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"abstract": "Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease acquired from bovines (nvCJD) has been responsible for nearly 100 deaths in the UK and thousands more may die in the years to come. New variant CJD (nvCJD) is incurable and although clinical diagnosis is becoming more precise, the diagnosis is only certain at autopsy. Phenothi... | {
"abstract": "We prepared a new liquid preparation for eradication of Helicobacter pylori (HP), and examined drug release in vitro and in vivo. The liquid preparation mainly consisted of a sodium alginate (AG) aqueous solution containing ampicillin (ABPC), an antibiotic drug, or methylene blue, a dye. Drug release w... | {
"abstract": "We recently reported that acidic (aFGF) and basic (bFGF) fibroblast growth factors confer a broad spectrum chemoresistance in solid tumors, and that suramin, an inhibitor of multiple growth factors including aFGF and bFGF, enhanced the in vitro antitumor activity of several anticancer drugs including p... |
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"abstract": "Purpose – Scholars in the field of performance measurement tend to use the term business performance measurement (BPM) systems without explaining exactly what they mean by it. This lack of clarity creates confusion and comparability issues, and makes it difficult for researchers to build on one an each... | {
"abstract": "This paper sets out a simple framework with which to examine the performance management process. It examines the organizational context within which performance management is undertaken, and notes that it becomes most important within hierarchical organizations that allow considerable autonomy amongst ... | {
"abstract": "A discontinuity of channel severely affects a signal quality on the high speed systems. The more the routing of signal lines is complicated, the reference changing happens frequently. This reference crossing brings about the sudden change of signal line impedance and the reflection from this fact disto... |
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"abstract": "Melanotransferrin, also named p97, belongs to the transferrin-like group of iron-binding proteins. Unlike the other members of this family, p97 exists in two forms-one soluble form and one attached to the cell membrane by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor. The GPI-linked form plays a role in ... | {
"abstract": "Tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) and its substrate plasminogen (Plg) are key components in the fibrinolytic system. We have recently demonstrated, that truncated human recombinant soluble melanotransferrin (sMTf) could stimulate the activation of Plg by urokinase plasminogen activator and inhibi... | {
"abstract": "A protein domain corresponding to residues 31 to 149 of the E. coli Lysyl-tRNA synthetase species corresponding to the lysS gene was expressed and 15N-labelled. 1H and 15N NMR resonance assignments for this domain were obtained by two-dimensional and three-dimensional homonuclear and heteronuclear spec... |
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"abstract": "Abstract The English National Health Service is introducing activity based tariff systems or Payment by Results (PbR) as the basis for hospital funding. The funding arrangements provide incentives for increasing activity, particularly day surgery, and, uniquely, are based on costing data from all hospi... | {
"abstract": "Germany has recently introduced a system of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) to engender more appropriate resource allocation. The following article describes the German DRG-system and the methodologies used to determine prices. It analyses the extent to which prices, or calculated cost weights, reflect... | {
"abstract": "Physical therapy is a fast growing profession because of the aging population, medical advances, and the public's interest in health promotion. This study is part of the Medical Library Association (MLA) Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section's project to map the allied health literature. It ident... |
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"abstract": "Significance Whiskers are hairlike tactile sensors used by certain mammals and insects to monitor wind and navigate around local obstacles. Here, we demonstrate artificial electronic whiskers that can respond to pressures as low as 1 Pa with high sensitivity. The active component is based on composites... | {
"abstract": "A batch‐assembly technique for forming 3D electronics on shape memory polymer substrates is demonstrated and is used to create dense, highly sensitive, multimodal arrays of electronic whiskers. Directed air flow at temperatures above the substrate's glass transition temperature transforms planar photol... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Photovoltaic performances of the bismuth-based solar cells are profoundly affected by the thin film quality of the photoactive layer. Herein, we report on various green solvent system to obtain the highly crystalline, pinhole free and homogeneously methylammonium bismuth iodide (MBI) active la... |
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"abstract": "Many high quality landscapes can be found in the North West region of England, including those of international significance such as the Lake District National Park. These natural assets are recognised by the regional tourism strategy as particularly important, as they are a major determinant for visit... | {
"abstract": "This paper reports research into adaptation to climate change for regional tourism destinations. It explains the application of a regional tourism adaptation framework model to the Surf Coast destination, within the state of Victoria, Australia. It then examines the usefulness of the framework model in... | {
"abstract": "In a small drainage basin in the Peak District rates of soil erosion were measured between October 1966 and September 1968. The vegetated margins of ground denuded of vegetation (scars) were retreating by 9.3 mm per annum and rills and sheet wash removed annually from these scars up to 34 t ha−1 soil. ... |
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"abstract": "Phosphate was captured from aqueous solutions by cationic metal-EDA complexes anchored inside mesoporous silica MCM-41 supports (Cu(II)-EDA-SAMMS and Fe(III)-EDA-SAMMS). Fe-EDA-SAMMS was more effective at capturing phosphate than the Cu-EDA-SAMMS and was further studied for matrix effects (e.g., pH, io... | {
"abstract": "Zinc oxide (ZnO) was synthesized and used to investigate the mechanism of phosphate removal from aqueous solution. ZnO particles were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy before and after adsorption. Batch experiments were carried ... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT: The sorption of anionic ligands such as I 0 ,Br 0 , and SCN 0 onto diamino-ethyl–sporopollenin (DAE–sporopollenin) was investigated in both column and batchexperiments at room temperature. The isotherm binding constants suggest that theresin is most efficient at the binding of I 0 compared wit... |
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"abstract": "During walking on an instrumented treadmill with an embedded force platform or grid of pressure sensors, center-of-pressure (COP) trajectories exhibit a characteristic butterfly-like shape, reflecting the medio-lateral and anterior–posterior weight shifts associated with alternating steps. We define “g... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundHabitual walking speed predicts many clinical conditions later in life, but it declines with age. However, which particular exercise intervention can minimize the age-related gait speed loss is unclear.PurposeOur objective was to determine the effects of strength, power, coordination, and mul... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents new fabrication and simulation methods that can be used to design ionic polymer actuators with original new shapes in order to achieve linear displacements, rather than traditional bending ones, allowing to overcome one of the most limiting problems of ionic actuators. Actuator simu... |
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"abstract": "Several relations are established between the proper ideal points and the extreme points, and also between the proper ideal points and the denting points. A necessary and sufficient geometrical condition is stated for a point to be a proper ideal point.",
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"abstract": "We outline the concepts of compromise solutions and domination structures in such a way that the underlying assumptions and their implications concerning the solution concept suggested by Salukvadze may be clearer. An example is solved to illustrate our discussion.",
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"abstract": "In this survey, the history of the subject from 1776 until 1960 is presented. A brief biographical sketch of Vilfredo Pareto is given first. Then, the more or less simultaneous development of the concepts of utility, preference, and welfare theory follows, with results which go back to Hausdorff and Ca... |
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"abstract": "Data streams classification is an important approach to get useful knowledge from massive and dynamic data. Because of concept drift, traditional data mining techniques cannot be directly applied in data streams environment. Extreme learning machine (ELM) is a single hidden layer feedforward neural net... | {
"abstract": "Unlike the conventional neural network theories and implementations, Huang et al. [Universal approximation using incremental constructive feedforward networks with random hidden nodes, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks 17(4) (2006) 879-892] have recently proposed a new theory to show that single-hid... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we study the multiclass classification problem. We derive a framework to solve this problem by providing algorithms with the complexity of a single binary classifier. The resulting multiclass machines can be decomposed into two categories. The first category corresponds to vector-output ... |
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"abstract": "Despite the presence of neural stem cells and ongoing neurogenesis in some regions of the adult mammalian brain, neurons are not replaced in most brain regions after injury. With the aim to unravel factors contributing to the failure of neurogenesis in the injured cerebral cortex, we examined the expre... | {
"abstract": "This report is of a patient with pure trisomy of 15q24-qter who presents with the rare Ebstein anomaly and a previously unreported skeletal anomaly. Chromosome microarray analysis allowed high-resolution identification of the extent of the trisomy and provided a means of achieving higher-resolution bre... | {
"abstract": "Since its initial description approximately 50 years ago, there has been an impressive evolution in therapies for hairy cell leukemia. Long-term follow-up with 2-cholorodeoxyadenosine and 2'-deoxycoformycin demonstrates that both agents result in a high complete remission rate and overall survival. Rel... |
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"abstract": "We present an application of the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) for an automatic and accurate determination of the acoustic and electromagnetic emission (AE and EME) onset times. The onset time information is used to derive the time delays between correlated AE and EME events from rock specimens du... | {
"abstract": "The few non-visual methodologies make use of wired devices. Systems based on wireless transmission should be cost efficient and adaptive to different structures. The Acoustic Emission (AE) technique is an innovative monitoring method useful to detect damage, as well as to evaluate the evolution and the... | {
"abstract": "This Paper gives an account of a series of tests on 24 model arch bridges with spans of 1.0, 2.08 and 2.48 m. The object of the tests was to examine the general behaviour of these structures, which had span to rise ratios between 2.0 and 6.4, and, in particular, to establish the effect on the strength ... |
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"title": "Deep Learning for Conversational AI"
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"abstract": "Statistical dialogue systems offer the potential to reduce costs by learning policies automatically on-line, but are not designed to scale to large open-domains. This paper proposes a hierarchical distributed dialogue architecture in which policies are organised in a class hierarchy aligned to an under... | {
"abstract": "This study investigates the time-varying effects of celebrity endorsements on consumer purchase attitudes toward promoted products using a novel dynamic hierarchical multi-attribute attitude forecast model. The induced direct and indirect effects via constructs of product attributes and net product val... |
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"abstract": "Abstract.We consider infinitely convolved Bernoulli measures (or simply Bernoulli convolutions) related to the β-numeration. A matrix decomposition of these measures is obtained in the case when β is a PV number. We also determine their Gibbs properties for β being a multinacci number, which makes the ... | {
"abstract": "Weak Gibbs property and systems of numeration parÉric OLIVIER et Alain THOMAS Résumé. Nousétudions les propriétés d'autosimilarité et la nature gibbsienne de certaines mesures definies sur l'espace produit Ω r := {0, 1,. .. , r−1} N. Cet espace peutêtre identifiéà l'intervalle [0, 1] au moyen de la num... | {
"abstract": "Abstract To characterize the geometry of a measure, its generalized dimensions dq have been introduced recently. The mathematically precise definition given by Falconer [\"Fractal Geometry,\" 1990] turns out to be unsatisfactory for reasons of convergence as well as of undesired sensitivity to the part... |
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"abstract": "When comparing two dierent styles to draw a graph, one can wonder how much better or worse one style can be than another one, in the worst case, for some quality measure. We compare planar straight-line drawings with xed and free embeddings, planar circular arc drawings, and non-planar straight-line dr... | {
"abstract": "We show that any outerplanar graph admits a planar straightline drawing such that the length ratio of the longest to the shortest edges is strictly less than 2. This result is tight in the sense that for any $\\epsilon > 0$ there are outerplanar graphs that cannot be drawn with an edge-length ratio sma... | {
"abstract": "The empirical evidence from the extant literature has been equivocal regarding the influence exerted by different ownership types on corporate social responsibility (CSR), especially in developing countries such as India characterized by institutional voids. We use a longitudinal panel dataset of 500 l... |
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"abstract": "Background: Millions of patients present annually with chest pain, but only 10% have myocardial infarction (MI). We recently reported comparative sensitivity and specificity of available markers in the diagnosis of MI; however, optimum interpretation of marker results requires prognostic follow‐up data... | {
"abstract": "The challenge of medical practice today is to identify individuals who are at risk of developing disease, determine the severity of the disease and distinguish the responders from the nonresponders to therapy (individualized medicine). Advances in molecular genetics and biology have shifted the paradig... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nIn low income countries, several barriers exist to the use of health services for child delivery, including distance, transportation, informal costs or low perceived quality. Yet there is rarely information about which barriers are more or less important to the use of a given health facilit... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundRecombinant human B-type natriuretic peptide (rhBNP) has been indicated for the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). However, the therapeutic efficacy of intravenous rhBNP is not always satisfactory in patients with extremely high blood BNP levels. In this study, we evaluate... | {
"abstract": "Background Conflicting renal effects of nesiritide have been reported in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. To answer this controversy, we performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to evaluate the influence of nesiritide on renal function in patients with acute decompensat... | {
"abstract": "Abstract— We previously observed that adenovirus-mediated expression of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) markedly inhibits neointima formation after balloon injury in rat carotid arteries, suggesting that CNP has multiple effects over its modest inhibitory effect on cellular proliferation. We hypothesi... |
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"abstract": "Internet addiction has been identified as a pathological behavior, but its symptoms may be found in normal populations, placing it within the scope of conventional theories of media attendance. The present study drew upon fresh conceptualizations of gratifications specific to the Internet to uncover se... | {
"abstract": "Background and Aims Most people use the Internet in a functional way to achieve certain goals and needs. However, there is an increasing number of people who experience negative consequences like loss of control and distress based on an excessive use of the Internet and its specific online applications... | {
"abstract": "Background: Big Data is a relatively new eld of research and technology, and literature reports a wide variety of concepts labeled with Big Data. The maturity of a research eld can be measured in the number of publications containing empirical results. In this paper we present the current status of emp... |
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"abstract": "The trace element zinc is often used in the diet of weaned piglets, as high doses have resulted in positive effects on intestinal health. However, the majority of previous studies evaluated zinc supplementations for a short period only and focused on the small intestine. The hypothesis of the present s... | {
"abstract": "The study was conducted to investigate the effect of chitosan-zinc chelate (CS-Zn) on TLR4-NF-κB signaling pathway and cell death-associated proteins in a weanling pig model. A total of 90 weaned piglets were allotted to three dietary treatments (the dietary treatments were as follows: (1) experimental... | {
"abstract": "The effect of the surgeon's advice to give up smoking was studied in a group of 43 patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD), using blood carboxyhemoglobin levels to detect deception. Only seven of 40 patients (17.5%) actually stopped smoking, but the remainder appeared fairly honest in reporting... |
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"abstract": "1Department of Plant Genomics & Biotechnology, PARC Institute of Advanced Studies in Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad 45500, Pakistan 2National Institute for Genomics & Advanced Biotechnology, National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad 45500, Pakistan 3Pres... | {
"abstract": "Stripe rust is the most important biotic constraint in wheat production. Deployment of resistant wheat cultivars is the most practical way to decrease yield losses attributed to stripe rust. Usage of wild germplasm of wheat is the best technique to detect new resistant genes for the evolution of new va... | {
"abstract": "A large set of maize silage samples was produced to assess the major traits influencing the biomethane production of this crop. The biomass yield, the volatile solids contents and the biochemical methane potential (BMP) were measured to calculate the biomethane yield per hectare (average=7266m(3)ha(-1)... |
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"abstract": "This article is concerned with the possibility that natural selection can lead to an evolutionarily stable equilibrium where otherwise identical profit maximizing firms follow distinctly different strategies. In biology such occurrences are called polymorphic equilibrium. We develop a model of nonprice... | {
"abstract": "THIS essay is concerned with studies of the impact of advertising outlays on profitability via their effects on entry barriers or ease of collusion. The null hypothesis is that no such effects exist. A number of authors have argued the plausibility of the alternative hypothesis that advertising does af... | {
"abstract": "This paper considers the optimal control of two small stochastic models of the Slovenian economy applying the OPTCON algorithm. OPTCON determines approximate numerical solutions to optimum control problems for nonlinear stochastic systems and is particularly applicable to econometric models. We compare... |
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"abstract": "Metal complexes of methyl 13(1)-(18)O-labelled pyropheophorbide-a1-M-(18)O (M=Zn, Cu and Ni) were prepared by metallation of the (18)O-labelled free base (1-(18)O) and (18)O-labelling of unlabelled nickel complex (1-Ni). The FT-IR spectra of 1-Zn and 1-Zn-(18)O in CH(2)Cl(2) showed that the 13-keto car... | {
"abstract": "Metal 31-hydroxy-131-oxo-chlorins were systematically prepared and their visible and circular dichroism spectra were measured in a solution. All the synthetic complexes were monomeric in tetrahydrofuran. The Ni/Cu/Pd/Ag(II) complexes were still monomeric after dilution with 99-fold hexane. In contrast,... | {
"abstract": "To fully exploit the capabilities of fluorescence probes in modern experiments, where advanced instrumentation is used to probe complex environments, other photophysical properties than emission color and emission intensity are monitored. Each dye property can be addressed individually as well as colle... |
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"abstract": "While a two‐dimensional electrophoresis (2‐DE) database is a relatively old concept, in recent years it generated renewed interest within the 2‐DE community due to two main factors: (i) The high reproducibility of the current 2‐DE method allows 2‐DE images to be exchanged and compared between laborator... | {
"abstract": "The QUEST Protein Database Center is now making available two Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein databases via the Internet. The yeast electrophoretic protein database (YEPD) is a database of approximately one hundred protein identifications on two‐dimensional gels. The yeast protein database (YPD) is a ... | {
"abstract": "Analysis of the protein patterns of normal and psoriatic noncultured unfractionated keratinocytes has revealed several low-molecular-weight proteins that are highly up-regulated in psoriatic epidermis. Here, we have cloned and sequenced the cDNA (clone 1085) for one of these proteins that we have terme... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nA trial of a bone conductor is traditionally used to determine whether a bone-anchored hearing aid (Baha) will be beneficial to a child. However there is a subgroup of children where a Baha assessment is not possible due to severe behavioural/mental/sensory disorders. We describe our experie... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nCompare incidences of complications following implantation of osseointegrated bone conduction devices (OBCD) between children with and without behavioral disorders.\n\n\nSTUDY DESIGN\nCase series with chart review.\n\n\nSETTING\nTertiary referral center otology and neurotology practice.\n\n\... | {
"abstract": "Regional specialist societies offer a valuable mechanism for the conduct of medical audit. The experience of the audit sub-committee of The Scottish Otolaryngological Society in conducting an audit on laryngeal cancer encouraged us to undertake a larger audit of tonsillectomy practice in Scotland. Alth... |
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"abstract": "Among the seventeen species of the Gram-negative genus Yersinia, three have been shown to be virulent and pathogenic to humans and animals—Y. enterocolitica, Y. pseudotuberculosis, and Y. pestis. In order to be so, they are armoured with various factors that help them adhere to tissues and organelles, ... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT The twin arginine translocation (Tat) system targets folded proteins across the inner membrane and is crucial for virulence in many important human-pathogenic bacteria. Tat has been shown to be required for the virulence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, and we recently showed that the system is... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, expresses a capsule-like antigen, fraction 1 (F1), at 37°C. F1 is encoded by the caf1 gene located on the large 100-kb pFra plasmid, which is unique to Y. pestis. F1 is a surface polymer composed of a protein subunit, Caf1, with a molecular mass ... |
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"abstract": "Transforming energy systems to fulfill the needs of a low-carbon economy requires large investments in renewable electricity production (RES-E). Recent literature underlines the need to take a closer look at the composition of the RES-E investor group in order to understand the motives and investment p... | {
"abstract": "Green start-ups contribute towards a transition to a more sustainable economy by developing sustainable and environmentally friendly innovation and bringing it to the market. Due to specific product/service characteristics, entrepreneurial motivation and company strategies that might differ from that o... | {
"abstract": "A myriad of design rules for what constitutes a “good” colormap can be found in the literature. Some common rules include order, uniformity, and high discriminative power. However, the meaning of many of these terms is often ambiguous or open to interpretation. At times, different authors may use the s... |
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"abstract": "Under GAAP, SEC and exchange-listing rules, managers must disclose material information. We construct a disclosure specification incorporating managers’ obligation to disclose material information and voluntary disclosure incentives. We demonstrate that tests of the incentives to voluntarily disclose i... | {
"abstract": "Almost 40% of firms redact information from their IPO filings. These firms exhibit characteristics consistent with needing to protect proprietary information from rivals. Redacting firms experience seven percentage points greater underpricing and greater post-IPO idiosyncratic volatility, both of which... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In this paper we review the derivation of the predictive density function for the normal multiple regression model, state and prove a general theorem on optimal point prediction, and show how the predictive density can be employed in the analysis of an illustrative investment problem. Then we ... |
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"abstract": "Anesthesiologists as a clinician is always ready with various plan and instrument to safeguard the airway. He is ready with backup plan whether it is anticipated or unanticipated difficult airway. Unusual anatomic configurations may be encountered when the airway is difficult itself. Best accessories s... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Pentax AWS, Glidescope, and the Truview EVO2, in comparison with the Macintosh laryngoscope, when performing tracheal intubation in patients with neck immobilization using manual in-line axial cervical spine stabilization.\n... | {
"abstract": "We report our experience with the McCoy levering laryngoscope in 48 patients who were a Cormack and Lehane grade 3 or grade 4 view at direct laryngoscopy. The view with the blade in neutral position was grade 3 in 39 patients and grade 4 in nine patients. Elevation of the levered tip of the blade in th... |
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"abstract": "We describe a “concentration on the diagonal” condition on the Khovanov complex of tangles, show that this condition is satisfied by the Khovanov complex of the single crossing tangles (!) and (\"), and prove that it is preserved by alternating planar algebra compositions. Hence, this condition is sati... | {
"abstract": "A NEW combinatorial formulation of the Jones polynomial of a link is used to establish some basic properties of this polynomial. A striking consequence of these properties is the result that a link admitting an alternating diagram with m crossings and with no “nugatory” crossing cannot be projected wit... | {
"abstract": "This paper presents a generalization of the graph coloring problem. We study its properties and generalize some well-known bounds and de nitions.We propose a generalization of perfect graphs and analize the complexity of the problem. An heuristic is developed to seek \"good\" solutions and we report th... |
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"abstract": "The paper presents an identification method of the numerical Preisach hysteresis model, based on the digital acquisition and processing of the magnetic microstructure images, which are obtained by time-resolved magneto-optical microscopy. The statistic Preisach function is computed by the superposition... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we present a series of dynamic measurements on a set of Finemet thin films, having thickness ranging from 200 /spl Aring/ to 5 /spl mu/m, by using both magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) and the fluxmetric inductive method. Unexpectedly, the data show two completely different hysteresis ... | {
"abstract": "The performance of fluorescence correlation spectrometry (FCS) was examined for studying the solutions suspended with the fluorescent particles of various sizes from 50 nm to 10 microm in diameter and for different sizes of pinholes: the particles were made to move by simply stirring the solution in th... |
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"abstract": "We congratulate the authors (Buschmann et al 1) of a randomised control trial ‘Parent based language intervention for 2-year old children with specific expressive language delay’ for challenging the common wisdom and expanding the window of intervention to the relatively overlooked toddler age group. W... | {
"abstract": "Wider use in psychology of confidence intervals (CIs), especially as error bars in figures, is a desirable development. However, psychologists seldom use CIs and may not understand them well. The authors discuss the interpretation of figures with error bars and analyze the relationship between CIs and ... | {
"abstract": "The fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) draws on recommendations for improving statistical practices made by the APA Task Force on Statistical Inference (TFSI). The manual now acknowledges the controversy over null hypothesis significance testing (NHS... |
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"abstract": "We propose a distributed algorithm for online energy management in networked microgrids with a high penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs). A high penetration of DERs introduces high uncertainty of power generation to the microgrids. In general, the state-of-the-art forecasting for non-disp... | {
"abstract": "Growing environmental awareness and new government directives have set the stage for an increase in the fraction of energy supplied using renewable resources. The fast variation in renewable power, coupled with uncertainty in availability, emphasizes the need for algorithms for intelligent online gener... | {
"abstract": "The aim of the study was twofold: first, to validate symbolic analysis as a tool capable of assessing autonomic cardiovascular regulation in rats and, second, to investigate neural cardiovascular regulation during the progression of ischemic induced chronic heart failure (CHF) in two groups of rats, a ... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundResidues in a protein might be buried inside or exposed to the solvent surrounding the protein. The buried residues usually form hydrophobic cores to maintain the structural integrity of proteins while the exposed residues are tightly related to protein functions. Thus, the accurate predictio... | {
"abstract": "Among the 22 Fanconi anemia (FA) reported genes, 90% of mutational spectra were found in three genes, namely FANCA (64%), FANCC (12%) and FANCG (8%). Therefore, this study aimed to identify the high-risk deleterious variants in three selected genes (FANCA, FANCC, and FANCG) through various computationa... | {
"abstract": "Age-related neurological disorders continue to pose a significant societal and economic burden. Aging is a complex phenomenon that affects many aspects of the human body. Specifically, aging can have detrimental effects on the progression of brain diseases and endogenous stem cells. Stem cell therapies... |
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"abstract": "We developed a formal framework for conflict-driven clause learning (CDCL) using the Isabelle/HOL proof assistant. Through a chain of refinements, an abstract CDCL calculus is connected first to a more concrete calculus, then to a SAT solver expressed in a functional programming language, and finally t... | {
"abstract": "Based on our earlier formalization of conflict-driven clause learning (CDCL) in Isabelle/HOL, we refine the CDCL calculus to add a crucial optimization: two watched literals. We formalize the data structure and the invariants. Then we refine the calculus to obtain an executable SAT solver. Through a ch... | {
"abstract": "We show that short bounded-depth Frege proofs of matrix identities, such as PQ = I ⊃ QP = I (over the field of two elements), imply short bounded-depth Frege proofs of the pigeonhole principle. Since the latter principle is known to require exponential-size bounded-depth Frege proofs, it follows that t... |
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"abstract": "Information security is vital to many multiagent system applications. In this paper we formalise the notion of detectability of attacks in a MAS setting and analyse its applicability. We introduce a taxonomy of detectability specifications expressed in temporal-epistemic logic. We illustrate the practi... | {
"abstract": "A strand is a sequence of events; it represents either an execution by a legitimate party in a security protocol or else a sequence of actions by a penetrator. A strand space is a collection of strands, equipped with a graph structure generated by causal interaction. In this framework, protocol correct... | {
"abstract": "The problem of determining a multivariable robust PI-controller for an unknown linear multivariable stable plant is discussed. A method for constructing a multivariable P-controller, which uses interactions of the plant, is developed. These interactions are detected by observing the output of the plant... |
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"abstract": "In developed countries, new public management (NPM) is typically used to improve existing institutions democratically where the bureaucracy is already controlled through agencies and institutions. However, in Mexico, it is being used as a top-down reform strategy where solid institutional frameworks, r... | {
"abstract": "Organizations have become larger, more professionalized, more differentiated and wealthier. At the same time they are often subject to large-scale changes: either as a result of mergers and acquisitions, or simply in response to changed market conditions or new technologies. In this climate the people ... | {
"abstract": "The article reviews the case for privatization in Africa, with special reference to Uganda. It argues that enterprises supplying goods and services other than infrastructure are best left to the private sector, but considers the relative merits of local performance contracts to expatriate management co... |
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"abstract": "Autophagy1 is a complex of adaptive cellular response that enhances cancer cell survival in the face of cellular stresses such as chemothery. Here we show that in human gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) cells lines, SGC-996 and GBC-SD, autophagy is induced by the DNA damaging agent 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). Whi... | {
"abstract": "Resistance to therapy is one of the prime causes for treatment failure in cancer and recurrent disease. In recent years, autophagy has emerged as an important cell survival mechanism in response to different stress conditions that are associated with cancer treatment and aging. Autophagy is an evolutio... | {
"abstract": "An association of gallbladder carcinoma with cholelithiasis suggests that chronic inflammation may modulate tumorigenesis and/or progression of the carcinoma. An enhanced expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is observed frequently in advanced carcinomas of gastrointestinal tracts, which in turn sugge... |
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"abstract": "This paper considers the potential to improve portfolio performance by combining multiple estimators of the unknown optimal asset allocation. When portfolio estimators are evaluated from an economic perspective, I show that the statistical problem of optimally combining estimators is equivalent to a st... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In this paper, we analyze the economic value of predicting stock index returns as well as volatility. On the basis of simple linear models, estimated recursively, we produce out-of-sample forecasts for the return on the S&P 500 index and its volatility. Using monthly data, we examine the econo... | {
"abstract": "We consider a Bayesian analysis of linear regression models that can account for skewed error distributions with fat tails.The latter two features are often observed characteristics of empirical data sets, and we will formally incorporate them in the inferential process.A general procedure for introduc... |
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"abstract": "Two different methods of treatment for open dislocation of the extruded talus without soft tissue attachments (missing talus) were examined. In case 1, a 20-year-old man sustained an open total dislocation of the talus due to a motorcycle accident. The missing talus was found within 3 hr and replaced a... | {
"abstract": "The extraosseous and intraosseous vascularity of the talus was studied in 26 fresh cadaver limbs. The specimens were injected with latex or Batson's compound, debrided by a nondissection technique, and cleared by a modified Spalteholz method. The extraosseous vascularity was through the branches of the... | {
"abstract": "The extraosseous and intraosseous vascularity of the carpal scaphoid was studied in 15 fresh cadaver specimens by injection and clearing techniques. The major blood supply to the scaphoid is via the radial artery. Seventy to eight percent of the intraosseous vascularity and the entire proximal pole is ... |
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"abstract": "Historic species lists for a region can be of great interest to biologists surveying modern faunas. In 2001, we initiated a 5-year field study to examine the status of insect pollinators in Boulder County grasslands, Boulder, Colorado. Century-old records of the bee fauna were available from bee specia... | {
"abstract": "Variation in time (annual and seasonal) and space (between- and within-population) is examined for the pollinator assemblage of Lavandula latifolia (Labiatae), an insect-pollinated, summerflowering, evergreen shrub of Mediterranean woodlands in southeastern Spain. Lauandula latiflia is pollinated there... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Vehicle to Grid (V2G) network is a very important component for Smart Grid (SG), as it offers new services that help the optimization of both supply and demand of energy in the SG network and provide mobile distributed capacity of battery storage for minimizing the dependency of non-renewable ... |
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"abstract": "While there is much observational evidence that weight loss and bariatric surgery lead to a sustained reduction in blood pressure, until the Gastric Bypass to Treat Obese Patients With Steady Hypertension (GATEWAY) trial, there has been no randomized bariatric surgery study in hypertensive subjects whe... | {
"abstract": "Objective To compare two bariatric surgical principles with regard to effects on blood pressure and salt intake. Background In most patients bariatric surgery induces a sustained weight loss and a reduced cardiovascular risk profile but the long-term effect on blood pressure is uncertain. Methods Cohor... | {
"abstract": "Background/Objectives:Obesity is reaching epidemic proportions and is associated with increased risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Leptin-deficient mice (ob/ob) are widely employed to investigate obesity. Aim of this study was to provide a micro-ultrasound (μUS) longitudinal evaluation of the ob/... |
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"abstract": "This paper uses data from a single School of a UK university to estimate the impact of a switch from end-of-semester to end-of-year final exams on student performance. The identification strategy exploits the fact that while the timing of final exams changed, the timing of mid-term exams remained the s... | {
"abstract": "This study compares student academic and nonacademic outcomes between year-round and traditional calendar schools in a metropolitan district with 36% of its 31,500 elementary students in multi-track year-round schools (YRS). A regression analysis taking socioeconomic status into consideration showed, o... | {
"abstract": "Light-emitting chromophores have been separated from silica spheres modified the surface with 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propylmethacrylate (TMSPM). The photoluminescence characteristics of the chromophores were investigated with various excitation wavelengths. The TMSPM was attached to the surface of silica s... |
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"abstract": "Background Pain is a major problem in patients after cesarean and medication such as aromatherapy which is a complementary therapy, in which the essences of the plants oils are used to reduce such undesirable conditions. Objectives In this study, the effect of aromatherapy using Lavender (Lavandula) es... | {
"abstract": "Background & Aim: Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is one of the inevitable elements in the take care of patients on hemodialysis. Pain of AVF puncture is a real problem for patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of inhalation of lavender aromatherapy on pain intensity of arteriove-nou... | {
"abstract": "Diabet. Med. 27, 1033–1040 (2010)",
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"title": "Comparison of the efficacy and safety of tramadol/acetaminophen combination therapy and gabapentin in the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy"
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"abstract": "Developmental prolongation is thought to contribute to the remarkable brain enlargement observed in modern humans (Homo sapiens). However, the developmental trajectories of cerebral tissues have not been explored in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), even though they are our closest living relatives. To ad... | {
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"title": "Differential Prefrontal White Matter Development in Chimpanzees and Humans"
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"abstract": "Development of the dentition is critically integrated into the life cycle in living mammals. Recent work on dental development has given rise to three separate lines of evidence on the evolution of human growth and aging; these three, based on several independent studies, are reviewed and inte- grated ... |
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"abstract": "The series of novel salen-based indium complexes (3-tBu-5-R-salen)In-Me (3-tBu-5-R-salen = N,N'-bis(2-oxy-3-tert-butyl-5-R-salicylidene)-1,2-diaminoethane, R = H (1), tBu (2), Br (3), Ph (4), OMe (5), NMe2 (6)) and [(3-tBu-5-NMe3-salen)In-Me](OTf)2 (7; OTf = CF3SO3-) have been synthesized and fully cha... | {
"abstract": "A novel heterotrinuclear complex [Cu2(L)Na(µ-NO3)]∙CH3OH∙CHCl3 derived from a symmetric bis(salamo)-type tetraoxime H4L having a naphthalenediol unit, was prepared and structurally characterized via means of elemental analyses, UV-Vis, FT-IR, fluorescent spectra and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Th... | {
"abstract": "WY14,643 is a specific peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) agonist with strong hypolipidemic effects. Here we have examined the effect of WY14,643 in the A-ZIP/F-1 mouse, a model of severe lipoatrophic diabetes. With 1 week of treatment, all doses of WY14,643 that were tested normalize... |
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"abstract": "Physical unclonable function (PUF) is an important security primitive, which generates unique signatures as fingerprints for each chip. This article first presents a novel interconnect-based PUF (iPUF). The proposed iPUF utilizes the manufacturing process variability of interconnect lines to introduce ... | {
"abstract": "Physical unclonable functions (PUFs) have emerged as a promising security primitive for low-cost authentication and cryptographic key generation. However, PUF stability with respect to temporal variations still limits its utility and widespread acceptance. Previous techniques in the literature have foc... | {
"abstract": "A Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) is a structure that when issued a challenge, it produces a unique and reliable response which can be used as an identifier or a cryptographic key. SRAM PUFs create unique responses upon power up as certain SRAM cells output a '1' or '0' with high probability due t... |
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"abstract": "In this survey we overview graph-based clustering and its applications in computational linguistics. We summarize graph-based clustering as a five-part story: hypothesis, modeling, measure, algorithm and evaluation. We then survey three typical NLP problems in which graph-based clustering approaches ha... | {
"abstract": "A number of recent studies have focused on the statistical properties of networked systems such as social networks and the Worldwide Web. Researchers have concentrated particularly on a few properties that seem to be common to many networks: the small-world property, power-law degree distributions, and... | {
"abstract": "This survey is an introduction to positive definite kernels and the set of methods they have inspired in the machine learning literature, namely kernel methods. We first discuss some properties of positive definite kernels as well as reproducing kernel Hibert spaces, the natural extension of the set of... |
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"abstract": "ABSTRACT Here, we report the complete genome sequence of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis DW3F3, a strong pathogenic strain isolated from blighted walnut immature fruit (Juglans regia L. cv. Qingxiang). The genome consists of a single chromosome (5,144 kb).",
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"abstract": "Brown apical necrosis (BAN) is a most recently described disease affecting English (Persian) walnut fruit. BAN was only recorded in intensively managed walnut orchards and was found to be a disease complex mainly caused by Fusarium species. All fungi associated with this disease are polyphagous and ubi... | {
"abstract": "This study identifies the effects of climate variability as an environmental pressure on aquaculture production in Malaysia. Using Malmquist index approach, the analyses were applied to brackish-water ponds and cage aquaculture sectors in six states in Malaysia from 1993 to 2013. The Dynamic Malmquist ... |
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"abstract": "Since the first aortocoronary vein graft implantation was performed in 1967,1 vascular bypass surgery using saphenous vein grafts has become an established therapeutic procedure for patients with ischemic coronary or peripheral arterial diseases. Despite increasing use of arterial grafts in coronary by... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE OF REVIEW\nFibrin sealants have been used to control surgical hemorrhage for three decades, and numerous articles have reported their use in a variety of surgical procedures in both animal models and humans. This article reviews the recent literature on fibrin sealants with the specific aim of ... | {
"abstract": "Multiple tuberculous brain abscesses are rare. This report presents a female patient with a rapidly deteriorating clinical course. Computed tomographic scanning revealed multiple brain abscesses. Aspiration of one of the lesions yielded pus and positive acid-fast stained bacilli. The pathogenesis of mu... |
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"abstract": "INTRODUCTION\nThe reported prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in people with epilepsy ranges from 15% to 47%. Despite the high comorbidity, there has been a lack of systematic studies of autistic characteristics in epilepsy. Little is known about the relationship of epilepsy to the core characteri... | {
"abstract": "The association of epilepsy, autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and intellectual disability (ID) is well recognized. There is a wide range of social-cognitive deficits that can be identified in epilepsy over the life-span, from ASD in infants with an epileptic encephalopathy, to social-cognitive impairme... | {
"abstract": "The aim of this study was to compare the topographical, chemical and osseointegration characteristics of sandblasting and acid-etching (SLA) surfaces and dental implants treated by boron compounds. Titanium (Ti) disks (n = 20) were modified using boron (B) and boric acid (H3BO3) and then compared with ... |
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"abstract": "Panting is a controlled increase in respiratory frequency accompanied by a decrease in tidal volume, the purpose of which is to increase ventilation of the upper respiratory tract, preserve alveolar ventilation, and thereby elevate evaporative heat loss. The increased energy cost of panting is offset b... | {
"abstract": "....................................................................................................... 62 CURRICULUM VITAE........................................................................................... 63 ADDENDUM – media response............................................................... | {
"abstract": "The off-state current in n- and p-channel polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistors (polysilicon TFTs) is investigated systematically by conduction measurements at various temperatures and low-frequency noise measurements at room temperature. It is demonstrated that the leakage current is controlle... |
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"abstract": "Software Defined Network (SDN) facilitates network programmers with easier network monitoring, identification of anomalies, instant implementation of changes, central control to the whole network in a cost effective and efficient manner. These features could be beneficial for securing and maintaining e... | {
"abstract": "Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) defense is still a difficult problem though it has been extensively studied. The existing approaches are not capable of detecting various types of DDoS attacks. In particular, new emerging sophisticated DDoS attacks (e.g., Crossfire) constructed by low-rate and shor... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Over the past decade, Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNNs) have shown remarkable performance in most computer vision tasks. These tasks traditionally use a fixed dataset, and the model, once trained, is deployed as is. Adding new information to such a model presents a challenge due to co... |
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"abstract": "Dynamic nuclear polarization of 17 O was studied using four different polarizing agents – the biradical TOTAPOL, and the monoradicals trityl and SA-BDPA, as well as a mixture of the latter two. Field profiles, DNP mechanisms and enhancements were measured to better understand and optimize directly pola... | {
"abstract": "Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) permits a approximately 10(2)-10(3) enhancement of the nuclear spin polarization and therefore increases sensitivity in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments. Here, we demonstrate the efficient transfer of DNP-enhanced (1)H polarization from an aqueous, radical... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on the Aura satellite obtains unique measurements for polar mesospheric cloud (PMC) analysis. Its wide cross-track viewing swath and high along-track spatial resolution makes it possible to directly evaluate PMC occurrence frequency and brightness variatio... |
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"abstract": "Ultraviolet irradiation of the nitroimidazole derivatives metronidazole, misonidazole, azathioprine and 1-methyl-4-nitroimidazole in aqueous solution with various reductants produced the respective nitro radical anions, as detected by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. The most effective reductant, ... | {
"abstract": "Transmission of Chagas' disease by transfusion of blood containing Trypanosoma cruzi has often been reported, and gentian violet, a triarylmethane dye, is widely used by blood banks in attempts to eliminate such transmission. In a study of intact trypanosomes, gentian violet was found to undergo a one-... | {
"abstract": "Explicit cue-producing responses were employed to study attending behavior in the monkey. The subjects learned a discrimination based on compound stimuli, a vertical bar embedded on a red ground versus a horizontal bar on a green ground. On some trials only one of the two stimulus components was presen... |
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"abstract": "Examined the role of anticipated-interaction instructions on memory for and organization of social information. In Study 1, Ss read and recalled information about a prospective partner (i.e., target) on a problem-solving task and about 4 other stimulus people. The results indicated that (a) Ss recalled... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nThis study concerns one component of the ability to provide person-centered care: the cognitive skill of perceiving others in relatively complex terms. This study tested the effectiveness of a social motivation for increasing the number of psychological constructs used to describe an unfamilia... | {
"abstract": "A forced-choice recognition paradigm was employed to test hypotheses regarding memory for information that is consistent or inconsistent with basic-level category representations. Slides and descriptive statements portraying nine stimulus characters were presented to subjects under impression-formation... |
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"abstract": "Atherosclerosis initiates at predictable focal sites and develops to a spatially regional disease with limited distribution. There is compelling evidence that links haemodynamics to the localized origin of atherosclerotic lesions. Arterial flow in vivo is unsteady, dynamically complex, and regionally v... | {
"abstract": "The observed co-localization of disturbed flow and lesion prevalence at predisposed districts such as the carotid bifurcation has led to the identification of the wall shear stress (WSS) as biomechanical localizing factor of vascular dysfunction. In particular, a proatherogenic role is attributed to lo... | {
"abstract": "Parainfluenza virus type 3 (PIV-3) and coronaviruses (CoV) are commonly found in respiratory tracts of ruminants and capable of causing clinical disease. Here, we investigated the cause of ill-thrift and sudden death in a five-month-old male fallow deer which occurred in December 2019. The calf was one... |
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"abstract": "According to the Kolmogorov complexity, every finite binary string is compressible to a shortest code—its information content—from which it is effectively recoverable. We investigate the extent to which this holds for the infinite binary sequences (streams). We devise a new coding method that uniformly... | {
"abstract": "The computational power of recurrent neural networks is shown to depend ultimately on the complexity of the real constants (weights) of the network. The complexity, or information contents, of the weights is measured by a variant of resource-bounded Kolmogorov (1965) complexity, taking into account the... | {
"abstract": "This work was inspired by the paper of Vereshchagin and Vitanyi, where Kolmogorov's unpublished work on his structure function and the associated minimal sufficient statistics decomposition in the algorithmic theory of information is studied. The extension of Kolmogorov's great ideas to probability mod... |
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"abstract": "Summary: Skeletal maturity, or “bone age,” is one of the several criteria used to determine developmental or physiologic age as opposed to chronologic age. The purpose of this study of skeletal maturation of children with sex chromosome abnormalities (45,X, 47,XXX, 47,XXY, X-chromosomal mosaics) and co... | {
"abstract": "Sex chromosome aneuploidy is defined as a numeric abnormality of an X or Y chromosome, with addition or loss of an entire X or Y chromosome. Sex chromosome mosaicism, in which one or more populations of cells have lost or gained a sex chromosome, also is common. The most commonly occurring sex chromoso... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe randomized controlled trial (RCT) is the most definitive tool for evaluating an intervention. However, methodological deficiencies may limit the internal or external validity of the RCT.\n\n\nOBJECTIVE\nOur aim was to describe the tactics used and the resources required randomly to sele... |
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"abstract": "Progressive restriction to a differentiation pathway results from both activation and silencing of particular gene expression programs. To identify the coexpression and the expression levels of regulatory genes during hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) differentiation toward the T cell branch, we applied a ... | {
"abstract": "The primary role of cytokines in haemato-lymphopoiesis is thought to be the regulation of cell growth and survival. But the instructive action of cytokines in haematopoiesis has not been well addressed. Here we show that a clonogenic common lymphoid progenitor, a bone marrow-resident cell that gives ri... | {
"abstract": "Mice lacking functional IL-7 or IL-7R alpha genes are severely deficient in developing thymocytes, T cells, and B cells. IL-7 and IL-7 receptor functions are believed to result in lymphoid cell proliferation and cell maturation, implying signal transduction pathways directly involved in mitogenesis and... |
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"abstract": "Detailed results are reported for the connectivity properties of a system of discs of unit radius free to be situated anywhere within a square of area 2L2. Ordinary lattke percolation would correspond to the discs being situated on the vertices of a J2L x J2L lattice. Computer simulations are carried o... | {
"abstract": "We numerically simulate the traveling time of a tracer in convective flow between two points (injection and extraction) separated by a distance r in a model of porous media, d=2 percolation. We calculate and analyze the traveling time probability density function for two values of the fraction of conne... | {
"abstract": "For pt.IV see ibid., vol.9, p.725 (1976). By introducing a notional field variable lambda into the percolation problem, a function Pc( lambda ) is defined whose Ising analogue is the magnetic field variation of the magnetization along the critical isotherm. Series expansions are used to study the criti... |
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"abstract": "The activity of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol-1-hydroxylase was assayed in heat stressed laying hens fed a 3.5% calcium diet with either .625% or .925% phosphorus. The activity of this enzyme in the heat stressed birds was higher than in the control birds (P less than or equal to .07). The phosphorus conte... | {
"abstract": "Abstract A total of 216 individually caged Single Comb White Leghorn pullets were divided into two equal groups and subjected to either a 21 ± 0.75° C. or a 32 ± 0.5° C. environmental temperature, both with 50% relative humidity. The birds in each group were fed either a typical corn-soy laying diet (1... | {
"abstract": "It is the author's intention to explore feminist research and discover its relevance to nursing practice. In order to achieve this, definitions of feminism and feminist research will be made. From these it will be possible to place the feminist research process within a historical context to further un... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Despite the recent proliferation of literature on the aged in rural society, considerable ambiguity remains concerning the appropriate conceptualization of rurality as a potential influence upon the experience of growing old. This paper considers three alternative conceptualizations: aging in ... | {
"abstract": "The present study models the impact of three domains of environmental variables (ecological/architectural, psychosocial, and personal) on the mental health and well-being of 989 community-based rural elderly (65 years or older) in 18 small Kansas towns. Utilizing standard structured interview data, we ... | {
"abstract": "The invention of the World Wide Web in 1993 brought forth intensive discussions about the effect of (new) media on education. Indeed, the basic conditions for learning and teaching have changed a lot in the last decades, especially in the last years with the advent of Web 2.0. The Internet is a nearly ... |
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"abstract": "Background San-Huang-Xie-Xin-Tang (SHXXT) decoction, a traditional Chinese medicine containing Rhei rhizome, Coptidis rhizome, and Scutellariae radix, is widely used in hepatoprotective therapy. However, preparation of the decoction requires addition of boiling water that causes loss of numerous effect... | {
"abstract": "AIMS\nTo assess the place of AST/ALT ratio (the ratio of serum aspartate aminotransferase to serum alanine aminotransferase) as a diagnostic marker in medical populations.\n\n\nMETHODS\nLaboratory tests were viewed retrospectively in three groups of patients: 313 patients with alcohol dependence, conse... | {
"abstract": "This paper describes an 8-bit 5-stage pipelined and interleaved analog-to-digital converter that performs analog processing only by means of open-loop circuits such as differential pairs and source followers to achieve a high conversion rate. The concept of sliding interpolation is proposed to obviate ... |
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"abstract": "Magnetic microspheres are optically encoded by doping with three luminescent dyes. The combination of a fluorophore with a nanosecond decay profile and two phosphorescent Ruthenium metal ligand complexes with a microsecond decay profile generates a characteristic signature described by three features: ... | {
"abstract": "Multiplexed assays using fluorescent microspheres is an exciting technique that has been gaining popularity among researchers, particularly those in the public health field. Part of its popularity is due to its flexibility, as both immunoassays and oligonucleotide hybridization assays can be developed ... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo determine whether increased levels of the complement split products generated in the activation of the alternative or classical pathway accompany more severe disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and whether these measurements are useful in predicting flares... |
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"abstract": "The best previously know algorithm for evaluating the Riemann zeta function, ζ(σ+it), with σ bounded and t large to moderate accuracy was based on the Rienmann-Siegel formula and required on the order of t 1/2 operations for each value that was computed. New algorithms are presented in this paper which... | {
"abstract": "The Riemann zeta function on the critical line can be computed using a straightforward application of the Riemann-Siegel formula, Schonhage's method, or Heath-Brown's method. The complexities of these methods have exponents 1/2, 3/8, and 1/3 respectively. In this article, three new fast and potentially... | {
"abstract": "This book is unashamedly a straightforward textbook for a course on dynamic programming. There is no discussions of (nor references to) actual applications. The first eight chapters cover deterministic dynamic programming: path problems, equipment replacement, resource allocation, the travelling-salesm... |
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"abstract": "The temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) is implicated in a variety of processes including multisensory integration, social cognition, sense of agency and stimulus-driven attention functions. Furthermore, manipulation of cortical excitation in this region can influence a diverse range of personal and interp... | {
"abstract": "Mentally imagining another’s perspective is a high-level social process, reliant on manipulating internal representations of the self in an embodied manner. Recently Wang et al., (1) showed that theta-band (3-7Hz) brain oscillations within the right temporo-parietal junction (rTPJ) and brain regions co... | {
"abstract": "A depth-of-processing incidental recall paradigm, previously used as a measure of negative self-schema in depressed patients (Derry & Kuiper, 1981), was administered to normal subjects in whom depressed or neutral mood had been induced. Subjects in whom depressed mood was induced showed a pattern of re... |
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"abstract": "Seed size is an important plant fitness trait that can influence several steps between fruiting and the establishment of a plant’s offspring. Seed size varies considerably within many plant species, yet the relevance of the trait for intra-specific fruit choice by primates has received little attention... | {
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"title": "Diet, habitat, use and conservation ecology of the golden-backed uacari, Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary, in Jaú National Park, Amazonian Brazil"
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"abstract": "Cephamycin C is a β-lactam antibiotic that has broad gram-negative activity and is resistant to degradation by β-lactamases and safe for use in animals. In colostrum-fed calves infected with Escherichia coli strain B44, cephamycin C administered by gavage at 31.3 to 1,000 mg per calf (0.75 to 24 mg/kg)... |
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"abstract": "Root exudates shape microbial communities at the plant-soil interface. Here we compared bacterial communities that utilize plant-derived carbon in the rhizosphere of wheat in different soil depths, including topsoil, as well as two subsoil layers up to 1 m depth. The experiment was performed in a green... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Numerous 13CO2 labeling studies have traced the flow of carbon from fresh plant exudates into rhizosphere bacterial communities. However, the succession of the uptake of carbon leaving the roots by distinct rhizosphere microbiota has rarely been resolved between microbial kingdoms. This can pr... | {
"abstract": "Dystrobrevin-binding protein 1 (Dtnbp1) is one of the earliest identified schizophrenia susceptibility genes. Reduced expression of DTNBP1 is commonly found in brain areas of schizophrenic patients. Dtnbp1-null mutant mice exhibit abnormalities in behaviors and impairments in neuronal activities. Howev... |
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"abstract": "Increasing demand for better quality rice varieties, which are also more suited to growth under sub-optimal cultivation conditions, is driving innovation in rice research. Here we have used a multi-disciplinary approach, involving SNP-based genotyping together with phenotyping based on yield analysis, ... | {
"abstract": "Key messageA set of RIL population was used to detect QTL associated with the sizes of eight consecutive leaves, across different environments, and ten QTL clusters were identified as main QTLs.AbstractOne of the important parameters of the maize leaf architecture that affects light penetration into th... | {
"abstract": "Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is an explosive chemical generally used for military, civil and industrial purposes. Therefore, TNT residue can be found in soil and ground water as an environmental pollutant. The environmental control of TNT pollution has become a critical issue because of its potential toxicity... |
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"abstract": "The present study is focused on students' attitude towards their piggy bank money that is pocket money and its management. Through this study, efforts are made to achieve the objectives of understanding how do students consume their pocket money, their investments practices, factors affecting their inv... | {
"abstract": "The year 2008 has been a year of global slowdown and slump for the global equity market, in general and stock markets of India, in particular. During 2008, Sensex (BSE Index) fell down from 21,206 (Indian Historical High of Sensex) to 16,000 points in a single month, i.e., in January 2008. In October 2... | {
"abstract": "The study aims to find out the effectiveness of I-Teach model to improve teachers’ professionalism in handling special-needs children in inclusive classes. This is the final part of a research and development project with the modification of its development stage by Sukmadinata (2017) to be a model tes... |
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"abstract": "SummaryInBlaberus craniifer, the maturation of the oocytes is accompanied by morphological modifications of the surrounding follicular cells and by variations in the ecdysteroid titre.Before the follicular cells form the chorion, they synthesise ecdysteroids which pass into the terminal oocytes to be s... | {
"abstract": "Summary1.The second moulting cycle of the cockroach embryo may be divided into 2 parts: during the first one, regeneration of appendages is possible in embryos cultured in vitro; it is not possible during the second part.2.Regeneration takes place inside the cuticle of the stump in 4 phases: 1) epiderm... | {
"abstract": "Quantitative studies were made of the stimulation of cuticular deposition in cockroach leg regenerates in vitro by the molting hormone ecdysterone. Preliminary experiments showed that the hormone remained active and that the tissues remained sensitive in vitro for as long as 30 days. Large doses given ... |
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"abstract": "In an aging society it is extremely important to develop devices, which can support and aid the elderly in their daily life. This demands means and tools that extend independent living and promote improved health. Thus, the goal of this article is to review the state of the art in the robotic technolog... | {
"abstract": "In the United States, the number of people over 65 will double between now and 2030 to 69.4 million. Providing care for this increasing population becomes increasingly difficult as the cognitive and physical health of elders deteriorates. This survey article describes some of the factors that contribut... | {
"abstract": "The ability to map descriptions of scenes to 3D geometric representations has many applications in areas such as art, education, and robotics. However, prior work on the text to 3D scene generation task has used manually specified object categories and language that identifies them. We introduce a data... |
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"abstract": "Co-location of devices is a useful basis for access control policies for ad-hoc connections, as physical security, visibility and social norms provide reassurances to the device owners and participants. There are various possible techniques for demonstrating co-location through physical interactions, w... | {
"abstract": "Securing interactions between devices that do not know each other a priori is an important and challenging task. We present Amigo, a technique to authenticate co-located devices using knowledge of their shared radio environment as proof of physical proximity. We present evaluation results that show tha... | {
"abstract": "Providing World Wide Web or FTP service on a small scale is a well-solved problem, but scaling server technology for a site that accepts millions of connections per day can easily push multiple machines and networks to the bleeding edge. In this case study, we describe concrete configuration techniques... |
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"abstract": "Spherical nanoparticles with sizes from 80 to 200 nm are obtained by self-assembly of highly functionalized 6-deoxy-6-(ω-aminoalkyl)aminocellulosecarbamates. The particles are very stable, nontoxic, and possess primary amino groups that are accessible to further modifications in aqueous suspension. The... | {
"abstract": "Polysaccharide nanoparticles are versatile functional materials used in drug delivery applications. Here we describe a method for the synthesis of β-1,3-glucan esters which show the formation of nanoparticles. Pyridine-soluble β-1,3-glucan formate was first synthesized as an intermediate and then react... | {
"abstract": "Oxide-supported vanadia particles were prepared via evaporation of vanadium metal in an oxygen ambient. As support oxides, we have employed thin, well-ordered alumina and silica films grown on top of NiAl(110) and Mo( 112) surfaces. According to our analysis, the vanadia particles exhibit very similar ... |
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"abstract": "Cisplatin (CP) has been used to cure numerous forms of cancers effectively in clinics, however, it could induce some toxic effects. Bee pollen is a natural compound, produced by honey bees. It is obtained from collected flower pollen and nectar, mixed with bee saliva. Bee pollen produced from Schisandr... | {
"abstract": "The neurotoxicity associated with cisplatin treatment is one of the major side effects compromising the efficacy of the anti-cancer treatment. The present study investigated the possible protective effects of taurine, an intracellular amino acid, on cisplatin-induced brain injury and exploratory behavi... | {
"abstract": "Transfer RNA (tRNA) splicing is essential in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as well as in humans, and many of its features are the same in both. In yeast, the final step of this process is removal of the 2' phosphate generated at the splice junction during ligation. A nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-... |
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"abstract": "Recent studies have suggested that proficient bilinguals show morphological decomposition in the L2, but the question remains as to whether this process is modulated by the cognateness of the morphemic constituents of L2 words and by L2 proficiency. To answer this question was the main goal of the pres... | {
"abstract": "Whether the native language of bilingual individuals is active during second-language comprehension is the subject of lively debate. Studies of bilingualism have often used a mix of first- and second-language words, thereby creating an artificial “dual-language” context. Here, using event-related brain... | {
"abstract": "An experimental system is described in which mononuclear phagocytes are shown to cause contact‐dependent resorption of bone powder in vitro. Endotoxin, which is known to stimulate macrophage functions, and which has also been shown to increase bone resorption in organ culture, increased bone dissolutio... |
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"abstract": "0 Ts|Bt| dt t ) 1 2 ||L∞(Ω). for any family (At)t≥0 ∈ L(Ω, μ), (Bt)t≥0 ∈ L∞(Ω, μ) provided (Tt)t≥0 does not increase or decrease “too fast”. As an application, we prove a duality inequality for H − BMO spaces associated with general subordinated Poisson semigroups. All the results are proved in a more ... | {
"abstract": "The introduction and development of Hardy and BMO spaces on Euclidean spaces R in the 1960s and 1970s played an important role in modern harmonic analysis and applications in partial differential equations. These spaces were studied extensively in [32], [22], [18], [19], [31] and many others. An L func... | {
"abstract": "This work unites results on two different themes in the study of the conformal geometry of surfaces. On the one hand, we show uniqueness of classical solutions of the normalised, two-dimensional Hamilton–Ricci flow on closed, smooth Riemannian surfaces for H2 initial data among weak solutions satisfyin... |
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"abstract": "Using proprietary audit trail transactions compiled by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, we investigate, at the individual trader level, (1) the timing and (2) the determinants of dual traders’ personal trades. Our analysis reveals a surprising absence of any trade timing by dual traders in rel... | {
"abstract": "This paper uses a unique dataset of audit trail transactions to examine the trading behavior of market makers in the Treasury bond futures market when Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) faced binding margin constraints in 1998. Although identities are concealed in the dataset, I find strong evidence t... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This paper deals with the cost and energy efficiency for heat and electricity production. The operation of the medium size Combined Heat and Power plant, located in Poland, with diverse production units: steam boilers, water boilers and gas engines is studied. The analysis is performed for spr... |
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"abstract": "We report on a theoretical study of the effects of time-dependent fields on electronic transport through graphene nanoribbon devices. The Fabry-Perot interference pattern is modified by an ac gating in a way that depends strongly on the shape of the graphene edges. While for armchair edges the patterns... | {
"abstract": "We have measured shot noise in single-walled carbon nanotubes with good contacts at 4.2 K at low frequencies (f=600-850 MHz). We find a strong modulation of shot noise over the Fabry-Perot pattern; in terms of the differential Fano factor the variation ranges over 0.4-1.2. The shot noise variation, in ... | {
"abstract": "Many engineering faculty believe that when students perceive a course to have a high workload, students will rate the course and the performance of the course instructor poorly. This belief can be particularly worrying to engineering faculty since engineering courses are often perceived as uniquely dem... |
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"abstract": "Nonequilibrium molecular-dynamics simulations are used to investigate the molecular shape of dendrimers and linear polymers in a melt and under shear. Molecules are modeled at the coarse-grained level using a finitely extensible nonlinear elastic bead-spring model. The shape of dendrimers and linear po... | {
"abstract": "This work is focused on the synthesis and optical properties of cone-shaped structural feature di-dendron polyamidoamine dendrimers up to the third generation with mono-Boc-protected ethylenediamine (EDA) as a core. Strong UV absorbance spectra and fluorescence spectra from di-dendron dendrimers with d... | {
"abstract": "Brownian dynamics simulations of perfect dendrimers up to the sixth generation have been performed under the influence of simple shear flow. Hydrodynamic and excluded volume interactions have been taken into account explicitly. The onset of shear-thinning is observed to occur at lower shear rates for l... |
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"abstract": "Lung transplantation is a radical but life-saving treatment option for patients with end-stage lung diseases, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and scleroderma. In light of the proposed association and controversy linking gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to IPF and lung transplant outco... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nIn North America, the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disorder ranges from 18.1% to 27.8%. We measured the risk posed by preoperative esophageal disease for patients undergoing abdominal operations.\n\n\nMETHOD\nAmerican College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Progra... | {
"abstract": "T HE Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) estimates that health care expenditures as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) reached 16 percent in 2006 (chart 1). That share will continue to grow signifi cantly, according to a study by the Congressional Bud get Office.1 Given this trend, it is critical ... |
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"abstract": "CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE\nComputerized data collection is an efficient process and well accepted by patients with different disorders. Although computer-based systems have been used to assess health status and quality of life in various areas of healthcare, there is a lack of studies to investigate the ef... | {
"abstract": "Electronic pain diaries and palm-top computers have become increasingly important in clinical research and practice. In a randomized crossover trial, 24 patients suffering from chronic cancer and non-cancer pain completed both the electronic and the paper version of a pain diary based on the Minimal Do... | {
"abstract": "Objective To evaluate the impact of a handheld computer containing a unit-specific weaning protocol on the efficiency of weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. Design A prospective before-after study design with consecutive control and intervention time periods. Setting A medical intensive care ... |
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"abstract": "Cell division of F+ bacteria is coupled to DNA replication of the F plasmid. Two plasmid coded genes, letA (ccdA) and letD (ccdB) are indispensable for this coupling. To investigate bacterial genes that participate in this coupling, we attempted to identify the target of the division inhibitor (the let... | {
"abstract": "The F plasmid of Escherichia coli was used to study the genetic background of the control circuit in the bacteria that co-ordinates DNA replication and cell division of the host cells. When DNA replication of the F plasmid was blocked by growing cells carrying an amber-suppressible replication-defectiv... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Some product exists in a lysogenic organism after ultraviolet irradiation which can be transferred during conjugation to an unirradiated cell wherein it duplicates the effects of direct irradiation. The product is stable in the cold, unstable at 37° and is unstable to illumination by visible l... |
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"abstract": "Since multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the main reasons for failure in cancer treatment, its suppression may increase the efficacy of cancer therapy. In the present study we attempted to identify a new and effective anticancer drug against MDR cancer cells. We first found that lung cancer A549 cell... | {
"abstract": "Multidrug resistance (MDR) cancer toward cancer chemotherapy is one of the obstacles in cancer therapy. Therefore, it is of interested to use formoxanthone C (1,3,5,6-tetraoxygenated xanthone; XanX), a natural compound, which showed cytotoxicity against MDR human A549 lung cancer (A549RT-eto). The trea... | {
"abstract": "Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore what has happened to the notion and reality of equal pay over the past 50 years, a period in which women have become the majority of trade union members in the UK. It does so in the context of record employment levels based upon women’s increased labour... |
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"abstract": "Error correction codes defined over real-number field have been studied and recognized as useful in many applications. However, most real-number codes in literature are quite suspect in their numerical stability. In this paper, we introduce a class of real-number codes based on random generator matrice... | {
"abstract": "Let A be an $m \\times m$ real random matrix with independently and identically distributed standard Gaussian entries. We prove that there exist universal positive constants c and C such that the tail of the probability distribution of the condition number $\\kappa (A) $ satisfies the inequalities $\\f... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The purpose of this note is to describe some properties of a particular positive definite Toeplitz matrix of arbitrary order, which we call the prolate matrix. This matrix arises naturally in signal processing, and it is extremely ill conditioned. Moreover, its eigenvalues exhibit rather unusu... |
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"abstract": "Monongahela hantavirus was first identified in deer mice and was later found responsible for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome cases in Pennsylvania and West Virginia in the United States. Here, we report the complete sequences of Monongahela virus S, M, and L genomic segments obtained from a fatal clinica... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT We report here the complete genome sequences for all three segments of the New York hantavirus (New York 1). This is the first reported L segment sequence for hantaviruses maintained in Peromyscus spp. endemic to the eastern United States and Canada.",
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"title": "Compl... | {
"abstract": "On January 20, 1994, a 22-year-old Rhode Island man died of acute respiratory distress approximately 5 hours after hospitalization. This report summarizes the case investigation.",
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"title": "Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome--Northeastern United States, 1994."
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"abstract": "An efficient analytical method for calculating the propagation delay and the short-circuit power dissipation of CMOS gates is introduced in this paper. Key factors that determine the operation of a gate, such as the different modes of operation of serially connected transistors, the starting point of c... | {
"abstract": "Except where reference is made to the work of others, the work described in this thesis is my own or was done in collaboration with my advisory committee. This thesis does not include proprietary or classified information. Permission is granted to Auburn University to make copies of this thesis at its ... | {
"abstract": "A coupled system of nonlinear evolution equations describing the combined effects of diffusion and reactions, e.g., fusion reactions or electron-ion recombinations, is transformed into a system of coupled similarity equations in one, two, and three dimensions. A description of the evolution of the coup... |
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"abstract": "Steganography is the science of embedding confidential data inside data so they can be sent to destination without suspicion. Image-steganography is the most popular type of carrier to hold information. Many algorithms have been proposed to hide information into digital images. The least significant bi... | {
"abstract": "In recent years, the rapid growth of information technology and digital communication has become very important to secure information transmission between the sender and receiver. Therefore, steganography introduces strongly to hide information and to communicate a secret data in an appropriate multime... | {
"abstract": "Digital image processing techniques (DIP) have been widely used in various types of application recently. ::: Classification and recognition of a specific object using vision system require some challenging tasks in the field of ::: image processing and artificial intelligence. The ability and efficien... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundUnderstanding the fundamental mechanisms of tumorigenesis remains one of the most pressing problems in modern biology. To this end, stem-like cells with tumor-initiating potential have become a central focus in cancer research. While the cancer stem cell hypothesis presents a compelling model... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Biology is being inundated by noisy, high-dimensional data to an extent never before experienced. Dimensionality reduction techniques such as principal component analysis (PCA) are common approaches for dealing with this onslaught. Though these unsupervised techniques can help uncover interest... | {
"abstract": "The stem cell factor c-kit signaling pathway (SCF/c-kit) has been previously implicated in normal hematopoiesis, melanogenesis, and gametogenesis through the formation and migration of c-kit(+) cells. These biologic functions are also determinants in epithelial-mesenchymal transitions during embryonic ... |
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"abstract": "Previous research has examined factors thought to influence individuals’ interest in cosmetic surgery, yet few studies have examined these issues among midlife women. This study examines predictors of cosmetic surgery attitudes among midlife women (N = 114; age = 45–65 years; Mage = 53.7) and considers... | {
"abstract": "Abstract As the use and influence of social networking continues to grow, researchers have begun to explore its consequences for psychological well-being. Some research suggests that Facebook use can have negative consequences for well-being. Instagram, a photo-sharing social network created in 2010, h... | {
"abstract": "This commentary raises conceptual issues related to recent efforts to develop measures of subjective wellbeing (SWB).Specifically, Hills’ and Argyle’s (2002) article on the development of the 29-item Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ), and its predecessor, the 20-item Oxford Happiness Inventory (Argy... |
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"abstract": "The development of audio event recognition models requires labeled training data, which are generally hard to obtain. One promising source of recordings of audio events is the large amount of multimedia data on the web. In particular, if the audio content analysis must itself be performed on web audio,... | {
"abstract": "An increasing number of researchers work in computational auditory scene analysis (CASA). However, a set of tasks, each with a well-defined evaluation framework and commonly used datasets do not yet exist. Thus, it is difficult for results and algorithms to be compared fairly, which hinders research on... | {
"abstract": "Lung cancer is the most common cancer that cannot be ignored and cause death with late health care. Currently, CT can be used to help doctors detect the lung cancer in the early stages. In many cases, the diagnosis of identifying the lung cancer depends on the experience of doctors, which may ignore so... |
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"abstract": "Recent studies have emphasized the contribution of neuroinflammation and oxido-nitrosative stress to neuropathic pain. Both, heme oxygenase (HO)-1 and carbon monoxide (CO) play an important role in regulating free radical generation and inflammation. Herein, we investigated the role of HO-1/CO pathway,... | {
"abstract": "Sanguinarine is a natural compound isolated from the roots of Macleaya cordata and M. microcarpa, has been reported to possess several biological activities such as anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects. In the present study, we demonstrated that sanguinarine markedly induces the expression of HO-... | {
"abstract": "AIM: To compare the morphology of lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and esophageal body, and to explore the response of contraction of the smooth muscle of LES to acetylcholine (ACh). METHODS: The morphology of LES and esophageal body was examined under light microscope and electron microscope. The pres... |
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"abstract": "One of the main goals of Discovery Science is the development and analysis of methods for automatic knowledge discovery in the natural sciences. A central area of natural science research concerns reactions: how entities in a scientific domain interact to generate new entities. Classic AI research due ... | {
"abstract": "We argue that inductive analysis (based on formal learning theory and the use of suitable machine learning reconstructions) and operational (citation metrics-based) assessment of the scientific process can be justifiably and fruitfully brought together, whereby the citation metrics used in the operatio... | {
"abstract": "Across scientific disciplines, the ability to generate, collect, and store data has outpaced the ability to make sense of them. Methods and technology exist today for working with extremely large data sets, yet the most common data organization paradigm in science is to create files, in some cases mill... |
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"abstract": "Anti-virus systems developed by different vendors often demonstrate strong discrepancy in the labels they assign to given malware, which significantly hinders threat intelligence sharing. The key challenge of addressing this discrepancy stems from the difficulty of re-standardizing already-in-use syste... | {
"abstract": "Malware triaging is the process of analyzing malicious software applications' behavior to develop detection signatures. This task is challenging, especially due to the enormous number of samples received by the vendors with limited amount of analyst time. Triaging usually starts with an analyst classif... | {
"abstract": "In this paper we present a straightforward approach to the obfuscation of sequential program control-flow in order to design tamperresistant software. The principal idea of our technique is as follows: Let I be an instance of a hard combinatorial problem C, whose solution K is known. Then, given a sour... |
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"abstract": "Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) possess numerous and unique characteristics, such as high channel error-rate, severe link-layer contentions, frequent link breakage (due to node mobility), and dissimilar path properties (e.g., bandwidth, delay, and loss rate) that make these networks different from the ... | {
"abstract": "Wireless nodes in MANET present stringent resource constraints such as limited battery power and storage capacity, so energy aware cross-layer design is essential to improve the battery life. For prolonged network operational time, energy conservation is a critical issue in routing protocol design in a... | {
"abstract": "Energy aware routing protocols are consistently cited as efficient solutions for ad hoc and sensor networks routing and data management. However, there is not a consistent approach to define the energy related cost metrics that are used to guide the routing protocol performance. This paper provides a s... |
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"abstract": "Lyophilized erythrocyte stroma were extracted with chloroform methanol, and a fraction with blood‐group P1 activity was obtained by chromatography on columns of silicic acid followed by preparative thin‐layer chromatography. The active fraction contained at least two glycosphingolipids, and it is concl... | {
"abstract": "The plasma membrane of human erythrocytes has been characterized as an antigenic entity distinct from cytoplasmic components, certain of which may be included in hemoglobin-free ghosts prepared by hypotonic lysis of erythrocytes at pH 7.4. Lyophilization and subsequent rehydration resulted in the parti... | {
"abstract": "Several methods for the determination of collagenolytic activity were compared from the point of view of sensitivity, selectivity, simplicity and practical value for large numbers of biological samples. A labelled collagen substrate was prepared using [3H]acetic anhydride. The specificity of the assay ... |
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"abstract": "In the intracellular bacterium Brucella suis, the molecular chaperone DnaK was induced under heat‐shock conditions and at low pH. Insertional inactivation of dnaK and dnaJ within the dnaK/J locus led to the conclusion that DnaK, but not DnaJ, was required for growth at 37°C in vitro. Viability of the d... | {
"abstract": "Molecular detection assays are increasingly becoming routine diagnostic techniques for bacterial infection; however, their sensitivities are restricted by the low concentrations of bacteria in clinical samples. Here, we report a new paradigm for ultrasensitive detection of bacteria. The principle of th... | {
"abstract": "A study was conducted to examine sources of variation introduced into a phagocytosis assay as a result of the isolation of neutrophils from bovine blood, including variation attributable to isolation of neutrophils from blood, variation between duplicate determinations of percentage phagocytosis, and t... |
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"abstract": "Data mining is an area of computer and information science with large perspective of knowledge discovery from large database or dataset. Various types of disciplines are available under data mining and clustering or the unsupervised learning in particular. Clustering is a division of data into similar ... | {
"abstract": "Cluster analysis is a primary method for database mining. It is either used as a stand-alone tool to get insight into the distribution of a data set, e.g. to focus further analysis and data processing, or as a preprocessing step for other algorithms operating on the detected clusters. Almost all of the... | {
"abstract": "Modulation transfer function (MTF) is a well known and widely accepted method for evaluating the spatial resolution of a digital radiographic imaging system. In the present study our aim was to evaluate the MTF obtained from CBCT and micro-CT images. A cylinder shaped phantom designed for slanted-edge ... |
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"abstract": "New BV RI photometry and optical spectroscopy of the Type IIp supernova 2004dj in NGC 2403, obtained during the first year since discovery, are presented. The progenitor cluster, Sandage 96, is also detected on pre-explosion frames. The light curve indicates that the explosion occurred about 30 d befor... | {
"abstract": "The Type II-P supernova SN 2004dj in the nearby galaxy NGC 2403 occurred at a position coincident with object 96 in the list of luminous stars and clusters in this galaxy published by Sandage in 1984. The coincidence is established definitively through astrometric registration of our ground-based archi... | {
"abstract": "In systems in atomic scale and nanoscale such as clusters or agglomerates constituted by particles from a few to less than 100 atoms, quantum confinement effects are very important. Their optical and electronic properties are often dependent on the size of the systems and the way in which the atoms in ... |
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"abstract": "The statistical modelling of language, together with advances in wide-coverage grammar development, have led to high levels of robustness and efficiency in NLP systems and made linguistically motivated large-scale language processing a possibility (Matsuzaki et al., 2007; Kaplan et al., 2004). This pap... | {
"abstract": "Boxer is a semantic parser for English texts with many input and output possibilities, and various ways to perform meaning analysis based on Discourse Representation Theory. This involves the various ways that meaning representations can be computed, as well as their possible semantic ingredients.",
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"abstract": "Web-search queries are typically short and ambiguous. To classify these queries into certain target categories is a difficult but important problem. In this article, we present a new technique called query enrichment, which takes a short query and maps it to intermediate objects. Based on the collected... |
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