security of the ancient foundationalist pyramid and the risky adventure of the new coherentist raft. Our main objective will be to understand, as deeply as we can, the nature of the controversy and the reasons for and against each of the two optio... |
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"abstract": "Operationen in der Urogynäkologie und gynäkologischen Onkologie sind häufiger, als man denkt. So zählen die gynäkologischen Malignome nach Brustund Darmkrebs zu den dritthäufigsten Krebsneuerkrankungen in Deutschland [29]. Gerade hier ist es wichtig, die Patientinnen über konservative Maßnahmen, aber a... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundHuman dermal allografts have been used for over a decade for interpositional repair of rectoceles. How do dermal allografts perform with regards to success rate and complications with 8 years’ minimum follow-up?MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed 41 consecutive patients undergoing dermal allog... | {
"abstract": "Plasma exchange is a well-established therapeutic procedure commonly used in many neurological disorders of autoimmune etiology. In this second part of our review, we assess the role of plasma exchange in the treatment of neuromuscular disorders. In Guillain-Barré syndrome and other immune-mediated neu... |
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"abstract": "Pruritus is a common problem in patients with chronic kidney disease who undergo dialysis. It is characterized by an uncomfortable sensation that leads to scratching. Acupressure is a complementary method used to manage various symptoms and health problems, including pruritus. This study aims to identi... | {
"abstract": "Background Pruritus is a debilitating aspect of atopic dermatitis (AD). Acupuncture has been reported to diminish pruritus, but self-administered acupressure has not been previously evaluated. Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of acupressure on the severity of eczema in a pilot trial. Methods Ad... | {
"abstract": "Computers have enormously enhanced our ability to find relevant research; searches on paper that took weeks can be completed more thoroughly in minutes. But our knowledge is often still incomplete. ‘Grey’ literature, including studies not published in English and older research, may be missed. There is... |
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"abstract": "Hydrogen bond engineering is widely exploited to impart stretchability, toughness, and self-healing capability to hydrogels. However, the enhancement effect of conventional hydrogen bonds is severely limited by their weak interaction strength. In nature, some organisms tolerate extreme conditions due t... | {
"abstract": "Polyacrylamide hydrogels are highly stretchable and nearly elastic. Their stress-stretch curves exhibit small hysteresis, and change negligibly after many loading cycles. Polyacrylamide is used extensively in applications, and is the primary network for many types of tough hydrogels. Recent experiments... | {
"abstract": "A soft ionic conductor can serve as an artificial nerve in an artificial muscle. A polyacrylamide hydrogel is syn- thesized containing a hygroscopic salt, lithium chloride. Two layers of the hydrogel are used as ionic conductors to sand- wich a dielectric elastomer and fabricate a highly stretchable an... |
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"abstract": "We propose a photonic spectral processor array integrated with a spatial and planar optical circuit platform. This device enables independent control of optical power in the spatial and wavelength domain by coordinately controlling liquid crystal on silicon and a waveguide variable attenuator.",
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"abstract": "We demonstrate a programmable gain equalizer for 7-core fiber that can independently equalize spectra or block wavelengths in each core across the C-band. It is spliced directly to a side-pumped multi-core amplifying fiber.",
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"abstract": "Fiber optic communication networks in the era of large data centers are required to provide large capacity, often orders of magnitude larger than the capacity of a single-mode fiber. The transport capacity must also be rapidly reconfigurable to adapt to the applications and services provided by the dat... |
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"abstract": "Many real-world problems deal with data that have relational information represented as networks, e.g., hyper-linked web pages and social networks. Traditional classification algorithms do not take into account the network structure of the data. On the other hand, conventional network classification me... | {
"abstract": "Statistical Relational Learning (SRL) methods have shown that classification accuracy can be improved by integrating relations between samples. Techniques such as iterative classification or relaxation labeling achieve this by propagating information between related samples during the inference process... | {
"abstract": "Many information-management tasks (including classification, retrieval, information extraction, and information integration) can be formalized as inference in an appropriate probabilistic first-order logic. However, most probabilistic first-order logics are not efficient enough for realistically-sized ... |
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"abstract": "Interface widely exists in carbon nanotube (CNT) assembly materials, taking place at different length scales. It determines severely the mechanical properties of these assembly materials. In this chapter, I assess the mechanical properties of individual CNTs and CNT bundles, the interlayer or intershel... | {
"abstract": "Molecular dynamics simulations of coaxial carbon nanotubes in relative sliding motion reveal a striking enhancement of friction when phonons whose group velocity is close to the sliding velocity of the nanotubes are strongly excited. The effect is analogous to the dramatic increase in air drag experien... | {
"abstract": "We present a model of the stellar populations in the fields observed by one of the SuperWASP-N cameras in the 2004 observing season. We use the Besancon Galactic model to define the range of stellar types and metallicities present, and populate these objects with transiting extrasolar planets using the... |
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"abstract": "We present a possible world semantics for a call-by-value higher-order programming language with impredicative polymorphism, general references, and recursive types. The model is one of the first relationally parametric models of a programming language with all these features.\n To model impredicative ... | {
"abstract": "This paper shows how parametric PILLY (Polymorphic Intuitionistic / Linear Lambda calculus with a fixed point combinator Y) can be used as a metalanguage for domain theory, as originally suggested by Plotkin more than a decade ago. Using recent results about solutions to recursive domain equations in p... | {
"abstract": "This paper shows how PILLY (Polymorphic Intuitionistic/Linear Lambda calculus with a fixed point combinator Y) with parametric polymorphism can be used as a metalanguage for domain theory, as originally suggested by Plotkin more than a decade ago. Using Plotkin's encodings of recursive types in PILLY, ... |
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"abstract": "Background The Active2Gether intervention is an app-based intervention designed to help and encourage young adults to become and remain physically active by means of personalized, real-time activity tracking and context-specific feedback. Objective The objective of our study was to describe the develop... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundThe transition from adolescence to early adulthood is a critical period in which there is a decline in physical activity (PA). College and university students make up a large segment of this age group. Smartphones may be used to promote and support PA. The purpose of this qualitative study wa... | {
"abstract": "Low levels of physical activity and sedentary behaviour are a growing health problem globally. Physical inactivity is associated with increased risk of numerous ailments, cardiovascular disease and mortality. Our primary aim was to perform a feasibility study on how to incorporate physical activity amo... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT The present study examined the race/ethnicity-specific trend of parent-reported health among children aged 17 years and under in the U.S. between 2003 and 2007, and its relationship with family background, neighbourhood support and neighbourhood safety. Data from the 2003 and 2007 National Sur... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nWe examined the association between mother-perceived neighborhood social capital and oral health status and dental care use in US children.\n\n\nMETHODS\nWe analyzed data for 67 388 children whose mothers participated in the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health. We measured mothers' pe... | {
"abstract": "When a molecule absorbs a photon of appropriate energy, a chain of photophysical events ensues, such as internal conversion or vibrational relaxation (loss of energy in the absence of light emission), fluorescence, intersystem crossing (from singlet state to a triplet state) and phosphorescence, as sho... |
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"abstract": "Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations are responsive to EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI). However, NSCLC patients with secondary somatic EGFR mutations are resistant to EGFR-TKI treatment. In this study, we investigated the effect of... | {
"abstract": "Loss of PTEN was recently shown to contribute to resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in EGFR mutation–positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) through activation of the protein kinase AKT. We previously showed that downregulation of the expression o... | {
"abstract": "EGF receptor (EGFR) kinase inhibitors, including gefitinib and erlotinib, exert potent therapeutic efficacy in non-small cell lung cancers harboring EGFR-activating mutations. However, most patients ultimately develop resistance to these drugs. Here, we report a novel mechanism of acquired resistance t... |
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"abstract": "MicroRNAs are small, non‐coding RNAs that regulate gene expression, and consequently protein synthesis. Downregulation and upregulation of miRNAs and their corresponding genes can alter cell apoptosis, proliferation, migration and fibroproliferative responses following a thermal injury. This review sum... | {
"abstract": "MicroRNAs involved in keratinocyte migration and wound healing are largely unknown. Here, we revealed the indispensable role of miR-21 in keratinocyte migration and in re-epithelialization during wound healing in mice. In HaCaT cell, miR-21 could be upregulated by TGF-β1. Similar to the effect of TGF-β... | {
"abstract": "Significance: This review article provides an overview of the critical roles of the innate immune system to wound healing. It explores aspects of dysregulation of individual innate immune elements known to compromise wound repair and promote nonhealing wounds. Understanding the key mechanisms whereby w... |
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"abstract": "Tamoxifen is effective in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer, but its use is associated with an increased risk of thrombosis. The mechanism for this effect is unknown. Reactive oxygen intermediates enhance platelet-dependent thrombosis, and in oncological studies, tamoxifen has been shown to... | {
"abstract": "Adjuvant therapy for breast cancer with tamoxifen is suggested to be of benefit to both women with negative and women with positive axillary nodes, and treatment lasting several years is currently being investigated. Venous thrombophlebitis may complicate tamoxifen treatment at a rate of approximately ... | {
"abstract": "Globally, herbal pharmaceutical industries are among the leading pharmaceutical industries. They generate large volume of wastewater during processing and production, which is highly biodegradable in nature and cannot be discharged into environment as such. Hence efforts are being made to evaluate the ... |
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"abstract": "EXTRACTIVE-ABSTRACTIVE",
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"title": "AUTOMATIC TEXT SUMMARIZATION BASED ON EXTRACTIVE-ABSTRACTIVE"
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"abstract": "online information available on world wide web is in enormous amount. Search engines like Google, Yahoo were developed to retrieve information from the databases. But actual results were not obtained as the electronic information is increasing day by day. Thus automatic summarization came into demand. ... | {
"abstract": "We have seen great progress in basic perceptual tasks such as object recognition and detection. However, AI models still fail to match humans in high-level vision tasks due to the lack of capacities for deeper reasoning. Recently the new task of visual question answering (QA) has been proposed to evalu... |
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"abstract": "Accurate and updated knowledge of the electric machine parameters provides benefits in many applications, such as model-based control methods. This paper presents an online parameter estimation method for double-star interior permanent-magnet (IPM) machines supplied with voltage-source inverters (VSI).... | {
"abstract": "The mechanical sensorless drive system for an interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM), for which parameters including the inverter are identified, is proposed in this paper. The rotor position is estimated by a signal injection sensorless scheme at standstill. The resistance, including the ... | {
"abstract": "The paper is devoted to the modeling of a hybrid-excited claw pole alternator (HECPA) by means of a variable position 3D magnetic equivalent circuit (MEC). The study is initiated by the derivation of a MEC with the rotor position kept at the maximum flux linkage between the rotor and stator, enabling t... |
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"abstract": "A systematic assessment of a variety of physics issues affecting the performance of the LCLS X-ray beam attenuator is presented. Detailed analysis of the gas flow in the gas attenuator and in the apertures is performed. A lot of attention is directed towards the gas ionization and heating by intense X-... | {
"abstract": "Discussion of space-charge effects in a photoluminescence cell that will be used as a nondisruptive total energy monitor at the LCLS facility is presented. Regimes where primary photoelectrons will be confined within the X-ray beam aperture are identified. Effects of the space-charge on the further evo... | {
"abstract": "Cross sections for the production of N+2, N++N2+2 and N2+ by electron impact on N2 have been measured for an energy range from threshold to 1000 eV. These cross sections have been fitted to an empirical formula for future use in modelling various plasmas. Considerable differences from some previous dat... |
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"abstract": "Transgenic rats with high expression of HLA‐B27 and human β2‐microglobulin (B27TR) develop a multisystem inflammatory disease resembling human inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and spondyloarthropaties (SpA). Tumour necrosis factor α (TNF‐α) has a crucial role in sustaining chronic inflammation in the g... | {
"abstract": "Rats transgenic for HLA‐B27 and human β2microglobulin (B27TR) develop a multi‐systemic disease resembling inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and spondyloarthritis. TNFα has a crucial role in chronic inflammation. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of anti‐TNFα treatment on spontaneous IBD in B27TR.... | {
"abstract": "Background—The pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis is unclear, but cytotoxic T lymphocytes infiltrating the mucosa have been implicated in mucosal damage. The Fas ligand (FasL), expressed on cytotoxic T lymphocytes, induces apoptosis in cells expressing Fas. Aim—To analyse FasL expression in affected co... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), with a moderate band gap (∼2.7 eV), high chemical and thermal stability, has been the hotspot in environmental photocatalysis. However, its performance is still unsatisfactory because of insufficient absorption of visible light, poor surface area, low electro... | {
"abstract": "Band gap-tunable potassium doped graphitic carbon nitride with enhanced mineralization ability was prepared using dicyandiamide monomer and potassium hydrate as precursors. X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 adsorption, UV-Vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, scanning electron mi... | {
"abstract": "INTRODUCTION Uganda, a country with approximately 41 million people and 102 hospitals, has only 35 practicing radiologists [1]. Almost all of these qualified radiologists are concentrated in the capital, Kampala, which leaves a more pronounced deficiency of trained professionals in rural areas. West Ug... |
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"abstract": "The quark sector of Coulomb gauge quantum chromodynamics is considered within the functional integral approach. The quark contributions to the Dyson-Schwinger equations are derived and one-loop perturbative results for the two-point functions are presented. The problem of confinement is addressed in th... | {
"abstract": "The ghost propagator and the Coulomb potential are evaluated in Coulomb gauge on the lattice, using an improved gauge fixing scheme which includes the residual symmetry. This setting has been shown to be essential in order to explain the scaling violations in the instantaneous gluon propagator. We find... | {
"abstract": "We review the infrared properties of the pure Yang–Mills correlators and discuss recent results concerning the two classes of low-momentum solutions for them reported in literature, i.e. decoupling and scaling solutions. We will mainly focus on the Landau gauge and pay special attention to the results ... |
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"abstract": ": The academic study and the applied use of agent-based modelling of social processes has matured considerably over the last thirty years. The time is now right to engage seriously with the ethics and responsible practice of agent-based social simulation. In this paper, we first outline the many reason... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Despite increasing interest in integrity issues, relatively few studies have examined researchers’ own interpretations of integrity. As part of the Perspectives on Research Integrity in Science and Medicine (PRISM) project, we sought to explore how researchers themselves define research integr... | {
"abstract": "Abstract While emotions are widely regarded as integral to the “behavioral approach” to International Relations (IR), a host of fundamental problems have delayed the integration of affective influences into traditional models of IR. We aim to integrate affect by focusing on commitment problems, a body ... |
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"abstract": "Emergency medicine (EM) is a discipline with complex leadership demands. However, studies of EM physician leadership and ED leadership are in their infancy. As such, there is a lack of clarity about the forms, antecedents, enablers, barriers and consequences of EM physician leadership. A systematic rev... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundOvercrowding in emergency departments is a global issue, which places pressure on the shrinking workforce and threatens the future of high quality, safe and effective care. Healthcare reforms aimed at tackling this crisis have focused primarily on structural changes, which alone do not delive... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This study investigated the use of granular activated carbon (GAC) as high surface area 3-dimensional (3-D) anode in MECs systems. The interfacial anodes' charge transfer resistance of the doped GAC did not impact the overall performance of MECs. Based on our finding, the 3-D anode packed with... |
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"abstract": "The Internet of Things (IoT) is a technological topic with a very important societal impact. IoT application domains are various and include: smart cities, precision farming, smart factories, and smart buildings. The diversity of these application domains is the source of the very high technological he... | {
"abstract": "The Internet of Things (IoT) is set to occupy a substantial component of future Internet. The IoT connects sensors and devices that record physical observations to applications and services of the Internet[1]. As a successor to technologies such as RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), the IoT has s... | {
"abstract": "Robots have gained relevance in society, increasingly performing critical tasks. Nonetheless, robot security is being underestimated. Robotics security is a complex landscape, which often requires a cross-disciplinar perspective to which classical security lags behind. To address this issue, we present... |
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"abstract": "From animal experiments by Cohen, Suzuki et al. in the 1960's to first-in-human clinical trials now in progress, prosthetic electrical stimulation targeting semicircular canal branches of the vestibular nerve has proven effective at driving directionally appropriate vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) eye mo... | {
"abstract": "We present a high-voltage CMOS neural-interface chip for a multichannel vestibular prosthesis (MVP) that measures head motion and modulates vestibular nerve activity to restore vision- and posture-stabilizing reflexes. This application specific integrated circuit neural interface (ASIC-NI) chip was des... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Targeted-based cancer therapy (TBCT) or personalized medicine is one of the main treatment modalities for cancer that has been developed to decrease the undesirable effects of chemotherapy. Targeted therapy inhibits the growth of tumor cells by interrupting with particular molecules required f... |
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"abstract": "To date, although machine learning has been successful in various practical applications, generic methods of testing machine learning code have not been established yet. Here we present a new approach to test machine learning code using the possible input region obtained as a polyhedron. If an ML syste... | {
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"title": "Multiple-Implementation Testing of Supervised Learning Software"
} | {
"abstract": "Microalgae offer great potential for exploitation, including the production of biodiesel, but the process is still some way from being carbon neutral or commercially viable. Part of the problem is that there is little established background knowledge in the area. We should look both to achieve incremen... |
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"abstract": "Let Γ be a collection of <italic>n</italic> (possibly intersecting) “red” Jordan arcs of some simple shape in the plane and let Γ' be a similar collection of <italic>m</italic> “blue” arcs. We present several efficient algorithms for detecting an intersection between an arc of Γ and an arc of Γ'. (i) I... | {
"abstract": "We consider the problem of moving an <italic>n</italic> vertex simple polygon around a corner in a right-angular corridor. We give an <italic>&Ogr;</italic>(<italic>n</italic> log <italic>n</italic>) algorithm for a convex polygon which constructs a motion of the polygon when one exists; otherwise it r... | {
"abstract": "This paper is concerned with the convexification of the optimal power flow (OPF) problem. We have previously shown that this highly nonconvex problem can be solved efficiently via a convex relaxation after two approximations: (i) adding a sufficient number of virtual phase shifters to the network topol... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, we describe the design and evaluation of SMART, an educational system that uses augmented reality for teaching 2 grade-level concepts, adequate and integrated with national curriculum guidelines. SMART puts children exploring concepts like means of transportation, types of animals and si... | {
"abstract": null,
"corpus_id": 17684082,
"title": "Augmented Reality in Schools: Preliminary Evaluation Results from a Summer School"
} | {
"abstract": "Variable pricing cloud resources are the most recent advancement in cloud computing business models. Cloud vendors like Amazon Web Services, a.k.a. Amazon AWS provide a new cloud instance type known as \"Spot instance\". The distinguishing feature of spot instance is its dynamic pricing. The price of s... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, we report the synthesis of iron silicide and β-iron disilicide nanowires with chemical vapor deposition; remarkably, the latter has drawn much attention but has seldom been achieved. We also propose the formation mechanisms for the two phases. To investigate the effects of the growth par... | {
"abstract": "Over the past decade, one-dimensional inorganic nanostructures have emerged as promising materials for fundamental studies and possible technological applications. These structures exhibit physical and chemical properties distinct from their bulk counterparts as a result of radial confinement, while th... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The reactions of semi-rigid bidentate ligand 4,4′-bis(benzimidazol-1-ylmethyl)biphenyl (bbmb) with NiCl2 and CuCl2 and Cd(OAc)2 afford novel complexes {[M(bbmb)2(Cl)(OH)](H2O)2}n (M = Ni( 1 ), Cu( 2 )) and [Cd2(OAc)4(bbmb)3]2(CH3OH)3(H2O)2 ( 3 ). Both complexes 1 and 2 feature parallel 2-fold ... |
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"abstract": "Disciplined practice of software architecture, and the broader encompassing discipline of software design, is fundamental to a project's success in every stage of the software life cycle. Choosing and implementing an appropriate architecture maximizes team velocity by structuring a project to meet busi... | {
"abstract": "Software architecture erosion is a problem faced by many organizations in the software industry. It happens when ‘as-implemented’ architecture does not conform to the ‘as-intended’ architecture, which results in low quality, complex, hard to maintain software. Architecture conformance checking refers t... | {
"abstract": "Sports analytics in general, and football (soccer in USA) analytics in particular, have evolved in recent years in an amazing way, thanks to automated or semi-automated sensing technologies that provide high-fidelity data streams extracted from every game. In this paper we propose a data-driven approac... |
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"abstract": ". Weather conditions and population density individuals experience at birth in fl uence their life-history traits and thereby population dynamics. Early-life individual growth is a key fi tness-related trait; however, how it is affected by such conditions at birth remains to be explored. Taking advantage... | {
"abstract": "Warmer winters alter the dynamics of a local bird population and reduce immigration rate due to density-dependent feedback. Climate change will affect the population dynamics of many species, yet the consequences for the long-term persistence of populations are poorly understood. A major reason for thi... | {
"abstract": "Since its inception, the concept of `intersectionality' — the interaction of multiple identities and experiences of exclusion and subordination — has been heralded as one of the most important contributions to feminist scholarship. Despite its popularity, there has been considerable confusion concernin... |
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"abstract": "β-1,3-d-Glucan is a ubiquitous glucose polymer produced by plants, bacteria, and most fungi. It has been used as a diagnostic tool in patients with invasive mycoses via a highly-sensitive reagent consisting of the blood coagulation system of horseshoe crab. However, no method is currently available for... | {
"abstract": "A carboxymethyl derivative of scleroglucan (Scl-CM) with derivatization degree 300 ± 10 was synthesized and characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, potentiometer titration, mucus adhesion studies, and rheological measurements. Rheological measurements showed the ability of the polymer... | {
"abstract": "Physical hydrogels of a high-carboxymethylated derivative of scleroglucan (Scl-CM300) were investigated as potential systems for topical drug delivery using three different therapeutic molecules (fluconazole, diclofenac and betamethasone). Rheological tests were carried out on drug-loaded hydrogels alo... |
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"abstract": "No-show reduction at restaurants can not only mitigate losses incurred when customers fail to honor a booking but also affect consumers’ reservation behaviors. This study analyzed the ability of restaurant booking policies to mitigate no-shows as well as the negative impacts. We summarize the results o... | {
"abstract": "This study models airline passengers' no-show and standby behaviour using passenger and outbound and inbound itinerary information. It describes factors that influence no-show and standby behaviour in continental US markets using multinomial and nested logit models. The model accounts for early standby... | {
"abstract": "Turn on, tune in, drop out, Timothy Leary advised young people in the 1960s. And many did, creating a counterculture built on drugs, rock music, sexual liberation, and communal living. The hippies preached free love, promoted flower power, and cautioned against trusting anyone over thirty. Eschewing mo... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Residual antibiotics in manure pose a potential threat to public and ecological health as a result of the application of manure from animals treated with antibiotics to land. The environmental fate of sulfonamides (SAs) in swine manure after composting and field application remains largely unk... | {
"abstract": "After introducing thermophilic anaerobic digestion (AD), characteristics of thermophilic methanogens are provided. Accordingly, (a) site of occurrence, (b) morphological characteristics (shape and motility), (c) biochemical characteristics (Gram character and % G+C profile), (d) nutritional characteris... | {
"abstract": "Asteroids and meteorites provide key evidence on the formation of planetesimals in the Solar System. Asteroids are traditionally thought to form in a bottom-up process by coagulation within a population of initially km-scale planetesimals. However, new models challenge this idea by demonstrating that a... |
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"abstract": "The cydAB operon of Escherichia coli encodes cytochrome bd, a terminal oxidase in the aerobic respiratory chain. The high oxygen affinity of this oxidase explains its increased synthesis under low-oxygen conditions. Expression of the cydAB operon is controlled by the ArcA/ArcB two-component system and ... | {
"abstract": "The cytochrome d complex is one of the two terminal oxidases in the aerobic respiratory system of Escherichia coli. This enzyme is not present in cells grown with high levels of dissolved oxygen in the culture medium but accumulates after mid-exponential growth, reaching high levels in stationary-phase... | {
"abstract": "The aerobic respiratory chain of Escherichia coli contains two terminal oxidases which are differentially regulated. The cytochrome o complex predominates under growth conditions of high aeration, whereas the cytochrome d complex predominates when the oxygen tension is low. Either terminal oxidase will... |
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"abstract": "Background. Osteoporosis is a bone metabolic disease affecting a large percentage of aging population, which leads to an increased risk of fractures and has a negative impact on life quality. The available treatments for osteoporosis are effective, but are associated with several severe adverse reactio... | {
"abstract": "Objective:Previous data have suggested that Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) can prevent estrogen deficiency–induced bone loss by dual action: stimulation of new bone formation and inhibition of bone resorption. Marrow adipogenesis has been identified as a negative indicator of skeletal strength and in... | {
"abstract": "Recently developed in vivo animal high‐resolution micro‐CT scanners offer the possibility to monitor longitudinal changes in bone microstructure of small rodents, but may impose high radiation doses that could damage bone tissue. The goal of this study was to determine the effects on the bone of 8 week... |
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