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"abstract": "The goal of the AEgIS experiment is to measure the gravitational acceleration of antihydrogen – the simplest atom consisting entirely of antimatter – with the ultimate precision of 1%. We plan to verify the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP), one of the fundamental laws of nature, with an antimatter beam... | {
"abstract": "Here we present a new test of the equivalence principle designed to search for the possible violation of gravitational parity using test bodies with different chiralities. The test bodies are a pair of left- and right-handed quartz crystals, whose gravitational acceleration difference is measured by a ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract An artificially created ion cloud is assumed to have a relative velocity with respect to the ambient plasma originating from the momentum of the satellite from which the cloud is released and because of the convection of the magnetospheric plasma itself. The process of momentum exchange betwee... |
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"abstract": "Prekeratin was isolated from bovine snout epidermis with 0.1 M citric acid/sodium citrate buffer, pH 2.6 (buffer A). Filaments, 6.0-9.0 nm wide, were produced by dialysis against low ionic strength buffer A or by dissociating prekeratin in 8 M urea solution followed by dialysis against 0.005 M Tris-HCl... | {
"abstract": "Keratin subunits of 64K, 53K, and 43K M.W. from human plantar stratum corneum fibrous proteins were isolated by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), and the antiserum against each keratin was prepared from rabbits. During indirect immunofluorescence studies of the normal skin, the whole epide... | {
"abstract": "It is known that several bacteria are adherent to the surface coat of pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus), but their function and role in the pathogenesis of pine wilt disease remains debatable. The Pseudomonas fluorescens GcM5-1A is a bacterium isolated from the surface coat of pine wood n... |
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"abstract": "Abstract We provide a classification of club models and relate differences in implications to differences in assumptions. Then we address two main controversies - one concerning the optimality of market provisions of public goods and their optimality and the other concerning the desirability of segrega... | {
"abstract": "Abstract It is shown that in an economy of identical individuals in which there are two communities with identical ex-ante features, optimal resource allocation may require to form communities of different size. This allocation cannot be supported without federal coordination, except for one special ca... | {
"abstract": "This paper aims firstly to determine the factors that lead multinational firms to internalise their international exchanges and secondly to analyse the impact of the implementation of the European Single Market on their strategies. This study is based on the “Industrial Globalisation” survey conducted ... |
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"abstract": "Because nutrient enrichment can increase ecosystem productivity, it may enhance resource flows to adjacent ecosystems as organisms cross ecosystem boundaries and subsidize predators in recipient ecosystems. Here, we quantified the biomass and abundance of aquatic emergence and terrestrial spiders in a ... | {
"abstract": "The taxonomic composition, seasonal dynamics, and emergence intensity of chironomid adults (the Chironomidae family) emerging from Oiskoe mountain oligotrophic lake (Western Sayan, Southern Siberia) have been established. The value of the annual emergence of chironomid adults averages 0.42 g wet weight... | {
"abstract": "The reflectance of naturally occurring surfaces is measured from a twin engine Cessna 402B aircraft both spectrally (0.29-0.40 microm) with a compact double monochromator and broadband (0.29-1.2 microm) with a UV enhanced photodiode. The measurement system, which is computer controlled and electrically... |
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"abstract": "In this research, we proposed a model of a hierarchical three-layered perceptron, in which the middle layer contains a two dimensional map where the topological relationship of the high dimensional input data (external world) are internally represented. The proposed model executes a two-phase learning ... | {
"abstract": "When human beings acquire a new skill, this usually is accomplished by the summarization of numerous experiences based on their own evaluation criteria. Usually these experiences are obtained by trial and error. The criteria for success and failure are based on our own knowledge or advice given by othe... | {
"abstract": "Robotic manipulators are used in industries for several purposes, with one of the purposes being welding. The objective of this paper is to automate the welding process by automating the task of weld line detection. A comparative evaluation between digital image processing technique and artificial neur... |
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"abstract": "In situ growth rates of interstitial ciliates of a sandy hyporheic zone were determined by a modification of the dilution technique. Preconditioned sediment was used as a dilution substrate. Field incubation was conducted in the upper 3 cm sediment layer; samples were taken on 3 days (Days 0, 21 and 35... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The growth rates of ciliates estimated under natural conditions with the widely used size fractionation method are much lower than those observed in cultures. However, recent studies performed with a modified dilution method demonstrated that the size fractionation method underestimates the ci... | {
"abstract": "S / Sažeci Based on the analysis of natural and climatic characteristics and development prospects of Russky Island, there were detected the need for additional supply of water and seasonal activities for the touristic recreational facilities, including port facilities. There was proved the application... |
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"abstract": "The numerical simulation of shock and blast waves as well as particles dispersion in highly heterogeneous media such as cities, urban places, industrial plants and part of countries is addressed. Examples of phenomena under study are chemical gas products dispersion from damaged vessels, gas dispersion... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The peak explosion pressure acting on the borehole wall in decoupling charge blasting was investigated by employing analytical, numerical, and experimental approaches. The theoretical solution of the pressure increase ratio after collision between an air shock wave and an elastic wall was deri... | {
"abstract": "Abstract A magnetically reduced graphene oxide–bismuth oxybromide (MRGO–BiOBr) composite was successfully synthesized and found to possess magnetic, adsorptive and photocatalytic properties. The synthesized composite have been characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-Ray Diff... |
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"abstract": "Pharmacological therapy for acute ischemic stroke remains limited to one successful, approved treatment: tissue plasminogen activator within 3 h of stroke onset. Many neuroprotective drugs and a few other thrombolytics were evaluated in clinical trials, but none demonstrated unequivocal success and wer... | {
"abstract": "All prior drug development programs of neuroprotective agents were unsuccessful for a variety of reasons related to both preclinical assessment and the design/implementation of clinical trials. The neuroprotection hypothesis of improving functional outcome related to salvaging ischemic brain tissue is ... | {
"abstract": "Auditory bimodal stimulation is known when we have two different solutions for bilateral auditory rehabilitation in the same patient, mostly in cases of asymmetric hearing loss. The benefits of binaural and bilateral hearing are already consensus in worldwide literature and they are well established. I... |
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"abstract": "OBJECT\nResection is an appealing therapy for brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) because of its high cure rate, low complication rate, and immediacy, and has become the first-line therapy for many AVMs. To clarify safety, efficacy, and outcomes associated with AVM resection in the aftermath of A ... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVEGrade I and II arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) have been considered safe to resect. However, unoperated low-grade AVMs have not been considered in previously reported series. The aim of this study was to examine all cases, both operated and unoperated, to identify any characteristics of low... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The treatment of cerebral AVMs is complex, reliant on interventions such as embolization, surgery, and radiosurgery, or a combination of these modalities. To date, treatment with the embolic agent Onyx, followed by radiosurgery, has not been evaluated. The goal of this study was... |
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"abstract": "Lead exposure is still a national concern, and it is possible that Native Americans who live on reservations and pursue traditional lifestyles may be at higher risk through both their unique exposure profiles and their potentially greater sensitivity. A major component of the exposure assessment is the... | {
"abstract": "The food insecurity faced by many Native American communities has numerous implications for the health and welfare of families. To identify and address upstream causes of food insecurity in a rural California reservation, we conducted a community assessment using the Tool for Health and Resilience in V... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVES: Previous research suggests that binding of lead by delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) may vary by ALAD genotype. This hypothesis was tested by examining whether ALAD genotype modifies urinary lead excretion (DMSA chelatable lead) after oral administration of dimercaptosuccinic aci... |
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"abstract": "Differences in registered nurses' (RNs) perceptions of their work environment were measured with the Insel and Moos' Work Environment Scale to identify factors in the work environment that may influence retention. Statistically significant differences for perceptions of supervisor support and innovatio... | {
"abstract": "Hospital executives are challenged to recruit and retain clinical nurses in a time when the national hospital nurse turnover rates are averaging above 20%. This literature review outlines nursing research that studied characteristics of nurse managers' leadership styles that enhance hospital nurse rete... | {
"abstract": "Background and Objectives Left atrial (LA) fibrosis is a main determinant of LA remodeling and development of atrial fibrillation. However, non-invasive prediction of LA fibrosis is challenging. We investigated whether preoperative LA strain as measured by speckle tracking echocardiography could predic... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Prolonged changes in tonic electrical activity evoked by brief somatic stimulation were recorded at several levels of the visual and somatic systems, the inferior colliculus, the reticular formation, and the pyramidal tract. The majority of the changes, produced by rubbing a paw or electrical ... | {
"abstract": "Twenty, 6 to 9 kg Yorkshire piglets were used in 2 trials. Ten piglets received an IM injection of naltrexone at a dose of 1 to 1.3 mg/kg. Ten control pigs received saline. Blind behavioral testing in a \"squeeze chute\" was conducted 40 minutes after injection. The \"squeeze chute\" consists of two pa... | {
"abstract": "Some basic physiological mechanisms which may be involved in epileptic disturbances of brain function have been reviewed with particular reference to temporal lobe automatisms (psychomotor or psychoparetic seizures).",
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"abstract": "In this paper, we have reported the results of sol-gel derived low dielectric constant SiO\"2 treated with UV light as a function of precursor aging time and post-deposition UV exposure time. Filmetrics, Fourier-transform infrared, and scanning electron microscope were employed to characterize the film... | {
"abstract": "The microelectronics industry is constantly trying to reinvent itself, to find new technological solutions to keep pace with the trend of increasing device densities in ultra-large-scale integrated (ULSI) circuits. Integral in this development has been the replacement of the conventional Al/SiO2 metal ... | {
"abstract": "Municipal solid waste (MSW) pyrolysis and gasification are in development, stimulated by a more sustainable waste-to-energy (WtE) option. Since comprehensive comparisons of the existing WtE technologies are fairly rare, this study aims to conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) using two sets of data: th... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, voltage control of stand-alone \"Photovoltaic (PV)-Diesel Generator (DG)-Battery\" system is presented when subjected to faults on distribution feeders. During the period of occurrence of fault and opening of fuse, high current flows through inverter leg which stops its operation. Moreov... | {
"abstract": "The charging of a mobile phone is the most important function to operate mobile. by charging the battery. Unfortunately, it will take long time for the process of full charging of a mobile phone battery and considering present generation mobile phones it is very much time taking process in to charge it... | {
"abstract": "The aim of this study is to implement a pumping system module in a general software for the study, sizing and simulation of PV systems (namely the software PVsyst). To be used in the simulation process, the pump model should describe the dynamic evolution of the output variable – usually the flowrate –... |
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"abstract": "Abstract: This study examined relations between maternal sensitivity as observed in a free play interaction and changes in levels of the glucocorticoid hormone cortisol in response to procedures designed to elicit negative affect in 6‐month old infants. The sample included 1,292 families in predominan... | {
"abstract": "A considerable body of evidence suggests that early caregiving may affect the short-term functioning and longer-term development of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenocortical (HPA) axis. Despite this, most research to date has been cross-sectional in nature or restricted to relatively short–term longitu... | {
"abstract": "Purpose To develop entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for psychiatry and to demonstrate an innovative, validity-enhancing methodology that may be relevant to other specialties. Method A national task force employed a three-stage process from May 2014 to February 2017 to develop EPAs for psychia... |
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"abstract": "We present a new approach for if-anonymity protection in Location-Based Services (LBSs). Specifically, we depersonalize location information by ensuring that each location reported for LBSs is a cloaking area that contains K different footprints-historical locations of different mobile nodes. Therefore... | {
"abstract": "Although some users might willingly subscribe to location-tracking services, few would be comfortable having their location known in all situations. The authors investigate disclosure-control algorithms that hide users' positions in sensitive areas and withhold path information that indicates which are... | {
"abstract": "Purpose – This paper aims to propose a new node energy-efficient algorithm with energy threshold to replace cluster heads. The proposed algorithm uses node ranking to elect cluster heads based on energy levels and positions of the nodes in reference to the base station (BS) used as a sink for gathered ... |
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"abstract": "The control of stem cells by oxygen signaling is an important way to improve various stem cell physiological functions and metabolic nutrient alteration. Lipid metabolism alteration via hypoxia is thought to be a key factor in controlling stem cell fate and function. However, the interaction between hy... | {
"abstract": "Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are non-hematopoietic multipotent stem cells with self- renewal properties and ability to differentiate into a variety of mesenchymal tissues. This chapter overviews effects of hypoxia on MSCs, makes it promising therapy to various diseases. Cultivation of MSCs under hypox... | {
"abstract": "Publisher Summary The estimation of the individual amino acid requirements of man constitutes a recently opened field of biochemical inquiry. Its advance is hampered by the incomplete understanding of the protein needs of the human at various life periods. The proteins are composed of twenty or more am... |
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"abstract": "This study focuses on the development of a highly reliable solder bumping solution by the optimization of bump height and shape for flip-chip mounting of large die directly on PCB without the use of underfill. To achieve the goal, an elongated solder joint with an optimized shape has been developed tha... | {
"abstract": "There has been a significant amount of work over the past five years on chip scale packaging. The majority of this work has been an extension of conventional integrated circuit (IC) pack- aging technology utilizing either wire bonders or tape automated bonding (TAB)-type packaging technology. Handling ... | {
"abstract": "A first step in developing reliable models for the microstructurral behavior of solder is to understand the deformation mechanisms that operate under service conditions seen in actual solder assemblies. In service, solders experience complex loading conditions, such as creep and fatigue, under severalp... |
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"abstract": "Given a large repository of geotagged imagery, we seek to automatically find visual elements, e. g. windows, balconies, and street signs, that are most distinctive for a certain geo-spatial area, for example the city of Paris. This is a tremendously difficult task as the visual features distinguishing ... | {
"abstract": "As the availability of geotagged imagery has increased, so has the interest in geolocation-related computer vision applications, ranging from wide-area image geolocalization to the extraction of environmental data from social network imagery. Encouraged by the recent success of deep convolutional netwo... | {
"abstract": "The aim of a modern Building Automation System (BAS) is to enhance interactive control strategies for energy efficiency and user comfort. In this context, we develop a novel control algorithm that uses a stochastic building occupancy model to improve mean energy efficiency while minimizing expected dis... |
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"abstract": "This is a systematic review regarding postnatal mortality, covering the period between 2004 and 2009. The objective was to identify how the causes of death and the relationship with socioeconomic conditions are stated in the literature. Twenty-seven articles were selected, 74.4% of which were published... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo analyze infant death after discharge from maternity in the time period between 2000 and 2013.\n\n\nMETHOD\nA cross-sectional retrospective quantitative study in a municipality northward in the state of Paraná. Data were analyzed using the SPSS®, and were subjected to Chi-square test, logi... | {
"abstract": "Mudancas ocorridas na ultima decada em termos economicos e assistenciais podem haver afetado a saude materno-infantil. Dois estudos foram realizados em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. As coortes de maes e recem-nascidos nos anos de 1982 e 1993 foram estudadas desde o nascimento. As maes foram identificadas... |
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"abstract": "A handheld fluorescence sensor was tested as a sensing tool to identify Huanglongbing (HLB), a citrus disease, in both symptomatic and asymptomatic stages. Features such as yellow, red, and far-red fluorescence at UV, blue, green, and red excitations, and other fluorescence ratios were acquired from th... | {
"abstract": "Huanglongbing (HLB) is one of the most destructive diseases of citrus, which has posed a serious threat to the global citrus production. This research was aimed to explore the use of chlorophyll fluorescence imaging combined with feature selection to characterize and detect the HLB disease. Chlorophyll... | {
"abstract": "This article analyzes domestic leveraged leases (DLLs), which have been growing in importance as a method of financing numerous types of assets. DLLs are temporarily placed on hold in response to the 2008 collapse of financial markets, but will experience resurgence after the proposed regulatory reform... |
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"abstract": "There is an interesting unexplored sideline to the empirical literature on compensating wage differentials (CDs) for hazardous work. Every study of differences between union and nonunion compensation for exposure to deadly hazards has found that union members receive much larger CDs than nonunion worke... | {
"abstract": "The aim of the paper is to test hedonic wage model on data from the Czech labour market in order to obtain the Value of a Statistical Life from wage differential. In order to support an empirical basis for using the willingness-to-accept concept as a reliable method, we also examine the statistical rel... | {
"abstract": "Estimates the extent of unionism in the United States. Prerequisite for analysis of the economic effects of trade unions; Membership rates for occupational groups and geographical areas; Information on a principal establishment survey; Purpose of data derived from household surveys; Importance of membe... |
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"abstract": "A PPROXIMATELY half of all medical care provided in the United States is based on insufficient scientific evidence and may even be of “uncertain or questionable value.” This realization has spurred interest and extensive government funding in comparative effectiveness research (CER) with the ultimate g... | {
"abstract": "In Reply: We thank Dr. Myles for his thoughtful comments on our editorial1 and his contribution to the field of anesthesiology in general and comparative effectiveness research (CER) specifically. The points, including the disagreement with our categorization of the discussed trials, are well taken and... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nChronic neck pain is a common problem in the adult population with a typical 12-month prevalence of 30% to 50%, and 14% of the patients reporting grade II to IV neck pain with high pain intensity and disability that has a substantial impact on health care and society. Cervical epidural inje... |
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"abstract": "This paper proposes a new design for stair-climbing using a wheel that can split into segments and walk up stairs or surmount other obstacles often found where humans traverse, while still being able to retain a perfectly round shape for traveling on smooth ground. Using this change of configuration, s... | {
"abstract": "MSRox is a wheeled mobile robot with two actuated degrees of freedom which enables it to have smooth motion on flat surfaces. It has the capability of climbing stairs and traversing obstacles, and adaptability toward uphill, downhill and slope surfaces. MSRox with 82 cm in length, 54 cm in width and 29... | {
"abstract": "Competitive sliding window detectors require vast training sets. Since a pool of natural images provides a nearly endless supply of negative samples, in the form of patches at different scales and locations, training with all the available data is considered impractical. A staple of current approaches ... |
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"abstract": "UNLABELLED\nAlthough many studies have highlighted the problem of biofilm growth in dental chair unit waterlines (DUWs), no long-term studies on the efficacy of DUW disinfection using a large number of dental chair units (DCUs) have been reported.\n\n\nOBJECTIVES\nTo investigate the long-term (21 month... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Dental unit water system (DUWS) tubing harbors complex multispecies biofilms that are responsible for high microbial levels at the distal outlet. The aim of this study was to use an established biofilm laboratory model to simulate biofouling of DUWS to evaluate practical, cost-effective, and e... | {
"abstract": "We have observed intervalence band laser action in Al‐doped germanium crystals with volumes as small as 0.03 cm3, one order of magnitude smaller than previously studied p‐Ge laser crystals. A duty cycle of 1.5×10−4 was achieved. We show evidence that crystal heating plays a key role in the duration of ... |
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"abstract": "This paper introduces a system for providing on-demand sports video to mobile devices, which has two main contributions. First, we construct an infrastructure for extracting and delivering the highlights instead of the whole sport videos to mobile clients, which can significantly reduce the bandwidth c... | {
"abstract": "A system is being created with the aim of providing news video to mobile devices, focusing on using an \"interactive TV-channel\" metaphor as one of the possible interaction modes. The user is presented a sequence of recommended news video clips and a set of operations to vote-up or vote-down a video t... | {
"abstract": "Additional testing, including various laboratory diagnosTo the Editor:Motor neuron disease (MND) is marked by upper (UMN) or lower (LMN) motor neuron signs and [1] tics (eg, anti-GM1, anti-GD1b, anti-GQ1b antibodies, and symptoms, which in various combinations form the basis for MND classification. In ... |
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"abstract": "General methods to prepare chiral pyridine derivatives are greatly sought after due to their significance in medicinal chemistry. Here, we report highly enantioselective catalytic transformations of poorly reactive β-substituted alkenyl pyridines to access a wide range of alkylated chiral pyridines. Th... | {
"abstract": "Abstract General methods to prepare chiral N‐heterocyclic molecular scaffolds are greatly sought after because of their significance in medicinal chemistry. Described here is the first general catalytic methodology to access a wide variety of chiral 2‐ and 4‐substituted tetrahydro‐quinolones, dihydro‐4... | {
"abstract": "This paper examines a competitive intertemporal market for bankable emission permits, such as sulfur dioxide allowances. Without profit regulation, firms are willing to bank permits if permit prices rise over time with the rate of interest, but will not bank if prices rise more slowly.The market achiev... |
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"abstract": "Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21(Waf1/Cip1/Sdi1) has been suggested to be involved in the antiproliferative effect of nitric oxide (NO) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). To elucidate the mechanism underlying NO-induced p21 expression, we investigated the roles of tumor suppressor p53 and th... | {
"abstract": "The effects on cellular proliferation and Ca2+ mobilization of analogues of cyclic AMP (cAMP) and cyclic GMP (cGMP) and of agents that elevate the intracellular concentrations of cyclic nucleotides were compared in closely similar preparations of first-passage rabbit aortic vascular smooth-muscle cells... | {
"abstract": "The purpose of this study is to examine leadership for learning practices across the world by establishing profiles of leadership at school and country levels. Consequently, the study brings to our...",
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"abstract": "We introduce a new neural architecture and an unsupervised algorithm for learning invariant representations from temporal sequence of images. The system uses two groups of complex cells whose outputs are combined multiplicatively: one that represents the content of the image, constrained to be constant... | {
"abstract": "Recently two anomalous results in the literature have shown that certain feature learning architectures can yield useful features for object recognition tasks even with untrained, random weights. In this paper we pose the question: why do random weights sometimes do so well? Our answer is that certain ... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we propose a novel method for text/non-text classification in online handwritten document based on Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) and its improved version, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network. The task of classifying strokes in a digital ink document into two classes (text and non-text... |
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"abstract": "This paper reconsiders the problem of unemployment in Europe at multiple geographic levels and through time from 1984to 2000. We employ a panel structure that permits us to separate regional, national and continental influences on European unemployment. Important local effects include the economic grow... | {
"abstract": "Post World War II European welfare states experienced several decades of relatively low unemployment, followed by a plague of persistently high unemployment since the 1980's. We impute the higher unemployment to welfare states' diminished ability to cope with more turbulent economic times, such as the ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Average-size distributions for aggregate snowflakes are well represented above D = 1 mm by ND = Noe−AD where D is the diameter of the water drop to which the aggregate would melt. This is the same equation that Marshall and Palmer (1948) reported for rain, but for rain No = 8.0 × 103 m−3 mm−1 ... |
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"abstract": "Background: Effects of air pollution exposure on IgE‐mediated response in asthmatics are poorly investigated. The aim was to examine the relationship between air pollution concentrations and total IgE levels in adult asthmatics.",
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"title": "Total serum IgE levels are associat... | {
"abstract": "Evidence suggests that exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) increases atopy; it is unclear how PAH exposure is linked to increased severity of atopic diseases.",
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"title": "Childhood exposure to ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is linked to epigenetic mod... | {
"abstract": "The specific secretion rate of recombinant erythropoietin (EPO) from Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells was increased by reducing agents. Addition of 5 mM cysteamine to serum free medium led to almost 8-fold increase of specific EPO secretion rate although it was not effective in thiol free medium. Each... |
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"abstract": "The efficiency of deep machine learning for automatic delineation of tumor areas has been demonstrated for intraoperative neuronavigation using active IR-mapping with the use of the cold test. The proposed approach employs a matrix IR-imager to remotely register the space-time distribution of surface t... | {
"abstract": "Early diagnosis, playing an important role in preventing progress and treating the Alzheimer's disease (AD), is based on classification of features extracted from brain images. The features have to accurately capture main AD-related variations of anatomical brain structures, such as, e.g., ventricles s... | {
"abstract": "With advancement in science and technology, computing systems are becoming increasingly more complex with an increasing variety of heterogeneous software and hardware components. They are thus becoming increasingly more difficult to monitor, manage and maintain. Traditional approaches to system managem... |
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"abstract": "By means of the electrospinning technique we have successfully synthesized cyclodextrin (CD) functionalized polyethylene oxide (PEO) nanofibers (PEO/CD) with the ultimate goal to develop functional nanowebs. Three different types of CDs; α-CD, β-CD and γ-CD are incorporated individually in electrospun ... | {
"abstract": "Hydrophobic β-cyclodextrin polymer nanofibers were obtained by the electrospinning of peracetyl-β-cyclodextrin polymer (AcβCDP) from acetone : DMF (3 : 2 v/v) solution. The morphology of AcβCDP nanofibers was studied by scanning electron microscopy. The proposed novel hydrophobic β-CD polymer was synth... | {
"abstract": "RESURFACING OR PATCHING OF OLD CONCRETE PAVEMENTS WITH BONDED CONCRETE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY STUDIED AND FOUND TO BE FEASIBLE. MANY FACTORS ARE INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THE GOOD BOND BETWEEN OLD AND NEW CONCRETE SO ESSENTIAL FOR THIN RESURFACING AND PATCHING. THIS REPORT COVERS LABORATORY BOND TESTS, EXPE... |
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"abstract": "Due to the technological advances, mapping of embedded applications onto single-chip multiprocessor systems becomes a feasible and very interesting option. What is needed is an environment that supports the designer in transforming an algorithmic specification into a suitable parallel implementation. I... | {
"abstract": "Despite the availability of ample parallelism in multimedia applications parallelizing compilers are largely unable to extract this application parallelism and map it onto existing embedded multi-core platforms. This is mainly due to the limitations of traditional autoparallelization on static analysis... | {
"abstract": "Distance labeling schemes are schemes that label the vertices of a graph with short labels in such a way that the distance between any two vertices $u$ and $v$ can be determined efficiently by merely inspecting the labels of $u$ and $v$, without using any other information. Similarly, routing labeling ... |
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"abstract": "The t(8;21) chromosomal translocation activates aberrant expression of the AML1‐ETO (AE) fusion protein and is commonly associated with core binding factor acute myeloid leukaemia (CBF AML). Combining a conditional mouse model that closely resembles the slow evolution and the mosaic AE expression patte... | {
"abstract": "The cancer stem cell (CSC) concept, which arose more than a decade ago, proposed that tumor growth is sustained by a subpopulation of highly malignant cancerous cells. These cells, termed CSCs, comprise the top of the tumor cell hierarchy and have been isolated from many leukemias and solid tumors. Rec... | {
"abstract": "The relationships between normal and leukemic stem/progenitor cells are unclear. We show that in ∼80% of primary human CD34+ acute myeloid leukemia (AML), two expanded populations with hemopoietic progenitor immunophenotype coexist in most patients. Both populations have leukemic stem cell (LSC) activi... |
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"abstract": "The response of advection-dominated accretion disks to local disturbances is examined by one-dimensional numerical simulations. It is generally believed that advection-dominated disks are thermally stable. We, however, find that any disturbance added onto accretion flow at large radii does not decay so... | {
"abstract": "In the radial flow of gas into a black hole (i.e. Bondi accretion), the infall of any entropy or vorticity perturbation produces acoustic waves propagating outward. The dependence of this acoustic flux on the shape of the perturbation is investigated in detail. This is the key process in the mechanism ... | {
"abstract": "On presente les resultats d'observations RX etendues sur 8,5 h de la galaxie de Seyfert de type 1 de tres faible luminosite NGC 4051, obtenus par EXOSAT. On observe une variabilite de grande amplitude sur une echelle de temps de 1 h. On etudie la courbe de lumiere et le spectre et on propose des modele... |
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"abstract": "Background and Objective: Craniotomy bone flaps should be replaced for both cosmetic and protective purposes. Different methods are available commercially. The aim of this study was to assess outcome of bone flap fixation using mini titanium plates and screws. Methods: Between March, 2011 and March, 20... | {
"abstract": "In pterional craniotomy, fixation plates cause artifacts on postoperative radiological images; furthermore, they often disfigure the scalp in hairless areas. The authors describe a simple technique to fix a cranial bone flap with only a single plate underneath the temporalis muscle in an area with hair... | {
"abstract": "During the last two decades, an increasing number of permanent pacemakers have been implanted outside of the operating room (OR) by nonsurgeons. Previous investigators have demonstrated that pacemakers can be safely implanted in the cardiac catheterization laboratory with no increase in complications o... |
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"abstract": "Segmentation of breast tissue in MRI images is an important pre-processing step for many applications. We present a new method that uses a random forest classifier to identify candidate edges in the image and then applies a Poisson reconstruction step to define a 3D surface based on the detected edge p... | {
"abstract": "A multidimensional image navigation and display software was designed for display and interpretation of large sets of multidimensional and multimodality images such as combined PET-CT studies. The software is developed in Objective-C on a Macintosh platform under the MacOS X operating system using the ... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we present a novel vision based interface for selecting an object using a Brain Computer Interface (BCI), and grasping it using a robotic arm mounted to a powered wheelchair. As issuing commands through BCI is slow, this system was designed to allow a user to perform a complete task usin... |
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"abstract": "Choosing various natural forms for the equation-of-state parameter $w$ and the bulk viscosity $\\zeta$, we discuss how it is possible for a dark energy fluid to slide from the quintessence region across the divide $w=-1$ into the phantom region, and thus into a Big Rip future singularity.",
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"abstract": "We analyze characteristic properties of two different cosmological models: (i) a one-component dark energy model where the bulk viscosity $\\zeta$ is associated with the fluid as a whole, and (ii) a two-component model where $\\zeta$ is associated with a dark matter component $\\rho_{\\rm m}$ only, the... | {
"abstract": "Vaginal delivery of active drugs has been largely studied for local and systemic applications. It is well known that vagina is a complex route, due to physiological and non-physiological changes. Therefore, in order to achieve a prolonged local effect, these variations have to be considered. The aim of... |
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"abstract": "Velocity sedimentation provides a variety of methods for the separation of cells according to their rates of sedimentation. Many approaches are available.",
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"abstract": "Eosinophils are often purified in discontinuous gradients. Since continuous gradients usually provide a greater recovery of more highly purified cells, the present investigation was undertaken to compare the purification of eosinophils from normal whole blood in continuous and discontinuous gradients o... | {
"abstract": "Summary Rat anterior pituitary glands were dissociated with Pronase and the cells were separated by velocity sedimentation at unit gravity. After 30 min of incubation of the enriched gonadotropic cells with LH-RH, there was a significant increase in LH and FSH in the incubation medium. LH-RH (100 ng/ml... |
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"abstract": "A fascinating and largely unresolved question is that of how productive biochemistry can actually take place in the enormously complex sea of molecules that is found in vivo. A protein or other biomolecule must constantly search for needles in the cellular haystack. As biomolecules evolve to recognize ... | {
"abstract": "Transcription factors regulate gene expression through their binding to DNA. In a living Escherichia coli cell, we directly observed specific binding of a lac repressor, labeled with a fluorescent protein, to a chromosomal lac operator. Using single-molecule detection techniques, we measured the kineti... | {
"abstract": "The realization that the synthesis of proteins is often under the control of repressors', 2 has posed a central question in molecular biology: What is the nature of the controlling substances? The scheme of negative control proposed by Jacob and Monod envisages that certain genes, regulatory genes, mak... |
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"abstract": "The abundance and age structure of Anopheles albimanus populations were estimated by UV updraft light traps and human landing catches within villages and in nearby breeding sites of southern México. Four villages and 5 breeding sites were selected for the study. Light trap and human landing catches wer... | {
"abstract": "Anopheles darlingi is one of the most important malaria vectors in the Americas. In this era of new tools and strategies for malaria and vector control it is essential to have knowledge on the ecology and behavior of vectors in order to evaluate appropriateness and impact of control measures. This pape... | {
"abstract": "SummaryCO2 assimilation rate (A) and leaf conductance (g) were measured in the field on intact branches of 35-year-old Picea abies (L.) Karst. trees, in five plots each in a healthy and a declining stand. The declining site included trees with yellow needles. In order to separate atmospheric effects on... |
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"abstract": "Ultrasound-based thermometry requires a temperature-sensitive acoustic parameter that can be used to estimate the temperature by tracking changes in that parameter during heating. The objective of this study is to investigate the temperature dependence of acoustic harmonics generated by nonlinear ultra... | {
"abstract": "The propagation of ultrasonic waves is nonlinear. Phenomena associated with the propagation of diagnostic ultrasound pulses cannot be predicted using linear assumptions alone. These include a progressive distortion in waveform, the generation of frequency harmonics and acoustic shocks, excess depositio... | {
"abstract": "For use in quantitatively modeling the growth of gold-seeded semiconductor nanowires in the vapor-liquid-solid mode, we calculate the difference of chemical potential between a liquid melt formed of group III and group V atoms dissolved in gold and the corresponding solid III-V binary compound. Fits to... |
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"abstract": "Financial markets are notoriously complex environments, presenting vast amounts of noisy, yet potentially informative data. We consider the problem of forecasting financial time series from a wide range of information sources using online Gaussian Processes with Automatic Relevance Determination (ARD) ... | {
"abstract": "In this work we explore the construction of a simple, yet effective, Gaussian process framework for supervised learning. The models that we propose take inspiration from the construction of deep Gaussian processes, as they take the form of a hierarchical multi-layered Gaussian process, with a stacked k... | {
"abstract": "New tetranuclear heteroleptic complexes [Er4(dbm)6(O-btd)4(OH)2] (1) and [Er4(dbm)4(O-btd)6(OH)2] (2) (O-btd = 4-hydroxo-2,1,3-benzothiadiazolate and dbm = dibenzoylmethanide) and their solvates with toluene, THF and CH2Cl2 were prepared using two synthetic approaches. The structures of the products we... |
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"abstract": "Background: The role of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in the treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and unknown EGFR mutation status has recently been questioned. Patients and Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of patie... | {
"abstract": "Since the introduction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), the prospects for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) have improved significantly. Herein we present the case of a patient with CML who experienced blast crisis and development of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) 10 years after presentati... | {
"abstract": "A fast algorithm is constructed to facilitate dose calculation for a large number of randomly sampled treatment scenarios, each representing a possible realisation of a full treatment with geometric, fraction specific displacements for an arbitrary number of fractions. The algorithm is applied to const... |
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"abstract": "Both photometric and geometric information are important for 3D object recognition. Traditionally, however, few systems utilized both types of information. This is because no single representation is suitable for both types of information. This paper proposes a method for representing both color and ge... | {
"abstract": "A scheme is developed to match range images in an environment where distinctive features are scarce. When each image overlaps with several other images, the match must also be performed at the global level. This is particularly challenging, because of the possibility of bending and compression in range... | {
"abstract": "The registration of multiple 3D data sets obtained with a laser range finder is examined. A sensor calibration technique based on the conjunction of a mathematical camera model, the N-planes B-spline (NPBS), with an accurate mechanical calibration setup, is proposed. An algorithm for recovering the rig... |
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"abstract": "The Pit1-Oct1-Unc86 domain (POU domain) transcription factor Brn3a controls sensory neuron survival by regulating the expression of Trk receptors and members of the Bcl-2 family. Loss of Brn3a leads to a dramatic increase in apoptosis and severe loss of neurons in sensory ganglia. Although recent evide... | {
"abstract": "Homeodomain interacting protein kinase (Hipk) is a member of a novel family of serine/threonine kinases. Extensive biochemical studies of vertebrate homologs, particularly Hipk2, have identified a growing list of interactors, including proteins involved in transcriptional regulation, chromatin remodeli... | {
"abstract": "Associational and commissural connections of area 19 and of the lateral suprasylvian visual area (LS) of the cat were studied by means of an axonal anterograde transport technique. Multiple injections of L-[5-3H] proline were placed, in different animals, in area 19 and in two different subdivisions of... |
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"abstract": "By the virtue of blooming automation industry and wireless connectivity, all the devices within the home can be connected. This improves the comfort, energy efficiency, indoor security, cost savings of the home. Small and constrained embedded devices are used to remotely monitor the conditions within h... | {
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"abstract": "CPS traffic characteristics is one of key techniques of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). A deep research of CPS network traffic characteristics can help to better plan and design CPS networks. A brief overview of the key concepts of CPS is firstly presented. Then CPS application scenarios are analyzed in ... |
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"abstract": "Long-term and persistent human disturbances have simultaneously altered the stability and diversity of ecological systems, with disturbances directly reducing functional attributes such as invasion resistance, while eliminating the buffering effects of high species diversity. Theory predicts that this ... | {
"abstract": "Biodiversity protects grassland stability How biodiversity interacts with ecosystem stability and productivity is key to understanding the impacts of environmental changes on ecosystem functions. In a series of decade-long experiments in temperate grassland, Hautier et al. manipulated nitrogen, water, ... | {
"abstract": "With the change in global climate and environment, water scarcity has been of great concern around the word and exacerbated by serious pollution in water resources. Pollutants accumulated in sediments are threatening water safety and ecological security. Different from others focusing on prevalent heav... |
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"abstract": "In this work we present an electrical characterization of La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 particles obtained by spray pyrolysis. We optimized the synthesis conditions to obtain the desired compound with the expected structure and the ferromagnetic transition at the same temperature as the bulk material. We found that a... | {
"abstract": "Nanopowder of ferromagnetic La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 (LSCO) and multiferroic BiFeO3 (BFO) were synthesized by spray pyrolysis method. Different compositions of multiferroic xLSCO-(1−x)BFO composites were synthesized at 800 °C for 2 h. Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy elemental mapp... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Pyramidal tools, of known geometry and orientation, have been used to simulate abrasive particles, and their cutting and rubbing characteristics at various orientations studied by optical microscopy. The information obtained is used to derive equations which relate the cross-sectional area of ... |
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"abstract": "Children with frequent recurrent respiratory tract infections and constant mucopurulent secretion from the nose were thoroughly examined, including bacteriologic and immunologic analyses. Biopsy specimens from the nasal mucosa were investigated by light and electron microscopy. Eight different histopat... | {
"abstract": "The mucociliary system is one of the most important airway defense mechanisms, and knowledge of the mucociliary wave frequency (MWF) is important in the understanding of this system. Employing a laser light scattering technique and a thin, flexible fiberoptic probe, we developed and tested a simple and... | {
"abstract": "We study the security of the linear generator over a finite field. It is shown that the seed of a linear generator can be deduced from partial information of a short sequence of consecutive outputs of such generators.",
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"abstract": "1. Six metabolites present in rat urine after the oral administration of E2011 ((5R)-3-[2-((1S)-3-cyano-1-hydroxypropyl)benzothiazol-6-yl]-5-meth oxymethyl-2- oxazolidinone) were isolated with an Amberlite XAD-4 column and hplc, and termed HPM-1, HPM-2, HPM-31, HPM-32, HPM-33 and HPM-4. 2. To determine... | {
"abstract": "A method for the analytical and micropreparative separation of toloxatone and its urinary metabolites in man is described. Toloxatone was given as an aqueous solution and was labelled with 14C. Following solvent extraction of urine, before and after enzymatic hydrolysis, one-step thin-layer chromatogra... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Coarse-grade XAD-2 resin has been micronized (medium particle size 12 μm) and used as a support for preparative high-resolution liquid chromatography. By equilibration with single-phase mixtures of water, a lower aliphatic alcohol and a hydrophobic solvent a reversed-phase partition system is ... |
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"abstract": "The purinergic P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) is a member of the family of ligand-gated ion channels composed of seven subtypes, P2X1–7. These receptors possess three subunits assembled as homoor heterotrimers to make functional receptors (Nicke et al., 1998, 2005), which has been confirmed by atomic force micr... | {
"abstract": "TRPA1 is an excitatory, nonselective cation channel implicated in somatosensory function, pain, and neurogenic inflammation. Through covalent modification of cysteine and lysine residues, TRPA1 can be activated by electrophilic compounds, including active ingredients of pungent natural products (e.g., ... | {
"abstract": "Integration of services for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV has been widely promoted globally in the belief that both clients and health providers benefit through improvements in quality, efficient use of resources, and lower costs, helping to maximize limited health resources and provide ... |
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"abstract": "Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype of breast cancer with poor prognosis and lacks effective targeted therapies. The microRNA-200 (miR-200) family is found to inhibit or promote breast cancer metastasis; however, the underlying mechanism is not well understood. This study was ... | {
"abstract": "Background Breast cancer is the main type of cancer in women, and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a unique subtype of breast cancer. The expression of miR-940 has been shown to play an important role in various cancers; however, the role of miR-940 in TNBC remains unknown. Material/Methods The ... | {
"abstract": "PtdIns(3, 4, 5)P(3)-dependent Rac exchanger (P-Rex) 1 is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for the small GTPase Rac. P-Rex1 is activated by G protein betagamma subunits (Gbetagamma), and the Gbetagamma-induced activation is inhibited by cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA). However, the detai... |
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"abstract": "At the start of 2012, more than two and a half million people of working age were out of work and claiming disability benefits in the UK (see Box 1.1). Since 1979 the numbers on these benefits have more than trebled. Successive governments have argued that the large numbers of people spending long peri... | {
"abstract": "Beatty C. and Fothergill S. (2005) The diversion from ‘unemployment’ to ‘sickness’ across British regions and districts, Regional Studies 39 , 837–854. Around 2.7 million non‐employed adults of working age in the UK claim sickness‐related benefits, and the numbers have risen steeply over time. The very... | {
"abstract": "This paper contrasts the labor market fortunes of workers in different housing tenures over the past twenty years, focusing on how two major developments--rising inequality and the declining economic position of men--have affected various housing types. The author concentrates on just three housing typ... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents a nearly real-time surveillance system to track multiple moving objects by controlling multiple pan-tilt camera platforms. In order to describe the relationship between the targets and camera in this surveillance system, the input/output hidden Markov model (HMM) is applied here in ... | {
"abstract": "In visual tracking, Multi-target tracking (MTT) systems encounter the problem that unavoidably moving targets may overlap each other and the measurement process of each target becomes dependent, so we construct a tracking system with considering joint image likelihood to track recognize targets, even h... | {
"abstract": "We address the issue of tracking moving objects in an environment covered by multiple uncalibrated cameras with overlapping fields of view, typical of most surveillance setups. In such a scenario, it is essential to establish correspondence between tracks of the same object, seen in different cameras, ... |
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"abstract": "The morphological features and surface texture parameters of some polyimide films prepared from a flexible and alicyclic dianhydride, in combination with five aromatic diamines, were evaluated by atomic force microscopy (AFM) in order to determine their applicability in electronics. By means of the sur... | {
"abstract": "A negative-type photosensitive polyimide (PSPI) based on semialicyclic poly(amic acid) (PAA), poly(trans-1,4-cyclohexylenediphenylene amic acid), and {[(4,5-dimethoxy-2-nitrobenzyl)oxy]carbonyl} 2,6-dimethylpiperidine (DNCDP) as a photobase generator has been developed as a next-generation buffer coat ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract A new photosensitive high temperature polymer stable up to 500%deg;C with high photosensitivity and high resolution has been developed. The trend toward a high degree of integration in solid-state technology requires the use of new high temperature photosensitive insulating materials. Toray's ... |
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"abstract": "Optical transition radiation (OTR) imaging for transverse beam-size characterization is a well-established technique at many accelerators including the Fermilab A0 photoinjector (A0PI) facility. With low beam energies of 14-15 MeV and emittances of 3 mm mrad, one observes beam sizes of 0.8 to 1.5 mm (s... | {
"abstract": "An experiment to exchange the longitudinal emittance with the horizontal emittance has been installed at the Fermilab A0 Photoinjector. The exchange apparatus consists of a TM110 deflecting mode cavity positioned between two magnetic doglegs as proposed by Kim & Sessler [1]. We report on the measuremen... | {
"abstract": "A series of structurally novel benzothiazole based small molecule inhibitors of p56(lck) were prepared to elucidate their structure-activity relationships (SARs), selectivity and cell activity in the T-cell proliferation assay. BMS-243117 (compound 2) is identified as a potent, and selective Lck inhibi... |
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"abstract": "The purpose of this paper is to outline the derivation and limitations of a dynamic scaling law for Earth based testing of this type of Mars terminal descent system.",
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"abstract": "Unmanned aerial vehicles are a valid tool for exploring celestial objects that have atmosphere. The design process of these vehicles includes numerical analysis phase, which is then followed by an experimental flight test campaign in order to validate and refine the design. In terrestrial conditions, i... | {
"abstract": "Climatic variability can be characterized by invariant quantities arising from the analysis of scaling properties of paleoclimatic records. In this paper we discuss a stochastic model that reproduces the variability and the long‐range correlation observed in dendrochronological time series. We have fou... |
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"abstract": "Ion channels on the surface membrane of sinoatrial nodal pacemaker cells (SANCs) are the proximal cause of an action potential. Each individual channel type has been thoroughly characterized under voltage clamp, and the ensemble of the ion channel currents reconstructed in silico generates rhythmic act... | {
"abstract": "Background— Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia is characterized by stress-triggered syncope and sudden death. Patients with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia manifest sinoatrial node (SAN) dysfunction, the mechanisms of which remain unexplored. Methods and Results... | {
"abstract": "“God” was positioned as central to most of the meaningfulness conversations. Amorita referred to God in the context of his unchanging nature. Millicinda on more than one occasion attributed her purpose in life to God, suggesting that she believed he “pre-destined” her for a specific task. She also said... |
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"abstract": "Genetic studies often collect multiple correlated traits, which could be analyzed jointly to increase power by aggregating multiple weak effects and provide additional insights into the etiology of complex human diseases. Existing methods for multiple trait association tests have primarily focused on c... | {
"abstract": "Genetic studies of complex diseases often collect multiple phenotypes relevant to the disorders. As these phenotypes can be correlated and share common genetic mechanisms, jointly analyzing these traits may bring more power to detect genes influencing individual or multiple phenotypes. Given the advanc... | {
"abstract": "This thesis identifies a gap in existing theories of corporate finance. This gap is an implication of a Keynesian-Minskian analysis of markets and market-based economies. From a founding theoretical perspective rooted in the view that markets are not reliably efficient the case is developed that past p... |
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"abstract": "In this study, a patient simulator was designed and fabricated to train students to respond to various clinical situations associated with heart-lung bypass machine operation and to respond to changes in patient clinical parameters. The students will use the simulator to gain pre-clinical experience. T... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The time for a seismic wave to travel from earthquake source to receiver can be expressed as a function of the path the energy followed, a model of the subsurface structure, and an initial guess at the hypocentral parameters, location and origin time. When this travel time is expressed for the... | {
"abstract": "The relationship between hypertension and chronic kidney disease is phenomenal hypertension (HTN) which is considered as most important modifiable risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD). Personalized and individualized HTN therapy using standardized office BP and home BP monitoring hold great pro... |
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"abstract": "This paper describes the design and implementation of a W-band phased array system with integrated PCB antennas capable of multi-gigabit spectrally-efficient wireless communication. The chipset is manufactured in a 0.18µm SiGe BiCMOS technology with f T /f MAX of 240/270GHz and is flip-chipped onto an ... | {
"abstract": "An SiGe transmit-receive phased-array chip has been developed for automotive radar applications at 76-84 GHz. The chip is based on an all-RF beamforming approach and contains 8-transmit channels, 8-receive channels, and a complete built-in-self-test system. Two high-linearity quadrature mixers with an ... | {
"abstract": "This paper discusses some of the recent advances and challenges that lie ahead for Polymer Microwave Fibers (PMF). PMF is a communication concept that combines mm-wave chips, metal couplers and cheap plastic fibers. It has some unique benefits over copper wireline and optical which can give it a prefer... |
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"abstract": "Systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is the leading cause of death in SSc. In this study, we aimed to describe the baseline severity and evolution of forced vital capacity (FVC) and diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) in patients with SSc-ILD and to assess the baseli... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nAn accelerated rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) affects >50% of patients with SSc but data on the variability and determinants of this change are scarce. We sought to identify trajectories of FVC and their associated variables in SSc patients over a 12-year period.\n\n\nMETHODS... | {
"abstract": "Background This study assessed the long-term effects of family intervention on schizophrenic relapse. Method Forty schizophrenic patients who had participated in a family intervention trial and who had not experienced relapse at two years after discharge from the index admission were traced through cas... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundThe causes of the underutilization of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDS) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are not fully known, but may in part, relate to individual patient factors including risk perception. Our objective was to identify the determinants of risk perception (RP) in R... | {
"abstract": "Objective. To compare the effects a pharmaceutical industry decision guide and International Patient Decision Aids Standard (IPDAS) compliant patient decision aids (PtDA) on patient medication beliefs and choice to intensify therapy. Methods. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, who had never taken etan... | {
"abstract": "Transitions between sleep and wakefulness are regulated by complex neurobiological mechanisms, which ultimately can be delineated as oscillations between two opponent processes--one promoting sleep and the other promoting wakefulness. The suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) provide temporal organization to th... |
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"abstract": "A free-running diode laser has been used to examine the spectrum of 127I(2) near 675 nm using wavelength modulation spectroscopy. Twelve transitions have been observed in the region between 14818.0 and 14819.3 cm(-1), all of which are accounted for by previously published constants. Changes in quadrupo... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The excitation spectrum of the laser-induced fluorescence of benzyl has been observed in the gas phase. Fluorescence lifetimes of 880 ± 10 ns at zero pressure were obtained for the s, t and 6a 1 0 bands of the (1 2 A 2 —1 2 B 2 , 2 2 B 2 —1 2 B 2 ) transitions of benzyl- h 7 . The fluorescence... | {
"abstract": "A new theoretical method for the calculation of expectation values on 1Σ‐state diatomic molecular vibration‐rotation states is developed. Using Dunham's theory of vibration‐rotation energies, each integral can be expressed as a rapidly converging series of terms, each of which is given to high accuracy... |
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"abstract": "We assessed gender differences in coronary plaque burden and composition amongst symptomatic patients referred for coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA). Over all, 916 symptomatic patients who were referred for a clinically indicated CCTA were included in the study. CCTAs were interpreted on... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe aim of this study was to evaluate the gender differences in plaque components in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients.\n\n\nMETHODS\nWe used virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound to evaluate the plaque components in culprit lesions in 362 ACS patients (254 men, 108 women).\n\n\nR... | {
"abstract": "Abstract\nThis paper investigates the effect of cultural differences between ethnic directors on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of Public Liability Companies (PLCs) in Nigeria. Using the cultural trait theory, the study focuses on how the ethnic directors are influenced when making decisions con... |
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"abstract": "PURPOSE\nThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis that the reduced b-wave to a-wave ratio of the brief-flash electroretinogram (ERG) of the cone system typically observed in X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) represents a relatively greater deficit in the ON response (response to light onset... | {
"abstract": "AbstractPurpose. To examine the electroretinograms (ERGs) of the short-wavelength-sensitive (S-) and the mixed long- and middle-wavelength-sensitive (L,M-) cones, and the ON- and OFF-responses of the cone ERGs in three patients with X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS).\n Methods. Cone ERGs elicited ... | {
"abstract": "A mutant isolated from a screen of EMS-mutagenized Arabidopsis lines, per1, showed normal root hair development under control conditions but displayed an inhibited root hair elongation phenotype upon Pi deficiency. Additionally, the per1 mutant exhibited a pleiotropic phenotype under control conditions... |
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"abstract": "The support of IP-based real-time services in the next-generation mobile systems requires the coupling of mobility with quality of service. The mobile node can experience disruptions or even intermittent disconnections of an ongoing real-time session due to handovers. The duration of such interruptions... | {
"abstract": "Network centric handover solutions for all IP wireless networks usually require modifications to network infrastructure which can stifle any potential rollout. This has led researchers to begin looking at alternative approaches. Endpoint centric handover solutions do not require network infrastructure ... | {
"abstract": "Domain Name System (DNS) protocol extensions have been defined to authenticate the data in DNS and provide key distribution services [RFC2065]. DNS Dynamic Update operations have also been defined [RFC2136], but without a detailed description of security for the update operation. This memo describes ho... |
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"abstract": "DIFFERENT WAYS TO USE THE FILE SYSTEM The file system is one of the most important components of a computer system. Its main purpose is to store and retrieve files. The most common way to organize files, from the system point of view, is to organize them in a hierarchical tree. Links and shortcuts were... | {
"abstract": "The development of spatial hypertext systems was driven by the need to lower users' effort of expression. Users express categories and interrelationships through the visual similarity and co-location of information objects. The ease of changing a visual property or moving an object makes spatial hypert... | {
"abstract": "A computed three-dimensional (3-D) display system based on integral imaging is presented. The 3-D image is reconstructed by numerical processing of an optically observed image array formed by a microlens array. The algorithm for reconstructing 3-D images is robust, and it enables us to obtain the image... |
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"abstract": "We present a fast compression technique for natural language texts. The novelties are that (1) decompression of arbitrary portions of the text can be done very efficiently, (2) exact search for words and phrases can be done on the compressed text directly, using any known sequential pattern-matching al... | {
"abstract": "Compression can sometimes improve performance by making more of the data available to the processors faster. We consider the compression of integer keys in a B+-tree index. For this purpose, systems such as IBM DB2 use variable-byte compression over differentially coded keys. We revisit this problem wi... | {
"abstract": "Social media plays a major role in helping people affected by natural calamities. These people use social media to request information and help in situations where time is a critical commodity. However, generic social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook are not conducive for obtaining answers pro... |
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"abstract": "Immunity to Ancylostoma caninum in mice has been extensively studied (Kerr, 1935; Yogo, 1941; Kono and Sawada, 1961). By repeatedly exposing mice to A. caninum larvae it was demonstrated that most of them were expelled from the gastrointestinal tract of immunised mice and thus a poor further migration ... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Different groups of mice were infected with various single or repeated doses of larvae of Ancylostoma caninum. Considerable loss of larvae occurred in the immunised groups when compared with their counterpart unimmunised groups. Larval migration and distribution in the different tissues was le... | {
"abstract": "of female cells possessing sex chromatin, but this variation in values would appear to be due to differences in the type of cells counted and also to the fact that some estimations have included cells in which the mass of chromatin was not in an absolutely peripheral position in the nucleus. Unless it ... |
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"abstract": "From the Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology,a and Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging,b Indiana University School of Medicine. Reprint requests: Karen S. Caldemeyer, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, University Hospital, Room 0279, 550 N University Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46202... | {
"abstract": "Title of Document: THE EFFECTS OF HIGH VOLUME HEAVY RESISTANCE EXERCISE TRAINING ON REGIONAL HYPERTROPHY OF THE QUADRICEPS MUSCLE IN YOUNG AND OLDER MEN AND WOMEN Jason A. Melnyk, M.A., 2005 Directed By: Associate Professor Marc A. Rogers, Department of Kinesiology The purpose of this study was to exam... | {
"abstract": "Preface Abbreviations 1. Microscopy with Light and Electrons 2. Electrons and Their Interaction with the Specimen 3. Electron Diffraction 4. The Transmission Electron Microscope 5. The Scanning Electron Microscope 6. Chemical Analysis in the Electron Microscope 7. Electron Microscopy and Other Techniqu... |
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"abstract": "Data stream mining has become a research area of some interest in recent years. The key challenge in data stream mining is extracting valuable knowledge in real time from a massive, continuous, dynamic data stream in only a single scan. Clustering is an efficient tool to overcome this problem. Data str... | {
"abstract": "The recent advances in hardware and software have enabled the capture of different measurements of data in a wide range of fields. These measurements are generated continuously and in a very high fluctuating data rates. Examples include sensor networks, web logs, and computer network traffic. The stora... | {
"abstract": "We provide a comparative analysis of the existing MITM (Man-In-The-Middle) attacks on Bluetooth. In addition, we propose a novel Bluetooth MITM attack against Bluetooth- enabled printers that support SSP (Secure Simple Pairing). Our attack is based on the fact that the security of the protocol is likel... |
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"abstract": "In 1961, Prader et al. [l] described two patients with the clinical and biochemical features of rickets due to vitamin D deficiency, occurring in spite of the administration of normal amounts of vitamin D. Healing did not occur until after administration of exceedingly large amounts ‘ of vitamin D, and... | {
"abstract": "Following the description in 1937 by Albright, Butler, and Bloomberg (1) of \"rickets resistant to vitamin D,\" a number of observations were published, particularly by Van Crefeld and Arons (2), Fraser and Salter (3), and by Royer (4) which indicated that there was a variant of resistant rickets which... | {
"abstract": "INTRODUCTION\nAmong men with diabetes, little attention has been given to premature ejaculation (PE), reduced libido, and their associations with erectile dysfunction (ED), despite the presence of physical and psychologic factors that could predispose to all three.\n\n\nAIM\nTo estimate the prevalence ... |
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"abstract": "A graph on n vertices is called pancyclic if it contains a cycle of length @? for all 3@?@?@?n. In 1972, Erdos proved that if G is a Hamiltonian graph on n>4k^4 vertices with independence number k, then G is pancyclic. He then suggested that n=@W(k^2) should already be enough to guarantee pancyclicity.... | {
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"abstract": "We extend Krylov's $L_p$-solvability theory to the Cauchy problem for systems of parabolic stochastic partial differential equations. Some additional integrability and regularity properties are also presented.",
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"title": "A Note on Krylov's $L_p$-Theory for Syst... |
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"abstract": "Please cite this article in press as: Gratzke C, et al. Role of Radica Munich Cancer Registry. Eur Urol (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.10 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2014.04.009 0302-2838/# 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of European Associ therapy [1–3]. Previously, new data have sugges... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nTo provide tables that allow urologists to easily calculate a superficial bladder cancer patient's short- and long-term risks of recurrence and progression after transurethral resection.\n\n\nMETHODS\nA combined analysis was carried out of individual patient data from 2596 superficial bladd... | {
"abstract": "Bladder cancer is the fifth most common type of cancer in the USA, with over 70,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Treatment often involves invasive surgical therapies, as chemotherapy alone is often ineffective and associated with high recurrence rates. Identification of estrogen receptor-β (ERβ) in u... |
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"abstract": "A response is provided to Richard Gould's account of utilitarian variables in hunter-gatherer technology, especially his recent discussions of Binford's Nunamiut data.",
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"abstract": "This paper draws upon ethnographic experiences among the Nunamiut Eskimo for insights into the effects of technological organization on interassemblage variability. Varying situationally conditioned strategies of raw material procurement, tool design and manufacture, and disposal are described as clues... | {
"abstract": "A LTHOUGH the importance of barter in Australian aboriginal *^ culture has always been recognized, adequate records of its nature in various parts of the continent have not, unfortunately, been made. For those interested in cultural problems, such as origins and diffusions of traits, and for museums, i... |
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"abstract": "Thermal conductivity of one-dimensional nanostructures, such as nanowires, nanotubes, and polymer chains, is of significant interest for understanding nanoscale thermal transport phenomena as well as for practical applications in nanoelectronics, energy conversion, and thermal management. Various techn... | {
"abstract": "Thermal transport in silicon nanowires has captured the attention of scientists for understanding phonon transport at the nanoscale, and the thermoelectric figure-of-merit (ZT) reported in rough nanowires has inspired engineers to develop cost-effective waste heat recovery systems. Thermoelectric gener... | {
"abstract": "A novel parallel implementation of hybrid DNS (Direct Numerical Simulation) code for simulating collision-coalescence of aerodynamically interacting particles in a turbulent flow has been developed. An important application of this code is to quantify turbulent collision-coalescence rate of cloud dropl... |
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"abstract": "Purpose To evaluate the effect of different levels of intraocular stray light on kinetic perimetry findings. Methods Twenty-five eyes of 25 healthy young participants were examined by automated kinetic perimetry (Octopus 900) using Goldmann stimuli III4e, I4e, I3e, I2e, and I1e. Each stimulus was prese... | {
"abstract": "• Threshold isopters for five standard test stimuli of the Goldmann perimeter were determined in 148 eyes of 74 patients with varying degrees of cataractous lens changes. Threshold sensitivity was correlated with visual acuity levels to quantitate the extent of isopter depression for these test stimuli... | {
"abstract": "Duration, reliability, and sensitivity of kinetic thresholds were evaluated for the I/4e, I/2e, and I/1e Goldmann-equivalent targets as a function of stimulus velocity (1 degrees to 8 degrees/s) using the SQUID automated perimeter. For all targets, the average duration of kinetic meridional scans decre... |
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"abstract": "Rainfall weakens an earth slope in a number of ways. It increases the degree of saturation of the soil, thereby breaking the bonds created by surface tension between the soil particles. When the volume of infiltrating water is large enough to mobilize fluid flow inside the soil matrix, the fluid exerts... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Many regions around the world are vulnerable to rainfall-induced landslides and debris flows. A variety of methods, from simple analytical approximations to sophisticated numerical methods, have been proposed over the years for capturing the relevant physics leading to landslide initiation. A k... | {
"abstract": "This paper discusses a two-dimensional second-order closure model simulating air flow and turbulence across transverse dunes. Input parameters are upwind wind speed, topography of the dune ridge and surface roughness distribution over the ridge. The most important output is the distribution of the fric... |
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"abstract": "The present work describes a new method to measure the contour position of plane reinforcement fabrics for the manufacturing of structural composite parts. The pursued approach uses optical metrology based on laser light-section technology. In detail, a laser line is projected over the edge of a fabric... | {
"abstract": "1. Sei F (u; v) die DFT des Bildes f (x; y). Sie wissen aus der Vorlesung, dass die Mul-tiplikation von F (u; v) mit einer Funktion H(u; v) das Bild ver andert, abh anging von den Eigenschaften der Funktion H(u; v). warum in diesem Fall die Intensit aten der Pixel (m; n) im Ortsraum ebenfalls mit de... | {
"abstract": "At the present time, industries like textile are in constant need of modernisation. Thus, their presence in the high technology area of high performance computing (HPC) based inspection is of strategic interest. Textile manufacturers have to monitor the quality of their products in order to maintain th... |
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"abstract": "Downbeat nystagmus is the prototype of the archicerebellar syndrome resulting from a disinhibition of central anterior semicircular canal pathways [1], an imbalance of vertical smooth pursuit mechanisms [2] or a failure of the neural velocity-to-position integrator [3]. Until recently, it has never bee... | {
"abstract": "Objective Animal experiments have demonstrated that aminopyridines increase Purkinje cell excitability, and in clinical studies, 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) and 3,4-diaminopyridine (3,4-DAP) improved downbeat nystagmus. In this double-blind, prospective, crossover study, the effects of equivalent doses of 4... | {
"abstract": "In a previous paper (Horwich and Evans, 1966) a relationship was shown between the loss of gastric mucosal cells in 160 volunteer subjects and their ABO blood groups and ABH secretor status. Aspirin enhanced the loss from the gastric mucosa, and it was postulated that clinical overt bleeding from the g... |
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"abstract": "The cardiomyopathy that is comnmon",
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"abstract": "A common form of heart disease in the adult Bantu population that is served by this hospital is,we believe, based on chronic malnutrition. It forms a well defined clinical syndrome that has already been described in some detail (Gillanders, 1951). Briefly, patients with heart disease of this kind have ... | {
"abstract": "Endomyocardial fibrosis is a common form of heart disease in Uganda. Although it has been well described and much discussed for many years, the wtiology is unknown and the relation to other cardiopathies seen in Africa and elsewhere remains undetermined. In attempting to delineate the nature of a possi... |
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"abstract": "Pour repondre aux questions que pose la faisabilite d’un dispositif de detection d’explosifsa l’aide de la technologie de spectroscopie terahertz, cette these a explore troisaxes. Le premier a consiste a etablir une base de donnees des signatures spectrales (indiceet absorption) d’une large gamme de ma... | {
"abstract": "The experimental solid-state terahertz (THz) spectrum (3 to 120 cm(-1)) of the high explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN, C(5)H(6)N(4)O(12)) has been modeled using solid-state density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Solid-state DFT, employing the BP density functional, is in best qualitat... | {
"abstract": "This paper reviews the demonstrated capability of mmW and Sub-mmW extended interaction klystrons at CPI Canada. It discusses design and manufacturing concepts including self-imposed restrictions followed by performance expectations into the THz region.",
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"abstract": "Background— Skeletal myoblast (SM) transplantation (Tx) in a post-myocardial infarction (MI) scar experimentally improves left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF). Short-term follow-up (FU) studies have suggested that a similar benefit could clinically occur despite an increased risk of LV arrhythm... | {
"abstract": "CVD irreversibly damage the cardiomyocytes, the heart muscle cells. This loss triggers a cascade of detrimental events, including formation of scar tissue, an overload of blood flow and pressure capacity, the overstretching of viable cardiac cells, leading to heart failure and eventual death. Restoring... | {
"abstract": "This article uses the revealed preference approach to estimate the price for a Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) implied by grant decisions by the Global Fund for AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria (GFATM). A cost-benefit criterion is used that requires the DALY price exceed the cost-effectiveness ... |
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"abstract": "Treatment of bovine cervical mucus glycoprotein with cyanogen bromide gives four fractions, with the molecular weights of the three major fractions being 230 000, 130 000, and 35 000. The results indicate that, as for other glycoproteins, there are different regions along the protein core, some of whic... | {
"abstract": "Three homogeneous glycoproteins were isolated from reduced and S-carboxy-methylated canine tracheal pouch mucus by gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography. Initial fractionation was carried out on Sephadex G-200; chromatography of the excluded Sephadex G-200 fraction on Bio-Gel A-15 m yielded tw... | {
"abstract": "SummaryIn the qualitative short-day plant Impatiens balsamina, gibberellic acid (GA3) not only promoted the formation of floral buds in response to suboptimal photoinductive conditions and reduced the number of SD cycles that are required for their development into flowers, but also caused initiation o... |
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"abstract": "Top management has been concerned with IT-business strategic alignment (hereafter referred to as alignment) for the past 30 years. Consequently, alignment researchers have developed many models to explain how alignment generates value for firms. However, these models use inconsistent definitions and me... | {
"abstract": "Unlike technologies that are applicable in a few specific industries, information technologies have a wide range of applicability across almost all industries. The fundamental principles of good IT management are also applicable in many industries. Thus, firms whose business units operate in different ... | {
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"abstract": "The VIIRS Day-Night Band (DNB) offers measurements over a dynamic range from full daylight to the dimmest nighttime. This makes radiometric calibration difficult because effects that are otherwise negligible become significant for the DNB. One of these effects is electronic hysteresis and this paper ev... | {
"abstract": "Most environmental satellite radiometers use solar reflectance information when it is available during the day but must resort at night to emission signals from infrared bands, which offer poor sensitivity to low-level clouds and surface features. A few sensors can take advantage of moonlight, but the ... | {
"abstract": "The water molecule and a hydrogenic abstraction reaction are used to explore in detail some quantum entanglement features of chemical interest. We illustrate that the energetic and quantum-information approaches are necessary for a full understanding of both the geometry of the quantum probability dens... |
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"abstract": "PURPOSE: The long-term effect of 4,500 cGy of preoperative radiation on anorectal function has not been prospectively evaluated. METHODS: Anal manometry was performed on 20 patients with rectal carcinoma before and four weeks after receiving 4,500 cGy of external radiotherapy. Four patients underwent p... | {
"abstract": "Anorectal manometry and electrophysiological studies of the pelvic floor were performed in eight patients who had undergone anterior resection of the rectum with mucosal proctectomy and colo‐anal sleeve anastomosis for radiation rectal injury. There is a severe reduction in the compliance of the neorec... | {
"abstract": "We are describing and figuring for the first time skulls of Schansitherium tafeli, which are abundant in the Gansu area of China from the Late Miocene. They were animals about the size of Samotherium with shorter necks that had two pairs of ossicones that merge at the base, which is unlike Samotherium.... |
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"abstract": "Malaria transmission by the mosquito vector requires sporozoite invasion into mosquito salivary glands. Parasites probably enter the glands by specific receptor-ligand interactions with molecules on the surface of the glands. We have undertaken the characterization of salivary gland surface molecules o... | {
"abstract": "The salivary glands of mosquitoes serve in sugar feeding and blood vessel location. Components have been recently identified that may function in sugar feeding and digestion and platelet anti-aggregation. These factors correlate with salivary gland structure and appear to be controlled differentially i... | {
"abstract": "Abstract. A reflectance-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) fiber sensor with enhanced sensitivity for biochemical sensing is reported after comparing its result with the transmittance-based SPR optical fiber sensors. The fabricated SPR sensor contains a gold-coated multimode fiber with the implement... |
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"abstract": "For the fluorimetric determination of isatin in human urine and serum, HPLC-postcolumn photoirradiation using a mobile phase has been developed. Isatin in the urine or serum sample was separated on a Capcell Pak C1 column (250 x 4.6 mm id). The mobile phase consisted of 70 mmol l-1 phosphate buffer (pH... | {
"abstract": "The amyloid-β peptide is considered as a key player in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Although good evidence exists that amyloid-β accumulates inside cells, intracellular brain amyloid-binding proteins remain poorly characterized. Proteomic profiling of rat brain homogenat... | {
"abstract": "Abstract We study the fiction publishing sector using the top ten annual best-sold novels in the United States during the whole 20th century. We show that the number of bestselling women dropped sharply between 1950 and 1980 and that during the 20 last years of the century it was much more difficult fo... |
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"abstract": "A preliminary study at the institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS) examined the dissolution of three man-made vitreous fiber samples (glasswool, rockwool, glass microfibers: JM 100) after intraperitoneal injections in male Wistar rats. The chemical composition of the ori... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Radioactive tracer methods were used to study the distribution of crocidolite between the upper and lower respiratory tracts after single short inhalation exposures of the “nose only” type. With the UICC standard reference sample of crocidolite, it was found that 50 ± 5% of the deposited asbes... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Radioactive tracer techniques were used to study the solubility of certain minor constituents (iron, chromium cobalt and scandium) of chrysotile asbestos following administration to rats by intrapleural injection. For chrysotiles in which the cobalt substitutes magnesium in the brucite layer, ... |
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"abstract": "Children who experience chickenpox are at a 4-fold increased risk of ischemic stroke in the subsequent 6 months. The evidence is less strong for adults, possibly due to mechanistic differences in the role of inflammation in adult stroke risk.",
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"abstract": "Background and Purpose— Focal cerebral arteriopathy accounts for up to 35% of arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) in children and is the most important predictor of stroke recurrence. The study objective was to compare outcomes for children with focal cerebral arteriopathy treated with combined corticostero... | {
"abstract": "Background and Purpose The aim of this study was to establish the difference in burden of cerebrovascular disease across the different health regions of the United Kingdom and to determine whether the initial management of new cases of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) was uniform across the U... |
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"abstract": "Hot aqueous extracts of medicinal plants used in oriental medicine were tested for inhibitory effect on prostaglandin biosynthesis in order to detect biologically active compounds present therein. Of 162 samples tested, 35 showed significant inhibition. Inhibitors of prostaglandin biosynthesis containe... | {
"abstract": "The essential oil of Cyperus rotundus has multiple pharmacological activities. Therefore, the extraction with high yield and quality is very important for preparation of essential oil of C. rotundus. In this paper, three methods, namely hydrodistillation (HD), pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) and su... | {
"abstract": "Sixteen young women (18–35 years old) suffering from severe primary dysmenorrhea were treated with the anti-inflammatory drug Flunalgan [flufenamic acid; N-(α, α, α-trifluorom-tolyl) anthranilic acid], 125 mg tid or qid, during one to three menstrual periods. In all patients (a total of 31 treated cycl... |
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"abstract": "The management of chronic orofacial pain often follows a pattern of claims of efficacy based on clinical observations superseded by equivocal findings of effectiveness or belated recognition of toxicity. While therapeutic innovation spurred by genomics and proteomics is likely to result in new drugs fo... | {
"abstract": "INTRODUCTION\nWhile opioids are effective in carefully selected patients with chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP), they are associated with potential risks. Therefore, treatment recommendations for the safe and effective use of opioids in this patient population are needed.\n\n\nMATERIALS AND METHODS\nA mul... | {
"abstract": "Whitlockite from the St. Severin chondrite, previously shown to contain excess fission tracks, is here shown to have a large concentration of excess neutron-rich xenon isotopes. The concentration of excess heavy Xe in the whitlockite is about twenty-five times that calculated from the track density. An... |
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"abstract": "This paper proposes a model selection criterion for classification problems. The criterion focuses on selecting models that are discriminant instead of models based on the Occam's razor principle of parsimony between accurate modeling and complexity. The criterion, dubbed discriminative information cri... | {
"abstract": "The use of hidden Markov models (HMMs) in continuous speech recognition is reviewed. Markov models are presented as a generalization of their predecessor technology, dynamic programming. A unified view is offered in which both linguistic decoding and acoustic matching are integrated into a single, opti... | {
"abstract": "Machine learning techniques have deeply rooted in our everyday life. However, since it is knowledge- and labor-intensive to pursue good learning performance, human experts are heavily involved in every aspect of machine learning. In order to make machine learning techniques easier to apply and reduce t... |
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"abstract": "The school system in many regions of Africa does little to cater for the unique challenges to psychosocial adjustment and cultural identity development that students experience when they enter the school gate. Schools and the education system in general promote poor academic performance, low self-estee... | {
"abstract": "The chapter emphasises the important role of indigenous knowledge (IK) in formal education systems. If formal education does not take appropriate account of IK, learners will not be able to connect their learning experiences with their social and cultural environment. This impacts negatively on their a... | {
"abstract": "Different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) alter growth and nutrition of a given plant differently. Plant gene expression patterns in response to fungal colonization show a certain overlap when colonized by fungi of the Glomeraceae. However, little is known of plant responses to fungi of different fu... |
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"abstract": "Speaker diarization is originally defined as the task of determining “who spoke when” given an audio track and no other prior knowledge of any kind. The following article shows a multi-modal approach where we improve a state-of-the-art speaker diarization system by combining standard acoustic features ... | {
"abstract": "Audio-visual speaker diarisation is the task of estimating ``who spoke when'' using audio and visual cues. In this paper we propose the combination of an audio diarisation system with psychology inspired visual features, reporting experiments on multiparty meetings, a challenging domain characterised b... | {
"abstract": "One of the sub-tasks of the Spring 2004 and Spring 2005 NIST Meetings evaluations requires segmenting multi-party meetings into speaker-homogeneous regions using data from multiple distant microphones (the \"MDM\" sub-task). One approach to this task is to run a speaker segmentation system on each of t... |
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"abstract": "It is hypothesized that a topical application of a sulfonylurea drug, which can inhibit the ATP-sensitive potassium-gated channels (Kir6.X/SUR) present in human hair bulb tissues, will inhibit hair growth in a targeted manner. Diazoxide is used to treat severe hypoglycemia due to hyperinsulinism of inf... | {
"abstract": "Although controversies remain as to the usefulness of sulfonylureas, most evidence is in favor of their use in many if not most patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. When used properly, sulfonylureas improve insulin secretion and action, and these effects may be maintained for years. I... | {
"abstract": "Women make up approximately half of the workforce in ride-hailing, food delivery, and home service platforms in North America. While studies have reported that gig workers face bias, harassment, and a gender pay gap, we have limited understanding of women’s perspectives of these issues and their coping... |
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