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"title": "Mnemonic Reader: Machine Comprehension with Iterative Aligning and Multi-hop Answer Pointing"
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"abstract": "Many important NLP problems can be posed as dual-sequence or sequence-to-sequence modeling tasks. Recent advances in building end-to-end neural architectures have been highly successful in solving such tasks. In this work we propose a new architecture for dual-sequence modeling that is based on associa... | {
"abstract": "The human work involved in data transformation represents a major bottleneck for today’s data-driven organizations. In response, we present Predictive Interaction, a framework for interactive systems that shifts the burden of technical specification from users to algorithms, while preserving human guid... |
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"abstract": "We report the synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of 7-aryl-1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyridines with mGlu2 positive allosteric modulator (PAM) activity and affinity. Besides traditional in vitro parameters of potency and affinity, kinetic parameters kon, koff and residence time (RT) were determi... | {
"abstract": "Schizophrenia is a chronic, complex and heterogeneous mental disorder, with pathological features of disrupted neuronal excitability and plasticity within limbic structures of the brain. These pathological features manifest behaviorally as positive symptoms (including hallucinations, delusions and thou... | {
"abstract": "DNA adducts occur through environmental, therapeutic, dietary, oxygen stress, and aging processes. A modified thin-layer chromatographic (TLC) technique can asses base composition and adduct formation. This requires labeling DNA by \"shot-gun\" 5'-phosphorylation of representative 32P-alpha-deoxyribonu... |
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"abstract": "This paper introduces the Special Interest Group on the Internet and Operation Technology (SIG-IOT) of the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ). IPSJ SIG-IOT is a similar association to ACM SIGUCCS in Japan. It retains about four hundred members who are mainly managers and operators of ICT in... | {
"abstract": "This paper introduces the Special Interest Group on the Internet and Operation Technology (SIG-IOT) of the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ). IPSJ SIG-IOT is a similar association to ACM SIGUCCS in Japan. It retains about four hundred members who are mainly managers and operators of ICT in... | {
"abstract": "As the Association for Computing Machinery enters a new phase of its existence, it seems befitting to review, briefly, the conditions in the computing field just prior to its organization and the events of the past six years of its life. Since its formation, in 1947, the Association has adhered to the ... |
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"abstract": "Introduction Invasive aspergillosis is a condition associated with a high mortality rate mostly due to difficulties in performing an early diagnosis. In recent years, galactomannan detection has markedly improved the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis, but very little is known on how physicians deal w... | {
"abstract": "Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is an opportunistic infection caused by Aspergillus spp., a saprophytic filamentous fungus that is frequently isolated in the environment. The infection occurs most frequently in the lower respiratory tract (LRT) of immunocompromised patients with prolonged neutropenia or he... | {
"abstract": "Optimal staging and evaluation of residual lesions of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are major challenges in the immunocompromised host. Preliminary data have suggested that [¹⁸F]fluorodeoxyglucose ([¹⁸F]FDG) uptake may be observed in the course of active invasive fungal infections. The aim of this ... |
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"abstract": "Ecological studies of some of the most numerous organisms on the planet, zooplankton, have been limited by manual analysis for more than 100 years. With the development of high-throughput video systems, we argue that this critical bottle-neck can now be solved if paired with deep neural networks (DNN).... | {
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"title": "Less is More: Active Learning with Support Vector Machines"
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"abstract": "In this study1, we present a fully automatic TV logo identification system. TV logos are detected in static regions given by time-averaged edges subjected to post-processing operations. Once the region of interest of a logo candidate is established, TV logos are recognized via their subspace features. ... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundThis study uses dimensional analysis to derive the general second-order differential equation that underlies numerous physical and natural phenomena described by common mathematical functions. It eschews assumptions about empirical constants and mechanisms. It relies only on the data plot’s m... | {
"abstract": "A variety of growth curves have been developed to model both unpredated, intraspecific population dynamics and more general biological growth. Most predictive models are shown to be based on variations of the classical Verhulst logistic growth equation. We review and compare several such models and ana... | {
"abstract": "The empirical rules relating metabolic rate and body size are described in terms of (i) a scaling exponent, which refers to the ratio of the fractional change in metabolic rate to a change in body size, (ii) a proportionality constant, which describes the rate of energy expenditure in an organism of un... |
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"abstract": "The problem of static state feedback linearization of switched nonlinear systems is considered. First, the single input switched systems are considered. A necessary and sufficient condition is provided, which contains an uncertain single variable function. Then the result is extended to multiple input ... | {
"abstract": "This paper considers the problem of stabilization of single-input planar switched systems. We assume the switching law is observable, a formula is presented, which provides a necessary and sufficient condition for the system to be quadratically stabilizable. A set of linear inequalities are given to de... | {
"abstract": "Recall that if A 1,…,A n ⊆G are nonempty subsets of an abelian group G translated so that \\(0\\in\\bigcap_{i=1}^{n}A_{i}\\), then a normalized Freiman homomorphism of \\(\\sum _{i=1}^{n}A_{i}\\) is a map \\(\\psi :\\sum _{i=1}^{n}A_{i}\\rightarrow G'\\), where G′ is another abelian group, such that \n... |
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"abstract": "During a storm in October 2002, wind induced ovalling vibrations were observed on several empty silos of a closely spaced group consisting of 8 by 5 silos in the \nport of Antwerp (Belgium). First, a thorough understanding of the fluid flow around the group is required to clarify the underlying mechani... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Circular cylindrical shell structures are sensitive to wind induced ovalling oscillation, which is an aeroelastic phenomenon. This paper presents a finite element model of a silo that is validated by means of experimental results obtained on a silo on which ovalling has been observed. Results ... | {
"abstract": "The base region optimization of SiGe power HBTs for high frequency power amplification is investigated. Employing a heavily doped base in conjunction with a high Ge content can effectively improve the large-signal power gain values of SiGe HBTs while maintaining their high breakdown voltages and thus a... |
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"abstract": "Summary Background High volume of intravenous contrast in CT-angiography may result in contrast-induced nephropathy. Intraarterial ultra-low volume of contrast medium results in its satisfactory blood concentration with potentially good image quality. The first main purpose was to assess the influence ... | {
"abstract": "Patient: Male, 73-year-old Final Diagnosis: Page kidney from intra-renal hematoma aggravated by reversible contrast-induced nephropathy following renal arterial embolization Symptoms: Flank pain • nausea • vomiting Medication: Apixaban Clinical Procedure: Kidney biopsy and subsequent renal arterial emb... | {
"abstract": "Many studies on pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (PIMS-TS) have described abdominal findings as part of multisystem involvement, with limited descriptions of abdominal imaging findings specific to PIMS-TS. To perform ... |
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"abstract": "Abstract A captive adult female American badger (Taxidea taxus) suffered periodic episodes of agitation and self-mutilation over the course of its lifetime. Initially environmental enrichment curtailed the aberrant behavior; however, intensifying clinical signs periodically required the use of diazepam... | {
"abstract": "This datasheet on Mustelidae covers Identity, Distribution.",
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"title": "Mustelidae"
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"abstract": "Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) traditionally has been considered a rare, treatment refractory disorder of psychological origin. However, OCD appears to be much more common than was previously believed. Moreover, in recent years controlled studies demonstrated that clomipramine is more effective th... |
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"abstract": "Synaesthesia is a variation of human experience that involves the automatic activation of unusual concurrent experiences in response to ordinary inducing stimuli. The causes for the development of synaesthesia are not well understood yet. Synaesthesia may have a genetic basis resulting in enhanced cort... | {
"abstract": "Synaesthesia and absolute pitch (AP) are two rare conditions that occur more frequently within populations of artistic professionals. Current thinking surrounding synaesthesia and AP and their relationship to music perception form the focus of this article. Given that synaesthesia has rarely been discu... | {
"abstract": "ObjectivesTo determine (1) whether there were differences in cognition between HIV-1-seropositive and HIV-1-seronegative homosexual men and (2), if so, whether these differences could be explained by the degree of immunosuppression (i.e., CD4 cell count and immunoglobulin A (IgA) levels]. DesignA cross... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Knowledge of endemic helminths in a resource-limited country such as Nigeria is essential for their diagnosis, treatment and cost-effective control. In the present study, the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis) guideline was employed to determine the pre... | {
"abstract": "Nigeria, with a population of over 190 million people, is rated among the 10 countries with the highest burden of infectious and zoonotic diseases globally. In Nigeria, there exist a sub-optimal surveillance system to monitor and track priority zoonoses. We therefore conducted a prioritization of zoono... | {
"abstract": "Many urban areas are using estimations of impervious surfaces as a means for better environmental management. This is because research over the last two decades indicate a consistent, inverse relationship between the percentage of impervious surfaces in a watershed and the environmental problems urban ... |
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"abstract": "Arginine methylation stimulates a transcriptional coactivator involved in gluconeogenesis in the liver. Getting a Sugar Rush from Arginine Methylation Fasting causes the liver to produce and release glucose into the bloodstream, a process called gluconeogenesis. Fasting triggers the transcriptional act... | {
"abstract": "Protein methylation is an essential posttranslational modification (PTM) mostly occurs at lysine and arginine residues, and regulates a variety of cellular processes. Owing to the rapid progresses in the large-scale identification of methylation sites, the available data set was dramatically expanded, ... | {
"abstract": "Lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens biotype I was immobilized by adsorption of anion exchange resin using glutaraldehyde to enhance the adsorption. The activity yield of the immobilized lipase was very low (below 1%) when lipase activity was measured using emulsion substrate. The activity yield was 10–... |
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"abstract": "Estrogens have been recognized, in the last 3 decades, as important hormones in direct and indirect modulation of vascular health. In addition to their direct benefit on cardiovascular health, the presence of esterified estrogen in the lipid core of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles indirectly c... | {
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"title": "Nitric oxide and nitric oxide synthase isoforms in the normal, hypertrophic, and failing heart"
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"abstract": "Although estradiol (E(2)) has been recognized to exert several vasculoprotective effects in several species, its effects in mouse vasomotion are unknown, and consequently, so is the estrogen receptor subtype mediating these effects. We investigated the effect of E(2) (80 microg/kg/day for 15 days) on N... |
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"abstract": "Hierarchical radiosity and Monte Carlo radiosity are branches of radiosity research that focus on complementary problems. The synthesis of both families of radiosity algorithms has however received little attention until now. In this paper, a procedure is presented that bridges the gap. It allows any p... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we present a new radiosity algorithm, based on the notion of a well distributed ray set (WDRS). A WDRS is a set of rays, connecting mutually visible points and patches, that forms an approximate representation of the radiosity operator and the radiosity distribution. We propose an algorit... | {
"abstract": "Strong coupling between localized particle plasmons and optical waveguide modes leads to drastic modifications of the transmission of metallic nanowire arrays on dielectric waveguide substrates. The coupling results in the formation of a new quasiparticle, a waveguide-plasmon polariton, with a surprisi... |
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"abstract": "Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection primarily affects women during their reproductive years, and the coexistence of reproductive tract infections (RTIs) is not surprising given the fact that HIV is mainly acquired via heterosexual contact. Aim: The aim of the study was to compare t... | {
"abstract": "Sir, Policymakers, donors, researchers, and activists should recognize the benefits of supporting the fuller integration of HIV prevention efforts with reproductive health services.[1,2] Not enough data are available on the reproductive and sexual health of HIV-infected people of the reproductive age g... | {
"abstract": "A useful method for isolating and recognizing Haemophilus ducreyi from chancres and buboes of male patients is presented. A total of 41 clinical isolates of H. ducreyi were recovered from 33 patients over an 8-year period, and the experience with the 15 most recent isolates is presented in detail. Choc... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundIt is well known that the information requirements necessary to safely treat children with therapeutic medications cannot be met with the same approaches used in adults. Over a 1-year period, Duke University Hospital engaged in the challenging task of enhancing an established computerized pro... | {
"abstract": "Medications for pediatric patients are individualized based on patient weight. An error in weight measurement, weight transcription in a patient’s chart, or weight entry into software or equipment can result in prescription and medication administration errors.[1][1] Determination of the",
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"abstract": "Hospital-based computerized order entry systems (CPOEs) are widely touted as a solution for improving patient safety. Holdsworth et al1 conducted the first pediatric study that demonstrated that the benefits of CPOEs extend beyond the prevention of medication errors to a reduction in adverse drug event... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE: To report the relationship between total hip replacement (THR) luxation and soft tissue tension using acetabular (AO), femoral, (FO), global (GO) and vertical (VO) offset measurements. STUDY DESIGN: Case control study. ANIMALS: 16 dogs with THR luxation and 36 control dogs without THR luxati... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo radiographically evaluate periprosthetic femoral bone contrast and assess alignment of the prosthetic stem after uncemented and cemented total hip replacement (THR).\n\n\nSTUDY DESIGN\nProspective clinical study.\n\n\nANIMALS\nDogs (n = 15).\n\n\nMETHODS\nDogs were classified into uncemen... | {
"abstract": "Total hip replacement (THR) is well established as a treatment modality for dogs with noninfectious, nonneoplastic, disabling conditions of the coxofemoral joint. Since the mid 1970s, a fixed-head prosthesis has been used in this procedure. A modular prosthesis, which is based on many of the technical ... |
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"abstract": "Genericity is a property of queries expressed in declarative query languages. The idea, first expressed in [2, 7], is that data values are uninterpreted, hence a query should be invariant under isomorphisms (i.e. element renaming) of dat abases. This has been generalized, following [10], to account for... | {
"abstract": "We introduce Abstract State Services (AS2s) as an abstraction of data-intensive services that can be made available for use by other systems, e.g. via the web. An AS2 combines a hidden database layer with an operation-equipped view layer, and can be anything from a simple function to a full-fledged Web... | {
"abstract": ". We study P ( n, 3), the size of the largest subset of the set of all permutations S n with minimum Kendall τ -distance 3. Using a combination of group theory and integer programming, we reduced the upper bound of P ( p, 3) from ( p − 1)! − 1 to ( p − 1)! − ⌈ p 3 ⌉ + 2 ≤ ( p − 1)! − 2 for all primes p... |
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"abstract": "We present a modification of an arrangement of 20-bit chipless tag composed of 20-element array of U-shaped strip scatterers that significantly improves radar cross section response in terms of uniformity and amplitude robustness over the operational frequency range 2 to 4 GHz. This modification is bas... | {
"abstract": "This paper introduces a new 20-bit chipless RFID tag with an improved radar cross section (RCS), based on a novel complementary approach with the slot-in-plate array with respect to the array of single resonator-based chipless tags. The backscatter pattern is formed by a rectangular metallic plate 52 ×... | {
"abstract": "Abstract An analytical study of radiation by a finite, stiffened cylindrical shell is presented. The model of stiffener used allows one to treat hollow cross-section cases encountered in industry. The driving force is applied on the stiffener or directly on the shell and can be radial, tangential or lo... |
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"abstract": "We consider the quickest flow problem in dynamic networks with a single source s and a single sink t: given an amount of flow F, find the minimum time needed to send it from s to t, and the corresponding optimal flow over time. \n \nWe introduce new mathematical formulations and derive optimality condi... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we combine two modeling tools to predict and evaluate evacuation plans: (dynamic) network flows and locational analysis. We present three exact algorithms to solve the single facility version 1-FlowLoc of this problem and compare their running times. After proving the $\\mathcal{NP}$-comp... | {
"abstract": "With the widespread capabilities of commodity mobile devices, applications will increasingly incorporate participatory sensing functionality. Participatory sensing directly involves end-users in collecting (and ultimately sharing) information about the environment. Applications that rely on participato... |
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"abstract": "The Quake-Catcher Network (QCN) uses low-cost sensors connected to volunteer computers across the world to monitor seismic events. The location and density of these sensors' placement can impact the accuracy of the event detection. Because testing different special arrangements of new sensors could dis... | {
"abstract": "The aim of the current study is to explore the effectiveness of using inquiry instruction to support high school students’ learning of seismology. A total of 191 Taiwanese high school students were recruited and assigned to the guided-inquiry condition or the structured-inquiry condition. Students’ lea... | {
"abstract": "Applications for Wireless Sensor Networks may be decomposed into the deployment of tasks on different sensor nodes in the network. Task allocation algorithms assign these tasks to specific sensor nodes in the network for execution. Given the resource-constrained and distributed nature of Wireless Senso... |
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"abstract": "Despite the continuous advances in local stereo matching for years, most efforts are on developing robust cost computation and aggregation methods. Little attention has been seriously paid to the disparity refinement. In this work, we study weighted median filtering for disparity refinement. We discove... | {
"abstract": "Most stereo correspondence algorithms match support windows at integer-valued disparities and assume a constant disparity value within the support window. The recently proposed Patch Match stereo algorithm by Bleyer et al. overcomes this limitation of previous algorithms by directly estimating planes. ... | {
"abstract": "Image flicker, the unnatural temporal fluctuation in perceived image intensity, is an annoying artifact existing in many old film sequences and its removal is an integral part in any old film restoration process. In this paper, we propose an improved flicker removal method based on flicker parameters e... |
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"abstract": "Display lags degrade performance when using the head to track a target presented on a helmet-mounted display. These lags originate from delays in measuring the position of the head and the time required to generate the image of the target. This paper presents two laboratory studies on the use of phase ... | {
"abstract": "Keywords: techniques de : mesure ; depouillement ; experimental ; statistique ; analyse ; traitement des signaux Reference Record created on 2005-11-18, modified on 2016-08-08",
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"title": "Random Data - Analysis and Measurement Procedures - Second Edition (revised and expande... | {
"abstract": "Experiments have been conducted on human subjects to assess the efficiency with which a helmet-mounted sighting system can be used to locate and track target sources in the horizontal plane. In the first experimental condition, in which the sight was aligned with discrete stationary target sources, the... |
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"abstract": "Some full-Heusler alloys, such as Co2MnSi and Co2MnGe, are expected to be half-metallic ferromagnetic material, which has complete spin polarization. They are the most promising materials for realizing half-metallicity at room temperature owing to their high Curie temperature. We demonstrate a huge tun... | {
"abstract": "Magnetic tunnel junctions have been fabricated using half-metallic chromium-dioxide (CrO2) epitaxial film with a Co counterelectrode. The native insulating layer formed on the surface of CrO2 after air exposure is used as the tunneling barrier. These junctions exhibit nonlinear current–voltage characte... | {
"abstract": "▪ Abstract Based on the spin conservation in electron tunneling across an insulator (I) and the spin polarization of conduction electrons in ferromagnets (FM) established by Meservey and Tedrow, Julliere put forward a quantitative model (1975) showing that tunneling in FM-I-FM junctions should lead to ... |
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"abstract": "Molecular binding, important in drug design, explores the accurate binding structures between molecules. This exploration can be formulated as a global optimization problem. However, the problem in molecular binding is that the search space is very large and the computational cost increases tremendousl... | {
"abstract": "The three-dimensional molecular structure of Lactobacillus casei dihydrofolate reductase complexed with NADPH and methotrexate has been used to interpret published magnetic resonance spectra for this enzyme. Proton resonances from histidine residues and 19F resonances from fluorine-labeled fluorotyrosi... | {
"abstract": "A 0.18-μm CMOS low-noise amplifier (LNA) employing resistive shunt feedback, operating over the entire ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency range of 3.1–10.6 GHz, has been designed, fabricated and tested. The UWB LNA achieves measured power gain of 7.5±2.5 dB, minimum input matching of −8 dB, noise figure fr... |
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"abstract": "We made systematic measurements of the maximum charge pumping current from single MOS interface traps, and found that two energy levels are formed per trap, and the current shows various values of 0~2fq (f: the gate pulse frequency, q: the electron charge), depending upon the two energy levels. Moreove... | {
"abstract": "A new and accurate approach to charge-pumping measurements for the determination of the Si-SiO2interface state density directly on MOS transistors is presented. By a careful analysis of the different processes of emission of electrons towards the conduction band and of holes towards the valence band, d... | {
"abstract": "Bei der Anlegung von Dreieckspannungsimpulsen an das Gate von MOS-Strukturen mit externer Minoritatstragerquelle kann im Gatestromverlauf eine Stromspitze beim Durchfahren des MOS-Kondensators in Richtung Inversion und ein flaches Maximum beim Durchfahren in Richtung Anreicherung beobachtet werden. Die... |
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"abstract": "A new approach to the development of multilevel control and estimation schemes for large-scale systems with a major emphasis on the reliability of performance under structural perturbations is described. The study is conducted within a decomposition-decentralization framework and leads to simple and no... | {
"abstract": "Optimum systems control , Optimum systems control , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی",
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"title": "Optimum systems control"
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"abstract": "Abstract The optimum estimate is defined as one which maximizes the conditional probability density function of the sequence of states Xn = {x0, …, xn} in a discrete-time dynamic process, given a sequence of observations Yn = {y1, …, yn}. The equations governing this estimate are derived for nonlinear ... |
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"abstract": "Onset and lifetime prevalence of substance abuse were assessed retrospectively using the IRAOS interview in a population-based, controlled sample of 232 first episodes of schizophrenia (ABC sample). Subjects with schizophrenia were twice as likely as controls to have a lifetime history of substance abu... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In schizophrenia most of the social consequences emerge in the prodromal phase of the illness and before treatment is initiated. Further course is determined by the level of social development at illness onset and by age- and sex-related illness behavior. Despite the sex difference in age at o... | {
"abstract": "..................................................................................................................... 6 Tiivistelmä.................................................................................................................. 8 List of original publications ............................ |
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"abstract": "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease with which a variety of neuropathic disorders have been associated. Among these, the acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy variant of Guillain–Barré syndrome has been well established. However, acute axonal lumbo... | {
"abstract": "WITH the virtual elimination of poliomyelitis, Guillain—Barre syndrome has become the most common cause of acute generalized paralysis, with an annual incidence of 0.75 to 2 cases per 100,000 population. Several clinical variants of this demyelinating polyneuropathy have been described, the electrophys... | {
"abstract": "Oral ingestion of a new rat poison that antagonizes nicotinamide metabolism, N-3-pyridylmethyl-N'-p-nitrophenyl urea (PNU, Vacor), is known to cause diabetes mellitus. I describe neurologic complications of PNU ingestion in 12 patients 19 to 50 years of age who swallowed between 0.39 and 7.02 g of PNU.... |
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"abstract": "The research described below forms part of a wider programme to develop a practical parser for naturally-occurring natural language input which is capable of returning the n-best syntacticallydeterminate analyses, containing that which is semantically and pragmatically most appropriate (preferably as t... | {
"abstract": "A parsing system returning analyses in the form of sets of grammatical relations can obtain high precision if it hypothesises a particular grammatical relation only when it is certain that the relation is correct. We operationalise this technique -in a statistical parser using a manually-developed wide... | {
"abstract": "NHK has been studying broadcast-broadband synchronization as a technology for advanced integrated broadcast-broadband services. This paper proposes a system design for the synchronized multi-screen presentation of video streams from broadcast and broadband that are displayed on a TV and a mobile device... |
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"abstract": "In this paper we introduce a generative parametric model capable of producing high quality samples of natural images. Our approach uses a cascade of convolutional networks within a Laplacian pyramid framework to generate images in a coarse-to-fine fashion. At each level of the pyramid, a separate gener... | {
"abstract": "Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are powerful generative models, but suffer from training instability. The recently proposed Wasserstein GAN (WGAN) makes progress toward stable training of GANs, but sometimes can still generate only low-quality samples or fail to converge. We find that these prob... | {
"abstract": "The 3-dimensional (3D) printing technologies, referred to as additive manufacturing (AM) or rapid prototyping (RP), have acquired reputation over the past few years for art, architectural modeling, lightweight machines, and tissue engineering applications. Among these applications, tissue engineering f... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo evaluate the effectiveness of the use of a nictitating membrane flap (NMF) as therapy in 19 cats (21 eyes) affected with feline acute corneal hydrops (FACH).\n\n\nMETHODS\nMedical records from 19 cats diagnosed with FACH and treated with a NMF were retrospectively evaluated. Information w... | {
"abstract": "The cornea is naturally transparent. Anything that interferes with the cornea's stromal architecture, contributes to blood vessel migration, increases corneal pigmentation, or predisposes to corneal edema, disrupts the corneas transparency and indicates corneal disease. The color, location, and shape a... | {
"abstract": "As in last year's review, only a few selected topics of particular interest are discussed here. A limited number of papers have been reviewed; thus many significant contribu¬ tions in other areas of research on the cornea and sclera have been omitted. The list of references includes only those which ar... |
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"abstract": "We consider the problem of supporting H-ARQ with polar codes. For supporting H-ARQ, we propose to create redundancy versions based on different, but equivalent, subsets of a polar code. The equivalent subsets are created from an initial subset of a polar code using an inherent symmetry in polar code co... | {
"abstract": "A novel kind of punctured polar codes is proposed in this paper. The codes are constructed by certain constraints on both puncturing patterns and frozen sets such that the values of the punctured bits are known to the decoder. As a result, the initialized log-likelihood ratios of the punctured bits can... | {
"abstract": "Language understanding (LU) modules for spoken dialogue systems in the early phases of their development need to be (i) easy to construct and (ii) robust against various expressions. Conventional methods of LU are not suitable for new domains, because they take a great deal of effort to make rules or t... |
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"abstract": "Node positions in a wireless sensor network are required to track the nodes in real-time, but normally no prior information is given on deployment. A locating mechanism is required for such a purpose and in this paper a method is described to determine the point-to-point distance between two sensor nod... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we present the Cramer-Rao lower bounds (CKLBs) for the time delay estimation of UWB signals which could be tight lower bounds for the theoretical performance limits of UWB synchronizers. The CRLBs are investigated for both single pulse systems and time hopping systems in AWGN and multipa... | {
"abstract": "To provide efficient tools for the capture and modeling of acceptable virtual human poses, we propose a method for constraining the underlying joint structures based on real life data. Current tools for delimiting valid postures often employ techniques that do not represent joint limits in an intuitive... |
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"abstract": "SummaryI study the evolutionarily stable seasonal patterns of hatching and pupation for herbivorous insects that engage in exploitative competition for a renewable resource. A longer larval feeding period enhances female fecundity, but also causes a higher mortality by predation and parasitism. Previou... | {
"abstract": "A game model is developed of the daily schedule of matesearching activity by male butterflies, assuming that each male maximizes his expected mating success given a limited total time for mate search. The model predicts that (1) in the early morning, no male is active even though many females are emerg... | {
"abstract": "This publication was prepared in response to a need expressed by southwestern agencies and organizations for a comprehensive assessment of the population status, history, biology, ecology, habitats, threats, and conservation of the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus). The southw... |
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"abstract": "\n Tuning the weight values in an artificial neural network for a computational function is essential for artificial intelligence. This letter proposes tuning based on a mathematical model, which conceptually extends the artificial neural network by allowing an imbalance between the sum of the incoming... | {
"abstract": "The rise and fall of artificial neural networks is well documented in the scientific literature of both computer science and computational chemistry. Yet almost two decades later, we are now seeing a resurgence of interest in deep learning, a machine learning algorithm based on multilayer neural networ... | {
"abstract": "1. Mean-field theory of phase transitions 2. Mean-field theory of spin glasses 3. Replica symmetry breaking 4. Gauge theory of spin glasses 5. Error-correcting codes 6. Image restoration 7. Associative memory 8. Learning in perceptron 9. Optimization problems A. Eigenvalues of the Hessian B. Parisi equ... |
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"abstract": "This study investigated the reliability of measurements with a new equine ergospirometer (Quadflow). Heart rate and blood lactate responses during exercise in horses wearing the Quadflow and an open flow mask were also compared. The mean percentage error of the oxygen uptake measurements was 8.2% (rang... | {
"abstract": "This review addresses the physiology of performance horses in the context of functional tests aimed at assisting clinicians in the search for explanations of the individual's limitations, actual or perceived as below expectation. The intention is to assist clinicians who are faced frequently by owners ... | {
"abstract": "This paper describes the methodology necessary to perform a clinical exercise test and the expected variability in an individual horse's exercise test measurements based on comparing the results of two repetitions of the test with six horses. The exercise test measurements were obtained with an open fl... |
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"abstract": "The Cenomanian/Turonian boundary interval (CTBI) at Site 1050 (30869N, 768149W) was investigated to characterize climatic and oceanographic changes during the Oceanic Anoxic Event that was associated with it (OAE 2). Because of unusually good foraminiferal preservation for sediments of this age, we hav... | {
"abstract": "Paleotemperature proxy data form the cornerstone of paleoclimate research and are integral to understanding the evolution of the Earth system across the Phanerozoic Eon. Here, we present PhanSST, a database containing over 150,000 data points from five proxy systems that can be used to estimate past se... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a case study involving one of the main technologies of distributed generation - dg, commercially available, fuel cell, focusing the aspects related to the quality of the electric power supplied by such devices, especially harmonic and voltage imbalances. the measurements and evaluat... |
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"abstract": "Though highly efficient at fermenting hexose sugars, Saccharomyces cerevisiae has limited ability to ferment five-carbon sugars. As a significant portion of sugars found in cellulosic biomass is the five-carbon sugar xylose, S. cerevisiae must be engineered to metabolize pentose sugars, commonly by the... | {
"abstract": "A genetic interaction network containing ∼1000 genes and ∼4000 interactions was mapped by crossing mutations in 132 different query genes into a set of ∼4700 viable gene yeast deletion mutants and scoring the double mutant progeny for fitness defects. Network connectivity was predictive of function bec... | {
"abstract": "Fuel ethanol is now a global energy commodity that is competitive with gasoline. Using microarray-based comparative genome hybridization (aCGH), we have determined gene copy number variations (CNVs) common to five industrially important fuel ethanol Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains responsible for the ... |
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"abstract": "We present a miniaturized photoacoustic (PA) spectrometer obtained by carving a micromachined flexural pressure transducer directly at the top of a glass ferrule. The ferrule is equipped with two optical fibers, one for laser excitation of the gas and one for interferometric readout of the transducer. ... | {
"abstract": "We present a novel optical microfabrication technology to directly print polymer suspended-mirror devices (SMDs) on the end face of fiber-optic ferrules. With an own-established optical 3-D <inline-formula> <tex-math notation=\"LaTeX\">$\\mu $ </tex-math></inline-formula>-printing platform, three kinds... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Engine waste heat recovery technology based on thermodynamic cycles calls for highly compact and effective exhaust-gas heat exchangers, especially in the space-constrained applications. A porous fins heat exchanger was proposed and compared with the traditional solid fins heat exchanger in ord... |
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"abstract": "We present a new interface for large-scale online conversations. Our technique, the Conversation Thumbnail, differs from existing discussion interfaces in two respects. First, it employs a focus+context visualization technique that exploits message-level metadata to provide an easily navigable overview... | {
"abstract": "Online videos are widely used to share content for a variety of entertainment, educational and other purposes. To support social interaction, several video-sharing websites Including Ustream, niconico, and Twitch - allow users to post messages while they are watching videos. As users' comments can be s... | {
"abstract": "The Cryptographic and Game Theory worlds seem to have an intersection in that they both deal with an interaction between mutually distrustful parties which has some end result. In the cryptographic setting the multiparty interaction takes the shape of a set of parties communicating for the purpose of e... |
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"abstract": "In a 2002 paper, Che and co-authors proposed a simple approach for estimating the hit rates of a cache operating the least recently used (LRU) replacement policy. The approximation proves remarkably accurate and is applicable to quite general distributions of object popularity. This paper provides a ma... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we analyze Least Recently Used (LRU) caches operating under the Shot Noise requests Model (SNM). The SNM was recently proposed to better capture the main characteristics of today Video on Demand (VoD) traffic. We investigate the validity of Che's approximation through an asymptotic analys... | {
"abstract": "After the economic crisis of the early 1980s, developing countries adopted new policies regarding intellectual property protection only as a result of a coercive U.S. strategy, consistent with a neorealist explanation based on power. Targeted countries have complied only on paper, not in practice, howe... |
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"abstract": "1. Copeland JG. SynCardia total artificial heart: update and future. Tex Heart Inst J 2013;40:587–8. 2. Bartram U, van Praagh S, Levine JC, Hines M, Bensky AS, van Praagh R. Absent right superior vena cava in visceroatrial situs solitus. Am J Cardiol 1997;80:175–83. 3. Arabia FA, Copeland JG, Pavie A, ... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nLeft ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly used as a bridge to transplantation. Infection is a frequent and major complication associated with the use of these devices, however, the correlation of infection and outcome has not yet been evaluated in a prospective fashion.\n\n\n... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nInfection is the leading cause of death for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients with end-stage heart failure. Decreased infection may be possible with fully implantable LVADs such as the LionHeart, which lacks percutaneous conduits (PCs), a common source of device-related infecti... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundDespite Malawi government’s policy to support women to deliver in health facilities with the assistance of skilled attendants, some women do not access this care.ObjectiveThe study explores the reasons why women delivered at home without skilled attendance despite receiving antenatal care at ... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundTwo recent recommendations made by the World Health Organization confirm the benefits of companion of choice at birth on labour outcomes; however institutional practices and policies do not always support its implementation in different settings around the world. We conducted a review to dete... | {
"abstract": "Objective To identify the main mechanisms of heart failure (HF) disease management programmes based in hospitals, homes or the community. Methods Systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies using realist synthesis. The search strategy incorporated general and specific terms relevant to th... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, we propose a new model of environment friendly solar-piezoelectric hybrid power plant that solely uses renewable energy to generate electricity and is capable of being practically implemented in railway stations. This model plant utilizes both photovoltaic panels which convert sunlight d... | {
"abstract": "Abstract: Piezoelectric materials (PZT) can be used as mechanisms to transfer mechanical energy, usually ambient vibration, into electrical energy that can be stored and used to power other devices. With the recent advances in wireless and micro‐electro‐mechanical‐systems (MEMS) technology, sensors ca... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Pt- and Au-coated Cu, Fe, Co and Ni deposits have been formed on glassy carbon (GC) substrates by electrodeposition of controlled amounts of the core metal onto the substrate and its subsequent partial replacement by Pt or Au upon immersion into a chloroplatinic or chlorolauric solution. This ... |
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"abstract": "THE recent correspondence on photosynthetic rates1,2,3 has emphasised numerous significant facts now known about the process. A few important ones still remain. They can be roughly summarised by saying that the equations proposed seem to contain no term for the plant.",
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"abstract": "THE photosynthetic process in the living plant consists of two separate reactions, namely, the primary photosynthetic reaction which has no temperature coefficient, and the dark or Blackman reaction which restores the conditions disturbed by the primary reaction and has a temperature coefficient. The v... | {
"abstract": "We derive an explicit expression for the coupling constants of individual eigenstates of a closed billiard that is opened by attaching a waveguide. The Wigner time delay and the resonance positions resulting from the coupling constants are compared to an exact numerical calculation. Deviations can be a... |
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"abstract": "The widespread adoption of truly portable, smart devices and Do-It-Yourself computing platforms by the general public has enabled the rise of new network and system paradigms. This abundance of well-connected, well-equipped, affordable devices, when combined with crowdsourcing methods, enables the deve... | {
"abstract": "Transparency is a key emerging requirement in modern businesses and their information systems. Transparency refers to the information which flows amongst stakeholders for the purpose of informed decision-making and taking the right action. Transparency is generally associated with positive connotations... | {
"abstract": "Customer preferences for products are drifting over time. Product perception and popularity are constantly changing as new selection emerges. Similarly, customer inclinations are evolving, leading them to ever redefine their taste. Thus, modeling temporal dynamics should be a key when designing recomme... |
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"abstract": "Cooperative object transport in distributed multi-robot systems requires the coordination and synchronisation of pushing/pulling forces by a group of autonomous robots in order to transport items that cannot be transported by a single agent. The results of this study show that fairly robust and scalabl... | {
"abstract": "Does coherent collective behaviour require an explicit mechanism of cooperation? In this paper, we demonstrate that a certain class of cooperative tasks, namely coordinated box manipulation, are possible without explicit communication or cooperation mechanisms. The approach relies on subtask decomposit... | {
"abstract": "Most electronic voting schemes have been designed for keeping anonymity of voters and nontraceability of votes, since voters' privacy is one of the most important issues. In some votings, however privacy and anonymity cannot be the primary requirement; there can be more significant requirements such as... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nWe have recently demonstrated that low doses of Dexamethasone 21-P (Dex 21-P), loaded in autologous erythrocytes and administered at monthly intervals, have been able to maintain steroid-dependent patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) in clinical remission with a pr... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundThe following review is a compilation of the recent advances and knowledge on the behaviour of the most frequently used compounds to treat inflammatory bowel disease in an organism.ResultsIt considers clinical aspects of each entity and the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic relationship support... | {
"abstract": "Over the last decade, there have been numerous reports of rural discontent and unrest over excessive local taxes and fees known as villagers' burdens. In response, the central government enacted the tax-for-fee reform (TFR) in 2002 that abolished local fees levied on individuals and rural households in... |
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"abstract": "“Die Lehre von der Macht der Staaten”—the doctrine of the power of states—is how Harm Klueting described the body of teaching on German soil about the early modern system of states.1 For the leading European powers of the seventeenth century—Britain, France, Austria, Russia, and later Prussia—the maint... | {
"abstract": "This special issue of the European Review of History has its origin in a session held at the Twentieth International Congress of Historical Sciences in Sydney between 3 and 9 July 2005. Panel participants found that the title proposed by the International Committee of Historical Sciences—‘Enlightenment... | {
"abstract": "The disclosure of this application is directed to polyepoxide compositions, containing dicyandiamide and an iodonium, phosphonium or sulfonium salt, which are relatively stable at room temperature and can be cured at moderately elevated temperatures in a relatively short period of time to thermoset pro... |
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"abstract": "Permanent Magnet (PM) Brushless DC machine has distinct advantages of high efficiency, high power density, high power factor, high torque, simple control, and minimal maintenance. Modelling, simulation and experimentation of drives with new converter configuration and control schemes are essential for ... | {
"abstract": "This paper provides a review of the literature addressing sensorless operation of brushless DC machines. Methods explained are state-of-the-art, including those using: (1) measured currents, voltages, fundamental machine equations and algebraic manipulations; (2) observers; (3) the back-EMF method; (4)... | {
"abstract": "Rotor position detection is essential for phase commutation in brushless permanent-magnet and reluctance motor drives when they are operating as closed loop servo motors. Traditional methods to obtain the rotor position are based on optical, inductive or Hall effect sensors. These are expensive to inst... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Historically, volatile anesthetics have demonstrated interesting interactions with both the innate and adaptive immune systems. This review organizes these interactions into four phases: recognition, recruitment, response, and resolution. These phases represent a range of proinflammatory, infl... | {
"abstract": "Modulation of the immune system plays a critical role in management of health and disease processes within humans. The importance of the immune system stems from the need to eliminate and modulate both pathogenic and nonpathogenic micro-organisms that could hinder the body’s ability to maintain homeost... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nPro-inflammatory cytokines and free radicals damage renal tissue leading to acute kidney injury (AKI) during sepsis. Bone morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP-7) represses tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α-induced inflammatory responses and protects kidney from injury. The sedative agent, propofol, ha... |
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"abstract": "This paper proposes a multiple-loop array antenna (MLAA) for short-range pulse radars in the quasi-millimeter wave frequency band. The MLAA, which consists of multiple loop elements and two detour elements, has a tilt-beam characteristic, and is small in planar size. There are two schemes included in o... | {
"abstract": "The recent approval granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the use of ultra-wideband signals for vehicular radar applications has provided a gateway for the introduction of these sensors in the commercial arena as early as 2004. However, the rules governing the allowable spectral oc... | {
"abstract": "The ultimate reason for better characterizing the immune response to infectious agents is the hope that this knowledge may lead to the development of better preventative or therapeutic measures. As more information becomes available, it becomes possible to incorporate these findings into the design of ... |
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"abstract": "The study of salivary gland chromosomes has yielded a great deal of information on the genetic structure of natural populations of several species of Drosophila, and also in some instances has indicated the pattern of evolutionary change which has occurred during species formation. Recent studies on th... | {
"abstract": "Inversion polymorphism, including a total of 33 inverted gene orders, was studied in South Indian populations of D. nasuta nasuta. Of these, the X chromosome has one, chromosome 2 has 10, and chromosome 3 has 22 inversions. D. nasuta nasuta has simple, tandem, included, overlapping, and complex types o... | {
"abstract": "\" Addiction \" is a multifaceted complicated disorder with many interrelated causes, as well as environmental and genetic features. Several hereditary variables that have an effect on these features might work in together to influence vulnerability and the extent of being an addict. Molecular re-seque... |
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"abstract": "The objective of the present analysis was to determine the effects of a fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide in combination with calcium channel blockers (CCBs) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron Controlled Evaluatio... | {
"abstract": "It has been almost 5 years since the publication of the 2010 hypertension guidelines of the Taiwan Society of Cardiology (TSOC). There is new evidence regarding the management of hypertension, including randomized controlled trials, non-randomized trials, post-hoc analyses, subgroup analyses, retrospec... | {
"abstract": "Therapeutic strategies in resistant hypertension include adding another drug or changing drugs in search for a better synergic combination. Most patients, however, receive all of their drugs in a single morning dose. We have evaluated the impact on the circadian pattern of blood pressure on modifying t... |
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"abstract": "Thus, ASA reduces systemic inflammation in CABG patients without increasing the risk of bleeding complications. Although patient numbers are small in the present study, the results are in accordance with recent subanalyses of large randomized trials on third generation adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-recep... | {
"abstract": "Background—The mechanisms of the beneficial cardiovascular effects of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA, aspirin) therapy are not completely understood. Oxidative stress and inflammation play important roles in the development of cardiovascular diseases. Methods and Results—In this study, we tested the hypothe... | {
"abstract": "Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is a relatively new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that can be used to probe the microenvironment of water. Contrast in DWI depends on properties different from traditional T1 and T2 contrast, and is derived form the translational motion of water molecules. ... |
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"abstract": "Fault diagnosis has played a major role in measuring the reliability of multiprocessor systems. The diagnosability of many well-known multiprocessor systems has been widely investigated. Conditional diagnosability is a novel property of measuring diagnosability by adding a further condition that any fa... | {
"abstract": "The (n,k)-star graph, denoted by Sn,k, is an enhanced version of n-dimensional star graphs Sn, that has better scalability than Sn, and possesses several good properties, compared with hypercubes. Diagnosis has been one of the most important issues for maintaining multiprocessor-system reliability. Con... | {
"abstract": "We consider the problem of quantum state certification, where one is given n copies of an unknown d-dimensional quantum mixed state ρ, and one wants to test whether ρ is equal to some known mixed state σ or else is є-far from σ. The goal is to use notably fewer copies than the Ω(d2) needed for full tom... |
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"abstract": "This study is a prospective analysis of 10 patients who underwent intradiscal injection of hematopoietic precursor stem cells (HSCs) obtained from their pelvic bone marrow in an attempt to rejuvenate the disc. Several studies in animals express the ability to regrow disc tissue with possible regenerati... | {
"abstract": "Background: Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) has been used for a variety of musculoskeletal disorders including tendinopathies and Osteoarthritis. Few studies exist for PRP in the spine, except for studies involving disc pathology. However, numerous studies exist involving the use of Prolotherapy for spinal ... | {
"abstract": "The telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT) is an essential component of the holoenzyme complex that adds telomeric repeats to the ends of human chromosomes. Maintenance of telomeres by telomerase or another mechanism is required for cell immortalization, and loss of telomeric DNA has been proposed as a t... |
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"abstract": "Database applications such as enterprise resource planning systems and customer relationship management systems are widely used software systems. Development and testing of database applications is difficult because the program execution depends on the persistent state stored in the database. In this p... | {
"abstract": "Existing version control approaches in database management systems (DBMSs) are still limited to providing version control functionality for the rollback to a previous state of the database itself and/or database schemas. The interrelations between changes to software artifacts produced during a databas... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents flashWeb, a Computer-Aided Web Engineering (CAWE) tool for the model-driven development of web applications that focus on data management. Present-day web applications, like online auction systems or enterprise web portals require comprehensive data access, data processing and data ... |
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"abstract": "Some of the most promising uses for multiple robot systems involve searching for items or resources in unconstrained and unknown environments. The use of robots to dispose of unexploded ordnance is an excellent example of one such application. This work explores the possibility of using a community of ... | {
"abstract": "Over the last years various mobile micro robots have been developed at different labs for research issues. Most of them have remarkable features but are handmade prototypes not suitable for large-scale production. This paper presents a micro robot design where major efforts have been undertaken in orde... | {
"abstract": "Abstract During nuptial flights males of the ant Xenomyrmex floridanus are chemically attracted to females. The female sex pheromone is produced in the poison gland and in addition to being an attractant releases copulatory behaviour in males. This is the first proof of an occurrence and source of a fe... |
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"abstract": "A bibliometric analysis of community forestry research outputs in Canada was undertaken to 1) better understand the current status as well as spatial and temporal trends in research published in peer-reviewed journals, 2) identify gaps in the research literature, and 3) provide baseline data to inform ... | {
"abstract": "We compared the resilience to economic shocks—such as the downturn of the U.S. housing market—of commodity sawmills, which tend to be large, and value-added specialty sawmills, which tend to be small or medium in size, that are located in one region of the province of British Columbia, Canada, as measu... | {
"abstract": "Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β is known to promote tumor invasion and metastasis. Although bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), members of the TGF-β family, are expressed in a variety of human carcinoma cell lines, their roles in tumor progression have not been fully clarified. In this study, we sou... |
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"abstract": "Naive Bayes is one of the most efficient and effective inductive learning algorithms for machine learning and data mining. Its competitive performance in classification is surprising, because the conditional independence assumption on which it is based is rarely true in real-world applications. An open... | {
"abstract": "In this research endeavor, it was hypothesized that the sound produced by animals during their vocalizations can be used as identifiers of the animal breed or species even if they sound the same to unaided human ear. To test this hypothesis, three artificial neural networks (ANNs) were developed using ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In this paper, Texas Instruments TMS320C6713 DSP based real-time speech recognition system using Modified One Against All Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier is proposed. The major contributions of this paper are: the study and evaluation of the performance of the classifier using three fe... |
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"abstract": "In 1981, a group of orthopedic surgeons and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists founded the first multidisciplinary spine society in Spain, under the name of GIEDER (Grupo Iberico de Estudio de las Deformidades del Raquis or Iberian Group for the Study of Spinal Deformities). Eleven years ... | {
"abstract": "Dear Reader, \n \nDear member and friend of EuroSpine, the Spine Society of Europe (SSE), \n \nIn the name of the European Spine Journal, the official journal of the EuroSpine, the Spine Society of Europe, and the associated national and specialist spine societies, I recommend to you and your residents... | {
"abstract": "In this work we introduce a new algorithm for detecting outliers on streaming data in Rn. The basic idea is to compute a dyadic decomposition into cubes in Rn of the streaming data. Dyadic decomposition can be obtained by recursively bisecting the cube the data lies in. Dyadic decomposition obtained un... |
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"abstract": "Objectives. We compared three methods for identifying drug overdose cases in inpatient hospital discharge data on their ability to classify drug overdoses by intent and drug type(s) involved. Methods. We compared three International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification code... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nUnintentional poisoning deaths have been increasing dramatically over the past decade, and the majority of this increase has resulted from overdoses of specific prescription drugs. Despite this trend, there are limited existing data examining hospitalizations for poisonings, both unintentio... | {
"abstract": "Objectives: To determine the completeness of external cause of injury coding (E-coding) within healthcare administrative databases in the United States and to identify factors that contribute to variations in E-code reporting across states. Design: Cross sectional analysis of the 2001 Healthcare Cost a... |
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"abstract": "Informal groups cannot rely on external enforcement to insure that members abide by their obligations. It is generally assumed that these problems are solved by \"social sanctions\" and reputational effects. The present paper focuses on roscas, one of the most commonly found informal financial institut... | {
"abstract": "In many rural settings, informal mutual support networks have evolved into semiformal insurance groups, such as funeral societies. Using detailed panel data for six villages in Ethiopia, we can distinguish two types of contracts, in terms of whether payments are only made at the time of death or saving... | {
"abstract": "Recent theoretical research on rotating savings and credit associations (Roscas) suggests that identical individuals prefer a random to a bidding Rosca when participants save for a lumpy durable or an investment good. Here,in contrast, under the assumption that participants are risk averse and that the... |
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"abstract": "Supramolecular architectures, which are formed through the combination of inorganic metal cations and organic ligands by self-assembly, are one of the techniques in modern chemical science. This kind of multi-nuclear system in various dimensionalities can be implemented in various applications such as ... | {
"abstract": "Reported herein are the synthesis, structural and magnetic characterisation of a dinuclear FeII triple helicate that displays an unprecedented reversible asymmetric high spin to low spin crossover characterised by a thermal hysteresis: indeed the high spin state can be recovered by white light irradiat... | {
"abstract": "A dinuclear Fe(II) compound has been prepared through the reaction of 2,5-dichloride-4-phenylimino-1,2,4-triazole (L) with Fe(BF4)2·6H2O, with the formula [Fe2(L)5(SCN)4](H2O) (1). X-ray, magnetic, and (57)Fe Mössbauer characterizations showed that compound exhibited a spin crossover (SCO) behavior wit... |
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"abstract": "In high-speed railway (HSR) networks, wireless link connection is fragile because of fast train speed and severe fading environment. Link lifetime is an important metric for many safety and non-safety applications that require a radio connection to be maintained for an entire communication session. An ... | {
"abstract": "Shadow fading has been proven to be a significant contributor to channel variations in wireless communication. In most cases shadow fading is assumed to have a log-normal fading distribution to model the loss at a certain location. However, in a mobile network, it is also important to know how shadow f... | {
"abstract": "There is emerging interest in more detailed models for wireless shadowing, which may include nonconstant shadowing variance, non-lognormal shadowing, and, most importantly, correlation between paths; we focus on this last aspect. This paper offers a structured synthesis of the existing literature on au... |
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"abstract": "In complex networks it is common for each node to belong to several communities, implying a highly overlapping community structure. Recent advances in benchmarking indicate that the existing community assignment algorithms that are capable of detecting overlapping communities perform well only when the... | {
"abstract": "Many networks in nature, society and technology are characterized by a mesoscopic level of organization, with groups of nodes forming tightly connected units, called communities or modules, that are only weakly linked to each other. Uncovering this community structure is one of the most important probl... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, the effects of the magnetic coupling of nonadjacent resonators on the optimal frequency of wireless power transfer are addressed. A power analysis has been carried out to identify the adjacent and nonadjacent power flow components. It is found that such cross-coupling effects of nonadjac... |
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"abstract": "One of the mechanisms of tumorigenesis is that the failure of cell division results in genetically unstable, multinucleated cells. Here we show that pVHL, a tumor suppressor protein that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), plays an important role in regulation of cyto... | {
"abstract": "We investigate the expression and localization of the tumor suppressor protein pVHL as well as the oncoprotein Aurora A kinase in kidney cancer. Both Aurora A kinase and pVHL protein status were evaluated using immunohistochemistry. The Aurora A expression is correlated with the Fuhrman grade and the T... | {
"abstract": "Carbon isotope composition of starch-deficient mutants is primarily explained by photosynthetic 13C fractionations, and thus plant physiological responses to changes in carbon storage, rather than by post-photosynthetic 13C fractionations.",
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"abstract": "Road transportation is a strongly growing source of CO2, and use of biofuels represents one option to reduce end-of-pipe emissions of the existing car fleet. In this contribution, the implementation of the EU Biofuels Directive (2003/30/EC) and related voluntary measures at the local level are examined... | {
"abstract": "The purpose of this paper is to identify, analyse and discuss the key governance challenges for the emerging Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy (KBBE) in Europe focusing on bioenergy, particularly biofuels for transport and the biorefinery concept. This paper is based on a literature review, discussions with ... | {
"abstract": "RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES\nA previous scan-regularized reconstruction (PSRR) method was proposed to reduce radiation dose and applied to lung perfusion studies. Normal and ultra-low-dose lung computed tomographic perfusion studies were compared in terms of the estimation accuracy of pulmonary functional... |
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"abstract": "This article discuses on the studies that have been done by previous researchers on the mechanical properties of bamboo. Nowadays, natural fibre composites have gained the attentions of many industries as alternative materials due to their various advantages such as sustainable, abundant, low cost and ... | {
"abstract": "Bamboo has historically been used in Japan as a structural material and for building tools such as fishing rods owing to its remarkable structural properties. In recent years, the materials used for manufacturing fishing rods have changed greatly owing to the development of composite materials; however... | {
"abstract": "Summary. Pregnant rats were exposed to a room temperature of 37\\s=deg\\ C for 7 hr daily during the last two-thirds of gestation. Controls were kept at 23\\s=deg\\ C. All rats were kept at 23\\s=deg\\ C during the subsequent lactation. A system of fostering was employed that gave information on lactat... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundRecent studies have demonstrated that kokumi substances, which enhance basic tastes and modify mouthfulness and continuity although they have no taste themselves, are perceived through the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR). Screening by a CaSR assay and sensory evaluation have shown that γ-glut... | {
"abstract": "Comparative sensory analysis revealed that a 44-week-matured Gouda cheese (GC44) exhibited a much more pronounced mouthfulness and long-lasting taste complexity when compared to a young Gouda cheese ripened for only 4 weeks (GC4). To identify the molecules underlying that so-called kokumi sensation, a ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Creaminess is an integrated term, which is reported to depend on textural properties, fattiness, flavour and pleasantness of food products. We aimed to determine whether consumers weight these attributes similarly or not when assessing creamy products. To determine this, sensory properties of ... |
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"abstract": "INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES\nLeft ventricle outflow tract obstructions in transposition of the great arteries are frequent. We report the correlations between two-dimensional echocardiographic and autopsy findings to draw attention to the usefulness of this diagnostic method in the preoperative evaluat... | {
"abstract": "Between January 1983 and October 1989, 290 patients underwent an arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries; 30 (10.3%) of the patients had abnormalities of the left ventricular outflow tract or mitral valve, or both. These abnormalities included isolated pulmonary valve stenosis... | {
"abstract": "Purpose\nHearing impairment is one of the most common chronic diseases causing deterioration of the quality of life in elderly individuals. Several viral infections have been suggested to cause hearing impairment. We investigated association of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with hearing impairment ... |
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"abstract": "We consider the problem of selecting, from among the arms of a stochastic n-armed bandit, a subset of size m of those arms with the highest expected rewards, based on efficiently sampling the arms. This \"subset selection\" problem finds application in a variety of areas. In the authors' previous work ... | {
"abstract": "In a multi-armed bandit problem, an online algorithm chooses from a set of strategies in a sequence of $n$ trials so as to maximize the total payoff of the chosen strategies. While the performance of bandit algorithms with a small finite strategy set is quite well understood, bandit problems with large... | {
"abstract": "The maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) is a recently proposed test statistic for two-sample test. Its quadratic time complexity, however, greatly hampers its availability to large-scale applications. To accelerate the MMD calculation, in this study we propose an efficient method called FastMMD. The core id... |
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"abstract": "The core of the counterfactual model of causality (CMC) is simple. To argue that D is the cause of Y, we must ask What would Y have been if D were not the case? In other words, we should not rely solely on the observed regularities to infer causality. Instead, researchers need to compare the realized o... | {
"abstract": "The cross-level or ecological inference problem has fascinated scholars for nearly a century (Ogburn and Goltra 1919, Allport 1924, Gehlke and Biehl 1934). The problem occurs when one is interested in the behavior of individuals, but has data only at an aggregated level (e.g., precincts, hospital wards... | {
"abstract": "The ecological inference problem arises when making inferences about individual behavior from aggregate data. Such a situation is frequently encountered in the social sciences and epidemiology. In this article, we propose a Bayesian approach based on data augmentation. We formulate ecological inference... |
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"abstract": "We describe a way to render stylized silhouettes of animated 3D models with temporal coherence. Coherence is one of the central challenges for non-photorealistic rendering. It is especially difficult for silhouettes, because they may not have obvious correspondences between frames. We demonstrate vario... | {
"abstract": "We describe a technique to generate the geometry of silhouette and crease strokes in geometry shaders. This allows for single-pass, small-overhead rendering of conventional meshes. We exploit classic triangle adjacency information, but also introduce crease difference vectors associated with vertices i... | {
"abstract": "In electromagnetics education, it is important for beginners, who start to learn electromagnetics, to give an illustration of magnetic field. In this paper we propose a new real-time visualization system. It can visualize a composite image of source materials and their generated magnetic field utilizin... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Haemophilus ducreyi resists killing by antimicrobial peptides encountered during human infection, including cathelicidin LL-37, α-defensins, and β-defensins. In this study, we examined the role of the proton motive force-dependent multiple transferable resistance (MTR) transporter in antimicro... | {
"abstract": "e CpxA membrane bound sensor kinase utilizes a periplasmic sensing domain to detect a wide variety of stresses to the bacterial envelope. !is information is communicated via typical two-component phosphotransfer mediated reactions to the response regulator CpxR. Phosphorylated CpxR binds upstream of nu... | {
"abstract": "STUDY OBJECTIVES\nTo explore interactions between cerebral cortical and autonomic functions in different sleep-wake states.\n\n\nDESIGN\nActive waking (AW), quiet sleep (QS), and paradoxical sleep (PS) of adult male Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) on their daytime sleep were compared.\n\n\nPARTICIPANTS\nTen WK... |
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"abstract": "The chromatic behavior of diffractive optical elements, exhibiting 2π-wrapped phase profiles, implemented into liquid crystal spatial light modulators (LC-SLM) is described. A wrapped phase map is only equivalent to the original continuous profile for the design wavelength while at other wavelengths th... | {
"abstract": "The harmonic diffractive lens is a diffractive imaging lens for which the optical path-length transition between adjacent facets is an integer multiple m of the design wavelength λ(o). The total lens thickness in air is mλ(o)/(n - 1), which is m times thicker than the so-called modulo 2π diffractive le... | {
"abstract": "The use of split lenses for multiple imaging and multichannel optical processing is demonstrated. Conditions are obtained for nonoverlapping of multipled images and avoiding crosstalk in the multichannel processing. Almost uniform intensity across the multipled images is an advantage here, while the lo... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Chlorinated propanes are important pollutants that may show persistent behaviour in the environment. The biotransformation of 1-chloropropane, 1,2-dichloropropane, 1,3-dichloropropane and 1,2,3-trichloropropane was studied using resting cell suspensions of Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b expre... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Transformation of 1,2,3- and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene in the presence of 20 mM sodium formate, by the methanotrophic bacterium Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b, was studied using cells grown in batch and continuous culture. Only 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene was transformed and transformation was strict... | {
"abstract": "A simple and efficient method, ionic liquid-based ultrasound-assisted liquid-liquid microextraction, has been developed for the determination of three biogenic amines including octopamine (OCT), tyramine (TYR) and phenethylamine (PHE). Fluorescence probe 2,6-dimethyl-4-quinolinecarboxylic acid N-hydrox... |
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"abstract": "The postsynaptic responses of sign-preserving second-order retinal neurons (horizontal cells (HCs) and off-bipolar cells) are mediated by CNQX-sensitive AMPA/KA glutamate receptors. In this study we used receptor-specific allosteric regulators of desensitization and selected antagonists to determine th... | {
"abstract": "1. The kinetics of onset of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor desensitization by glutamate, and the extent of attenuation of AMPA receptor desensitization by cyclothiazide, showed pronounced cell-to-cell variation in cultures of rat hippocampal neurons. Cultures p... | {
"abstract": "Die ursprunglich angenommene Struktur (I) von Domosaurewird, ausgehend von (III), durch eine Totalsynthese revidiert.",
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"score": 2,
"title": "Total synthesis of (-)-domoic acid. A revision of the original structure"
} |
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"abstract": "Follicular fluid (FF), an important microenvironment for the development of oocytes, contains many proteins that are glycosylated with N-linked glycans. This study aimed i) to present an initial analysis of the N-linked glycan profile of bovine FF using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography, an... | {
"abstract": "Oestrus is the period in the sexual cycle of female mammals where they become most receptive to mating and are most fertile. Efficient detection of oestrus is a key component in successful reproductive livestock management programmes. Oestrus detection in cattle is most often performed by visual observ... | {
"abstract": "The carbohydrate structures of glycoconjugates of cancer cells change markedly in comparison with those of noncancerous cells. We aimed to determine which glycosyltransferases are up-regulated or down-regulated in human colon cancer tissues in order for the dramatic change in carbohydrate structures to... |
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"abstract": "We grew graphene epitaxially on 6H-SiC(0001) substrate by the simulated annealing method. The mechanisms that govern the growth process were investigated by testing two empirical potentials, namely, the widely used Tersoff potential [J. Tersoff, Phys. Rev. B 39, 5566 (1989)] and its more refined versio... | {
"abstract": "Surfaces with controlled atomic step structures as substrates are highly relevant to desirable performances of materials grown on them, such as light emitting diode (LED) epitaxial layers, nanotubes and nanoribbons. However, very limited attention has been paid to the step formation in manufacturing pr... | {
"abstract": "A power penalty method is proposed for a parabolic variational inequality or linear complementarity problem (LCP) involving a fractional order partial derivative arising in the valuation of American options whose underlying stock prices follow a geometric Levy process. We first approximate the LCP with... |
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"abstract": "We obtained information on 107 women younger than 46 years who were discharged from a hospital with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. In the series 26 women were otherwise apparently healthy and potentially childbearing. Among these 26 women, 20 (77%) were taking oral contraceptives just prio... | {
"abstract": "Summary. Hundreds of millions of women worldwide use either oral contraceptives or postmenopausal hormone replacement. The use of oral contraceptives leads to an increased risk of venous thrombosis, of myocardial infarction, of stroke and of peripheral artery disease, the risks of which are highest du... | {
"abstract": "Reports of thromboembolism following the use of oral contraceptives received by drug safety committees in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Denmark have been analysed to investigate possible differences in the risks associated with the various preparations. For this purpose the numbers of reports of thro... |
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"abstract": "This paper describes the design and implementation of INTEGRA which is a range image understanding system that attempts to exploit the synergy between the various stages in the image understanding process i.e. segmentation, feature extraction, recognition and localization. The salient features of INTEG... | {
"abstract": "A novel reconfigurable architecture based on a multi-ring multiprocessor network is described. The reconfigurability of the architecture is shown to result in a low network diameter and also a low degree of connectivity for each node in the network. The mathematical properties of the network topology a... | {
"abstract": "Arithmetic and Logic Unit is the fundamental building block of almost all the digital devices. ALU is the heart of the Central Processing Unit (CPU) of the computer. It is generally used to perform the arithmetic and logical operations in the device. ALU can perform arithmetic operations like addition,... |
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"abstract": "Average intensity and the normalized powers of the completely polarized and the completely unpolarized portions of a radially polarized twisted Gaussian Schell-model (TGSM) beam propagating in underwater turbulence are examined. In our formulation, our previously obtained atmospheric turbulence solutio... | {
"abstract": "This paper describes a high-sensitivity, high-dynamic range experimental method for measuring the frequency response of the underwater optical channel in the forward direction for the purpose of wireless optical communications. Historically, there have been few experimental measurements of the frequenc... | {
"abstract": "Pyridyl is a prototypical nitrogen-containing aromatic radical that may be a key intermediate in the formation of nitrogen-containing aromatic molecules under astrophysical conditions. On meteorites, a variety of complex molecules with nitrogen-containing rings have been detected with nonterrestrial is... |
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"abstract": "We propose a novel deep network architecture for lifelong learning which we refer to as Dynamically Expandable Network (DEN), that can dynamically decide its network capacity as it trains on a sequence of tasks, to learn a compact overlapping knowledge sharing structure among tasks. DEN is efficiently ... | {
"abstract": "We introduce a conceptually simple and scalable framework for continual learning domains where tasks are learned sequentially. Our method is constant in the number of parameters and is designed to preserve performance on previously encountered tasks while accelerating learning progress on subsequent pr... | {
"abstract": "High-resolution airflow monitoring in urban environments requires deployment of a large number of anemometers with precise measurement capability of both wind speed and direction in two or three dimensions. Existing sensors are too expensive and/or bulky for this application. It is known that microelec... |
{
"abstract": null,
"corpus_id": 51882762,
"title": "A Spline Theory of Deep Networks."
} | {
"abstract": "A central challenge to many fields of science and engineering involves minimizing non-convex error functions over continuous, high dimensional spaces. Gradient descent or quasi-Newton methods are almost ubiquitously used to perform such minimizations, and it is often thought that a main source of diffi... | {
"abstract": "This study investigates through perceived hedonic values the influence of two features of group-buying websites, novel curiosity and site navigation, on online consumer purchase intentions and behavior. Using GROUPON Taiwan as a case study, a web-based online questionnaire is used to collect survey dat... |
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"abstract": "Abstract In our previous studies, the yeast Endomyces fibuliger LU677 was found to degrade amygdalin in bitter apricot seeds. The present investigation shows that E. fibuliger LU677 produces extracellular β-glycosidase activity when grown in malt extract broth (MEB). Growth was very good at 25 °C and 3... | {
"abstract": "The fermentation of grape must to produce wine is a biologically complex process, carried on by yeasts and malolactic bacteria. The yeasts present in spontaneous fermentation may be divided into two groups, the Saccharomyces yeasts, particularly S. cerevisiae, and the non-Saccharomyces yeasts which inc... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In this new design of the picrate test (Guignard Method) for small scale cyanide determination under field conditions, hydrolysis of the cyanogenic compounds is catalysed by ‘β-glucuronidase’, a commercial enzyme preparation from Helix pomatia. The method described facilitates the quantificati... |
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"abstract": "Crossmodal conflict resolution is crucial for robot sensorimotor coupling through the interaction with the environment, yielding swift and robust behaviour also in noisy conditions. In this paper, we propose a neurorobotic experiment in which an iCub robot exhibits human-like responses in a complex cro... | {
"abstract": "A robot capable of understanding emotion expressions can increase its own capability of solving problems by using emotion expressions as part of its own decision-making, in a similar way to humans. Evidence shows that the perception of human interaction starts with an innate perception mechanism, where... | {
"abstract": "Where are the 'prime movers' that control behavior? Which circuits in the brain control the order in which individual motor gestures of a learned behavior are generated, and the speed at which they progress? Here we describe two techniques recently applied to localizing and characterizing the circuitry... |
{
"abstract": "This study adopts a stakeholder theory framework to examine determinants of social reporting quality and empirically test the ability of the theory to explain disclosure quality in an emerging economy. Using a sample of 246 listed companies and a hand-collected dataset that included 2 years of data bas... | {
"abstract": "This study aim is to examine the effect of stakeholder powers, strategic posture and special interest group on CSR disclosure. The research population is all public companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for period 2011-2015. Total 362 samples were determined by purposive sampling method. D... | {
"abstract": "A market-indexed certificate of deposit (MICD) entitles its holder, over the chosen length of maturity, to the greater of either a prespecified guaranteed return rate or to a fixed proportion of the increase, if any, on a broad-based stock index between commencement and maturity of the MICD. In the con... |
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"abstract": "New TiO2/WO3 films were produced by the layer-by-layer (LbL) technique and successfully applied as self-cleaning photocatalytic surfaces. The films were deposited on fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) glass substrates from the respective metal oxide nanoparticles obtained by the sol-gel method. Thirty alte... | {
"abstract": "This study is focused on the composition and the evolution of tungstate ions solutions as a function of pH and increasing concentrations. The Raman analysis showed that, during the titration of the tungstate solutions, WO4(2-), HWO4- ions and probably W2O7(2-) , HW2O7(2-) and H2W2O7 solvated species co... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In the present study, the effects of the homo- and heterojunctions on the photocurrent and the resulting photoelectrocatalytic properties were investigated. The junctions were composed of semiconducting ZnO and TiO 2 nano-porous films coated by the thin counterpart layers. Nano-sized ZnO and T... |
{
"abstract": "This paper presents a system that automatically identifies errors made by students in answering algebra questions that require multiple steps. The types of algebra questions we consider include linear equations with fractions and quadratic equations. We have already developed a system that is capable o... | {
"abstract": "Mathematical expressions are often found embedded inline with unstructured plain text in the web and documents. They can vary from numbers and variable names to average-level mathematical expressions. Traditional rule-based techniques for mathematical expression extraction do not scale well across a wi... | {
"abstract": "Embeddings of several graph classes into hypercubes have been widely studied. Unfortunately, almost all investigated graph classes are regular graphs such as meshes, complete trees, pyramids. In this paper, we present a general method for one-to-one embedding irregular graphs into their optimal hypercu... |
{
"abstract": "Atmospheric methane concentrations decreased during the early to middle Holocene; however, the governing mechanisms remain controversial. Although it has been suggested that the mid-Holocene minimum methane emissions are associated with hydrological change, direct evidence is lacking. Here we report a ... | {
"abstract": "[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160934.].",
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"title": "Correction: Molecular Paleoclimate Reconstructions over the Last 9 ka from a Peat Sequence in South China"
} | {
"abstract": "Cadmium (Cd) is predominantly observed within the soil to cause deterioration of plant and microbial activities within rhizosphere. Cd-toxicity leads to major agricultural constraints due to its accumulation within plants and therefore entry within food chain. Plants face numerous repercussions like st... |
{
"abstract": "The distribution of P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) subunits was studied in the rat retina using a subunit‐specific antiserum. Punctate immunofluorescence was observed in the inner and outer plexiform layers. Double labeling of P2X7 and the horizontal cell marker, calbindin, revealed extensive colocalization in ... | {
"abstract": "The P2X7 purinergic receptor, a calcium permeable cationic channel, is activated by extracellular ATP. Most studies show that P2X7 receptor plays an important role in the nervous system diseases, immune response, osteoporosis and cancer. Mounting evidence indicates that P2X7 receptor is also associated... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundLarge scale transcript analysis of human glomerular microvascular endothelial cells (HGMEC) has never been accomplished. We designed this study to define the transcriptome of HGMEC and facilitate a better characterization of these endothelial cells with unique features. Serial analysis of gen... |
{
"abstract": "This paper presents a method for correcting erratic pairwise registrations when reconstructing a volume from 2D histology slices. Due to complex and unpredictable alterations of the content of histology images, a pairwise rigid registration between two adjacent slices may fail systematically. Conversel... | {
"abstract": "Digital and print brain atlases have been used with success to help in the planning of neurosurgical interventions. In this paper, a technique presented for the creation of a brain atlas of the basal ganglia and the thalamus derived from serial histological data. Photographs of coronal histological sec... | {
"abstract": "Serial sections of human thalami, cut in the 3 standard planes, were stained in alternating series for Nissl substance, myelin, cytochrome oxidase and acetylcholinesterase. Nissl and acetylcholinesterase-stained sections revealed a parcellation of the nuclei that could be correlated with that used in t... |
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"abstract": "Milk from cows with sub-clinical mastitis accidentally mixed into bulk milk enters food chain and poses a threat to human health. Milk and other dairy products are reported to be frequently infected with Staphylococcus aureus. Also Streptococcus agalactiae has been described as one of the most common a... | {
"abstract": "Different isoforms of soluble staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE): SEB, SEC-1 and SEC-2, were shown to stimulate bovine T cell proliferation, expression of cytokine messages, and IgG production. Intact metabolic function of APC was not required since peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), UV-irradiate... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, a simple yet accurate NBTI lifetime model has been formulated for a pMOSFET working in dynamic AC condition. The model is based on detailed dynamic NBTI (DNBTI) characterization for inverter-like waveform stress. The fitting parameters of the model can be readily obtained from the calibr... |
{
"abstract": "Arion vulgaris (syn. A. lusitanicus) is the most destructive pest slug in Europe. The species has been regarded a classic case of an ongoing biological invasion with negative economic and ecological impact in many European countries, but this status has recently been contested. In this study, we assess... | {
"abstract": "Seed dispersal is one of the most important mechanisms shaping biodiversity, and animals are one of the key dispersal vectors. Animal seed dispersal can directly or indirectly be altered by invasive organisms through the establishment of new or the disruption of existing seed dispersal interactions. So... | {
"abstract": "The central–marginal hypothesis (CMH) predicts that population size, genetic diversity and genetic connectivity are highest at the core and decrease near the edges of species' geographic distributions. We provide a test of the CMH using three replicated core‐to‐edge transects that encompass nearly the ... |
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"abstract": "It is difficult to overemphasize the function vision plays in information processing, specifically in maintaining postural control. Vision appears to be an immediate, effortless event; suggesting that eyes need only to be open to employ the visual information provided by the environment. This study is ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This study was based on the assumption that the central processing of proprioceptive inputs that arise from numerous muscles contributes to both awareness and control of body posture. The muscle-spindle inputs form a “proprioceptive chain” which functionally links the eye muscles to the foot m... | {
"abstract": "An experiment was designed to evaluate the vestibular contribution to the stabilization of upright stance in normals and in two patients with loss of vestibular function. A forward or backward displacement of a load (2 kg) by a torque motor attached to the subject induced opposing movements in the head... |
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"abstract": "Objectives Cardiovascular disease is a condition of enormous public health concern. Recently, a population study newly revealed associations between cardiovascular diseases and birth month. Here, we investigated the association between atrial fibrillation in cardiovascular disease and birth month. Meth... | {
"abstract": "Melatonin, an indoleamine, is synthesized mainly in the pineal gland in a circadian fashion, but it is produced in many other organs, including the retina, which seems to be especially important as the eye is a primary recipient of circadian signals. Melatonin displays strong antioxidative properties, ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In human platelet-rich plasma (PRP) eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) inhibited platelet aggregation induced by a stable analogue of PGH 2 (U46619), arachidonic acid, collagen or ADP. EPA was more potent than oleic, linoleic, α-linolenic or γ-linolenic acids. In aspirin-treated platelets, aggregatio... |
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