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"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nTo assess the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of cystoscopy and the clinical value of bladder biopsy in women with refractory overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms.\n\n\nSTUDY DESIGN\nProspective observational study carried out in a tertiary referral urogynaecol... | {
"abstract": "INTRODUCTION\nOveractive Bladder (OAB) accounts for 40-70% cases of incontinence. The etiology is unknown though detrusor instability is found in urodynamic evaluation of almost all cases. Detrusor instability or hyperreflexia can be inhibited by direct inhibition of impulses in the pre-ganglionic affe... | {
"abstract": "The authors present two cases of patients with breast cancer with lymph node extension and who both had surgery. As a pancytopenia with hypercellular bone marrow was discovered at the same time in the first patient, she received no complementary treatment; 4 months later, she presented with an acute ly... |
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"abstract": "Systems of nonlocally coupled oscillators can exhibit complex spatiotemporal patterns, called chimera states, which consist of coexisting domains of spatially coherent (synchronized) and incoherent dynamics. We report on a novel form of these states, found in a widely used model of a limit-cycle oscill... | {
"abstract": "Chimera states describing the stable coexistence of synchronous and incoherent dynamics have so far only been realized numerically. An experimental demonstration of these states in a network of discrete chemical oscillators reveals behaviour that differs from that predicted by existing phase-oscillator... | {
"abstract": "Active media are physical, chemical or biological systems which can compensate their internal energy dissipation by a continuous power input. In homogeneous well stirred chemical systems, self-sustained oscillations can occur. However, in distributed systems which provide spatially distributed energy s... |
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"abstract": "The current study examined whether stimuli of different preference levels would be associated with different amounts of work maintained by the stimuli, as determined through progressive-ratio schedule break points. Using a paired-choice preference assessment, stimuli were classified as high, moderate, ... | {
"abstract": "Progressive-ratio (PR) schedules were used to identify the break point (i.e., the last schedule value completed) for 2 reinforcers under single and concurrent schedules. After the respective break points were established, the same reinforcers were presented under concurrent fixed-ratio (FR) schedules t... | {
"abstract": "Student learning in higher education is influenced by parental involvement, peer support, and lecturers' perceptions of agreeableness. This research aims to examine the correlation between parental involvement, peer support, and the perception of personality agreeableness of lecturers on self-regulated... |
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"abstract": "This paper describes a new speech corpus, the RSR2015 database designed for text-dependent speaker recognition with scenario based on fixed pass-phrases. This database consists of over 71 hours of speech recorded from English speakers covering the diversity of accents spoken in Singapore. Acquisition h... | {
"abstract": "This paper focuses on the analysis of the i-vector paradigm, a compact representation of spoken utterances that is used by most of the state of the art speaker verification systems. This work was mainly motivated by the need to quantify the impact of their steps on the final performance, especially the... | {
"abstract": "This paper proposes a robust method to match distorted fingerprints. We first aligned the query and template fingerprints. To cope with the deformation brought by distorted fingerprints, we trained the distribution of orientation difference at a series of concentric circles around the corresponding pai... |
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"abstract": "Background: Psychedelic drugs facilitate profound changes in consciousness and have potential to provide insights into the nature of human mental processes and their relation to brain physiology. Yet published scientific literature reflects a very limited understanding of the effects of these drugs, es... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Background: Many individuals who use opioids turn to online resources to gather information on effects, availability, and safety. Objective: Describe opioid index page views on Erowid.org to assess trends in public interest in particular opioids. Methods: Retrospective analysis of Erowid.org s... | {
"abstract": "Summary Opioid receptor binding sites were assessed in membrane preparations of caudate nucleus from post-mortem brains of controls and of patients with schizophrenia. There was no difference between the two groups in the total specific binding of 3H-etorphine or in its ‘μ’ and (‘δ+χ’) components. Simi... |
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"abstract": "The purpose of this article is to report a case of fondaparinux outpatient utilization for anticoagulation in a patient with a past medical history of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) and discuss the options and need for future anticoagulation research in this unique patient population. A 63-year... | {
"abstract": "Highlights • Antigoagulant treatment of vascular surgery patients with heparin induced thrombocytopenia is a challenge.• Fondaparinux was tested for intra/perioperative anticoagulation in vascular surgery.• Fondaparinux can be proposed for standard intra/perioperative anticoagulation in vascular surger... | {
"abstract": "Fondaparinux thromboprophylaxis-associated heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome complicated by arterial thrombotic stroke -",
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"title": "Fondaparinux thromboprophylaxis-associated heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome complicated by arterial thrombotic s... |
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"abstract": "Accurate estimates of mare basalt ages are necessary to place constraints on the duration and the flux of lunar volcanism as well as on the petrogenesis of lunar mare basalts and their relationship to the thermal evolution of the Moon. We performed new crater size-frequency distribution measurements in... | {
"abstract": "The lunar surface is composed primarily of two distinct geologic units. The bright, low titanium, low iron highlands make up the majority of the surface area and volume of lunar crust. The darker maria are high iron, high to low titanium, regions resembling terrestrial basaltic lavas and occur primaril... | {
"abstract": "A taste and odor problem in 1980 in a reservoir in Southern California was detected after it was already well under way. The purpose of this paper is to describe an early warning system devised in 1981 to detect an earthy-musty odor problem in its formative stage. The early warning system was specifica... |
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"abstract": "Acute inflammatory injury in rat lung induced by deposition of immunoglobulin G immune complexes requires expression of cytokines and chemokines as well as activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor (NF)-κB. There is little direct evidence regarding the role of alveolar macrophages in these ... | {
"abstract": "Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMDMSCs) appear to be important in repair of the chronic lung injury caused by bleomycin in mice. To determine effects of these BMDMSCs on an acute inflammatory response, we injected C57BL/6 mice intraperitoneally with 1 mg/kg endotoxin followed either by int... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundIt was hypothesized that a pro-atherogenic, high saturated fat and cholesterol diet (HCD) would increase the inflammatory response to E. coli endotoxin (LPS) and increase its concentration in plasma after administration to mice.MethodsC57Bl/6 mice were fed a HCD or a control diet (CD) for 4 w... |
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"abstract": "Ivermectin (Mectizan®) is the only drug currently recommended for the treatment and control of onchocerciasis. Serious adverse events rarely occur during treatment, except in subjects heavily infected with Loa Loa. This review of drug-related serious adverse events in the treatment of onchocerciasis th... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nAt present, control of onchocerciasis depends almost entirely on yearly treatments with 150 microg/kg ivermectin. We aimed to compare the effect of higher doses, more frequent doses, or both with the standard regimen on adult Onchocerca volvulus.\n\n\nMETHODS\nWe randomly allocated 657 pati... | {
"abstract": "Das Chemotherapeutikum Suramin‐Natrium kann mit 2‐Äthoxy‐6,9‐diaminoacridinlactat ausgefällt und über Rücktitration des überschüssigen Fällungsmittels durch Flockungsanalyse quantitativ bestimmt werden. Im Vergleich zu den Verfahren des Intern. Suppl. 1960, der USP XVII 1965 und der Brit. 1963 ist die ... |
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"title": "Unsupervised Learning in Human Activity Recognition : A First Foray into Clustering Data Gathered from Wearable Sensors"
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"abstract": "The World Wide Web (WWW) provides a simple yet effective media for users to search, browse, and retrieve information in the Web. Web Usage Mining is the application of data mining techniques to click stream data in order to extract usage patterns. These patterns are analyzed to determine user's behavio... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we propose an ontology-based framework for the Internet of Things (IoT) to safeguard against Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). The framework grasps the understanding of attack kill-chain, leveraged attack patterns and vulnerabilities and aligns them with network semantics to gauge their... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundAn important element in homology modeling is the use of rotamers to parameterize the sidechain conformation. Despite the many libraries of sidechain rotamers that have been developed, a number of rotamers have been overlooked, due to the fact that they involve hydrogen atoms.ResultsWe identif... | {
"abstract": "Modeling by homology is the most accurate computational method for translating an amino acid sequence into a protein structure. Homology modeling can be divided into two sub-problems, placing the polypeptide backbone and adding side-chains. We present a method for rapidly predicting the conformations o... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene have attracted great attention since decades ago because of their interesting structure and properties and important application in many areas. They can have high conductivity, high specific surface area, high transparency in the visible range and high mech... |
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"abstract": "Motivation: Cryo-electron tomography allows the imaging of macromolecular complexes in near living conditions. To enhance the nominal resolution of a structure it is necessary to align and average individual subtomograms each containing identical complexes. However, if the sample of complexes is hetero... | {
"abstract": "Recent progress in detector design has created the need for a careful side-by-side comparison of the modulation transfer function (MTF) and resolution-dependent detective quantum efficiency (DQE) of existing electron detectors with those of detectors based on new technology. We present MTF and DQE meas... | {
"abstract": "Pasteurella multocida is an important animal pathogen. Bacterial ghosts produced by the expression of phage PhiX174 lysis gene E are empty cells devoid of cytoplasmic and genomic material. Lysis of P. multocida 7A and P. haemolytica A1 carrying Pasteurella-specific lysis vectors (pSR2 and pSON2) occurr... |
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"abstract": "We consider the problem of coloring edges of a graph subject to the following constraints: for every vertex v, all the edges incident with v have to be colored with at most q colors. The goal is to find a coloring satisfying the above constraints and using the maximum number of colors. Notice that the ... | {
"abstract": "We propose a polynomial time approximation algorithm for a novel maximum edge coloring problem which arises from wireless mesh networks [Ashish Raniwala, Tzi-cker Chiueh, Architecture and algorithms for an IEEE 802.11-based multi-channel wireless mesh network, in: INFOCOM 2005, pp. 2223-2234; Ashish Ra... | {
"abstract": "Trees are combinatorial structures that arise naturally in diverse applications. They occur in branching decision structures, taxonomy, computer languages, combinatiorial optimization, parsing of sentences, and cluster expansions of statistical mechanics. Intuitively, a tree is a collection of branches... |
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"abstract": "Abstract In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis the G20 leaders have attempted to universalise financial inclusion as a key development strategy Financial inclusion, which has long been championed by official development institutions as a sound and effective market-based solution to combat poverty, i... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This paper examines how statistical credit-scoring technologies, sanctioned by the state in the interests of promoting equality, became applied by lenders to the problem of controlling levels of default within American consumer credit. However, these technologies, constituting consumers as ‘ri... | {
"abstract": "This paper investigates the effect of correlation and volatilities of firm and project cash flows on the choice of project finance. I use a pure-play approach to measure unobservable project cash flows for a sample of 440 US and non-US firms that invested in 577 projects from 1990 to 2008 and find evid... |
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"abstract": "Objectives Chronic gneck and shoulder pain (CNSP) is a common clinical symptom of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy. Several studies using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) have reported that most chronic pain diseases are accompanied by structural and functional changes in... | {
"abstract": "Emotions have powerful effects on pain perception. However, the brain mechanisms underlying these effects remain largely unknown. In this study, we combined functional cerebral imaging with psychophysiological methods to explore the neural mechanisms involved in the emotional modulation of spinal nocic... | {
"abstract": "Using magnetic resonance (MR) echo–planar imaging (EPI), we recently demonstrated the presence of low-frequency fluctuations (<0.1 Hz) in MR signal intensity from the resting human brain that have a high degree of temporal correlation (p < 10–3) within and across associated regions of the sensorimotor ... |
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"abstract": "Music is a form of art interweaving people of all walks of life. Through subtle changes in frequencies, a succession of musical notes forms a melody which is capable of mesmerizing the minds of people. With the advances in technology, we are now able to generate music electronically without relying sol... | {
"abstract": "Performance and utility of microfluidic systems are often overshadowed by the difficulties and costs associated with operation and control. As a step toward the development of a more efficient platform for microfluidic control, we present a distributed pressure generation scheme whereby independently t... | {
"abstract": "A droplet-based bioreaction microsystem has been developed with automated droplet generation and confinement. On-chip electronic sensing is employed to track the position of the droplets by sensing the oil/aqueous interface in real time. The sensing signal is also used to control the pneumatic supply f... |
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"abstract": "Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the notion of sustainability and research reporting price premiums for LEED-certified buildings. Design/methodology/approach - This paper explores the notion of sustainability and research reporting price premiums for LEED-certified buildings. The durab... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The green building movement is growing rapidly. Economic analysis of financial, other tangible, and intangible costs and benefits can help to sustain the movement over time. This purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast four methods of economic analysis to support green building decisi... | {
"abstract": "T EMPORAL aggregation problems in econometrics pose an important but relatively unexplored set of issues relevant for analyses of economic behavior and policy problems. When the behavior of individuals, firms or other economic entities is analyzed with temporally aggregated data, it is quite possible t... |
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"abstract": "AIMS\nThe objective of the present systematic review was to test the hypothesis of no differences in the implant treatment outcome when Bio-Oss or Bio-Oss mixed with autogenous bone is used as graft for the maxillary sinus floor augmentation (MSFA) applying the lateral window technique.\n\n\nMATERIAL A... | {
"abstract": "Introduction: Sinus floor augmentation is a routinely used surgical technique for increasing the bone height/volume of the atrophic posterior maxilla. Optimal integration of the implanted augmentation material within the newly formed bone will—at least partly—depend on adequate vascularization to ensur... | {
"abstract": "The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) on remodeling of autologous bone grafts used for augmentation of the floor of the maxillary sinus. In five edentulous patients suffering from insufficient retention of their upper denture related to a severely resorbed maxil... |
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"abstract": "Full-duplex hands-free acoustic human/machine interfaces often require the combination of acoustic echo cancellation and speech enhancement in order to suppress acoustic echoes, local interference, and noise. In order to optimally exploit positive synergies between acoustic echo cancellation and speech... | {
"abstract": "The problem of noise reduction has attracted a considerable amount of research attention over the past several decades. Among the numerous techniques that were developed, the optimal Wiener filter can be considered as one of the most fundamental noise reduction approaches, which has been delineated in ... | {
"abstract": "Respiratory sounds are always contaminated by heart sound interference. An essential preprocessing step in some of the heart sound cancellation methods is localizing primary heart sound components. Singular spectrum analysis (SSA), a powerful time series analysis technique, is used in this paper. Despi... |
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"abstract": "The infrared and Raman spectra of Na2Cu(C2O4)(2)·2H2O, K2Cu(C2O4)(2)·2H2O and (NH4)2Cu(C2O4)(2)·2H2O were recorded and briefly discussed on the basis of their structural peculiarities and by comparison with the vibrational spectra of other metallic oxalates.",
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"abstract": "Abstract A new copper (II) sodium (I) tartrate trihydrate with general formula of [(Na2 Cu2 (C4H4O6) 3 (H2O) 3) 3H2O] (NaCuT) was synthesized and grown from the silica gel. The monoclinic structure and the space group P21 of the as-grown crystal are calculated and non identical with copper tartrate is ... | {
"abstract": "The electron distribution of (NH4)2C2O4–H2O projected on (001) was obtained by a Fourier analysis making use of quantitative intensity measurements of x‐ray scattering from (hk0). This analysis combined with a determination of the atomic parameters perpendicular to (001) gave the complete structure. Se... |
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"abstract": "Wireless sensor networks often consists of a large number of low-cost sensor nodes that have strictly limited sensing, computation, and communication capabilities. Due to resource restricted sensor nodes, it is important to minimize the amount of data transmission so that the average sensor lifetime an... | {
"abstract": "Visual sensor networks (VSNs) are receiving a lot of attention in research, and at the same time, commercial applications are starting to emerge. VSN devices come with image sensors, adequate processing power, and memory. They use wireless communication interfaces to collaborate and jointly solve tasks... | {
"abstract": "Cloud computing is an evolving paradigm with tremendous momentum, but its unique aspects exacerbate security and privacy challenges. This article explores the roadblocks and solutions to providing a trustworthy cloud computing environment.",
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"abstract": "Given an oriented graph G, the modular flow polynomial $${\\phi_G(k)}$$ counts the number of nowhere-zero $${\\mathbb{Z}_k}$$-flows of G. We give a description of the modular flow polynomial in terms of (open) Ehrhart polynomials of lattice polytopes. Using Ehrhart–Macdonald reciprocity we give a combi... | {
"abstract": "The Ehrhart polynomial $L_P$ of an integral polytope $P$ counts the number of integer points in integral dilates of $P$. Ehrhart polynomials of polytopes are often described in terms of their Ehrhart $h^*$-vector (aka Ehrhart $\\delta$-vector), which is the vector of coefficients of $L_P$ with respect ... | {
"abstract": "We define the Dowling transform of a real frame arrangement and show how the characteristic polynomial changes under this transformation. As a special case, the Dowling transform sends the braid arrangement An to the Dowling arrangement. Using Zaslavsky's characterization of supersolvability of signed ... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents a new approach to determine the risk of transient stability. It describes the implementation of rotor trajectory index (RTI) to assess the severity of power systems when it is subjected to a three-phase fault. The (RTI) is proposed as an index used to represent severity of transient... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This paper proposes a preventive control of transient stability with generation rescheduling based on coherency obtained using time domain simulations. The transient security dispatch finds a generation configuration with better transient stability behavior. One of the most practiced and an ob... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a detailed analysis of two-level bidirectional five-phase PWM rectifier. The operation of the rectifier in steady-state is described, including the modulation strategy. Modeling of the rectifier is developed in rotational reference frame and small-signal models for phase current and... |
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"abstract": "Objective Despite an increasing number of investigations into the pathophysiology of necrotic enteritis (NE) disease, etiology of NE-associated diseases, and gene expression profiling of NE-affected tissues, the microRNA (miRNA) profiles of NE-affected poultry have been poorly studied. The aim of this ... | {
"abstract": "MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that are extensively involved in many physiological and disease processes. One major challenge in miRNA studies is the identification of genes regulated by miRNAs. To this end, we have developed an online resource, miRDB (http://mirdb.org), for miRNA target ... | {
"abstract": "microRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNAs 18 to 24 nucleotides in length that serve the pivotal function of regulating gene expression. Instead of being translated into proteins, the mature single-stranded miRNA binds to messenger RNAs (mRNAs) to interfere with the translational process. It is estimated that w... |
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"abstract": "Consulting companies that specialise in enterprise application integration commonly require adapting existing frameworks to specific domains. Currently, there are many such frameworks available, most of which provide a materialisation of the well-known catalogue of patterns that was devised by Hohpe an... | {
"abstract": "Companies have developed and acquired multiple business software applications to respond to new \norganizational requirements. In many cases, the applications have logical dependencies or are used in isolation. \nThis practice increases the possibility of errors, produces inconsistencies and duplicatio... | {
"abstract": "Today's manufacturing environments are very dynamic and turbulent. Traditional enterprise information systems (EISs) have mostly been implemented upon hierarchical architectures, which are inflexible to adapt changes and uncertainties promptly. Next-generation EISs must be agile and adaptable to accomm... |
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"abstract": "Since the beginning of 2010, the common currency area in Europe found itself under serious strain as a consequence of the sovereign debt crisis in several member states. While a substantial political and financial effort has been made to avoid a collapse of the Euro project, its ultimate outcome remain... | {
"abstract": "This chapter focuses on the meaning of the objective of the ‘stability of the euro area as a whole’, which has been formally introduced in art. 136(3) TFEU. After recalling the role of objectives in the EU legal framework, the research will develop an exhaustive definition and qualification of the ‘sta... | {
"abstract": "type=\"main\" xml:lang=\"en\"> Aid providers often describe small firms as ‘job creators’. But what types of jobs do they create? Drawing on enterprise survey data for nine African countries and panel data for Ethiopia we find that small and large formal sector firms create similar numbers of net jobs.... |
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"abstract": "Over the past 25 years, measurable—albeit relatively modest—improvements in the outcome of treatment for patients with cancer have taken place. During a similar time period, there has been an explosion of information on the molecular biology and genetic basis of cancer, with the evolution of a remarkab... | {
"abstract": "In response to anticancer therapeutics, human colon cancer cells growing in vitro either enter into a stable arrest or die, depending on the integrity of their cell-cycle checkpoints1. To test whether altered checkpoints can modulate sensitivity to treatment in vivo, xenografts were established from is... | {
"abstract": "Seven cases of adenocarcinoma of the vagina occurring in young women 15 to 22 years of age are reported. Six sought medical advice because of abnormal bleeding, which was assumed to be due to anovulation. Hormonal therapy delayed the correct diagnosis, which was not made until vaginal examination was p... |
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"abstract": "Significance Sepsis defines a syndrome with poor clinical management characterized by overlapping phases of excessive inflammation temporally aligned with an immunosuppressed state. We define an endogenous pathway centered on formyl-peptide receptor 2/3 (Fpr2/3)—ortholog to human FPR2/ALX (receptor for... | {
"abstract": "Sepsis is a progressive disease manifesting excessive inflammatory responses, severe tissue injury, organ dysfunction, and, ultimately, mortality. Since currently, there are limited therapeutic options for this disease, further understanding the molecular pathogenesis of sepsis may help develop effecti... | {
"abstract": "Abstract.Objective and design: To demonstrate the role of bile acids in immune modulation we examined the ability of select bile acids to inhibit leukocyte migration and chemoattractant receptor function.¶Materials: To elucidate this mechanism, we employed primary human monocytes, neutrophils and cell ... |
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"abstract": "A study of tumor incidence and tumor growth rates in 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-treated female Sprague-Dawley rats fed different types and amounts of dietary fat indicates that the difference in tumor incidence may be a reflection of marked differences in the growth of neoplastic clones to a palpab... | {
"abstract": "High fat diets promote the development of mammary tumors induced in rats by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA), and polyunsaturated fats are more effective than saturated fats. This difference is related to the linoleic acid content of polyunsaturated vegetable oils, but the amount of linolealte req... | {
"abstract": "Many workers have postulated that diet and tumor development are related, and a considerable literature has developed on the possibility of altering the growth rate of tumors by dietary means (1–3). But in spite of a large number of experiments, usually performed with transplanted tumors, there appears... |
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"abstract": "The sequential nonlinear mapping is suitable for sequential detection of states of dynamic systems (Montvilas, 1999a). In addition, it can indicate the undesirable states and even the damages of dynamic systems. The last is complicated when the damage is caused by a small changing of respective paramet... | {
"abstract": "In this age of modern era, the use of internet must be maximized. Yeah, internet will help us very much not only for important thing but also for daily activities. Many people now, from any level can use internet. The sources of internet connection can also be enjoyed in many places. As one of the bene... | {
"abstract": "The Elderly Nutrition Program (ENP) is being challenged to improve the quality of meal programs. The purpose of this study was to explore how food preferences varied depending on gender and ethnic groups. A total of 2,024 participants in the ENP aged 60 years or older were interviewed. A majority of th... |
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"title": "A Novel Three-Phase Three-Leg AC/AC Converter Using Nine IGBTS"
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"abstract": "The efficient and fast control of electric power forms part of the key technologies of modern automated production. It is performed using electronic power converters. The converters transfer energy from a source to a controlled process in a quantized fashion, using semiconductor switches which are turn... | {
"abstract": "This paper describes the operating principle and the performance analysis of the surface-permanent-magnet-type vernier motor with concentrated windings using finite element method analysis. To satisfy the structural relationship of $Z_{2}=Z_{1}\\pm p$ , the number of auxiliary teeth in the stator, pole... |
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"abstract": "This paper discusses collocation schemes based on seventh C 3 -splines with four collocation points s_{i-1+\\alpha}=x_{i-1}+\\alpha h , x_{i-1+\\beta}=x_{i-1}+\\beta h , x_{i-1+\\theta}=x_{i-1}+\\theta h and x_i=x_{i-1}+h in each subinterval [ x i @ 1 , x i ], i = 1(1) N for solving initial value probl... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we propose the cubic spline collocation method with two parameters for solving delay differential equations (DDEs). Some results of the local truncation error and the convergence of the spline collocation method are given. We also obtain some results of the linear stability and the nonli... | {
"abstract": "1. Introduction. In a previous paper [1] certain properties of Runge-Kutta processes were derived. As an example of the use of these results a three stage implicit process was found in which the 17 conditions necessary for fifth-order accuracy were satisfied. Since this was achieved by a special choice... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundAgriculture organic dust exposures induce lung disease with lymphoid aggregates comprised of both T and B cells. The precise role of B cells in mediating lung inflammation is unknown, yet might be relevant given the emerging role of B cells in obstructive pulmonary disease and associated auto... | {
"abstract": "Purpose of ReviewAgriculture remains a major economic sector globally, and workers experience high rates of chronic inflammatory lung and musculoskeletal diseases. Whereas obstructive pulmonary diseases are known risk factors for bone loss, the underlying relationship between lung inflammation and bone... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundMacrophages have been implicated in the pathogenesis of COPD. M1 and M2 macrophages constitute subpopulations displaying pro- and anti-inflammatory properties. We hypothesized that smoking cessation affects macrophage heterogeneity in the lung of patients with COPD. Our aim was to study macro... |
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"abstract": "Abstract. Electromagnetic anomalies (EMA) covering a wide range of frequencies from ULF, VLF up to VHF have been observed before recent destructive earthquakes in continental Greece. We show that the features of these signals are possibly correlated with the fault model characteristics of the associate... | {
"abstract": "This book summarises the proceedings of the meeting A CRITICAL REVIEW OF VAN, held jointly by the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and the Royal Society at the Societys London premises on 11-12 May 1995. It was attended by ICSUs Executive Director, Julia Marton-Lefevre, by the Royal So... | {
"abstract": "After a strong earthquake, the possibility of the occurrence of either significant aftershocks or an even stronger mainshock is a continuing hazard that threatens the resumption of critical services and reoccupation of essential but partially damaged structures. A stochastic parametric model allows det... |
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"abstract": "This paper discusses applying user-centered design principles to redesign The Portal to Texas History, as part of the IOGENE project at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.",
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"title": "Applying User-Centered Design Principles to Redesign the Interface to the Portal to... | {
"abstract": "Updating the tree of life needs both the skills of evolutionary biologists and the data from genome-crunchers — the two ignore each other at their peril. John Whitfield reports.",
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"abstract": "It has been a long-held notion that the use of open space or \"whitespace\" adds not only to the attractiveness of the design of a written publication, but adds to the functionality as well. For example,it has been stated that whitespace plays the crucial role of \"directing the viewer's attention to t... |
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"abstract": "Article 31 of the Fourth Directive, which specifies the general valuation principles to be applied in the preparation of financial statements, shows a difference in emphasis between the different language versions. Except for the English version of the Directive, all others emphasize prudence, as oppos... | {
"abstract": "The use of technical terms to communicate accounting information can lead to misunderstandings when the meaning of such terms is not fully appreciated by the recipient of the information. The discipline of translation studies suggests that full equivalence in translation between languages is rare. This... | {
"abstract": "The main features of the tenancy law offer a current and accessible overview of a jurisdiction that is constantly changing. The legislator regularly comes up with new regulations and jurisprudence gives further direction to the application. Students will have to find their way in this. Practical lawyer... |
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"abstract": "I construct an informationally robust auction to sell a common‐value good. I examine the revenue guarantee of an auction over all information structures of bidders and all equilibria. As the number of bidders gets large, the revenue guarantee of my auction converges to the full surplus, regardless of h... | {
"abstract": "We characterize revenue maximizing mechanisms in a common value environment where the value of the object is equal to the highest of the bidders' independent signals. If the revenue maximizing solution is to sell the object with probability 1, then an optimal mechanism is simply a posted price, namely,... | {
"abstract": "This paper develops a demand and supply framework to analyze the adoption of antitakeover defenses and constructs a demand‐side theory of antitakeover provisions (ATPs). The paper views the decision to go public without ATPs as a decision to produce an unshielded target and shows that the classic liter... |
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"abstract": "Abstract The paper is a review of current issues and literature on air transportation as it is related to tourism. It focuses on three salient issues facing international commercial air transport and their resulting implications for global tourist flows. First, the wider aeropolitical environment is re... | {
"abstract": "Many tourists now travel by air, and aviation liberalisation has greatly contributed to the boom in international tourism. The relevance of tourism economic benefits in aviation policy decisions is becoming established, though there has been little by of analysis of these, of how they can be measured. ... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nWe determined the prostate cancer detection rate of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging at 3T. Precise one-to-one histopathological correlation with magnetic resonance imaging was possible using prostate magnetic resonance imaging based custom printed specimen molds after radical prosta... |
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"abstract": "It has been estimated that the majority of global HIV infections among gay and bisexual men (GBM) can be attributed to sex within a committed relationship. In Australia, however, negotiated safety, whereby HIV-negative regular partners agree to discard condoms with each other but commit to consistent c... | {
"abstract": "Objective Three decades into the HIV epidemic and with the advancement of HIV treatments, condom and non-condom-based anal intercourse among gay men in resource-rich countries needs to be re-assessed. Methods The proportions of men engaging in a range of anal intercourse practices were estimated from t... | {
"abstract": "According to the BJW (belief in a just world) theory, a person is more likely to derogate a victim when that victim threatens their BJW. An innocent victim and a victim who is more similar (an ingroup member) are more threatening to a person’s BJW than a non-innocent outgroup victim with such a threat ... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, we present a scheduling algorithm that enhances the performance of the standard IEEE 802.11e scheduler for the Hybrid Coordination Function Controlled Channel Access mode. The main contribution in designing the proposed scheduler is the ability to accommodate multiple streams with differ... | {
"abstract": "The admission control unit proposed by the standard IEEE 802.11e admits traffic streams (TSs) according to their traffic specifications (TSPECs). It allocates transmission opportunities (TXOPs) to TSs based on mean data rate and minimum physical rate. The reference admission control fails to adopt to f... | {
"abstract": "We report a simple process to fabricate monodisperse tetra-arm poly(ethylene glycol) (tetra-PEG) hydrogel microcapsules with an aqueous core and a semipermeable hydrogel shell through the formation of aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) droplets consisting of a dextran-rich core and a tetra-PEG macromonome... |
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"abstract": "We study the classical stability of a class of S-brane geometries having cosmological horizons. By considering the perturbations of the metric in these geometries we establish that their horizons are unstable in the sense that an observer trying to cross the horizon experiences an infinite flux of radi... | {
"abstract": "We study both the direct and the double-dimensional reduction of space-like branes of M-theory and point out some peculiarities in the process unlike their time-like counterpart. In particular, we show how starting from SM2 and SM5-brane solutions we can obtain SD2 and SNS5-brane as well as SNS1 and SD... | {
"abstract": "If our visible universe is considered a trapped shell in a five-dimensional hyper-universe, all matter in it may be connected by superluminal signals traveling through the fifth dimension. Events in the shell are still causal, however, the propagation of signals proceeds at different velocities dependi... |
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"abstract": "This article proposed solid core PCF with sensing ring for different blood component detection. Analytical validation of proposed sensor has been done by using FEM numerical technique in term of relative sensitivity and confinement loss. In this PCF design, sensing liquid filled into uniform circular r... | {
"abstract": "Abstract. We design a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) biosensor, based on the refractive index, capable of operating in terahertz (THz) region. This structure comprises a dual steering wheel (DSW) shape of large noncircular air–hole structure in the cladding region. This PCF is designed using rectangular ... | {
"abstract": "We propose a novel polarization-maintaining index-guiding photonic crystal fiber (PCF). It is composed of a solid silica core and a cladding with squeezed-hexagonal-lattice elliptical air holes. Using a full-vector finite-element method, we study the modal birefringence of the fundamental modes in such... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundTo continue to meet the increasing demands of soybean worldwide, it is crucial to identify key genes regulating flowering and maturity to expand the cultivated regions into short season areas. Although four soybean genes have been successfully utilized in early maturity breeding programs, new... | {
"abstract": "The timing of both flowering and maturation determine crop adaptability and productivity. Soybean (Glycine max) is cultivated across a wide range of latitudes. The molecular-genetic mechanisms for flowering in soybean have been determined for photoperiodic responses to long days (LDs), but remain only ... | {
"abstract": "Tracking the Sun III The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the United States from 1998-2009 Galen Barbose Naim Darghouth Ryan Wiser December 2010 Tracking the Sun III: The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998-2009",
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"abstract": "Trimethyltin chloride (TMT), a byproduct of plastic stabilizers, has caused 67 poisoning accidents in the world; more than 98% (1814/1849) of the affected patients since 1998 have been in China. As a long-established toxic chemical, TMT severely affects the limbic system and the cerebellum; however, it... | {
"abstract": "Neurologic and psychiatric symptoms such as headache, tinnitus, defective hearing, changing desorientation and aggressiveness are initial symptoms of methyltin chloride intoxication. Some patients also developed epileptic equivalents, such as dreamy attacks and central ventilation transaminases. Labora... | {
"abstract": "Recent clinical and preclinical research has suggested that cannabidiol (CBD) and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) have interactive effects on measures of cognition; however, the nature of these interactions is not yet fully characterized. To address this, we investigated the effects of Δ9-THC and CBD ... |
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"abstract": "Our goal is to develop a coplayer music robot capable of presenting a musical expression together with humans. Although many instrument-performing robots exist, they may have difficulty playing with human performers due to the lack of the synchronization function. The robot has to follow differences in... | {
"abstract": "\n \n Our goal is to develop an interactive music robot, i.e., a robot that presents a musical expression together with humans. A music interaction requires two important functions: synchronization with the music and musical expression, such as singing and dancing. Many instrument-performing robots are... | {
"abstract": "This study aims to clarify the strategy of human for the finger-arm coordinated motion, and to adapt the results to the planning of anthropomorphic robots. Human motion in violin playing has been analyzed. In this paper, the results of human motion analysis and the method for planning of anthropomorphi... |
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"abstract": "In mammals, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is involved in the regulation of cellular energy homeostasis and, on the whole animal level, in regulating energy balance and food intake. Because the chicken is a valuable experimental animal model and considering that a first draft of the chicken genome... | {
"abstract": "The mammalian 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a heterotrimeric protein consisting of α-, β-, and -subunits. The α-subunit is the catalytic subunit and is related to the yeast Snf1p kinase. In this study, we report the cloning of full-length cDNAs for the non-catalytic β- and -subunits. The ra... | {
"abstract": "Expression of Agouti protein is normally limited to the skin where it affects pigmentation, but ubiquitous expression causes obesity. An expressed sequence tag was identified that encodes Agouti-related protein, whose RNA is normally expressed in the hypothalamus and whose levels were increased eightfo... |
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"abstract": "Lilwall and Douglas1 recently described two methods for the determination of epicentres of seismic events, using data from the four UK designed seismic arrays. In their first method they use tables of phase velocity against distance, and for their second method they claim to use “azimuth only”. Althoug... | {
"abstract": "Summary A number of experimental seismic arrays have been constructed in the past few years. One such array in the form of an asymmetric linear cross has been built at Yellowknife, NWT, by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in collaboration with the Canadian Department of Mines and Technical Su... | {
"abstract": "A digital computer program has been written to locate seismic events and to determine the standard errors and joint confidence regions for the focal coordinates. Modified Jeffreys-Bullen travel times are used, with surface focus travel times based on Nevada explosions. Results for eleven nuclear explos... |
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"abstract": "Let f:{0, 1}/sup n//spl times/{0, 1}/sup n//spl rarr/{0, 1}. Assume Alice has x/sub 1/, ..., x/sub k//spl isin/{0, 1}/sup n/, Bob has y/sub 1/, ..., y/sub k//spl isin/{0, 1}/sup n/, and they want to compute f(x/sub 1/, y/sub 1/)/spl middot//spl middot//spl middot/f(x/sub k/, y/sub k/) communicating as ... | {
"abstract": "\"Communication Complexity \"describes a new intuitive model for studying circuit networks that captures the essence of circuit depth. Although the complexity of boolean functions has been studied for almost 4 decades, the main problems the inability to show a separation of any two classes, or to obtai... | {
"abstract": "a new scheduling approach to produce automatically a fault tolerant distributed schedule for critical distributed and real-time embedded systems. The approach that we propose take as input a set of operations (tasks), a target distributed architecture, some distribution constraints, some indications on... |
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"abstract": "Background Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a major cause of death in those with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). There is a need for inventories and biomarkers associated with the risk for SUDEP. Objective To explore the revised SUDEP Risk Inventory (SUDEP-7) in a cohort with DRE and deter... | {
"abstract": "There is increasing evidence supporting dietary and alternative therapies for epilepsy, including the ketogenic diet, modified Atkins diet, and omega-3 fatty acids. Vitamin D3 is actively under investigation as a potential intervention for epilepsy. Vitamin D3 is fat-soluble steroid, which shows promis... | {
"abstract": "Objective: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) poses a poorly understood but considerable risk to people with uncontrolled epilepsy. There is controversy regarding the significance of postictal generalized EEG suppression as a biomarker for SUDEP risk, and it remains unknown whether postictal E... |
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"abstract": "The Drosophila spaghetti squash (sqh) gene encodes the regulatory myosin light chain (RMLC) of nonmuscle myosin II. Biochemical analysis of vertebrate nonmuscle and smooth muscle myosin II has established that phosphorylation of certain amino acids of the RMLC greatly increases the actin-dependent myos... | {
"abstract": "Cytokinesis is the last step of the M (mitosis) phase, yet it is crucial for the faithful division of one cell into two. Cytokinesis failure is often associated with cancer. Cytokinesis can be morphologically divided into four steps: cleavage furrow initiation, cleavage furrow ingression, midbody forma... | {
"abstract": "On the basis of the hypothesis that mutants in genes controlling essential cell cycle functions in Drosophila should survive up to the larval-pupal transition, 59 such 'late lethals' were screened for those mutants affecting cell division. Examination of mitosis in brain neuroblasts revealed that 30 of... |
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"abstract": "The major gibberellin (GA) controlling stem elongation in pea (Pisum sativum L.) is GA1, which is formed from GA20 by 3beta-hydroxylation. This step, which limits GA1 biosynthesis in pea, is controlled by the Le locus, one of the original Mendelian loci. Mutations in this locus result in dwarfism. We h... | {
"abstract": "The elongation response of the gibberellin (GA) deficient genotypes na, ls, and lh of peas (Pisum sativum L.) to a range of GA-precursors was examined. Plants possessing gene na did not respond to precursors in the GA biosynthetic pathway prior to GA(12)-aldehyde. In contrast, plants possessing lh and ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The capacity credit for a generator is the fraction of its nameplate capacity that can contribute to meeting the system's resource adequacy. However, estimating the capacity credit of variable renewable energy is challenging due to the variability, uncertainty, and spatial diversity of the ren... |
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"abstract": "This project proposes a community standard for the representation of passive acoustic metadata along with a freely available software implementation. Our target audience is the marine mammal community, but the concepts are general and are applicable to a wide variety of taxa. In addition, we address th... | {
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"abstract": "Due to the rapid development of ocean observation technology, the volume of ocean data is increasing exponentially. To better utilize these data, more and more computational methods have been applied to exploring, sharing, and processing such data. Although great efforts have been made, there is an urg... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents a new motion estimation algorithm to improve the performance of the existing searching algorithms at a relatively low computational cost. We try to amend the incorrect and/or inaccurate estimate of motion with higher precision by using Kalman filter. We first obtain a measurement of... | {
"abstract": "The correspondence presents a fast exhaustive search algorithm for motion estimation. The basic idea is to obtain the best estimate of the motion vectors by successively eliminating the search positions in the search window and thus decreasing the number of matching evaluations that require very intens... | {
"abstract": "A new multi-channel FET was fabricated by planar technology. This shows low gate registance and is suitable for high frequency applications. Output I-V characteristics are composed of two regions, one is a variable resistance region, before the channel pinch-off, and the other is a space-charge-limited... |
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"abstract": "Facebook’s graph store TAO, like many other distributed data stores, traditionally prioritizes availability, efficiency, and scalability over strong consistency or isolation guarantees to serve its large, readdominant workloads. As product developers build diverse applications on top of this system, th... | {
"abstract": "Espresso is a document-oriented distributed data serving platform that has been built to address LinkedIn's requirements for a scalable, performant, source-of-truth primary store. It provides a hierarchical document model, transactional support for modifications to related documents, real-time secondar... | {
"abstract": "We present the first scalable, geo-replicated storage system that guarantees low latency, offers a rich data model, and provides \" stronger \" semantics. Namely, all client requests are satisfied in the local datacenter in which they arise; the system efficiently supports useful data model abstraction... |
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"abstract": "Antiandrogen flutamide, an antagonist of the wild‐type androgen receptor (AR), is used in the clinics for treating metastatic prostate cancer. However, the T877A mutated AR is paradoxically activated by hydroxyflutamide, an active form of flutamide. Despite of crystallographic studies, how the T877A mu... | {
"abstract": "Blocking the androgen receptor (AR) activity is the main goal of therapies for advanced prostate cancer (PCa). However, relapse with a more aggressive, hormone refractory PCa arises, which harbors restored AR activity. One mechanism of such reactivation occurs through acquisition of AR mutations that e... | {
"abstract": "Drug delivery systems can in principle provide enhanced efficacy and/or reduced toxicity for anticancer agents. Long circulating macromolecular carriers such as liposomes can exploit the 'enhanced permeability and retention' effect for preferential extravasation from tumor vessels. Liposomal anthracycl... |
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"abstract": "Based on definition of angular central moments, a quantitative measure is proposed for comparative assessment of the anisotropy of different intermolecular potential energy surfaces at different intermolecular distances. Angular spreadness, skewness and peakedness are three features of anisotropy that ... | {
"abstract": "A broad-band (2135-2165 cm(-1)) infrared spectrum of the CO-N2 van der Waals complex is obtained, using a tunable quantum cascade laser to probe a pulsed supersonic expansion from a slit jet source. Analysis of the spectrum results in the characterization of four new 'stacks' of rotational levels for C... | {
"abstract": "It is shown that the grain boundary (GB) in polycrystalline-silicon (poly-Si) films need not be modeled as a temperature-dependent potential barrier or as an amorphous region to explain the temperature (T) dependence of resistivity ( ρ ) in p-type poly-Si films at low T. Specifically, we consider that ... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, we discuss how to discover \"skills\" from motion data. Being able to understand how a skilled person moves enables beginners to make better use of their bodies and to become experts easier. However, only few attempts have so far been made for discovering skills from human motion data. T... | {
"abstract": "Summary Dynamic time warping (DTW) has been widely used in various pattern recognition and time series data mining applications. However, as examples will illustrate, both the classic DTW and its later alternative, derivative DTW, may fail to align a pair of sequences on their common trends or patterns... | {
"abstract": "This article presents a new rule discovery algorithm named PLCG that can find simple, robust partial rule models (sets of classification rules) in complex data where it is difficult or impossible to find models that completely account for all the phenomena of interest. Technically speaking, PLCG is an ... |
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"abstract": "Myostatin is a TGF-beta family member and a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth. It has been proposed that reduction or elimination of myostatin could be a treatment for degenerative muscle diseases such as muscular dystrophy. Laminin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy is one of the most ... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundMyostatin (Mstn) is a negative regulator of muscle growth whose inhibition promotes muscle growth and regeneration. Dystrophin-deficient mdx mice in which myostatin is knocked out or inhibited postnatally have a less severe phenotype with greater total mass and strength and less fibrosis and ... | {
"abstract": "The protein product of the human Duchenne muscular dystrophy locus (DMD) and its mouse homolog (mDMD) have been identified by using polyclonal antibodies directed against fusion proteins containing two distinct regions of the mDMD cDNA. The DMD protein is shown to be approximately 400 kd and to represe... |
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"abstract": "A brain-computer interface (BCI) is a system that allows its users to control external devices with brain activity. Although the proof-of-concept was given decades ago, the reliable translation of user intent into device control commands is still a major challenge. Success requires the effective intera... | {
"abstract": "The Berlin brain-computer interface (BBCI) project develops a noninvasive BCI system whose key features are: 1) the use of well-established motor competences as control paradigms; 2) high-dimensional features from multichannel EEG; and 3) advanced machine-learning techniques. Spatio-spectral changes of... | {
"abstract": "Bayesian filtering is a general framework for recursively estimating the state of a dynamical system. Key components of each Bayes filter are probabilistic prediction and observation models. This paper shows how non-parametric Gaussian process (GP) regression can be used for learning such models from t... |
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"abstract": "Sign language interpretation is gaining a lot of research attention because of its social contributions which is proved to be extremely beneficial for the people suffering from hearing or speaking disabilities. This paper proposes a novel image processing sign language detection framework that employs ... | {
"abstract": "This paper proposes a new approach to solve the problem of real-time vision-based hand gesture recognition with the combination of statistical and syntactic analyses. The fundamental idea is to divide the recognition problem into two levels according to the hierarchical property of hand gestures. The l... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we explore a novel bilingual word alignment approach based on DNN (Deep Neural Network), which has been proven to be very effective in various machine learning tasks (Collobert et al., 2011). We describe in detail how we adapt and extend the CD-DNNHMM (Dahl et al., 2012) method introduce... |
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"abstract": "This thesis demonstrates techniques for improved biometric image matching by mitigating image distortions in real world scenarios, including limited and noisy data. In particular, decreases in data quality frequently stemming from uncontrolled acquisition environments (e.g., unconstrained users), and/o... | {
"abstract": "It has been widely accepted that iris biometric systems are not subject to a template aging effect. Baker et al. [1] recently presented the first published evidence of a template aging effect, using images acquired from 2004 through 2008 with an LG 2200 iris imaging system, representing a total of 13 s... | {
"abstract": "Physical ageing is an important issue for practical biometrics, since it is known that the associated physiological changes can impair performance for most modalities. Understanding the effects of ageing is necessary, therefore both to optimise attainable performance but also to understand how to manag... |
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"abstract": "Abstract : Services as a basic notion are helpful in two respects: (1) services are used to structure the specification of a system, easing understand and reasoning about the system; and (2) services also can be used as the design principle of the implementation architecture. This paper presents an app... | {
"abstract": "We introduce a service-oriented development process for multifunctional, software-intensive, distributed reactive systems, focusing on the iterative design of system architectures and model-based system design specifications. We define a process artifact model, integrating a formally defined service no... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT The ability of the 3A protein of coxsackievirus B (CVB) to inhibit protein secretion was investigated for this study. Here we show that the ectopic expression of CVB 3A blocked the transport of both the glycoprotein of vesicular stomatitis virus, a membrane-bound secretory marker, and the alph... |
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"abstract": "We present a hassle-free personal information protection design that continuously monitors user identity with a Microsoft touchmouse [1] under a windows-based computer environment. This is the first design which investigates the relationship between time-indexed pressure map trajectories extracted from... | {
"abstract": "Sleep plays a pivotal role in the quality of life, and sleep posture is related to many medical conditions such as sleep apnea. In this paper, we design a dense pressure-sensitive bedsheet for sleep posture monitoring. In contrast to existing techniques, our bedsheet system offers a completely unobtrus... | {
"abstract": "Well-known theorems of Hanf and Gaifman establishing locality of first-order definable properties have been used in many applications. These theorems were recently generalized to other logics, which led to new applications in descriptive complexity and database theory. However, a logical characterizati... |
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"abstract": "The establishment of the European single market, the Maastricht accords and the development of a pan-European firm have all contributed to the creation of a European political marketplace with a myriad of access points. Why the large firm has changed its locus of political activity towards the European... | {
"abstract": ". During the late 1980s, direct lobbying of EC institutions became an increasingly important part of the decision-making process within the Community. Such lobbying strengthens EC autonomy over the interests of member states. Today the system is characterized by unclear principles regulating interest r... | {
"abstract": "The purpose of this research aims to analyze the effects of Service Quality towards Customer Loyalty in Indihome Fiber with Customer Satisfaction as intervening variable. This research was conducted by distributing questionnaires to 100 respondents which are customer of Indihome Fiber Indihome customer... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nTo document the outcome, survival and complications involved in pacemaker implantation in dogs in a retrospective study.\n\n\nMETHODS\nCase records for all dogs in which pacemaker implantation was performed were reviewed.\n\n\nRESULTS\nA total of 104 dogs underwent pacemaker implantation. D... | {
"abstract": "A 2-year-old male castrated boxer dog was presented because of a history of syncope. Electrocardiogram tracings obtained with a cardiac event monitor showed bradycardia culminating in asystole. Sick sinus syndrome was diagnosed and treated with transvenous implantation of a dual-chambered permanent pac... | {
"abstract": "The potential consequences of the reintroduction of poliovirus in the post‐eradication era range from trivial (no or self‐limited transmission and no clinical cases) to very serious (return of continued transmission of polioviruses and abandonment of the poliomyelitis eradication goal). This paper summ... |
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"abstract": "The equilibrium of the structure and functioning of freshwater ecosystems is dependent of detritivores that link all the other functional groups. The preference for feeding leaves with different diameters (particle size) and leaves with metal contamination (several concentrations of the essential metal... | {
"abstract": "Dietary requirements of copper, manganese, and zinc were investigated for the Indian white shrimp Penaeus indicus using purified diets. Feeding trials conducted on shrimp with an average weight of 70 mg for 45 days have shown that without supplemented copper, the diet produced higher growth (p > 0.05).... | {
"abstract": "The study presents the spatial and temporal variation of fine ambient aerosols (PM2.5) over National Capital Region (NCR), India, during January to June 2016. The investigation includes three sampling sites, one in Delhi and two in the adjoining states of Delhi (Uttar Pradesh and Haryana), across NCR, ... |
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"abstract": "Following exposure to experimenter-provided examples of space creatures, people tend to conform to the features contained in the examples when creating their own novel space creatures. In three experiments, we manipulated factors known to affect source-monitoring accuracy to determine how these manipul... | {
"abstract": "The memory blocking effect (MBE) occurs when people are prevented from completing word fragments because they studied orthographically similar words. Across 3 experiments, we investigated how manipulations that influence explicit memory tasks would influence the MBE. Although a significant MBE was obse... | {
"abstract": "Children exposed to problematic parental substance use (PPSU) often face a number of deleterious developmental outcomes, yet these children are less likely to become known to child protection and welfare services. Although there is a growing evidence base for equine-assisted therapy (EAT) as an effecti... |
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"abstract": "Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of paracetamol (acetaminophen) in the management of spinal pain and osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Medline, Embase, AMED, CINAHL, Web of Science, LILACS, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts,... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nFor many years, low back pain has been both the leading cause of days lost from work and the leading indication for medical rehabilitation. The goal of the German Disease Management Guideline (NDMG) on nonspecific low back pain is to improve the treatment of patients with this condition.\n\... | {
"abstract": "Cenozoic magmatism in southwestern Arizona, which is within the Basin and Range tectonic province, occurred almost entirely between 15 and 25 Ma. Volcanic rocks typically consist, in ascending order, of (1) a thin sequence of mafic to intermediate lava flows, (2) voluminous felsic lava flows and pyrocl... |
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"abstract": "Moving objects are becoming increasingly attractive to the data mining community due to continuous advances in technologies like GPS, mobile computers, and wireless communication devices. Mining spatio-temporal data can benefit many different functions: marketing team managers for identifying the right... | {
"abstract": "Outlier detection acts as one of the most important analysis tasks for trajectory stream. In stream scenarios, such properties as unlimitedness, time-varying evolutionary, sparsity, and skewness distribution of trajectories pose new challenges to outlier detection technique. Trajectory outlier detectio... | {
"abstract": "Olfactory loss may be caused by mechanical obstruction or inflammation of the olfactory epithelium due to allergic/non-allergic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis with or without polyps. Treatment of olfactory loss related to sino-nasal disease is possible. Apart from surgical approaches and/or treatment w... |
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"abstract": "CKLF1, which exhibits chemotactic activities on a wide spectrum of leukocytes, is up-regulated during the progress of asthma. It plays a vital role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary disease. Here, we report that CKLF1 has the capability to activate the NF-κB signaling pathway leading to the pathological... | {
"abstract": "Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that produces synovial proliferation and joint erosions. The pathologic lesions of RA are driven through the production of inflammatory mediators in the synovium mediated, in part, by the transcription factor NF-κB. We have identified a non-st... | {
"abstract": "\nPlant growth regulator studies and plant tissue culture research have been closely related and mutually supportive. The manipulation of plant cells, tissues, and organs in culture, with important applications in propagation and genetic modification of plants, is highly dependent on the use of appropr... |
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"abstract": "Detection and classification of underwater mines with Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) images is a challenge that can be performed in studying either the echoes or the shadows of mines. However, SAS images present a strong speckle level due to the construction of the image itself. To reduce this speckle ... | {
"abstract": "Over the past few years a great deal of research has been dedicated to SAS image de-noising. Indeed, such images are highly corrupted by a granular multiplicative noise, called the speckle noise, due to the construction of the image itself. This noise reduces spatial and radiometric resolutions. The go... | {
"abstract": "A recent symposium in PS focused on “pracademics,” the mixture of academic and practitioner roles (McDonald and Mooney, 2011). The term is of recent origin, most notably developed in Posner’s essay on career roles in public administration (2009). While these pieces cover the concept of a faculty member... |
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"abstract": "Comment on the Proposals for the Revision of the N Descriptors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, M.B.B.S.,* Matthew P. Smeltzer, MStat, PhD, Nicholas Faris, MDiv, Ramón Rami-Porta, MD, Peter Goldstraw, MD, Hisao Asamura, MD Thoracic Onc... | {
"abstract": "Background: Accurate staging of resected lung cancer requires mediastinal lymph node (MLN) examination. MLN dissection (MLND) and systematic sampling (SS) are acceptable procedures; random sampling (RS) and no sampling (NS) are not. Forty percent of US lung cancer resections have NS. We closely examine... | {
"abstract": "Abstract A colposcopic classification of gland openings of the uterine cervix is presented. It seems to be important not only in the diagnosis of early neoplastic lesions, but also in the exclusion of deep invasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix.",
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"abstract": "A stress detection system is developed based on the physiological signals monitored by non-invasive and non-intrusive sensors. The development of this emotion recognition system involved three stages: experiment setup for physiological sensing, signal preprocessing for the extraction of affective featu... | {
"abstract": "The presented first-of-its-kind study effectively identifies and visualizes the second-by-second pattern differences in the physiological arousal of preschool-age children who do stutter (CWS) and who do not stutter (CWNS) while speaking perceptually fluently in two challenging conditions: speaking in ... | {
"abstract": "Behavioral research literature pertaining to the measurement of aircrew workload was classified into general categories of subjective opinion, spare mental capacity, and primary task metrics. Fourteen specific classes of workload measures related to these general categories were reviewed specifically i... |
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"abstract": "As a sequel to [arch04], the position of the maximum in a geometrically distributed sample is investigated. Samples of length n are considered, where the maximum is required to be in the first d positions. The probability that the maximum occurs in the first $d$ positions is sought for $d$ dependent on... | {
"abstract": "round of the game, that is, the ‘‘winners’’ of the game. In 1 the probability distribution of X, the expectation E X of X and the asymptotic behavior of 4 . P X s 1 probability of a single winner for n “ ‘ were to be determined. In w x the solution 2 it was remarked that}surprisingly}this probability d... | {
"abstract": "INTRODUCTION\nDespite notable advances in prenatal and neonatal care, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) remain important complications of preterm births, and their long-term sequelae are poorly understood.\n\n\nOBJECTIVE\nTo describe health care utilization and co... |
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"abstract": "We propose a discriminative model for recognizing group activities. Our model jointly captures the group activity, the individual person actions, and the interactions among them. Two new types of contextual information, group-person interaction and person-person interaction, are explored in a latent va... | {
"abstract": "Action recognition is a fundamental problem in computer vision. However, all the current approaches pose the problem in a multi-class setting, where each actor is modeled as performing a single action at a time. In this work we pose the action recognition as a multi-label problem, i.e., an actor can be... | {
"abstract": "Many electronic systems such as robotics, battery-powered electric vehicles, and mobile computing devices are powered by multi-cell battery with limited energy capacity. Therefore, maximizing the battery performance such as operating time, available capacity, and lifetime is one of the major battery de... |
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"abstract": "Objectives To assess a 2-year family-based behavioural intervention programme against child obesity. Design Single-group pre- and post-intervention feasibility study. Setting Swedish paediatric outpatient care. Participants 26 obese children aged 8.3–12.0 years and their parents who had consented to ac... | {
"abstract": "Objective:The aim of the study was to compare the efficacy of group treatment stressing a health-promoting lifestyle with routine counseling in the treatment of childhood obesity.Design and subjects:Seventy obese children (weight for height 115–182%) aged 7–9 years were randomized either to routine cou... | {
"abstract": "Many surgical procedures use metal implants in bone. The clinical results depend on the strength of the bone holding these implants. Our objective was to show that a drug released from the implant surface can improve parameters reflecting the quality or amount of this bone. Sixteen patients received pa... |
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"abstract": "A notable recent trend in time-varying volumetric data analysis and visualization is to extract data relationships and represent them in a low-dimensional abstract graph view for visual understanding and making connections to the underlying data. Nevertheless, the ever-growing size and complexity of da... | {
"abstract": "Bundling techniques provide a visual simplification of a graph drawing or trail set, by spatially grouping similar graph edges or trails. This way, the structure of the visualization becomes simpler and thereby easier to comprehend in terms of assessing relations that are encoded by such paths, such as... | {
"abstract": "Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) consist of a collection of wireless mobile nodes which dynamically exchange data among themselves without the reliance on a fixed base station or a wired backbone network. MANET nodes are typically distinguished by their limited power, processing, and memory resources as... |
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"abstract": "The oxidation of CO has attracted great interest in recent years because of its important role in enhancing the catalyst durability in fuel cells and in solving the growing environmental problems caused by CO emission. The usually used noble metal nanocatalysts are costly and require high reaction temp... | {
"abstract": "We have elucidated the mechanism of CO oxidation catalyzed by gold nanoparticles through first‐principle density‐functional theory (DFT) calculations. Calculations on selected model show that the low‐coordinated Au atoms of the Au29 nanoparticle carry slightly negative charges, which enhance the O2 bin... | {
"abstract": "High-resolution magic angle spinning (hr-MAS) NMR is a powerful tool for characterizing organic reactions on solid support. Because magic angle spinning reduces the line-broadening due to dipolar coupling and variations in bulk magnetic susceptibility, line widths approaching those obtained in solution... |
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"abstract": "Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) is a rapid, economic and solvent-free sample preparation method for the isolation of an analyte from its matrix. The technique uses a few centimetres of some adsorptive materials such as activated charcoal, polydimethylsiloxane or octadecyl silane coated onto fused si... | {
"abstract": "A rapid and economical simplified multi-residue method is described for the determination of multiple pyrethroid insecticides in fruits and vegetables. The residues are extracted from crops with methanol and the crop co-extractives are removed by toluene partitioning and Florisil-charcoal minicolumn ch... | {
"abstract": "Occupational exposure to fenvalerate, a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, has been reported to cause paresthesia. An assay was devised in our laboratory for subjective grading of the sensation produced by the topical application of this compound. The present double-blind study compared human discrimina... |
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"abstract": "This review covers computer-assisted analysis of images in the field of medical imaging. Recent advances in machine learning, especially with regard to deep learning, are helping to identify, classify, and quantify patterns in medical images. At the core of these advances is the ability to exploit hier... | {
"abstract": "We develop an algorithm that can detect pneumonia from chest X-rays at a level exceeding practicing radiologists. Our algorithm, CheXNet, is a 121-layer convolutional neural network trained on ChestX-ray14, currently the largest publicly available chest X-ray dataset, containing over 100,000 frontal-vi... | {
"abstract": "This work investigated two different machine learning techniques: Cascade Learning and Deep Learning, to find out which algorithm performs better to detect the number plate of vehicles registered in Bangladesh. To do this, we created a dataset of about 1000 images collected from a security camera of In... |
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"abstract": "In this study we measure urbanization based on a diverse set of 21 variables ranging from landscape indices to demographic factors such as income and land ownership using data from Stockholm, Sweden. The primary aims were to test how the variables behaved in relation to each other and if these patterns... | {
"abstract": "Artificial lighting is strongly associated with urbanisation and is increasing in its extent, brightness and spectral range. Changes in urban lighting have both positive and negative effects on city performance, yet little is known about how its character and magnitude vary across the urban landscape. ... | {
"abstract": "In a recent issue of TREE, Shochat et al. [1] provided an overview of the questions that urbanisation poses for biodiversity and population adaptation. Many of these were identified by McDonnell and Picket [2] as early as 1990 and have been studied by urban ecologists in Europe (e.g. in Finland, France... |
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"abstract": "The histologic diagnosis of primary neuritic leprosy (PNL) remains a public health care concern, especially when nerve biopsies cannot be performed. As such, some authors emphasize the importance of performing a skin biopsy of a hypoesthetic area even without clinically visible lesions. In this study, ... | {
"abstract": "An assessment has been made of 108 neuritic leprosy patients to find out if the number of affected nerves and the clinical presentations of these patients give any indication of the underlying severity (classification) of the disease. Detailed clinical recordings, skin smears, lepromin testing with Dha... | {
"abstract": "Background Environmental alternations leading to fetal programming of cardiovascular diseases in later life have been attributed to maternal factors. However, animal studies showed that paternal obesity may program cardio-metabolic diseases in the offspring. In the current study we tested the hypothesi... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents a study of the relationship between city elements, as defined byLynch, and the spatial descriptors commonly used in space syntax research, leadingto a proposed relationship between the hitherto unrelated concepts of intelligibilityand imageability. The paper starts by demonstrating ... | {
"abstract": "Buildings are usually covered by a shell, in order to provide the desired comfort conditions inside the building. A right settled building shell, composed of roof and/or wall, which separates indoor and outdoor should provide, visual, security, thermal, audio, psychological etc. comfort conditions for ... | {
"abstract": "Cell microencapsulation holds promise for the treatment of many diseases by the continuous delivery of therapeutic products. The biocompatibility of the microcapsules and their biomaterials components is a critical issue for the long-term efficacy of this technology. The objective of this paper is to p... |
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"abstract": "&NA; Progressive post‐LASIK keratectasia (PPLK) is a progressive deformation of corneal anatomy that occurs rarely but may have severe consequences. Using the scientific literature and new hypotheses, we attempted to determine whether PPLK is a biomechanical result of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASI... | {
"abstract": "Purpose To assess the topographic and visual outcomes of corneal cross-linking (CXL) for post-LASIK ectasia. Methods A retrospective case series of patients who had progressive post-LASIK ectasia, with at least 2 years of follow-up. They had epithelium-off CXL. Topographical and visual changes were rec... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The structure and mechanical properties of tail tendons from rats made diabetic by alloxan monohydrate injection were studied. Several differences are revealed upon comparison with normal tendons from control rats of identical age. In diabetic tendon an increase in the apparent failure region ... |
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"abstract": "A multi-functional 1 × 9 wavelength selective switch based on liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) spatial light modulator technology and anamorphic optics was tested at a channel spacing of 100 and 200 GHz, including dynamic data measurements on both single beam deflection and multi-casting to two ports. ... | {
"abstract": "The phenomenon of two-dimensional beam steering in liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) is demonstrated. We propose a novel flexible wavelength selective switch (WSS) using LCOS two-dimensional beam steering. The cross talk of adjacent channel in the WSS is theoretically small, while the measured insert lo... | {
"abstract": "The rising fastball and the breaking curveball are impossible according to principles of physics and physiology, yet many baseball players claim they exist. The simulation and model presented suggest that the rising fastball and breaking curveball are perceptual illusions caused by the batter misestima... |
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"abstract": "Recently, a large number of visual tracking algorithms based on discriminative correlation filter have been proposed with demonstrated success. However, most of algorithms cannot well handle long-term videos in which the locating error may accumulate and lead to drifting or tracking failure. Hence, it ... | {
"abstract": "Visual tracking remains an open challenge, as it requires real-time and long-term accurate target prediction. Siamese network has been widely studied due to its excellent accuracy and speed. Since long-term tracking may lead to model degradation and drift, most existing algorithms cannot well solve thi... | {
"abstract": "Video-based surveillance and monitoring of indoor spaces such as offices, airports and convenience stores has attracted increasing interest in recent years. While video proves useful for inferring information pertaining to identities and activities, it results in large data overheads. On the other hand... |
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"abstract": "This article provides a theory-driven framework simultaneously linking Lean Management and Six Sigma (LM&SS), enabling HRM and strategic climate to outcomes in health care. This framework contributes toward our understanding of direct and indirect (moderating and mediating) effects related to LM&SS in ... | {
"abstract": "&NA; To improve the delivery of patient care, governments and health‐care institutions adopted quality improvement methods that had been developed decades earlier in manufacturing industries. Many health‐care practitioners are either unaware or are inexperienced about what these practices entail and wh... | {
"abstract": "This study uses meta-analysis to examine the relationship between estimated international tourism demand elasticities and the data characteristics and study features that may affect such empirical estimates. By reviewing 195 studies published during the period 1961–2011, the meta-regression analysis sh... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, a dynamic EMG-torque model of the elbow joint is developed based on ANN, and two novel test methods are proposed to validate its generalization performance. A time-delay neural network (TDNN) model is built and proved to have less risk of overfitting than the most-used multilayer feedfow... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a literature review on pattern recognition of electromyography (EMG) signals and its applications. The EMG technology is introduced and the most relevant aspects for the design of an EMG-based system are highlighted, including signal acquisition and filtering. EMG-based systems have... | {
"abstract": "Heat integrated water allocation networks (HIWAN) is a system where water and energy are highly interconnected. Well arranged nexus between water allocation networks and heat exchanger networks would reduce the water and energy consumption significantly. The aim of this study is to develop a novel math... |
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"abstract": "This study investigates gender and ethnicity differences in the experience of not using a condom due to a partner's influence (unwanted noncondom use). Analysis of 247 anonymous questionnaires from students at urban community college campuses revealed that 46.7% had experienced unwanted noncondom use s... | {
"abstract": "This paper draws on the work of the Women Risk and AIDS Project (WRAP) which was undertaken by the authors working collectively. It reports on data from a sociological study of the sexual beliefs and practices of two samples each of 75 young women between 16 and 21 in the cities of London and Mancheste... | {
"abstract": "\n This study assessed the relationship between constructs from the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) on condom use in a sample of 1394 Filipino female sex workers. Path analysis for observed variables was used to examine the relationship between attitudes, norms and behavioral intentions on behaviors wi... |
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"abstract": "Lung diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (Dlco) remains the only noninvasive pulmonary function test to provide an integrated picture of gas exchange efficiency in human lungs. Due to its critical dependence on the accessible \"alveolar\" volume (Va), there remains substantial misunderstanding on th... | {
"abstract": "1. Pulmonary Function Laboratory and Respiratory Investigation Unit, Division of Respirology and Sleep Medicine, Kingston Health Science Center & Queen’s University, Kingston (ON) Canada 2. Unidade de Fisiologia Pulmonar, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, ... | {
"abstract": "Objective: The aim of this study was to test blond hair removal using the ELOS system, which is optical energy and radio‐frequency combined. Methods: Seventeen patients with blond hair were randomly selected from the Department of Lasertherapy, Medical Centre Maastricht, The Netherlands. The mean age o... |
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"abstract": "Over the last few years, dermoscopy has been shown to be a useful tool in assisting the noninvasive diagnosis of various general dermatological disorders. In this article, we sought to provide an up-to-date practical overview on the use of dermoscopy in general dermatology by analysing the dermoscopic ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Background Early stage mycosis fungoides (MF) is difficult to be clinically differentiated from chronic dermatitis(CD) in a high proportion of patients. Dermoscopy is a rapid, cheep, non-invasive and widely used method for theevaluation of skin tumours and, recently, of inflammatory skin disease... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we present preliminary results towards the development of the Virtual Dermatologist: A 3D image and tactile database for virtual examination of dermatology patients. This system, which can be installed and operated by non-dermatologists in remotes areas where access to a dermatologist is... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Bifidobacterium breve is a common and sometimes very abundant inhabitant of the human gut. Genome sequencing of B. breve JCM 7017 revealed the presence of an extrachromosomal element, designated pMP7017 consisting of >190 kb, thus representing the first reported bifidobacterial megaplasmid. In... | {
"abstract": "UNLABELLED\nThe program General Codon Usage Analysis (GCUA) has been developed for analysing codon and amino acid usage patterns.\n\n\nAVAILABILITY\nftp://ftp.nhm.ac.uk/pub/gcua. Freely available for academic use, commercial users should contact the author.\n\n\nCONTACT\nJ.McInerney@nhm.ac.uk",
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"abstract": "In order to cope with the demands of national industrialisation and reconstruction, much attention has been paid in Communist China to public health and medicine in an effort to prevent disease and promote health and thus increase productivity. Since public health practice is closely related to the pol... |
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"abstract": "Forty-two Scottish Blackface ewes that lambed outdoors in March were removed from their lambs at the end of April and housed under natural daylength at 57 degrees N. Treatments (n = 7 ewes per treatment) commenced on 1 May and comprised daily oral dosing at 15:00 h with 3 mg melatonin dissolved in wate... | {
"abstract": "Twelve anoestrous ewes maintained under natural photoperiod at 57 degrees N received an oral dose of 3 mg melatonin daily at 15:00 h from 1 May. Starting 41 days later and extending from 11 June until 5 September, six of the ewes were also infused continuously with 0.8 mg thyrotrophin-releasing hormone... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundAnimal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) greatly affects livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana prevalence of AAT is estimated to range between 5 and 50%. Studies have reported serum biochemical aberrations and variability in cytokine profiles in animals during infection. However, i... |
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"abstract": "Modern type systems for programming languages o er an expressive language for talking about software components and provide tools that o er thorough analysis of such components and their interconnection. We argue that many of the concerns in testing and analysis of software architectures are also the c... | {
"abstract": "The linear logic of J.-Y. Girard suggests a new type system for functional languages, one which supports operations that \\change the world\". Values belonging to a linear type must be used exactly once: like the world, they cannot be duplicated or destroyed. Such values require no reference counting o... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundDorsal approaches to the hindfoot are frequently used. Furthermore, the vascular supply is discussed as a possible cause for ruptures and degeneration of the Achilles tendon. The aim of this study was to evaluate the microperfusion of three possible posterior approaches to the hindfoot and di... |
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"abstract": "The adsorption of copper on passive biomonitors (devitalized mosses Hypnum sp., Sphagnum denticulatum, Pseudoscleropodium purum and Brachythecium rutabulum) was studied under different experimental conditions such as a function of pH and Cu concentration in solution. Cu assimilation by living Physcomit... | {
"abstract": "Mosses, lichens and cellulose filters were exposed for 17 weeks at four urban monitoring stations in Naples (S Italy) to assess the accumulation of airborne Al, As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Ti, V, and Zn. In each site, the element accumulation was significantly higher in t... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Effects of two acaricides, permethrin and amitraz, with different modes of action, on gas exchange and water balance of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum , were examined using a flow-through carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and water vapor analyzer. Untreated adult female ticks exhibited a distin... |
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"abstract": "Despite numerous studies on adolescent well-being, longitudinal research on the influence of religion on well-being is lacking, and limited studies have looked at how family and religion may work in conjunction with one another to influence adolescent well-being. This study addresses these limitations ... | {
"abstract": "This special section on faith and family life presents 5 studies that each offer novel insights into the complex web of linkages between a target family member's religious and/or spiritual (R/S) functioning and parental or family factors that may influence the target family member's psychological or R/... | {
"abstract": "Through advances in both basic and clinical scientific research, Pavlovian fear conditioning and extinction have become an exemplary translational model for understanding and treating anxiety disorders. Discoveries in associative and neurobiological mechanisms underlying extinction have informed techni... |
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"abstract": "The article examines recent social mobilisations against the planning and building of towers in Tel Aviv to address ongoing debates over the impact of social activism on the neo-liberalisation of urban development in times of neoliberalism’s “legitimation crisis.” Contrary to binary views of “neolibera... | {
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"title": "Multi-spot zoning: A chain of public–private development ventures in Tel Aviv"
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"abstract": "Political leaders are renowned for their attempts to leave their impression on the urban landscape. Ken Livingstone's period in office as mayor of London has been marked by his attempts to substantially increase the number of tall buildings in the city. This paper examines some of the debates that have... |
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"abstract": "To ascertain whether zearalenone (ZEA) could induce intestinal inflammation and investigate its possible mechanism, we investigated inflammatory cytokine release and the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome after ZEA treatment both in vitro or in vivo. First, intestinal porcine enterocyte cell line (IP... | {
"abstract": "Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungus. Due to their widespread distribution, difficulty in removal, and complicated subsequent harmful by-products, mycotoxins pose a threat to the health of humans and animals worldwide. Increasing studies in recent years have highlighted the impact of... | {
"abstract": "The in vitro life-span of human periodontal ligament fibroblasts (PDLF) was studied on clones from periodontium of teeth extracted due to periodontitis and dental caries (69 clones/192 individuals, aged 20-80 years) and from periodontium of teeth extracted for orthodontic reasons (23 clones/26 individu... |
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"abstract": "Establishing links between morphology and performance is important for understanding the functional, ecological, and evolutionary implications of morphological diversity. Relationships between morphology and performance are expected to be age dependent if, at different points during ontogeny, animals m... | {
"abstract": "A long‐standing hypothesis for the adaptive radiation of macrostomatan snakes is that their enlarged gape – compared to both lizards and basal snakes‐enables them to consume ‘large’ prey. At first glance, this hypothesis seems plausible, or even likely, given the wealth of studies showing a tight match... | {
"abstract": "The abundance of the transcripts of certain plant genes increases in response to cytokinin treatments in vitro. This study was conducted to determine whether one such transcript would respond to cytokinin treatment in planta. Cytokinin treatment of the leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L. plants grown in th... |
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"abstract": "We present a new sparse Gaussian Process (GP) model for regression. The key novel idea is to sparsify the spectral representation of the GP. This leads to a simple, practical algorithm for regression tasks. We compare the achievable trade-offs between predictive accuracy and computational requirements,... | {
"abstract": "We develop a scalable deep non-parametric generative model by augmenting deep Gaussian processes with a recognition model. Inference is performed in a novel scalable variational framework where the variational posterior distributions are reparametrized through a multilayer perceptron. The key aspect of... | {
"abstract": "The maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) between two probability measures P and Q is a metric that is zero if and only if all moments of the two measures are equal, making it an appealing statistic for two-sample tests. Given i.i.d. samples from P and Q, Gretton et al. (2012) show that we can construct an un... |
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