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"abstract": "We studied the plant resource use between and within populations of desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) across a precipitation gradient in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. The carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values in animal tissues are a reflection of the carbon and nitrogen isotope values in diet, ... | {
"abstract": "The increasing CO2 concentration in Earth’s atmosphere is expected to cause a greater decline in the nutritional quality of C3 than C4 plants. As a compensatory response, herbivorous insects may increase their feeding disproportionately on C3 plants. These hypotheses were tested by growing the grasses ... | {
"abstract": "Funding was provided by the Central Tablelands Local Land Services, Lake Cowal Foundation, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Environmental Trust and the Lake Cowal Foundation.",
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"title": "Predation risk for reptiles is highest at remnant edges in agricultur... |
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"abstract": "According to a recent study, the renoprotective effect of losartan is partly owing to its ability to reduce levels of serum uric acid. This finding, along with supporting evidence from cohort studies, points to lowering of serum uric acid levels as a potential method to prevent end-stage renal disease ... | {
"abstract": "Diabetic nephropathy (DN) affects approximately 30–40% of patients with type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM). It is a major cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) for the developed world. Hyperglycemia and genetics are major causal factors for the initiation and progression of DN. Multiple abnorma... | {
"abstract": "We compared the changes in serum creatinine levels over time after a mean follow-up of 9.8 years in essential hypertensive (EH, n = 56) and control (n = 59) male veteran subjects. All subjects had normal serum creatinine levels (62 to 124 mumol/L) and \"normal\" urinalysis results on entry into the stu... |
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"abstract": "Academic institutions are now drawing attention in finding methods for making effective learning process, for identifying learner’s achievements and weakness, for tracing academic progress and also for predicting future performance. People’s increased expectation for accountability and transparency mak... | {
"abstract": "Cloud Computing, the long-held dream of computing as a utility, has the potential to transform a large part of the IT industry, making software even more attractive as a service and shaping the way IT hardware is designed and purchased. Developers with innovative ideas for new Internet services no long... | {
"abstract": "Once the conceptual overview, in terms of a somewhat informal class diagram, has been designed in the course of engineering an ontology, the process of adding many of the appropriate logical axioms is mostly a routine task. We provide a Protege plugin which supports this task, together with a visual us... |
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"abstract": "A longitudinal examination of male perpetration of physical aggression toward a romantic partner and its covariation with sexual aggression reveals a decline from adolescence through 4 years of college. Witnessing domestic violence and experiencing parental physical punishment increased the likelihood ... | {
"abstract": "Traditional masculinity is hypothesized to be associated with suicidal ideation, and traditional masculinity is predicted to interact with stressors, intensifying suicidal ideation. Cross-sectional and prospective data from a study of 2,431 young adults was analyzed using hierarchical regression main e... | {
"abstract": "The election of a Conservative government in 1979 with Mrs Thatcher at its head meant that for the first time since 1945 Britain had a government which seriously questioned the post-war consensus. However, the arrival of a ‘radical’ government signalled not only changes in policy but also changes in th... |
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"abstract": "In this note, a novel probe fitted to a texture analyzer was described. This probe has the ability to simultaneously measure, in real-time, dimensional changes in the swollen layer and the glassy core of hydrophilic matrices when exposed to aqueous dissolution media. The utility of this probe was demon... | {
"abstract": "The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of excipient type and level on the release of alprazolam formulated in controlled release matrix tablets containing hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC). Each tablet formulation contained alprazolam, HPMC (Methocel K4MP), excipients, and magnes... | {
"abstract": "George Willis has given us a complex paper that deals with a number of deep, persistent issues in curriculum theory. Actually, it can be viewed as two papers making the same point in different ways: curriculum theorists need to attend to a wider variety of meanings in the phenomena they theorize about.... |
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"abstract": "Weil's character sum estimate is used to study the problem of constructing generators for the multiplicative group of a finite field. An application to the distribution of irreducible polynomials is given, which confirms an asymptotic version of a conjecture of Hansen-Mullen.",
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"title": "Refining the conditions on the Fermat quotient"
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"title": "A fast algorithm for computing large Fibonacci numbers"
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"abstract": "We present a practical approach to global motion planning and terrain assessment for ground robots in generic three-dimensional (3D) environments, including rough outdoor terrain, multilevel facilities, and more complex geometries. Our method computes optimized six-dimensional trajectories compliant wi... | {
"abstract": "Self-driving car navigation is currently attracting considerable research interests. The key problem is to guide the car to the destination in real-time with a safe and obstacle free path in real-world environments. We propose an innovative self-driving car navigation approach that incorporates a VFH (... | {
"abstract": "Shape fabrication from developable parts is the basis for arts such as papercraft and needlework, as well as modern architecture and CAD in general, and it has inspired much research. We observe that the assembly of complex 3D shapes created by existing methods often requires first fabricating many sma... |
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"abstract": "A new self-powered magnetorheological (MR) damper control system was developed to mitigate cable vibration. The power source of the MR damper is directly harvested from vibration energy through a rotary permanent magnet direct current (DC) generator. The generator itself can also serve as an electromag... | {
"abstract": "Zheng Lu 1,* ID , Ying Zhou 1, Tony Yang 2 and Angeliki Papalou 3 1 Research Institute of Structural Engineering and Disaster Reduction, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; yingzhou@tongji.edu.cn 2 Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Van... | {
"abstract": "Strong wind combined with wet snow evoked estimated cable vibration amplitudes of the stay cable Franjo Tudjman Bridge nearby Dubrovnik, Croatia, up to 1-2 meters at mid span. The bridge had to be closed and some cables were damaged substantially. The bridge owner decided to install cable dampers in or... |
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"abstract": "Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a subtype of lung cancer with poor prognosis. Expression array analysis of 23 SCLC cases and 42 normal tissues revealed that EZH2 and other PRC2 members were highly expressed in SCLC. ChIP-seq for H3K27me3 suggested that genes with H3K27me3(+) in SCLC were extended not ... | {
"abstract": "Eph receptors and their ephrin ligands are involved in normal hematopoietic development and tumorigenesis. Using methylated CpG island amplification/DNA promoter microarray, we identified several EPH receptor and EPHRIN genes as potential hypermethylation targets in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). ... | {
"abstract": "In vivo microdialysis was used to measure changes in extracellular concentrations of catecholamines and indolamines in freely moving rats in response to administration of endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide, LPS). Dialysis probes were placed stereotaxically in either the medial hypothalamus or the medial pre... |
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"abstract": "Among specific amyloid ligands, Congo red and its analogues are often considered potential therapeutic compounds. However, the results of the studies so far have not been univocal because the properties of this dye, derived mostly from its supramolecular nature, are still poorly understood. The supramo... | {
"abstract": "Small-molecule self-assembly has proven to be a rich field for the controlled synthesis of supramolecular objects with the size scale of polymers and interesting properties. Using several recent examples from our laboratory, we discuss the development of chemical structure codes for supramolecular self... | {
"abstract": "ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE\nFour traditional Chinese herbal remedies (CHR) including Buyang Huanwu decoction (BHD), Xuefu Zhuyu decoction (XZD), Tianma Gouteng decoction (TGD) and Shengyu decoction (SYD) are popular used in treating brain-related dysfunction clinically with different syndrome/patte... |
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"abstract": "This paper describes work on design principles for autonomous robots societies. The design problem is formulated as a decision problem where an optimisation formula is applied to a set of design criteria, each one being an evaluation of input task specifications across design alternatives. A three-leve... | {
"abstract": "This paper investigates the hypothesis that the motivational system of an autonomous agent should be operationally coupled with the world it is situated in. Operational coupling is structural coupling plus explicit representation of problem parameters that are observable and adjustable and relies on th... | {
"abstract": "A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with 56GHz central frequency and 17% tuning range is presented. The oscillation frequency is tuned both by an analog input and a three-bit digital control bus using the same type of differential varactors. It achieves a record FOMT (considering tuning range) of 186... |
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"abstract": "Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) wood has low dimensional stability and durability. Heat treatment was made in an oven using hot air during 2 to 24 h and at 170-200 oC. A comparison was made against steam heat treatment. The equilibrium moisture content and the dimensional stability (ASE) in radial and t... | {
"abstract": "The influences of heat treatment under vacuum on the mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of untreated poplar wood were investigated in this study. Wood samples were heated in a vacuum atmosphere in laboratory conditions at 140 to 200 °C for 1 to 3 h. The color of the poplar’s surface after h... | {
"abstract": "A study relating the properties of haematite (alpha-Fe2O3) produced by thermal oxidation of pyrite and marcasite (both FeS2) in air for 1 h at temperatures between 200 and 650 degreesC, to the iron disulphide polymorph and grain size of the sample is reported. Comparisons feature crystallite sizes of h... |
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"abstract": "To identify potentially unfair use of international aviation carbon emission rights in different countries, this paper presents a carbon Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient, constructed on the basis of historical cumulative international aviation CO2 emissions per capita. The study follows a methodology ... | {
"abstract": "This paper analyzes future carbon emissions inequality using a group decomposition of the Gini index. Business-as-usual projections to the year 2100 for 135 countries show inequality in per capita emissions declines slowly. Next, the impact on emissions levels and inequality of the Kyoto Protocol and o... | {
"abstract": "Name-centric approaches provide maximum flexibility for applications, as a result, the future of Internet services is heading towards the increased importance of name-centric approaches. However, for the Internet of Things to become more name-centric, implementations of resource-constrained devices are... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Two serological tests for detection of antibodies to Ehrlichia (previously Cowdria) ruminantium, the causative agent of heartwater, were compared by using field sera collected from sheep and cattle as part of serosurveys in Ghana. Sera selected as either negative or positive by a new polyclona... | {
"abstract": "1. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Al-Butana, Tamboul, Sudan 2. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,University of Khartoum, Khartoum Sudan 3. Animal Resources Research Corporation Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries, Sudan 4. Depar... | {
"abstract": "Suman Mahan and co-authors review the strategies applied to develop improved vaccines for Cowdria ruminantium infections (heartwater). Inactivated vaccines using cell-cultured C. ruminantium organisms combined with an adjuvant are capable of protecting goats, sheep and cattle against lethal C. ruminant... |
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"abstract": "In the scientific community as well as in commercial freeze-drying, controlled ice nucleation has received a lot of attention because increasing the ice nucleation temperature can significantly reduce primary drying duration. Furthermore, controlled ice nucleation enables to reduce the randomness of th... | {
"abstract": "The freezing step influences lyophilization efficiency and protein stability. The main objective of this work was to investigate the impact on the primary drying stage of an ultrasound controlled ice nucleation technology, compared with usual freezing protocols. Lyophilization cycles involving differen... | {
"abstract": "Coatings are of great significance for irons and steels in regards to the harsh marine environment. Graphene oxides (GO) have been considered as an ideal filler material of epoxy coating. However, the undesired dispersion in the epoxy together with easy agglomeration and stacking remain great problems ... |
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"abstract": "Previously, we proposed an auto-regressive hidden Markov model (AR-HMM) and an accompanying parameter estimation method. An AR-HMM was obtained by combining an AR process with an HMM introduced as a non-stationary excitation model. We demonstrated that the AR-HMM can accurately estimate the characteris... | {
"abstract": "We describe a procedure for efficient encoding of the speech wave by representing it in terms of time-varying parameters related to the transfer function of the vocal tract and the characteristics of the excitation. The speech wave, sampled at 10 kHz, is analyzed by predicting the present speech sample... | {
"abstract": "We consider a finite, undirected graph each node of which contains a process. Processes contained in nodes directly connected by an edge of the graph are called each other’s neighbours.",
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"title": "A Class of Simple Communication Patterns"
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"abstract": "In a foundational paper, Gale and Shapley (1962) introduced the deferred acceptance algorithm that achieves a stable outcome in a two-sided matching market by letting one side of the market make proposals to the other side. What happens when both sides of the market can propose? In “Deferred Acceptance... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In contrast to entry-level professional labor markets, in which cohorts of candidates and positions become available at the same time (e.g., when candidates graduate from school), senior level positions typically become available when an incumbent retires, or a new position is created, and whe... | {
"abstract": "AIM\nTo determine whether an electronic nose can differentiate cultured nonmalignant and malignant prostatic cells from each other and whether the smell print is secreted to the surrounding medium.\n\n\nMATERIALS & METHODS\nProstatic nonmalignant (EP-156T and controls) and malignant (LNCaP) cell lines,... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nThe sonologist detects a so-called \"soft marker\" during approximately 10% of routine second-trimester anatomy examinations and is often uncertain about what further management is appropriate. This article will specifically address the management of patients with sonographic markers for six... | {
"abstract": "Prenatal aneuploidy screening has changed dramatically in recent years with increases in the types of chromosomal abnormalities reliably identified and in the proportion of aneuploid fetuses detected. Initially, screening was available only for trisomies 21 and 18 and was offered only to low-risk pregn... | {
"abstract": "The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), cosponsored a workshop on December 16-17, 2004, to discuss the evidence for first-trimester Down syndrome screening and to e... |
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"abstract": "An arterial aneurysm is defined as a permanent localized enlargement of an artery to a diameter more than 1.5 times its expected diameter. Aneurysms are classified according to morphology, etiology, and anatomic site. The most common morphology is a fusiform, symmetrical, circumferential enlargement th... | {
"abstract": "Mycotic or infected aneurysms are focal vascular dilatations from inflammation or infection that results in weakening of the blood vessel wall. It poses a high risk of complications such as aneurysm rupture, uncontrolled sepsis and extensive periaortic infection. Symptoms are frequently minimal during ... | {
"abstract": "Carotid atherosclerotic plaques are a major cause of ischaemic stroke. The biomechanical environment to which the arterial wall and plaque is subjected to plays an important role in the initiation, progression and rupture of carotid plaques. MRI is frequently used to characterize the morphology of a ca... |
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"abstract": "The relation between the lattice Boltzmann method, which has recently become popular, and the kinetic schemes, which are routinely used in computational fluid dynamics, is explored. A new discrete velocity method for the numerical solution of Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible fluid flow is pre... | {
"abstract": "On discute d'une technique alternative aux automates des gaz sur reseau pour etudier des proprietes hydrodynamiques, a savoir la modelisation d'un gaz reticulaire a l'aide d'une equation de Boltzman. Cette approche elimine entierement le bruit statistique qui encombre les simulations de gaz sur reseaux... | {
"abstract": "We consider certain classes of \\exponential functions\" on time scales, which are dened via dynamic equations and generalize the ordinary exponential function. In this paper we are interested rst in the asymptotic behavior of these functions (say compared with the ordinary exponential) and second, how... |
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"abstract": "In every domain where a service or a product is provided, an important question is that of evaluation: given a set of possible choices for deployment, what is the best one? An important example, which is considered in this work, is that of ranker evaluation from the field of information retrieval (IR).... | {
"abstract": "Ranker evaluation is central to the research into search engines, be it to compare rankers or to provide feedback for learning to rank. Traditional evaluation approaches do not scale well because they require explicit relevance judgments of document-query pairs, which are expensive to obtain. A promisi... | {
"abstract": "This paper is concerned with learning to rank for information retrieval (IR). Ranking is the central problem for information retrieval, and employing machine learning techniques to learn the ranking function is viewed as a promising approach to IR. Unfortunately, there was no benchmark dataset that cou... |
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"abstract": "According to recent accounts, the processing of errors and generally infrequent, surprising (novel) events share a common neuroanatomical substrate. Direct empirical evidence for this common processing network in humans is, however, scarce. To test this hypothesis, we administered a hybrid error-monito... | {
"abstract": "The ERN or Ne is a component of the event-related brain potential that occurs when human subjects make errors in reaction time tasks. It is observed in response-locked averages, time-locked to the execution of the incorrect response. Recent research has reported that this component is present on correc... | {
"abstract": "Mice were whole body X-irradiated with different doses and different dose-rates. Directly hereafter lipid peroxidation capacity of the liver membranes was measured. The lag phase prior to rapid peroxidation was clearly shortened at higher doses and also at lower dose rates when the same dose was applie... |
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"abstract": "Plant diversity affects species richness and abundance of taxa at higher trophic levels. However, plant diversity effects on omnivores (feeding on multiple trophic levels) and their trophic and non-trophic interactions are not yet studied because appropriate methods were lacking. A promising approach i... | {
"abstract": "Changes in the diversity of plant communities may undermine the economically and environmentally important consumer species they support. The structure of trophic interactions determines the sensitivity of food webs to perturbations, but rigorous assessments of plant diversity effects on network topolo... | {
"abstract": "One approach to understanding the genetic basis of traits is to study their pattern of inheritance among offspring of phenotypically different parents. Previously, such analysis has been limited by low mapping resolution, high labor costs, and large sample size requirements for detecting modest effects... |
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"abstract": "The effect of heat treatments on the meltability of cheese was investigated. Cheddar cheeses of different composition and low-moisture, part-skim Mozzarella cheese were studied at 1, 3, 6, and 12 wk of aging. Cheese samples were heated to 60 degrees C and held for 0, 10, and 20 min before allowing the ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The impact of the rod:coccus ratio on chemical composition, proteolysis, and functional properties of Mozzarella during storage was determined. Three vats of cheese were made in 1 d using three rod:coccus ratios (9:1, 5:5, and 1:9). Cheese making was replicated on 3 different d using a 3×3 Lat... | {
"abstract": "In an 11-week greenhouse study, caged queenright colonies of Bombus impatiens Cresson, were fed treatments of 0 (0 ppb actual residue I, imidacloprid; C, clothianidin), 10 (14 I, 9 C), 20 (16 I, 17C), 50 (71 I, 39 C) and 100 (127 I, 76 C) ppb imidacloprid or clothianidin in sugar syrup (50%). These tre... |
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"abstract": "Fire training facilities are potential sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) to the nearby environment due to the usage of PFAS-containing aqueous fire-fighting foams (AFFFs). The multimedia distribution of perfluoroalkyl carboxylates (PFCAs), perfluoroalkyl sulfonates (PFSAs), perfluo... | {
"abstract": "Between the late 1940s and early 1950s, humans manufactured polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) using electrochemical fluorination and telomerisation technologies, whereby hydrogen atoms are substituted by fluorine atoms, thus conferring unnatural and unique physicochemical properties to these compounds. ... | {
"abstract": "This paper considers the stabilization problem for control-aane nonlinear systems. A gradient-based numerical method is proposed to solve this problem. A receding horizon strategy, from Model Predictive Control , is used to yield a feedback control law. We show that, under certain weak assumptions, the... |
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"abstract": "Hidden Markov models were introduced in the beginning of the 1970’s as a tool in speech recognition. During the last decade they have been found useful in addressing problems in computational biology such as characterising sequence families, gene finding, structure prediction and phylogenetic analysis.... | {
"abstract": "We construct a model for FPC, a purely functional, sequential, call-by-value language. The model is built from partial continuous functions, in the style of Plotkin, further constrained to be uniform with respect to a class of logical relations. We prove that the model is fully abstract.",
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"abstract": "Complementary DNA (cDNA) copies of the M1‐1, toxin‐coding region of the yeast M1 double‐stranded RNA (dsRNA) have been cloned and sequenced. These sequences, in combination with the known terminal sequence of M1‐1 dsRNA, identify a translation reading frame for a 316 amino acid protein of 34.7 kd, simi... |
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"abstract": "Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder, with a highly complex and heterogenous clinical presentation. Our current perspectives posit that the pathogenic mechanisms of this illness lie in complex arrays of gene × environment interactions. Furthermore, several findings indicate that males have a highe... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundMonoamine oxidases (MAOs) catalyze the metabolism of dopaminergic neurotransmitters. Polymorphisms of isoforms MAOA and MAOB have been implicated in the etiology of mental disorders such as schizophrenia. Association studies detected these polymorphisms in several populations, however the dat... | {
"abstract": "Although simultaneous P-removal and nitrate reduction has been observed in laboratory studies as well as full-scale plants, there are contradictory reports on the ability of PAO I to efficiently use nitrate as electron acceptor. Such discrepancy could be due to other microbial groups performing partial... |
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"abstract": "The application of evolution in the digital realm, with the goal of creating artificial intelligence and artificial life, has a history as long as that of the digital computer itself. We illustrate the intertwined history of these ideas, starting with the early theoretical work of John von Neumann and ... | {
"abstract": "Exploding growth growth in computational systems forces us to gradually replace rigid design and control with decentralization and autonomy. Information technologies will progress, instead, by“meta-designing” mechanisms of system self-assembly, self-regulation and evolution. Nature offers a great varie... | {
"abstract": "Many practical applications include image processing, space searching, network analysis, graph partitioning etc. in that large graphs having a millions of vertices are commonly used and to process on that vertices is difficult task. Using high-end computers practical-time implementations are reported b... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Wafer level packaging (WLP) has many advantages, such as ease of fabrication and reduced fabrication cost. However, solder joint reliability of traditional WLPs is the weakest point of the technology. In this paper, a 0.4 mm pitch Cu post type WLP has been developed for mobile computing applic... | {
"abstract": "The 3D finite element analysis model of flip stacked AU bumps was developed, its stress and strain distribution under random vibration load were analyzed by ANSYS the finite element analysis software. Solder joint height, solder maximum radial size, solider distribution were selected as four key config... | {
"abstract": "Twenty-four of the most successful Cuban-born business founders in Dade County (Miami) Florida responded to a semi-structured interview. The sociology of enclave development provides the context for understanding the development of the larger Cuban-owned businesses in Dade County. The results indicate ... |
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"abstract": "Polymerization of glycinamide-conjugated monomer alone in concentrated aqueous solution enables facile formation of a mechanically strong and a highly stable supramolecular polymer (SP) hydrogel because of the cooperatively hydrogen-bonded crosslinking and strengthening effect from dual amide motifs. T... | {
"abstract": "With the world’s focus on reducing our dependency on fossil-fuel energy, the scientific community can investigate new plastic materials that are much less dependent on petroleum than are conventional plastics. Given increasing environmental issues, the idea of replacing plastics with water-based gels, ... | {
"abstract": "Chemical denaturants are frequently used to unfold proteins and to characterize mechanisms and transition states of protein folding reactions. The molecular basis of the effect of urea and guanidinium chloride (GdmCl) on polypeptide chains is still not well understood. Models for denaturant--protein in... |
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"abstract": "Mitchell, P., & Wang, J. J. (2011). Dual sensory impairment in older age. Journal of Aging and Health, 23, 1309–1324. doi:10. 1177/0898264311408418 Spirduso, W. W., Francis, K. L., & MacRae, P. G. (2005). Health, exercise and cognitive function. In Physical dimensions of aging (2nd ed., pp. 211–232). C... | {
"abstract": "Objectives: Hearing and visual impairments are commonly viewed separately in research and service provision, but they often occur together as dual sensory impairment or DSI in older populations. This article examines the frequency and effects of DSI in older age and notes limitations in the evidence. M... | {
"abstract": "This paper describes a questionnaire measure of self-reported failures in perception, memory, and motor function. Responses to all questions tend to be positively correlated, and the whole questionnaire correlates with other recent measures of self-reported deficit in memory, absent-mindedness, or slip... |
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"abstract": "The US health care system is rapidly adopting electronic health records, which will dramatically increase the quantity of clinical data that are available electronically. Simultaneously, rapid progress has been made in clinical analytics--techniques for analyzing large quantities of data and gleaning n... | {
"abstract": "Objective: Rapid advances of high-throughput technologies and wide adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) have led to fast accumulation of –omic and EHR data. These voluminous complex data contain abundant information for precision medicine, and big data analytics can extract such knowledge to im... | {
"abstract": "According to medical reports, cancers are big problems in the world society. In this paper we are supposed to predict breast cancer recurrence by multi-layer perceptron with two different outputs, a deep neural network as a feature extraction and multi-layer perceptron as a classifier, rough neural net... |
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"abstract": "For the past year we have been using a relational database as part of an automated data collection system for cryoEM. The database is vital for keeping track of the very large number of images collected and analyzed by the automated system and essential for quantitatively evaluating the utility of meth... | {
"abstract": "Traditional data management methods are unable to sufficiently support growing trends in biomedical research such as collection of larger data sets, use of diverse data types, and sharing of data among multiple laboratories. Although many technologies are readily available to help laboratories build da... | {
"abstract": "A novel anode structure composed of silicon nanowires dwelling in graphitic tubes is developed. The thus-fabricated 1D/1D hybrid structure exhibits good rate capability and remarkable cycling stability, which mainly originates from their structural advantages including the built-in void spaces and the ... |
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"abstract": "Abstract This paper introduces dynamic supply rates (as quadratic differential forms) for stability analysis for interconnected systems. These supply rates capture far more information on system dynamics than conventional constant supply rates do and as such can reduce conservativeness in dissipativity... | {
"abstract": "The increasing complexity of modern industrial processes can make the plants susceptible to faults (e.g. sensor and actuator failures). In this paper, the dissipativity theory is used to develop a fault detection and diagnosis scheme for process systems. The dissipativity properties represent the featu... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Ambient mass spectrometry (AMS) allows direct molecular characterization of various raw food samples with minimal or no sample pretreatment. Because of the excellent sensitivity and specificity of analysis, AMS has been increasingly applied in food science and industry. In virtually, any type ... |
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"abstract": "Objective To investigate whether poststroke dementia (PSD) diagnosed after ischaemic stroke predicts recurrent ischaemic stroke in long-term follow-up. Methods We included 486 consecutive patients with ischaemic stroke (388 with first-ever stroke) admitted to Helsinki University Central Hospital who we... | {
"abstract": "This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors for prognostic of post-stroke dementia (PSD). A systematic review included case-control and/or cohort studies, we searched both published and unpublished literatures between 2000 to July 31, 2016. Two authors independently screened and selected research art... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE\nStroke is a major cause of disability in the elderly and is also related to the development of dementia, which is another important source of disability in old age. The aim of the present study was to examine the potential impact of stroke on cognitive and functional status in a... |
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"abstract": "Different irradiation protocols are proposed to polymerize dental resins, and discordances remain concerning their impact on the material. To improve this knowledge, we studied entrapment of free radicals in unfilled Bis-GMA/TEGDMA (50:50 wt%) resin after light cure. The tested hypothesis was that vari... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nElastic modulus development during polymerization of a composite is a measure of the polymerization maturity and the restoration's ability to transfer stress to enamel and dentin. The characteristics of elastic modulus development in real time during cure are largely unknown. The purpose of th... | {
"abstract": "We propose a new technique that is able to extract the small-signal equivalent-circuit elements of high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) without causing any gate degradation. For the determination of extrinsic resistance values, unlike other conventional techniques, the proposed technique does not... |
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"abstract": "If implemented correctly, the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) can potentially address many current safety concerns in primary care. One highly relevant but underemphasized safety concern is diagnostic error (i.e., missed, delayed, or wrong diagnosis),1 possibly the leading type of error in primary... | {
"abstract": "Despite an increasing focus on patient safety in ambulatory care, progress in understanding and reducing diagnostic errors in this setting lag behind many other safety concerns such as medication errors. To explore the extent and nature of diagnostic errors in ambulatory care, we identified five dimens... | {
"abstract": "Although Sierra Leone lies within the worldwide filarial belt, chyluria (the passage of milky coloured urine) is a rare presenting symptom in clinical practice. This report describes a confirmed case of parasitic filariasis presenting in a 72-year-old woman. After treatment with a combination of iverme... |
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"abstract": "Model-based reinforcement learning approaches carry the promise of being data efficient. However, due to challenges in learning dynamics models that sufficiently match the real-world dynamics, they struggle to achieve the same asymptotic performance as model-free methods. We propose Model-Based Meta-Po... | {
"abstract": "We introduce Embed to Control (E2C), a method for model learning and control of non-linear dynamical systems from raw pixel images. E2C consists of a deep generative model, belonging to the family of variational autoencoders, that learns to generate image trajectories from a latent space in which the d... | {
"abstract": "We describe a system for the detection of changes in multiple views of a tunnel surface. From data gathered by a robotic inspection rig, we use a structure-from-motion pipeline to build panoramas of the surface and register images from different time instances. Reliably detecting changes such as hairli... |
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"abstract": "Magnitude is an invariant of metric spaces with origins in enriched category theory. Using potential theoretic methods, Barcelo and Carbery gave an algorithm for calculating the magnitude of any odd dimensional ball in Euclidean space, and they proved that it was a rational function of the radius of th... | {
"abstract": "Magnitude is a canonical invariant of finite metric spaces which has its origins in category theory; it is analogous to cardinality of finite sets. Here, by approximating certain compact subsets of Euclidean space with finite subsets, the magnitudes of line segments, circles and Cantor sets are defined... | {
"abstract": "We consider distributed estimation of the inverse covariance matrix, also called the concentration matrix, in Gaussian graphical models. Traditional centralized estimation often requires iterative and expensive global inference and is therefore difficult in large distributed networks. In this paper, we... |
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"abstract": "In a constantly evolving economy it is crucial to think outside the traditional way and utilize newly emerging methods and technologies available for effective human resource management. One of such cutting edge technologies is Second Life, a computer-based simulated virtual environment that allows glo... | {
"abstract": "We adopted a person-organization (P-O) fit framework to examine applicant attraction to an organization in the context of Web-based recruitment. A total of 121 undergraduate business students participated in a two-stage study first by completing a paper-and-pencil survey and second, by visiting a ficti... | {
"abstract": "E ective management of battle eld networks requires a hierarchical network management architecture wherein managers can dynamically delegate management tasks to intermediate managers. In this paper we describe a novel framework called SHAMAN Spreadsheet-based Hierarchical Architecture for MANagement wh... |
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"abstract": "We consider the slight variation of the adversarial queuing theory model in which an adversary injects packets with routes into the network subject to the following constraint: For any link e, the total number of packets injected in any time window \\([t,t')\\) and whose route contains e is at most \\(... | {
"abstract": "We consider packet forwarding on a tree with all packets destined for the root, assuming each link may forward at most$c \\geq 1$ packets each time step. We use the Adversarial Queuing Theory injection model, where a$(\\rho,\\ \\sigma)$-adversary may inject at most$\\sigma+\\rho\\cdot t$ packets into t... | {
"abstract": "The objective of this work is to study the influence of complex manifold geometries on the flow distribution between microchannels by an analytical model and an equivalent electrical resistance network model. An optimization procedure is proposed to optimize the manifold geometries and dimensional vari... |
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"abstract": "Currently the automotive sector is undergoing a major change. During the next years it is expected that there will be a considerable increase in the numbers of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs). Based on different charging scenarios, this paper investigates the impact of PHEVs on the French elec... | {
"abstract": "Dans le contexte automobile actuel, etroitement lie a la volonte de reduire les emissions de CO2 dans l'atmosphere, les vehicules hybrides demeurent un passage oblige a court et moyen terme. Un vehicule hybride possede deux sources d'energie pour assurer sa propulsion : en general un moteur thermique c... | {
"abstract": "Cet article presente une optimisation globale de la commande d'un moteur synchrone a rotor bobine en tenant compte de la saturation magnetique. Etant donnee la complexite de sa mise en oeuvre, on se propose tout d'abord d'estimer le gain introduit par son utilisation dans la traction electrique et hybr... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundThe GA2LEN chamber has been developed as a novel mobile allergen exposure chamber (AEC) allowing standardized multicenter trials in allergy. Hitherto, subjective nasal symptom scores have been the most often used outcome parameter, but in standardized modern trials objective parameters are pr... | {
"abstract": "Objectives We evaluated the usefulness of the standardized nasal provocation test (NPT) protocol recently published by the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) and compared the utility of several parameters for diagnosing allergic rhinitis (AR) caused by house dust mites (HDM). S... | {
"abstract": "Backgrounds/aimsRas is a control switch of ERK1/2 pathway, and hyperactivation of Ras-ERK1/2 signaling appears frequently in human cancers. However, the molecular regulation following by Ras-ERK1/2 activation is still unclear. This work aimed to reveal whether Ras-ERK1/2 promoted the development of col... |
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"abstract": "This study aims mostly at understanding seasonal variations in the intensity, frequency and duration of extreme precipitation events in mainland Portugal. For this purpose, selected precipitation indices that mainly focus on extremes were calculated at the seasonal scale for daily data recorded in the ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on both the winter precipitation and the temporal occurrence of different landslide types in Portugal. The analysis is applied to five sample areas located just north of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Thes... | {
"abstract": "PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation) fluorometer techniques directly measure the light reactions of photosynthesis that are otherwise difficult to estimate in CAM (Crassulacean Acid metabolism) plants such as pineapple (Ananas comosus comosus cv. Phuket). PAM machines calculate photosynthesis as the Electr... |
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"abstract": "This paper investigates a new learning formulation called structured sparsity, which is a natural extension of the standard sparsity concept in statistical learning and compressive sensing. By allowing arbitrary structures on the feature set, this concept generalizes the group sparsity idea. A general ... | {
"abstract": "We consider the empirical risk minimization problem for linear supervised learning, with regularization by structured sparsity-inducing norms. These are defined as sums of Euclidean norms on certain subsets of variables, extending the usual l1-norm and the group l1-norm by allowing the subsets to overl... | {
"abstract": "We present a new, discrete undersampling scheme designed to favor wavefield reconstruction by sparsity-promoting inversion with transform elements localized in the Fourier domain. The work is motivated by empirical observations in the seismic community, corroborated by results from compressive sampling... |
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"abstract": "As one of the most important post-translational modifications, reversible phosphorylation of protein plays crucial roles in a large number of biological processes. Moreover, endogenous phosphopeptides are also associated with certain human diseases. An efficient enrichment and separation method is the ... | {
"abstract": "As one of the most important posttranslational modifications, protein phosphorylation plays an important role in vital movement. However, an efficiency enrichment treatment prior to MS detection is still a crucial step to protein phosphorylation analysis. In this work, a novel hybrid microsphere for ef... | {
"abstract": "Most surfaces are either static or switchable only between “on” and “off” states for a specific application. It is a challenge to develop reconfigurable surfaces that can adapt to rapidly changing environments or applications. Here, we demonstrate fabrication of surfaces that can be reconfigured for us... |
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"abstract": "The steep topography of mountain landscapes arises from interactions between tectonic rock uplift, valley incision and landslide erosion on hillslopes. An analysis of more than 15,000 landslides in the eastern Himalaya, mapped from satellite images, shows that steep uplands primarily respond to uplift ... | {
"abstract": "On November 18, 2017, an Ms 6.9 earthquake struck Milin County, Linzhi City, Tibet, China, triggering a large number of co-seismic landslides. The epicenter was located at the end of the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, an area with rapid uplift and strong tectonic rotation deformation. As co-seismic landsl... | {
"abstract": "Microstructured fibres made from polymer can bring new functionality in terms of the variety of structures that can be produced and the type of material that can be incorporated into the fibre.",
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"abstract": "The immunohistochemical localization of metallothioneins (MTs), low‐molecular‐weight metal‐binding proteins, was investigated in a case of annular lichen planus (LP) that enlarged centrifugally with healing in the centre after a month. The annular lesion was found to exhibit the early, developed and la... | {
"abstract": "Basaloid proliferations overlying dermatofibromas which morphologically resemble superficial basal cell carcinomas have been interpreted as both reactive/regressive and frankly malignant. Metallothioneins (MTs) are low‐molecular‐weight proteins with a selective binding affinity for heavy metal ions. MT... | {
"abstract": "We examine the luminosity and dynamical mass estimates for young massive stellar clusters. For many young (<50 Myr) clusters, the luminosity and dynamical mass estimates differ by a significant amount. We explain this as being due to many young clusters being out of virial equilibrium (which is assumed... |
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"abstract": "Summary. We have measured the in vitro growth requirements of progenitor cells released into the blood of cancer patients following administration of chemotherapy and cytokines. In order to distinguish the direct effects of cytokines on progenitors from those activating acessory cells, we have comparie... | {
"abstract": "A monoclonal antibody, 12–8, prepared against KG-1a cells, recognizes an approximately 115-kd cell surface antigen and reacts with 3% to 4% of bone marrow cells, including most of the blast cells. The antigen is not expressed on peripheral blood cells. Marrow cells expressing 12–8 collected by fluoresc... | {
"abstract": "T lymphocytes are thought to cooperatively interact with monocytes to produce colony-stimulating factors (CSF). However, little is known about monocyte-mediated signals leading to CSF-secretion by T lymphocytes, although soluble monocyte products have been implicated. We have employed monoclonal antibo... |
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"abstract": "The fading worked example has emerged from cognitive load theory as an effective strategy for lowering cognitive load in the novice phase of skill acquisition and has been shown to be effective in mathematics, engineering and psychology. This theoretical paper proposes the application of the fading wor... | {
"abstract": "Computers are being used more and more in all aspects of our lives and, programmed correctly, they are more accurate and precise than humans can ever be. Here, however, the myth of the superiority of artificial intelligence is examined and dispelled. The authors, one a philosopher and the other a compu... | {
"abstract": "Abstract\nThis paper analyzes whether taxation has an influence on the location decisions of multinational enterprises. We employ a novel set of 22 tax variables, such as the taxation of dividends and capital gains, withholding taxes, the existence of a group taxation regime, and thin capitalization ru... |
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"abstract": "the aim of this work is to develop an application which has the capability of modeling and optimizing regular shape (rectangular, square or L shape) ground grids under a two-layer soil model. The ground grid optimal design is the focus of this paper by using a 3-step optimization method: 1) using IEEE-... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, three metaheuristic techniques have been developed to propose a safe and economic grounding system for the future power plant of Labreg situated in Khenchela City (400 km east of Algiers). The corresponding algorithms have been elaborated using particle swarm optimization (PSO), genetic ... | {
"abstract": "We tested the electrical characteristics of an oligo(phenylene ethynylene) (OPE) molecule with one nitro side group, an OPE with two nitro side groups, and an OPE with no nitro side groups in our nanowell device. The OPE molecule with nitro side group(s) showed switching behavior with memory as well as... |
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"abstract": "Multicarrier modulation has established itself as an appealing option for high-performance wireless communication systems. When the channel varies slowly in time, such as in applications with low terminal mobility, adaptive loading further enhances the system performance considerably. However, even wit... | {
"abstract": "Closed-loop power control providing maximum capacity of the multicarrier channel with frequency selective Nakagami fading is investigated. Use of the famous Gallager channel capacity (water-filling) theorem with the assumption of limited transmitter power and independent fading in partial channels lead... | {
"abstract": "A parallel quadrature AM data transmission system may be implemented with a number of overlapping channels, each carrying a signaling rateb, spacedb/2apart in frequency. When a large number of channels are used, the system allows transmission speeds very close to the Nyquist rate, with little sensitivi... |
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"abstract": "We propose two types of topologically stable knot solitons in condensed matters, one in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates and one in two-gap superconductors. We identify the knot in Bose-Einstein condensates as a twisted vorticity flux ring and the knot in two-gap superconductors as a twisted mag... | {
"abstract": "We numerically show that a topologically nontrivial 3D Skyrmion can be energetically stable in a trapped two-component atomic Bose-Einstein condensate, for the parameters of 87Rb condensate experiments. The separate conservation of the two atomic species can stabilize the Skyrmion against shrinking to ... | {
"abstract": "We present candidates for the global minimum energy solitons of charge one to nine in the Skyrme model, generated using sophisticated numerical algorithms. Assuming the Skyrme model accurately represents the low energy limit of QCD, these configurations correspond to the classical nuclear ground states ... |
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"abstract": "A new digital representation of pictures is proposed. The main feature of this representation is: Given a string of data Z representing a picture with full resolution, various substrings of Z represent the same picture with appropriately lower resolution. This is analogous to a well-known property of h... | {
"abstract": "There is a growing need for people to browse through files of images such as satellite or medical photos, to determine which ones warrant further examination. Users located at some distance from the image archive often must use slow transmission links such as telephone lines. If an image is scanned out... | {
"abstract": "Gaussian filtering is an important tool in image processing and computer vision. In this paper we discuss the background of Gaussian filtering and look at some methods for implementing it. Consideration of the central limit theorem suggests using a cascade of ``simple'' filters as a means of computing ... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents selected findings of a recent study into the use of external design expertise by client bodies from a group of countries defined as Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs). The study examined the subject with reference to the relations between British design consultancies and NIC clie... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Design management (DM) capability development is significant in securing a competitive position in the global commercial market. However, companies integrate DM into their businesses at different levels. Many frameworks and audit tools have been developed to assess the level of design capabili... | {
"abstract": "This research compares walking over ground, on a split-belt treadmill, on a tied-belt treadmill, and on the Gait Enhancing Mobile Shoe (GEMS) in both humans and simulated on a passive dynamic model. Passive Dynamic Walkers (PDW) have been researched for decades, yet only recently has the model been use... |
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"abstract": "The need for use of renewable source of energy for green electricity production is increasing day by day. Wind turbine blade must be designed aerodynamically to achieve optimum performance in both design and off design conditions. In present study eight different study eight different blades for 700 wa... | {
"abstract": "The objective of this project ‘OPHWT’ is to develop an efficient numerical code, for the optimisation of the aerodynamic characteristics of horizontal axis wind turbines. A vortex model has been treated based on the lifting line theory.",
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"abstract": "This report--the first in what is envisioned to be an ongoing annual series--attempts to fill this need by providing a detailed overview of developments and trends in the U.S. wind power market, with a particular focus on 2006.",
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"abstract": "In data center applications, predictability in service time and controlled latency, especially tail latency, are essential for building performant applications. This is especially true for applications or services built by accessing data across thousands of servers to generate a user response. Current ... | {
"abstract": "Storage systems have grown to the point where failures are inevitable, and those who design systems must plan ahead so that precious data is not lost when failures occur. The core technology for protecting data from failures is erasure coding, which has a rich 50+ year history stemming communication sy... | {
"abstract": "By using conventional database management tools, data explosion is one of the most regular triggers for the development of Big Data. This results in increase difficulty for database management and larger datasets from existing applications. The organizations face the challenge to capture, manage and an... |
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"abstract": "We adopt an implicit scheme to solve both the dispersive/diffractive and the nonlinear step in the beam propagation method (BPM) code. Unlike the Runge-Kutta implementation used in the nonlinear part of the propagation, the totally implicit scheme is considerably fast. Transparent boundary conditions c... | {
"abstract": "Microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) are optical fibers having a periodic air-silica cross-section. The air holes extend along the axis of the fiber for its entire length. The core of the fiber is formed by a missing hole in the periodic structure. Remarkable properties of MOFs have recently been repo... | {
"abstract": "A methodology is presented for predicting the phase noise and jitter of a fractional-N PLL based frequency synthesizer. Based on the phase/jitter properties extracted from transistor level through simulation, a voltage-domain behavioral model can give phase noise performance of fractional-N PLL frequen... |
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"abstract": "For many civilians, the high-tech weapons, armor, and military medicine with which U.S. soldiers are equipped present an image of lethal capacity and physical invulnerability. But, as this article explores, soldiers themselves just as often associate the life-sustaining technology of modern warfare wit... | {
"abstract": "In this article we describe the nursing care needs of wounded service members (WSMs) from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the evolving role of the nurse case manager (CM). New types of injuries, in-field treatment, immediate transport to multiple care centers, and new technologies have created a n... | {
"abstract": "Even though the use of open preprint databases for scholarly publications is commonplace in several disciplines, their possibilities remain largely unexplored in the humanities. This article examines the emergence and the dynamics of academic preprint and evaluates the possibilities for introducing pre... |
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"abstract": "Background Ship engine emissions are important with regard to lung and cardiovascular diseases especially in coastal regions worldwide. Known cellular responses to combustion particles include oxidative stress and inflammatory signalling. Objectives To provide a molecular link between the chemical and ... | {
"abstract": "Indoor air pollution is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Specifically, the health impact of emissions from domestic burning of biomass and coal is most relevant and is estimated to contribute to over 4 million premature deaths per year worldwide. Wood is the main fuel source for bioma... | {
"abstract": "to know the details of plants growing around us is of great importance medicinally and economically. Conventionally, plants are categorized mainly by taxonomists through investigation of various parts of the plant. However, most of the plants can be classified based on the leaf shape and associated fea... |
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"abstract": "Document images usually suffer from some unwanted transformations like skew and warping. When dealing with large books, another problem is also introduced; when we capture a page of a large book using digital camera or scanner, some extra margins appears. The resulting document is often framed by a dar... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The segmentation and classification of digitized printed documents into regions of text and images is a necessary first processing step in document analysis systems. It is shown that a constrained run length algorithm is well suited to partition most documents into areas of text lines, solid b... | {
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"abstract": "Tensor factorization has become an increasingly popular approach to knowledge graph completion(KGC), which is the task of automatically predicting missing facts in a knowledge graph. However, even with a simple model like CANDECOMP/PARAFAC(CP) tensor decomposition, KGC on existing knowledge graphs is i... | {
"abstract": "We study bilinear embedding models for the task of multi-relational link prediction and knowledge graph completion. Bilinear models belong to the most basic models for this task, they are comparably efficient to train and use, and they can provide good prediction performance. The main goal of this pape... | {
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"abstract": "In this study, we describe the mechanical design and control scheme of a quasi-passive knee exoskeleton intended to investigate the biomechanical behavior of the knee joint during interaction with externally applied impedances. As the human knee behaves much like a linear spring during the stance phase... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we present the design of a novel quasi-passive stance-control orthosis that implements a natural amount of knee compliance during the weight acceptance phase and potentially the entire stance phase of the gait, and allows for free motion during the rest of the gait. We explain that the u... | {
"abstract": "The first functional load-carrying and energetically autonomous exoskeleton was demonstrated at U.C. Berkeley, walking at the average speed of 1.3 m/s while carrying a 34 kg (75 lb) payload. Four fundamental technologies associated with the Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton (BLEEX) were tackled duri... |
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"abstract": "SummaryA case of constitutional hyperbilirubinemia with mild elevations of un-conjugated bilirubin in the serum was reported which was further characterized by an accumulation of pigment granules in the liver cells of the Dubin-Johnson-Sprinz-Nelson type. Electron-microscopic studies demonstrated predo... | {
"abstract": "IT has been shown that bilirubin has to be converted to its glucuronide or sulfate1 2 3 4 before it can be excreted in the bile. Retention of nonconjugated bilirubin in the plasma, associated with ...",
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"abstract": "A straightforward method for computing rates of slip from earthquakes in major fault zones is presented. The slip rate is calculated from the sum of moments for the earthquakes. Rates obtained are in approximate agreement with rates obtained from geodetic measurements or magnetic anomalies, provided th... |
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"abstract": "This paper describes an interactive system, called \"Idiot Pencil\", that enables users to design pencil drawings directly from 3D polygonal models. The potential users of the system are professional designers or non-professional users. The system will automatically generates feature strokes, and provi... | {
"abstract": "Pen-and-ink line drawing techniques are frequently used to depict form, tone, and texture in artistic, technical, and scientific illustration. In non-photorealistic rendering (NPR), considerable progress has been made towards reproducing traditional pen-and-ink techniques for rendering 3D objects. Howe... | {
"abstract": "This paper draws from art history and perception to place computer depiction in the broader context of picture production. It highlights the often underestimated complexity of the interactions between features in the picture and features of the represented scene. Depiction is not always a unidirectiona... |
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"abstract": "Sir, We read with interest the recent report by Cox et al. on the association of atopic dermatitis with the beta subunit of the high-affinity IgE receptor (Fc1RI-b). The gene was originally identified as a candidate for atopy on human chromosome 11q. Fc1RI-b has been shown to be involved in the amplifi... | {
"abstract": ". . Cooper P, Mueck B, Yousefi S, et al. cDNA-RDA of genes expressed in fetal and adult lungs identifies factors important in development and function. Am J Physiol 2000; 278:L284±L293. [27] Cornfield DN, Saqueton CB, Porter VA, Herron J, Resnik E, Haddad IY, Reeve HL. Voltage-gated K+-channel activity... | {
"abstract": "A 23-year-old asymptomatic woman, known to be homozygous for Wilson's disease, developed polymyositis while receiving prophylactic penicillamine. Symptoms abated when penicillamine was discontinued. Possible effects of penicillamine on immune mechanisms are discussed. The symptoms of Wilson's disease a... |
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"abstract": "CO2 emitted from building materials and the construction materials industry has reached about 67 million tons. Controls on the use of consumed fossil fuels and the reduction of emission gases are essential for the reduction of CO2 in the construction area as one reduces the second and third curing to e... | {
"abstract": "Ground granulated blast furnace slag is widely used as a mineral admixture to replace partial Portland cement in the concrete industry. As the amount of slag increases, the late-age compressive strength of concrete mixtures increases. However, after an optimum point, any further increase in slag does n... | {
"abstract": "A fivefold increase in adhesion energy is observed for poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) modified Cu/TaN interfaces in which the thin copper films are deposited by the hydrogen assisted reduction of bis(2,2,7-trimethyloctane-3,5-dionato) copper in supercritical carbon dioxide. The PAA adhesion layer is sacrific... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\n2-Alkyl-3-methoxypyrazines (MPs) are naturally occurring aromatic compounds involved in insect chemical communication as both pheromones and allelochemicals. Although rarely characterized in floral scents, they have been identified as major constituents in headspace samples from palm inflor... | {
"abstract": "In this study, the flowering mechanisms and pollination strategies of seven species of the highly diverse genus Homalomena (Araceae) were investigated in native populations of West Sarawak, Borneo. The floral scent compositions were also recorded for six of these species. The selected taxa belong to th... | {
"abstract": "Diet assimilation efficiencies (AEs) of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) absorbed to microplastics and food were determined in goldfish ( Carassius auratus). Microplastics were spiked with 14 environmentally rare PCBs and incorporated into fish pellets previously spiked with a technical PCB mixture (Ar... |
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"abstract": "This paper describes an iterative aggregation/disaggregation method for computing the stationary probability vector of a nearly completely decomposable Markov chain. The emphasis is on the implementation of the algorithm and on the results that are obtained when it is applied to three modeling examples... | {
"abstract": "The identification of metastable conformations of molecules plays an \nimportant role in computational drug design. One main difficulty is the \nfact that the underlying dynamic processes take place in high dimensional \nspaces. Although the restriction of degrees of freedom to a few dihedral \nangles ... | {
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"abstract": "The availability of life supports and our demonstrated propensity to use them indicates that controls or guidelines are crucially important. The findings of this descriptive-comparative study of the prevalence, content, and influences of “do not resuscitate” policies and of “no cardiopulmonary resuscit... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nCardiopulmonary resuscitation, a potentially lifesaving procedure, is initiated on hospitalized patients who have an arrest in the absence of a written do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order. New York State Law specifies that attending physicians may write a DNR order on an adult patient either wit... | {
"abstract": "The claim that a treatment is futile is often used to justify a shift in the physician's ethical obligations to patients. In clinical situations in which non-futile treatments are available, the physician has an obligation to discuss therapeutic alternatives with the patient. By contrast, a physician i... |
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"abstract": "Summary The issue of early onset of action (EOA) of an antidepressant was addressed by several authors. Unfortunately so far there is neither consensus nor convention on the definitions of EOA, or on measures and methods of assessments. There are several quite different approaches to the statistical an... | {
"abstract": "The purpose of this study was to develop a method for differentiating specific (\"true\") and nonspecific antidepressant drug response for the individual patient. Patterns of clinical response, based on weekly global ratings of clinical status, were generated for each of 185 patients participating in s... | {
"abstract": "Objective: To compare effects of risperidone with placebo (efficacy and tolerability) and haloperidol (tolerability) for treating demented patients with aggression and other behavioral symptoms. Methods: A 13-week double-blind study involving 344 patients with dementia randomly assigned to receive plac... |
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"abstract": "Recent years have seen the utilisation of Semantic Web Service descriptions for automating a wide range of service-related activities, with a primary focus on service discovery, composition, execution and mediation. An important area which so far has received less attention is service validation, where... | {
"abstract": "Service-based applications (SBAs) will increasingly be composed of third-party services available over the Internet. Reacting to failures of those third-party services by dynamically adapting the SBAs will become a key enabler for ensuring reliability. Determining when to adapt an SBA is especially cha... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we propose a fully graph-based iterative detection and decoding scheme for Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) coded generalized two-dimensional (2D) intersymbol interference (ISI) channels. The 2D detector consists of a downtrack detector based on the symbol-level sum-product algorithm (SPA... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nNutrition education has presented an ongoing challenge to medical educators. In the 2007-2008 academic year, Harvard Medical School replaced its dedicated Preventive Medicine and Nutrition course with an integrated curriculum. The objective of the current study was to assess the effect of t... | {
"abstract": "More than 10 million children die each year, most from preventable causes and almost all in poor countries. Six countries account for 50% of worldwide deaths in children younger than 5 years, and 42 countries for 90%. The causes of death differ substantially from one country to another, highlighting th... | {
"abstract": "VOL. 7 NO. 6 JUNE 2005 324 For as long as anyone can remember, lifestyle interventions have been recommended to lower blood pressure (BP). More than 60 years ago, a rigid low-sodium intake, weight loss, and exercise were treatments of choice. In the 1930s and early 1940s this was the only treatment ava... |
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"abstract": "Poor condition subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients present a high mortality and morbidity. In this study, we reviewed the acute interventional (surgical and endovascular) management of 109 SAH-poor condition patients, who were treated as early as logistically possible after confirming stable circula... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation supplies oxygenated blood to the body supporting the heart and lungs. Survival rates of 20% to 50% are reported among patients receiving ECMO for cardiac arrest, severe cardiogenic shock, or failure to wean from cardiopulmonary bypass following cardiac su... | {
"abstract": "The prevailing sentiment of North American neurosurgeons is that there is no significant difference in overall morbidity between patients who are treated with early aneurysm surgery and those who are treated with delayed aneurysm surgery. This concept is based primarily on the high incidence of ischemi... |
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"abstract": "In the United States, a physician earns certification in a medical specialty by meeting the qualifications predetermined by the appropriate specialty board. The American Board of Medical Specialties and one of its twenty-four specialty boards—the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS)—offer certi... | {
"abstract": "The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) is one of the twenty-four separate boards that make up the American Board of Medical Specialties. Of the twenty-four boards, fourteen require an oral examination. At present, the ABOS is the only board with a computerized data collection system that allo... | {
"abstract": "With data from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys' longitudinal study the mortality of currently married women aged under 60 in 1971 was investigated in relation to the number of liveborn children reported at the 1971 census, adjusting for their husbands' social class. Women who had never ha... |
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"abstract": "Robust real-time object detection and tracking are challenging problems in autonomous transportation systems due to operation of algorithms in inherently uncertain and dynamic environments and rapid movement of objects. Therefore, tracking and detection algorithms must cooperate with each other to achi... | {
"abstract": "To understand driving environments effectively, it is important to achieve accurate detection and classification of objects detected by sensor-based intelligent vehicle systems, which are significantly important tasks. Object detection is performed for the localization of objects, whereas object classi... | {
"abstract": "Deep neural nets with a large number of parameters are very powerful machine learning systems. However, overfitting is a serious problem in such networks. Large networks are also slow to use, making it difficult to deal with overfitting by combining the predictions of many different large neural nets a... |
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"abstract": "Aggregation of FcεRI on mast cells and basophils leads to autophosphorylation and increased activity of the cytosolic protein tyrosine kinase Syk. We investigated the roles of the Src kinase Lyn, the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) on the β and γ subunits of FcεRI, and Syk itsel... | {
"abstract": "We proposed a spatially extended model of early events of B cell receptors (BCR) activation, which is based on mutual kinase-receptor interactions that are characteristic for the immune receptors and the Src family kinases. These interactions lead to the positive feedback which, together with two nonli... | {
"abstract": "A 3 year survey of a lake, in which 120 roach, Rutilus rutilus, were examined revealed the presence of the plerocercoids of Ligula intestinalis in more than 90 % of the fish. The average number of parasites per fish was 4.2 although fish exceeding 32 g were not ligulosed. Gudgeon, Gobio gobio, of all s... |
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"abstract": "Background: Intervention strategies, based on learning principles and assistive technology, were assessed with four post-coma persons with minimally conscious state and pervasive motor disabilities. Method: The first study taught a man to access environmental stimulation through a response-microswitch ... | {
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"abstract": "The neuropathology of the vegetative (VS) and minimally conscious (MCS) states and the pathophysiology of spasticity are reviewed. Current treatment options available in the physical management of children in a low-level state and factors influencing the physiotherapy treatment of children in a low-lev... |
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"abstract": "The article examines why the statutory and voluntary- (non-profit) sector services in Britain do not fully meet the needs of vulnerable older people or prevent homelessness among them. Britain has a relatively comprehensive welfare safety net for vulnerable people, and since the early 1990s central gov... | {
"abstract": "This report presents the results from the ONS Survey of Homeless People in Glasgow commissioned by the Greater Glasgow Mental Health Framework Steering Group in 1999. The survey aimed to cover a number of topics including mental health and substance misuse, general health and service use, accommodation... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The purpose of this article is to analyze and compare the socio-political dynamics of two different mining projects in Patagonia, Argentina. In Puerto San Julian, AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) and the provincial mining development company of Santa Cruz (known as Fomicruz in Spanish) have been operat... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, we propose a novel scale-invariant image inpainting algorithm that combines several inpainted images obtained from multiple pyramids of different coarsest scales. To achieve this, first we build the pyramids and then we run an image inpainting algorithm individually on each of the pyrami... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we propose a novel multiple pyramids based image inpainting method using local patch statistics and geometric feature-based sparse representation to maintain texture consistency and structure coherence. First, we approximate each patch in the target region (region to be inpainted) by sta... | {
"abstract": "We combine the main ideas introduced in Part I with adaptive techniques to arrive at a powerful algorithm that estimates missing data in nonstationary signals. The proposed approach operates automatically based on a chosen linear transform that is expected to provide sparse decompositions over missing ... |
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"abstract": "This article describes a substitution model of states' responses to dissident behavior and a statistical test of some sequential hypotheses that are derived from the model. It is motivated by an interest in understanding the sequential response of states to dissident activity. That is, if dissidents pr... | {
"abstract": "A series of two-state models are advanced governing the dynamic relationship within a state of (1) revolution and coercion, (2) revolution and relative deprivation and (3) revolution and outside intervention. These models combine, in abstract form, the major thrusts of the work of Tilly (structure and ... | {
"abstract": "A central theoretical question in the literature on state-sanctioned terror is whether, and under what conditions, repressive violence deters or stimulates a shift in popular support away from the regime and toward the opposition. By combining a rational choice model of the nonelite response to escalat... |
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"abstract": "Neonatal sympathectomy using a combined treatment with antiserum to nerve growth factor and guanethidine during the first 4 weeks after birth was carried out in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. Bilateral adrenal demedullation was performed in 4-week-old sy... | {
"abstract": "The role of the sympathetic nervous system in trophic changes occurring in the vasculature in hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease has often been cited in the literature, but there has been relatively little concrete experimental evidence for involvement of neurohumoral sympathetic ef... | {
"abstract": "Economic modeling has rarely been considered to be an essential component of healthcare policy-making in the USA, due to a lack of transparency in model design and assumptions, as well as political interests that equate examination of cost with unfair rationing. The Institute for Clinical and Economic ... |
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"abstract": "In this study, nearly 4000 bacterial strains from the family of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from different environments were screened for ability to convert glycerol to 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD). The aim of the research was to isolate 1,3-PD producers from the natural environment, identify and character... | {
"abstract": "Lactobacillus reuteri metabolises glycerol efficiently to form 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) and 1,3-propanediol (1,3PDO) by the same mechanism as that for 1,2-propanediol (1,2PDO) conversion to propionic acid and propanol via its propanediol utilization (pdu) pathway. Pdu enzymes are encoded by the p... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Twenty-seven Yarrowia lipolytica strains as well as five strains from three other species of the Yarrowia clade ( Aciculoconidium aculeatum , Candida hispaniensis and Candida bentonensis ) were screened for citric acid production with pure glycerol as the carbon source. The cultures were grown... |
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"abstract": "1. A whole-gut perfusion technique has been used to compare the rates of intestinal absorption of sodium and xenon. 2. The calculated transit-time spectra for sodium and xenon across the gut mucosa do not differ significantly either in mean transit time or, for the first 15 min, in shape. 3. These resu... | {
"abstract": "The measurement of blood flow in the small intestine, calculated from '33Xenon disappearance rates, has shown values to be much lower than those obtained by other methods. The reasons for this disappointing finding are discussed.",
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"title": "Limitation of the use of inert gas... | {
"abstract": "Nearly monodispersed magnetic Fe3O4@MTX-LDH/Au nanoparticles (NPs) containing the anticancer agent of methotrexate (MTX) were prepared via a coprecipitation-electrostatic interaction strategy. Firstly, layered double hydroxide (LDH) materials were deposited over the surface of Fe3O4 NPs by the coprecip... |
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"abstract": "This paper advances the design of CTC-based all-neural (or end-to-end) speech recognizers. We propose a novel symbol inventory, and a novel iterated-CTC method in which a second system is used to transform a noisy initial output into a cleaner version. We present a number of stabilization and initializ... | {
"abstract": "Recurrent sequence generators conditioned on input data through an attention mechanism have recently shown very good performance on a range of tasks including machine translation, handwriting synthesis [1,2] and image caption generation [3]. We extend the attention-mechanism with features needed for sp... | {
"abstract": "We have recently developed an algorithm for generating complex dynamically-feasible maneuvers for autonomous vehicles traveling at high speeds over large distances. Our approach is based on performing anytime incremental search on a multi-resolution, dynamically-feasible lattice state space. It has bee... |
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"abstract": "Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) represents a novel antitumor target owing to its involvement in vital processes considered hallmarks of cancer phenotypes. Manassantin A (MA) derived from Saururus cernuus has been reported as a selective HIF-1 inhibitor. Herein, the structure of MA was optimized to a... | {
"abstract": "Oxygen homeostasis represents an important organizing principle for human development and physiology. The essential requirement for oxidative phosphorylation to generate ATP is balanced by the risk of oxidative damage to cellular lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins. As a result, cellular and systemic O... | {
"abstract": "The mononuclear copper(II) complexes with P, O-donor ligand and different fluoroquinolones have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, electronic spectra, TGA, EPR, FT-IR and LC-MS spectroscopy. An antimicrobial efficiency of the complexes has been tested against five different micro... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents a surgical simulator for orthognathic surgery based on the integration of dental models and 3D cephalometry. The objective of dental models integration is to make coherent informations gathered from different sources (occlusal analysis and CT scan), and for that purpose, a system us... | {
"abstract": "Three-dimensional planning tools will enable the use of minimally-invasive distraction osteogenesis for the correction of craniomaxillofacial deformities by simulating treatment, precisely quantifying movement vectors, and aiding pre and post-treatment evaluation. Current techniques extrapolate 3D surg... | {
"abstract": "Recently selective proximal vagotomy has been supplanting truncal vagotomy as a method of choice for peptic ulcers because of its effectiveness in lowering gastric acidity while lessening pyloric spasm. However, its postoperative consequence has not been fully investigated. In the present communication... |
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"abstract": "In helical computed tomography (CT), reconstruction information from volumes adjacent to the clinical volume of interest (VOI) is required for proper reconstruction. Previous studies have relied upon either operator console readings or indirect extrapolation of measurements in order to determine the ov... | {
"abstract": "Overranging or overscanning increases the dose delivered to patients undergoing helical Computed Tomography examinations. In order to reduce it, nowadays most of the multidetector tomographs close the X-ray beam aperture at the scan extremes. This technical innovation, usually referred to as dynamic or... | {
"abstract": "The assessment of fetal dose from a special procedure in the clinical environment is difficult as patient size, fluoroscopic beam motion, and imaging sequences vary significantly from study to study. Fetal dose is particularly difficult to estimate when the fetus is exposed partially or totally to scat... |
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"abstract": "To investigate the leptin related genes expression patterns and their possible function during the gonadal development in fish, the cDNA and genomic sequences of leptin, leptin receptor (leptinR), and leptin receptor overlapping transcript like-1 (leprotl1) were cloned and their expression levels were ... | {
"abstract": "Leptin plays an important role in energy homeostasis and reproductive function in mammals, while its function in fish is still poorly understood, especially its role in reproduction. In the present study, leptin gene expression and circulating leptin plasma levels were measured during sexual maturation... | {
"abstract": "Substantial evidence indicates that bioenergetic dysfunction plays either a primary or secondary role in the pathophysiology of cell death in neurodegenerative and neuromuscular disorders, and even in normal aging. Agents that ameliorate bioenergetic defects may therefore be useful in therapy. Creatine... |
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"abstract": "Renewable resources will be an increasingly important issue for the chemical industry in the future. In the context of white biotechnology, they represent the intersection point of agriculture and the chemical industry. The scarcity and related increase in the price of fossil resources make renewable r... | {
"abstract": "Die fossilen Brennstoffe Kohle, Mineralol und Erdgas sind gleichzeitig Ausgangsmaterialien fur die chemische Industrie.",
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"title": "Methanol — Chemie und Energierohstoff"
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"abstract": "Knowing the precise material properties of intracranial head organs is crucial for studying the biomechanics of head injury. It has been shown that these biological tissues are significantly rate-dependent; hence, their material properties should be determined with respect to the range of deformation r... |
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"abstract": "The problem of accurate 6-DoF pose estimation of 3D objects based on their shape has so far been solved only for specific object geometries. Edge-based recognition and tracking methods rely on the extraction of straight line segments or other primitives. Straight-forward extensions of 2D approaches are... | {
"abstract": "ACKNOWLEDGMENT Special thanks to my advisor, Professor Boris Aronov of Polytechnic University, for providing copious amounts of valuable and much needed guidance while a rather lengthy sequence of revisions gradually converged to this final document.",
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"title": "A Survey of A... | {
"abstract": ": In this paper, the energy conservation in the ununiform clustered network field is proposed. The fundamental reason behind the methodology is that in the process of CH election, nodes Competition Radius (CR) task is based on not just the space between nodes and their Residual Energy (RE), which is ut... |
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"abstract": "This paper proposes an efficient PWM switching function for modified H-bridge based multilevel inverter. The prior H-bridge based multilevel inverter can increase the number of output voltage levels by adding switch components and dc input voltage sources. If it employs seven switches and three dc sour... | {
"abstract": "Multilevel converters are considered today as the state-of-the-art power-conversion systems for high-power and power-quality demanding applications. This paper presents a tutorialonthistechnology,coveringtheoperatingprincipleand the different power circuit topologies, modulation methods, technical issu... | {
"abstract": "Image features are broadly used in embedded computer vision applications, from object detection and tracking to motion estimation and 3D reconstruction. Efficient feature extraction and description are crucial due to the real-time requirements of such applications over a constant stream of input data. ... |
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"abstract": "In this paper we extend the relation between convolutional codes and linear systems over finite fields to certain commutative rings through first order representations . We introduce the definition of rings with representations as those for which these representations always exist, and we show that fin... | {
"abstract": "Rosenthal et al. introduced and thoroughly studied the notion of Maximum Distance Profile (MDP) convolutional codes over (non-binary) finite fields refining the classical notion of optimum distance profile, see for instance [18, p.164]. These codes have the property that their column distances are maxi... | {
"abstract": "Foreword.- Preface.- Preface to the English Edition.- Terminology.- Algebraic varieties.- Dimension.- Regular and rational functions on algebraic varieties.- The local-global principle in commutative algebra.- On the number of equations needed to describe an algebraic variety.- Regular and singular poi... |
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"abstract": "Spectroscopic photoemission and low energy electron microscope (SPELEEM) improved its performance after installation at BL17SU/SPring-8, where a multipolarization-mode undulator is employed to produce circularly and linearly polarized soft x rays. This undulator enables us to study the domain structure... | {
"abstract": "We report on a study of the Co intercalation process underneath the ( 6 3 × 6 3 ) R30° reconstructed 6H-SiC(0001) surface for Co film-thicknesses in a range of 0.4–12 nm using a combination of surface sensitive imaging, diffractive, and spectroscopic methods. In situ photoemission electron microscopy r... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Pt assisted self-modified microflower like Bi2WO6 composites (Pt/Bi-Bi2WO6−x) were prepared using a simple in-situ NaBH4 reduction method. The characterization of these samples was systematically studied and the photocatalytic activity of as-prepared samples was evaluated through the degradati... |
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"abstract": "Animal venoms and secretions have been screened, in our research group, to discover, identify and isolate peptide molecules active in the mammalian haemostatic system. As result, this kind of research has provided a portfolio of promising drug candidates. These novel recombinant proteins have turned ou... | {
"abstract": "Abbreviations: PRO, Proline-rich oligopeptides; BPP, bradykinin-potentiating peptides; ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; RAS, renin-angiotensin system; BK, bradykinin; PDB, protein data bank; ID, identification; 3D, three-dimensional; EP, electrostatic potential; CHELPG, charges from electrostatic po... | {
"abstract": "Using yeast RNA polymerase III ternary complexes stalled at various positions on the template, we have analyzed the cleavage products that are retained and released by the transcription complexes. The retained 5′ products result from cleavage at uridine residues during retraction, whereas the yield of ... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Poly Methyl MethAcrylate (PMMA) based plastic optical fibres offer a low cost radiation monitoring solution with a wide dose range, capable of providing real-time, online information. The sensitivity of the fibre to ionising radiation is shown to be dependant on wavelength, with the sensitivit... | {
"abstract": "Abstract During the past few years significant advances have taken place in the different areas of dosimetry for radiation processing, mainly stimulated by the increased interest in radiation for food preservation, plastic processing and sterilization of medical products. Reference services both by int... | {
"abstract": "We report space qualification testing of lightweight amorphous silicon (a-Si) alloy triple-junction cells and modules in the laboratory and also on board the MIR space station. Triple-junction a-Si alloy solar cells were made on stainless steel using the roll-to-roll manufacturing equipment of United S... |
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"abstract": "The longevity of implant-supported prosthetic rehabilitation depends largely on how the masticatory forces are transferred to the implants and surrounding bone. Anatomical conditions, bone morphology and aesthetics usually dictate implant placement in less than ideal positions for prosthetic rehabilita... | {
"abstract": "Introduction : The clinical survival of a dental implant is directly related to its biomechanical behavior. Since short implants present lower bone/implant contact area, their design may be more critical to stress distribution to surrounding tissues. Photoelastic analysis is a biomechanical method that... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nSurgery, percutaneous cholangiography, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) have been used in the management of biliary complications after orthotopic liver transplantation with varied results. We assessed the role of ERCP in the diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of pos... |
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"abstract": "Recent results in compressed sensing show that a sparse or compressible signal can be reconstructed from a few incoherent measurements. Compressive sensing systems are not immune to noise, which is always present in practical acquisition systems. In this paper we propose robust methods for sampling and... | {
"abstract": "Recent results show that a relatively small number of random projections of a signal can contain most of its salient information. It follows that if a signal is compressible in some orthonormal basis, then a very accurate reconstruction can be obtained from random projections. This \"compressive sampli... | {
"abstract": "Context: Following spinal cord injury (SCI), early prediction of future walking ability is difficult, due to factors such as spinal shock, sedation, impending surgery, and secondary long bone fracture. Accurate, objective biomarkers used in the acute stage of SCI would inform individualized patient man... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\ntaking evidence provided by an ethnographic study based on women's experiences of pregnancy and childbirth, and using ritual theory in the analysis of the relationship between the medical metaphor, inherent in contemporary birth settings, and the views and expectations of childbirth which th... | {
"abstract": "This study assessed the associations between attendance at childbirth preparation classes and the health behaviors, birth events, satisfaction with care, and later emotional well-being of women having their first child. A postal survey was conducted of a population-based cohort of 1193 women who gave b... | {
"abstract": "Introduction Several countries have instituted fee exemptions for caesareans to reduce maternal and newborn mortality. Objectives To evaluate the effect of fee exemptions for caesareans on population caesarean rates taking into account different levels of accessibility. Methods The observation period w... |
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"abstract": "Blood-brain-barrier (BBB) disruption, inflammation and thrombosis are important steps in the pathophysiology of acute ischemic stroke but are still inaccessible to therapeutic interventions. Rolipram specifically inhibits the enzyme phosphodiesterase (PDE) 4 thereby preventing the inactivation of the i... | {
"abstract": "Phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) is a promising target for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the underlying mechanism has not yet been well elucidated. Additionally, most of current PDE4 inhibitors produce severe nausea and vomiting response in patients, which limit their clinical applicati... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In this paper, we present a scalable three dimensional hybrid MPI+Threads parallel Delaunay image-to-mesh conversion algorithm. A nested master-worker communication model for parallel mesh generation is implemented which simultaneously explores process-level parallelization and thread-level pa... |
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