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"abstract": "Background: Fruit and vegetables are protective of a number of chronic diseases; however, their intakes have been shown to vary by socioeconomic position (SEP). Household and food shopping environmental factors are thought to contribute to these differences. To determine whether household and food shop... | {
"abstract": "ObjectivesDiets low in fruits and vegetables and/or high in fast foods are associated with obesity and chronic diseases. Such diets may relate to different aspects of neighborhood food environments. We sought to evaluate if people’s perceptions of their neighborhood food environment are associated with... | {
"abstract": "Bone grafting of the alveolus is an essential step in the reconstruction of the orofacial cleft deformity. Secondary grafting with iliac marrow consistently produces trabecular bone to unify the maxilla and provide odontogenic support. It requires preoperative maxillary alignment, well designed mucoper... |
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"abstract": "A nanocomposite of flake-shaped manganese-terephthalic acid MOF/single-walled carbon nanotubes (Mn(TPA)-SWCNTs) was synthesized using manganese chloride, terephthalic acid and SWCNTs as raw materials. Theoretical modeling study shows that the Mn(TPA) component has stronger adsorption ability to lead io... | {
"abstract": "Porous metal oxides nanomaterials with controlled morphology have received great attention because of their promising applications in catalysis, energy storage and conversion, gas sensing, etc. In this paper, porous Co3O4 concave nanocubes with extremely high specific surface area (120.9 m(2)·g(-1)) we... | {
"abstract": "For some years, I have been actively engaged in the development and application of an approach to the resolution of international conflicts for which I use the term ‘interactive problem solving’. The fullest — indeed, the paradigmatic — application of the approach is represented by problem-solving work... |
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"abstract": "Robotic urological surgery is being increasingly performed worldwide. The main focus currently is on the operative technique but post operative patient care is an essential part of the process to make this technique safe and successful. We present a review on multiple analgesic techniques available to ... | {
"abstract": "Effective analgesia for postoperative pain relief after major surgery has been a practical proposition with epidural administration of local anaesthetic (LA) and opioid drugs since the early 1980s. Although epidural administration is perceived by 80% of UK anaesthetists as the ideal analgesic technique... | {
"abstract": "Background Post-operative pain and the administration of opioids to relieve it, is considered to be one of the important issues in surgery wards. This issue is even more significant in obese patients, because of the side effects of opioids. Pregabalin is an analog of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) whic... |
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"abstract": "The effects of short photoperiod (SPP) on testicular inhibin-alpha and androgen binding protein (ABP) mRNA expression were investigated in Siberian hamsters during postnatal development. Hamsters were raised in either long photoperiod (LPP; 16L:8D) or in a SPP (6L:18D). Hamsters were sacrificed at the ... | {
"abstract": "Androgen-binding protein (ABP) and plasma sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) are encoded by the same gene and have the identical amino acid sequence within a species. Mammalian ABPs and SHBGs bind sex steroids with high affinity, but some binding properties differ among species. Human SHBG has a highe... | {
"abstract": "Stimulation of phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis by excitatory amino acids (EAAs) was studied in coronal slices of kitten visual cortex. Coincubation with N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) markedly reduced the stimulation by quisqualate, however, this inhibition developed with a latency of > 10 min and occurr... |
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"abstract": "Abstract With the advent of smart homes, smart cities, and smart everything, the Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as an area of incredible impact, potential, and growth, with Cisco Inc. predicting to have 50 billion connected devices by 2020. However, most of these IoT devices are easy to hack and ... | {
"abstract": "A blockchain is a distributed and decentralized ledger that contains connected blocks of transactions. Unlike other ledger approaches, blockchain guarantees tamper proof storage of approved transactions. Due to its distributed and decentralized organization, blockchain is beeing used within IoT e.g. to... | {
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"abstract": "People’s reactions to coincidences are often cited as an illustration of the irrationality of human reasoning about chance. We argue that coincidences may be better understood in terms of rational statistical inference, based on their functional role in processes of causal discovery and theory revision... | {
"abstract": "In search of repeatable ESP experiments, modern investigators are using more complex targets, richer and freer responses, feedback, and more naturalistic conditions. This makes tractable statistical models less applicable. Moreover, controls often are so loose that no valid statistical analysis is poss... | {
"abstract": "Recognizing the mannerism ways to get this books Probability And Information Theory With Applications To Radar International Series Of Monographs On Electronics And Instrumentation Volume 3 is additionally useful. You have remained in right site to start getting this info. get the Probability And Infor... |
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"abstract": "Deep convolutional neural networks have liberated its extraordinary power on various tasks. However, it is still very challenging to deploy state-of-the-art models into real-world applications due to their high computational complexity. How can we design a compact and effective network without massive ... | {
"abstract": "Deep neural networks are increasingly used on mobile devices, where computational resources are limited. In this paper we develop CondenseNet, a novel network architecture with unprecedented efficiency. It combines dense connectivity with a novel module called learned group convolution. The dense conne... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we propose a new framework for learning from large scale datasets based on iterative learning from small mini-batches. By adding the right amount of noise to a standard stochastic gradient optimization algorithm we show that the iterates will converge to samples from the true posterior di... |
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"abstract": "Omnipotent suppressors decrease translational fidelity and cause misreading of nonsense codons. In the presence of the non-Mendelian factor [eta+], some alleles of previously isolated omnipotent suppressors are lethal. Thus the current search was conducted in an [eta+] strain in an effort to identify n... | {
"abstract": "The primary structures of the yeast recessive omnipotent suppressor gene SUP1 (SUP45) and one of its mutant alleles (sup1-ts36) was determined. The gene codes for a protein of 49 kD. The mutant protein differs from the wildtype form in one amino acid residue (Ser instead of Leu) in the N-terminal part.... | {
"abstract": "MOTIVATION\nA large number of molecular mechanisms at the basis of gene regulation have been described during the last few decades. It is now becoming possible to address questions dealing with both the structure and the dynamics of genetic regulatory networks, at least in the case of some of the best-... |
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"abstract": "Web APIs provide a systematic and extensible approach for application-to-application interaction. Developers using web APIs are forced to accompany the API providers in their software evolution tasks. In order to understand the distress caused by this imposition on web API client developers we perform ... | {
"abstract": "By classifying programs according to their relationship to the environment in which they are executed, the paper identifies the sources of evolutionary pressure on computer applications and programs and shows why this results in a process of never ending maintenance activity. The resultant life cycle p... | {
"abstract": "Daily pressure, work load, and family responsibilities among other factors impose increasing levels of stress on different individuals. Hence, detecting stress as early as possible can potentially reduce the severe consequences and risks that someone may experience. In this paper, we develop a novel da... |
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"abstract": "This paper serves as solver description for our SAT solver Lingeling and its two parallel variants Treengeling and Plingeling entering the SAT Competition 2013. We only list important differences to the version of these solvers used in the SAT Challenge 2012. For further information we refer to the sol... | {
"abstract": "—The need for reducing manufacturing defect escape in today’s safety-critical applications requires increased fault coverage. However, generating a test set using commercial au- tomatic test pattern generation (ATPG) tools that lead to zero-defect escape is still an open problem. It is challenging to d... | {
"abstract": "\nPurpose\nThis paper aims to quest the strategies and paths of Chinese automobile firms for being world class. It analyzes their strengths and potentials in comparison with the development experience of the global examples and provides policy recommendations for cultivating world-class automobile firm... |
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"abstract": "Anthropometry, Greek for human measurement, is a tool widely used across many scientific disciplines. Clinical nutrition applications include phenotyping subjects across the lifespan for assessing growth, body composition, response to treatments, and predicting health risks. The simple anthropometric t... | {
"abstract": "Time-of-flight range sensors have error characteristics which are complementary to passive stereo. They provide real time depth estimates in conditions where passive stereo does not work well, such as on white walls. In contrast, these sensors are noisy and often perform poorly on the textured scenes f... | {
"abstract": "Dynamic environments are challenging for visual SLAM as moving objects can impair camera pose tracking and cause corruptions to be integrated into the map. In this paper, we propose a method for robust dense RGB-D SLAM in dynamic environments which detects moving objects and simultaneously reconstructs... |
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"abstract": "To increase HF-GWR portability, it is very desirable to use smaller antenna yet achieve higher angular resolving power. Based on MUSIC algorithm, the angular resolving powers of various combined cross-loop/monopole and monopole antenna arrays are studied. It is found that a combination of two cross-loo... | {
"abstract": "Northern Radar's Cape Race Ground Wave Radar (GWR) system became operational in the fall of 1990. The radar facility has the potential to provide surveillance of over 160000 square kilometres of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland, from a coastal station. GWR is a multipurpose sensor capable of detecting ... | {
"abstract": "Purpose Natural resources in contemporary times are mostly managed by a collaborative governance approach which hinges on complex institutional designs [rules, norms and strategies]. Many studies have been designed and carried out to assess collaborative governance, and the various institutional design... |
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"abstract": "The objective of this study was to determine effects of electrical stunning duration on quality of broiler chicken fillets. Seventy-two broiler chickens were electrically stunned for 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 s, slaughtered, and chilled. After 1 h post-mortem, both pectoral muscles were excised and cooked. ... | {
"abstract": "Two trials were conducted to determine the effects of stunning amperage on the early rigor development and quality of broiler breast meat. In each trial, 108 broilers were killed either without stunning or following constant amperage stunning at 50 or 125 mA. The breast muscles (Pectoralis major) were ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The effects were determined of electrical stunning prior to death and hot deboning on pH, percent weight loss due to cooking, and objective tenderness of broiler breast meat. Forty-eight live broilers were obtained from a processing plant and transported to the pilot plant facility of the rese... |
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"abstract": "We conducted a meta-analysis on the effects of mobile technology on treatment outcome for psychotherapy and other behavioral interventions. Our search of the literature resulted in 26 empirical articles describing 25 clinical trials testing the benefits of smartphone applications, personal digital assi... | {
"abstract": "Introduction Stress is one of the leading global causes of disease and premature mortality. Despite this, interventions aimed at reducing stress have low adherence rates. The proliferation of mobile phone devices along with gaming-style applications allows for a unique opportunity to broaden the reach ... | {
"abstract": "Side-channel attacks on mobile devices have gained increasing attention since their introduction in 2007. While traditional side-channel attacks, such as power analysis attacks and electromagnetic analysis attacks, required physical presence of the attacker as well as expensive equipment, an (unprivile... |
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"abstract": "Theoretically advanced sciences such as physics and biolo~y have developed two complementary and Beld-ernbracmg epis temologies or frameworks for the pursuit of scientific under standing. One, the tmpirical f'pistemology. aims to test theories and develop a reliable body of facts and \",a)·world appl... | {
"abstract": "This anthology probably will not fulfill a need felt by a great number of philosophers; this, however, is not to the discredit of the editors, but rather to that of the fairly large body of unknowing philosophers. While it is perhaps not patent that parapsychological or \"psi\" phenomena have any or in... | {
"abstract": "Functional neuroimaging provides a remarkable tool to allow us to study cognition across the lifespan and in special populations in a safe way. However, experimenters face a number of methodological issues, and these issues are particularly pertinent when imaging children. This brief article discusses ... |
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"abstract": "Atom-thick materials such as single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and graphene exhibit ultrahigh sensitivity to chemical perturbation partly because all of the constituent atoms are surface atoms. However, low selectivity due to nonspecific binding on the graphitic surface is a challenging issue to ... | {
"abstract": "An on-field colorimetric sensing strategy employing gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and a paper-based analytical platform was investigated for mercury ion (Hg(2+)) detection at water sources. By utilizing thymine-Hg(2+)-thymine (T-Hg(2+)-T) coordination chemistry, label-free detection oligonucleotide sequen... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Purpose: Ionizing radiation is nowadays effectively used in cancer treatments. However, the effect of irradiation in immune-system cells is poorly understood and remains controversial. The aim of this work was to determine the effect of γ-irradiation in the structural and functional properties... |
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"abstract": "Web is a large network of related documents that are increasing rapidly. Due to the unknown optimal structure for a web site, providing a way to do this is important. In this paper, a method based on distributed learning automaton (DLA) with variable number of actions to create an adaptive web site is ... | {
"abstract": "Visitors enter a website through a variety of means, including web searches, links from other sites, and personal bookmarks. In some cases the first page loaded satisfies the visitor's needs and no additional navigation is necessary. In other cases, however, the visitor is better served by content loca... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we propose an effective noise reduction method for image sequences corrupted by the Gaussian noise or impulse noise. The basic strategy is to combine the spatial just noticeable distortion (JND) with local image characteristics for spatial filtering and utilize the motion compensation fo... |
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"abstract": "Transport of contaminants constitutes a potential threat for public health and ecosystems. One of the potential pathways for contaminant transport in groundwater systems is transport adsorbed to carriers (colloidal particles, large molecules). Figure 1 shows a detail of a groundwater system with carrie... | {
"abstract": "In this chapter, primary factors controlling the stability of colloidal systems and adsorption-related interactions of colloidal particles with dissolves chemical species are considered. Governing equations for sorption equilibrium and kinetics are formulated. A number of case study researches elsewher... | {
"abstract": "We explore the biophysical potential and economic attractiveness of black spruce (Picea mariana) regeneration in eastern Canada under the high greenhouse gas emission scenario (RCP 8.5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The study integrates net primary productivity and net ecosys... |
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"abstract": "Although the amygdala's role in processing facial expressions of fear has been well established, its role in the processing of other emotions is unclear. In particular, evidence for the amygdala's involvement in processing expressions of happiness and sadness remains controversial. To clarify this issu... | {
"abstract": "The facial expressions of fear and anger are universal social signals in humans. Both expressions have been frequently presumed to signify threat to perceivers and therefore are often used in studies investigating responses to threatening stimuli. Here the authors show that the anger expression facilit... | {
"abstract": "People from different cultures vary in the ways they approach social conflicts, with Japanese being more motivated to maintain interpersonal harmony and avoid conflicts than Americans are. Such cultural differences have developmental consequences for reasoning about social conflict. In the study report... |
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"abstract": "Tryptophan radicals play a significant role in mediating biological electron transfer. We report the photogeneration of a long-lived, neutral tryptophan radical (Az48W*) from the native residue tryptophan-48 in the hydrophobic core of azurin. The optical absorption, electron paramagnetic resonance, and... | {
"abstract": "The results presented in this work demonstrate the high complexity of chemical reactions involving species with multiple acid-base equilibria. For the case study investigated here, it was necessary to consider two radical species for tryptophan (Trp(-H)˙ and Trp˙+) and three fractions for uric acid (H3... | {
"abstract": "Analysis of a 60-picosecond molecular dynamics trajectory of the reaction center of Rhodopseudomonas viridis provides an understanding of observations concerning vibrational coherence and the nonexponential kinetics of the primary charge transfer in photosynthesis. Complex kinetics arises from energy g... |
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"abstract": "This paper is devoted to changes in the structure of the higher education system in Russia, analysing both historical context and current institutional diversity. The review starts from the Soviet quasi-corporate system when the state combined demand-side and supply-side roles in higher education. The ... | {
"abstract": "The research concerns issues on simulation modeling of Russian Federation higher education system considering its interaction with macroeconomic and demographic factors. The proposed range of simulation models of higher education system is developed using agent-based modeling and system dynamics method... | {
"abstract": "Meanwhile, extensive research says that afterschool programs are important in the lives of children (Community Network for Youth Development [CNYD], 2001), and recent studies suggest that principals are essential to afterschool program success (Rinehart, 2003). However, formal inquiry into specific rol... |
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"abstract": "Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) encompasses a group of cardiovascular anomalies that are caused by the abnormal return of one or more of the pulmonary veins directly to the right atrium or indirectly through a variety of venous connections from the anomalous pulmonary veins.1,2 We... | {
"abstract": "Background and objective: Isolated partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) has been implicated as a cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); however this condition is often overlooked in the diagnostic work up of patients with PH. We studied the prevalence of PAH both in patients ... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nWe explore early results and time-related morbidity after surgical repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) at our institution.\n\n\nMETHODS\nBetween 1982 and 2006, 306 consecutive patients underwent surgery for PAPVC; of these, 236 (77%) were children with a median a... |
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"abstract": "Objectives ::: The purpose of this study was to examine the overlap in burnout and depression. ::: ::: Method ::: The sample comprised 1,386 schoolteachers (mean [M]age = 43; Myears taught = 15; 77% women) from 18 different U.S. states. We assessed burnout, using the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure, and... | {
"abstract": "Objective To assess the factorial validity and internal consistency of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS). Methods",
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"title": "Factorial validity of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS) among Spanish professionals Validação fatorial de Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-H... | {
"abstract": "Interactive live-streaming applications and platforms face particular challenges: the actions of the viewer’s affect the content of the stream. A minimal capture-render delay is critical. This is the case of applications, such as remote laboratories, which allow students to view specific hardware throu... |
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"abstract": "The integration of cyber communications and control systems into the power grid infrastructure is widespread and has a profound impact on the operation, reliability, and efficiency of the grid. Cyber technologies allow for efficient management of the power system, but they may contain vulnerabilities t... | {
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"title": "Cyber-Physical Testbeds : Scientific Instruments for Cyber Security Assessment of Critical Infrastructures"
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"abstract": "Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in both military and civilian applications. However, the cooperation of small and mini drones in a network is capable of further improving the performance and the coverage area of UAVs. There are numerous new challenges to be solved before the wides... |
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"abstract": "Specimen contamination in the electron microscope is studied in an attempt to clarify the processes involved in contamination deposition. A very narrow electron beam has been used to make small peaks of contamination on the surface of a thin carbon film. These peaks have been imaged and the rates of gr... | {
"abstract": "Electron beam contamination has been studied in simple vacuum systems to determine how it originates and methods by which it may be prevented. It is concluded that the contamination is formed by the interaction of the electrons with organic molecules adsorbed on the bombarded surfaces, the molecules be... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Molecular beam epitaxy has been used to produce single-crystal superlattices of alternating dysprosium and yttrium layers with thicknesses comparable to the intrinsic magnetic periodicity of Dy. The superlattices exhibit a feature in the bulk magnetization corresponding to the spiral-phase tra... |
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"abstract": "THE ionospheric research station at University College, Nairobi, was set up during 1963 in time to commence observations for the I.Q.S.Y. The station has geographic co-ordinates 36.82° E., 1.32° S. and is 10.5° S. of the magnetic dip equator with a dip of 26.9°. Faraday rotation measurements on the 40-... | {
"abstract": "The results of observations of the radio transmissions from Sputnik III (1958δ2) in an 8-month period are presented. The measurements of integrated electron density are made in two ways, described in part 1. The measurements reveal the diurnal variation of the total ionospheric electron content; also, ... | {
"abstract": "NORMAL ionospheric sounding technique can provide information on only the lower portion of the F-region, since waves capable of reaching beyond the level of maximum ionization are not returned to earth by any processes occurring within the ionosphere itself.",
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nCardiac surgical units must balance trainee education with the duty to provide optimal patient care. This is particularly challenging with valvular surgery, given the lower volume and increased complexity of these procedures. The present meta-analysis was conducted to assess the impact of t... | {
"abstract": "In Australia and New Zealand, more than 2000 carotid endarterectomies are performed annually. The major morbidities arising from this procedure are post‐operative stroke, cranial nerve injury and death. Carotid endarterectomy surgery is a key component of the vascular surgical training programme. We as... | {
"abstract": "Abstract A series of neodymium NPs doped tellurite glass with composition of (TeO2)0.7(B2O3)0.3]0.7 (ZnO)0.3}1- x (Nd2O3 NPs) x (x = 0.005, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 and 0.05 mol%) was fabricated via melt-quenching method. Density and molar volume were measured and analyzed for the glass series. The optic... |
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"abstract": "For the first time, the cyanobacterial diversity from microbial mats in lakes of Eastern Antarctica was investigated using microscopic and molecular approaches. The present study assessed the biogeographical distribution of cyanobacteria in Antarctica. Five samples were taken from four lakes spanning a... | {
"abstract": "Most of Fildes Peninsula is ice-free during summer thereby allowing for formation of networks of creeks with meltwater from Collins Glacier and snowmelt. A variety of benthic microbial mats develop within these creeks. The composition of these microbial communities has not been studied in detail. In th... | {
"abstract": "Textual analysis of typical microbial genomes reveals that they have the statistical characteristics of a DNA sequence of a much shorter length. This peculiar property supports an evolutionary model in which a genome evolves by random mutation but primarily grows by random segmental duplication. That g... |
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"abstract": "Abstract We present the open source Lattice Boltzmann solver Musubi . It is part of the parallel simulation framework APES , which utilizes octrees to represent sparse meshes and provides tools from automatic mesh generation to post-processing. The octree mesh representation enables the handling of arb... | {
"abstract": "This thesis deals with the prediction of aerodynamic noise resulting from the flow through porous media. A porous flat plate silencer of a pneumatic valve terminal serves as a model test case. In an experimental setup, the porous plate was put in the outflow of an air supply pipe and the aerodynamic no... | {
"abstract": "The chemical reaction in which high molecular weight molecules are formed from monomers is known as polymerization reaction. Polymerization can proceed according to two different mechanisms, chain growth (or addition) and step growth (or condensation) polymerization. A distinction can be made between c... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo investigate whether background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) may influence the sensitivity of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (DCE-MR) imaging in breast cancer detection.\n\n\nMATERIALS AND METHODS\nA total of 180 consecutive women with 194 breast cancers underwent MR imaging... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nBreast density is documented to reduce sensitivity and specificity of mammography. However, little is known regarding the effect of normal background parenchymal enhancement on accuracy of breast MRI. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of background parenchymal enhancement ... | {
"abstract": "The aim of this study was to evaluate causes and percentages of false negative diagnoses of malignant breast lesions on preoperative dynamic magnetic resonance mammography (MRM). MRM was performed in 223 patients with 234 histopathologically proven malignant breast lesions (193 invasive carcinoma, 41 C... |
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"abstract": "There has been a strong focus on the evaluation of Quality of Service (QoS) and multimedia transmission over protocols of internet protocol (IP). The main goal of this paper is to evaluate the performance of QoS in real implementation, also a comparison of an appropriate video and voice (CODECS) over I... | {
"abstract": "This paper describes a traffic study over a VoIP server. The aim is to perform a study to know the traffic of communications of the current system installed and so what is the bandwidth needed to replace the existing traditional phone system for a new IP telephony system. After this study we used a sim... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nTo document demographic characteristics of current residents, career motivations and aspirations, and training program policies and resources.\n\n\nMETHODS\nIn 2003, the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) conducted two nationwide surveys: one of all U.S. radiation oncology r... |
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"abstract": "Information leaks based on timing side channels in computing devices have serious consequences for user security and privacy. In particular, malicious applications in multi-user systems such as data centers and cloud-computing environments can exploit memory timing as a side channel to infer a victim's... | {
"abstract": "Side channel attacks on cryptographic systems exploit information gained from physical implementations rather than theoretical weaknesses of a scheme. In recent years, major achievements were made for the class of so called access-driven cache attacks. Such attacks exploit the leakage of the memory loc... | {
"abstract": "Contemporary Deep Neural Network (DNN) contains millions of synaptic connections with tens to hundreds of layers. The large computation and memory requirements pose a challenge to the hardware design. In this work, we leverage the intrinsic activation sparsity of DNN to substantially reduce the executi... |
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"abstract": "This article considers iterative learning control (ILC) for linear systems with convex control input constraints. First, the constrained ILC problem is formulated in a novel successive projection framework. Then, based on this projection method, two algorithms are proposed to solve this constrained ILC... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In this paper, a novel and simple learning control strategy based on using a bounded nonlinear controller for process systems with hard input constraints is proposed. To enable the bounded nonlinear controller to learn to control a changing plant by merely observing the process output errors, ... | {
"abstract": "The infinite-time linear-quadratic regulator is considered as the weighting on the control energy tends to zero (cheap control). First, a study is made of the qualitative behavior of the limiting optimal state and control trajectories. In particular, the orders of initial singularity are found and rela... |
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"abstract": "This paper reports on the history of the main Volvo Tuve truck plant in Gothenburg from its beginnings in 1981 until 2002. It focuses on the assembly work involved in the completion of truck chassis carried out by blue‐collar employees. Extensive (physical) alterations during this period have been impo... | {
"abstract": "During the 1990s, many scientific publications, economic manuals and mass media pundits held that a correct representation of the industrial history of the 20th century would break this period down into three phases. The first phase was thought to involve “semi-craft” production, characterised by a wid... | {
"abstract": "* Introduction * Mass Production as Destiny and Blind Decision * The Corporation * Stabilizing the Economy * The Global and the Microscopic * The Pieces Repositioned: Mass and Craft Production Abroad * The Mass-Production Economy in Crisis * Corporate Responses to the Crisis * History, Practice, and Na... |
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"abstract": "The purpose of this study was to determine the relative importance of the Robert Louis Stevenson (RLS) museum in Samoa in the measurement of tourist satisfaction. A correlation model was performed to determine the relationship of the satisfaction and attributes of the museum and visitors' intention to ... | {
"abstract": "Albrecht and Bradford's service attribute matrix was used to determine at tributes leading to customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction in a college university foodservice. Customer satisfaction/dissatisfaction was measured from a self-admin istered questionnaire. Two hundred and twelve questionnaires ... | {
"abstract": "This article focuses on a key question: Why do strategies of firms from different countries differ? Drawing from recent research on business strategies in Asian organizations, this article outlines the emergence of an institution-based view of business strategy which sheds light on why firms differ, re... |
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"abstract": "The thyroid is a rare site of clinically detectable tumor metastases; even though the gland is a highly vascularized structure, the frequency of metastases in the routine practice is less than 0.2% of all thyroid malignancies. The purpose of our meta-analysis is to evaluate the frequency of metastatic ... | {
"abstract": "PurposeMetastatic thyroid tumors (MTT) are rare and have a poor prognosis. The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the diagnostic features and clinical outcomes of MTT.MethodsThe study subjects comprised 29 patients (age range, 37–78 years) diagnosed with MTT and treated during a 22-year p... | {
"abstract": "A localized and asymptomatic metastasis from an untreated choroidal melanoma developed in the thyroid and was incidentally discovered by fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Since metastases from uveal melanoma usually are absent at the time of clinical diagnosis but occur much later in highly predictable si... |
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"abstract": "I review cosmology within the framework of type-0 non-critical strings, proposed in collaboration with G. Diamandis, B. Georgalas, E. Papantonopoulos and I. Pappa. The instabilities of the tachyonic backgrounds, due to the absence of space-time supersymmetry, are treated in this framework as a necessar... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Within the context of a super-critical (Liouville) string, we discuss (target-space) two-dimensional string cosmology. A numerical analysis indicates that the identification of time with the Liouville mode results in an expanding universe with matter which exhibits an inflationary phase, and `... | {
"abstract": "A laboratory study was carried out to investigate the relation between road traffic noise and annoyance with special reference to the number of noisy events. Each noise condition lasted 30 minutes and consisted of pink noise which was shaped with respect to frequency and time in order to simulate cars ... |
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"abstract": "One-counter processes are pushdown systems over a singleton stack alphabet (plus a stack-bottom symbol). We study the complexity of two closely related verification problems over one-counter processes: model checking with the temporal logic EF, where formulas are given as directed acyclic graphs, and w... | {
"abstract": "One-counter processes are pushdown processes over a singleton stack alphabet (plus a stack-bottom symbol). We study the problems of model checking asynchronous products of one-counter processes against 1) first-order logic FO(R) with reachability predicate, 2) the finite variable fragments FO(R) (k ≥ 2... | {
"abstract": "Abstract We investigate the convergence process among EU regions between 1980 – 2002 taking into account the effects of spatial heterogeneity and spatial spillover effects. The spatial regimes model allows for different steady-state growth paths. In contrast to previous analyses, the regimes in this pa... |
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"abstract": "To numerically evaluate the electric field/current density magnitudes and spatial distributions in healthcare workers when moving through strong, nonuniform static magnetic fields generated by the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and to understand the relationship between the field characteristi... | {
"abstract": "AbstractThe purpose of this review is to make a contribution to build a comprehensive knowledge of the main aspects related to the occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environments. Information has been obtained from original research papers publish... | {
"abstract": "A solar thermal power plant is used as a case study for dynamic heat integration with thermal energy storage. Findings show that thermal energy storage gives the system the ability to make the power dispatchable. Additionally, by solving a 24-hour dynamic optimization problem where the plant temperatur... |
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"abstract": "Trust management is one of the most challenging issues for the adoption and growth of cloud computing. The highly dynamic, distributed, and non-transparent nature of cloud services introduces several challenging issues such as privacy, security, and availability. Preserving consumers’ privacy is not an... | {
"abstract": "Peer-to-peer (P2P) online communities are commonly perceived as an environment offering both opportunities and threats. One way to minimize threats in such communities is to use community-based reputations to help estimate the trustworthiness of peers. We present PeerTrust - a reputation-based trust su... | {
"abstract": "Sports analysts live in a world of dynamic games flattened into tables of numbers, divorced from the rinks, pitches, and courts where they were generated. Currently, these professional analysts use R, Stata, SAS, and other statistical software packages for uncovering insights from game data. Quantitati... |
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"abstract": "A very simple black body calibration target is described for millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. The target combines random scattering, impedance matching and power absorption to produce a low return loss to incident radiation over a broad range of wavelengths. The design uses a unique light-weig... | {
"abstract": "A ground-based millimeter-wave radiometer was developed in Communications Research laboratory, and will be operated to observe stratospheric chlorine monoxide, ozone, and nitrous oxide at Eureka, the Arctic stratospheric observatory at 80 degree(s)N and 86 degree(s)W from December 2000. The radiometer ... | {
"abstract": "We describe a quasioptical feed system for use with a 7-meter Cassegrain antenna at millimeter wavelengths. This system is designed to take full advantage of low noise, broadband mixer receivers and will be used for radioastronomical observations at frequencies between 60 GHz and 140 GHz. Two offset pa... |
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"abstract": "We present in this paper a graph-narrowing abstract machine which has been designed to support a sequential eager implementation of a functional logic language. Our approach has been to extend a purely functional, (programmed) graph reduction machine by mechanisms capable of performing unification and ... | {
"abstract": "Programmed graph reduction has been shown to be an efficient implementation technique for lazy functional languages on sequential machines. Considering programmed graph reduction as a generalization of conventional environment-based implementations where the activation records are allocated in a graph ... | {
"abstract": "The use of macrocyclic compounds to remove organic dyes is fascinating because they have a wide surface area range and can be used for different things. new (14E, 34E)-7-Hydroxy-7, 8, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27-Octahydro-6H, 16H, 33H Tetrabenzo[f,k,u,z][1,5,13,20]Tetraoxacycloheptacosine-16,33-Dione (HOTTD... |
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"abstract": "SummaryThe ultrastructure of the epidermal and sub-epidermal cells of the appendix of the Sauromatum guttatum inflorescence reveals developmental changes during anthesis. These changes precede, and probably make possible, heat and odor production. Two days before D-day (the day of heat production and i... | {
"abstract": "SummaryThe fine structural development in the epidermal and cortical cells of the spadix appendices ofSauromatum guttatum andArum maculatum is described. The proplastids develop to chromoplasts which contain osmiophilic globuli and some thylakoids as well as bundles of tubuli. During the emission of th... | {
"abstract": "Yeast cytosine deaminase (yCD) is critical in gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy as it catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of cytosine. The product (uracil) release process is considered as rate-limiting in the whole enzymatic catalysis and includes the cleavage of the uracil-metal bond and the deli... |
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"abstract": "Genomes are packaged by complexing DNA with histone proteins, which provides an opportunity to regulate gene expression by dynamically impeding access of transcriptional regulatory proteins and RNA polymerases to DNA. The incorporation of histone variants into nucleosomes and addition of post-translati... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundHistone variants establish structural and functional diversity of chromatin by affecting nucleosome stability and histone-protein interactions. H3.3 is an H3 histone variant that is incorporated into chromatin outside of S-phase in various eukaryotes. In animals, H3.3 is associated with activ... | {
"abstract": "Background A growing body of evidence shows that childhood wheezing may lead to recurrent or persistent symptoms in adulthood, such that persistent wheezing associated with lung function deficits often have their roots in the first few years of life. Objectives We summarized information from several pr... |
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"abstract": "Purpose – This paper was written after the drafting of the National Land Policy was completed. The purpose of the paper is to give suggestions on the implementation of the policy. The National Land Policy reform process began in 2002 and is made up of several thematic areas. Under each category, identi... | {
"abstract": "This paper looks at Valuation as an important component of land administration that has outgrown the land sector gradually becoming an independent professional discipline much to the chagrin of its hosts – the land administration. Valuation as a profession originated in the actual sale transactions in ... | {
"abstract": "The fight against poverty has been adopted by the multilateral development banks as their principal objective. Almost three decades after Robert McNamara announced that the World Bank's fundamental work was to improve the lives of the poor, its new president, James Wolfensohn, has reiterated that pover... |
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"abstract": "β-Globin haplotypes are important to establish the ethnic origin and predict the clinical development of sickle cell disease patients (SCD). To determine the chromosomal background of β S Tunisian sickle cell patients, in this first study in Tunisia, we have explored four polymorphic regions of β-globi... | {
"abstract": "Nucleotide polymorphisms of both the 5' flanking and intragenic regions of the human beta-globin gene were investigated by directly sequencing genomic DNA after amplification by the polymerase chain reaction in 47 subjects homozygous for the beta S or the beta C mutation. The sickle-cell mutation was f... | {
"abstract": "The clinical diversity of sickle cell anemia is strongly related to the degree of intracellular hemoglobin S (Hb S) polymerization, which in turn is dependent on the intracellular concentration of Hb S. We have recently defined a region of DNA approximately 500 bp 5′ to the human beta-globin gene that ... |
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"abstract": "Given an increased emphasis on work teams in organizations, it is important to select applicants based on their ability to make contributions to a given work team. This paper proposes that person–group fit should be useful to select applicants for work teams and suggests that effective use of person–gr... | {
"abstract": "I sketch an interdisciplinary framework for recommender systems searching online social networks for future employees. In contrast to previous approaches my Framework covers the whole person-organization environment (P-OE) fit, and so it also includes crucial social components (e.g. workgroup fabric, a... | {
"abstract": "In the past 3 years the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has become one of the most pressing issues for the gay man and the gay community. The syndrome involves a profound immune dysfunction of a complicated and as yet unclear nature that is associated with opportunistic infections (01) and K... |
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"abstract": "PURPOSE\nRadical sinus surgery disturbs intranasal humidification and heating of inspired air, resulting in reduced air conditioning mainly caused by a disturbed airflow. Therefore, the aim of this study was to simulate the intranasal airflow after radical sinus surgery during inspiration by means of n... | {
"abstract": "Nasal high flow (NHF) cannulae are used to deliver heated and humidified air to patients at steady flows ranging from 5 to 50 l/min. In this study, the flow velocities in the nasal cavity across the complete respiratory cycle during natural breathing and with NHF has been mapped in vitro using time-res... | {
"abstract": "Viruses are the accepted cause of many important cancers including cancers of the cervix and anogenital area, the liver, some lymphomas, head and neck cancers and indirectly human immunodeficiency virus associated cancers. For over 50 years, there have been serious attempts to identify viruses which ma... |
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"abstract": "Infectious gastroenteritis remains a public health problem. The most severe cases are of bacterial origin. In Spain, Campylobacter and Salmonella are the most prevalent bacterial genus, while Yersinia and Shigella are much less frequent. Most cases are usually self-limiting and antibiotic therapy is no... | {
"abstract": "Fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance in Salmonella enterica is a significant clinical concern. Recognition of resistance by the clinical laboratory is complicated by the multiple FQ resistance mechanisms found in Salmonella. The Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) recently addressed this issue by... | {
"abstract": "Significance Tuberculosis drug development remains crucial for countering the spread of drug resistance worldwide. New susceptibilities in metabolic pathways must be identified to find novel drugs to eradicate tuberculosis. The electron transport chain (ETC) is the target of recently developed tubercul... |
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"abstract": "The islands of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland host a c. 200 km long fault zone that was active between 1100 and 250 Ma, during which time a belt of fault rock several kilometres wide was created. The fault zone hosts crush breccias, phyllonite, mylonite and pseudotachylyte. The latter unit is often found... | {
"abstract": "The formation of central uplifts in complex impact craters is poorly understood. It is generally accepted that a weakening mechanism is a necessary precursor to accommodate such a large movement of rock. It has been hypothesized that impact-generated melt may have a significant role in weakening the ro... | {
"abstract": "Significance During an earthquake, the mechanical work of friction along the fault is partly dissipated as heat, which results in rock melting and pseudotachylyte generation along the fault plane. Beyond this point, it is generally believed that Newtonian viscous forces regulate slip. Molten rocks are,... |
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"abstract": "Theories of Change.- Better Schools Through Better Knowledge? New Understanding, New Uncertainty.- Innovation and Diffusion as a Theory of Change.- The Psychodynamics of Educational Change.- Moving Change: Evolutionary Perspectives on Educational Change.- A Temporary, Intermediary Organization at the H... | {
"abstract": "As history has a way of repeating itself, looking at the past can offer some insight into the future. If, as the authors of the discussed book point out, the country is soon facing a crisis, we can prepare for it rather than waiting for it to happen. During the unraveling of an old culture when chaos i... | {
"abstract": "The student response system (SRS) is marketed as a reliable tool for improving students’ academic attainment. However, findings to the question of whether or not the SRS does improve the learning outcomes of ESL [English as a Second Language] learners in primary education are not well documented in the... |
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"abstract": "Computing platforms for high performance and parallel applications have changed rapidly during the past few years, from single to multiple cores, and from traditional Central Processing Units (CPUs) to hybrid systems which combine CPUs with accelerators such as Graphics Processing Units(GPUs), Intel Xe... | {
"abstract": "With the prevalence of multicore and manycore processors, developing parallel applications to bene?t from massively parallel resources is important. In this work, we introduce a hybrid shared memory mechanism based on a high-level task design. We implemented task scoped global shared data based on the ... | {
"abstract": "Visible Light Communication (VLC) is promising new technology to be applied in the lighting system infrastructure. This communication function should not interfere with the existing lighting system. In order to prevent from this interference, the utilized modulation scheme should have a limited dynamic... |
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"abstract": "We investigated the propagation of a squeezed optical field, generated via the polarization self-rotation effect, with a sinusoidally modulated degree of squeezing through an atomic medium with anomalous dispersion. We observed the advancement of the signal propagating through a resonant Rb vapor compa... | {
"abstract": "The dynamics of resonant light propagation in rubidium vapor in a cell with antirelaxation wall coating are investigated. We change the polarization of the input light and measure the time dependence of the polarization after the cell. The observed dynamics are shown to be analogous to those in electro... | {
"abstract": "Understanding the short-range structure of an amorphous material is the first step in predicting its macroscopic properties. Amorphous strontium titanate (a-STO) presents a unique challenge due to contradictory experimental findings regarding the local oxygen environment of titanium, concluded to be eith... |
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"abstract": "Cardiac arrest and resuscitation of the pregnant woman at gestational term is rare. Depending on the circumstances of cardiac arrest and its timing, options are limited for allowing successful resuscitation of both mother and neonate. Herein, we describe the use of tandem perimortem cesarean section an... | {
"abstract": "• Cardiac arrest is the sudden cessation of demonstrable cardiac activity unexplained by gross hemorrhage, shock, or asphyxia. In the decade 1945-1954 it was taken as the probable cause of 50 out of a total of 84 operating room deaths that occurred during 103,777 surgical procedures. In this decade the... | {
"abstract": "Anaerobic water samples containing levels of soluble Fe(II) may form insoluble Fe(III) particulates that could hinder subsequent extraction and analysis. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridges could become blocked by this material, reducing the volume that can be processed. The ability of ascorbic aci... |
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"abstract": "Energy hole is an inherent problem, which leads to significant network lifetime reduction and much energy waste in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). To avoid energy holes, full consideration of energy consumption minimization (ECM) and energy consumption balancing (ECB) is badly needed. In this paper, w... | {
"abstract": "In this letter, we propose a survivability-aware connectivity restoration strategy for partitioned wireless sensor networks with mobile nodes. Our main contributions lie in two aspects. First, we design a load equilibrium mechanism, in which the partitioned segments are connected according to an in-ord... | {
"abstract": "Thermophilic niches offer diversity of prokaryotic microorganisms enormous part of which is still unknown. Thermophiles represent a vast natural resource of various bioactive compounds, among which exopolysaccharides (EPSs) attracted major interest and attention in last two decades due to the significa... |
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"abstract": "Objectives: While carotid sinus syndrome (CSS) is traditionally defined by the association of carotid sinus hypersensitivity (CSH) with syncope, uncertainty remains over the role, if any, of complex pacing in patients with CSH and unexplained or recurrent falls. We sought to clarify the role of dual ch... | {
"abstract": "Episodes of transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) events pose diagnostic difficulties, as the causes are diverse, carry vastly different risks, and span various specialties. An inconsistent terminology contributes to the confusion. Here, we present a classification scheme for TLOC, based on ongoing mu... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe aim of this study was to assess the biomechanical characteristics of six all-inside meniscal single suture repair techniques using a porcine model.\n\n\nMATERIALS AND METHODS\nPeripheral longitudinal tears were created in freshly isolated porcine menisci. Tears were repaired using the s... |
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"abstract": "Drone swarming involves multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which are able to manoeuver autonomously, providing a vast range of surveillance applications such as traffic evaluations, driver monitoring, disaster management, temporary network support, and pedestrian tracking. All these applications... | {
"abstract": "Inter-connected objects, either via public or private networks are the near future of modern societies. Such inter-connected objects are referred to as Internet-of-Things (IoT) and/or Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). One example of such a system is based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The fleet of su... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we address the problem of range-based beacon placement given a floor plan to support indoor localization systems. Existing approaches for trilateration require three or more beacons to determine a unique position solution. We show that with prior knowledge of the map and a model of beaco... |
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"abstract": "The paper deals with engineering an electric wheelchair from a common wheelchair and the ::: development of a BCI system (Brain-Computer Interface) between the electric wheelchair and the human ::: brain. The target populations for the mind controlled wheelchair are the patients who are paralyzed below... | {
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"abstract": "We consider the problem of data association in a multiperson tracking context. In semi-crowded environments, people are still discernible as individually moving entities, that undergo many interactions with other people in their direct surrounding. Finding the correct association is therefore difficult... |
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"abstract": "It is important in SoC design that the design and verification can be done easily and quickly. And RT-level simulation in verification methods is still necessary, but the usage is limited by its slow speed. Therefore we propose a SoC verification environment in which hardware parts are accelerated in F... | {
"abstract": "It is well-known that in ASIC designs, verification is more difficult and time consuming than design itself. As the number of IPs in an SoC design increases, IP verification and performance validation have become the important factors in reducing time-to-market. In this paper, we propose a novel SoC pl... | {
"abstract": "Architectural design and analysis of VIPER, a VLIW processor designed to take advantage of instruction level parallelism, are presented. VIPER is designed to take advantage of the parallelizing capabilities of Percolation Scheduling. The approach taken in the design of VIPER addresses design issues inv... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, a generalized policy iteration (GPI) algorithm with approximation errors is developed for solving infinite horizon optimal control problems for nonlinear systems. The developed stable GPI algorithm provides a general structure of discrete-time iterative adaptive dynamic programming algor... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, a new iterative adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) algorithm is developed to solve optimal impulsive control problems for infinite horizon discrete-time nonlinear systems. Considering the constraint of the impulsive interval, in each iteration, the iterative impulsive value function unde... | {
"abstract": "Abstract.We study approximation of common fixed points of a finite family of nonexpansive mappings and introduce an iterative scheme defined by using a convex combination of mappings. Strong convergence of the iteration is obtained under several types of control conditions.",
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"title": "Effect of Compensation on Motivation , Organizational Commitment and Employee Performance ( Studies at Local Revenue Management in Kendari City )"
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"abstract": "With the continuous development of intelligent logistics, the application of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) increasingly becomes popular in many industrial fields. However, there are a series of problems in multi-AGV systems, such as resource allocation, conflict and deadlock. It is difficult to plan... |
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"abstract": "Enhancement of the cellular exportation of heterologous compounds is an important aspect to improve the product yield in microbial cell factory. Efflux pumps can expel various intra- or extra-cellular substances out of microbial hosts and increase the cellular tolerance. Thus in this study, by using th... | {
"abstract": "&NA; Transporter engineering has been shown to be a positive approach for enhancing natural product titers in microbial cell factories by expelling target compounds out of feasible hosts. In this work, two multidrug efflux pumps, Orf14 and Orf3, were modulated in the epothilone production strain Burkho... | {
"abstract": "Transgenic plants are increasingly used as production platforms for various proteins, yet protein expression levels in the range of the most abundant plant protein, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase have not yet been achieved by nuclear transformation. Suitable gene regulatory 5′ and 3′ elements ar... |
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"abstract": "This paper theoretically describes radiation characteristics of a vertical electrically dipole(VED) above an optically plasma induced semiconductor slab layered on a dielectric slab. The radiation characteristics are analyzed by using spectral domain approach(SDA) and, it is discussed about the beam st... | {
"abstract": "A monopole antenna is reconfigured for 200 or 375 MHz bands by optoelectronically switching two segments together. Light levels of much less than 1 mW significantly change the antenna pattern and gain. >",
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"abstract": "A transition time is defined based on the temporal overlap of reflected pulses in room impulse responses. Assuming specular reflections only, the temporal distance between adjacent reflections, which is proportional to the volume of a room, is compared with the characteristic width of a pulse at time t... |
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"abstract": "IntroductionThe present study evaluates the outcome of patients treated with a combination of locked plate fixation and minimal-invasive coracoclavicular (CC) ligament reconstruction for unstable lateral clavicle fractures type IIb according to Neer.Patients and methodsFourteen patients with an unstabl... | {
"abstract": "score adds up to a maximum of 100 points. The subcategory “Radiological Assessment” is further divided into “Posttraumatic AC-joint arthrosis” (5 points), “Vertical stability (a/p stress views)” (10 points) and “Horizontal stability (Alexander views)” (20 points). The rather high value is allotted to t... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nUnstable distal clavicle fractures may benefit from surgical treatment. This report described a new method with transacromial extra-articular Knowles pin fixation to treat these unstable fractures. The hypothesis is that the results would be improved.\n\n\nMETHODS\nTwenty-five patients with... |
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"abstract": "Accurate and real-time tracking of the orientation or attitude of rigid bodies has traditional applications in robotics, aerospace, underwater vehicles, human body motion capture, etc. Towards human body motion capture, especially wearable devices, the use of a longer time has always been a challenge f... | {
"abstract": "A nonlinear observer (i.e. a “filter”) is proposed for estimating the attitude of a flying rigid body, using measurements from low-cost inertial and magnetic sensors. It has by design a nice geometrical structure appealing from an engineering viewpoint; it is easy to tune, computationally very thrifty,... | {
"abstract": "An image sequence coding scheme for very low bit-rate coding is presented. The scheme is based on spatial redundancy reduction via the new edge-sensitive subband coding method and temporal redundancy reduction via windowed overlapped block-matching motion compensation. In this scheme, only significant ... |
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"abstract": "Background: The symptoms of menopause have a negative impact on quality of life, especially in women transitioning to menopause and earlier transitions. This study was conducted with the objective of assessing the effect of obesity on the severity of menopausal symptoms and the clustering of symptoms i... | {
"abstract": "Menopause is an important period in a woman’s life (1,2). In this stage, menstruation ceases permanently due to a loss of ovarian follicular activities. In addition, it is a transition period between two stages of women’s life (3). According to the definition of the World Health Organization, menopause... | {
"abstract": "We assessed the validity of a self-administered semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire by comparing carotene and vitamin E intake scores derived from form with plasma carotenoid and alpha-tocopherol levels among a group of 59 men and women. The simple correlation between carotene intake and plas... |
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"abstract": "Pollution and limited fossil fuels are the critical issues that lead HEVs to emerge. Nowadays new designs and topologies of HEVs are suggesting and developing. In this paper we have dynamically modeled and simulated a new structure of series-parallel HEV based on a special machine named Transmotor and ... | {
"abstract": "Toyota Hybrid System (THS), the powertrain that combines a gasoline engine and an electric motor was first introduced in December 1997. It became the first mass-produced hybrid passenger vehicle in the world, gaining a reputation as a highly innovative vehicle, and its cumulative worldwide sales have e... | {
"abstract": "Bilayers of graphitic materials have potential applications in field effect transistors (FETs). A potential difference applied between certain ionic bilayers made from insulating graphitic materials such as BN, ZnO and AlN could reduce gap sizes, turning them into useful semiconductors. On the other ha... |
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"abstract": "Etimicin intermediate 3,2″,6″-N,N,N-triacetyl gentamicin C1a (P1), is a key intermediate of etimicin, which is a semi-synthetic aminoglycoside antibiotic effective to both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria infections. Four major related impurities of P1 were detected by HPLC-ELSD and ESI-MS(n) m... | {
"abstract": "Etimicin sulfate, an ethylization derivative of gentamicin, is a new soluble wide-spectrum synthetic aminoglycoside drug. It has wide antibacterial spectrum with high effect and less cross resistance as compared to other aminoglycosides. In order to further explore its safety and tolerance, we have con... | {
"abstract": "Within the hospital industry' in the United States there are few issues more controversial than that concerning the role of proprietary hospitals and the consequences of their operation.2 This controversy is striking in view of the fact that in I968 only I3.2 per cent of all nonfederal, short-term gene... |
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"abstract": "Human language is based on syntax, a complex set of rules about how words can be combined. In theory, the emergence of syntactic communication might have been a comparatively straightforward process.",
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"abstract": "The debate within the Web community over the optimal means by which to organize information often pits formalized classifications against distributed collaborative tagging systems. A number of questions remain unanswered, however, regarding the nature of collaborative tagging systems including the dyna... | {
"abstract": "This paper investigates the formal semantics of reduplication in Cantonese, i.e. how the meaning of reduplicated forms are encoded and computed with the given meaning from the base forms. In particular, this paper argues that reduplication denotes a summation function that adds up arguments (be they ob... |
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"abstract": "The supplementary motor area (SMA) is important for preparation and execution of voluntary movements and densely anatomically connected with the hand area of primary motor cortex (M1). However, little is known about the effective connectivity between SMA and ipsilateral M1 (SMA → M1). Here, we used pai... | {
"abstract": "Growing evidence implicates a decline in white matter integrity in the age-related decline in motor control. Functional neuroimaging studies show significant associations between functional connectivity in the cortical motor network, including the supplementary motor area (SMA), and motor performance. ... | {
"abstract": "Stroke patients recover more effectively when they are rehabilitated with bimanual movement rather than with unimanual movement; however, it remains unclear why bimanual movement is more effective for stroke recovery. Using a computational model of stroke recovery, this study suggests that bimanual mov... |
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"abstract": "This article looks at the changes in leadership, followership and team decision making that are needed to move to more equitable school environments. It briefly explores how our colonial roots are still with us today and how decisions at the post-secondary institutional level are still often made for t... | {
"abstract": "This groundbreaking volume provides the first sweeping view of followers in relation to their leaders, deliberately departing from the leader-centric approach that dominates our thinking about leadership and management. Barbara Kellerman argues that, over time, followers have played increasingly vital ... | {
"abstract": "This article explains how and why the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm (IPP), a 450-year-old approach to education, can serve as a framework for a modern principles-based ethics course in accounting. The IPP takes a holistic view of the world, combining five elements: context, experience, reflection, acti... |
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"abstract": "Many problems in machine learning can be solved by rounding the solution of an appropriate linear program (LP). This paper shows that we can recover solutions of comparable quality by rounding an approximate LP solution instead of the exact one. These approximate LP solutions can be computed efficientl... | {
"abstract": "We present a new polynomial-time algorithm for linear programming. The running-time of this algorithm is O ( n 3-5 L 2 ), as compared to O ( n 6 L 2 ) for the ellipsoid algorithm. We prove that given a polytope P and a strictly interior point a e P , there is a projective transformation of the space th... | {
"abstract": "Goal: In this work, we present an extensive description and evaluation of our method for blood vessel segmentation in fundus images based on a discriminatively trained fully connected conditional random field model. Methods: Standard segmentation priors such as a Potts model or total variation usually ... |
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"abstract": "In the first part of the study, the effect of ipsilateral stimulus level on contralateral suppression of the 2f2-f2 distortion product by broad-band noise at 60 dB SPL RMS is examined. The levels of the primary stimuli were manipulated independently, giving f1 and f2 growth curves at four different f2 ... | {
"abstract": "Measurement of the combination tone 2f1-f2 with the pulsation-threshold technique yields a significantly lower value than measurement with the cancellation procedure. For three of four subjects, the difference between these two measures equals to amount of suppression produced at 2f1-f2 by the lower pr... | {
"abstract": "Renee Epelbaum has told her story many times since the summer and winter of 1976, when her three children disappeared. In August that year, her son Luis vanished as he left the medical school where he was studying to be a psychiatrist. That December, an Argentine military commando unit abducted her oth... |
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"abstract": "Frontonasal dysplasias are rare congenital malformations of frontonasal process‐derived structures, characterized by median cleft, nasal anomalies, widely spaced eyes, and cranium bifidum occultum. Several entities of syndromic frontonasal dysplasia have been described, among which, to date, only a few... | {
"abstract": "Here we report on a Brazilian child who presented semilobar holoprosencephaly, frontonasal encephaloceles and bilateral cleft lip and palate. Malformations also included agenesis of the corpus callosum, abnormal cortical gyres, dilation of the aqueduct, bilateral endolymphatic sac, bilateral cystic coc... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT The Eph family of receptor tyrosine kinases and their membrane-bound ligands, the ephrins, have been implicated in regulating cell adhesion and migration during development by mediating cell-to-cell signaling events. Genetic evidence suggests that ephrins may transduce signals and become tyros... |
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"abstract": "This study was conducted to follow up the effects of fetal exposure to diesel exhaust on testicular cell numbers and daily sperm production in adulthood. Thirty-six pregnant rats were divided into five groups: groups exposed to total diesel-engine exhaust containing 1.71 mg/m3 particulate matter and 0.... | {
"abstract": "We investigated whether pre- and postnatal low-dose exposure to diesel exhaust (DE) affects male reproductive function in mice. The DE concentration is less than that indicated as the environmental quality standard for suspended particulate matter (SPM) in Japan. ICR mice were exposed prenatally to low... | {
"abstract": "A model of a rat stage V Sertoli cell was reconstructed from semiserial sections. Seventy-five montages were made from 96 grids that supported the 223 sections needed to traverse the reconstructed cell. Section thickness (184.6 nm) and spacing of sections were calculated based on the diameter of spheri... |
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"abstract": "Abstract The aim of this study is to assess the effect of PAMAM dendrimers of second, fourth, and seventh generations on human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Primary endothelial cells were exposed to PAMAM dendrimers for 24 h, using concentrations reducing cellular viability to the levels of 90, 75,... | {
"abstract": "Studying dendrimer-biomembrane interactions is important for understanding drug and gene delivery. In this study, coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations were performed to investigate the behaviors of polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers (G4 and G5) as they interacted with asymmetric membranes from ... | {
"abstract": "Dendrimers have been described as one of the most tunable and therefore potentially applicable nanoparticles both for diagnostics and therapy. Recently, in order to realize drug delivery agents, most of the effort has been dedicated to the development of dendrimers that could internalize into the cells... |
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"abstract": "Ceruloplasmin (Cp) is an essential ferroxidase that plays important roles in cellular iron trafficking. Previous findings suggest that the proper regulation and subcellular localization of iron are very important in brain cell function and viability. Brain iron dyshomeostasis is observed during normal ... | {
"abstract": "Iron is the most abundant transition metal within the brain, and is vital for a number of cellular processes including neurotransmitter synthesis, myelination of neurons, and mitochondrial function. Redox cycling between ferrous and ferric iron is utilized in biology for various electron transfer react... | {
"abstract": "Friedreich ataxia is an autosomal recessive degenerative disease that primarily affects the nervous system and the heart. It is named after its original description as a \"degenerative atrophy of the posterior columns of the spinal cord\" by Nicholaus Friedreich, who was a professor of medicine in Heid... |
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"abstract": "In the present work we theoretically develop a new system to explore the BO phenomena using neutral atoms trapped in accelerated adsorption potentials. We show that particles bound to a surface by the surface-normal van der Waals potential and having energy bands due to the 2D-periodic potential relate... | {
"abstract": "We propose an optical technique to load neutral atoms in quantum adsorption states of a dielectric surface. Considering a realistic atom–surface potential well, we show that free cold lithium atoms approaching a LiF surface may be transferred to a surface bound state of the first excited atomic state. ... | {
"abstract": "Publisher Summary The most sensitive pyroelectric detectors still use what is essentially TGS (triglycine sulfate). However one of the disadvantages of the earlier TGS detectors was that if heated above the Curie point, the material became depoled. Although the detector was not permanently damaged, the... |
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"abstract": "We propose a method to provide an intuitive computer graphics authoring environment usable on tiny mobile devices. We adopted a 3D authoring method based on interactive evolutionary computation (IEC). It allows users to intuitively produce high quality graphics contents on site by evolving a set of 3D ... | {
"abstract": "Mobile device is an important interactive platform. Due to the limitation of computation, memory, display area and energy, how to realize the efficient and real-time interaction of 3D models based on mobile devices is an important research topic. Considering features of mobile devices, this paper adopt... | {
"abstract": "The approach proposed is based on the use of an interactive genetic algorithm (IGA) (H. Takagi, 1998). A genetic algorithm is used to perform a global search in the solution space. We compare IGA to traditional numerical inversion on a geological application. We show that 'a priori' information and exp... |
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"abstract": "A new concept for an energy efficient electromagnet for fast field cycling NMR applications as well as its construction and first test results are presented. The magnet, which provides a rectangular sample space of 17 x 25 mm, has an iron yoke and pole pieces optimised with respect to the B(0) homogene... | {
"abstract": "Increase in grain connectivity and Li content improves ionic conductivity in Y-modified LAGP glass-ceramics.",
"corpus_id": 133160082,
"title": "NMR studies of Li mobility in NASICON-type glass-ceramic ionic conductors with optimized microstructure"
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"abstract": "Ejector refrigeration systems can use low grade thermal energy, at temperatures as low as 60°C, to provide space cooling. Since this waste energy is widely available and the cost of its supply is negligible in many cases, cooling costs can be lower than conventional systems, which makes the method very... |
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"abstract": "We consider the thermodynamics of an infinite-range Ising p-spin glass model with an additional r-spin ferromagnetic interaction. For r = 2 there is a continuous transition to a ferromagnetic phase, while for r > 2 the transition is first order. We find both glassy and non-glassy ferromagnetic phases, ... | {
"abstract": "Introduction to randomness and freezing description of related concepts basic spin glass phenomenon systems of spin glasses models and theories ideal spin glasses - comparisons with theory spin glass analogues.",
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"title": "Spin glasses : an experimental introduction"
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"abstract": "Systems with competing energy scales are widespread and exhibit rich and subtle behaviour, although their systematic study is a relatively recent activity. This text presents lectures given at a NATO Advanced Study Institute reviewing the current knowledge and understanding of the subject, particularly... |
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"abstract": "New encryption algorithms have to operate in a variety of current and future applications demanding both high speed and high security. An architecture and VLSI implementation of the newest standard in the hash families, Whirlpool that achieves high-speed performance is presented. The architecture permi... | {
"abstract": "Recently, location based services (LBS) have become more important in today technology advancements. Privacy issue in LBS is one of the most important concerns. In this paper, we have proposed an anonymity preserving framework which can provide a user with more privacy in both authenticating and queryi... | {
"abstract": "In recent years, the field of evolutionary dynamic optimisation has seen significant increase in scientific developments and contributions. This is as a result of its relevance in solving academic and real-world problems. Several techniques such as hyper-mutation, hyper-learning, hyper-selection, chang... |
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"abstract": "The appearance of Guillain-Barré syndrome in a 9-year-old girl led to the detection of a hereditary neuropathy in her family. This neuropathy showed clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Only nerve biopsy performed in a sister of the proband allowed diagnosis... | {
"abstract": "Article abstract The authors found a strong geographic cluster of spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6) families in the Northrhine–Westfalia area, suggesting a founder effect in the German SCA6 population. Genotyping with DNA markers linked to the CACNL1A4 gene on chromosome 19p13 revealed a common hapl... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This report describes a family with 8 members in 3 generations affected by a chronic progressive distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy. One member had thickened nerves. Six were studied electrophysiologically and found to have marked slowing of maximum motor nerve conduction and a loss of sensory... |
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"abstract": "We describe a case of a systemic amyloidosis of kappa-AL type, presenting at CT as focal lung parenchymal nodules or areas of consolidation with or without a halo,showing different sizes and morphologic kinetics at follow-up. Lesions accompanied by a halo revealed faster progression and earlier respons... | {
"abstract": "The clinical and histopathologic features of pulmonary amyloidosis were reviewed in 22 patients with systemic amyloidosis who came to autopsy. Eleven of 12 patients (92 percent) with primary amyloidosis had prominent interalveolar amyloid deposits. Symptoms attributable to these deposits were found in ... | {
"abstract": "A case of multiple nodular pulmonary amyloidosis in a 54-year-old Caucasian man is presented. Discrete symptomless radiodensities had developed in this patient's lungs within a period of three years, leading to a suspicion of a neoplastic process. The amyloid nature of these nodules was demonstrated by... |
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"abstract": "Only a few reports have focused on ocular motor paralysis in herpes zoster ophthalmicus. We report a case of ocular motor paralysis resulting from herpes zoster. The patient, an 80-yr-old woman, presented with grouped vesicles, papules, and crusting in the left temporal area and scalp, with diplopia, i... | {
"abstract": "Herpes zoster and chickenpox are caused by a single virus, varicella-zoster virus. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus-associated ophthalmoplegia is well documented. Very rarely, herpes zoster and chickenpox cause external ophthalmoplegia. A 48-year-old man was diagnosed with chickenpox and treated with intrave... | {
"abstract": "One hundred nineteen patients with primary and 31 patients with nonprimary first-episode genital herpes were treated for ten days with 200 mg of acyclovir capsules or placebo capsules orally five times daily. Among acyclovir recipients with primary genital herpes, the median duration of viral shedding ... |
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"abstract": "Dens invaginatus (DI) is a developmental variation resulting from an infolding of the outer enamel surface of a tooth into the interior. The greatest difficulty in the endodontic treatment of DI is in locating the rudimentary root canal, because of the atypical internal morphologic complexity. Invagina... | {
"abstract": "INTRODUCTION\nThe morphogenic complexities of dens invaginatus (DI) Oehlers type 3 in maxillary canines offer significant endodontic challenges.\n\n\nMETHODS\nA case report is provided of a 14-year-old female patient who presented with an anomalous-looking permanent maxillary canine associated with a s... | {
"abstract": "A case of multiple bilateral dens in dente of the maxillary anterior region with associated multiple periapical lesions of the maxilla is reported. Examination demonstrated the condition known as dens in dente to be present in all six maxillary anterior teeth. Also noted was a large palatal swelling wh... |
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"abstract": "Systematic reviews are difficult to keep up to date, but failure to do so leads to a decay in review currency, accuracy, and utility. We are developing a novel approach to systematic review updating termed \"Living systematic review\" (LSR): systematic reviews that are continually updated, incorporatin... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundMachine learning tools can expedite systematic review (SR) processes by semi-automating citation screening. Abstrackr semi-automates citation screening by predicting relevant records. We evaluated its performance for four screening projects.MethodsWe used a convenience sample of screening pro... | {
"abstract": "Youths within the juvenile justice system report higher rates of mental illnesses than their peers. This study tested whether institutional confinement increases levels of depression and anxiety among male adolescents. The authors examined heterogeneous trajectories of depression and anxiety from ages ... |
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"abstract": "Large databases are becoming increasingly common in civil infrastructure applications. Although it is relatively simple to specifically query these databases at a low level, more abstract questions like ‘How does the environment affect pavement cracking?’ are difficult to answer with traditional method... | {
"abstract": "3 Projects 4 3.1 IODBC... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.2 IReport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.2.1 IReportIXML format... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... | {
"abstract": "The long-term ST database is the result of a multinational research effort. The goal was to develop a challenging and realistic research resource for development and evaluation of automated systems to detect transient ST segment changes in electrocardiograms and for supporting basic research into the m... |
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"abstract": "Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by the presence of proteinaceous aggregates of αSynuclein (αSyn) in the dopaminergic neurons. Chaperones are key components of the proteostasis network that are able to counteract αSyn’s aggregation, as well as its toxic ... | {
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"title": "Reduction of endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibits neointima formation after vascular injury"
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"abstract": "Abstract The multifaceted protein clusterin (CLU) has been challenging researchers for more than 35 years. The characterization of CLU as a molecular chaperone was one of the major breakthroughs in CLU research. Today, secretory clusterin (sCLU), also known as apolipoprotein J (apoJ), is considered one... |
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"abstract": "Thymidylate synthase (TS) is responsible for the de novo synthesis of thymidylate, which is required for DNA synthesis and repair and which is an important target for fluoropyrimidines such as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and antifolates such as Tomudex (TDX), ZD9331, and multitargeted antifolate (MTA). To s... | {
"abstract": "We have analysed cell cycle variations in thymidylate synthase (TS) protein in asynchronously growing NCl H630 and HT 29 colon cancer and MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines. Western immunoblot analysis using the TS 106 monoclonal antibody revealed a 14- to 24-fold variation in TS levels between the peak ex... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Understanding the product's ‘end-of-life’ is important to reduce the environmental impact of the products' final disposal. When the initial stages of product development consider end-of-life aspects, which can be established by ecodesign (a proactive approach of environmental management that a... |
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"abstract": "This research aims at examining the impact of audit committees on earnings quality. The study is motivated by the controversy of previous studies about performance of audit committee. Earnings quality is measured by Earnings Responsse Coefficient (ERC). Sample of the study consists of 97 manufacturing ... | {
"abstract": "Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk memahami peran assurance yang dilakukan oleh Badan Pengawas Koperasi Pegawai Negeri XXX dalam mengelola risiko perpajakan. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Pengumpulan data penelitian dilakukan dengan teknik wawancara, observasi, dan d... | {
"abstract": "We examine the characteristics of effective leaders in a simple leader-follower voluntary contributions game. We focus on two factors: the individual’s cooperativeness and the individual’s beliefs about the cooperativeness of others. We find that groups perform best when led by those who are cooperativ... |
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"abstract": "SummaryThe development of the rhabdomeric pattern in the compound eye ofDrosophila has been studied using combined transplantation and electron microscope techniques. In a first series of experiments eye imaginal discs of increasing age were implanted into larvae ready to pupate, thus losing variable a... | {
"abstract": "The Drosophila eye is a polarized epithelium in which ommatidia of opposing chirality fall on opposite sides of the eye's midline, the equator. The equator is established in at least two steps: photoreceptors R3 and R4 adopt their fates, and then ommatidia rotate clockwise or counterclockwise in accord... | {
"abstract": "SummaryIn a previous paper (Ouweneel, 1969) the genetic basis has been described of a uew homoeotic strain, calledloboid-ophthalmoptera (ld-opht). In the present paper the morphological appearance and the development of the homoeotic effect are dealt with. In the adult fly the eye is often considerably... |
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"abstract": "[no abstract available] Saudi Med J 2016; Vol. 37 (2): 215-216 doi: 10.15537/smj.2016.2.13593",
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"title": "Molecular and clinical characterization of a nonsense CDKN1C mutation in an Emirati patient with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome"
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"abstract": "Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most common malignant liver tumor of childhood. It is an embryonal tumor that has varied morphology, leading to its subclassification based on the histologic subtypes seen within the tumor. Molecular studies to date have consistently shown varying CTNNB1 (β-catenin) mutations... | {
"abstract": "Bmp6, a member of the 60A subgroup of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), is expressed in diverse sites in the developing mouse embryo from preimplantation stages onwards. To evaluate roles for Bmp6 signaling in vivo, gene targeting was used to generate a null mutation at the Bmp6 locus. The resulting ... |
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"abstract": "Modern neuroscience has demonstrated how the adult brain has the ability to profoundly remodel its neurons in response to changes in external stimuli or internal states. However, adult brain plasticity, although possible throughout life, remains restricted mostly to subcellular levels rather than affec... | {
"abstract": "Prenatal immune challenge has been associated with alteration in brain development and plasticity that last into adulthood. We have previously shown that prenatal activation of toll-like receptor 4 by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces IL-6-dependent STAT-3 signaling pathway in the fetal brain. Whether t... | {
"abstract": "It is well established that the putative excitatory neurotransmitters, glutamate (Glu) and aspartate (Asp), are neurotoxins that have the potential of destroying central neurons by an excitatory mechanism. Kainic acid (KA), a rigid structural analog of Glu, powerfully reproduces the excitatory neurotox... |
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"abstract": "It has been recognized that primary Sjogren’s syndrome predisposes to the development of lymphoproliferative disorders. However, it is so far uncertain whether these patients are at an increased risk for solid tumors. Herein we report two cases of primary Sjogren’s syndrome complicated by breast and lu... | {
"abstract": "Purpose of reviewThe association of cancer with autoimmune disease has been under investigation for several years. Reports have appeared suggesting increased cancer risk in autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Evidence has been accumulating recently in rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus... | {
"abstract": "The risk of hematologic malignancies was studied in Finnish patients withrheumatoid arthritis or Sjögren's syndrome, and the difference in the riskbetween those diseases was evaluated. The study cohorts comprised 676patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome, 709 with secondary Sjögren'ssyndrome, and 9,4... |
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"abstract": "A critical problem faced by feedback-merger mechanisms is the lack of information that is discarded due to the hidden nodes in multicast trees. A node is said to be hidden from another if it is located in a sub tree that is a result from a fork in any upstream node. We propose in this paper the virtual... | {
"abstract": "Network architectures that can efficiently transport high quality, multicast video are rapidly becoming a basic requirement of emerging multimedia applications. The main problem complicating multicast video transport is variation in network bandwidth constraints. An attractive solution to this problem ... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Agrobacterium, Sinorhizobium, and Ochrobactrum are genera closely related to Brucella but, in contrast to the latter, are not pathogenic for humans and animals. We studied by an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) the reactivities of brucellosis sera against cytosolic (CYT) and ... |
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"abstract": "A family of well-defined Fe(II) complexes of the type {BnN(N-CH2(CH2)n-N'-tert-butyl-imidazole-2-ylidene)2}FeCl2 (Bn = benzyl; n = 1 (1) or 2 (2)), {BnN(N-CH2(CH2)n-N'-methylbenzimidazole-2-ylidene)2}FeCl2 (n = 1 (3) or 2 (4)) and {BnN(N-CH2CH2CH2-N'-methylbenzimidazole-2-ylidene)2}FeBr2 (5) has been s... | {
"abstract": "Electronic structure calculations are performed to characterise the structures, energies, and spectroscopic data for a series of four-coordinate tris(carbene)borate {NiNO}(10) complexes. There is excellent agreement between the computational and experimental results for known complexes, allowing for st... | {
"abstract": "Tris(acetylacetonato)iron(III) (Fe(acac)(3)) was found to be an efficient catalyst for the cross-coupling reaction between aryl Grignard reagents and alkyl halides possessing beta-hydrogens. The reaction is applicable to secondary alkyl halides as well as primary ones. [reaction: see text]",
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"abstract": "Metropolitan Detroit is home to one of the largest, most diverse Arab communities outside the Middle East, yet the complex world Arabic-speaking immigrants have created there is barely visible on the landscape of ethnic America. In this volume, Nabeel Abraham and Andrew Shryock bring together the work ... | {
"abstract": "This study compared and contrasted personal characteristics, tobacco use (cigarette and water pipe smoking), and health states in Chaldean, Arab American and non-Middle Eastern White adults attending an urban community service center. The average age was 39.4 (SD = 14.2). The three groups differed sign... | {
"abstract": "Dans les etudes anthropologiques, les discours ayant trait aux sorcieres et aux zombies en Afrique subsaharienne sont generalement interpretes comme une critique de l'emergence de nouvelles formes de richesse, la marchandisation du travail et la crise de la reproduction. A partir de donnees recueillie ... |
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"abstract": "Decoding neural activity to control prosthetic devices or computer interfaces is a promising avenue for rehabilitating individuals with amputation or severe spinal cord injury. In most cases, however, the local functionality of the neural tissue is not considered when designing a decoding algorithm. On... | {
"abstract": "To examine the spatiotemporal distribution of discriminable information about reach-to-grasp movements in the primary motor cortex upper extremity representation, we implanted four microelectrode arrays in the anterior bank and lip of the central sulcus in each of two monkeys. We used linear discrimina... | {
"abstract": "A prominent feature of motor cortex field potentials during movement is a distinctive low-frequency local field potential (lf-LFP) (<4 Hz), referred to as the movement event-related potential (mEP). The lf-LFP appears to be a global signal related to regional synaptic input, but its relationship to nea... |
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"abstract": "GeoSocial Networks (GSNs) are becoming increasingly popular due to its power in providing high-performance and flexible service capabilities. More and more Internet users have accepted this innovative service model. However, even GSNs have great business value for data analysis by integrated with locat... | {
"abstract": "With the development of mobile technology, geo-social network (GSN) data is frequently collected and released for further analysis by data collectors in order to provide personalized service, while the released dataset may contain private and sensitive information. Even though some data collectors appl... | {
"abstract": "This paper studies security against truncated differential cryptanalysis from the \"designer's\" standpoint. In estimating the security, we use the upper bound of truncated differential probability. Previous works, Knudsen, Matsui and Moriai et al., searched for effective truncated differentials to att... |
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