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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nIn experimental studies, the outcome of bacterial meningitis has been related to the severity of inflammation in the subarachnoid space. Corticosteroids reduce this inflammatory response.\n\n\nOBJECTIVES\nTo examine the effect of adjuvant corticosteroid therapy versus placebo on mortality, ... | {
"abstract": "Microbiologic causes of meningitis include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Before routine use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, bacterial meningitis affected almost 6000 people every year in the United States, and about half of all cases occurred in children 18 years old or younger. Prompt an... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundTo analyze the respiratory-induced motion of each liver segment using helical computed tomography (helical CT) and 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT), and to establish the individual segment expansion margin of internal target volume (ITV) to facilitate target delineation of tumors in d... |
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"abstract": "This article identifies three shortcomings in the relevant literature and cases concerning the use of tying to protect the tying good'�s reputation for quality from the damaging effects of inferior tied goods, where the tying and tied goods are used in conjunction with one another (for example, machine... | {
"abstract": "The term antitrust, which grew out of the US trust-busting policies of the late nineteenth century, developed over the twentieth century to connote a broad array of policies that affect competition. Whether applied through US, European, or other national competition laws, antitrust has come to represen... | {
"abstract": "We propose a method to build thesauri on the basis of grammatical relations The proposed method constructs thesaun by using a hierarchical clustering algorithm An important point in this paper is the claim that thesauri in order to be efficient need to take (surface) case information into account We re... |
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"abstract": "We investigated if perceiving an out-group as a threat to one's mating opportunities enhanced the implicit negative attitudes toward that out-group. In addition, we examined the moderating effect of disease threat on the relationship between an out-group mating threat and implicit negative attitudes to... | {
"abstract": "The social science literature abounds with examples of human tribalism, the tendency to categorize individuals on the basis of their group membership and treat in‐group members benevolently and out‐group members malevolently. I argue that this tribal inclination is an evolved response to the threat of ... | {
"abstract": "It is shown that if there exists a supercompact cardinal then every set of reals, which is an element of L(R), is the projection of a weakly homogeneous tree. As a consequence of this theorem and recent work of Martin and Steel [Martin, D. A. & Steel, J. R. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85, 6582-65... |
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"abstract": "The goal of this study was to investigate the dynamic behavior of a rigid sphere in viscoelastic medium in response to the impulsive acoustic radiation force. Theoretical and numerical studies were carried out first. Then, to verify our theoretical and numerical models, the experiments were performed u... | {
"abstract": "Tissue elasticity estimation is a growing area of ultrasound research. One proposed approach would apply acoustic radiation force to displace tissue and use ultrasonic motion tracking techniques to measure the resultant displacement. Such a technique might allow noninvasive imaging of tissue elastic pr... | {
"abstract": "This paper describes a novel micromechanical optical switch that has simple and easy-to-manufacture components comprising a few flat substrates, including a flat electrode array and S-shaped deformable thin-film mirrors, the number of which is determined by the number of incident light rays. These comp... |
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"abstract": "This investigation presents data on change in menstrual fluid volume for a group of 9 women using the oral progestational compound Enovid. These data are available for 6 months before and 8 months during Envoid usage. Menstrual fluid was collected by means of a rubber intravaginal cup. A decrease of me... | {
"abstract": "830 patients receiving 1 oral contraceptive tablet/day (10 mg noreth ynodrel plus .15 mg ethinyl estradiol 3-methyl ether) from Cycle Days 5 through 24 were studied for effects upon fertility menstrual phenomena and health. The mean cycle length was 28.6 days. Breakthrough bleeding occurred in only 2% ... | {
"abstract": "Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal disorders in developed countries. Its etiology remains unknown; however, a common finding, regardless of IBS subtype, is the presence of altered intestinal barrier. In fact, signaling and location of cell‐to‐cell adhesion prot... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE\nWe encountered a Cushing's disease patient whose surgically removed pituitary macroadenoma was not an ACTH-producing, but rather a gonadotroph adenoma. Cure was obtained only after a tiny microadenoma, overlooked on preoperative studies, was removed by a 2nd operation from a c... | {
"abstract": "IntroductionDouble adenomas in the pituitary gland are a rare occurrence. The ability to cure a hormone-producing adenoma with surgery is dependent on the ability to identify and completely remove the correct adenoma. The relative frequency of each subtype of hormone-secreting adenomas confirmed with m... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Using intraday data, we document the responses of gold and silver future prices to monthly macroeconomic news releases. Both metals respond strongly to the release of Capacity Utilization. Gold also responds strongly to the release of the CPI. We also find that the release of the Unemployment ... |
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"abstract": "Speculation about the potentials of biofeedback in the treatment of psychiatric, psychosomatic, and somatopsychic disorders is widespread. Enthusiasts view biofeedback as an objective scientific means for achieving control of neural and visceral processes that are normally outside the range of consciou... | {
"abstract": "Alpha wave production has been related to affective and physiological arousal states since Berger's (1929) initial research. More recently, the possibility of subjects' control of alpha production has been investigated via the innovation of biofeedback procedures. Research conducted by Kamiya in the 19... | {
"abstract": "With the exception of hunger and fatigue, headache is man's most common physical discomfort. In man's attempts to achieve real and fancied goals, intrinsic as well as extrinsic conflicts frequently arise. Conscious wishes often run counter to unconscious needs and drives, and the inevitable consequence... |
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"abstract": "Growth, nutrient balance, plasma ammonia levels and urinary p-cresol excretion were evaluated in growing pigs fed diets containing various levels of zeolite A or clinoptilolite. In one growth trial, crossbred pigs averaging 25 kg initial body weight were assigned to diets containing no zeolite, .3% zeo... | {
"abstract": "Combined detection by inductively coupled mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for elemental information (quantification) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) for molecular information (identification) by means of splitting of the eluent after chromatographic separation is a suitable means of a... | {
"abstract": "One of main challenges of growing crops successfully comes from the natural enemies of plants including viral, bacterial and fungal pathogens. The dependence in agriculture on synthetic agrichemicals including antimicrobials is undoubtedly important but not sustainable for the sake of the environment i... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThis retrospective cohort study sought to follow up patients with aplastic anemia (AA) to evaluate their risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF).Methods and Results:From the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan, this study identified an AA cohort (n=3,921), a general po... | {
"abstract": "Accumulating evidence has shown that marrow failure in some patients with myelodysplastic syndrome is associated with autoimmunity, T-cell mediated myelosuppression and cytokine-induced cytopenias. In this perspective article, Drs. Barrett and Sloand expound on auto-immunity in myelodysplastic syndrome... | {
"abstract": "The lens-forming capacity of the pericorneal epidermis of Xenopus laevis larvae at stage 51 has been investigated. The results obtained show that, whether or not the lens is present, the pericorneal epidermis can form a lens when it is in direct contact with the vitreous chamber of the eye. It is concl... |
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"abstract": "A directional hearing aid adapter was designed and implemented using dynamic translinear (DTL) circuit techniques. The signal-processing core was optimized to yield minimum current consumption for the specified dynamic range. In this paper the design and implementation of the core is presented. It cons... | {
"abstract": "A directional hearing aid might be beneficial in reducing background noise in relation to the desired speech signal. Conventional hearing aids with a directional cardioid microphone are insufficient because of the low directivity of cardioids. Research was done to develop microphone(s) with strong dire... | {
"abstract": "Noise performances of OTA-C (operational transconductance amplifiers and capacitors) filters are presented in order to derive their dynamic range limitations. In particular, the noise performances of elementary building blocks are considered, and then the noise of several OTA-C biquadratic structures i... |
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"abstract": "Emergency Medical Dispatchers make decisions based on limited information. We aimed to investigate if adding demographic and hospitalization history information to the dispatch process improved precision.",
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"title": "Can public health registry data improve Emergency Medical Dis... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe ability of an organism to withstand trauma is determined by the injury per se and inherent properties of the organism at the time of injury. We analyzed whether pre-injury morbidity scored on a four-level ordinal scale according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Stat... | {
"abstract": "Of 34,145 consecutive surgical patients who were attended by an anesthesiologist, 645 died within the first seven days. Two prime determinants of mortality emerged: 1) the physical status of the patient, and 2) the judgment and skill of the physicians. Mortality was highest in cardiovascular and brain ... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT The metabolic cost of breathing at rest has never been successfully measured in birds, but has been hypothesized to be higher than in mammals of a similar size because of the rocking motion of the avian sternum being encumbered by the pectoral flight muscles. To measure the cost and work of br... | {
"abstract": "Measurements of pulmonary mechanics on anaesthetized specimens of the aquatic turtle Pseudemys scripta (Schoepff) indicate that the static pulmonary mechanics of the total respiratory system are determined primarily by the mechanics of the body wall rather than those of the lungs. This is also true und... | {
"abstract": "The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effect of acute (20-30 min) elevations of inspired CO2 partial pressure (PICO2) on whole-body O2 consumption (VO2). In human subjects, VO2 increased approximately 15 ml.min-1.m-2 with each 7-Torr increment in PICO2 from 0.4 to 28 Torr (P less than ... |
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"abstract": "The long term impact of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) on pneumococcal colonization patterns remains unclear. Carriage and distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes as detected by RT-PCR were evaluated in a cohort of 1315 children. S. pneumoniae was identified in the nasopharyn... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Streptococcus pneumoniae is the main causative organism of acute media otitis in children and meningitis and bacterial pneumonia in the community. Since 2008 in Tuscany, central Italy, the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7-valent vaccine, switched to 13-valent vaccine in 2010) was actively off... | {
"abstract": "METHODS The records of 106 children aged less than 5 years with invasive disease caused byStreptococcus pneumoniae were reviewed. RESULTS The clinical manifestations were meningitis (37%), upper respiratory tract infection (24%), pneumonia (19%), and occult bacteraemia (18%). One child died and seven h... |
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"abstract": "Dysregulations in several biological systems in breast cancer patients have been reported, including abnormalities in endocrine and sympathetic nervous system indices, as well as psychological disturbances and sleep disorders. The purpose of this exploratory study was to compare women with breast cance... | {
"abstract": "The pineal hormone Melatonin plays an important role in the regulation of the circadian sleep/wake cycle, mood, and perhaps immune functions, carcinogensis and reproduction. The human circadian rhythm of melatonin release from the pineal gland is tightly synchronized with the habitual hours of sleep. P... | {
"abstract": "For a designed part, if different sets of features are used for machining, the manufacturing costs may vary. In this research, the different manufacturing costs for the different feature-based machining methods are analyzed using an activity-based cost model. First, the activities required for machinin... |
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"abstract": "1. Louis DN, Ohgaki H, Wiestler OD, Cavenee WK, editors. WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System. 4th ed. Lyon: IARC, 2007. 2. Seppala MT, Haltia MJ. Spinal malignant nerve-sheath tumor or cellular schwannoma? A striking difference in prognosis. J Neurosurg 1993; 79: 528–32. 3. Acha... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Quite rarely, major salivary glands tend to display neural tumors. Intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma, when encountered, is often confusing given the similarity of the histological pictures of such tumors with other primary salivary variants and phenotypes as well as the lack of definitive h... | {
"abstract": "One case of myoepithelioma was studied by immunohistochemical and histochemical methods to identify the cell products of this tumor. The myoepithelioma had two cell types: plasmacytoid cells and spindle cells. The tumor myoepithelial cells produced the same cell products as did the normal myoepithelial... |
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"abstract": "The crystal structures of adenylate kinases from the psychrophile Bacillus globisporus and the mesophile Bacillus subtilis have been solved and compared with that from the thermophile Bacillus stearothermophilus. This is the first example we know of where a trio of protein structures has been solved th... | {
"abstract": "The conformational basis for reduced activity of the thermophilic ribonuclease HI enzyme from Thermus thermophilus, compared to its mesophilic homolog from Escherichia coli, is elucidated using a combination of NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Explicit-solvent all-atom MD simul... | {
"abstract": "The main feature of the stochastic distribution control system is the output probability density function rather than the real value. The effectiveness of the fault detection, diagnosis and fault tolerant control will be reduced when time delay exists in control systems. In this paper, the rational squ... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe Hoffmann sign is usually used as an indicator of upper motor neuron lesion, but its clinical effect remains controversial in previous reports.\n\n\nMETHODS\nA retrospective case control study including 107 patients with cervical complaints was carried out. According to the presence of H... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND CONTEXT\nPrevious studies have found that cervical sagittal parameters and spinal cord compression are important risk factors for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). An increasing number of scholars believe that cervical muscle condition is also one of the factors affecting the severity o... | {
"abstract": "The gastrointestinal tract houses millions of microbes, and thus has evolved several host defense mechanisms to keep them at bay, and prevent their entry into the host. One such mucosal surface defense is the secretion of secretory immunoglobulins (SIg). Secretion of SIg depends on the polymeric immuno... |
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"abstract": "It has become an important and challenging issue to foster students’ concepts and skills of computer programming. Scholars believe that programming training could promote students’ higher order thinking performance; however, many school teachers have reported the difficulty of teaching programming cour... | {
"abstract": "This article critically reviews the research literature on peer modeling among children as a function of model attributes. Peer modeling is hypothesized to depend in part on perceived similarity between model and observer. Similarity serves as an important source of information for gauging behavioral a... | {
"abstract": "This study aims to design and examine an instrument measuring the development of preservice science teachers’ Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge (TPACK) in technology integration of teaching practice program. The study investigates domains i.e.: Content Knowledge (CK), Pedagogy Knowledge... |
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"abstract": "Recent advances in microfluidics are expected to lead to sensor systems for high-throughput biochemical analysis. CAD tools are needed to handle increased design complexity for such systems. Analogous to classical VLSI synthesis, a top-down design automation approach can shorten the design cycle and re... | {
"abstract": "On-line routing strategies for communication in a dynamic network on chip (DyNoC) environment are presented. The DyNoC has been presented as a medium supporting communication among modules which are dynamically placed on a reconfigurable device at run-time. Using simulation, we compare the performance ... | {
"abstract": "This study aimed to examine trends in the healthiness of U.S. fast food restaurant meals from 2008 to 2017, using the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check meal certification criteria. Data were obtained from MenuStat, an online database of the leading 100 U.S. restaurant chains menu items, for the ... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE. Skin barrier therapy during the neonatal period, when the skin barrier is most highly compromised and the risk of death is greatest, has been shown to have a number of potential benefits, including reduced risk of nosocomial sepsis. Topical application of emollients that augment skin barrier... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nPrevention strategies in atopic dermatitis (AD) using allergen avoidance have not been consistently effective. New research reveals the importance of the skin barrier in the development of AD and possibly food allergy and asthma. Correcting skin barrier defects from birth may prevent AD ons... | {
"abstract": "Mechanical prosthesis is the first choice for valve replacement at the mitral position in children. Replacement of the original prosthesis because of prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) is almost inevitable when prostheses are implanted in small children. The impact of PPM on long-term mortality becomes ... |
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"abstract": "This chapter examines the transition in the US banking industry from a community to a national logic, developing a general model to explain how and when shifts in institutional logics occur. Based on qualitative historical evidence and discrete-time event history analysis predicting the introduction of... | {
"abstract": "Si de nombreux travaux soulignent l’existence d’une segmentation de l’offre de credit aux Etats-Unis, entre un marche primaire bancaire et un marche secondaire peuple d’agences allant des payday lenders aux agences de credit immobilier subprime, peu de recherches s’interessent a sa mise en place ou a s... | {
"abstract": "This paper uses the Singapore and the Thailand's stock prices of material from January 4, 2000 to July 20, 2007, discussing the model construction and their associations of between Singapore and Thailand's stock markets, and also uses Student's t distribution to analyze the proposed model. The empirica... |
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"abstract": "This study was aimed at investigating the involvement of the SUV39H1 histone methyltransferase on the epigenetic change of euchromatic promoter in colorectal cancer. We retrospectively analyzed the mRNA levels of SUV39H1 and the promoter methylation of the p14ARF, p16INK4a and HLTF genes as well as the... | {
"abstract": "Sarcomas comprise a large number of rare, histogenetically heterogeneous, mesenchymal tumors. Cancers such as Ewing's sarcoma, liposarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma and synovial sarcoma can be generated by the transduction of mesenchymal stem cell progenitors with sarcoma-pathognomonic oncogenic fusions, a neo... | {
"abstract": "The market for portable and mobile data access devices connected to a virtual cloud access point is exploding and driving both increased functional convergence as well as increased packaging complexity and sophistication. This is driving an unprecedented demand to increase the variety of wafer level, t... |
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"abstract": "AIMS: To determine the accuracy of a novel endoluminal brush method for the diagnosis of catheter related sepsis (CRS), which is performed in situ and hence does not require line sacrifice. METHODS: 230 central venous catheters in 216 patients were examined prospectively for evidence of CRS or colonisa... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nTo determine the sensitivity and specificity of a novel antibody test for the diagnosis of intravascular catheter-related infections due to coagulase-negative staphylococci.\n\n\nMETHODS\nSixty-seven patients diagnosed as having central venous catheter (CVC)-associated sepsis based on stric... | {
"abstract": "ObjectiveWe aimed to estimate the maximum intervention cost (EMIC) a society could invest in a life-saving intervention at different ages while remaining cost-effective according to a user-specified cost-effectiveness threshold.MethodsNew Zealand (NZ) was used as a case study, and a health system persp... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT. Morphogenesis during the binary fission of the stichotrich ciliate Pseudoamphisiella alveolata, isolated from Jiaozhou Bay near Qingdao, China, was investigated using protargol silver impregnation. The process is characterized as follows: (1) in the proter, only the posterior part of the pare... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT. The urosylid genus Pseudoamphisiella was established by Song (1996) with hitherto only two known congeners. In the present work, the morphology and infraciliature of a new member, Pseudoamphisiella quadrinucleata n. sp., a form with conspicuous alveolar layer and four macronuclear nodules iso... | {
"abstract": "Summary The ciliate fauna of tropical forest soils was investigated. Some of the appearing hypotrichous ciliates are new species, which are described and depicted by means of Protargol-stained specimen and living observation. These are: Pseudouroleptus caudatus n. gen., n. spec.; P. terrestris n. spec.... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents the first case of asymptomatic IgG1 and IgG2 deficiency induced by carbamazepine (CBZ). The patient has remained asymptomatic since CBZ was started because IgM reduced only transiently, IgA decreased but remained within the normal range, and the specific antibodies to organisms havi... | {
"abstract": "Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS)/drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a life-threatening adverse reaction characterized by skin rashes, fever, leukocytosis with eosinophilia or atypical lymphocytosis, lymph node enlargement, and liver or renal dysfunction. The syndr... | {
"abstract": "Accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) is a new sample extraction method offering a number of advantages such as low pe -extraction cost, reduced solvent and time consumption, and simplified extraction protocols. In this study, the ASE method was applied to the extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarb... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Tissue culture growth rate is very sensitive to changes in pH of the external medium (H. Eagle), suggesting that the concentration in cells of + H or − OH might be the key factor controlling synthesis and eventual mitosis in normal and cancerous tissue. Since physiological acclimatization to h... | {
"abstract": "Denis Burkitt, M.D., F.R.C.S.Ed. from the Department of Surgery, Makerere College Medical School, and Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda FOR AT LEAST 15 years the occurrence of a sarcoma affecting the jaws of children has been known in tropical Africa. It has only recently been realized that this lesion ... | {
"abstract": "Human diploid cells (WI-38) in culture show marked ultrastructural and cytochemical differences from the various mesenchymal cells present in the fetal lung. The cultured cells show hypertrophic RER cisternae studded with helical polyribosomes. A complex system of microtubules and filaments develops in... |
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"abstract": "The layer 3 switch enables us to transmit IP datagrams fast using the cut-through technique. There are mainly two cases in establishing connections; one is the flow-driven case and the other is the topology-driven one. In this paper, we analyze the cut-through rate, the datagram waiting time and the mi... | {
"abstract": "LSR (label switching router)s in MPLS (multiprotocol label switching) networks map arriving IP flows into some labels on the layer 2 switching fabric and establish LSP (label switching path)s. By using LSPs, LSRs not only transmit IP datagrams fast with a cut-through mechanism, but also solve the traff... | {
"abstract": "We consider a finite Markov renewal process with an associated sequence of nonnegative random variables, having properties similar to the sizes of successive generations in a branching process. This process is called a Markov renewal branching process; it arises in the study of the busy period in sever... |
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"abstract": "Through analyzing problem of Wavelet Transform, the annual precipitation series from 1956 to 2000 of the two sub-water resources regions of upper Lanzhou are decomposed into multiple time scale series with EMD method. The results show that the precipitation series have periods that about 3, 4∼8, 11 and... | {
"abstract": "Methods of producing dynamic nuclear polarization of liquid 3He by the ‘solid effect’ method have been proposed using ‘enhanced nuclear paramagnetic resonance’ in Van Vleck compounds with singlet ground states. A number of interesting alternatives are discussed: the use of antiferromagnetic resonance, ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This paper evaluates an optimal airside thermal-hydraulic performance of compact heat exchangers. Seventy-five airside surfaces have been chosen, i.e. standard reference of Kays and London, to represent louver-fin, strip-fin, wavy-fin, plain-fin, pin-fin, finned circular tubes and finned flat ... |
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"abstract": "Various water-soluble substances are known as anti-ice nucleating agents (anti-INAs), which inhibit heterogeneous ice nucleation initiated by ice nucleating agents (INAs). Among them, several surfactants are reportedly effective as anti-INAs especially against silver iodide (AgI), which is a typical in... | {
"abstract": "Heterogeneous ice nucleation at solid surfaces is important in many physical systems including the Earth's atmosphere. AgI is one of the best ice nucleating agents known; however, why AgI is such an effective ice nucleus is unclear. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we show that a good lattice matc... | {
"abstract": "Abstract. This modelling study explores the availability of mineral dust particles as ice nuclei for interactions with ice, mixed-phase and liquid water clouds, also tracking the particles' history of cloud-processing. We performed 61 320 one-week forward trajectory calculations originating near the su... |
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"abstract": "Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRLs), namely chylomicrons (CMs), VLDL, and their remnants, are implicated in the atherogenic features of postprandial lipemia. In human plasma, cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) mediates the heteroexchange of neutral lipids, ie, triglycerides (TG) and cholestery... | {
"abstract": "To better define lipid transport in patients with hyperapobetalipoproteinemia (HyperapoB), the response to an oral fat load was studied in six normotriglyceridemic patients with the disorder. Plasma triglycerides; Sf > 400, and Sf 20 to 400 triglycerides; Sf > 20 8100; total HDL and HDL subfractions (H... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Nucleate pool boiling simulations are carried out to study the effects of gravity on the dynamics of bubble formation, bubble departure, and the mutual bubble interactions. We focus on identifying the dominant trends associated with the flow and thermal behavior at different gravity levels usi... |
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"abstract": "With the wide-spread and application of acupuncture and moxibustion, the demand of its standardization construction is increasingly prominent. On the basis of further investigation into the standards of acupuncture and moxibustion in China, this article summarize the research status of Chinese standard... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Objective By comparing the focus of acupuncture standards, management modes of acupuncture in certain areas are summarized to provide a reference for institutions and regions when formulating suitable standards for local acupuncture services. Methods Japan, South Korea, the USA and Australia w... | {
"abstract": "The antinociceptive effects obtained in arthritic rats with morphine, the opioid mu-agonist DAGO [D-Ala2,MePhe4,Gly-ol5]enkephalin, the delta-selective agonist DTLET [D-Thr2, Leu5]enkephalyl-Thr, and the kappa-agonist U-50,488H were compared to their corresponding effects in normal animals and morphine... |
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"abstract": "Synthesis of graphene by chemical vapor deposition is a promising route for manufacturing large-scale high-quality graphene for electronic applications. The quality of the employed substrates plays a crucial role, since the surface roughness and defects alter the graphene growth and cause difficulties ... | {
"abstract": "The reasons for the relatively low transport mobility of graphene grown through chemical vapor deposition (CVD-G), which include point defect, surface contamination, and line defect, were analyzed in the current study. A series of control experiments demonstrated that the determinant factor for the low... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we report a study of graphene and graphene field effect devices after their exposure to a series of short pulses of oxygen plasma. Our data from Raman spectroscopy, back-gated field-effect and magnetotransport measurements are presented. The intensity ratio between Raman ‘D’ and ‘G’ peak... |
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"abstract": "gary crawford, anne underhill , zhi jun zhao, gyoung-ah lee , gary fe inman, l inda nicholas , fengshi luan, haiguang yu, hui fang, and fengshu cai Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 1C6 (gcrawfor@utm.utoronto.ca) (Crawford)/Department of ... | {
"abstract": "The mausoleum complex of the First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang (259-210 BC), is one of the most famous and important archaeological sites in China, yet questions remain as to how it was constructed and by whom. Here we present isotopic results of individuals from the Liyi (n = 146) and Shanren site... | {
"abstract": "The needs for thermal and propulsive efficiency in equipment operating at high temperatures together with stricter environmental legislation are some of the factors driving the search for materials that can withstand harsh operating conditions. Available high-temperature materials, such as Ni-based sup... |
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"abstract": "Abstract The management of lung abscess is usually conservative. However, in some cases drainage is necessary, commonly performed transcutaneously. Endobronchial catheter drainage is a potential alternative, though reported only sporadically. Transbronchial pigtail catheter drainage was used in 3 patie... | {
"abstract": "From CHUM Endoscopic Tracheobronchial and Oesophageal Center (CETOC), University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Disclosures: Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support. Received for publication March 3, 2013; revisions received May 10, 2013; accepted for publication May ... | {
"abstract": "Process failures in communication protocol stack of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are caused by underlying errors and faults. This work presents AMNA: probe Agent based inter-process dependency Model for wireless sensor Network’s fault diAgnosis. The probe agent performs online process execution trac... |
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"abstract": "MMPI, MBHI, and MCMI personality disorder scales were analyzed for convergent and discriminant validity. Friedman's ANOVA indicated that there were no significant differences among the sample's averaged scale scores. Further analyses of these data, however, demonstrated that the Millon instruments clas... | {
"abstract": "The MCMI–III personality disorder scales were empirically validated with a sample of 870 clinical patients and inmates. Prevalence rates of personality disorders were in general lower on the MCMI–III than clinical ratings, but trait prevalence was generally higher; thus a base rate of 75 on the MCMI–II... | {
"abstract": "This paper argues that the colonially-motivated alienation of the African mind, which plays a major role in the moral crisis, corruption, war and anarchy on the African continent, makes the possibility of a true African identity uncertain. Writers often premise African identity on historical, cultural ... |
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"abstract": "The axon terminals of cone horizontal cells in the goldfish retina form typical chemical synaptic contacts in the middle of the inner nuclear layer. Approximately 60% of the identified postsynaptic elements were perikarya, axons and dendrites of bipolar cells. The other identified postsynaptic elements... | {
"abstract": "Horizontal cells mediate lateral transmission of signals in the outer plexiform layer of the vertebrate retina, and are presumed to contribute to surround properties of photoreceptors and bipolar cells by chemical transmission. The cell bodies1 and dendrites2 of fish horizontal cells possess presynapti... | {
"abstract": "The M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M5R) has been shown to play a crucial role in mediating acetylcholine-dependent dilation of cerebral blood vessels. We show that male M5R-/- mice displayed constitutive constriction of cerebral arteries using magnetic resonance angiography in vivo. Male M5R-/- ... |
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"abstract": "Presents results from an exploratory study of 143 voluntary organisations. Aims to evaluate management employee relations policies in the voluntary sector in the era of contracting. Reveals evidence of employee relations policies being influenced by the funding priorities of the state. Provides evidenc... | {
"abstract": "This research observes and compares the emotions and professional identities of professionals working in Further Education in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, and for a learning disability charity in the North of England. I wanted to identify the rewards and pressures in order to develop an unders... | {
"abstract": "There is a potential for significant cost, footprint, and power savings by eliminating unnecessary opto-electronic conversions on a signal path in a core optical mesh network. The article addresses and clarifies some fundamental issues surrounding all-optical networking and all-optical switching, and a... |
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"abstract": "Werecently demonstrated that second-order blind identification (SOBI), an independent component analysis (ICA) method, can separate the mixture of neuronal and noise signals in magnetoencephalographic (MEG) data into neuroanatomically and neurophysiologically meaningful components. When the neuronal si... | {
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"title": "P300 latency variability in normal elderly: effects of paradigm and measurement technique."
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"abstract": "Simultaneous early processing of sensory input in human primary (SI) and secondary (SII) somatosensory cortices. The anatomic connectivity of the somatosensory system supports the simultaneous participation of widely separated cortical areas in the early processing of sensory input. We recorded evoked ... |
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"abstract": "PurposeThis study examines the association between intake of selected macronutrients and the risk of stomach cancer in a Northern American population.MethodsMailed questionnaires were completed between 1994 and 1997 in eight Canadian provinces by 1,181 incident, histologically confirmed cases of stomac... | {
"abstract": "This study investigated the effects of acupuncture combined with general anesthesia on postoperative immune and cognitive functions in elderly patients undergoing subtotal gastrectomy. We recruited 96 elderly patients who received anesthesia for subtotal gastrectomy and randomly divided them into contr... | {
"abstract": "Both conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) have an antitumor effect. Hence, we hypothesized that a combination of conjugated double bonds and an (n-3) highly unsaturated fatty acid would produce stronger bioactivity. To verify the antitumor effect of conjugated EPA (CEPA), we t... |
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"abstract": "The low risk of progression of Barrett’s esophagus (BE) to esophageal adenocarcinoma can lead to over-diagnosis and over-treatment of BE patients. This may be addressed through a better understanding of the dynamics surrounding BE malignant progression. Although genetic diversity has been characterized... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Motivation CNValidator assesses the quality of somatic copy-number calls based on coherency of haplotypes across multiple samples from the same individual. It is applicable to any copy-number calling algorithm, which makes calls independently for each sample. This test is useful in assessing t... | {
"abstract": "Attemps to map land use directly from higher spatial resolution satellite date with conventional computer classification techniques have proven to be ineffective. This is due to two facts. First, land use is a cultural concept. What we see on remote sensing imagery is only the physical evidence of land... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo investigate the effect of storage temperature on the ability of contact lens solutions to inhibit growth of Fusarium species. A 2006 Food and Drug Administration inspection of Bausch & Lomb's Greenville, South Carolina, manufacturing site indicated that Bausch & Lomb failed to regulate st... | {
"abstract": "designs to assess this possibility. Nevertheless, it is possible that duty hour reform could have paradoxically resulted in cost savings. We also support the comments of Dr Bell sharing the illuminating early history of the 80-hour work week and emphasizing the importance of supervision rather than lim... | {
"abstract": "In vitro colonization of hydrophilic contact lenses by Aspergillus niger was investigated. Five strains of the fungus, four polymers, two culture media and four incubation periods were considered for analysis. Only the 2700 strain colonized the lenses. The degrees of adhesion and invasion varied signif... |
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"abstract": "This article presents the current state of a work in progress, whose objective is to better understand the effects of factors that significantly influence the performance of latent semantic analysis (LSA). A difficult task, which consisted of answering (French) biology multiple choice questions, was us... | {
"abstract": "What are the sources of happiness and sadness in everyday life? In this paper, we employ ‘linguistic ethnography’ to seek out where happiness lies in our everyday lives by considering a corpus of blogposts from the LiveJournal community annotated with happy and sad moods. By analyzing this corpus, we d... | {
"abstract": "This paper proposes an adaptation of Local Binary Pattern (LBP) operator for the design of the precise face localization technique. Presented approach is divided into three main stages: face detection, detection of eye regions and localization of eye pupils. Introduced optimization principles and the d... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Objective: The efficacy of the most widely used tests for dementia screening is limited in populations characterized by low levels of education. This study aimed to validate the face-to-face administered Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) for detection of dementia and mild cogniti... | {
"abstract": "This study aimed to investigate whether the effect of blood pressure (BP) on mortality differs by levels of cognitive function. The associations of brachial systolic BP, diastolic BP, mean arterial pressure (MAP), and pulse pressure with all‐cause mortality were prospectively explored (follow‐up 7.0±2.... | {
"abstract": "Editors' Preface Introductory Tribute: Lord Bingham of Cornhill A Biographical Sketch: The Early Years PART I: THE RULE OF LAW AND THE ROLE OF LAW 1. On Liberty and the European Convention on Human Rights 2. Variations sur la politique jurisprudentielle: Les juges ont-ils une ame? 3. The Rule of Law an... |
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"abstract": "Although radiotherapy and tamoxifen have been extensively used to treat estrogen receptor α (ERα)-positive breast cancers, it is still questionable when tamoxifen should be started to maximize clinical benefits in combination with radiotherapy. Generally, clinician's opinion and experience are major de... | {
"abstract": "SummaryThough the antiestrogen tamoxifen prolongs disease-free and overall survival in the adjuvant setting, and induces remissions in over half of the patients with estrogen receptor positive metastatic disease, all patients eventually acquire tamoxifen resistance. Furthermore, many of the resistant t... | {
"abstract": "The probing of the human body is done using different modalities of medical imaging. The explications of various images require different methods of image processing which enhance their visual interpretation. These image analysis methods may provide images for different application using automated or s... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nTo investigate the negative chronotropic response (NCR) to low-dose atropine in postoperative patients with congenital heart disease (CHD).\n\n\nBACKGROUND\nLow-dose atropine causes a NCR through the central nervous system muscarinic receptor and is attenuated in adult heart failure patient... | {
"abstract": "The purpose of this study was to investigate the cardiological health status and health-related quality of life after the arterial switch operation (ASO) for transposition of the great arteries (TGA) in comparison with a normative reference group. Chart review and cross-sectional systematic follow-up, ... | {
"abstract": "The most common configuration of the mandibular first molar is the presence of two roots and three root canals. The objective of this work is to present two rare anatomic configurations with six root canals on two mandibular left first molars diagnosed during endodontic therapy. Root canal therapy was ... |
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"abstract": "Leadfree solders have been used as interconnects in electronic packaging, due to its environmental friendly chemical property. However, those materials may experience high strain rates when subjected to shock and vibration. Consequently, failure will occur to electronics in those situations. Therefore,... | {
"abstract": "Solders are used extensively as electrical interconnects in microelectronics packaging. Because of environmental concerns, lead-based solders are being replaced by Sn/Ag and Sn/Ag/Cu based solder materials. Since the thermomechanical reliability of modern electronic devices depends on, to a large exten... | {
"abstract": "A stress-strain history theory is developed for the entire life of solid cylinders subjected to reversals of torque under low-endurance fatigue conditions. Thin tubes and solid cylinders of a hot rolled mild steel are found to have identical stress range versus strain range relationships. However, fati... |
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"abstract": "Is theory in the social sciences necessarily ad hoc, provisional and shifting, mere description of patterns that are conditional on historically contingent outcomes? Or can theorems (with provable consequences) provide a more secure grounding for aspects of social theory (e.g., Boyd 1 1969)? A clarific... | {
"abstract": "This article proposes two important points about genealogical software: (a) Not all such software need necessarily be complicated or address high level theoretical issues, and (b) diversity of data, processing, and infrastructure means that it is particularly desirable that scholars begin to understand... | {
"abstract": "The ideal residence unit of the Piaroa, a horticultural people of the Orinoco Basin, is an endogamous cognatic kinship group. To maintain the consanguineal nature of the kinship group as a whole, individual relationships established as affinal must not be permanent to its structure. The teknonym, by tr... |
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"abstract": "Background Protective ventilatory strategies have resulted in a decreased mortality rate in acute respiratory distress syndrome, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. The authors hypothesized that (1) mechanical ventilation modulates activation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), (2) the co... | {
"abstract": "We examined the hypothesis that injurious ventilatory strategies (large tidal volume [VT] and/or low positive end-expiratory pressure [PEEP]) would increase release of inflammatory mediators into the lung and into the systemic circulation in a lung injury model. Lung injury was induced in 40 anesthetiz... | {
"abstract": "Sulfate efflux from an intracellular pool was observed with both wild-type and cys-11 cells of Neurospora and apparently occurs by way of the sulfate transport system. Efflux requires the presence of external sulfate or the related ions, chromate, selenate, or thiosulfate, and probably occurs by an exc... |
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"abstract": "Information about the extent of variation in quality traits among plants sampled at the same developmental stage but on different dates would be useful to forage researchers. The primary purpose of this study was to obtain such information for five forage sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] cultivars... | {
"abstract": "Forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is one of the most important fresh fodder and silage sources in the world, and its quality and yield are directly related in the harvesting time. In this study, four forage sorghum cultivars (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) were compared to determine effects of... | {
"abstract": "An approximate analytical method is described for the rapid routine determination of carbohydrates and lignin in herbage. Dried milled samples are extracted successively with diethyl ether, 0.5% ammonium oxalate solution, N-H2SO4, and 72% H2SO4. Soluble carbohydrates in the ammonium oxalate extract are... |
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"abstract": "Large financial firms with thousands of employees face many challenges ensuring workers have access to the right information, yet controlling access to unneeded data. We examine the problems of role lifecycle management and entitlement review processes in the context of large financial institutions. We... | {
"abstract": "Managing information access in highly dynamic business environments is increasingly challenging. With thousands of employees accessing thousands of applications and data sources, managers strive to ensure the employees can access the information they need to create value while protecting information fr... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT The World Trade Center terrorist attacks of September 11 th have stimulated us to think about the challenges organizations face in dealing with low-probability events that have catastrophic consequences. More specifically, there are certain bad events that can only occur once. Death is the cle... |
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"abstract": "High power light-emitting diode (LED) has gained more and more applications because LED has many advantages over traditional light sources. However, it is extremely time-consuming and complicated to evaluate the LED luminaires reliability, in particular, the luminous degradation. In this work, a novel ... | {
"abstract": "This work is introducing a multi-physics reliability simulation approach for solid state lighting (SSL) electronic drivers. The purpose of this simulation is to understand the thermal-electrical behaviour of SSL electronic drivers through their lifetime. Once the behaviour of the device during its life... | {
"abstract": "Multiple-color-emissive graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have great potential in diverse applications such as bioimaging, light emission, and photocatalysis. Growing interest in GQDs is largely focused on their macro-scale aggregations that could inherit the unique properties of individual dots. However, t... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Anyclinician who follows patients under naturalistic clinic conditions accumulates a wealth of observations about their responses to various treatments. Without random assignment to treatment or other features of the controlled experimental design, information on treatment efficacy obtained fr... | {
"abstract": "Depression is a significant clinical problem in the United States. The prevalence of clinical depression in this country has typically been estimated at 3 to 4% (Lehman, 1971; Levitt & Lubin, 1975), and the President’s Commission on Mental Health has estimated the lifetime incidence of depression at 20... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The anion substitution is an effectively method to modulate the physical properties of the two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, which can facilitate the applications of 2D materials in the optoelectronic devices. Recently, the monolayer group-IV monochalcogenides have been paid much attention ... |
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"abstract": "Carter et al provide a nice summary of current knowledge of sexual dysfunction in and rehabilitation of women with invasive cervical cancer. The prevailing perspective of their review, however, seems to be that most women treated for cervical cancer are white, middleclass patients at major cancer cente... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo provide physicians and the general public with a responsible assessment of current screening, prevention, and treatment approaches to cervical cancer.\n\n\nPARTICIPANTS\nA non-Federal, nonadvocate, 13-member panel representing the fields of obstetrics and gynecology, gynecologic oncology,... | {
"abstract": "Two cases of combined epidermoid carcinoma in situ and adenocarcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix are presented. The histologic appearances are interpreted as representing divergence of the tumor patterns from a common stem and confirming the bipotency of the subcylindrical (reserve) cell, the progen... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT The oil-degrading microorganism Acinetobacter venetianus RAG-1 produces an extracellular polyanionic, heteropolysaccharide bioemulsifier termed emulsan. Emulsan forms and stabilizes oil-water emulsions with a variety of hydrophobic substrates. Removal of the protein fraction yields a product, ... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT The bioemulsifier of Acinetobacter radioresistens KA53, referred to as alasan, is a high-molecular-weight complex of polysaccharide and protein. The emulsifying activity of the purified polysaccharide (apo-alasan) is very low. Three of the alasan proteins were purified by preparative sodium do... | {
"abstract": "We derive semiclassical periodic orbit expansions for a correlation function of the Wigner time delay. We consider the Fourier transform of the two-point correlation function, the form factor K(τ, x, y, M), that depends on the number of open channels M, a non-symmetry breaking parameter x and a symmetr... |
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"abstract": "AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL LEARNERS This study highlights the urgent need for a youth entrepreneurship development program of value in South African secondary schools. It examines the entrepreneurial attitudes of grade 10 learners in 16 secondary schools i... | {
"abstract": "iii many of the country’s ills by empowering the youth to take both charge of and responsibility for their own future. The concomitant discussion shows that the ‘genie’ is held firmly in the confines of its ‘bottle’ by barriers obstructing the free flow of an enterprising spirit, confirming that the re... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we propose exact solution methods for a bilevel uncapacitated lot-sizing problem with backlogs. This is an extension of the classical uncapacitated lot-sizing problem with backlogs, in which two autonomous and self-interested decision makers constitute a two-echelon supply chain. The lead... |
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"abstract": "Satellite and avionics applications represent an ideal application for the tremendous performance, cost, space, andreliability benefits of MCMs. These advantages are only realized,however, if accompanied by an efficient test strategy whichverifies defect-free fabrication. This paper describes a methodo... | {
"abstract": "Durch vielfaltige Einflusse wird es fur elektronische Systeme immer wichtiger, moglichst viel Funktionalitat mit moglichst geringen Systemabmessungen zu vereinen. Da eine Integration kompletter Systeme in einem einzigen Halbleiterbaustein oft nicht moglich ist bzw. der Aufbau aus Einzelbauteilen Kosten... | {
"abstract": "Recently published results have shown that, for many circuits, only a small percentage of path delay faults is robust testable. Among the robust untestable faults, a significant percentage of them is not non-robust testable either. In this paper, we take a closer look at the properties of these non-rob... |
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"abstract": "We determined the effect of long-term aerobic swimming training regimens of different intensities on colonic carcinogenesis in rats. Male Wistar rats (11 weeks old) were given 4 subcutaneous injections (40 mg/kg body weight each) of 1,2-dimethyl-hydrazine (DMH, dissolved in 0.9% NaCl containing 1.5% ED... | {
"abstract": "Introduction We examined effects of high-intensity training on chemically induced aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in rat colon. We also investigated mechanisms that may underlie the results obtained, with a focus on secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC), which has been proposed as an exercise-... | {
"abstract": "IntroductionDemineralized collagen fibers at the hybrid layer are susceptible to degradation. Remineralization may aid to improve bond longevity.ObjectivesThe aim of the present study was to infiltrate zinc and calcium-loaded polymeric nanoparticles into demineralized dentin to facilitate hybrid layer ... |
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"abstract": "Organic Farming (OF) has been expanding recently in response to growing consumer demand and as a response to environmental concerns. The area under OF is expected to further increase in the future. The effect of OF expansion on pest densities in organic and conventional crops remains difficult to predi... | {
"abstract": "The aim of this note is to propose a modeling approach for assessing the effectiveness of pest biocontrol by natural enemies in diversified agricultural landscapes including several pesticide-based management strategies. Our approach combines a stochastic landscape model with a spatially-explicit model... | {
"abstract": "An individual's body size is central to its behavior and physiology, and tightly linked to its dispersal ability. The spatial arrangement of resources and a consumer's capacity to locate them are therefore expected to exert strong selection on consumer body size. We investigated the evolutionary impact... |
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"abstract": "An improved model for calculating the current distribution of salient pole synchronous machines with internal faults in the stator winding is established using the multiloop method. For this purpose, good knowledge of the time-depending inductances is necessary. In this paper, a calculation method is p... | {
"abstract": "This paper offers a new method to analyze the performance of three-phase synchronous machines operating with an unsymmetrical stator winding caused by cut-out and bypassed coils. The resulting unsymmetrical current distribution in the stator winding tends to produce overheating of parts of the winding ... | {
"abstract": "A numerical integration scheme is presented which 1) is stable for stable, linear systems and 2) has an error which varies as T4for linear and nonlinear systems.",
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"abstract": "Scenario analysis has been widely applied in climate science to understand the impact of climate change on the future human environment, but intercomparison and similarity analysis of different climate scenarios based on multiple simulation runs remain challenging. Although spatial heterogeneity plays ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract. Terrestrial biosphere models (TBMs) have become an integral tool for extrapolating local observations and understanding of land–atmosphere carbon exchange to larger regions. The North American Carbon Program (NACP) Multi-scale synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project (MsTMIP) i... | {
"abstract": "Predictions of future climate are based on elaborate numerical computer models. As computational capacity increases and better observations become available, one would expect the model predictions to become more reliable. However, are they really improving, and how do we know? This paper discusses how ... |
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"abstract": "SummaryThis paper examines the optical and physiological organisation of locust ocelli with a view to understanding their function. The approach taken in this work has largely been to correlate quantitative measurements of the spectral, angular and absolute sensitivities of large second order neurons w... | {
"abstract": "Two visual sensing modalities in insects, the ocelli and compound eyes, provide signals used for flight stabilization and navigation. In this article, a generalized model of the ocellar visual system is developed for a 3-D visual simulation environment based on behavioral, anatomical, and electrophysio... | {
"abstract": "We tested the effect of low-frequency ultrasound (LUS, 20 kHz, 4 W/cm2) on the function of rat mesentery and human pulmonary arteries with wire myography. The vessels were induced to contract with either noradrenaline or physiologic saline solution (PSS) with a high potassium concentration (KPSS) and t... |
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"abstract": "We propose a micro-macro parallel-in-time Parareal method for scalar McKean-Vlasov stochastic differential equations (SDEs). In the algorithm, the fine Parareal propagator is a Monte Carlo simulation of an ensemble of particles, while an approximate ordinary differential equation (ODE) description of t... | {
"abstract": "Mean-field SDEs, also known as McKean-Vlasov equations, are stochastic differential equations where the drift and diffusion depend on the current distribution in addition to the current position. We describe an efficient numerical method for approximating the distribution at time t of the solution to t... | {
"abstract": "The parareal algorithm is a method to solve time-dependent problems parallel in time: it approximates parts of the solution later in time simultaneously to parts of the solution earlier in time. In this paper the relation of the parareal algorithm to space-time multigrid and multiple shooting methods i... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, a multiscale adaptive fault diagnosis (MAFD) method based on signal symmetry reconstitution preprocessing (SSRP) is proposed to realize fault diagnosis for any switch of the microgrid inverter under changing load condition. The MAFD method is composed of SSRP, multiscale features extract... | {
"abstract": "Inverter-dominated microgrids impose significant challenges on the distribution network, as inverters are well known for their limited contribution to fault current, undermining the performance of traditional overcurrent protection schemes. This paper introduces a new protection scheme based on the ini... | {
"abstract": "This (patent-pending) paper presents a new method for detection of rotor winding intercoil short circuits of synchronous machines and slip rings induction machines, as well as rupture of rotor bars and cage ring of induction machines. It is based on differential measurement of magnetic field by using t... |
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"abstract": "We read the original paper entitled “The effect of Ezetimibe and Simvastatin Combination Therapy on percutaneous coronary intervention patients” written by Hong Lin et al. [1]. There were some queries that need to specify. First, the abstract of the scientific article claimed that the total 57patients ... | {
"abstract": "AIMS\nEvaluating the short-term influence of Ezetimibe and Simvastatin Combination Therapy on LDL-C, TG and hs-CRP expression level in patients with percutaneous coronary intervention.\n\n\nMETHODS\n57 cases of percutaneous coronary intervention patients were selected, and randomly divided into two gro... | {
"abstract": "Among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, investigators have repeatedly identified a subgroup whose left ventricular ejection fraction and structural remodeling can improve to normal or nearly normal levels with or without medical therapy. This subgroup of patients with \"heart ... |
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"abstract": "In this study we report the preparation of nanohybrid dispersant molecules based on pyrene and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes for non-covalent functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The prepared dispersant improves the dispersion of MWCNTs in organic solvents with very diff... | {
"abstract": "Measurement of ultra-low (e.g., parts-per-billion) levels of small-molecule markers in body fluids (e.g., serum, urine, saliva) involves a considerable challenge in view of designing assay strategies with sensitivity and selectivity. Herein we report for the first time an amperometric nano-bioelectrode... | {
"abstract": "The ability to produce tough, cross-linked networks that can, if necessary, be rendered soluble by an external stimulus such as acid or heat is highly desirable for a number of applications. An acetal containing diacrylate, 2,2-di(acryloyloxy-1-ethoxy)propane (ADA) (1), was synthesized by transketaliza... |
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"abstract": "Software Product Lines (SPLs) are an emerging software engineering paradigm that aims to optimize software development costs and time to market trough systematic development of reusable of core assets. At the heart of SPL engineering is variability modelling. Feature models (FM) are a common way to mod... | {
"abstract": "In product line engineering, domain analysis is the process of analyzing related products to identify their common and variable features. This process is generally carried out by experts on the basis of existing product descriptions, which are expressed in a more or less structured way. Modeling and re... | {
"abstract": "Logistic models are arguably one of the most widely used data analysis techniques. In this paper, we present analyses focussing on two important aspects of logistic models—its relationship with exponential family based generative models, and its performance in online and potentially adversarial setting... |
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"abstract": "It is important for our understanding of the pancreatic islets to study whether new islets are able to form in the intact pancreas. We developed a new method to determine the total number and the mean volume of the pancreatic islets, and we used this method to study the expansion of the islet mass in o... | {
"abstract": "Aim To characterise changes in pancreatic beta cell mass during the development of diabetes in untreated male C57BLKS/J db/db mice. Methods Blood samples were collected from a total of 72 untreated male db/db mice aged 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 24 and 34 weeks, for measurement of terminal blood glucose,... | {
"abstract": "Stereological analysis of arbitrarily shaped particles is discussed. More specifically, recent methods of estimating weighted qth moments pq of particle volume from measurements along lines or in planes are summarized and developed further. It will be shown that the use of the same stereological variat... |
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"abstract": "Convolutional-deconvolution networks can be adopted to perform end-to-end saliency detection. But, they do not work well with objects of multiple scales. To overcome such a limitation, in this work, we propose a recurrent attentional convolutional-deconvolution network (RACDNN). Using spatial transform... | {
"abstract": "Deep learning has been applied to saliency detection in recent years. The superior performance has proved that deep networks can model the semantic properties of salient objects. Yet it is difficult for a deep network to discriminate pixels belonging to similar receptive fields around the object bounda... | {
"abstract": "Recently, points of interest POIs recommendation has evolved into a hot research topic with real-world applications. In this paper, we propose a novel semantics-enhanced density-based clustering algorithm SEM-DTBJ-Cluster, to extract semantic POIs from GPS trajectories. We then take into account three ... |
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"abstract": "In this paper we present some experiments using a deep learning model for speech denoising. We propose a very lightweight procedure that can predict clean speech spectra when presented with noisy speech inputs, and we show how various parameter choices impact the quality of the denoised signal. Through... | {
"abstract": "Improving the perceptual quality of speech signals is a key yet challenging problem for many real world applications. In this paper, we propose a perceptually motivated approach based on deep neural networks (DNNs) for speech enhancement task. The proposed approach take into consider the masking proper... | {
"abstract": "Digital images have seen increased use in applications where their authenticity is of prime importance. This proves to be problematic due to the widespread availability of digital image editing software. As a result, there is a need for the development of reliable techniques for verifying an image's au... |
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"abstract": "Summary Polyamines in the presence or absence of Mg ++ have been shown to stimulate 2–4 fold the total synthesis of poly(ADP-ribose) in isolated wheat nuclei. The stimulation by Mg ++ and polyamines is dose dependent and is an affect on actual synthesis of new chains of polymer since neither Mg ++ nor ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Purified rat liver nuclei were incubated in vitro with [3H]NAD. Altered patterns of ADP-ribosylation of nuclear proteins occurred with 1 mM spermidine or spermine with the latter polyamine causing the greater change. Spermine treated nuclei showed a two-fold increase in ADP-ribose incorporatio... | {
"abstract": "Abstract An improved method for high-resolution polyacrylamide gel disk electrophoresis of histones is presented. Electrophoretic patterns obtained by this technique for ribonuclease, trypsin, and a whole calf thymus histone preparation are displayed. The resolving power of this method is excellent and... |
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"abstract": "Solving real world problems with embedded neural networks requires both training algorithms that achieve high performance and compatible hardware that runs in real time while remaining energy efficient. For the former, deep learning using backpropagation has recently achieved a string of successes acro... | {
"abstract": "Marching along the DARPA SyNAPSE roadmap, IBM unveils a trilogy of innovations towards the TrueNorth cognitive computing system inspired by the brain's function and efficiency. The non-von Neumann nature of the TrueNorth architecture necessitates a novel approach to efficient system design. To this end... | {
"abstract": "Tensor CANDECOMP/PARAFAC (CP) decomposition has wide applications in statistical learning of latent variable models and in data mining. In this paper, we propose fast and randomized tensor CP decomposition algorithms based on sketching. We build on the idea of count sketches, but introduce many novel i... |
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"abstract": "Although having high potential for broadband wireless access, wireless mesh networks are known to suffer from throughput and fairness problems, and are thus hard to scale to large size. To this end, hierarchical architectures provide a solution to this scalability problem. In this paper, we address the... | {
"abstract": "In today's cellular networks, designing scalable, well-connected and cost effective backhauling system is a challenge due to the huge increase in the demand of mobile data services. In this paper, we aim to maximize the connectivity and the minimum throughput of the small-cell network by inserting new ... | {
"abstract": "Recommender systems are becoming increasingly important to individual users and businesses for providing personalized recommendations. However, while the majority of algorithms proposed in recommender systems literature have focused on improving recommendation accuracy (as exemplified by the recent Net... |
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"abstract": "An RES-based electric vehicle charging station is able to provide a noble scope to effectively maximize the efficiency and storage capacity in a power system. This paper presents design and techno-economic analysis of such a station. The analysis has been performed with and without storage facilities u... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents several possibilities for electric power supply from renewable sources of electric vehicle charging stations. The supply system sizing and the economic analysis were performed using the specialized computing facility Homer energy and the local resources data needed to optimize the s... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE: A battery charging system is provided to have an exterior inlet and an exterior outlet for the entry of fluid in the flow channel, thereby reducing the capacity of interior cooling system. CONSTITUTION: A battery charging system is composed of a plurality of battery cells. The battery charging... |
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"abstract": "To investigate the chemical composition and insecticidal activity of the essential oils of certain Chinese medicinal herbs and spices, the essential oils were extracted from the stem barks, leaves, and fruits of Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl, which were found to possess strong fumigant toxicity agains... | {
"abstract": "In this work, the essential oil (EO) was extracted from the fruits of Evodia lenticellata, and the fumigant toxicity, contact toxicity and repellency against three stored-product insect species were evaluated for the obtained EO and several of its chemical components. The target insects were the adults... | {
"abstract": "The capacity for ethylene formation is present in many kinds of fruits but appears to be entirely absent in others. In apples and pears the amounts of ethylene produced vary greatly between varieties; according to the available data, the intensity of production is correlated with the longevity of the f... |
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"abstract": "The aim of this study was to monitor changes in genetic size of a small-closed population of Iranian Zandi sheep, by using pedigree information from animals born between 1991 and 2005. The genetic size was assessed by using measures based on the probability of identity-by-descend of genes (coancestry, ... | {
"abstract": "The Norwegian Lundehund is a highly endangered native dog breed. Low fertility and high frequency predisposition to intestinal disorder imply inbreeding depression. We assessed the genetic diversity of the Lundehund population from pedigree data and evaluated the potential of optimal contribution selec... | {
"abstract": "Evolutionary selection for robustness of signaling output in the face of stochastic variations in protein expression may explain the organization of bacterial chemotaxis genes.",
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"abstract": "Countercyclical unemployment benefit extensions in the United States act as a propagation mechanism, contributing to both the high persistence of unemployment and its weak correlation with productivity. We show this by modifying an otherwise standard frictional model of the labor market to incorporate ... | {
"abstract": "In response to the recession of 2007–2009, the maximum duration of U.S. unemployment insurance (UI) benefits was extended to an unprecedented 99 weeks. We exploit variation in the timing and size of the UI benefit extensions across states to estimate their overall impact on unemployment exits, comparin... | {
"abstract": "We reformulate the Smets-Wouters (2007) framework by embedding the theory of unemployment proposed in Gali (2011a,b). We estimate the resulting model using postwar U.S. data, while treating the unemployment rate as an additional observable variable. Our approach overcomes the lack of identification of ... |
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"abstract": "CombiTool is a new computer program for the analysis of combination effects of biologically active agents. It performs model calculations and an analysis of experimental combination effects for two or three agents according to both the Bliss independence and the Loewe additivity criteria. Zero interact... | {
"abstract": "Claims of synergy between etoposide and cisplatin have been based upon preclinical in vivo murine P388 models or upon human clinical trials in tumors such as lung cancer. Such in vivo studies are useful in exploring therapeutic synergy, i.e., an improved therapeutic strategy. The term \"synergy\" in th... | {
"abstract": "Volume 2, Issue 5, May 2013 Page 5 Abstract In this paper we introduced low leakage 10T one-bit full adders cells are proposed for mobile applications. The analysis has been performed on various process and circuits techniques, the analysis with leakage power. We introduced a new transistor resizing ap... |
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"abstract": "Introduction The current radiofrequency ablation technique requires invasive needle placement. On the other hand, most of the common photothermal therapeutic methods are limited by lack of accuracy of targeting. Gold and magnetic nanoparticles offer the potential to heat tumor tissue selectively at the... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nThis study aimed to determine the efficacy of thermotherapy resulting from the presence of gold-gold sulfide nanoshells (GGS) in radio frequency electromagnetic field (13.56 MHz) onthe survival of CT26 colon carcinoma cells.\n\n\nMATERIALS AND METHODS\nGGS was synthesized and after characteriz... | {
"abstract": "Induction and maintenance of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity specific for a primary endogenous tumor was investigated in vivo. The simian virus 40 T antigen (Tag) expressed under the control of the rat insulin promoter (RIP) induced pancreatic β-cell tumors producing insulin, causing progressive ... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nA meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of three surgical modalities-gap arthroplasty (GA), interpositional gap arthroplasty (IPG) and joint reconstruction (AR)-in treating temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis.\n\n\nMETHODS\nA systematic review was performed using the... | {
"abstract": "This study evaluates the long-term outcomes and clinical results of costochondral graft and temporalis muscle flap interpositioning with submandibular anchorage in the management of TMJ re-ankylosis. Thirty-one patients, 9 children and 22 adults, with recurrence of ankylosis after gap arthroplasty, wit... | {
"abstract": "Performance contracts entered between ministerial departments and their agencies are used throughout the Danish central government. The article analyzes the use of performance contracting in 2005. The analysis draws on transaction cost theory and actor-centered institutionalism, stressing the bargainin... |
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"abstract": "Consolidations in the pulmonary parenchyma are mostly infective, although they can rarely be due to autoimmune and neoplastic processes. Consolidations, especially in the setting of underlying immunosuppressive haematological malignancy, are usually presumed infective by the treating physician. Pulmona... | {
"abstract": "Autopsy data on 1,206 children and adult patients with acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) (585), chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL) (204), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) (308), and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) (109) obtained from 1958 to 1982 were reviewed. This analysis has shown that, whereas t... | {
"abstract": "Weight loss and wasting are significant contributors to morbidity in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The approach to the patient with HIV and weight loss needs to be proactive and comprehensive, as early intervention may be beneficial and the weight loss may be multifacto... |
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"abstract": "We investigated the expression of Th1- and Th2-associated chemokine receptors on peripheral blood lymphocytes at diagnosis and in the first phase of type 1 diabetes. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of 25 patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes, 10 patients with longstanding type 1 diab... | {
"abstract": "Purpose Recent studies showed that immunological mechanisms were involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy (DR). T-helper (Th) cells play an important role in chronic inflammatory disorders and autoimmune diseases. Whether Th cells participate in the pathogenesis of DR remains unclear. Metho... | {
"abstract": "The progressive rabbit knee joint stiffening resulting froin immobilization was studied using biomechanical and biochemical methods. Consistent trends of increase in joint stiffness and decrease in water and total hexosamine content in the periarticular connective tissue were seen as the time of immobi... |
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"abstract": "Seven new meroditerpenoids, strongylophorines 13–19 (1–7), have been isolated together with the four known strongylophorines 2 (8), 3 (9), 4 (10), and 8 (11) by a screening method using oocytes of the starfish Asterina pectinifera from a marine sponge Strongylophora strongylata collected at Iriomote Is... | {
"abstract": "Crude extracts of the marine sponge Geodia corticostylifera from Brazilian Coast have previously shown antibacterial, antifungal, cytotoxic, haemolytic and neurotoxic activities. The present work describes the isolation of the cyclic peptides geodiamolides A, B, H and I (1-4) from G. corticostylifera a... | {
"abstract": "Full-grown oocytes of Rana pipiens were dissected out of the follicles and induced to undergo germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) in vitro by progesterone treatment. When the progesterone treatment was carried out after displacing the germinal vesicle (GV) from the animal half to the vegetal half by cent... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nAlcohol use disorders (AUD) have long been considered to be some of the most disabling mental disorders; however, empirical data on the burden of disease associated with AUD have been sparse. The objective of this article is to quantify the burden of disease (in disability-adjusted life yea... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundEvidence on diseases caused by or associated with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) has been based on two meta-analyses including rather dated studies. The objective of this contribution was to estimate the risks of all-cause mortality and alcohol-attributable disease categories depending on a dia... | {
"abstract": "This analysis focuses on public policies that affect primary HIV prevention and access to HIV care for Mexican migrants residing in California. Policy or structural level interventions, as opposed to behavioral or psychologic interventions, help to shape the environment in which people live. We use a c... |
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"abstract": "Attention may function as a reinforcer for increasing appropriate behavior and inappropriate behavior; however, the conditions under which attention is most likely to function as a reinforcer are unclear. Previous research has suggested that various factors may influence the reinforcing efficacy of att... | {
"abstract": "In recent years, functional analysis methods have been extended to classroom settings; however, research has not evaluated the extent to which consequences presented during functional analysis are associated with problem behavior under naturalistic classroom conditions. Therefore, the purpose of this s... | {
"abstract": "We examined the effects of stimulus (reinforcer) variation in several different contexts. In Study 1, we identified high-quality (HQ) and low-quality (LQ) stimuli based on results of a paired-stimulus assessment and examined their effects when available under concurrent-reinforcement schedules for 8 pa... |
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"title": "A Concise Introduction to Psychodrama, Sociodrama and Sociometry"
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"abstract": "When the research process is viewed not merely as a set of methods for data collection and analysis but, instead, as an integrated series of arbitrary choices made by the researcher, it quickly becomes apparent that the prevailing conceptualization of rigor is much too narrow; indeed, the way rigor is ... | {
"abstract": "Software vulnerabilities are the fundamental cause of many attacks. Even with rapid vulnerability patching, the problem is more complicated than it looks. One reason is that instances of the same vulnerability may exist in multiple software copies that are difficult to track in real life (e.g., differe... |
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"abstract": "We study characteristics of receptive fields of units in deep convolutional networks. The receptive field size is a crucial issue in many visual tasks, as the output must respond to large enough areas in the image to capture information about large objects. We introduce the notion of an effective recep... | {
"abstract": "Both convolutional and recurrent operations are building blocks that process one local neighborhood at a time. In this paper, we present non-local operations as a generic family of building blocks for capturing long-range dependencies. Inspired by the classical non-local means method in computer vision... | {
"abstract": "Small signal stability analysis is conducted considering grid connected doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) type. The modeling of a grid connected DFIG system is first set up and the whole model is formulated by a set of differential algebraic equations (DAE). Then, the mathematical model of rotor-si... |
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"abstract": "The paper reviews the foundational ideals that gave “Europe”, an integration project with continental ambitions, its initial meaning or identity. “Europe” meant reconciliation and peace, reconstruction and widespread prosperity, and the mitigation of nationalism through the creation of supranational co... | {
"abstract": "This paper considers the relationship between Europeans' religious characteristics and support for the European Union. Using Eurobarometer data from the 1970s through the 1990s, we find that Catholics have been far stronger supporters of European integration than Protestants have, and that the devout i... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This paper critically examines the application, pitfalls and prospects of constructionism in Tourism Studies. It explains what constructionism is and how it can be utilised in the study of tourism. The article debunks some of the myths associated with this approach to knowing and argues that e... |
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"abstract": "ZnO with two different morphologies were used to study the inhibition of Streptococcus sobrinus and Streptococcus mutans which are closely associated with tooth cavity. Rod-like shaped ZnO-A and plate-like shaped ZnO-B were produced using a zinc boiling furnace. The nanopowders were characterized using... | {
"abstract": "The purpose of this study was to evaluate effects of titanium surfaces air-abraded with particles of Bioglass® 45S5 and three-ZnO and SrO doped compositions on the viability, adhesion and biofilm formation of Streptococcus mutans. A statistically significant decrease in the viability of S. mutans was o... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nAntibacterial properties of restorative dental materials such as amalgam and composite resins may improve the restorative treatment outcome. This study evaluates the antibacterial properties of three composite resins: Z250, Tetric Ceram, P60 and a dental amalgam in vitro.\n\n\nMETHODS\nStre... |
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"abstract": "In video coding at high compression rates, e.g., in very low bit rate coding, every transmitted bit carries a signii-cant amount of information that is related either to motion parameters or to intensity residual. As demonstrated in the SIM-3 coding scheme, a more precise motion model leads to improved... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This paper proposes a segmentation of block-based motion fields under the constraint of the entropy criterion. The segmentation is performed by a vector quantization technique which associates the segmentation pattern to an element of a codebook. Optimization of the bit rate as a trade-off bet... | {
"abstract": "By adopting a real options framework we develop a production control model that jointly incorporates process and market uncertainties. In this model, process uncertainty is defined by random fluctuations in the outputs' yield and market risk through demand uncertainty for the output. In our approach, p... |
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"abstract": "Corpus Callosum (CC) is an important white-matter structure in the human brain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive medical imaging technique that provides high resolution images for the structures. Segmentation is an important step in medical image analysis. This paper proposes a fully ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Automatic segmentation of brain sub regions such as White Matter (GM), Corpus Callosum (CC), Grey Matter (WM) and Hippocampus (HC) is a challenging task due to the variations in the structure of the brain. The development of an automation process will help in identifying the Alzheimer disease ... | {
"abstract": "This paper is about fault detection and identification of discrete event systems. The proposed approach is based on Petri nets (PNs) that are used to design reference and faulty models. The main contribution concerns the design and identification of these models according to the statistical analysis of... |
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"abstract": "We present a fast and versatile method to produce functional micro free-flow electrophoresis chips. Microfluidic structures were generated between two glass slides applying multistep liquid-phase lithography, omitting troublesome bonding steps or cost-intensive master structures. Utilizing a novel spac... | {
"abstract": "This paper focuses on facility layout design problem in microfluidic device manufacturing. Microfluidics device manufacturing requires exquisite work of operators and relatively much higher material cost than other types of manufacturing. Facility layout problem can directly affect the overall cost of ... | {
"abstract": "Purpose of this work was the evaluation of demand driven biogas production. In laboratory-scale experiments it could be demonstrated that with diurnal flexible feeding and specific combination of substrates with different degradation kinetics biogas can be produced highly flexible in CSTR systems. Corr... |
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"abstract": "Summary \n \nPsoriasiform eruptions of the skin are recognized as a not uncommon adverse effect of practolol and other β-adrenergic blocking drugs. Topical application of propranolol to guinea-pig skin causes thickening of the skin with histological changes strikingly resembling psoriasis in man. These... | {
"abstract": "An 80-year-old man who had had plaque-type psoriasis for 40 years experienced a rapid onset of generalized pustular psoriasis three days after initiation of propranolol hydrochloride therapy. Trial therapy with propranolol on two occasions resulted in similar episodes. The skin lesions and systemic sym... | {
"abstract": "A deficiency of adenyl cyclase in psoriatic skin has been demonstrated in skin slices incubated with tritiated adenine, and in broken-cell preparations (650-g pellets) incubated with adenine triphosphate tagged with phosphorus 32. Tritiated cyclic 3′, 5′-adenine monophosphate (cAMP) formed from tritiat... |
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"abstract": "Digital archives can best survive failures if they have made several c opies of their collections at remote sites. In this paper, we discuss how autonomous sites can cooperate to provide preservation by trading data. We examine the decisions that an archive must make when forming trading networks, such... | {
"abstract": "One way of achieving high availability of data in a distributed system is to replicate the data on several nodes. We present an algorithm for a replicated storage system which takes advantage of the high reliability of ETHERNET local area networks and their broadcast capability. The algorithm is both s... | {
"abstract": "Although Raymond Lafage lived a short and obscure life, largely unnoticed by the artistic world of his day, such neglect was not the case after his death. Then his reputation soared, and his drawings were to be found in the most eminent collections of the eighteenth century. As a chapter in the history... |
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"abstract": "Smart User Models improve the quality of service personalization, they reduce the overload of processed information and can establish the user’s preferences and emotional state in the next generation of open, distributed and networked environments in Ambient Intelligence. In this paper, we combine the ... | {
"abstract": "Ubiquitous display environments are public places with various situated public displays. These displays are intended to provide relevant information to people in their vicinity, where this may include the regular inhabitants of the space as well as visitors. For this latter group, it is particularly ch... | {
"abstract": "\n \n In this paper we present a plan-plan distance metric based on Kolmogorov(Algorithmic) complexity. Generating diverse sets of plans is useful for task ssuch as probing user preferences and reasoning about vulnerability to cyberattacks. Generating diverse plans, and comparing different diverse plan... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, the author proposes a solution to the position tracking problem for fairly general class of underactuated autonomous vehicles that is applicable to motion in either two or three dimensional spaces. The tracking controller proposed yields global stability and exponential convergence of th... | {
"abstract": "Ball and plate system is a typical under-actuated system with inherent nonlinearity. Motion control of the system included the set-point problem and the tracking problem along desired trajectory. A supervisory fuzzy controller was proposed for studying these problems, which was composed of two layers. ... | {
"abstract": "We study `definable' subsets of Baire space $\\mathcal{N}$. The logic of our arguments is intuitionistic and we use L.E.J.~Brouwer's Thesis on bars in $\\mathcal{N}$ and his continuity axioms. We avoid the operation of taking the complement of a subset of $\\mathcal{N}$. \nA subset of $\\mathcal{N}$ is... |
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"abstract": "The emphasis given to the energy balance equation has fostered the widespread belief that obesity is a problem of energy balance. This mistaken view has led to many unjustified and unfortunate interpretations, because obesity is, rather, a problem of the interaction between body composition and food in... | {
"abstract": "Examinations of observed within-subject variation in the energy intake of 29 adults participating in the Beltsville One-Year Dietary Intake Study suggest that individuals possess characteristic patterns of variability in total food intake (expressed as energy intake). Although the day-to-day variation ... | {
"abstract": "It is shown that a $4d$ metal (palladium) orders ferromagnetically in GaN, forming a dilute magnetic semiconductor. The ferromagnetic ordering occurs despite Pd being nonmagnetic in its natural phase. ${\\mathrm{Pd}}_{0.0625}{\\mathrm{Ga}}_{0.9375}\\mathrm{N}$ is shown to possess a magnetic moment of $... |
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"abstract": "The study on the binding ability of tested ligands have shown that insertion of two dehydro-amino acid residues into peptide sequences makes them more effective in metal ion binding than ligands with one dehydro-amino acid residue. The ligand with two Z(Delta)Phe residue form more stable complexes than... | {
"abstract": "The study on the binding ability of dehydro-tri- and tetrapeptides has shown that the alpha,beta-double bond has a critical effect on the peptide coordination to metal ions. It may affect the binding of the vicinal amide nitrogens by the electronic effect and stabilize the complex due to steric effects... | {
"abstract": "The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was used to rate 217 patients at five days and six weeks post-partum. There was a highly significant positive correlation between the two scores, together with similar symptom profiles. Of the 25 women who suffered post-natal depression (6-week EPDS score... |
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"abstract": "Significance A large proportion of the world’s forest is highly fragmented, but our understanding of forest carbon dynamics and their response to climate largely comes from unfragmented forests, which presents an important mismatch between landscapes that we study and those that we aim to characterize.... | {
"abstract": "Four thinning treatments were applied to a red oak-sweetgum (Quercus spp.-Liquidambar styraciha L.) stand on a minor streambottom site in west-central Alabama in 1994: (1) unthinned control; (2) light thinning to 70-75 percent residual stocking; (3) heavy thinning to 50-55 percent residual stocking; an... | {
"abstract": "This research analyzes how eSourcing service providers can execute the Information and Communications Technology-enabled international sourcing of software-intensive systems and services (eSourcing) effectively. The extant literature falls short of providing a detailed enough set of best practices and ... |
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"abstract": "The world of human-object interactions is rich. While generally we sit on chairs and sofas, if need be we can even sit on TVs or top of shelves. In recent years, there has been progress in modeling actions and human-object interactions. However, most of these approaches require lots of data. It is not ... | {
"abstract": "We seek to detect visual relations in images of the form of triplets t = (subject, predicate, object), such as\"person riding dog\", where training examples of the individual entities are available but their combinations are rare or unseen at training. This is an important set-up due to the combinatori... | {
"abstract": "Machine reading comprehension (MRC) requires reasoning about both the knowledge involved in a document and knowledge about the world. However, existing datasets are typically dominated by questions that can be well solved by context matching, which fail to test this capability. To encourage the progres... |
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"abstract": "A new model atmosphere analysis for the peculiar DQ white dwarf discovered by Carollo et al. (2002) is presented. The effective temperature and carbon abundance have been estimated by fitting both the photometric data (UBJVRFINJHK )a nd a low resolution spectrum (3500 <λ< 7500 A) with a new model grid ... | {
"abstract": "Microlensing experiments have suggested that a significant part of the dark halo of the Milky Way could be composed of matter in form of massive compact halo objects (MACHOs). Cool ancient white dwarfs (WDs) are the natural candidates. Here we present a new survey of halo WDs and evaluate the local spa... | {
"abstract": "Four experiments were conducted to examine the effect of Eimeria tenella infection on the recrudescence of Salmonella enteritidis in previously infected chickens. Significant recrudescence of cecal colonization in the birds challenged with E. tenella was observed at 3 wk after S. enteritidis infection ... |
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