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"abstract": "A predictive version of the UNIQUAC model is proposed for the description of the nonideality of paraffinic solid solutions. With this model, and using only pure component properties, is possible to adequately predict the phase behavior of complex hydrocarbon mixtures. Both liquid and solid phase compos... | {
"abstract": "The analysis of Rachford-Rice equations for multiphase systems reveal that their numerical solutions can be easily and efficiently obtained. As a consequence, the negative flash concept can be extended to any number of real or hypothetical phases in equilibrium.",
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"abstract": "A solution model for liquid binary alloys has been derived, based on the free volume theory considering excess volumes of the alloys. Excess entropy and excess Gibbs energy can be evaluated from the present model using values of enthalpy of mixing and excess volume. In addition, the relationship betwee... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, we study the existence and nonexistence of traveling wave solutions for the one-dimensional microscopic and macroscopic chemotaxis models. The microscopic model is based on the velocity jump process of Othmer et al. (SIAM J Appl Math 57:1044–1081, 1997). The macroscopic model, which can ... | {
"abstract": "Bacterial chemotaxis is widely studied from both the microscopic (cell) and macroscopic (population) points of view, and here we connect these very different levels of description by deriving the classical macroscopic description for chemotaxis from a microscopic model of the behavior of individual cel... | {
"abstract": "In this work, defect-based local error estimators for higher-order exponential operator splitting methods are constructed and analyzed in the context of time-dependent linear Schrodinger equations. The technically involved procedure is carried out in detail for a general three-stage third-order splitti... |
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"abstract": "X-ray emission from supernova 1987A has been observed continually by the Ginga satellite since July 1987. The observed X-ray spectrum1,2 has two components: hard X-rays, above 15 keV in energy, have a nearly flat spectrum, and are thought to be Compton-degraded γ-rays from the decay of 56Co (ref. 3); t... | {
"abstract": "An X-ray source coincident with supernova 1987A has recently been discovered by Ginga1,2 and by the Roentgen Observatory on board the space station Mir-Kvant3. To model the X-ray emission, including the temporary variations reported4, we propose that a synchrotron nebula has been formed by a pulsar and... | {
"abstract": "A model is presented for the 1612 MHz OH masers associated with infrared stars. Its principal conclusions are as follows. The central stars are losing approx.3 x 10/sup -5/ M/sub sun/yr/sup -1/, and the masers operate in the outer regions (r>10/sup 16/ cm) of the circumstellar envelopes. The maser radi... |
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"abstract": "The effect of varying KR precision levels on the initial acquisition and later performance of a linear positioning task was investigated with 40 female undergraduates serving as subjects. Subjective evaluations of performance and estimates of accuracy were recorded along with actual scores. KR precisio... | {
"abstract": "The quality of the information given to the subject after performance, particulary the Knowledge of Results (KR) precision, seems to have a positive influence on the learning process. In this article, we review the investigation produced in KR precision and emphasize the influence of some variables, li... | {
"abstract": "operative in such occupations as that of furnacemen, if face and hands should be shown to be frequently involved in these workers. Classification according to site in official returns is needed to increase the value of correlations with occupational or other social factors. Correlations with geography,... |
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"abstract": "Understanding the processes that determine the solid-liquid partitioning (K(d) value) of Se is of fundamental importance in assessing the risk associated with the disposal of radio-selenium-containing waste. Using a mini-column (rather than batch) approach, K(d) values for (75)Se were determined over t... | {
"abstract": "AbstractA better understanding of Se fate in soils is required for different environmental issues, such as radioactive waste management or soil fertilization procedures. In these contexts, the mobility and speciation of Se have to be studied at both short and long terms after Se inputs. Here, we presen... | {
"abstract": "A theory of payment for ecosystem services (PES) pricing consistent with dynamic efficiency and sustainable income requires optimized shadow prices. Since ecosystem services are generally interdependent, this requires joint optimization across multiple resource stocks. We develop such a theory in the c... |
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"abstract": "The immune mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of tuberculosis (TB) need better understanding to improve TB management, as the disease still causes more than 1.5 million deaths annually. This study tested the hypothesis that a modulation of the proportions or activation status of APC during Mycobact... | {
"abstract": "Immunoglobulin-like transcripts (ILT) represent novel immunoglobulin superfamily receptors that are expressed in myeloid, lymphoid and dendritic cells (DC). Here, we studied by gene expression profiling with DNA microarrays ILT expression in different DC subsets, including plasmacytoid DC (PDC), monocy... | {
"abstract": "In Finland, there are almost 500,000 second homes and in some areas the number of second home owners exceeds that of permanent residents. Currently, second home owners are also spending more time in their second homes. If second home owners are not permanent residents, administration may exclude them f... |
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"abstract": "In our study, we attempt to look at the sensitivity pattern of the most commonly found microorganism in the wound swab of pediatric burn patients at our hospital, 'Klebsiella', to a number of commonly used antibiotics and to determine whether there has been a change in the sensitivities in the 21 year ... | {
"abstract": "Antibiotic resistance among nosocomial pathogens in this country's hospitals adds significantly to patient morbidity and mortality, and the cost of health care. Optimism for identifying antimicrobial agents that would \"solve the problem\" of resistance has been replaced by a much more guarded and real... | {
"abstract": "The results of a multi-ray geometric model for estimating the signal coverage in line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) microcellular environments are presented, some empirical propagation models are reviewed, and a simplified mathematical rule for estimating the received power for both LOS a... |
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"abstract": "Variations in the validity of hospital discharge diagnoses can complicate the assessment of trends in incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). To clarify trends in the validity of discharge codes, the authors compared event classification based on published Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (A... | {
"abstract": "Background The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of patient administrative data (PAS) for calculating 30-day mortality after hip fracture as a quality indicator, by a retrospective study of medical records. Methods We used PAS data from all Norwegian hospitals (2005–2009), merged with vi... | {
"abstract": "Tracheal diverticulum (TD) defined as a typical benign out-pouching of the tracheal wall due to structural weakness, congenital or acquired in origin, resulting in paratracheal air cysts. It is rarely diagnosed in clinical practice with only limited reports in the literature. Most cases found incidenta... |
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"abstract": "Abstract. Recent interest in soil tillage and residue management has focused on low-input sustainable agriculture. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of three tillage systems (no-till, chisel plow, and moldboard plow) and four residue placements (bare, normal, mulch, and double mulch) o... | {
"abstract": "Summary: The effect of water potential and temperature on growth and cellulolysis of 10 soil fungi which colonize cereal crop residues was determined in vitro. On 2% (w/v) milled straw agar all species grew in the range -0·7 to -7·0 MPa at both 10 and 20 ·C. Growth rates differed depending on the solut... | {
"abstract": "Summary Soils of various agronomic histories were fumigated with chloroform, and the resultant increased production of CO2 and mineral-N measured and expressed as biomass C and the flush of mineral-N production (FN), respectively. Biomass C and FN contents of grassland soils were greater than those of ... |
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"abstract": "MapReduce is by far one of the most successful realizations of large-scale data-intensive cloud computing platforms. MapReduce automatically parallelizes computation by running multiple map and/or reduce tasks over distributed data across multiple machines. Hadoop is an open source implementation of Ma... | {
"abstract": "Placing data as close as possible to computation is a common practice of data intensive systems, commonly referred to as the data locality problem. By analyzing existing production systems, we confirm the benefit of data locality and find that data have different popularity and varying correlation of a... | {
"abstract": "We describe a technique that automatically generates plausible depth maps from videos using non-parametric depth sampling. We demonstrate our technique in cases where past methods fail (non-translating cameras and dynamic scenes). Our technique is applicable to single images as well as videos. For vide... |
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"abstract": "Purpose To evaluate the prognostic factors and outcomes of dexamethasone intravitreal implant (DEX implant) for intravitreal bevacizumab refractory macular edema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). Methods This was a retrospective, interventional case series. Medical records were reviewe... | {
"abstract": "Purpose: To predict the response to intravitreal dexamethasone (IVD) implant injection in cases where macular edema (ME) caused by branch retinal vein occlusion persists despite intravitreal bevacizumab injection.Methods: Three consecutive (monthly) bevacizumab injections were given to treat ME caused ... | {
"abstract": "This paper undertakes a review of the literature on writing cognition, writing instruction, and writing assessment with the goal of developing a framework and competency model for a new approach to writing assessment. The model developed is part of the Cognitively Based Assessments of, for, and as Lear... |
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"abstract": "In the study of consciousness, neurophenomenology was originally established as a novel research program attempting to reconcile two apparently irreconcilable methodologies in psychology: qualitative and quantitative methods. Its potential relies on Francisco Varela’s idea of reciprocal constraints, in... | {
"abstract": "Studies on ultra-endurance suggest that during the races, athletes typically experience three vitality states (i.e., preservation, loss, and revival) at the phenomenological level. Nevertheless, how these states contribute to the management and outcome of performance remains unclear. The aim of this st... | {
"abstract": "The widespread use of electrically produced convulsions for the treatment of mental disorders naturally gives rise to the question whether such artificially induced convulsive states are associated with evidence of damage to the brain. No observations on such changes in the human brain have as yet been... |
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"abstract": "Design studies are an increasingly popular form of problem-driven visualization research, yet there is little guidance available about how to do them effectively. In this paper we reflect on our combined experience of conducting twenty-one design studies, as well as reading and reviewing many more, and... | {
"abstract": "In today's technology dependent world, business leaders within organizations must address information technology (IT) incident response needs. Yet, piecemeal and inadequate incident response tools frequently stymie their engagement. This paper discusses a user-centered approach undertaken to design, de... | {
"abstract": "THIS note describes some experiments carried out with the tendon-jerk of M. supraspinatus in decerebrate and spinal cats, in comparison with the motor twitch, and offers some conclusions regarding reflex action deduced therefrom. Method of experiment. The methods and apparatus used are precisely those ... |
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"abstract": "Crossword puzzles are popular word games that require not only a large vocabulary, but also a broad knowledge of topics. Answering each clue is a natural language task on its own as many clues contain nuances, puns, or counter-intuitive word definitions. Additionally, it can be extremely difficult to a... | {
"abstract": "The paper uses a behavior-based approach to tackle the problem of cooperation between distributed agents. It focuses on the use of self-organisation and dissipative structures to establish emergent functionality. Other principles such as randomness the subsumption architecture, and the gradient field a... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we present an automatic abstractive summarization system of meeting conversations. Our system extends a novel multi-sentence fusion algorithm in order to generate abstract templates. It also leverages the relationship between summaries and their source meeting transcripts to select the b... |
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"abstract": "Modal analysis provides a powerful tool for efficiently simulating the behavior of deformable objects. This paper shows how manipulation, collision, and other constraints may be implemented easily within a modal framework. Results are presented for several example simulations. These results demonstrate... | {
"abstract": "We show how to use fixed Fourier bases for efficient spectral compression of 3D meshes. In contrast with compression using variable bases, this permits efficient FFT decoding of the mesh. The coding procedure involves efficient mesh augmentation and generation of a neighborhood-preserving mapping betwe... | {
"abstract": "The voltage- and frequency-dependent material properties of (Ba,Sr)TiO3 (BST) thin film have been extracted up to 67 GHz by means of a lumped elements equivalent circuit validated by fitting on de-embedded experimental data. The tunability is 73% (0-10 V bias), and the loss tangent is better than 0.06 ... |
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"abstract": "Obesity is associated with insulin resistance and some reproductive abnormalities. Circulating FFAs are often elevated in obese subjects and are also closely linked to insulin resistance. In this study, we demonstrated that saturated FFAs, such as palmitic acid and stearic acid, markedly suppressed the... | {
"abstract": "The present study was designed for exploration of hormonal disturbances underlying common forms of amenorrhea. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCO) patients and obese amenorrheic subjects had significantly elevated estrone (E1) levels, elevated luteinizing hormone/follicle-stimulating hormone ratios, and an... | {
"abstract": "Results from experimental tumours suggest that the mechanism of action of photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves both a direct killing of tumour cells, and a secondary effect resulting from vascular damage. We have investigated the possible vascular changes induced by PDT in an intraocular retinoblastoma-... |
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"abstract": "Background:Despite palliative benefits and PSA responses, the objective clinical impact of daily oral prednisone (P) for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is unknown. We performed a pooled analysis of control arms of randomized trials that either did or did not administer single-a... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The clinical effect of prednisone in metastatic castration‐resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is unknown. We performed a pooled analysis of control arms of randomized controlled trials that had or had not administered single‐agent prednisone. Randomized controlled trials with a control arm that... | {
"abstract": "To control the adverse effects of substance abuse, urinary drug testing has become common practice in some occupational settings. Although it is virtually impossible to assess accurately the impact of drug abuse at work, increased accidents and absenteeism as well as impaired productivity have been att... |
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"abstract": "MicroRNAs and heterogeneous ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) are posttranscriptional gene regulators that bind mRNA in a sequence-specific manner. Here, we report that loss of miR-328 occurs in blast crisis chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML-BC) in a BCR/ABL dose- and kinase-dependent manner through the MAPK... | {
"abstract": "AbstractmiRNAs have been shown to play essential regulatory roles in the innate immune system. They function at multiple levels to shape the innate immune response and maintain homeostasis by direct suppression of the expression of their target proteins, preferentially crucial signaling components and ... | {
"abstract": "Plant viruses have evolved to undermine the RNA silencing pathway by expressing suppressor protein(s) that interfere with one or more key components of this antiviral defense. Here we show that the recently identified RNA silencing suppressor (RSS) of lettuce necrotic yellows virus (LNYV), phosphoprote... |
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"abstract": "Semantic integrity constraints represent knowledge about data with which a relational database must be consistent. To enforce semantic integrity we must ensure that transactions which alter the database will preserve database consistency by accompanying each transaction with integrity tests. In this pa... | {
"abstract": "In a mobile environment, due to the various constraints inherited from limitations of wireless communication and mobile devices, checking for integrity constraints to maintain the consistent state of mobile databases is an important issue that needs to be addressed. Hence, in this paper we propose a fr... | {
"abstract": "This research paper focuses upon the study of foot ulcer-diabetic data and implement various classification algorithms on different kinds of medical datasets of foot ulcer-Diabetic to evaluate its comparative performance. Performance analysis records the most frequently used algorithms on respective me... |
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"abstract": "Summary: The calculated electrophysiological parameters, such as terminal latency index (TLI), residual latency, modified F ratio, and F-wave inversion, have been investigated as a diagnostic tool for detection of early stage of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in the literature. However, the correlation o... | {
"abstract": "Objective The objective of this study was to review the literature regarding the effectiveness of neural gliding exercises for the management of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Methods A computer‐based search was completed through May 2014 in PubMed, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), Web of Knowle... | {
"abstract": "The validity of twelve provocative tests for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in a random sample of 504 people from the general population was assessed. 50 woke up at night due to paraesthesiae (with or without numbness or pain) in the fingers innervated by the median nerve (CTS symptoms) in 93 hands. CTS ... |
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"abstract": "When the French finally seized control of the Lao territories on the east bank of the Mekong from the Siamese in 1893, Houaphan became an internal upland frontier region within colonial Indochina. Unfamiliar with the concept of overlapping spheres of sovereignty—during the nineteenth century, Houaphan ... | {
"abstract": "When travelling across Houaphan province in upland north-eastern Laos in 2010, I took with me a copy of James Scott’s (2009) Art of Not Being Governed. This thought-provoking book offered fresh perspectives to exploring this ‘Zomian’ landscape and its ethnolinguistically diverse population. Indeed a hi... | {
"abstract": "DUNN, John. Setting the people free: The story of democracy. Londres: Atlantic Books, 2005.",
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"title": "Setting the people free: The story of democracy"
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"abstract": "China covers about the same geographic area as the United States although its population is nearly five times greater. In addition because of rugged mountains in the west and vast desert areas in central China the population is concentrated within a surprisingly small area. Rapid population growth duri... | {
"abstract": "In September 1982, less than three months after the national census, the Chinese State Family Planning Commission conducted a large-scale fertility and family planning survey with a sampling fraction of one in a thousand, thus collecting at least some information on over one million persons. Some of th... | {
"abstract": "Despite Australian multicultural policy that asserts the right of all citizens to maintain and practice their religion, formal citizenship has not guaranteed the welcome or belonging of migrant religious groups at the neighbourhood scale. This is most starkly reflected in contests over the inclusion of... |
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"abstract": "Effect of hydrocolloid type on rheological and sensory properties of pureed carrots Madhu Sharma Advisor: University of Guelph, 2015 Dr. Lisa Duizer Hydrocolloids are added to pureed foods to give desired consistency based on visual judgement, due to the existing qualitative guidelines. The current stu... | {
"abstract": "The objective of this research was to investigate the effects of ingredients and preparation methods on the sensory and nutritional properties of pureed turkey and carrots. Turkey samples varying in added liquid and muscle composition were developed. Seasoning application methods were also studied. Pur... | {
"abstract": "Atomic force microscopes (AFMs) generate images by “feeling” rather than “looking” at samples. This permits a magnification range spanning that associated with both the light and electron microscopes, but under the “natural” imaging conditions normally associated with light microscopes. Molecules and m... |
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"abstract": "In the paper, the attenuation and dispersion of electromagnetic waves due to molecule resonances of gases in the atmosphere are investigated. The prediction of transmission properties exploits the generally available spectroscopic data of important gases and the measured aerological data valid for the ... | {
"abstract": "The electric and magnetic properties of the ground state of oxygen molecule are calculated by multiconfiguration self-consisted field (MCSCF) method and compared with experimental data: the quadrupole moment, polarizability, the 17O nuclear quadrupole coupling constant, magnetizability tensor, nuclear ... | {
"abstract": "Measurements of the response of lithium fluoride TLD-100 to 1.5 keV ultrasoft x-rays, 240 keV x-rays and 137Cs gamma-rays at doses below 70 Gy are presented and the implications for the track interaction model are discussed. This model proposes that thermoluminescence is due to the combination electron... |
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"abstract": "In this work, we have calculated analytically the temporal autocorrelation function of the electrical field component of multiply scattered coherent light transmitted through an anisotropically scattering media irradiated with a plane ultrasonic wave. The accuracy of the analytical solution is verified... | {
"abstract": "Biophotonic imaging with ultrasound-modulated optical tomography (UOT) promises ultrasonically resolved imaging in biological tissues. A key challenge in this imaging technique is a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). We show significant UOT signal enhancement by using intense time-gated acoustic bursts. ... | {
"abstract": "A nonlinear continuum model is used to investigate the dynamic behavior of an array of N nonlinearly coupled microbeams. Investigations concentrate on the region below the array's first pull-in instability, which is shown to be governed by several internal three-to-one and combination resonances. The n... |
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"abstract": "In an effort to elucidate an aspirational vision for the food system and explore whether the characteristics of such a system inadvertently set unattainable standards for low-wealth rural communities, we applied discourse analysis to the following qualitative datasets: (1) interviews with food experts ... | {
"abstract": "While food deserts create whole sets of tangible consequences for people living within them, the problem has yet to be the subject of much normative, in-depth evaluation as an urban political economy of food access. This paper provides a critical analysis of a specific food desert and its responses, dr... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Based on a critical review of the obesity and health literature we provide five models of how the hypothesized obesity and health relationship is conceptualized. We then apply these models to make sense of how recent Canadian public health reports and clinical practice guidelines conceptualize... |
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"abstract": "A wealth of research has suggested that emotions play a significant role in creative problem solving, but less work has focused on investigating their roles in design. This is surprising given that creative problem solving lies at the heart of the design process. In an exploratory study we interviewed ... | {
"abstract": "Research has found that positive affect broadens attention. However, these studies have manipulated positive affect that is low in approach motivation. Positive affect that is high in approach motivation should reduce the breadth of attention, as organisms shut out irrelevant stimuli as they approach d... | {
"abstract": "This chapter about storytelling and interactivity in storytelling first explains on various serious games examples foundations of storytelling. Then storytelling in Interactive Media with regard to serious games is described. Further the current state of the art on Interactive Digital Storytelling is p... |
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"abstract": "Templeton (1) makes a broad attack on the foundations of Bayesian statistical methods—rather than on the purely numerical technique called approximate Bayesian computation (ABC)—using incorrect arguments and selective references taken out of context. The most significant example is the argument, “The p... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Bayes factors have been offered by Bayesians as alternatives to P values (or significance probabilities) for testing hypotheses and for quantifying the degree to which observed data support or conflict with a hypothesis. In an earlier article, Schervish showed how the interpretation of P value... | {
"abstract": "This letter utilizes a robust spectral estimation method, based on state-space control theory, to coherently process wideband frequency domain field data of any object and extract specific modal (or characteristic) responses associated with wave propagation along the object. The estimation problem is f... |
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"abstract": "SummaryTo improve efficiency of selection in first year clones, investigations were carried out on the use of two-plant plots instead of one-plant ones. Extended plot size did reduce the environmental variance of characters connected with tuber yield, but had only a slightly positive effect on the sele... | {
"abstract": "SummaryConsiderable differences occurred between selectors in intensity of selection when selecting the same potato clones in S, C1 and C2 (seedling, first clonal and second clonal years). Comparing clones selected or discarded in one year with clones selected or discarded in previous years indicated t... | {
"abstract": "Ontogenetic sequences are relatively rare among dinosaurs, with Ceratopsia being one of the better represented clades, and especially among geologically earlier forms, such as Psittacosaurus. Psittacosaurus is a small, bipedal basal ceratopsian abundant in the Lower Cretaceous deposits of Asia, whose c... |
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"abstract": "It is well known that in the radial–tangential plane of softwoods, the elastic modulus in the principal directions is clearly higher than the off-axis elastic moduli, which decrease to a minimum at a growth ring angle α of about 45°. However, this angular dependency was experimentally proven by only a ... | {
"abstract": "ZusammenfassungDie Arbeit beschreibt ein vollständiges System der 9 (bzw. 12) ElastizitätszahlenSik von nordeuropäischem Fichtenholz in Abhängigkeit von der Holzfeuchtigkeit, die an identischen Proben bestimmt werden. Den Untersuchungen liegt das rhombisch-anisotrope Kristallsystem für den Werkstoff Ho... | {
"abstract": "Despite the exceptional position of yew among the gymnosperms concerning its elastomechanical properties, no reference values for its elastic constants apart from the longitudinal Young’s modulus have been available from literature so far. Hence, this study’s objective was to determine the Young’s modu... |
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"abstract": "Background Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are chronic conditions that may cause tissue damage and disability, reduced quality of life and increased mortality. Various treatments have been developed for IMIDs, including immune modulators and targeted biologic agents. However, adherence re... | {
"abstract": "Introduction The aim of this study was to examine physicians’ preferences regarding adherence-promoting programs (APPs), and to investigate which APP characteristics influence the willingness of physicians to implement these in daily practice. Materials and Methods A discrete choice experiment was cond... | {
"abstract": "A function/(z) analytic in the unit disk is said to belong to the Bergman space A (0<p<oo) if §>ffî\\f(re)\\rdr d6<oo.Itis clear that ,4* contains the Hardy space H of analytic functions for which limr_i J§*| f(re )\\ d6< oo. We adopt the convention that A=H, the space of bounded analytic functions in ... |
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"abstract": "Abstract. The Lagrangian prediction skill (model ability to reproduce Lagrangian drifter trajectories) of the nowcast/forecast system developed for the Gulf of Mexico at the University of Colorado at Boulder is examined through comparison with real drifter observations. Model prediction error (MPE), si... | {
"abstract": "Abstract ROMS with horizontal grid spacing of 3.5 km for the region off Central California was compared to RAFOS float observations and satellite altimetry on meso/submesoscales. The approach introduced and used two new metrics for model-data comparison, as well as suggested how to calculate these metr... | {
"abstract": "Lorenz's three-variable convective model is used as a prototypical chaotic system in order to develop concepts related to finite time local predictability. Local predictability measures can be represented by global measures only if the instability properties of the attractor are homogeneous in phase sp... |
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"abstract": "Simple quantitative radiochemical and spectrophotometric methods have been employed for the simultaneous determination of prostaglandins (PGs) E2, F2α, D2 (11-dehydro-PGF2α), and malondialdehyde (MDA) produced by action of the arachidonate oxygenase (prostaglandin synthetase) system of bovine seminal v... | {
"abstract": "Publisher Summary This chapter presents the analysis of the molecular mechanism of action of salicylates with the aim of interpreting the therapeutic effects of these drugs in terms of their interactions with biochemical processes in cells or tissues. It is expected that such interactions might result ... | {
"abstract": "SummaryVolatile cleavage products of autoxidizing methyl linolenate have chromatographically separated and the aldehydes have been isolated as 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones. Acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, and α-pentenal have been identified. A six-carbon atom dialdehyde has been isolated as its hydrazone... |
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"abstract": "Globally, there is a vast array of social indicators, many of these specifically oriented to the lives, experience and needs of children. This approach is much more advanced in developed economies and rich countries, where the focus has widened and shifted progressively towards a full recognition of th... | {
"abstract": "The last quarter of the 20th century has brought a growing attention to the efforts to measure and monitor children's well-being, as can be seen in the quantity of various “State of the Child” reports. Many have argued that the attention has continued and even intensified during the first decade of the... | {
"abstract": "This book presents analysis of endemic deprivation in India and the role of public action in addressing the problem. The analysis is based on a broad view of economic development, focusing on human well-being and 'social opportunity' rather than the standard indicators of economic growth. India's succe... |
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"abstract": "In this review we discuss adrenergic receptor number and function during pregnancy, with emphasis on evidence that pregnancy results in specific receptor alterations from the nonpregnant state. Changes in adrenergic receptor function or distribution in vascular smooth muscle may be in part responsible ... | {
"abstract": "Volume and timing components of resting ventilation were measured serially in 40 women aged 18 to 36 yr, during menstrual, follicular and luteal phases of menstrual cycle. Resting minute ventilation (VE) was significantly higher (P < 0.001) in luteal phase than in menstrual and follicular phases; in th... | {
"abstract": "Art of the Avant-Gardes is the second of four books that make up the Open University's Art of the Twentieth Century series. It discusses the development of modern art in the first third of the century. The book opens with an essay that introduces the main themes of art in the period and summarises the ... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundThe transition from mitotic cell division to meiotic development in S. cerevisiae requires induction of a transient transcription program that is initiated by Ime1-dependent destruction of the repressor Ume6. Although IME1 mRNA is observed in vegetative cultures, Ime1 protein is not suggestin... | {
"abstract": "Glioblastoma (GBM) is characterized by exceptionally high intratumoral heterogeneity. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the origin of different GBM cell populations remain unclear. Here, we found that the compositions of ribosomes of GBM cells in the tumour core and edge differ due to altern... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This study investigates the durability of cement-based materials incorporating recycled chromium containing slag (CCS), including chloride permeability, carbonation resistance, freeze-thaw cycle and microstructure development. Additionally, the environmental impacts on the cement-based materia... |
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"abstract": "Identifying moving objects from a video sequence is a fundamental and ::: critical task in many computer-vision applications. A common approach ::: is to perform background subtraction, which identifies moving objects ::: from the portion of a video frame that differs significantly from a ::: backgroun... | {
"abstract": "Summary Running average method and its modified version are two simple and fast methods for background modeling. In this paper, some weaknesses of running average method and standard background subtraction are mentioned. Then, a fuzzy approach for background modeling and background subtraction is propo... | {
"abstract": "For a driver fatigue monitoring system, one of the most important problems to solve is eye location. This paper presents a method of eye location based on AAM and a method of driver fatigue detection based on an improved method to calculate PERCOLS. AAM (Active Appearance Model) model is composited by ... |
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"abstract": "Many natural scenes have a dynamic range that is larger than the dynamic range of a camera's image sensor. A popular approach to producing an image without under- and over-exposed areas is to capture several input images with varying exposure settings, and later merge them into a single high-quality re... | {
"abstract": "Recently, high dynamic range (HDR) imaging has attracted much attention as a technology to reflect human visual characteristics owing to the development of the display and camera technology. This paper proposes a novel deep neural network model that reconstructs an HDR image from a single low dynamic r... | {
"abstract": "Distributed word representation is widely used in many NLP tasks and knowledge-based resources also provide valuable information. Comparing to conventional knowledge bases, Wikipedia provides semi-structural data other than structural data. We argue that a Wikipedia title's categories can help compleme... |
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"title": "Toward Sustainable Insights, or Why Polygamy is Bad for You"
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"abstract": "The stated goal for visual data exploration is to operate at a rate that matches the pace of human data analysts, but the ever increasing amount of data has led to a fundamental problem: datasets are often too large to process within interactive time frames. Progressive analytics and visualizations hav... | {
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"title": "Survey of Convolutional Neural Network"
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"abstract": "PKD2, the second gene for the autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), encodes a protein, polycystin-2, with predicted structural similarity to cation channel subunits. However, the function of polycystin-2 remains unknown. We used polyclonal antisera specific for the intracellular NH2 and... | {
"abstract": "Polycystin-L (PCL), the third member of the polycystin family of proteins, functions as a Ca2+-modulated nonselective cation channel when expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Polycystin-1 and -2 are mutated in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), but the role of PCL in disease has not been de... | {
"abstract": "Force probes allow reaction rates to be measured as a function of the restoring force in a molecule that has been stretched or compressed. Unlike strain energy, approaches based on restoring force allow quantitative molecular understanding of phenomena as diverse as translation of microscopic objects b... |
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"abstract": "Modern switches for pulse-power technology have special requirements such as long lifetime, reliability in a wide pressure and voltage range, as well as small delay time. In order to meet these requirements, two trigger methods were developed and examined. These two different trigger methods based on a... | {
"abstract": "The intention of this paper is to give an overview of recent experiments explaining the development and transition of the discharge phases in a pseudospark. The reported experiments include single gap pseudospark discharges in ultra-high-vacuum systems with hydrogen as working gas, as well as multigap ... | {
"abstract": "Currents preceding breakdown have been measured between closely spaced tungsten electrodes in high vacuum. It is found that field emission currents sufficient to evaporate anode metal flow before breakdown. These currents follow the Fowler‐Nordheim equation when field magnification due to surface irreg... |
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"abstract": "In IaaS Cloud Computing platforms, elasticity offers to users the possibility to adjust the number of resources tithe current workload, taking into account peak (high activity) and trough (low activity) periods by powering down/up someresources. This elasticity principally consists in dynamically start... | {
"abstract": "In the span of only a few years, the Internet has experienced an astronomical increase in the use of specialized content delivery systems, such as content delivery networks and peer-to-peer file sharing systems. Therefore, an understanding of content delivery on the lnternet now requires a detailed und... | {
"abstract": "Recent growth in algorithmic trading has caused a demand for lowering the latency of systems for electronic trading. FPGA cards are widely used to reduce latency and accelerate market data processing. To create a low latency trading system, it is crucial to effectively build a representation of the mar... |
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"abstract": "We have designed a new class of molecules, which we term aptamer beacons, for detecting a wide range of ligands. Similar to molecular beacons, aptamer beacons can adopt two or more conformations, one of which allows ligand binding. A fluorescence-quenching pair is used to report changes in conformation... | {
"abstract": "Single-stranded DNA molecules containing a 15-nucleotide consensus sequence have been reported to inhibit thrombin activity. The mechanism of the inhibition was studied using a consensus 15-mer oligonucleotide and two recombinant mutant thrombins: the anion-binding exosite mutant thrombin R70E, and thr... | {
"abstract": "Results from many‐body perturbation theory (MBPT) and coupled‐cluster (CC) calculations relative to a single reference function are compared with recent full CI results for Ne, F, F−, HF, H2O, and NH2. MBPT results include second through fourth order, while CC results are reported for the CCSD, CCSD+T(... |
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"abstract": "An experiment for the advanced undergraduate laboratory which allows students to study the effect of photon polarisation in Compton scattering and to explore quantum entanglement is described. The quantum entangled photons are produced through electron–positron annihilation in the S-state, and their po... | {
"abstract": "A measurement has been made of the relative linear polarization of the two photons produced from s-state positron-electron annihilation. This is an example of a quantum system consisting of the widely separated components, which were previously closely spatially linked with one another. Compton polarim... | {
"abstract": "A quantum mechanical model for parametric interactions is used to evaluate the effect of the measuring (amplifying) process on the statistical properties of radiation. Parametric amplification is shown to be ideal in the sense that it allows a simultaneous determination of the phase and number of quant... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Optimal dynamic programming solutions for cash-balancing problems are compared with suboptimal linear decision rule solutions. It can be shown that cost deviations are not larger than 10% for small set-up costs. The comparison is extended to the pure inventory case for which similar results ar... | {
"abstract": "SUMMARY SUMMARY The paper discusses planning problems which arise when different products are manufactured on several assembly lines and production has to be co-ordinated with other manufacturing centres. In a limited labour market flexible production capacity requires the transfer and retraining of ex... | {
"abstract": "The study concentrates on the benefits of passive commodity investments in the context of the phenomenon of financialization. The research investigates the implications of increase in the correlation coefficients between equity and commodity investments for investors in financial markets. The paper is ... |
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"abstract": "This article focused on a deeper analysis of pre-service teachers' observations of video lessons based on the authentic classrooms across three stages in eight sessions in order to reveal their changes in the abilities to understand pedagogical content knowledge and the effects of specific observation ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the potential value of online video case discussions among preservice and inservice teachers, and the video case teacher as a tool for the professional development of teachers. Participants included a total of 26 preservice and inservice mathematics tea... | {
"abstract": "For more than a decade there have been calls to change professional development and teacher education. A central task and challenge for teacher educators is to design learning experiences that offer the greatest potential for improving teacher practice. Recently, videos of classrooms have emerged as to... |
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"abstract": "Bee venom acupuncture (BVA) is an effective treatment for chronic low back pain (CLBP) through the pharmacological effects of bee venom and the simultaneous stimulation of acupoints. However, evidence of its efficacy and safety in humans remains unclear. Using a double-blind, randomized study, 54 patie... | {
"abstract": "The objective of the study was to investigate how patients with sciatica due to disc herniation rate the bothersomeness of paresthesia and weakness as compared to leg pain, and how these symptoms are associated with socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. A cross-sectional study was conducted o... | {
"abstract": "Background: Problem-based learning (PBL) approach for medical education has been in use in Western countries for more than 30 years, but its use in Asian countries is quite recent. Because of cultural differences, the perception of a good tutor from the perspectives of students may be different. Descri... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundPreviously, we suggested prototypal models that describe some clinical states based on group postulates. Here, we demonstrate a group/category theory-like model for molecular/genetic biology as an alternative application of our previous model. Specifically, we focus on deoxyribonucleic acid (... | {
"abstract": "The present article is the first of a series whose goal is to define a logical formalism in which it is possible to reason about genetics. In this paper, we introduce the main concepts of our language whose domain of discourse consists of a class of limit-sketches and their associated models. While our... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Intraperitoneally administered adenine-4,6- 14 C is rapidly and extensively incorporated into nucleotides and nucleic acid by C57 mice. The incorporation rate of adenine into the nucleic acid indicates a pathway involving little or no dilution, therefore not through the general 5-adenylic acid... |
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"abstract": "Abstract\nFluid management is a crucial issue in intensive-care medicine. This study evaluated the feasibility and reproducibility of bioimpedance spectroscopy to measure body-water composition in critically ill patients, and compared fluid balance and daily changes in total body water (TBW) measured b... | {
"abstract": "Technical systems for an accurate and practicable fluid management of dialysis patients are urgently needed, since current clinical methods are partially subjective, imprecise, and time consuming. Such new systems should not only allow the determination of the target normohydration weight, but also mus... | {
"abstract": "In a previous study, we successfully prepared fluorinated porcine hydroxyapatite (FPHA) by immersing porcine hydroxyapatite (PHA) in an aqueous solution of 0.25 M sodium fluoride (NaF) under thermal treatment, and the resulting FPHA showed better physicochemical and biological properties than PHA. The ... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) has been demonstrated in periodontal diseases. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which the UPR is induced in periodontitis remain unclear. In this study, the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the induction of the UPR... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nPeriodontal ligament progenitor cells (PDLPs) and PDL stem cells (PDLSCs) are progenitor and stem cells that were isolated from PDL tissues using the outgrowth and single cell isolation methods respectively. The differences between PDLPs and PDLSCs characteristics could be observed from pre... | {
"abstract": "Introduction It has been hypothesized that mental disorders including depression and anxiety can affect immune responses. The study was done to evaluate the relation between depression and anxiety and expression levels of CD36, CD68, and CD9 on peripheral blood monocytes of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) pa... |
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"abstract": "Based on the arbiter template developed in [1], we presented an efficient, modular, and scalable decentralized parallel design of a new multi-facet arbiter. Moreover, with this modular and reusable hardware design, we have implemented a parametric arbiter generator that automatically generates various ... | {
"abstract": "Arbiters are found where shared resources exist such as busses, switching fabrics, processing elements. Round-robin is a fair arbitration method, where requestors get near-equal shares of a common resource or service. Round-robin arbitration (RRA) finds use in network switches/routers and processor boa... | {
"abstract": "We investigated the color and temperature of three volcanic crater lakes that co-exist at Kelimutu volcano (Indonesia) using ~ 30 years of Landsat data. These satellite data were obtained through Google Earth Engine. Time series of surface reflectance (visible wavelengths) and brightness temperature ab... |
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"abstract": "Some models describing unconventional fractional quantum Hall states predict quasiparticles that obey non-Abelian quantum statistics. The most prominent example is the Moore-Read model for the $\\ensuremath{\\nu}=5∕2$ state, in which the ground state is a superconductor of composite fermions, the charg... | {
"abstract": "It is demonstrated that the orbital angular momentum l/sub z/ of a particle of charge q orbiting around a tube with magnetic flux Phi is quantized in units l/sub z/ = (integer)-qPhi/2..pi... A very simple physical argument for this is presented, and applied to understand the Dirac quantization conditio... | {
"abstract": "While restoration methods have been extensively studied in ultrasound (US) imaging, only few recent works have focused on modeling and understanding the blur from a physical point of view even in simple configurations, such as lossless homogeneous media. Despite a highly nonstationary blur due to diffr... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundAfter hepatectomy, over- and under-resuscitations induce cardiopulmonary complications and acute kidney injury, respectively, leading to significant perioperative morbidity and mortality. Unlike serum chemistries or urine output, serum brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels have been shown to... | {
"abstract": "Kolorektal cerrahi ile başlayan ERAS uygulamalarında modern hasta bakımı yaklaşımı ile sağlanan ümit verici gelişmeler laparoskopiden, bariatrik cerrahiye, hepatikopankreatik cerrahi girişimlerden meme rekonstrüksiyonuna uzanmıştır. ERAS uygulamaları geleneksel yaklaşımın kanıta dayalı değerlendirmeler... | {
"abstract": "This 70-year-old woman suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm encased in a meningioma in the tuberculum sellae. Although preoperative magnetic resonance imaging disclosed that the aneurysmal complex was completely enclosed in the tumor, angiograp... |
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"abstract": "The choice of hydraulic turbine manufacturer and their performance assessment are becoming major challenges. Evaluating product criterion and selecting optimum manufacturer are complicated tasks due to the fact that various criteria or objectives must be considered in the decision making process having... | {
"abstract": "Internet evolution has affected all industrial and commercial activity and accelerated e-learning growth. Due to cost, time, or flexibility for designer courses and learners, e-learning has been adopted by corporations as an alternative training method. E-learning effectiveness evaluation is vital, and... | {
"abstract": "Solid waste is inevitable because by nature every human activity generates a certain amount of solid waste. The rate of solid waste generated tends to increase with the increase in population. Despite existence of various efforts on solid waste collection, still the quantity of solid waste collected is... |
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"abstract": "Our group recently cloned the cDNA-encoding bomapin, a member of the serine protease inhibitor (serpin) superfamily, from a human bone marrow cDNA library (J Biol Chem 270:2675, 1995). To understand its expression within the hematopoietic compartment, RNA extracted from bone marrow or peripheral blood ... | {
"abstract": "Protease inhibitor 10 (PI-10), an intracellular ovalbumin-serpin, contains a series of basic amino acids in the loop between helices C and D that exhibit homology to known nuclear targeting signals. Transfection of HeLa cells with plasmids encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) coupled to P... | {
"abstract": "Insulin resistance or diabetes is associated with limited exercise capacity, which can be caused by the abnormal energy metabolism in skeletal muscle. Oxidative stress is involved in mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetes. We hypothesized that increased oxidative stress could cause mitochondrial dysfunc... |
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"abstract": "PURPOSE\nTo evaluate whether contrast agents for molecular magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can demonstrate the in vivo activity of myeloperoxidase, an enzyme that is secreted by stimulated polymorphonuclear leukocytes, monocytes, and macrophages during inflammation.\n\n\nMATERIALS AND METHODS\nAnimal e... | {
"abstract": "Oxidatively modified lipoproteins have been implicated in atherogenesis, but the mechanisms that promote oxidation in vivo have not been identified. Myeloperoxidase, a heme protein secreted by activated macrophages, generates reactive intermediates that oxidize lipoproteins in vitro. To explore the pot... | {
"abstract": "Co-liquefaction of spent coffee grounds (SCG) with paper filter (PF), corn stalk (CS) and white pine bark (WPB) respectively, was examined in subcritical water for bio-crude oil production. The optimum reaction temperature was 250°C, and the mixing biomass ratio was 1:1. SCG and CS was identified to be... |
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"abstract": "Accurate assessment of nutrition information is an important part in the prevention and treatment of a multitude of diseases, but remains a challenging task. We present a novel mobile augmented reality application, which assists users in the nutrition assessment of their meals. Using the realtime camer... | {
"abstract": "Self-reporting (e.g. electronic or paper-and-pencil food diary, 24h dietary recall, FFQ) is the most common method of dietary assessment(1–5). Although this approach is used widely in large cohort studies, its accuracy is limited by its dependence on the willingness of the participant to report and his... | {
"abstract": "Stochastic game theoretic framework has been used in many fields of networks with interactive behaviors. However, further use of this framework is limited due to the following reasons. Firstly, it is difficult to build comprehensive and rigorous models for complex network structures by the state-based ... |
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"abstract": "Plasmodium falciparum 70 kDa heat shock proteins (PfHsp70s) are expressed at all stages of the pathogenic erythrocytic phase of the malaria parasite life cycle. There are six PfHsp70s, all of which have orthologues in other plasmodial species, except for PfHsp70-x which is unique to P. falciparum. This... | {
"abstract": "Malaria is caused by five different Plasmodium spp. in humans each of which modifies the host erythrocyte to survive and replicate. The two main causes of malaria, P. falciparum and P. vivax, differ in their ability to cause severe disease, mainly due to differences in the cytoadhesion of infected eryt... | {
"abstract": "Gains in life expectancy around the world have increasingly placed pressure on governments to ensure that the elderly receive assistance with activities of daily living. This research examines the impact of government oversight of Medicaid payment policies on access to nursing home care services in the... |
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"abstract": "As part of an open clinical trial currently underway at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, the feasibility of behavioral family management (Falloon et al. 1984) for schizophrenia in combination with two different neuroleptic medication strategies was investigated. The treatment approache... | {
"abstract": "Although family intervention programmes to instruct relatives in management and coping skills are often effective in reducing schizophrenic relapse, many families either fail to be engaged or withdraw from treatment at an early stage. Some possible reasons for this are described and some suggestions fo... | {
"abstract": "Food poisoning during Hajj season is one of the main hazardous issues where most of the health services in Saudi Arabia are targeting to minimize every year during Hajj seasons. Ordinarily, food handlers are subjected to medical examination before assignment to work. However, they are mostly lacking pr... |
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"abstract": "The FA composition of Fasciola hepatica 12 kDA purified native FA-binding protein (nFh12), a candidate vaccine against fascioliasis, is described. The FA chain lengths ranged between 12 and 24 carbons. The principal FA were 16∶0 18∶1n−9, 18∶0, 20∶4n−6, and 20∶1n−9. The acids 16∶0, 18∶1n−9, and 18∶0 com... | {
"abstract": "A stage-specific expressed gene has been isolated from a cDNA expression library of Echinococcus granulosus protoscolices. The isolated clone contains the complete coding sequence. The corresponding protein (EgDf1) has a molecular weight of 15.5 kDa and is expressed at the tegumental level in the proto... | {
"abstract": "A 12 Kd antigen was isolated from Fasciola hepatica adult worm extracts by gel filtration in Sephadex G-50 and ion exchange chromatography using DEAE Sephadex A-120. Mice immunized with this Fasciola-derived 12 Kd antigen developed antibodies to Schistosoma mansoni adult worm extracts, demonstrating it... |
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"abstract": "This paper presents a unifying view of messagepassing algorithms, as methods to approximate a complex Bayesian network by a simpler network with minimum information divergence. In this view, the difference between mean-field methods and belief propagation is not the amount of structure they model, but ... | {
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"abstract": "Introduction This research project deals with a robot (MecWilly) designed to help preschool children (4-6 years) in their learning of a second language (English). The main innovation is the experimental setting chosen in order to obtain an improvement in the children's English language skills. In previ... |
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"abstract": "An interactive spreadsheet model has been created for quantitative predictions of propanil sorption and reaction in a slurried Manitoba clay soil. Based on experimental values for the numbers of empty and filled sorption sites as reactants and products, the reaction mechanism has been described with co... | {
"abstract": "Microbial inhibitors such as mercuric chloride are frequently used to sterilize soil or soil–water slurries in experimental studies on the fate of xenobiotics in the environment. This study examined the influence of mercuric chloride additions to soil–water slurries on the sorptive behaviour of a pheno... | {
"abstract": "Most studies on soil N2O emissions have focused either on the quantifying of agricultural N2O fluxes or on the effect of environmental factors on N2O emissions. However, very limited information is available on how land-use will affect N2O production, and nitrifiers involved in N2O emissions in agricul... |
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"abstract": "Introduction: Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) represents a significant burden on patients and healthcare systems. Despite the introduction of serotonin antagonists, many patients still experience CINV, particularly delayed symptoms occurring more than 24 hours after chemotherapy. Aprepi... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe neurokinin-1-receptor antagonist aprepitant, when given in combination with a corticosteroid and a 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5-HT(3))-receptor antagonist, has been shown to be effective for the prevention of acute and delated chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV).\n\n\nOBJEC... | {
"abstract": "To assess the morphologic correlate of the presence and absence of pathologic Q waves in the electrocardiogram, 30 patients with and 17 patients without pathologic Q waves and chronic myocardial infarction (infarct age > 4 months) and 15 patients without previous myocardial infarction but significant c... |
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"abstract": "identifying the writer of a handwritten document has been an active research area over the last few years with applications in biometrics, forensics, smart meeting rooms and historical document analysis. In this paper, we present a new writer identification system based on a retrieval mechanism. Textur... | {
"abstract": "The aim of writer identification is determining the writer of a piece of handwriting from a set of writers. In this paper we present a system for writer identification in old handwritten music scores. Even though an important amount of compositions contains handwritten text in the music scores, the aim... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a symbol spotting approach for indexing by content a database of line-drawing images. As line-drawings are digital-born documents designed by vectorial softwares, instead of using a pixel-based approach, we present a spotting method based on vector primitives. Graphical symbols are ... |
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"abstract": "We report a combined theoretical and experimental study of the spectral and polarization dependence of near-resonant radiation coherently backscattered from an ultracold gas of {sup 85}Rb atoms. Measurements in a {+-}6 MHz range about the 5s {sup 2}S{sub 12}{yields}5p {sup 2}P{sub 32}, F=3{yields}F{sup... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Theoretical prediction of antilocalization of light in ultracold atomic gas samples, in the weak localization regime, is reported. Calculations and Monte-Carlo simulations show that, for selected spectral ranges in the vicinity of atomic 85 Rb hyperfine transitions, quantum coherence in optica... | {
"abstract": "Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from ... |
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"abstract": "Glutamate is the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. The receptors that bind glutamate, including N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptor subtypes, are strongly implicated in higher cognitive processes,... | {
"abstract": "Kynurenic acid (KYNA) is an endogenous tryptophan (Trp) metabolite known to possess neuroprotective property. KYNA plays critical roles in nociception, neurodegeneration, and neuroinflammation. A lower level of KYNA is observed in patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkins... | {
"abstract": "L-Kynurenine (KYN), an intermediary product in the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism, is the common precursor from which are formed both quinolinic acid, a potent endogenous “excitotoxin,” and kynurenic acid, a nonselective antagonist of excitotoxins. The present work examines 3H-KYN transpor... |
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"abstract": "The present paper deals with dynamics modeling and controller designing for a large flexible spacecraft, such as Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) with several flexible appendages and a liquid fuel tank. Hybrid coordinate is used to describe the configuration of the large flexible liquid-filled ... | {
"abstract": "∞ and μ μ μ μ-analysis techniques for the design and analysis of flexible satellite control laws. TAS-F telecommunication satellites present flexibilities due to flexible appendages (solar arrays, antennas), that can be very large with respect to t he main body, and fuel sloshing in tanks. The correspo... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The problem of forced fluid vibrations in a partially filled spinning spherical tank is solved numerically by using the finite element method. The governing equations include Coriolis acceleration and spatially homogeneous vorticity. An exponential instability is detected in the present simula... |
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"abstract": "Abstract. Aerosol particle size distributions were measured below and above a tropical rainforest canopy in Borneo, Malaysia, in June/July 2008 using the WIBS-3: a single particle dual channel fluorescence spectrometer. Material in the size range 0.8–20 μm was characterized according to optical equival... | {
"abstract": "Abstract. In April–July 2008, intensive measurements were made of atmospheric composition and chemistry in Sabah, Malaysia, as part of the \"Oxidant and particle photochemical processes above a South-East Asian tropical rainforest\" (OP3) project. Fluxes and concentrations of trace gases and particles ... | {
"abstract": "Recently seismic reflection methods have been successfully applied to oceanographic issues. Here, we present a new approach, combining XBT and CTD surveys with seismic observations, to visualize long sections with a resolution down to a few meters. The challenge to a full investigation of mixing proces... |
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"abstract": "Complex Event Processing (CEP) systems aim at processing large flows of events to discover situations of interest. In CEP, the processing takes place according to user-defined rules, which specify the (causal) relations between the observed events and the phenomena to be detected. We claim that the com... | {
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"abstract": "A methodology based on GFS and OVO in the framework of IDS is proposed.Linguistic labels enable smoother borderline, and allows higher interpretability.Divide-and-conquer learning scheme, improves precision for rare attack events.Several metrics of performance show the goodness of this approach on KDDC... |
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"abstract": "The Use of Match Statistics that Discriminate Between Successful and Unsuccessful Soccer Teams Three soccer World Cups were analysed with the aim of identifying the match statistics which best discriminated between winning, drawing and losing teams. The analysis was based on 177 matches played during t... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In research on the importance of the possession of the ball in soccer, little attention has been paid to its determinants. Using data from 170 matches of the 2003 – 2004 Spanish Soccer League, we explain why differences in the possession of the ball among teams are so great. In particular, fou... | {
"abstract": "Previous work suggests that most clinically significant language difficulties in children do not result from acquired brain lesions or adverse environmental experiences but from genetic factors that presumably influence early brain development. We conducted the first twin study of language delay to eva... |
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"abstract": "The enzymatic hydrolysate of sweetpotato vines (SVH) characterized as an effective nutrients supplier with low nitrogen availability was firstly used as a substrate by Trichosporon fermentans for single cell oils (SCOs) production. Batch-fermentation experiments on various SVH based media suggested tha... | {
"abstract": "The aim of the present work is the modification of the standard indophenol blue method in order to be feasible the determination of ammonium in geothermal water samples with high mineral content. Several pretreatment techniques were studied and evaluated in order to neutralise the pH of all solutions (... | {
"abstract": "Abstract A colorimetric micromethod, based on the formation of FFA-Cu soaps, was developed for determining free fatty acids (FFA) in 50 μl of plasma. FFA was extracted with chloroform-heptane-methanol. Silicic acid was used to eliminate interference by the phospholipids. Diphenylcarbazide was chosen fo... |
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"abstract": "Aptamers are single-chained RNA or DNA oligonucleotides (ODNs) with three-dimensional folding structures which allow them to bind to their targets with high specificity. Aptamers normally show affinities comparable to or higher than that of antibodies. They are chemically synthesized and therefore less... | {
"abstract": "Aptamers are nucleic acids referred to as chemical antibodies as they bind to their specific targets with high affinity and selectivity. They are selected via an iterative process known as ‘selective evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment’ (SELEX). Aptamers have been developed against numerous ... | {
"abstract": "The research presented in this report provides new information about how and why people participate in arts and culture that has important implications for how arts and culture providers and supporters, and people engaged in community building attempt to reach and involve their publics. The findings ar... |
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"abstract": "Previously introduced for highly deuterated proteins, band-selective magnetization transfer between CO and CA spins by dipolar-based homonuclear cross polarization is applied here to a protonated protein. Robust and efficient recoupling is achieved when the sum of effective radio-frequency fields on CO... | {
"abstract": "The accuracy with which distances can be measured using dipolar recoupling experiments in solid-state NMR is investigated. The relative precision of experiments in a three spin system versus an isolated spin pair is found to depend very strongly on the nature of the coupling Hamiltonian. The accuracy o... | {
"abstract": "Abstract A new rf pulse sequence is described for the decoupling of homonuclear dipolar interactions in solid state NMR. It involves alternate 2π rotations of opposite signs about the magic-angle axis in spin space, by π rf phase shifts synchronous with rapid switching of the rf carrier frequency betwe... |
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"abstract": "The purpose of this study was to develop a dual-modality PET/MRI with insertable PET for simultaneous imaging of human brain. The PET insert consisted of 18 detector blocks arranged in a ring of 390 mm diameter with 60 mm axial FOV. Each detector block was composed of 4 × 4 matrix of detector modules, ... | {
"abstract": "A Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (GAPD) is actively studied silicon-based photo-detector that is a promising photo-sensor for PET because of various advantages, such as gain, compact size, fast response and magnetic field insensitivity. Previously, we have developed a brain PET employing GAPD-based P... | {
"abstract": "Molecular imaging is an important technology to clarify biological and medical uncertainties in the 21th century. This is best realized via in vivo imaging of biological processes in small animals. Thus, a special high resolution imager dedicated for small animals is required. We recently installed a h... |
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"abstract": "Purpose of review This article reviews the recent seminal studies in esophagogastric cancer. Recent findings Regular low aspirin use may reduce the risk of esophagogastric cancer. Laparoscopic resection of locally advanced gastric cancer appears equivalent to open resection. There is no survival benefi... | {
"abstract": "Carcinoma of the stomach is a global disease with the highest incidence in Asia, South America and Eastern Europe. The disease is least common in USA and Western Europe [1]. The disease is common among smokers. Other risk factors are H. pylori infection, atrophic gastritis, Menetrier’s disease and prev... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThis study explored the hypothesis that consumption of fruit and salad in a cafeteria setting would increase if the variety of offerings was increased and their price reduced.\n\n\nMETHOD\nFood purchases in a cafeteria setting were observed during 3 weeks of baseline observation, 3 weeks of... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nTraditional biomarkers for heavy alcohol use include serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT), the enzymes aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) as well as gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT). Measurement of the nonoxidative ethanol metabolite, ethyl glucur... | {
"abstract": "Alcohol is the most popular legal drug used in our society today, and its consumption by pregnant women remains an important public health problem. Gestational alcohol consumption can result in a continuum of adverse fetal outcomes known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Effective strategies a... | {
"abstract": "The serum concentration of bilirubin and the activities of aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT, GOT), alanine aminotransferase (ALAT, GPT), gamma-glutamyltransferase (GT), total amylase and pancreatic isoamylase have been determined in serum of 182 male chronic alcoholics. Twelve per cent had abnormally h... |
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"abstract": "Leukocyte function and other hematological measurements were tested in 14 smoking and 13 nonsmoking young men free of intercurrent or chronic diseases. Leukocyte chemotaxis was depressed in smoking subjects when compared to the same subjects abstaining from cigarettes or to the nonsmokers. Smoking did ... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo determine seroprotective antibody response after hepatitis B vaccination during pregnancy and to assess factors influencing the rate of maternal seroprotection.\n\n\nMETHODS\nRecords of 80 healthy gravidas who elected hepatitis B vaccination during pregnancy, after being identified as hep... | {
"abstract": "Purpose Although residents trust interns to provide patient care, little is known about how trust forms. Method Using a multi-institutional mixed-methods study design, the authors interviewed (March–September 2014) internal medicine (IM) residents in their second or third postgraduate year at a single ... |
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"abstract": "Effective evaluation and prediction of photovoltaic performance loss due to soiling requires consistent test methods. Natural grime accumulation is time-consuming and location-specific, and thus does not provide reproducible results across different geographic regions. Therefore, we have demonstrated a... | {
"abstract": "Photovoltaic (PV) applications, gaining worldwide interest during the last years, comprise a promising renewable energy based solution, able to considerably contribute to the constantly increasing energy demand of our planet. Currently, residential applications possess a considerable share of the globa... | {
"abstract": "In this study, two stable, rough, streptomycin-sensitive Salmonella mutants with different types of genetic defects were used to colonize groups of germ-free (GF) piglets. The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Salmonella typhimurium SF 1591 was of the Ra chemotype (complete core), whereas the LPS of the S. m... |
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"abstract": "Reinforcement learning has shown great potential in generalizing over raw sensory data using only a single neural network for value optimization. There are several challenges in the current state-of-the-art reinforcement learning algorithms that prevent them from converging towards the global optima. I... | {
"abstract": "Consider mutli-goal tasks that involve static environments and dynamic goals. Examples of such tasks, such as goal-directed navigation and pick-and-place in robotics, abound. Two types of Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms are used for such tasks: model-free or model-based. Each of these approaches... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Quantitative analysis has tremendous but mostly unrealized potential in healthcare to support objective and accurate interpretation of the clinical imaging. In 2008, the National Cancer Institute began building the Quantitative Imaging Network (QIN) initiative with the goal of advancing quanti... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Officially sanctioned workplace learning is on the increase. In the workplace, and particularly in emergency response contexts, success with workplace learning is an unquestioned goal. In order to achieve this goal, many workplaces follow the general model of partnering trainees with more expe... | {
"abstract": "This compilation thesis concerns how an educator task in Swedish police education context can be understood as individual and collective meaning making and professional development. The main actors ...",
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"title": "Poliser som utbildar poliser : Reflexivitet, meningsskapande ... | {
"abstract": "This paper explores the impact of placing Community Mental Health Nurses (CMHNs) at two primary care practices in South Staffordshire. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire which was sent to primary care personnel at these practices, to ascertain their opinions with respect to the contributio... |
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"abstract": "We review some recent progress in improving the speed of electron microscope tomography through highly parallel algorithms implemented on parallel computers, clusters and graphics processor boards in desktop computers.",
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"title": "Parallel Processing and Large-Field Electron Mi... | {
"abstract": "Tomographic reconstruction from large format electron microscope requires special procedures to handle geometric distortions arising from electron optics as opposed to light-ray optics. In particular, electrons travel in curvilinear paths through the sample and defocus and other aberrations can be more... | {
"abstract": "Motor actions of myosin were directly visualized by electron tomography of insect flight muscle quick-frozen during contraction. In 3D images, active cross-bridges are usually single myosin heads, bound preferentially to actin target zones sited midway between troponins. Active attached bridges (approx... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Most of the yeast bypasses the developmental stage from simple unicellular yeast to elongated structure like hyphae. Regulation of this transition is governed by various quorum sensing and signalling molecules produced under different conditions of growth, that differ significantly, both physi... | {
"abstract": "In this study we report the potential of alcohols as morphogenetic regulators in Candida albicans. All the alcohols tested influenced various modes of growth like planktonic as well as biofilm forms. Viability was affected at high concentrations. Among the alcohols, the response of C. albicans to amyl ... | {
"abstract": "In previous studies, we noted that Candida hyphae and pseudohyphae could be damaged and probably killed by neutrophils, primarily by oxygen-dependent nonphagocytic mechanisms. In extending these studies, amount of damage to hyphae again was measured by inhibition of [(14)C]cytosine uptake. Neutrophils ... |
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"abstract": "The view of RNA as simple information transfer molecule has been continuously challenged since the discov- ery of ribozymes, a class of RNA molecules with enzyme-like function. Moreover, the recent discovery of tiny RNA molecules such asRNAs and small interfering RNA, is transforming our thinking about... | {
"abstract": "The Antwerp database on small ribosomal subunit RNA now offers more than 6000 nucleotide sequences (August 1996). All these sequences are stored in the form of an alignment based on the adopted secondary structure model, which is corroborated by the observation of compensating substitutions in the alig... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Understanding human and climate-induced vegetation changes could benefit regional ecological management. In this paper, a framework was established to quantify the relative contribution rates of human and climate factors to vegetation changes in Chongqing, China, from 2000 to 2015. MODIS NDVI ... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Spores of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Glomus geosporum and Glomus constrictum were harvested from single-spore-derived pot cultures with either Plantago lanceolata or Hieracium pilosella as host plants. PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis revealed that the bacterial... | {
"abstract": "This review analyses the phenomenon of bacterial mycophagy, which we define as a set of phenotypic behaviours that enable bacteria to obtain nutrients from living fungi and thus allow the conversion of fungal into bacterial biomass. We recognize three types of bacterial strategies to derive nutrition f... | {
"abstract": "We measured the affinities of bromocriptine, pramipexole, pergolide and ropinirole at human recombinant dopamine D1, D2 and D3 receptors in binding and functional tests. All four compounds bound with high affinity at the dopamine D3 receptor; bromocriptine and pergolide also had high affinity for the d... |
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"abstract": "Both rheumatoid arthritis and animal models of autoimmune arthritis are characterized by hyperactivation of synovial cells and hyperplasia of the synovial membrane. The activated synovial cells produce inflammatory cytokines and degradative enzymes that lead to destruction of cartilage and bones. Effec... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nAn ideal gene transfer vector for chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) would provide local transgene expression only when the disease is active. To determine whether adeno-associated virus (AAV) possesses this ability, the effects of inflammatory cytokines on trans... | {
"abstract": "The results presented here provide evidence that the presence of Fas protein in target cells is essential to permit cytotoxicity (resulting in apoptosis) mediated by cloned CD4+ Th1 cells. Using mitogen-activated B cells as targets, antigen-dependent lysis by CD4+ Th1 effectors was observed with MRL/Mp... |
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"abstract": "Purpose: Tendon injury is an increasing problem in orthopedic and trauma surgery due to aging of the population and increased activity demands. Many rodent animal models are used in order to evaluate tendon reconstruction. Although tendon reruptures are a well-known clinical problem, the outcomes of te... | {
"abstract": "Tendon injury is common and debilitating, and it is associated with long-term pain and ineffective healing. It is estimated to afflict 25% of the adult population and is often a career-ending disease in athletes and racehorses. Tendon injury is associated with high morbidity, pain, and long-term suffer... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nBlood platelets release a cocktail of growth factors when activated, some of which are thought to initiate and stimulate repair.\n\n\nEXPERIMENT AND FINDINGS\nWe studied whether a platelet concentrate injection would improve Achilles tendon repair in an established rat model. The Achilles t... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nRelatively few transplant recipients participate in regular physical activity. There is a paucity of information regarding barriers and facilitators to physical activity in kidney transplant recipients.\n\n\nOBJECTIVE\nTo investigate factors that transplant recipients perceive as barriers a... | {
"abstract": "Aims: The aim of the present study was to examine the association of leisure time, occupational and household physical activity, as well as a combination of these (total activity), with four major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Methods: Cross-sectional data from the Work, Lipids and Fibrinoge... | {
"abstract": "The efficacy of clodronate to reduce bone loss around uncemented stems after total hip arthroplasty (THA) was evaluated. Ninety-one patients operated with uncemented THA were randomized to receive either intramuscular clodronate at a dose of 100 mg weekly for 12 months or no treatment. Periprosthetic a... |
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"abstract": "PID is most widely used in industrial process control. Voltage Differencing Transconductance Amplifier (VDTA) which is recently more popular in analog signal processing applications is discussed and integrated a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller. The proposed controller needs minimum nu... | {
"abstract": "A method to generate stable transconductance (g/sub m/) without using precise external components is presented. The off-chip resistor in a conventional constant-g/sub m/ bias circuit is replaced with a variable on-chip resistor. A MOSFET biased in triode region is used as a variable resistor. The resis... | {
"abstract": "People spend a lot of time commuting and often find it a burden. According to economics, the burden of commuting is chosen when compensated either on the labor or on the housing market so that individuals’ utility is equalized. However, in a direct test of this strong notion of equilibrium, we find tha... |
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"abstract": "This research addresses the implementation of encryption and digital signature technique for electronic health record to prevent cybercrime problem such as robbery, modification and unauthorized access. In this research, RSA 2048-bit algorithm, AES 256-bit and SHA 256 will be implemented in Java progra... | {
"abstract": "The theme of this research is to provide security for the messages of an Android phone that contains alphabets, numerals and special characters. This research overrules the functioning of Application Lock and secures the messages by encrypting through 3D-Playfair Cipher(4 × 4 × 4). 3D-Playfair works on... | {
"abstract": "This paper reports on the evaluation of wireless Internet news sites using the WebQual/m instrument. From initial application in the domain of traditional Internet Web sites, the instrument has been adapted for sites delivered using the wireless application protocol (WAP). The WebQual approach is to as... |
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"abstract": "Mountain chickadees and juniper titmice from northern Utah were examined to determine metabolic and body‐composition characteristics associated with seasonal acclimatization. These species use behavioral adaptations and nocturnal hypothermia, which reduce energetic costs. These adjustments could reduce... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Researchers commonly compute percentages or size-specific indices in an attempt to remove effects of body size from physiological data. Unfortunately, such ratios seldom eliminate the influence of body size on a physiological response and the ratios introduce major (but often unrecognized) pro... | {
"abstract": "Adam Smith's proposal for paying professors was intended to induce increased faculty knowledge. If students have imperfect information about what they learn, and universities can only imperfectly measure the input of faculty time in student learning, publications may be used to measure faculty knowledg... |
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"abstract": "Geo polymer materials are inorganic polymers synthesized by reaction of a strongly alkaline silicate solution and an alumino silicate source. Geo polymer is used as binder to completely replace the ordinary Portland cement in producing Geo polymer concrete(GPC). They possess the advantages of rapid str... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In recent years, attempts to increase the utilisation of fly ash to partially replace the use of Portland cement in concrete are gathering momentum. Geopolymer concrete is a ‘new’ material that does not need the presence of Portland cement as a binder. Instead, activating the source materials ... | {
"abstract": "Investigations of tricalcium silicate (C3S) suspensions using different techniques have shown the initial hydration kinetics of C3S are strongly dependent on the water/C3S ratio. In order to provide new experimental data on the hydration, we have adapted a Tian-Calvet heat flow isothermal microcalorime... |
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"abstract": "PURPOSE\nPatients with good risk nonseminomatous germ cell tumors received induction chemotherapy with 4 cycles of etoposide and cisplatin (EPx4) or 3 cycles of bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin (BEPx3). We report the histological results at post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection afte... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nThe biological potential of teratoma remains unpredictable, therefore identifying its presence in the retroperitoneum remains important. We evaluated patients undergoing post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for nonseminomatous germ cell tumors to determine predictors of tera... | {
"abstract": "Residual masses are a common finding after chemotherapy for retroperitoneal and other metastases from nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of the testis. These may contain mature teratoma, fibrotic tissue, or tumor. Mature teratoma, which is unresponsive to chemotherapy, may result from evolution of a mali... |
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"abstract": "In regulated vesicle exocytosis, SNARE protein complexes drive membrane fusion to connect the vesicle lumen with the extracellular space. The triggering of fusion pore formation by Ca(2+) is mediated by specific isoforms of synaptotagmin (Syt), which employ both SNARE complex and membrane binding. Ca(2... | {
"abstract": "Synaptotagmins (syts) are abundant, evolutionarily conserved integral membrane proteins that play essential roles in regulated exocytosis in nervous and endocrine systems. There are at least 17 syt isoforms in mammals, all with tandem C-terminal C2 domains with highly variable capacities for Ca2+ bindi... | {
"abstract": "Methods for managing large scale sequencing projects are available through the use of our GAP4 package and the applications to which it can link are described. This main assembly and editing program, also provides a graphical user interface to the assembly engines: CAP3, FAKII, and PHRAP. Because of th... |
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"abstract": "Advancement in wireless and microsystems technology have ushered in new devices that can directly interface with the central nervous system for stimulating and/or monitoring neural circuitry. In this paper, we present an ultra low-power sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC) intended for utiliza... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a second-order 3-bit incremental converter, which uses a novel Smart-DEM algorithm for mismatch compensation of multi-level DAC unity elements. The circuit, fabricated in a mixed 0.18-0.5-μm CMOS technology, achieves more than 17-bit resolution over a 5-kHz bandwidth using 256 clock... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a method for detecting anomalous power consumption patterns attacks, using a discrete wavelet transform, as well as the variance fractal dimension (VFD) and an artificial neural network (ANN) for a smart grid. The main procedure of the proposed algorithm consists of the following st... |
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"abstract": "Generative adversarial network has shown to effectively generate artificial samples indiscernible from their real counterparts with a united framework of two subnetworks competing against each other. In this letter, we first propose an automatic steganographic distortion learning framework using a gene... | {
"abstract": "Recent work has shown that deep neural networks are highly sensitive to tiny perturbations of input images, giving rise to adversarial examples. Though this property is usually considered a weakness of learned models, we explore whether it can be beneficial. We find that neural networks can learn to us... | {
"abstract": "Efforts at understanding the computational processes in the brain have met with limited success, despite their importance and potential uses in building intelligent machines. We propose a simple new model which draws on recent findings in Neuroscience and the Applied Mathematics of interacting Dynamica... |
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"abstract": "Background The effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) on cognition have gained increasing recognition as one of the major disabling symptoms of the disease. Despite the prevalence of these symptoms and their impact on quality of life, limited attention has been given to strategies that might help manage th... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nThe present study sought to predict changes in everyday functioning using cognitive tests.\n\n\nMETHODS\nData from the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly trial were used to examine the extent to which competence in different cognitive domains--memory, inductive rea... | {
"abstract": "This is the second of two papers addressing the occupational behavior and sensory integration approaches to occupational therapy for children. In the previous paper, basic concepts from these two approaches were discussed as presenting different, yet complementary, perspectives. The use of play was ide... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundThe radioscintigraphic technique has been accepted as the standard by which to measure gastric emptying but it is invasive and expensive. A 13C-acetate breath test was reported to be a noninvasive and reliable method. The aim of this study was to investigate the accuracy of a 13C-acetate brea... | {
"abstract": "Background: Laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy (LPG) is an attractive option for the treatment of early gastric cancer in the upper third of the stomach. No optimal method of reconstruction after LPG has been established because of problems associated with postoperative reflux. Gastric tube reconstructi... | {
"abstract": "SummaryThe interaction between motilin, pentagastrin and feeding was investigated during the interdigestive gastric motor state in 4 healthy conscious dogs. We confirmed previous reports that an i.v. infusion of synthetic motilin always induced a pattern precisely like that of the naturally-occurring i... |
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"abstract": "Food safety is a prerequisite for food products, since consumers trust on buying safe foods. Food producers cannot gain direct profits from controlling food safety, instead they have much to lose if their products turn out to be unsafe.Food safety management systems, such as the Hazard Analysis Critica... | {
"abstract": "Summary. The resistance of the spores of 6 species of Bacillus to 5% (w/v) of phenol at 37°, heat and gamma radiation has been determined. Two, and with heat treatment three, different shapes of log survivor time curves were observed with each lethal agent. In relation to the conditions employed in acc... | {
"abstract": "We report an outbreak of Enterobacter sakazakii infection and colonization in neonates related to an infant formula contaminated during the manufacturing process. The outbreak occurred in a 2O-bed neonatal intensive care unit during a six-week period in 1988, and involved a total of four infants. Three... |
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"abstract": "4 JOPERD • Volume 82 No. 8 • October 2011 At the 2011 Women in Sport and Events (WISE) luncheon, I looked around the room and was elated to see a sold-out crowd of almost 500 professional women in attendance. It amazed me to see women represented within all the different sectors of the industry. At the... | {
"abstract": "(2012). Celebrating 40 Years of Title IX. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance: Vol. 83, No. 8, pp. 4-56.",
"corpus_id": 159960402,
"title": "Celebrating 40 Years of Title IX"
} | {
"abstract": "This article presents the results of a student survey conducted in 2004 at Tallinn University within the framework of the project “School as a developmental environment and students’ coping.” The questionnaire was completed by 3,838 7th, 9th and 12th grade students from 65 Estonian schools. The project... |
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"abstract": "The binding of ADP and ATP to noncatalytic sites of dithiothreitol-modified chloroplast ATP synthase was studied. Selective binding of nucleotides to noncatalytic sites was provided by preliminary light incubation of thylakoid membranes with [14C]ADP followed by its dissociation from catalytic sites du... | {
"abstract": "Cyclophilin D was recently shown to mask an inhibitory site of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) for phosphate, and to constitutively bind F(0)-F(1) ATP synthase resulting in the slowing of ATP synthesis and hydrolysis rates, thus regulating matrix adenine nucleotide levels. Here we ... | {
"abstract": "We describe noncompaction-like remodeling of the anatomical right ventricle (ARV) in a middle-aged subject with modified transposition of the great arteries (TGA). A 54 year-old male had been diagnosed with modified TGA at age 40, but no surgery was performed. Enhanced multislice CT revealed the ascend... |
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