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"abstract": "We survey some recent developments in the study of the complexity of certain lattice problems. We focus on the recent progress on complexity results of intractability. We will discuss Ajtai’s worstcase/average-case connections for the shortest vector problem, similar results for the closest vector prob... | {
"abstract": "We investigate the complexity of counting Eulerian tours (#ET) and its variations from two perspectives—the complexity of exact counting and the complexity w.r.t. approximation-preserving reductions (AP-reductions, Dyer et al., Algorithmica 38(3):471–500, 2004). We prove that #ET is #P-complete even fo... | {
"abstract": "A number-geometric method for computing isomorphisms of algebraic number fields (respectively, Z-orders of such fields) is developed. Its main advantage is its easy implementation and moderate computation time.",
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"abstract": "We examine the impact of the political trade-off between rural economic development and environmental quality on the determination of environmental regulations in the U.S. intensive livestock industry. The political economy model, adapted from Fredriksson (1997), is tested empirically, using state-leve... | {
"abstract": "The U.S. hog industry is experiencing an increase in both the average size and in the geographical concentration of feeding operations. These increases have caused public attention to focus on the environmental consequences of hog production and on the regulations imposed to limit these consequences. T... | {
"abstract": "This paper analyzes the basic parameters of monetary policy in 2000—2015 in Russia. We provide the overview of tools and objectives of monetary policy of the Bank of Russia and identify the periods of homogeneity of monetary policy regimes: from money base targeting to exchange rate targeting and final... |
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"abstract": "The present study was undertaken to evaluate the possible alterations of the triangle of Guillain and Mollaret (G-Mt), a neuronal brainstem/cerebellum network (from the dentate nucleus to red nucleus and inferior olivary nucleus) already known for its involvement in the pathogenesis of the palatal myoc... | {
"abstract": "Sudden demise of a healthy fetus or a neonate is a very tragic episode in the life of parents. These deaths have been a mystery since ages but still remain unexplained. This review proposes the involvement of trigeminal nerve, neurotransmitter substance P (SP), and its receptor neurokinin 1 (NK-1R) in ... | {
"abstract": "Background Aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) is becoming increasingly common in fetuses. However, there are relatively fewer studies regarding the genetic etiology of ARSA. We performed a genetic analysis of fetuses with ARSA and followed up on the pregnancy outcomes to evaluate the prognosis of ... |
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"abstract": "Manual grading of students' essays is a time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive activity for educational institutions. It is nevertheless necessary since essays are considered to be the most useful tool to assess learning outcomes. Automated essay evaluation represents a practical solution to thi... | {
"abstract": "This study compared the results from nine automated essay scoring engines on eight essay scoring prompts drawn from six states that annually administer high-stakes writing assessments. Student essays from each state were randomly divided into three sets: a training set (used for modeling the essay prom... | {
"abstract": "The following paper presents an overview of medical imaging platforms and cloud solutions for the case study of cancer diagnostics. It introduces medical breast cancer imaging concept describing the medical apparatuses for breast cancer detection and monitoring, the features of the images they produce ... |
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"abstract": "Motivation We present Faucet, a 2-pass streaming algorithm for assembly graph construction. Faucet builds an assembly graph incrementally as each read is processed. Thus, reads need not be stored locally, as they can be processed while downloading data and then discarded. We demonstrate this functional... | {
"abstract": "The advancement of DNA assembly techniques has greatly boosted up the bioinformatics research and discovery. More precisely, DNA assembly has achieved tremendous popularity due to the ability to decode the hidden information in the DNA. DNA assembly is the process of finding the correct sequence of the... | {
"abstract": "Since the 1990s, two technologies have reshaped how we see and experience the world around us. These technologies are the Internet and mobile communication, especially smartphones. The Internet provides a cheap and convenient way to explore and communicate with distant people. A multitude of services h... |
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"abstract": "The recent forecast of billions of devices, all connected to the Internet and generating low-rate monitoring, measurement, or automation data that many end-users/applications frequently request, signifies the need for applying in-network caching techniques to Internet-of-Things (IoT) traffic. Although ... | {
"abstract": "Thriving future network conceives embedding the ubiquitous in-network caching. The fine-grained cache behavior reveals an intimate relationship among contents in the same stream—sequenced contents have similar cache behavior. This letter presents a novel cache replacement method named popularity predic... | {
"abstract": "The hype concerning digitalization is increasing the demand for new generations of automation systems. Concepts like Reference Architecture Model Industry 4.0 (RAMI 4.0) give us models but do not tell us how to facilitate actual implementations. This article discusses the transition from legacy automat... |
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"abstract": "An investigation has been conducted of the effects of temperature on the intensities and positions of Raman bands of bulk and supported metal oxides. The relationship of band intensity to optical absorption of the sample at frequencies close to that of the laser used for Raman spectroscopy was also inv... | {
"abstract": "This 1972 monograph is devoted to the analysis and interpretation of the infrared and Raman spectra of solid compounds, frequently used for their identification and characterization. It was thought unsatisfactory to analyse such spectra by the theory applicable to gas-phase samples, though this was fre... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundElevated levels of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) have been reported to have prognostic significance in lung cancer patients. This study aimed to further identify CRP-bound components as prognostic markers for lung cancer and validate their prognostic value.MethodsCRP-bound components obtaine... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundThe long-term efficacy of infliximab (IFX) for patients with refractory ulcerative colitis (UC) is unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the long-term outcomes of IFX treatment in patients with refractory UC.MethodsThirty-three patients with refractory UC who received IFX treatment at ... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND AND AIMS\nInterferon-γ-inducible protein-10 [IP-10] mediates immune cell trafficking from the circulation to the inflamed colon and decreases gut epithelial cell survival. IP-10 expression is increased in patients with ulcerative colitis [UC]. We report efficacy and safety results from a dos... | {
"abstract": "It is well established that proper nutrition is critical to the development of an effective immune system and to enhance the natural immunosurveillance and its effector mechanisms. This enhancement could be mediated either by increasing the frequency and absolute numbers of effector cells or by up-regu... |
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"abstract": "In superfused slices of rat striatum, nicotine-evoked release of endogenous 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) was studied in comparison with that of dopamine (DA). (+/-)-Nicotine (0.1-10 microM) constantly and repetitively released DOPA and DA over a similar time course in a concentration-dependent man... | {
"abstract": "Stimulus-evoked dopamine overflow in rat neostriatal slices was determined using fast cyclic voltammetry. The dopamine efflux induced by intrastriatal stimulation increased with stimulus intensity and was found to be enhanced by more than 100% upon application of the dopamine uptake inhibitor nomifensi... | {
"abstract": "A number of studies have shown that experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) can be induced in animals by various types of neural preparations. The preparations used have varied from whole homogenates of cord or brain'-3 to purified preparations of proteolipids,'. proteins6, ' and polypeptides.*--... |
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"abstract": "This research established collective nostalgia as a group-level emotion and ascertained the benefits it confers on the group. In Study 1, participants who reflected on a nostalgic event they had experienced together with ingroup members (collective nostalgia) evaluated the ingroup more positively and r... | {
"abstract": "The motive to attain a distinctive identity is sometimes thought to be stronger in, or even specific to, those socialized into individualistic cultures. Using data from 4,751 participants in 21 cultural groups (18 nations and 3 regions), we tested this prediction against our alternative view that cultu... | {
"abstract": "Relative importance of regressor variables is an old topic that still awaits a satisfactory solution. When interest is in attributing importance in linear regression, averaging over orderings methods for decomposing R2 are among the state-of-the-art methods, although the mechanism behind their behavior... |
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"abstract": "OVERVIEW\nSouth Asian countries have experienced a remarkable economic growth during last two decades along with subsequent transformation in social, economic and food systems. Rising disposable income levels continue to drive the nutrition transition characterized by a shift from a traditional high-ca... | {
"abstract": "Few studies have examined nutrition transitions among the rural population of China, even though half of the Chinese population (about 700 million) is living in rural China. To fill this research gap, we examined temporal trends in dietary macronutrient intakes in members of the Chinese rural populatio... | {
"abstract": "An important determinant of successful endovascular aortic aneurysm repair is proper sizing of the dimensions of the aortic-iliac vessels. The goal of the present study was to determine the concurrent validity, a method for comparison of test scores, for EVAR sizing and planning of the recently introdu... |
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"abstract": "In a conventional pilot-symbol assisted modulation design, the signals of a short period are composed of the pilot tones and an information symbol block. For improving the accuracy of the channel estimate, some recurrent methods use the detected information symbols as the additional pilots. Working on ... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, an iterative receiver for a joint data-detection and channel-estimation scheme is presented for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing systems, which incorporates iterative decoding in the receiver. In the proposed scheme, a maximum a posteriori-based decoder and a channel estimator ... | {
"abstract": "A design project of implementation of Carving Machine Controller based on L293D platform is intro duced in this paper. ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) is the kernel processors of the control system which takes MATLAB as the software development platform and implements to deve lop a complete independent sy... |
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"abstract": "A 350 MHz programmable RIF was realised. This filter is used as a basic circuit in a terrestrial 622 Mbit/s ATM distribution system. In addition to the filtering function, multiplication, addition, saturation and inversions at the same 350 MHz clock rate frequency are processed. The technological proce... | {
"abstract": "Carry-save arithmetic, well known from multiplier architectures, can be used for the efficient CMOS implementation of a much wider variety of algorithms for high-speed digital signal processing than, only multiplication. Existing architectural strategies and circuit concepts for the realization of inne... | {
"abstract": "Aim: To compare the numbers of cord blood CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) between preeclampsia (PE) and control (non‐PE) subjects and to determine the factors that may influence this observation.",
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"abstract": "We numerically investigate the effects of the active fiber length on the tunability of erbium-doped fiber ring lasers for the cases of with and without pair-induced quenching (PIQ). The numerical results are confirmed by experiments. We have found that the tuning range shifts from C-band to L-band with... | {
"abstract": "We report, for the first time to our knowledge, the presence of concentration-induced nonuniform power in tunable erbium-doped fiber lasers. A theoretical model is proposed with pair-induced quenching taken into account. We obtain good agreement between numerical and experimental results of a high-conc... | {
"abstract": "A major policy goal of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 was to provide the shipping public with more efficient truck freight rates. Unlike previous studies, which have focused on intrastate reforms or highly aggregated data, this article analyzes dynamically the effects of the act on the freight rates of ... |
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"abstract": "Congenital heart disease represents one of the most frequent causes of mortality in stillborn dogs and puppies younger than 1 year old (Buchanan, 1999). The majority of dogs are affected with only one defect (e.g. aortic stenosis, patent ductus arteriosus, mitral valve dysplasia, etc.). However in some... | {
"abstract": "This article describes a complex and not previously reported combination of congenital cardiac defects. Echocardiography showed dilation of right and left chambers, accompanied with patent ductus arteriosus, persistence of the left cranial vena cava, atrial septal defect (ASD), subaortic stenosis, and ... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nTo discuss cultural safety and critique the provision of culturally appropriate maternity services to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia.\n\n\nPROCEDURE\nThe literature and policies around 'culture' and 'cultural safety' are discussed and applied to the provision o... |
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"abstract": "We present a novel asynchronous processor architecture called BitSNAP that utilizes bit-serial datapaths with dynamic significance compression to yield extremely low-energy consumption. Based on the sensor network asynchronous processor (SNAP) ISA, BitSNAP can reduce datapath energy consumption by 50% ... | {
"abstract": "Networks of ultra-low-power nodes capable of sensing, computation, and wireless communication have applications in medicine, science, industrial automation, and security. Reducing power consumption requires the development of system-on-chip implementations that must provide both energy efficiency and a... | {
"abstract": "Although the Java platform has been used as a multi-language platform, most of the low-level languages (such as C, Fortran, and C++) cannot be executed efficiently on the JVM. We propose Sulong, a system that can execute LLVM-based languages on the JVM. By targeting LLVM IR, Sulong is able to execute C... |
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"abstract": "Current graph embedding frameworks of supervised dimensionality reduction often preserve the intraclass local structures and maximize the interclass variance. However, this strategy fails to provide adequate results when strict within-class multimodalities contradict between-class separations. In this ... | {
"abstract": "Reducing the dimensionality of data without losing intrinsic information is an important preprocessing step in high-dimensional data analysis. Fisher discriminant analysis (FDA) is a traditional technique for supervised dimensionality reduction, but it tends to give undesired results if samples in a cl... | {
"abstract": "Boosting algorithms like AdaBoost and Arc-GV are iterative strategies to minimize a constrained objective function, equivalent to Barrier algorithms. Based on this new understanding it is shown that convergence of Boosting-type algorithms becomes simpler to prove and we outline directions to develop fu... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nHalal foods are often perceived as wholesome products that are specially selected and processed to achieve the highest standards of quality. In this study, dye penetration from an aqueous solution of methylene blue (1 mol L(-1)) was used as a model for the marination process of Halal and no... | {
"abstract": "Boneless strip loins from mature cows (50 to 70 months of age) were vacuum impregnated (VI) with an isotonic solution (IS) of sodium chloride. This study sought to determine the vacuum impregnation and microstructural properties of meat from cull cows. The experiments were conducted by varying the pres... | {
"abstract": "Plant seeds offer unique opportunities for the production and delivery of oral subunit vaccines. We have used the immunodominant glycoprotein B complex of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), introduced into tobacco plants, as a model system for studying the merit of this promising approach. Given the advanta... |
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"abstract": "As a class of linoleic acid oxidation products, epoxyketooctadecenoic acids (EKODEs), are formed in vivo and in vitro by a free radical mechanism initiated by either enzymatic or nonenzymatic pathways. They have so far been made available in small-scale quantities, often as isomeric mixtures, from redu... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The addition of guanidine to a series of bis-α,β-unsaturated ketones is reported leading to the formation of tricyclic guanidines, which are models of the naturally occurring batzelladine alkaloids. Nmr evidence is given in support of a new assignment for the relative stereochemistry of batzel... | {
"abstract": "The molar (K(C)(o/w)) and rational (K(X)(o/w)) partition coefficients in the octanol/buffer, i-propyl myristate/buffer, chloroform/buffer, and cyclohexane/buffer systems were determined for acetanilide and phenacetin at 25.0, 30.0, 35.0, and 40.0 degrees C. In all cases except for cyclohexane, the K(C)... |
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"abstract": "In this issue of Molecular Cell, Torggler et al. (2016) leverage innovative synthetic biology approaches to dissect the spatiotemporal activation of Atg1 kinase during selective autophagy, revealing two distinct pathways that coordinately initiate autophagosome formation at the yeast vacuole.",
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"abstract": "Autophagy is a membrane trafficking to vacuole/lysosome induced by nutrient starvation. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Tor protein, a phosphatidylinositol kinase-related kinase, is involved in the repression of autophagy induction by a largely unknown mechanism. Here, we show that the protein kinase acti... | {
"abstract": "A new type of voltage-responsive comb-like superamphiphilic block polymer PEG113-b-PAA30/FTMA was prepared by the electrostatic interactions of an ionic ferrocenyl surfactant (FTMA) and an oppositely charged double-hydrophilic block polyelectrolyte poly-(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(acrylic acid) (PEG113-b-... |
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"abstract": "Forming specific facial expressions influences emotions and perception. Bearing this in mind, studies should be reconsidered in which observers expressing neutral emotions inferred personal traits from the facial expressions of others. In the present study, participants were asked to make happy, neutra... | {
"abstract": "Two experiments were carried out to study the role of gender category in evaluations of face distinctiveness. In Experiment 1, participants had to evaluate the distinctiveness and the femininity-masculinity of real or artificial composite faces. The composite faces were created by blending either faces... | {
"abstract": "According to current face-recognition models, sex (gender) and identity of faces are processed in independent routes. Using Garner's speeded-classification task, the authors provide evidence that sex and identity are processed within a single route. In 4 experiments, participants judged the sex or the ... |
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"abstract": "While matrix factorisation models are ubiquitous in large scale recommendation and search, real time application of such models requires inner product computations over an intractably large set of item factors. In this manuscript we present a novel framework that uses the inverted index representation ... | {
"abstract": "This paper develops a joint coding and modulation scheme for end-to-end communication system design using an autoencoder architecture in the ultra-short blocklength regime. Unlike the classical approach of separately designing error correction codes and modulation schemes for a given channel, the appro... | {
"abstract": "Designing a hardware platform for white space Technology is a complex task. The IEEE 802.22 standard for white space communications imposes tight specifications that require powerful CPUs and FPGAs as well as compliance with strict RF regulations. In addition, a commercial product needs to be produced ... |
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"abstract": "Artificial neural networks (ANN) have been recently recognized as useful tools for RF/microwave modeling and design. In this paper, a recent state-space dynamic neural network (SSDNN) approach for transient behavior modeling of high-speed nonlinear circuit is summarized. This technique extends the exis... | {
"abstract": "A neural network formulation for modeling nonlinear microwave circuits is achieved in the most desirable format, i.e., continuous time-domain dynamic system format. The proposed dynamic neural network (DNN) model can be developed directly from input-output data without having to rely on internal detail... | {
"abstract": "A dynamic recurrent neural network (DRNN) that can be viewed as a generalisation of the Hopfield neural network is proposed to identify and control a class of control affine systems. In this approach, the identified network is used in the context of the differential geometric control to synthesise a st... |
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"abstract": "&NA; Transcutaneous nerve stimulation (TENS) treatment was given for 30 min to 37 patients divided into 3 groups of 10 patients and 1 group of 7 patients. Two groups received low‐frequency (2 Hz) and the other 2 groups high‐frequency (100 Hz) stimulation. A diagnostic lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) s... | {
"abstract": "Acid acetone extracts of caudate nucleus from bovine brain were found to contain an amidated opioid octapeptide with the following structure: Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met-Arg-Arg-Val-NH2. The peptide has been named metorphamide. Bovine metorphamide appears to be derived by proteolytic cleavage from proenkephali... | {
"abstract": "Techniques r,\" '~ controlicd thermocoagulation of the trigeminal ganglic~ ~, and rootlets by radiofreq,tcr-cy a~ d thc rcsl:l:s obtaioed in 274 patients are descr ~'~:d. A hollow 20-g-.v.ge cannula eleztrode is inserted through the foramen ovale i,~:.:~ the ganglior, and root!ors el the t::.gemina! ne... |
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"abstract": "An important aspect in visualization design is the connection between what a designer does and the decisions the designer makes. Existing design process models, however, do not explicitly link back to models for visualization design decisions. We bridge this gap by introducing the design activity frame... | {
"abstract": "While it is still most common for information visualization researchers to develop new visualizations from a data-or taskdriven perspective, there is growing interest in understanding the types of visualizations people create by themselves for personal use. As part of this recent direction, we have stu... | {
"abstract": "The explosion of enhanced applications such as live video streaming, video gaming and Virtual Reality calls for efforts to optimize transport protocols to manage the increasing amount of data traffic on future 5G networks. Through bandwidth aggregation over multiple paths, the Multi-Path Transmission C... |
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"abstract": "Machine Learning Methods for Causal Inference with Observational Biomedical Data",
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"abstract": "Background The purpose of this study was to examine the postmarketing safety profile of aliskiren hemifumarate, a first-in-class direct renin inhibitor. Methods The US Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) was utilized to conduct a retrospective pharmacovigilance analysis by applying the Multi-item Gam... | {
"abstract": "Other authors have shown how to estimate attributable risk based on stratification. In this paper, we show how to estimate adjusted attributable risks, standard errors, and confidence intervals from an unmatched case-control study that has population-based controls and uses the logistic regression mode... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents practical guidance on the proper use of multiple imputation tools in SAS® 9.2 and the subsequent analysis of multiple imputed data sets from a complex sample survey data set. Use of the MI and MIANALYZE procedures and SAS survey procedures for typical descriptive and inferential ana... | {
"abstract": "Chapter 5 moves the focus to object detection. Here, the model is developed using transformed space-based techniques. The authors mention the use of moment-invariant techniques and provide a few references. There is also some illustration of cases in which these techniques would work well. The book doe... | {
"abstract": "Clinical decision support system (CDSS) is a technology designed to assist physicians and medical stuff with clinical decision-making tasks. It aims to better the safety and quality of patient care, improve patient care treatments and outcomes, decrease the dependence on memory, lower error rates, and ... |
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"abstract": "This paper is on active learning where the goal is to reduce the data annotation burden by interacting with a (human) oracle during training. Standard active learning methods ask the oracle to annotate data samples. Instead, we take a profoundly different approach: we ask for annotations of the decisio... | {
"abstract": "Active learning sequentially selects unlabeled instances to label with the goal of reducing the effort needed to learn a good classifier. Most previous studies in active learning have focused on selecting one unlabeled instance to label at a time while retraining in each iteration. Recently a few batch... | {
"abstract": "Outlier detection research has been seeing many new algorithms every year that often appear to be only slightly different from existing methods along with some experiments that show them to \"clearly outperform\" the others. However, few approaches come along with a clear analysis of existing methods a... |
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"abstract": "As the most-studied III-nitride, theoretical researches have predicted the presence of gallium nitride (GaN) nanosheets (NSs). Herein, a facile synthesis approach is reported to prepare GaN NSs using graphene oxide (GO) as sacrificial template. As a new anode material of Li-ion battery (LIBs), GaN NSs ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires (NWs) are one of the most promising candidates for photoelectrode materials due to their tunable band edge potentials and high stability in electrolytes. In this study, GaN NWs were grown on sapphire (Al2O3) (002) and silicon (Si) (111) substrate by chemical vap... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Polyaniline–cobalt coordination polymer (abbreviated as PANI-Co) was synthesized using peroxydisulphate as an oxidant in the solution containing 0.1 mol dm −3 aniline, 0.5 mol dm −3 HCl and an adequate content of CoCl 2 ·6H 2 O at room temperature. The conductivity of PANI-Co was 0.5 S cm −1 .... |
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"abstract": "Resistance genes (R genes) in plants are abundant and may represent more than 1% of all the genes. Their diversity is critical to the recognition and response to attack from diverse pathogens. Like many other crops, banana and plantain face attacks from potentially devastating fungal and bacterial dise... | {
"abstract": "Mizoram is located in the region considered as the origin of edible bananas and plantains. Various wild and edible banana and plantains are found in the state that have to be characterized systematically. Fourteen (14) varieties of banana were collected in Mizoram and characterized using morphological ... | {
"abstract": "INTRODUCTION\nIn this edition, Szymuś et al. conducted a systematic review revealing sexual dysfunction to be more prevalent in patients with Huntington's Disease compared to controls.\n\n\nCLINICAL REFLECTIONS\nSexual dysfunction in HD (SDHD) is common and significantly affects patient quality of life... |
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"abstract": "In this paper a new integrated Chua's circuit is implemented through switched-capacitor techniques. Recent studies on complex systems made of vast arrays or matrices of Chua's cells motivate the need for experimental verifications which could be easily accomplished by an integrated version of the array... | {
"abstract": "The implementation of circuits with complex dynamics is a very challenging problem. In this paper we present a new chaotic circuit based on the dynamical equations introduced in IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst., I: Fundam. Theory Appl. 51, 2476-2490 (2004). This circuit has been realized by using programmabl... | {
"abstract": "The potential of a pilot high rate algal pond (HRAP) interconnected via liquid recirculation with an external absorption column for the simultaneous removal of H2S and CO2 from biogas using an alkaliphilic microalgal-bacterial consortium was evaluated. A bubble column was preferred as external absorpti... |
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"abstract": "\"Market impacts of technological change in Canadian agriculture are measured within a computable general equilibrium framework using 2001 input-output data with agriculture disaggregated to six sectors and 13 commodities. Technological change is modeled as productivity rises in the use of intermediate... | {
"abstract": "We present a new approach for evaluating the welfare consequences of technical change. A major feature is its ability to incorporate multiple distortions and multiple sources of technical change in interrelated markets. A modified balance-of-trade function provides money measures of welfare change in t... | {
"abstract": "The study investigatesdeterminants that affect private investment in Egypt as a developing countryduring the period 1983 – 2014. The study used multiple-regression. The study found out a positive relationship between (money supply, exchange rate, and GDP), and private investment. The study recommended ... |
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"abstract": "An important source of new nitrogen in salt marsh ecosystems is microbial diazotrophy (nitrogen fixation). The diazotroph assemblages associated with the rhizospheres (sediment directly affected by the roots) of salt marsh plants are highly diverse, somewhat stable, and consist mainly of novel organism... | {
"abstract": "Phylogenetic diversity and community composition of sulfate-reducing bacteria in a salt marsh sediment and in the rhizosphere of Spartina alterniflora were investigated. Uncultivated Desulfobacteriaceae family-related phylotypes were studied by selectively amplifying 16S rRNA gene fragments from DNA ex... | {
"abstract": "Recently, Demanet and Liefooghe (2014; Experiment 3) reported an experiment on voluntary task switching (VTS) in which the number of candidate tasks to choose from was reduced from 4 to 2 before participants indicated their task choice. This procedure was intended to prevent participants from choosing ... |
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"abstract": "Abstract The tetradecapeptide somatostatin was cyclized by a combination of conventional and solid phase peptide synthesis methods, to a homodetic cyclic disulfide tetradecapeptide, Wy-40,391: The analog inhibits the release of growth hormone (GH) in vivo without affecting either insulin or glucagon se... | {
"abstract": "Publisher Summary This chapter explores the nature, biological evaluation of peptide hormone somatostatin, and also summarizes its effects on several organs. Somatostatin derives its name from its ability to inhibit the release of growth hormone from the pituitary. Somatostatin has been found to inhibi... | {
"abstract": "The word book dictionary , The word book dictionary , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی",
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"abstract": "BackgroundCo-bedding, a developmental care strategy, is the practice of caring for diaper clad twins in one incubator (versus separating and caring for each infant in separate incubators), thus creating the opportunity for skin-to-skin contact and touch between the twins. In studies of mothers and thei... | {
"abstract": "We hypothesize that the respiratory and functional states of the very low birth weight infant with bronchopulmonary dysplasia can be improved in the neonatal intensive care unit by prevention of inappropriate sensory input. To test this hypothesis, we developed for preterm newborns a behavior observati... | {
"abstract": "Inactive awake behavioral states have been associated with reduced heart rates and more successful feeding in preterm infants. The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of three different interventions to facilitate these optimal feeding states. Twenty preterm infants (gestational ages 27–33 w... |
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"abstract": "This paper focuses on the beneficial effects brought by the presence of multiple receivers to a slotted Aloha scheme. Starting from an analytical angle, we review and compare some recent results that characterize the throughput of such systems under different channel models, based on the assumption tha... | {
"abstract": "A random access scheme for the collision channel without feedback is proposed. The scheme is based on erasure correcting codes for the recovery of packet segments that are lost in collisions, and on successive interference cancellation for resolving collisions. The proposed protocol achieves reliable c... | {
"abstract": "The World Wide Web (Web) has become the means of distribution and use of information by individuals around the world. However, access to this information by visually impaired people is limited due to the Web's visual complexity. ViCRAM is a project that will relate user's implicit understanding of Web ... |
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"abstract": "Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the most prevalent sex chromosome disorder in man and is a common cause of hypogonadism. To describe mortality in KS, we conducted an epidemiological study, using Danish registers covering the entire nation. We constructed a cohort of 781 Danish boys and men diagnosed with ... | {
"abstract": "In the absence of intervention, early-onset congenital disorders lead to pregnancy loss, early death, or disability. Currently, lack of epidemiological data from many settings limits the understanding of the burden of these conditions, thus impeding health planning, policy-making, and commensurate reso... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nThe purpose of this study was to assess the performance of a novel dual-energy CT (DECT) approach for proton stopping power ratio (SPR) mapping that integrates image reconstruction and material characterization using a joint statistical image reconstruction (JSIR) method based on a linear basi... |
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"abstract": "3-D object modeling from single images has many applications in computer graphics and multimedia. Most previous 3-D modeling methods which directly recover 3-D geometry from single images require user interactions during the whole modeling process. In this paper, we propose a semi-automatic 3-D modelin... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we propose a learning-based approach to the task of automatically extracting a \"wireframe\" representation for images of cluttered man-made environments. The wireframe (see Fig. 1) contains all salient straight lines and their junctions of the scene that encode efficiently and accuratel... | {
"abstract": "Often users receive search results which contain a wide range of documents, only some of which are relevant to their information needs. To address this problem, ever more systems not only locate information for users, but also organise that information on their behalf. We look at two main automatic app... |
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"abstract": "Problem diagnosis in large distributed computer systems and networks is a challenging task that requires fast and accurate inferences from huge data volumes. In this paper, the PMC diagnostic model are considered and the diagnosis approach in this model is based on end-to-end probing technology. A prob... | {
"abstract": "Diagnosability has played an important role in the reliability of an interconnection network. The classical problem of fault diagnosis is discussed widely and the diagnosability of many well-known networks have been explored. We introduce a new measure of diagnosability, called conditional diagnosabili... | {
"abstract": "This study introduces a framework for re-design of manufacturing systems into practical optimum just-in-time systems by integration of computer simulation and analysis of variance. The conventional JIT approach is mostly applicable to static production systems and the dynamic production systems require... |
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"abstract": "This paper examines the effects that uncertainty in digital elevation data has on results obtained from a spatial model. Ongoing analysis of glacial Lake Algonquin in northern Michigan has used a spatial model to interpolate unknown shoreline locations between known shoreline positions. Extant shorelin... | {
"abstract": "Abstract. Geostatistical simulation algorithms are routinely used to generate conditional realizations of the spatial distribution of petrophysical properties, which are then fed into complex transfer functions, e.g. a flow simulator, to yield a distribution of responses, such as the time to recover a ... | {
"abstract": "Amino acid racemization (AAR) dating depends on the natural diagenesis of organic components in proteins within fossils and in sediment containing organic matter. Unlike radiometric dating (e.g., etc.), this process depends on time, temperature, and, for some fossils, other paleoenvironmental condition... |
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"abstract": "A dividing bacterial cell must, on average, have precisely twice as much of everything found in a newborn cell. How does a bacterial cell ensure that all cell components are duplicated between divisions, and how does a cell ensure that it does not divide prior to duplicating all of its components? Thes... | {
"abstract": "When the growth of the gram-negative bacterial cell wall is considered in relation to the synthesis of the other components of the cell, a new understanding of the pattern of wall synthesis emerges. Rather than a switch in synthesis between the side wall and pole, there is a partitioning of synthesis s... | {
"abstract": "Antagonism to estradiol has been examined in murine uteri. When tamoxifen was administered simultaneously with estradiol (0.05 microgram/mouse), it was able to act as an antagonist over the dosage range 0.05-50 micrograms/mouse. The metabolite 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4OH-tamoxifen) had high affinity for es... |
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"abstract": "Blockchain is an emerging technology for sharing transactional data and computation without using a central trusted third party. It is an architectural choice to use a blockchain instead of traditional databases or protocols, and this creates trade-offs between non-functional requirements such as perfo... | {
"abstract": "Bitcoin cryptocurrency demonstrated the utility of global consensus across thousands of nodes, changing the world of digital transactions forever. In the early days of Bitcoin, the performance of its probabilistic proof-of-work (PoW) based consensus fabric, also known as blockchain, was not a major iss... | {
"abstract": "Load Balancing is essential for efficient operations indistributed environments. As Cloud Computing is growingrapidly and clients are demanding more services and betterresults, load balancing for the Cloud has become a veryinteresting and important research area. Many algorithms weresuggested to provid... |
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"abstract": "Ocean warming is a major threat to coral reefs, leading to an increasing frequency and amplitude of coral bleaching events, where the coral and its algal symbiont associations breakdown. Long-term change and resilience of a symbiont community in coral juveniles is thought to be one of the most importan... | {
"abstract": "Coral reefs are one of the most biologically diverse and economically important ecosystems on earth. However, the destruction of coral reefs has been reported worldwide owing to rising seawater temperature associated with global warming. In this study, we investigated the potential of a redox nanoparti... | {
"abstract": "The main adipogenic transcription factor PPARγ possesses high affinity to 2,4-TZD, a member of the Thiazolidinedione family of insulin-sensitizing compounds used as adipogenic agents. We evaluated 2,4-TZD's effect on bovine growth and PPAR tissue expression. Seventeen Limousin bulls (18 month-old; 350 ... |
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"abstract": "We show that the category of categories bred over a site is a generalized Quillen model category in which the weak equivalences are the local equivalences and the brant objects are the stacks, as they were dened by J. Giraud. The generalized model category restricts to one on the full subcategory whose... | {
"abstract": "Algebraic weak factorisation systems (awfs) refine weak factorisation systems by requiring that the assignations sending a map to its first and second factors should underlie an interacting comonad–monad pair on the arrow category. We provide a comprehensive treatment of the basic theory of awfs—drawin... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The effects of three kinds of waste activated sludge (WAS) thermo-chemical pretreatments, including thermo-NaOH, thermo-mixed alkali and thermo-CaO2 pretreatments, on volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production and sludge dewaterability were investigated in a large-scale WAS anaerobic fermentation ... |
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"abstract": "This paper examines interaction in the absence of property rights when agents face a trade-off between productive and coercive activities. In this setting, conflict is not the necessary outcome of one-time interaction and cooperation is consistent with domination of one agent over another. Other things... | {
"abstract": "This paper examines both the desirability and feasibility of technology transfers in a setting where institutions governing the security of output or income are imperfect. Based on a guns-versus-butter model involving two countries (a technology leader and a technology laggard), our analysis characteri... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nVascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent and specific angiogenic growth factor, in vitro and in vivo, that may be associated with the development of intraocular neovascularization. In the current study, the authors analyze the expression of VEGF in subfoveal fibrovascular membrane... |
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"abstract": "SummaryIn adrenalectomized rats the effect of i.v. injection of glucose and ATP on insulin changes in external jugular vein was determined in normal and alloxan diabetic animals.In another set of experiments the direct effect of ATP on insulin secretion was investigated. Glucose and ATP were injected i... | {
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"abstract": "1 . Stimulation of the vagal non‐adrenergic inhibitory innervation caused the release of adenosine and inosine into vascular perfusates from the stomachs of guinea‐pigs and toads. 2 . Stimulation of portions of Auerbach's plexus isolated from turkey gizzard caused the release of adenosine triphosphate ... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND: Differentiation between exudative and transudative pleural effusions is the initial step in assessment of pleural effusion. The aim of this study was to determine whether high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) are diagnostic utilities for exudative pl... | {
"abstract": "Objecive: Pleural effusions are associated with high morbidity in children. Oxidative stress, which refers to an imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants, is associated with various diseases including lung diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate to the total oxidative status (TOS) and tot... | {
"abstract": "Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy unloads the failing heart but exposes the human body to unique pathophysiologic demands such as continuous blood flow and complete univentricular support, which are associated with increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 22–23 nu... |
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"abstract": "PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) refers to a group of clinical conditions caused by germline mutations in the PTEN tumor suppressor gene. Increasing evidence has documented that PHTS may be associated with a broader spectrum of structural brain abnormalities, including dysplastic gangliocytoma of t... | {
"abstract": "Background We retrospectively reviewed the neuroimaging findings of patients with Cowden syndrome and determined their frequency in a single cohort. Methods Electronic medical records were queried from January 1999 to January 2017 to identify patients who fit the clinical criteria for diagnosis of Cowd... | {
"abstract": "We read with great interest both the \"Generalizability of Gottman and Colleagues' Affective Process Models of Couples' Relationship Outcomes\" of Kim, Capaldi, and Crosby (2007, Volume 69) and the response of Coan and Gottman (2007, Volume 69). In this brief commentary, we review the philosophy of rep... |
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"abstract": "The determination of the antioxidant potential of lyophilized mushroom mycelia from 5 strains of the species Pleurotus ostreatus and Coprinus comatus (obtained by submerged cultivation in batch system) was analyzed as ethanolic extracts by evaluating ABTS and the hydroxyl scavenging activity, FRAP meth... | {
"abstract": "The effects of nitric oxide (NO) on antioxidant activity and contents of phenolics and flavonoids in mushroom Russula griseocarnosa were investigated. Freshly harvested mushrooms were fumigated with 0, 10, 20 and 30μLL(-1) NO at 20°C for 2h and then taken to examine the antioxidant activities using ass... | {
"abstract": "Silybum marianum (milk thistle) and its derivatives have been used for centuries for the treatment of liver disease. This review focuses exclusively on published literature pertaining to the potential use of Silybum marianum or its derivatives for the treatment of alcoholic liver disease. Clinical stud... |
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"abstract": "X-irradiation of single crystals of Tp– GeH3 (Tp: triptycene) led to the trapping of the radical Tp – z GeH2. The angular variations of the resulting EPR spectra were recorded at 300 and 77 K. The drastic temperature dependence of the spectra was caused by both a strong anisotropy of the g-tensor and a... | {
"abstract": "In many instances, the deduction of spectroscopic parameters from electron paramagnetic resonance spectra depends on spectrum simulation and parameter optimization. We have developed two software packages based on the approximate formulae of Iwasaki for the calculation of line positions and on the Leve... | {
"abstract": "It is a conventional wisdom among workers in the Pilbara iron ore mining industry that management engineers disputes when the stockpiles are high and settles disputes when stockpiles are low. This paper investigates the evidence for a relationship between iron ore production and dispute activity. It is... |
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"abstract": "How deep are effects of language on thought? Time estimation in speakers of English, Indonesian, Greek, and Spanish Daniel Casasanto † Lera Boroditsky Webb Phillips Jesse Greene Shima Goswami Simon Bocanegra-Thiel Ilia Santiago-Diaz MIT Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, 77 Massachusetts Avenue ... | {
"abstract": "When speaking and reasoning about time, people around the world tend to do so with vocabulary and concepts borrowed from the domain of space. This raises the question of whether the cross-linguistic variability found for spatial representations, and the principles on which these are based, may also car... | {
"abstract": "Online data or streaming data are getting more and more important for enterprise information systems, e.g. by integrating sensor data and workflows. The continuous flow of data provided e.g. by sensors requires new workflow models addressing the data perspective of these applications, since continuous ... |
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"abstract": "Generalized arterial calcification of infancy (GACI) is associated with biallelic mutations in ENPP1 in the majority of cases, whereas mutations in ABCC6 (ATP-binding cassette subfamily C number 6) are known to cause pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). However, ABCC6 mutations account for a significant sub... | {
"abstract": "Background—Generalized arterial calcification of infancy has been reported to be frequently lethal, and the efficiency of any therapy, including bisphosphonates, is unknown. A phosphate-poor diet markedly increases survival of NPP1 null mice, a model of generalized arterial calcification of infancy. Me... | {
"abstract": "Aim: Hypertension is one of the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The kidneys could be a victim and/or culprit of hypertension. Recently, the value of neutrophil gelatinase‐associated lipocalin (NGAL) was highlighted as a novel marker for early detection of acute renal damage. Therefore, the a... |
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"abstract": "In the face of global deforestation, there is a challenge to balance the management of areas of high conservation concern and social interests. As a response to the growing human-environment interface and the use of forests for subsistence, plantations became a management tool to provide for wood harve... | {
"abstract": "Despite continued forest conversion and degradation, forest cover is increasing in countries across the globe. New forests are regenerating on former agricultural land, and forest plantations are being established for commercial and restoration purposes. Plantations and restored forests can improve eco... | {
"abstract": "The characteristics of the physical state were studied in 13- to 14-year-old adolescents with high (n = 97) and low (n = 85) stress reactivities. The data showed that, during the period of sexual maturation, the development of the mechanisms of energy for muscular activity was heterochronic and nonline... |
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"abstract": "The themes of the different papers in this book are related to fi ve major areas of research. First, the book presents the work on a large-scale assessment in vocational and occupational education and training. Reason was the work of Frank Achtenhagen and his colleagues on the preparation of a VET-PISA... | {
"abstract": "Two reading literacy/text comprehension tests with different demands (on-line comprehension vs. memory-based comprehension) were administered to 6,104 15-year-old students from all German states and school types. The combined and specific effects of proximal and distal variables from small-scale psycho... | {
"abstract": "Governments around the world are trying to come to terms with new technologies, new social movements and a changing global economy. As a result, educational policy finds itself at the centre of a major political struggle between those who see it only for its instrumental outcomes and those who see its ... |
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"abstract": "There is much evidence to suggest that the human auditory system uses localised time-frequency information for the robust recognition of sounds. Despite this, conventional systems typically rely on features extracted from short windowed frames over time, covering the whole frequency spectrum. Such appr... | {
"abstract": "In this letter, we present a novel feature extraction method for sound event classification, based on the visual signature extracted from the sound's time-frequency representation. The motivation stems from the fact that spectrograms form recognisable images, that can be identified by a human reader, w... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we present an Arabic dialogue system (also referred to as a conversational agent) intended to interact with hotel customers and generate responses about reserving a hotel room and other services. The system uses text-based natural language dialogue to navigate customers to the desired an... |
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"abstract": "Carrying capacity is the maximum animal density an area can sustain without deterioration of its resources. Overgrazing has degraded Patagonia, but sheep stocks decreased and gave way to mixed systems with cattle, goats and guanacos (native wild camelids). The objective of this paper was to develop a m... | {
"abstract": "A new typology shows that the notion of rangeland carrying capacity has considerable ambiguity even under conditions of high environmental certainty. When these environmental conditions are highly uncertain, rangeland carrying capacity must be reconceived as a Hahn equilibrium in order to be useful for... | {
"abstract": "Urea, the dominant form of N in ruminant urine, degrades in soil to produce NO emissions. However, the fate of non-urea urine N compounds (NUNCs) in soil and their contribution to urine patch NO emissions remain unclear. This study evaluated five NUNCs: allantoin (10%), creatinine (3%), creatine (3%), ... |
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"abstract": "Part of speech (POS) Tagging is the procedure of allocating the portion of speech tag or supplementary philological class signal to every single and every single word in a sentence. In countless Usual Speech Processing presentations such as word intellect disambiguation, data recovery, data grasping, a... | {
"abstract": "We present a new HMM tagger that exploits context on both sides of a word to be tagged, and evaluate it in both the unsupervised and supervised case. Along the way, we present the first comprehensive comparison of unsupervised methods for part-of-speech tagging, noting that published results to date ha... | {
"abstract": "Part-of-speech (POS) tag distributions are known to exhibit sparsity --- a word is likely to take a single predominant tag in a corpus. Recent research has demonstrated that incorporating this sparsity constraint improves tagging accuracy. However, in existing systems, this expansion come with a steep ... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nTo explore the feasibility of computerised lung sound monitoring to evaluate secretion removal in intubated and mechanically ventilated adult patients.\n\n\nDESIGN\nBefore and after observational investigation.\n\n\nSETTING\nIntensive care unit.\n\n\nPARTICIPANTS\nFifteen intubated and mech... | {
"abstract": "Even though it is well known that breath-sound amplitude (BSA) increases with airflow, the exact quantitative relationships and their distribution within the relevant frequency range have not yet been determined. To evaluate these relationships, the spectral content of tracheal and chest wall breath so... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThis study compared different diamond burs and different water flow rates on the cutting efficiency of sectioning through lithium disilicate glass ceramic.\n\n\nMETHODS\nThe authors used a standardized cutting regimen with 4 brands of diamond burs to section through lithium disilicate glass... |
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"abstract": "The evolutionary forces driving the reduction of eyes and pigmentation in cave-adapted animals are unknown; Darwin famously questioned the role of natural selection in eye loss in cave fishes: \"As it is difficult to imagine that eyes, although useless, could be in any way injurious to animals living i... | {
"abstract": "The evolutionary mechanisms responsible for eye degeneration in cave-adapted animals have not been resolved. Opposing hypotheses invoking neural mutation or natural selection, each with certain genetic and developmental expectations, have been advanced to explain eye regression, although little or no e... | {
"abstract": "This study tested the role of the superior colliculus in generating movements of the mystacial vibrissae--whisking. First, we compared the kinematics of whisking generated by the superior colliculus with those generated by the motor cortex. We found that in anesthetized rats, microstimulation of the co... |
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"abstract": "The potential offered by the abundance of sensors, actuators, and communications in the Internet of Things (IoT) era is hindered by the limited computational capacity of local nodes. Several key challenges should be addressed to optimally and jointly exploit the network, computing, and storage resource... | {
"abstract": "Osmotic computing is a new paradigm to support the efficient execution of Internet of Things (IoT) services and applications at the network edge. This paradigm is founded on the need for a holistic distributed system abstraction enabling the deployment of lightweight microservices on resource-constrain... | {
"abstract": "In this note, we revisit the problem of scheduling stabilizing control tasks on embedded processors. We start from the paradigm that a real-time scheduler could be regarded as a feedback controller that decides which task is executed at any given instant. This controller has for objective guaranteeing ... |
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"abstract": "The credit risk on the bond market is characterized by the possible default of a counterparty, but also by changes in the spread following a perceived deterioration, by the market, of the credit quality of the issuer. This thesis focuses on credit spreads on corporate bond market in euros. Following th... | {
"abstract": "In the past five years, many sophisticated models for pricing credit risk have been developed. The rapid progress in this area is primarily a result of the growth of credit derivatives, securitized asset pools, and other structured products. Factors such as regulatory concerns and the availability of e... | {
"abstract": "The parents of 68 young children with learning disabilities were interviewed to assess the number and type of behaviour problems that their child exhibited. Parents' perceptions of their ability to cope with the behaviours were sought. The average number of behaviour problems was 7.4 per child, with po... |
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"abstract": "AbstractThe aim of this note is to construct a solid torus, knotted in an arbitrarily given knot type, which tiles\n% MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfKttLearuqr1ngBPrgarmWu51MyVXgatC% vAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaeHbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharyavP1wz% ZbItLDhis9wBH5garqqtubsr4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0... | {
"abstract": "This note describes a (polyhedral) prototile which is topologically equi valent to a trefoil knot and admits a (monohedral) tiling of 3-space.",
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"abstract": "This volume presents recent advances in selcted topics on the chemistry, structure, and bonding of Zintl phases and Zintl ions. Areas covered include: the use of Zintl phases as precursors to novel solid state compounds; and electrochemical synthesis of novel Zintl phases; Zintl phases at the metal-ins... |
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"abstract": "In virus associated diseases identification of viruses in cells can contribute to the understanding of the pathogenesis and may also help to establish the diagnosis. In the present communication, the effects of the microwave pretreatment (MWP) and that of the proteinase-K enzymatic predigestion (PKD) o... | {
"abstract": "In the course of a routine clinical check up of the 54 year old male a splenic well circumscribed tumor like mass of 12 cm in diameter was discovered. Splenectomy with removal of splenic hilar lymph nodes and liver wedge biopsy were performed. Four years later the patient is symptom free. In the remove... | {
"abstract": "Oligoribonucleases (Orns) are highly conserved DnaQ-fold 3′-5′ exoribonucleases that have been found to carry out the last step of cyclic-di-GMP (c-di-GMP) degradation, that is, pGpG to GMP in several bacteria. Removal of pGpG is critical for c-di-GMP homeostasis, as excess uncleaved pGpG can have feed... |
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"abstract": "The study assessed the effects of the daily intake of milk and protein by pregnant women on foetal growth and determined the growth pattern and velocity of growth. A total of 504 ultrasound observations from 156 respondents were collected following a cross-sectional design in the last trimester of preg... | {
"abstract": "We evaluated the effect of a high-protein diet (HP) on pregnancy, lactational and rearing success in mice. At the time of mating, females were randomly assigned to isoenergetic diets with HP (40% w/w) or control protein levels (C; 20%). After parturition, half of the dams were fed the other diet throug... | {
"abstract": "In the past decades, public sector support for dairy development in Ada’a mainly focused on dairy production and supply of inputs/services, with limited involvement of the private sector and partners. There was also no clear distinction between the dairy system development potentials in urban, peri-urb... |
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"abstract": "Among complications in orthognathic surgery, the insurgence of pneumothorax is very rare. Pneumothorax is the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity and it is rare complications in the postoperative oral and maxillofacial surgery patient. The clinical results are dependent on the degree of collap... | {
"abstract": "Summary: In thepresent article a revision about one of the branches of the maxillofacial surgery, the orthognathicsurgery is made, which must like main objective complementarily handle from the surgical point ofview the dentofaciale deformity and some congenital facial deformities. The ortognathic surg... | {
"abstract": "Unicondylar osteoarticular allografts (UOA) of the knee are mainly used after bone tumour resections for benign aggressive tumours or small malignant tumours with clearly defined margins. They are also used less often in large posttraumatic condylar defects. Between 1989 and 2004, 12 deep-frozen UOA re... |
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"abstract": "Introduction Stiles and Taylor report on a number of instances of recently fledged tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) being detected visiting nest boxes from which they did not originate.1 Such encounters with “non-resident” hatch-year (HY) swallows appear to be rare, but it is unclear how often such ... | {
"abstract": "Communal breeding in birds may be the most critical test case for the application of Hamilton's (54, 55) ideas about inclusive fitness, altruism, and kin selection (73a) among vertebrates. Avian communal breeding systems (A CBS) feature precisely that phenomenon that seems most likely to require kin se... | {
"abstract": "Twenty-five years ago, I published a paper (1935) on “Helpers at the Nest,” in which I gave short accounts of the breeding of three species of birds whose nestlings were attended by individuals other than the two parents. In addition, I mentioned one other species in which I had found a helper and a fe... |
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"abstract": "SummaryChloride channels from the apical plasma membrane fraction of rectal gland of Squalus acanthias were characterized by incorporation into planar bilayers in the presence of cAMPPK/ATP. In a total of 80 bilayer preparations, 21 Cl-selective channels were observed as single channels and 13 as pairs... | {
"abstract": "SummaryUsing the patch clamp technique we have identified a small conductance ion channel that typically occurs in clusters on the apical plasma membrane of pancreatic duct cells. The cell-attached current/voltage (I/V) relationship was linear and gave a single channel conductance of about 4 pS. Since ... | {
"abstract": "A novel tripeptide Schiff-base heterotrinuclear complex, [Co(H2O)4(CuL)2]·4H2O (1) (H3L = N-5-bromosalicylideneglycylglycylglycine) has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, IR and electronic spectra. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the molecular structure is m... |
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"abstract": "This piece considers the financial crisis of 2008 through the lens of the derivative, by locating both the derivative and the crisis in the broader context of post-war US conjuncture. Drawing upon the work of Marx, Postone and von Mises, I argue that the derivative can be seen as a response to the coll... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Financial derivatives are used and counted as money, but it is unclear exactly what sort of money they are. This article explores the monetary role of financial derivatives in securing the global financial system. It finds that derivatives commensurate the values of different forms of financia... | {
"abstract": "ion to a logical category – if the whole world can be drowned thus in a world of abstractions, in the world of logical categories – who need be astonished at it? Apply this method to the categories of political economy, Marx argues: and you have the logic and metaphysics of political economy . . . the ... |
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"abstract": "In this work, an approach for the development of adaptive fuzzy models is presented. The approach allows to incorporate the system dynamics into the fuzzy membership functions which are defined in terms of a dynamic function with adjustable parameters. These parameters are adapted using a gradient desc... | {
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"abstract": "A mathematical tool to build a fuzzy model of a system where fuzzy implications and reasoning are used is presented. The premise of an implication is the description of fuzzy subspace of inputs and its consequence is a linear input-output relation. The method of identification of a system using its inp... |
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"abstract": "We present an analytical model for the powder blasting of brittle materials with sharp particles. We developed a continuum equation, which describes the surface evolution during the powder blasting, into which we introduced surface energetics as the major relaxation mechanism. The experimental and the ... | {
"abstract": "Models are presented to predict the shape and size of masked and unmasked holes machined in glass and polymethymethacrylate (PMMA) using abrasive jet micromachining (AJM). An existing AJM surface evolution model for brittle materials was modified by introducing a curvature-dependent smoothing (viscosit... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents the result of an experimental study of the corrosion behavior of epoxy-coated steel specimens. The spray-coated X65 steel samples were immersed in HCL solutions with varying pH levels. The effects of water adsorption and corrosion were studied via weight gain measurements and micros... |
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"abstract": "Canada's Arctic environment is rich in hydrocarbon resources. As international attention turns to the Arctic to meet global energy demands there is increased recognition of the need to advance upstream impact assessment and decision-making to plan for energy development. There have been several applica... | {
"abstract": "Increasing offshore oil and gas exploration and development in harsh/Arctic environments require more effective offshore produced water management, as these environments are much more sensitive to changes in water quality than more temperate climates. However, the number and scope of studies of offshor... | {
"abstract": "The present research work was carried out to construct ethnobotanical profile (EBP) of indigenous knowledge of being employed in fragment of Soona Valley (SV), Tehsil Samahni, District Bhimber, (A.K.) Pakistan and its consequences in Biodiversity Conservation. The study was conducted through an intensi... |
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"abstract": "Under standard conditions double contrast barium enema (DCBE) was carried out on a selected patient cohort using either standard (1.5 mA) or low (0.5 mA) fluoroscopic current. A statistically significant (p < or = 0.01) reduction in total dose was achieved by use of low screening current. This reductio... | {
"abstract": "Relationships between effective dose and each of entrance surface dose, entrance air kerma and dose-area product were studied for common radiographic projections using the organ dose data from Monte Carlo modelling. Dose-area product proved to be the best quantity for estimating effective dose and thes... | {
"abstract": "Ruthenium (Ru) complexes are currently the focus of substantial interest because of their potential application as chemotherapeutic agents with broad anticancer activities. This study investigated the in vitro and in vivo anticancer activities and mechanisms of two Ru complexes—2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-Octa... |
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"abstract": "Survivin is a new anti‐apoptosis gene with reported expression during fetal development and in cancer tissues. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is essential for the replication of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). In this experiment, we examined the expression of survivin and PCNA in human osteosar... | {
"abstract": "The design of antisense oligonucleotides containing locked nucleic acids (LNA) was optimized and compared to intensively studied DNA oligonucleotides, phosphorothioates and 2'-O-methyl gapmers. In contradiction to the literature, a stretch of seven or eight DNA monomers in the center of a chimeric DNA/... |
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"abstract": "The Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe; pdbe.org) is actively involved in managing the international archive of biomacromolecular structure data as one of the partners in the Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB; wwpdb.org). PDBe also develops new tools to make structural data more widely and more easily ... | {
"abstract": "The Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB; wwpdb.org) is the international collaboration that manages the deposition, processing and distribution of the PDB archive. The online PDB archive at ftp://ftp.wwpdb.org is the repository for the coordinates and related information for more than 47 000 structures,... | {
"abstract": "Unlike structures determined by X-ray crystallography, which are deposited in the Brookhaven Protein Data Bank (Abola et al., 1987) as a single structure, each NMR-derived structure is often deposited as an ensemble containing many structures, each consistent with the restraint set used. However, there... |
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"abstract": "Background and Purpose— The purpose of this study was to understand factors related to increases in serum free fatty acid (FFA) levels and association with delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Methods— We performed serial measurement of systemic oxygen consumption by indirect ... | {
"abstract": "Vascular dysregulation refers to the regulation of blood flow that is not adapted to the needs of the respective tissue. We distinguish primary vascular dysregulation (PVD, formerly called vasospastic syndrome) and secondary vascular dysregulation (SVD). Subjects with PVD tend to have cold extremities,... | {
"abstract": "The use of inhalable nanoparticles (NPs) for cystic fibrosis (CF) has been advocated as a promising tool to improve the efficacy of antimicrobials taking advantage of their ability to penetrate airway mucus and pathogen biofilm and to release the drug in or in proximity to the enclosed bacteria. Here, ... |
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"abstract": "Network traffic log data is a key data source for forensic analysis of cybersecurity incidents. Packet Captures (PCAPs) are the raw information directly gathered from the network device. As the bandwidth and connections to other hosts rise, this data becomes very large quickly. Malware analysts and adm... | {
"abstract": "Progressive Visual Analytics (PVA) has gained increasing attention over the past years. It brings the user into the loop during otherwise long-running and non-transparent computations by producing intermediate partial results. These partial results can be shown to the user for early and continuous inte... | {
"abstract": "Queries over large scale (petabyte) data bases often mean waiting overnight for a result to come back. Scale costs time. Such time also means that potential avenues of exploration are ignored because the costs are perceived to be too high to run or even propose them. With sampleAction we have explored ... |
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"title": "Adaptive Observation Strategies with the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter"
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"abstract": "Author(s): Yeh, Michael Chin-Chia | Advisor(s): Keogh, Eamonn | Abstract: The last decade has seen a flurry of research on all-pairs-similarity-search (or, self-join) for text, DNA, and a handful of other datatypes, and these systems have been applied to many diverse data mining problems. Surprisingly,... | {
"abstract": "Disassembly is the process of recovering a symbolic representation of a program's machine code instructions from its binary representation. Recently, a number of techniques have been proposed that attempt to foil the disassembly process. These techniques are very effective against state-of-the-art disa... |
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"abstract": "Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in patients with common variable immunodeficiency disorders (CVID) and less frequent in X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) although the exact prevalence is not well established. In this study, endoscopic screening was performed in 30 patients with CVID and four patie... | {
"abstract": "PurposeAutosomal recessive mutations in LRBA, encoding for LPS-responsive beige-like anchor protein, were described in patients with a common variable immunodeficiency (CVID)-like disease characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia, autoimmune cytopenias, and enteropathy. Here, we detail the clinical, immun... | {
"abstract": "Spinal cord arteriovenous malformations (SCAVMs) are rare entities that account for less than 20% of spinal masses. These lesions represent a unique clinical challenge, in that surgical or endovascular treatment is often associated with devastating functional consequences. Over the past few decades, ra... |
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"abstract": "With the goal of making urban living more efficient and pleasant through a better driving experience, we present a predictive navigation system that makes use of city-described data along with the driver’s driving history to predict destination in order to provide useful routing recommendation accordin... | {
"abstract": "Researchers use eigendecomposition to leverage MIT's Wi-Fi network activity data and analyze to the physical environment. We proposed a method to analyze and categorize wireless access points based on common usage characteristics that reflect real-world, placed-based behaviors. It uses eigendecompositi... | {
"abstract": "Networks have been recently recognized as playing a central role in understanding a wide range of systems spanning diverse scientific domains such as physics and biology, economics, computer science and information technology. Specific examples run from the structure of the Internet and the World Wide ... |
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"abstract": "IEEE 802.11 is a standard for mobile ad hoc networks (MANET), implemented with various different protocols. Ad Hoc on Demand Distance Vector Routing (AODV) is one of the several protocols of IEEE 802.11, intended to provide various Quality of Service (QOS) parameters under acceptable range. To avoid th... | {
"abstract": "Ad hoc networks are characterized by a lack of infrastructure, and by a random and quickly changing network topology; thus the need for a robust dynamic routing protocol that can accommodate such an environment. \nTo improve the packet delivery ratio of Destination Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV) rout... | {
"abstract": "As the race to launch a product successfully into the market increases in speed, the drive to reduce metal tooling lead time will become more important. Time reduction for fabricating metal tools depends on fast, efficient, and flexible manufacturing processes that dramatically reduce lead times while ... |
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"abstract": "Most commercial television channels use video logos, which can be considered a form of visible watermark, as a declaration of intellectual property ownership. They are also used as a symbol of authorization to rebroadcast when original logos are used in conjunction with newer logos. An unfortunate side... | {
"abstract": "Data are an important part of machine learning. In recent years, it has become increasingly common for researchers to study artificial intelligence-aided design, and rich design materials are needed to provide data support for related work. Existing aesthetic visual analysis databases contain mainly ph... | {
"abstract": "We present a procedural method for synthesizing large textures from an input texture sample. The basis of our algorithm is the chaos mosaic, a technique for synthesizing textures with an even and visually stochastic distribution of the local features of the input sample. The chaos mosaic is fast. For s... |
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"abstract": "In the last two decades, the effect of Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) has become the leading environmental problem in the mining of sulphidic type ores. In sulphidic mine wastes a principal weathering process is the sulphide oxidation, resulting in low pH and mobilizing heavy metal contamination. Usually the... | {
"abstract": "The rate-determining step in the oxidation of iron pyrite and the formation of acidity in streams associated with coal and copper mines is the oxidation of ferrous iron. Effective pollution abatement necessitates control ling this reaction.",
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"title": "Acidic Mine Drainage: T... | {
"abstract": "A study of the Sn‐Ag‐Cu lead‐free solder reflow profile has been conducted. The purpose of the work was to determine the Sn‐Ag‐Cu reflow profile that produced solder bumps with a thin intermetallic compound (IMC) layer and fine microstructure. Two types of reflow profiles were studied. The results of t... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents a Chinese named entity recognizer (NER): Mencius. It aims to address Chinese NER problems by combining the advantages of rule-based and machine learning (ML) based NER systems. Rule-based NER systems can explicitly encode human comprehension and can be tuned conveniently, while ML-b... | {
"abstract": "A hierarchical hidden Markov model (HHMM) based approach of product named entity recognition (NER) from Chinese free text is presented in this paper. Characteristics and challenges in product NER is also investigated and analyzed deliberately compared with general NER. Within a unified statistical fram... | {
"abstract": "We consider the LMS estimation of a channel which may be well approximated by an FIR model with sparsely separated active or nonzero taps. Such channels are common within telecommunication systems. We propose an active tap detection procedure to exploit this sparse structure and, subsequently, provide ... |
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"abstract": "Transition metal-catalyzed C-H bond insertion is one of the most straightforward strategies to introduce functionalities within a hydrocarbon microenvironment. For the past two decades, selective activation and functionalization of certain inert C-H bonds have been made possible with the help of direct... | {
"abstract": "A palladium-catalyzed, ortho-selective C-H halogenation methodology is reported herein. The highlight of the work is the highly selective C(sp2)-H functionalization of benzyl nitriles in the presence of activated C(sp3)-H bond, which results in good yields of the halogenated products with excellent reg... | {
"abstract": "The ability of Pd(II) complexes derived from 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acids to catalyze homogeneous regioselective aerobic oxidation of 5- and 6-substituted 8-methylquinolines in AcOH-Ac(2)O solution to produce corresponding 8-quinolylmethyl acetates in high yield was demonstrated; corresponding 8-quin... |
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"abstract": "The aneurysmatic bone cyst (ABC) is a benign primary bone tumour. If located in the cervical spine, its expansive growth and destructive behaviour may lead to instability and serious neurological impairment. We report a case of a 16-year-old boy with an aggressive ABC in the 7th cervical vertebra. Comp... | {
"abstract": "ZusammenfassungPrimäre maligne Knochentumoren treten relativ selten auf.Die häufigsten Knochenläsionen sind das Osteosarkom,das Ewing-Sarkom,das Chondrosarkom,das Fibrosarkom, das maligne fibröse Histiozytom des Knochens,Riesenzelltumoren, aneurysmatische Knochenzysten und das Chordom.Im Allgemeinen ge... | {
"abstract": "With the incidence of ventral hernias increasing, surgeons are faced with greater complexity in dealing with these conditions. Proper knowledge of the history and the advancements made in managing complex ventral hernias will enhance surgical results. This review article highlights the literature regar... |
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"abstract": "PurposeTo examine the impact of ingesting hydrolyzed beef protein, whey protein, and carbohydrate on resistance training outcomes, body composition, muscle thickness, blood indices of health and salivary human neutrophil peptides (HNP1-3), as reference of humoral immunity followed an 8-week resistance ... | {
"abstract": "As the key components of innate immunity, human host defense antimicrobial peptides and proteins (AMPs) play a critical role in warding off invading microbial pathogens. In addition, AMPs can possess other biological functions such as apoptosis, wound healing, and immune modulation. This article provid... | {
"abstract": "Elite athletes have been reported to be susceptible to upper respiratory tract infections (URTI), particularly during the period immediately prior to major competitions.1 Studies of the effects of exercise on immune parameters have shown that alterations in systemic immunity and cytokine levels are rel... |
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"abstract": "A new case of terminal deletion 10q26-qter is described. The phenotypic features are compatible with those of the previously reported cases. Deafness is reported for the first time.",
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"title": "Monosomy 10qter: a new case."
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"abstract": "Distal 10q deletion syndrome is an uncommon chromosomal disorder. Interstitial deletion involving bands 10q25-10q26.1 is extremely rare and few cases have been reported. The characteristic features are facial dysmorphisms, postnatal growth retardation, developmental delay, congenital heart disease, gen... | {
"abstract": "The authors report a 10qter deletion in a 16-month-old boy. The patient's phenotype includes: low birth weight, mental and growth retardation, triangular facies, hypertelorism, prominent nasal bridge, malformed and low set ears, cryptorchidism. The karyotype was 46,XY,del(10)(q26.1 leads to qter). Cyto... |
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"abstract": "Coronary-cameral fistula is a scarce clinical entity, which is defined as an anomalous communication between any epicardial coronary artery and cardiac chambers or large vessels. We aimed to present a case of multiple coronary-cameral fistulas causing myocardial ischemia.",
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"t... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nCoronary artery fistula (CAF) is a rare congenital anomaly that can be complicated by intracardiac shunts, endocarditis, myocardial infarction, or coronary aneurysms. Recent reports have emphasized the efficacy of percutaneous transcatheter techniques. The purpose of this article is to revi... | {
"abstract": "Background Tachyarrhythmias and bradyarrhythmias affect 20%–50% of adult patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) and some of these patients will require cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) such as pacemaker and/or internal cardioverter defibrillator. Methods The Mayo Adult Congenital Heart Di... |
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"abstract": "In the nervous system, influx of calcium and chloride ions into neurons regulates the signaling system by excitation and inhibition, respectively. In this study, we demonstrated the effects of the ion influx into epidermal keratinocytes in the permeability barrier repair process of the skin after damag... | {
"abstract": "Glutamate receptors play an important role in the excitatory synaptic action of the central nervous system. In this study, effects of glutamate receptor agonists and antagonists on skin barrier homeostasis were studied using hairless mouse. Topical application of L-glutamic acid, L-aspartic acid (non-s... | {
"abstract": "Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is characterised by headache, visual disorders, seizures, altered mentation, consciousness disturbances and focal neurological signs. Initially described in patients with pre and eclampsia, severe hypertension, posterior reversible encephalopathy synd... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents a model of a cold storage warehouse combined with PV generation in a smart grid setting. We formulate an optimization problem that maximizes profits of sold PV energy minus the cost of electricity withdrawn from the grid under constraints dictated by the temperature dynamics. We foc... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Under spot electricity pricing the price of electricity represents actual demand and supply equilibrium conditions and consumers respond to price variations so as to achieve the best cost-service tradeoff over a given time period. Using a decision modeling approach developed for prescribing co... | {
"abstract": "A hybrid track-seeking fuzzy controller for an optical disk drive (ODD) is proposed in this paper. The proposed hybrid fuzzy controller (HFC) smoothes the voltage applied to the sled motor and improves the track-seeking efficiency. The HFC consists of two subsystems including an intelligent time switch... |
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"abstract": "High mortality of cancer‐mediated deaths is due to metastasis. CXC chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) signaling has been demonstrated to be involved in migration of breast cancer. Thus, identification of CXCR4 inhibitor has been challenged constantly as an anticancer drug. This study is aimed to investi... | {
"abstract": "Metastasis of cancer cells is a complex process involving multiple steps including invasion, angiogenesis, and trafficking of cancer cells through blood vessels, extravasations, organ-specific homing, and growth. While matrix metalloproteinases, urokinase-type plasminogen activator, and cytokines play ... | {
"abstract": "Myrrh and opopanax has been used throughout history in incense and as a perfume. Since Bible times it has been used for the treatment of wounds. The first attempts to identify content compounds were almost 100 years ago. In this review we discuss the present state of knowledge in the chemistry of subst... |
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"abstract": "Background: Chemokines regulate the pathways that restrict homing of specific subsets of immune cells, and thereby fine tune the immune response at specific lymphoid and peripheral tissues. CCL2 is a chemokine that induces migration of monocytes, memory T cells, and dendritic cells. Previously, we demo... | {
"abstract": "Uncontrolled activation of mucosal effector cells has been identified as the main pathogenic mechanism involved in the initiation and perpetuation of mucosal inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The sustained activation of these cells leads to the aberrant production of various pro-inflam... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Genitourinary infections caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis pose significant public health problems in this country. Our ability to effectively screen for, and prevent the spread of, these organisms depends on the availability of accurate and efficient detection methods.... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundQuantification of lung tissue via analysis of computed tomography (CT) scans is increasingly common for monitoring disease progression and for planning of therapeutic interventions. The current study evaluates the quantification of human lung tissue mass by software analysis of a CT to physic... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nThis study reports the feasibility and safety of novel second-generation bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (LVR) technology, independent of collateral ventilation.\n\n\nDESCRIPTION\nEleven patients with severe heterogeneous emphysema underwent unilateral bronchoscopic application of vapor th... | {
"abstract": "A wintertime ground-based cloud seeding experiment conducted as part of the 1989 Utah/NOAA cooperative weather modification program is described. The results from one experiment on 3 February 1989 are presented. Meteorological conditions led to the development of orographic clouds over the Tushar Mtns ... |
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"abstract": "Les enfants atteints de troubles developpemental du langage (TDL) rencontrent pour la plupart des difficultes au-dela de la sphere purement langagiere, dans des domaines cognitifs associes comme l’attention et/ou la memoire de travail (MT). Or la litterature met en evidence des liens entre les capacite... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nInformation-processing limitations have been associated with language problems in children with specific language impairment (SLI). These processing limitations may be associated with limitations in attentional capacity, even in the absence of clinically significant attention deficits. In this... | {
"abstract": "\"Attention\" is not a unitary brain process. Evidence from adult studies indicates that distinct neuroanatomical networks perform specific attentional operations and that these are vulnerable to selective damage. Accordingly, characterising attentional disorders requires the use of a variety of tasks ... |
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"abstract": "This paper introduces a method to realize multilateral teleoperation(multi operator/multi robot teleoperation) under time delay. This method provides stability regardless of the size of the delay and good performance including force feedback. We first introduce the four channel based multilateral contr... | {
"abstract": "In recent years, realization of a haptic system is desired strongly in the fields of medical treatment and expert's skill acquisition. An integrated system design of an analysis of interaction between a robot and environment required for stable contact operation, an observation method of reaction force... | {
"abstract": "We introduce a mathematical model for the study of cooperative control problems for multiple autonomous air vehicles (AAVs) connected via a communication network. We propose a cooperative control strategy based on task-load balancing that seeks to ensure that no vehicle is underutilized and we show how... |
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"abstract": "Credible findings from well-crafted research studies are essential in assessing the impact of child work on children's health. Researchers, however, encounter significant challenges in defining the relevant group of workers for a study and identifying an appropriate comparison group. This article descr... | {
"abstract": "In a context where credit is squeezed, the shocks to which household are exposed impact on child work. This article analyses the impact of a drought on the Morondava rural district in Madagascar in 2006. This is a rice growing area. We used data from the surveys conducted by the Reseau des Observatoire... | {
"abstract": "\n The gender contribution to employment may be a critical factor in determining household economic viability. The significance for the resettlement program of the poor and landless from Indonesia's Inner Islands to the Outer Islands is clear. The aim of this paper is to examine the nature and extent o... |
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"abstract": "Electrodermal activity (EDA) was investigated in 28 patients when depressive and when in remission and in 28 matched and 59 unmatched healthy subjects. The follow‐up period ranged from 3 to 37 months (median two years). All the EDA variables were significantly elevated at follow‐up and did not differ s... | {
"abstract": "Examining pupillary motility as a psychophysiological measure of cognitive-affective processing, the current study aimed to elucidate psychophysiological correlates of early resilience to parental depression risk. Forty-one never-depressed female college students were categorized based on presence or a... | {
"abstract": "Preface Units, symbols and general information 1. Introduction: Soil in a natural and man-made environment Part I. Soil Properties and Processes: 2. The soil components 3. Development of soils 4. Sorptive properties of soil 5. Organisms and soil processes 6. Movement of water, air, solutes and heat in ... |
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"abstract": "Dear Sir, We would like to present an interesting finding relating to signal distortion of an implantable Doppler in a well-perfused free-flap. A 69-yearold male underwent resection of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma skin deposits from the right parotid and upper cervical region. The patient had pre... | {
"abstract": "Calcium impacts the natural history and treatment of coronary artery disease in many ways. Intravascular imaging studies, mostly intravascular ultrasound, but more recently studies using optical coherence tomography, have been instrumental in increasing our understanding of the relationship between cal... | {
"abstract": "syndrome (CLICKMAS el al . , 1985). Small amounts of antigen, presumably circulating in these conditions, can stimulate the production ‘of specific IgE rather than IgG. Our results would seem to support this hypothesis: the greater sensitivity of the IgE test makes it possible to recognize clinical cas... |
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"abstract": "Termis is a tool for hydraulic and thermal modelling which simulate behaving of flow, pressure and temperature in distribution network. Termis supports temperature optimization. The following paper is an overview of the principles and processes that enable us to perform temperature optimization in Term... | {
"abstract": "This paper defines the concept of 4th Generation District Heating (4GDH) including the relations to District Cooling and the concepts of smart energy and smart thermal grids. The motive is to identify the future challenges of reaching a future renewable non-fossil heat supply as part of the implementat... | {
"abstract": "In this new edition of Renewable Energy Systems, globally recognized renewable energy researcher and professor, Henrik Lund, sets forth a straightforward, comprehensive methodology for comparing different energy systems’ abilities to integrate fluctuating and intermittent renewable energy sources. The ... |
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"abstract": "We have analyzed the properties of the HSV (hue, saturation and value) color space with emphasis on the visual perception of the variation in hue, saturation and intensity values of an image pixel. We extract pixel features by either choosing the hue or the intensity as the dominant property based on t... | {
"abstract": "Real-time video processing heavily relies on the color space conversion. Due to the real-time requirement, the traditional conversion methods often suffer from the moderate conversion speed, inaccuracy and low video quality. In order to meet the efficiency requirement of color space conversion in real-... | {
"abstract": "Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of $\\mathrm{Zr}{\\mathrm{Te}}_{3}$ has been performed from room temperature $(T)$ down to $6\\phantom{\\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\\mathrm{K}$ (across ${T}_{\\mathrm{CDW}}=63\\phantom{\\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\\mathrm{K}$) to study the charge-density-wave (CDW) fluctuation e... |
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