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"abstract": "A new laboratory test bed i s introduced, which enables the hardware -in -the -loop simulation of the autonomous approach and docking of a chaser spacecraft to a target spacecraft of similar mass. The test bed consists of a chaser spacecraft and a target spacecraft simulator s floating via air pads on ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract This paper deals with the design, development and experimentation of a new test stand for the accurate and precise characterization of small cold-gas nozzles having thrust of the order of 0.1 N and specific impulse of the order of 10 s. As part of the presented research, a new cold-gas superso... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Thin films of the organic semiconductor rubrene were deposited on muscovite (0 0 1) substrates by hot wall epitaxy. The morphology of rubrene thin films in combination with their crystallographic properties was characterized by transmission electron microscopy. The initial growth proceeds in a... |
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"title": "Implications and Risks of MMORPG Addiction: Motivations, Emotional Investment, Problematic Usage and Personal Privacy"
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"abstract": "Researchers have studied whether some youth are “addicted” to video games, but previous studies have been based on regional convenience samples. Using a national sample, this study gathered information about video-gaming habits and parental involvement in gaming, to determine the percentage of youth wh... | {
"abstract": "This paper is a call for research in the field of game engine architecture and design, a more comprehensive and thorough understanding of which we consider to be essential for its development. We present a number of key aspects that may help to define the problem space and provide a catalogue of questi... |
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"abstract": "As the stressed adolescents of today are the adults of tomorrow, it is important to prevent & diagnose early anxiety disorders & enhance their overall self-esteem & wellbeing. A novel intervention for Generalized Anxiety Disorders in adolescents is proposed, that incorporates current clinical guideline... | {
"abstract": "A decision support system (DSS) may help to synchronize comprehensive computational aspects of computational problems like knowledge discovery, processing, and pattern visualization. It provides an effective channel for decision making by churning huge datasets. Primarily, DSS has been deployed in doma... | {
"abstract": "Since electronic excited states are sensitive to the local fluid environment, dopant electronic transitions are an appropriate probe to study the structure of near critical point fluids (i.e., perturbers). In comparison to valence states, Rydberg states are more sensitive to their environment [1]. Howe... |
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"abstract": "Effective support for XML query languages is becoming increasingly important with the emergence of new applications that access large volumes of XML data. All existing proposals for querying XML (e.g., XQuery) rely on a pattern-specification language that allows path navigation and branching through th... | {
"abstract": "An infinitely variable speed transmission in which the transmission ratio results from the equilibrium of the total contact pressure force on the one V-belt pulley and the contact pressure force on the other V-belt pulley determined by a V-belt. The total contact pressure force having a torque-dependen... | {
"abstract": "Background/Aim To automatically detect and classify the early stages of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) using a deep convolutional neural network (CNN). Methods This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in a referral medical centre in Taiwan. Only premature infants with no ROP, stage 1 RO... |
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"abstract": "High back booster (HBB) seat use was studied in the field and in the laboratory. This paper presents details of a case series of 19 children using HBBs in real world crashes. More than half were using HBBs when a forward facing restraint would have been more suitable (i.e. inappropriately), and incorre... | {
"abstract": "Traffic related trauma is the most common cause of fatality and severe injury to children in developed countries. The majority of these fatalities and injuries are caused by frontal and side impacts. Researchers agree that the head is the most important body region to protect for all ages of children, ... | {
"abstract": "Alteration of lipid metabolism has been increasingly recognized as a hallmark of cancer cells. The changes of expression and activity of lipid metabolizing enzymes are directly regulated by the activity of oncogenic signals. The dependence of tumor cells on the dysregulated lipid metabolism suggests th... |
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"abstract": "Although reactivation and reinstatement reminders differ procedurally, differences in their memory-preserving effects have been described as artifactual. In three experiments, we examined this conclusion. One hundred and twelve 6-month-olds learned an operant task, forgot it, received a reactivation or... | {
"abstract": "The present experiments with human infants asked whether periodic nonverbal reminders could maintain a memory established at 2 months of age over a substantial period of development. In Experiment 1, a reactivation reminder recovered infants' forgotten memory after 3 weeks, but a reinstatement reminder... | {
"abstract": "Here, we report that two distinctive cell populations with osteoblastic differentiation ability were found in adherent cell populations from bone marrow. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were conventionally isolated by using adherent property of bone marrow cells onto a plastic culture dish. MSCs enriched... |
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"abstract": "for any n ≥ 0 and 0 ≤ k ≤ n. A combinatorial interpretation of the formula (1) is as follows. The left-hand side counts the number of ways to select k balls (numbered with the corresponding number) from a bin of n balls. This is equivalent to the sum of the following two cases: (a) if the ball n is sel... | {
"abstract": "We analyze the most commonly used method for shuffling cards. The main result is a simple expression for the chance of any arrangement after any number of shuffles. This is used to give sharp bounds on the approach to randomness: $ log, n + 0 shuffles are necessary and sufficient to mix up n cards. Key... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVES\nTraditional laboratory utilization measures are unable to detect the results of small-scale utilization improvement efforts in a background of rising patient volumes and acuity. However, accurate assessment is necessary to document effectiveness of these efforts.\n\n\nMETHODS\nTest menu cha... |
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"abstract": "In this paper a novel method for acoustic echo and noise cancellation in a generalized sidelobe canceler framework is described. The primary contribution of this work is the development of multichannel adaptive Kalman filter (MCAKF) in a modified generalized sidelobe canceler (MGSC) framework. Addition... | {
"abstract": "Speech quality and intelligibility might significantly deteriorate in the presence of background noise, especially when the speech signal is subject to subsequent processing. In particular, speech coders and automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems that were designed or trained to act on clean speech... | {
"abstract": "Pituitary cells cultured with estradiol respond by a specific increase in prolactin synthesis. Extensive inhibition of DNA synthesis (61-78%) with hydroxyurea or cytosine arabinoside resulted in only 28-33% decrease in estrogen-induced prolactin synthesis. To assess the role of prolactin cell prolifera... |
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"abstract": "IMPORTANCE\nStatus epilepticus is a common neurologic emergency with significant associated morbidity, mortality, and health care costs, yet limited data exist detailing trends in status epilepticus-related hospitalizations and mortality.\n\n\nOBJECTIVE\nTo examine trends in status epilepticus-related ... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nStatus epilepticus (SE) is a major neurological condition associated with significant morbidity and mortality. No studies to evaluate the cost burden of SE have been performed to date. This study estimates the direct cost related to an inpatient admission for SE in an urban academic medical ce... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nIntraarticular (ia) hyaluronan (HA) is reported to provide symptomatic relief in osteoarthritis (OA); however, there is limited information on the effects that this treatment may have on joint articular cartilage or subchondral bone. Our objective was to address this issue using an ovine mod... |
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"abstract": "This article reviews the molecular biology of the interaction of histamine with its H1-receptor and describes the concept that H1-antihistamines are not receptor antagonists but are inverse agonists i.e. they produce the opposite effect on the receptor to histamine. It then discourages the use of first... | {
"abstract": "Mizolastine, a new H1‐receptor antagonist, is highly selective for histamine H1 receptors and has no anticholinergic, antiadrenergic, or antiserotonin activity. It is rapidly absorbed after oral ingestion, with peak plasma concentrations occurring at 1.5 h. The distribution and terminal elimination hal... | {
"abstract": "PURPOSE\nNoise characteristics of clinical multidetector CT (MDCT) systems can be quantified by the noise power spectrum (NPS). Although the NPS of CT has been extensively studied in the past few decades, the joint impact of the bowtie filter and object position on the NPS has not been systematically i... |
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"abstract": "The informativity of some regions of the ribosomal cluster (rDNA) in freshwater horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) has been analyzed to trace the nucleotide differences for discrimination of species and genera of these parasites using available sequences from the NCBI GenBank and our data.",
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"abstract": "The present article investigates the production of concept maps focusing on little-known animal groups, aiming to reflect on the results brought about by the frequent use of these graphic tools in undergraduate Zoology teaching activities over four consecutive years. In addition to the analysis of publ... | {
"abstract": "The mitochondrial deacetylase sirtuin 3 (SIRT3) is thought to be one of the main contributors to metabolic flexibility–promoting mitochondrial energy production and maintaining homeostasis. In bone, metabolic profiles are tightly regulated and the loss of SIRT3 has deleterious effects on bone volume in... |
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"abstract": "The significance of the synergy between promoting resiliency and the strengths-based perspective is well established in gerontological social work. This article reports on qualitative research that suggests another potentially productive synergy, one that can result from the interaction between the cap... | {
"abstract": "There are an increasing number of older adults who are facing major life transitions and significant losses as they age. Finding a sense of hope among the losses and changes these older adults face is one way they can maintain a quality of life or as some researchers have termed it – successfully age. ... | {
"abstract": "Summary Over the past decade, social work education has generally failed to mount a significant effort to better prepare its future practitioners to serve the needs of a growing aging population. The demographics of aging suggest a need and demand for social workers that specialize in services to older... |
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"abstract": "This work investigates the impact of geometry on the reliability of a high conductivity, meandered, stretchable interconnect. Meandered copper conductor interconnects of varying geometries that have been encapsulated into a PDMS matrix, are evaluated for reliability under tensile stretching conditions ... | {
"abstract": "Stretchable electronics offer soft, biocompatible mechanical properties; these same properties make them susceptible to device failure associated with physical impact. This paper studies designs for stretchable electronics that resist failure from impacts due to incorporation of a viscoelastic encapsul... | {
"abstract": "Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are very promising adsorbents for the removal of anionic pollutants from water. However, the low adsorption efficiency and recycling difficulty of conventional LDH powders are obstacles to practical applications. Herein, a novel Zn/Fe-LDH composite sponge was successful... |
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"abstract": "Transgenic plastids offer unique advantages in plant biotechnology, including high-level foreign protein expression. However, broad application of plastid genome engineering in biotechnology has been largely hampered by the lack of plastid transformation systems for major crops. Here we describe the de... | {
"abstract": "Vaccines are a proven method of controlling disease. However there are issues with the delivery and administration of vaccines. A particular problem is that the majority of vaccines currently used are injected, which can be unsafe if needles are reused in areas where blood-borne diseases are prevalent.... | {
"abstract": "Important aspects of feeding in animals have been found to be controlled by changes in serotonin (5-HT) activity that have relatively little effect on other behavior^.'-^ The importance of 5-HT in the control of feeding in man derives essentially from the fact that fenfluramine (F), and particularly it... |
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"abstract": "Introduction: Prompt and accurate diagnosis of sepsis is of high importance for clinicians. Procalcitonine (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) have been proposed as markers for this purpose. Our aim was to evaluate the levels of PCT and CRP in early sepsis and its correlation with severity of sepsis. Me... | {
"abstract": "The clinical utility of serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels continues to evolve. PCT is regarded as a promising candidate marker for making a diagnosis and antibiotic stewardship in patients with systemic infections. The aim of this review is to summarize the current evidence for PCT in different infectio... | {
"abstract": "Previous work examining animal models of cognitive flexibility have focused on tasks where animals are required to shift between cues in order to reach a food reward from among a limited set of choices. Performance by nonhuman animals on these tasks, including reversal learning, intradimensional set-sh... |
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"abstract": "Summary Standard one-sex linear models of Lotka or Bernardelli always approach asymptotically an exponential growth mode with stable age distribution. Realistic non-linear models need not possess this property. The present analysis uncovers a possibly realistic ease where an existent mode of balanced g... | {
"abstract": "The (German) market for law professors fulfils the conditions for a hog cycle: In the short run, supply cannot be extended or limited; future law professors must be hired soon after they first present themselves, or leave the market; demand is inelastic. Using a comprehensive German dataset, we show th... | {
"abstract": "We investigate the expressive power of linear-time and branching-time temporal logics as fragments of the logic CTL*. We give a simple characterization of those CTL* formulas that can be expressed in linear-time logic. We also give a simple method for showing that certain CTL* formulas cannot be expres... |
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"abstract": "Metal coated Hollow Glass Waveguides (HGWs) incorporating single dielectric thin films have been widely used for the low-loss transmission of infrared radiation in applications ranging from surgery to spectroscopy. While the incorporation of single dielectric film designs have traditionally been used i... | {
"abstract": "Hollow Glass Waveguides (HGWs) incorporating single dielectric thin film designs deposited on silver coated silica hollow waveguides have been used for low-loss transmission of infrared radiation in the 2 - 14 micrometer region. Silver iodide has traditionally been the material of choice as a dielectri... | {
"abstract": "A circular metallic hollow waveguide with inner dielectric multilayers is designed with the emphasis on low-loss transmission of the HE 11 mode for the infrared. The effects of absorptions and variations of thickness of coated dielectric materials are discussed and are shown to be small on the minimum ... |
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"abstract": "Botnet was composed of the virus-infected computers severely threaten the security of internet. Hackers, firstly, implanted virus in targeted computers, which were then commanded and controlled by them via the internet to operate distributed denial of services (DDoS), steal confidential information, di... | {
"abstract": "Botnets have emerged as a powerful threat on the Internet as it is being used to carry out cybercrimes. In this paper, we have analysed some machine learning techniques to detect peer to peer (P2P) botnets. As the detection of P2P botnets is widely unexplored area, we have focused on it. We experimente... | {
"abstract": "Today, people are more used to online shopping and payment due to which frauds related to online payment is on the rise. The main modes of online payment are credits cards, debit cards, net banking. The fraud related to credit cards is increasing nowadays because people prefer using them as an easy mod... |
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"abstract": "We used depth-resolved cathodoluminescence spectroscopy (DRCLS), photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy and temperature-dependent Hall-effect (TDHE) measurements to describe the strong dependence of H passivation and doping in H-implanted ZnO on thermal treatment. Increasing H implantation dose increases ... | {
"abstract": "The concept of a chemical bond stands out as a major development in the process of understanding how atoms are held together in molecules and solids. Lewis' classical picture of chemical bonds as shared-electron pairs evolved to the quantum-mechanical valence-bond and molecular-orbital theories, and th... | {
"abstract": "[Abstract]: This paper extends the familiar concept of 'journalism-as-storytelling' into a description of some of its practical applications in a university and industry partnership resulting in a commercial training arrangement in early 2007. It describes the APN/USQ Professional Development Program f... |
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"abstract": "The increasing number of service providers on the Web makes it challenging to select a provider for a specific service demand. Each service consumer has different expectations for a given service in different contexts, so the selection process should be consumer‐oriented and context‐dependent. Current ... | {
"abstract": "In many dynamic open systems, autonomous agents must interact with one another to achieve their goals. Such agents may be self-interested and, when trusted to perform an action, may betray that trust by not performing the action as required. Due to the scale and dynamism of these systems, agents will o... | {
"abstract": "Abstract The goal of relationship marketing is to build and maintain a committed, loyal relationship between a customer and an organization. Although studies have discussed the types of relational bonds that enhance customer loyalty, empirical research that focuses on the application of relational bond... |
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"abstract": "Influxes of potassium and amino acids were measured in suspensions of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) under resting conditions and after various phagocytic stimuli. Both ouabain-sensitive (or pump) and ouabain-insensitive (or leak) influxes of K were determined. In 5 mM external K, mean total... | {
"abstract": "Phagosomes were purified from human neutrophils ingesting Salmonella typhimurium opsonized with adsorbed normal human serum or with rabbit IgG. Constituents within the phagosome were endogenously labeled by supplying the cells with 125INa during phagocytosis. Lactoferrin and vitamin B12 binding protein... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo compare lipoprotein profile, body composition and diet in a sample of athletes practicing mixed and anaerobic sports activities, and in a group of sedentary controls.\n\n\nEXPERIMENTAL DESIGN\nCross selectional study.\n\n\nPARTICIPANTS\nTwenty professional soccer players (mixed trained), ... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, a new protocol called MFQMAC is proposed, which has the following features. (i) It assures quality of service through service differentiation among different classes of traffics. (ii)It provides fairness among traffic flows of same priority class. It maintains fairness without decreasing... | {
"abstract": "In wireless ad hoc networks, in addition to the well-known hidden terminal and exposed terminal problems, the location-dependent contention may cause serious unfairness and priority reversal problems. These problems can severely degrade network performance. To the best of our knowledge, so far there is... | {
"abstract": "The limited amount of good tools for supporting elicitation of preference information in multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) causes practical problem. In our experiences, this can be remedied by allowing more relaxed input statements from decision-makers, causing the elicitation process to be less ... |
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"abstract": "Objective. K-shell x-ray fluorescence (KXRF) techniques have been used to identify health effects resulting from exposure to metals for decades, but the equipment is bulky and requires significant maintenance and licensing procedures. A portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) device was developed to overcome... | {
"abstract": "Due to signal attenuation in overlying soft tissue, development of x-ray fluorescence systems to measure low atomic number elements, such as strontium, in human bone required a search for a skeletal site with thin overlying tissue. This paper reports ultrasound measurements of overlying tissue on 10 su... | {
"abstract": "Purpose of reviewIn individuals with severe to profound hearing loss, cochlear implants bypass normal inner ear function by applying electrical current directly into the cochlea, thereby stimulating cochlear nerve fibers. Stimulating discrete populations of spiral ganglion cells in cochlear implant use... |
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"abstract": "The p53 gene acts as a regulator of cell growth and DNA repair in normal cells; inactivation of the gene seems to lead to cancer. It is the most commonly mutated gene in human cancers, and a high-throughput sequencing method is needed for cancer etiology studies using large sample sets. In our populati... | {
"abstract": "Somatic p53 mutations are common in lung cancer. Active cigarette smoking is positively correlated with the total frequency of p53 mutations and G:C to T:A transversions on the nontranscribed (DNA coding) strand. Mutational hotspots within the p53 gene, e.g., codon 157, have been identified for tobacco... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nHuman herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) isolates are classified into two variants, termed HHV-6A and HHV-6B, on the basis of distinct genetic, antigenic and biological characteristics, but the specific pathogenicity of each variant remains poorly understood.\n\n\nOBJECTIVES\nTo design a rapid, sensitiv... |
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"abstract": "Software Testing is continuous process of development and maintenance in life of software. In maintenance phase, regression testing gets exercisedwith additional resources/time for performance. The prioritization of test cases helps to reduce the cost-time of regression testing. Hence, completing Regre... | {
"abstract": "The scheduling problem in distributed data-intensive computing environments has been an active research topic due to immense practical applications. In this paper, we model the scheduling problem for work-flow applications in distributed data-intensive computing environments (FDSP) and make an attempt ... | {
"abstract": "Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, causal agent of tan spot of wheat, produces a toxin in culture that induces necrosis only on wheat cultivars susceptible to the pathogen. The toxic compound, named Ptr toxin, was purified by gel filtration chromatography and ion exchange chromatography. Unlike most other f... |
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"abstract": "Biliary atresia is a rare, serious and challenging disease in newborn children. Its aetiology remains unknown. Optimal management at specialist centres with resultant better overall outcomes is achieved through a multidisciplinary team approach. The Kasai portoenterostomy performed early in life remain... | {
"abstract": "Biliary atresia (BA) is a rare disease characterised by a biliary obstruction of unknown origin that presents in the neonatal period. It is the most frequent surgical cause of cholestatic jaundice in this age group. BA occurs in approximately 1/18,000 live births in Western Europe. In the world, the re... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nTo investigate physiologic blood-flow-velocity waveform patterns of the fetal cerebral venous system during normal pregnancies by transvaginal Doppler studies and to evaluate cases with abnormal venous-flow patterns.\n\n\nMETHODS\nInternal cerebral veins and the three dural sinuses, those of... |
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"abstract": "To evaluate vibronic spectra beyond the Condon approximation, we extend the on-the-fly ab initio thawed Gaussian approximation by considering the Herzberg-Teller contribution due to the dependence of the electronic transition dipole moment on nuclear coordinates. The extended thawed Gaussian approximat... | {
"abstract": "To alleviate the computational cost associated with on-the-fly ab initio semiclassical calculations of molecular spectra, we propose the single-Hessian thawed Gaussian approximation in which the Hessian of the potential energy at all points along an anharmonic classical trajectory is approximated by a ... | {
"abstract": "Two semiclassical, initial value representation (IVR) treatments are presented for the correlation function psi(f) e-iHt/h psi(i), where psi(i) and psi(f), are energy eigenfunctions of a \"zero-order\" Hamiltonian describing an arbitrary, integrable, vibrational system. These wave functions are treated... |
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"abstract": "Many companies are increasing their expenditure on information and communication technologies (ICTs) to obtain or even sustain a competitive advantage in their respective marketplaces. However, managers are often left with the quandary of how to evaluate investments in such technologies. Reasons of thi... | {
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"title": "Integrating the costs of a manufacturing IT/IS infrastructure into the investment decision-making process"
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"abstract": "Foreword, by Donald T. Campbell Preface 1. INTRODUCTION: How to Know Whether and When to Use Case Studies as a Research Method The Case Study as a Research Method Comparing Case Studies With Other Research Methods in the Social Sciences Different Kinds of Case Studies, But a Common Definition Summary 2... |
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"abstract": "Climate change has been acknowledged as being indisputable. The response of the international community has included the drafting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. In order to prevent catastrophic climate change, developed country parties to these agre... | {
"abstract": "It has been seen that South Africa seriously lags behind other developing countries in terms of implementation of CDM projects. This paper looked briefly at the position in Brazil and identified a major difference between South Africa and Brazil as being the priority assigned to climate change in Brazi... | {
"abstract": "The results of the RAND Health Insurance Experiment are important in the debates on access to and financing of health services, and direct charges to patients. The study randomly assigned people in six areas in the United States to different health insurance plans for periods of three or five years. El... |
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"abstract": "In online learning, a player chooses actions to play and receives reward and feedback from the environment with the goal of maximizing her reward over time. In this paper, we propose the model of combinatorial partial monitoring games with linear feedback, a model which simultaneously addresses limited... | {
"abstract": "We present a new anytime algorithm that achieves near-optimal regret for any instance of finite stochastic partial monitoring. In particular, the new algorithm achieves the minimax regret, within logarithmic factors, for both \"easy\" and \"hard\" problems. For easy problems, it additionally achieves l... | {
"abstract": "Until recently, statistical theory has been restricted to the design and analysis of sampling experiments in which the size and composition of the samples are completely determined before the experimentation begins. The reasons for this are partly historical, dating back to the time when the statistici... |
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"abstract": "This work presents a novel design of an ultra-small Wankel engine. With a device size of mm range and required power of mW, the rotation speed is theoretically calculated up to thousands of rpm. The PDMS MEMS process has been employed to make the Wankel engine planar and tiny. How to selecting the prop... | {
"abstract": "This study demonstrated a new thermo-pneumatic micropump implemented by stacking three layers of PDMS on a glass slide. The pumping with valve-less diffuser/nozzle channel is driven due to the flow rectification effect. The large actuation stroke of the deforming diaphragm appears as the phase change f... | {
"abstract": "In recent years, increased activity in micromachining has driven the need for high aspect ratio thick films resist systems. This paper discusses a new epoxy based resist that can be used to achieve high aspect ratios (> 10:1) using UV lithography. The resulting negative resist system provides sharp, cl... |
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"abstract": "The enormous amount of data being collected by electronic medical records (EMR) has found additional value when integrated and stored in data warehouses. The enterprise data warehouse (EDW) allows all data from an organization with numerous inpatient and outpatient facilities to be integrated and analy... | {
"abstract": "Recording patient clinical data in a comprehensive and easy way is very important for health care providers. However, and although there are information systems to facilitate the storage and access to patient data, many records are still in paper. Even when data is stored electronically, systems often ... | {
"abstract": "Food safety becomes an important issue in fast developing economies when a large growing market is supplied by many small producers through a prolonged supply chain. China is facing such a serious problem with its growing dairy market seeing serious food safety scandals. In this article, we examine a n... |
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"abstract": "paper shows a comparative study of Multi U-shaped slot antenna with the substrate integrated waveguide(SIW) fed patch antenna. By cutting four asymmetrical U-slots, we can make U-shaped patch antenna. Advantages of this structure are the simple feed, single layer structure, simple structure of antenna,... | {
"abstract": "The compact multi band antennas are the demand of the new evolving technology. A triple band antenna for which two bands, are in C-band having bandwidths 134MHz and 87.5MHz. The center frequency for first band of bandwidth 134 MHz is 5.37GHz and for second band of bandwidth 87.5MHz is 5.88GHz. The thir... | {
"abstract": "A new method for radiating dual or circular polarisation with a printed circuit antenna element is described. A square microstrip patch on one substrate is coupled to a pair of microstriplines on another substrate via two orthogonal, rectangular apertures in a common ground plane. Quadrature excitation... |
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"abstract": "Past work in relation extraction has focused on binary relations in single sentences. Recent NLP inroads in high-value domains have sparked interest in the more general setting of extracting n-ary relations that span multiple sentences. In this paper, we explore a general relation extraction framework ... | {
"abstract": "Relation classification is an important semantic processing, which has achieved great attention in recent years. The main challenge is the fact that important information can appear at any position in the sentence. Therefore, we propose bidirectional long short-term memory networks (BLSTM) to model the... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we propose a framework for the real-time monitoring of wireless biosensors. This is a scalable platform that requires minimum human interaction during set-up and monitoring. Its main components include a biosensor, a smart gateway to automatically set up the body area network, a mechanis... |
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"abstract": "Recent findings in the neurophysiology of language production have provided a detailed description of the brain network underlying this behavior, as well as some indications about the timing of operations. Despite their invaluable utility, these data generally suffer from limitations either in terms of... | {
"abstract": "Speech production involves widely distributed brain regions. This MEG study focuses on the spectro-temporal dynamics that contribute to the setup of this network. In 21 participants performing a cue-target reading paradigm, we analyzed local oscillations during preparation for overt and covert reading ... | {
"abstract": "Doctor of Philosophy in Education Studies. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 2015.",
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"title": "The state of psychological services in secondary schools : experiences of principals, school counsellors, educators and learners."
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"abstract": "Abstract The platelet-derived growth factor receptor-beta (PDGFRβ) signaling pathway regulates smooth muscle cell (SMC) migration and proliferation in the vascular wall. Oxidized low-density lipoproteins (oxLDLs) and 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) induce a dual effect on PDGFRβ signaling. Short-term incubati... | {
"abstract": "Acrolein, a highly toxic α, β–unsaturated aldehyde, has been a longstanding key biomarker associated with a range of disorders related to oxidative stresses. One of the most promising methods for detecting acrolein involves the use of antibodies that can recognize the acrolein–lysine conjugate, 3-formy... | {
"abstract": "Background Human dopamine β-hydroxylase (DBH) is an important therapeutic target for complex traits. Several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have also been identified in DBH with potential adverse physiological effect. However, difficulty in obtaining diffractable crystals and lack of a suitable... |
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"abstract": "Over the past few years, dozens of new techniques have been proposed for more accurate energy disaggregation, but the jury is still out on whether these techniques can actually save energy and, if so, whether higher accuracy translates into higher energy savings. In this paper, we explore both of these... | {
"abstract": "Traditional energy measurement fails to provide support to consumers to make intelligent decisions to save energy. Non-intrusive load monitoring is one solution that provides disaggregated power consumption profiles. Machine learning approaches rely on public datasets to train parameters for their algo... | {
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"title": "“ ARM HARDWARE PLATFORM FOR VEHICULAR MONITORING AND TRACKING USING GPS AND GSM"
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"abstract": "Midori Kono 1,3, Hiroyuki Satoh 2, Yasuyuki Okabe ~, Yasuko Abe 2, Katsumi Nakayama L and Mitsumasa Okada 1,, 1Department of Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274, Japan (*author for correspondence); 2Department of Biochemistry, Nippon Medical Sch... | {
"abstract": "Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase consists of large subunits (LS) and small subunits. In plants, the LS is encoded in chloroplast DNA and the small subunit, in nuclear DNA. In cyanobacteria, both subunits are thought to be encoded in chromosomal DNA because of prokaryotes. The gene for th... | {
"abstract": "SummaryProvisional maps are presented for all acrocentric bivalents and bivalent 9, according to their chromomere patterns at pachytene in the human oocyte. Each G band is subdivided into several sub-bands whose number varies according to the degree of chromosomal compacting. Chromomere number and sequ... |
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"abstract": "Sertoli–Leydig cell tumors are characterized by the presence of somatic DICER1 hotspot mutations. In this study, we sought to define the association between DICER1 hotspot mutations and different morphologic subtypes of ovarian Sertoli–Leydig cell tumors. Furthermore, we aimed to assess whether DICER1 ... | {
"abstract": "The clinical and pathological features of 207 ovarian Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors from our consultation and hospital files were reviewed. The patients ranged in age from 2 to 75 (average 25) years. Seventy-five percent of them were 30 years of age or younger and less than 10% were over 50 years of age. ... | {
"abstract": "Environmental assessments of projects and local plans in the energy and waste sectors in Sweden : Practice and potential for improvement",
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"title": "Environmental assessments of projects and local plans in the energy and waste sectors in Sweden : Practice and p... |
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"abstract": "Abstract The effects of possible right-handed weak hadronic currents in rare exclusive semileptonic decays B→(K,K ∗ )ν ν are investigated using a lattice-constrained dispersion quark model for the calculation of the relevant mesonic form factors. The results obtained for the branching ratios and the mi... | {
"abstract": "We studied total energies of various ordered structures of PdH{sub {ital x}} (in which hydrogen occupies the octahedral sites within the fcc Pd lattice) using the pseudopotential method and a plane-wave basis within the local-density-functional approximation. The structures considered include the (420)... | {
"abstract": "During the 1970s and 1980s, the seismic attributes most used in petroleum exploration were amplitude‐based instantaneous attributes. However, in the 1990s, seismic attribute technology has dramatically advanced in several directions; techniques now range from single‐trace instantaneous event attribute ... |
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"abstract": "We introduce an approach to integrate segmentation information within a convolutional neural network (CNN). This counter-acts the tendency of CNNs to smooth information across regions and increases their spatial precision. To obtain segmentation information, we set up a CNN to provide an embedding spac... | {
"abstract": "The topic of semantic segmentation has witnessed considerable progress due to the powerful features learned by convolutional neural networks (CNNs). The current leading approaches for semantic segmentation exploit shape information by extracting CNN features from masked image regions. This strategy int... | {
"abstract": "We propose a new learning-based method for estimating 2D human pose from a single image, using Dual-Source Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DS-CNN). Recently, many methods have been developed to estimate human pose by using pose priors that are estimated from physiologically inspired graphical model... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Background Recently, the prevalence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Asian patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is gradually increasing. IBD surgery is a well-recognized risk factor for VTE. However, there are no prospective studies about VTE after surgery for ulcerative colitis (U... | {
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"title": "Evaluation of venous thromboembolism and coagulation-fibrinolysis markers in Japanese patients with inflammatory bowel disease"
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism after abdominal surgery occurs in 2% to 3% of patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. However, no evidence-based guidelines currently exist to guide postdischarge prophylactic anticoagulation. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the use of postoperative po... |
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"abstract": "Structural changes in the economy have created an employment environment that dictates hiring selectivity within the information technology (IT) field. Higher employer expectations combined with a tighter career market have introduced challenging career barriers for IT undergraduate majors. Swanson and... | {
"abstract": "We recount some of the most significant and colorful findings of our four-year study of gender issues in the undergraduate computer science program at Carnegie Mellon. We also discuss the subsequent dramatic increase in the number of women in the program. We conclude with recommendations for the most g... | {
"abstract": "Because exposure to styrene occurs commonly in some industries and styrene is highly lipid soluble, it is reasonable to be concerned about the possibility that styrene is neurotoxic. Styrene, like many other solvents, volatile anesthetics, and drugs, does, at certain concentrations, produce acute chang... |
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"abstract": "Intensity of Physical Activity and Body Composition: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Young Adult Women Pamela Borup Department of Exercise Sciences, BYU Master of Science Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between intensity of physical activity and body composition in 239 y... | {
"abstract": "A critical period for weight gain may occur during the transition from high school to university. This descriptive, noncontrolled cohort study of 116 healthy females examined the effect of this transition over three study visits in first year university. The main outcome measure was body weight; others... | {
"abstract": "Abstract An investigation of the nature of the silver–oxygen bond for different oxygen states on the silver surface has been carried out by XPS and UPS. The XPS analysis shows the Eb(O1s) to range from 528.0 to 534.0 eV, which is much wider than for other oxygen–metal systems. The low O1s binding energ... |
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"abstract": "The original article was corrected. Author Muhammad Kundi should instead read: Muhammad Sohail.",
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"title": "Correction to: Strategic crossing of biomass and harvest index—source and sink—achieves genetic gains in wheat"
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"abstract": "Wheat production in southern Australia is reliant on autumn (April-May) rainfall to germinate seeds and allow timely establishment. Reliance on autumn rainfall can be removed by sowing earlier than currently practiced and using late summer and early autumn rainfall to establish crops, but this requires... | {
"abstract": "Calcium- and magnesium-fortified potato starches were prepared by immersion in various concentrations of CaCl2 and MgCl2 aqueous solutions, respectively. The pasting properties, i.e., peak viscosity and breakdown, of all the starches obtained above were analyzed using a Rapid Visco Analyzer. Furthermor... |
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"abstract": "We present a new approach for calculating anharmonic corrections to vibrational frequency calculations. The vibrational wavefunction is modelled using translated Hermite functions thus allowing anharmonic effects to be incorporated directly into the wavefunction whilst still retaining the simplicity of... | {
"abstract": "Abstract An efficient and reasonably accurate grid, designated SG-1, is proposed for use in density functional calculations. Defined for all atoms from H to Ar, SG-1 is recommended as a standard grid, analogous to the various standard basis sets which are used in contemporary quantum chemistry. In calc... | {
"abstract": "The second-order Moller−Plesset ab initio electronic structure method is used to compute points for the anharmonic mode-coupled potential energy surface of N-methylacetamide (NMA) in the transct configuration, including all degrees of freedom. The anharmonic vibrational states and the spectroscopy are ... |
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"abstract": "Emulsification makes it possible to supercool water to the homogeneous nucleation temperature. Accordingly, the heat capacities of water and deuterium oxide have been determined from the respective equilibrium melting points to —38� and to —34�C, respectively. Two methods, drift calorimetry and differe... | {
"abstract": "We investigate theoretically the binary fluid-phase behavior of mixtures in which one water-like component can have two critical points. We consider three equal-sized nonpolar solutes that differ in the strength of their dispersive interactions (a1 < a2 < a3, where a denotes the van der Waals attractiv... | {
"abstract": "Freezing temperatures of water in large glass tubes where the air-water interface was outside the freezing zone could be related to the volume or surface area of the samples. It was shown that water in thin films on conventionally cleaned glass surface tends to freeze in the same manner as water in the... |
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"abstract": "A web operating system is an operating system that users can access from any hardware at any location. A peer-to-peer (P2P) grid uses P2P communication for resource management and communication between nodes in a grid and manages resources locally in each cluster, and this provides a proper architectur... | {
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"title": "Cloud Service Description Ontology : Construction , Evaluation and Interrogation"
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"abstract": "Fraud is a social process that occurs over time. We introduce a new approach, called AFRAID, which utilizes active inference to better detect fraud in time-varying social networks. That is, classify nodes as fraudulent vs. non-fraudulent. In active inference on social networks, a set of unlabeled nodes... |
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"abstract": "Hedgehog signaling is a pivotal developmental pathway that comprises hedgehog, PTCH1, SMO, and GLI proteins. Mutations in PTCH1 are responsible for Gorlin syndrome, which is characterized by developmental defects and tumorigenicity. Although the hedgehog pathway has been investigated extensively in Dro... | {
"abstract": "Brain morphology is tightly regulated by diverse signaling pathways. Hedgehog signaling is a candidate pathway considered responsible for regulating brain morphology. Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS), caused by a PTCH1 mutation in the hedgehog signaling pathway, occasionally exhibits macroc... | {
"abstract": "Chronic wounds and acute trauma constitute well-established risk factors for development of epithelial-derived skin tumors, although the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) are the most common skin cancers displaying a number of features reminiscent of hair follicle ... |
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"abstract": "The effects of enzymatic deamidation by protein-glutaminase (PG) on the functional properties of soy protein isolate (SPI) were studied. Conditions for the deamidation were evaluated by means of response surface methodology (RSM). Optimal conditions based on achieving a high degree of deamidation (DD) ... | {
"abstract": "Rapeseed flour was acylated to various degrees with acetic and succinic anhydrides to produce acetylated rapeseed protein concentrates (SRPC) and succinylated rapeseed protein concentrates (SRPC), respectively. With both acylating agents, approximately 5–82% (ARPC-5 to ARPC-82) and 5–56% (SRPC-5 to SRP... | {
"abstract": "On the basis of genotypic, chemotaxonomic, and phenotypic data, Flavobacterium odoratum was excluded from the emended genus Flavobacterium. In the present study, the known heterogeneity within this species was examined by a polyphasic approach that included DNA-rRNA hybridizations, a determination of D... |
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"abstract": "The continued rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels is driving climate change and temperature shifts at a global scale. CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies have been suggested as a feasible option for reducing CO2 emissions and mitigating their effects. However, before CCS can be emplo... | {
"abstract": "To better understand the characteristics of soil bacterial diversity in different environments, the Laiwu Qilongwan experimental site was selected as it is of great significance for the study of geochemical cycles. The soil CO2, mineral composition and bacterial community were analyzed by an EGM-4 port... | {
"abstract": "Inland water is an important natural resource that is critical for sustaining marine and terrestrial ecosystems as well as supporting a variety of human needs. Monitoring the dynamics of inland water bodies at a global scale is important for: (a) devising effective water management strategies, (b) asse... |
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"abstract": "Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, first described by Sjogren in 1956, and then jointly with Larsson in 1957, is known to occur in different populations throughout the world (Blumel, Watkins, and Eggers, 1958; Richards, 1960; Link and Roldan, 1958; Zaleski, 1962; Heijer and Reed, 1965; Selmanowitz and Porter, 1... | {
"abstract": "This report deals with the new syndrome oligophrenia combined with congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma and spastic disorders, first described by Sjogren 1 in 1956. In 1957 Sjogren and Larsson 2 reported on 28 cases of this condition, and, according to these authors, to their knowledge, there is no kn... | {
"abstract": "This study examines whether the Internet is increasingly a part of everyday neighborhood interactions, and in what specific contexts Internet use affords the formation of local social ties. Studies of Internet and community have found that information and communication technologies provide new opportun... |
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"abstract": "Background:Application of novel machine learning approaches to electronic health record (EHR) data could provide valuable insights into disease processes. We utilized this approach to build predictive models for progression to prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2D).Methods:Using a novel analytical platf... | {
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"title": "Delayed Rejection in Reversible Jump Metropolis-Hastings"
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"abstract": "Strategic interactions ranging from politics and pharmaceuticals to e-commerce and social networks support equilibria in which agents with private information manipulate others which are vulnerable to deception. Especially in cyberspace and the Internet of things, deception is difficult to detect and t... |
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"abstract": "Vibrations are a common thing in flexible mechanical systems like robotic arm, gantry and tower crane system. A lot of researches are being carried out for reducing these mechanical vibrations. Input shaping is one of the most successful methods among them. The modelling of gantry crane in 3 dimension ... | {
"abstract": "The control of flexible systems includes a variety of control strategies that are implemented via numerous architectures (open-loop control, feedback loops, etc.). One useful form of vibration control is input shaping. Traditionally, input shaping is an open-loop control strategy utilizing the destruct... | {
"abstract": "- Introduction: Why Teach Environmental Literature? - Perception - Nature Writing and Journal Keeping - Myths, The Golden Age, and \"The Tempest\" - The New World - Issues and Actions - Fiction and Poetry - Adventure Epilogue: Opening the Doors - Appendixes - A. Schedule - B. Land Journal Data Collecti... |
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"abstract": "With the recent development and availability of wide bandgap devices in the market, more and more power converters are being designed with such devices. Given their fast commutation, when compared to their equivalent Si-based counterparts, these new devices allow increasing the converter's efficiency a... | {
"abstract": "This letter presents a novel topology for a buck dc–dc converter with soft-switching capability, which operates under a zero-current-switching condition at turn on and a zero-voltage-switching condition at turn off. In order to realize soft switching, based on a basic buck converter, the proposed conve... | {
"abstract": "We consider the parameter tuning problem for Gaussian-kernel support vector machines, i.e., how to set its two hyperparameters — σ (bandwidth) and C (tradeoff). Among the many methods in the literature, the majority handle this task by maximizing the cross validation accuracy over the first quadrant of... |
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"abstract": "Error robust video communication for hand-held devices is a delicate task because of limited computational resources and hostile channel conditions in mobile environments. The loss of coded video data on the channel can result in spatio-temporal error propagation in the video. In addition, stringent en... | {
"abstract": "This document specifies a few extensions to the messages defined in\nthe Audio-Visual Profile with Feedback (AVPF). They are helpful\nprimarily in conversational multimedia scenarios where centralized\nmultipoint functionalities are in use. However, some are also usable\nin smaller multicast environmen... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we propose a new approach to preventing the SSLstripping attack, CAT+S. Through the analysis of existing solutions and a user survey, we determine how to better protect users from the SSLstripping attack and provide stronger overall protection even when the SSLstripping attack is not a f... |
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"abstract": "This paper suggests a research agenda to integrate the public interest notion of sustainability in European Competition Law.",
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"title": "European Competition Law for a Sustainable Society: A Research Agenda"
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"abstract": "This introductory essay sets out the research which produced the following collection of articles. The aim of the research was to develop further a theory of the institutional responsiveness triggered by the Agenda 21 exercise, by examining the extent to which sustainable development may be regarded as... | {
"abstract": "This chapter provides an overview of analysis and planning. All the financial data used so far has been historical. If a loss was incurred or poor financial ratios accumulated, then it would be too late to alter them. They occurred in the past. To be of any use at all, the analysis stage must be follow... |
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"abstract": "Development of drugs based on potential anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agents has been hindered by its necessary tedious procedures and failure in the clinical trials because of unbearable toxicity and extremely low clinical efficacy. One of the technical challenges is the mismatch between laboratory set... | {
"abstract": "Thymus-derived lymphocytes (T cells) exert their regulatory effect (help or suppression) on the antibody production by B cells either by direct cell to cell interaction or by soluble mediators or factors1,2. The low frequency of specific T cells, the heterogeneity of their responses and their relativel... | {
"abstract": "We were fortunate to be able to first show that 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8OHdG) could be sensitively quantitated (to 20 femto moles) by the use of HPLC with electrochemical detection.' This method provides a means to help assess the role of activated oxygen attack on DNA (and RNA) and as such provi... |
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"abstract": "Arteriovenous malformation of the pancreas (PAVM) is a very rare entity, although it may be increasingly diagnosed with the expanding use of cross-sectional imaging of the abdomen. PAVM is characterized by a network of tangled vasculature within and surrounding all or part of the pancreas, resulting in... | {
"abstract": "Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is a familial disease characterized by the presence of telangiectasia of the skin and mucous membranes. It is indicated clinically by recurrent bleeding, most commonly epistaxis. Involvement of multiple systems occurs, and vascular lesions have been recognized in t... | {
"abstract": "Pancreatic arteriovenous malformation (pAVM) is a rare vascular anomaly presenting with recurrent acute pancreatitis, portal hypertension, and/or gastrointestinal bleeding. While a majority of these are congenital, secondary pancreatic AVMs can occur following repeated episodes of acute pancreatitis. C... |
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"abstract": "Abstract This' article starts with a statement on basic values and principles of common acceptance which seems to be emerging from the current debate in South Africa. The present agricultural situation is analysed, especially as it relates to agricultural land use, agricultural production and resource ... | {
"abstract": "The impact of changes in the labour force on commercial agriculture has received little systematic research attention. In this study the major trends in the post‐war years are described and analysed. It is shown that there has been an increasing substitution of labour for capital over the past fifteen ... | {
"abstract": "This analysis of variations in the level of generalized social trust (defined here as the belief that others will not deliberately or knowingly do us harm, if they can avoid it, and will look after our interests, if this is possible) in 60 nations of the world shows that trust is an integral part of a ... |
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"abstract": "Anchoring fibrils are specialized fibrous structures found in the subbasal lamina underlying epithelia of several external tissues. Based upon their sensitivity to collagenase and the similarity in banding pattern to artificially created segment-long spacing crystallites (SLS) of collagens, several aut... | {
"abstract": "Palade and Farquhar (1) have recently reported the presence of a unique fibril in the skin of Amphibia and, in less well developed form, in various sites in the rat. Previous to that report, Brody (2) and Younes (3) observed similar fibrils in human skin and cervix, respectively, but did not emphasize ... | {
"abstract": "Rab3D is a small GTP-binding protein that associates with secretory granules of endocrine and exocrine cells. The physiological role of Rab3D remains unclear. While it has initially been implicated in the control of regulated exocytosis, recent deletion-mutation studies have suggested that Rab3D is inv... |
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"abstract": "Background Previous studies have reported the relationship between thyroid hormone levels and mortality in dialysis patients. However, little is known about the association of free thyroxine (fT4) and mortality in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD). This study investigated the association between bas... | {
"abstract": "Peripheral metabolism of thyroid hormones is a critical component of the impact these hormones have on intracellular function. Thyroid hormones can be metabolized in peripheral tissue by deiodination, conjugation, deamination, and decarboxylation enzyme reactions. Therefore, alterations in these metabo... | {
"abstract": "1. In hypothyroid rats, we determined the effects of administration of different doses of 3,3',5‐triiodo‐L‐thyronine (T3), 3,3'‐diiodo‐L‐thyronine (3,3'‐T2) and 3,5‐diiodo‐L‐thyronine (3,5‐T2) (‘T2 isomers’ refers specifically to these latter two isomers throughout this paper) on resting metabolism (RM... |
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"abstract": "Two chemically synthesized flavin derivatives, 8‐trifluoromethyl‐ and 8‐bromoriboflavin (8‐CF3RF and 8‐BrRF), were photochemically characterized in H2O and studied spectroscopically after incorporation into the LOV domain of the blue light photoreceptor YtvA from Bacillus subtilis. The spectroscopic st... | {
"abstract": "The covalent immobilization of the biomimetic, photo-organocatalyst (-)-riboflavin on silica micro- and nanoparticles via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is disclosed. Given the effectiveness of (-)-riboflavin as a versatile, environmentally benign photocatalyst, an immobilization strategy ... | {
"abstract": "Abstract In the context of isogeometric analysis, we consider two discretization approaches that make the resulting stiffness matrix nonsymmetric even if the differential operator is self-adjoint. These are the collocation method and the recently-developed weighted quadrature for the Galerkin discretiz... |
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"abstract": "In this paper we give an overview of Valour, a runtime verification tool which has been developed in the context of a project to act as a backend verification tool for financial transaction software. A Valour script is written by the user and is then compiled into a verification system. Although, devel... | {
"abstract": "Controlled natural languages have long been used as a surface form for formal descriptions, allowing easy transitioning between natural language specifications and implementable specifications. In this paper we motivate the use of a controlled natural language in the representation and verification of ... | {
"abstract": "We propose the use of trusted and verified social media feeds as visual challenges to increase our confidence that video footage from public spaces is fresh and authentic. Our work is related to recent advances in a growing area dealing with ways to prove physical statements to a digital (or even human... |
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"abstract": "There are two natural and well-studied approaches to temporal ontology and reasoning, that is, point-based and interval-based. Usually, interval-based temporal reasoning deals with points as a particular case of duration-less intervals. Recently, a two-sorted point-interval temporal logic in a modal fr... | {
"abstract": "The notion of time is a very interesting and exciting subject both in science and everyday life. One of the fundamental questions is: what is time composed of? While the traditional time structure is based on a set of points, a notion that has been prevalently adopted in classical physics and mathemati... | {
"abstract": "Signed Interval Logic (SIL) is an extension of Interval Temporal Logic (ITL) with the introduction of the notion of a direction of an interval. \n \nWe develop syntax, semantics, and proof system of SIL, and show that this proof system is sound and complete. The proof system of SIL is not more complica... |
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"abstract": "The novel sulfonated poly(ether sulfone)s containing hexabenzocoronene moiety that is partial graphene structure were synthesized and characterized their properties. Graphene is an allotrope of carbon and one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb cry... | {
"abstract": "Nanophase separated ionic-hydrophobic block copolymers may be more suitable as proton exchange membranes than random copolymers. A series of multiblock copolymers, composed of alternating segments of fully disulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) and highly fluorinated poly(arylene ether sulfone), were... | {
"abstract": "Ultraviolet-B (UV-B, 280–315 nm) radiation has been known as an elicitor to enhance bioactive compound contents in plants. However, unpredictable yield is an obstacle to the application of UV-B radiation to controlled environments such as plant factories. A typical three-dimensional (3D) plant structur... |
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"abstract": "THE 1Π − 1Σ system of AlBr near λ 2790 has been photographed in emission with high dispersion (0.6 A./mm.). Measurements of the Q heads have verified Howell's analysis1. Howell was, however, not able to make any definite observations on the isotope effect of the Q heads. Some of his Q heads, therefore,... | {
"abstract": "The frequencies of about 150 diatomic molecules are expressed as functions of the equilibrium distance and of the numbers of electrons in the outer shells of both atoms. The frequencies are calculated for homopolar molecules with single bonds, with multiple bonds and for molecules with strong polarity.... | {
"abstract": "ZusammenfassungAn der Hand eines experimentellen Tatsachenmaterials von 16 genauer analysierten Bandenspektra wird gezeigt, daß zwischen der Oszillationsenergie der Kerne einerseits und ihrer Rotationsenergie andererseits enge Beziehungen bestehen, die auf einen inneren Zusammenhang hindeuten und eine ... |
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"abstract": "Configuring a security experiment can be tedious, involving many low level and repetitive configuration tasks. In order to make DETER's capabilites accessible to users at all skill levels, we have designed and implemented a Security Experimentation EnviRonment (SEER) that provides security researchers ... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we describe our ongoing efforts to develop methodologies and metrics for the testing and analysis of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and defenses as part of the Evaluation Methods for Internet Security Technologies (EMIST) project funded by the Department of Homeland Securit... | {
"abstract": "Abduction is an important form of nonmonotonic reasoning allowing one to find explanations for certain symptoms or manifestations. When the application domain is described by a logical theory, we speak about logic-based abduction. Candidates for abductive explanations are usually subjected to minimalit... |
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"abstract": "The development of the bronchial branching pattern during fetal life was described by Bucher & Reid (1961). They showed that all pre-acinar branching was complete at the end of 16 weeks' gestation and that further changes in the airways were confined to an increase in size and the appearance of cartila... | {
"abstract": "Stanley, N. N., Williams, A. J., Dewar, C. A., Blendis, L. M., and Reid, Lynne (1977). Thorax, 32, 457-471. Hypoxia and hydrothoraces in a case of liver cirrhosis: correlation of physiological, radiographic, scintigraphic, and pathological findings. A case is reported of liver cirrhosis complicated by ... | {
"abstract": "This case shows a typical presentation of an osteochondrosis dissecans lesion on the capitellum, with associated intra-articular loose bodie(s), diagnosed on plain film. Osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD) is a rather common entity. Mostly the knee joint is involved. Only 5% of OCD lesions occur in the elb... |
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"abstract": "OBJECTIVE\nWe aimed to assess the impact of self-reported physical activity on incidence and remission of snoring complaints in women.\n\n\nMETHODS\nA population-based sample of 4851 women aged >20 years responded to questionnaires in years 2000 and 2010. Based on the responses, the women were categori... | {
"abstract": "Abstract. Elmasry A, Janson C, Lindberg E, Gislason T, Tageldin MA, Boman G (Uppsala University, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden; Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; and Viffilsstadir Hospital, Gardabær, Iceland). The role of habitual snoring and obesity in the development of diabetes: a 10‐year ... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND The long term health consequences of snoring and sleep apnoea syndrome are still uncertain. This study was conducted to assess the mortality risk associated with snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), the two main symptoms of sleep apnoea syndrome, in men. METHODS In 1984 a sample o... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, we propose a simple and robust algorithm for detection and retargeting of emphasized words, written as italics, in a scanned document page. The detection of italics is done using an appropriate use of Principal Component Analysis (PCA), applied on a selected subset of pixels coming from ... | {
"abstract": "Document image processing has become an increasingly important technology in the automation of office documentation tasks. Automatic document scanners such as text readers and OCR (Optical Character Recognition) systems are an essential component of systems capable of those tasks. One of the problems i... | {
"abstract": "Finding similar police 110 incidents from the incident dataset plays an important role in recognising related cases from which the investigators could find more clues and make a better decision on police deployment. We aim at finding 110 incidents with similar case features and semantic compared agains... |
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"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nThe effects and mechanisms of preweaning Manganese (Mn) exposure on cognitive dysfunction remain unclear.\n\n\nOBJECTIVE\nThis study evaluated the effects of preweaning Mn exposure on spatial learning and memory as well as the protein expression of CaMKIIα and p-CaMKIIα.\n\n\nMETHODS\nWe tr... | {
"abstract": "In order to explore the effects of combined traffic noise (CTN) on learning and memory function, young Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were exposed to CTN from highway and high-speed railway for 52 days, whose day-night equivalent continuous A-weighted sound pressure level (Ldn) was 70 dB(A) (corresponding so... | {
"abstract": "BackgroundSchool absenteeism has been recognized as a growing issue in the United States, especially during the early elementary school years when it is most pervasive. Accordingly, there has been growing interest in understanding why children are absent and whether certain early educational experience... |
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"abstract": "Domain adaptation, the problem of adapting a natural language processing system trained in one domain to perform well in a different domain, has received significant attention. This paper addresses an important problem for deployed systems that has received little attention - detecting when such adapta... | {
"abstract": "Recent approaches in classifying evolving data streams are based on supervised learning algorithms, which can be trained with labeled data only. Manual labeling of data is both costly and time consuming. Therefore, in a real streaming environment, where huge volumes of data appear at a high speed, labe... | {
"abstract": "In real world machine vision problems, issues such as noise and variable scene illumination make edge and object detection difficult. There exists no universal edge detection method which works under all conditions. In this paper, we propose a logarithmic edge detection method. This achieves a higher l... |
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"abstract": "Deep learning methods endeavor to learn features automatically at multiple levels and allow systems to learn complex functions mapping from the input space to the output space for the given data. The ability to learn powerful features automatically is increasingly important as the volume of data and ra... | {
"abstract": "We explore the problem of classification within a medical image data-set based on a feature vector extracted from the deepest layer of pre-trained Convolution Neural Networks. We have used feature vectors from several pre-trained structures, including networks with/without transfer learning to evaluate... | {
"abstract": "Sentiment analysis of online user generated content is important for many social media analytics tasks. Researchers have largely relied on textual sentiment analysis to develop systems to predict political elections, measure economic indicators, and so on. Recently, social media users are increasingly ... |
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"abstract": "We consider random walks on classes of graphs de®ned on the ddimensional binary cube Zd2 by placing edges on n randomly chosen parallel classes of vectors. The mixing time of a graph is the number of steps of a random walk before the walk forgets where it started, and reaches a random location. In this... | {
"abstract": "Let $G$ be a finite group. Choose a set $S$ of size $k$ uniformly from $G$ and consider a lazy random walk on the corresponding Cayley graph. We show that for almost all choices of $S$ given $k = 2a\\, \\log_2 |G|$, $a>1$, this walk mixes in under $m = 2a \\,\\log\\frac{a}{a-1} \\log |G|$ steps. A simi... | {
"abstract": "OBJECTIVES: To develop a simple method for identifying community‐dwelling vulnerable older people, defined as persons age 65 and older at increased risk of death or functional decline. To assess whether self‐reported diagnoses and conditions add predictive ability to a function‐based survey.",
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"abstract": "We investigate the performance of IEEE 802.11e enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) using real world hardware in a realistic indoor working environment. TCP streams of different priorities representing traffic types, such as FTP are tested over a wireless network test-bed. Quality of service (QoS... | {
"abstract": "This paper introduces a finite load multi-class 802.11e EDCF model that is simple enough to be explicitly solvable. The model is nevertheless flexible enough to model the impact of 802.11e parameters on the prioritization of realistic traffic. We emphasize that a modeling framework which allows nonsatu... | {
"abstract": "A compact concaved H- shaped patch antenna for dual-band applications with improved bandwidth and isolation characteristics is presented in this paper. The proposed antenna resonates at multiband of 3.2 GHz and 4.9 GHz frequencies for VSWR ≤ 1.32, with an impedance bandwidth of 70%. A 2×2 MIMO system i... |
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"abstract": "Inactivation of the p53 tumor suppressor gene is one of the commonest genetic changes identified in human breast cancer. In this review, the structure and function of the p53 gene and its protein products will be discussed, with particular reference to p53 alterations that contribute to carcinogenesis.... | {
"abstract": "We have identified and analyzed 41 mutations in p53 in sporadic breast tumors from 136 unselected breast cancer patients and estimate that approximately 40% of such tumors contain p53 mutations. The frequency of G-T transversions and the incidence of guanosine mutations in the nontranscribed strand of ... | {
"abstract": "Background. Assessment of prognostic markers in breast cancer independent of the axillary lymph node status is of major concern for the application of adjuvant treatment regimens. The current treatment decision is based mainly on the axillary lymph node status. Because of improved screening methods, th... |
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"abstract": "A modified Smith-Purcell free-electron-laser based on two tandem cylindrical-gratings is proposed. The preset grating with larger size, operating in the slow-wave condition, is to prebunch the initial continuous electron-beam, and the postpositive grating with smaller size, operating in the fast-wave c... | {
"abstract": "We report on a terahertz spectrometer for high-resolution molecular spectroscopy based on a quantum-cascade laser. High-frequency modulation (up to 50 MHz) of the laser driving current produces a simultaneous modulation of the frequency and amplitude of the laser output. The modulation generates sideba... | {
"abstract": "The water vapor continuum absorption spectrum was investigated using Fourier Transform Spectroscopy. The transmission of broadband terahertz radiation from 0.300 to 1.500 THz was recorded for multiple path lengths and relative humidity levels. The absorption coefficient as a function of frequency was d... |
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"abstract": "Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have the ability (i) to duplicate indefinitely while maintaining pluripotency and (ii) to differentiate into cell types of all three embryonic germ layers. These two properties of ESCs and iPSCs make them potentially suitable for ti... | {
"abstract": "In adults, repair of deeply injured skin wounds results in the formation of scar tissue, whereas in embryos wounds heal almost scar‐free. Macrophages are important mediators of wound healing and secrete cytokines and tissue remodeling enzymes. In contrast to host defense mediated by inflammatory M1 mac... | {
"abstract": "Nuclear protein extracts from day 12.5 mouse embryos were used to study protein binding to DNA sequences 5' of the Hox 1.5 homeo box. Embryos of this developmental stage are known to express this gene. DNA binding protein blotting and retardation gel techniques show that murine embryonic nuclear protei... |
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"abstract": "Background There is controversy over the potential benefits/harms of the usage of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) as regards the postoperative mortality of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This study investigates the correlation between th... | {
"abstract": "AIMS\nWe hypothesized that modulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) improves success following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF).\n\n\nMETHODS AND RESULTS\nWe examined a prospective registry of consecutive patients undergoing catheter ablation of paroxysmal or persiste... | {
"abstract": "Thermophilic anaerobic digestion (AD) of pig slurry coupled to a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) with a recirculation loop was studied at lab-scale as a strategy to increase AD stability when submitted to organic and nitrogen overloads. The system performance was studied, with the recirculation loop ... |
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"abstract": "Recent advances in the rapidly growing field of soft robotics have shown that robots made from soft materials surpass traditional rigid-link and continuum robots in performance in terms of adaptability and flexibility. Owing to their structure-inherent compliance, soft robots are also credited with bei... | {
"abstract": "This article presents the development of an autonomous motion planning algorithm for a soft planar grasping manipulator capable of grasp-and-place operations by encapsulation with uncertainty in the position and shape of the object. The end effector of the soft manipulator is fabricated in one piece wi... | {
"abstract": "Contrary to widespread assumption, dynamic RAM (DRAM), the main memory in most modern computers, retains its contents for several seconds after power is lost, even at room temperature and even if removed from a motherboard. Although DRAM becomes less reliable when it is not refreshed, it is not immedia... |
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"abstract": "A dynamic stability analysis of an extended form of the Goodwin equations is presented. The Goodwin equations are extended to include Michaelis-Menten kinetics for the removal of the end-product. Inclusion of saturation kinetic behavior substantially increases the likelihood of dynamic instability in t... | {
"abstract": "The current status of mathematical models of biological systems is reviewed. Advances in supercomputer hardware allows more complex models to be constructed. The new generation of microcomputers are quite adequate for many computer simulations of biological systems. A theory of modeling is being develo... | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Bayesian methods are used to compare the predictions of probabilistic risk assessment—the theoretical tool used by the nuclear industry to predict the frequency of nuclear accidents—with empirical data. The existing record of accidents with some simplifying assumptions regarding their probabil... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Magnetic recyclable bactericidal nanocomposites (Fe3O4@PDMC) were well-designed and prepared by coating of Fe3O4 nanoparticles with quaternarized N-halamine polymers via the free radical polymerization process. In which, 5,5-dimethylhydantoinyl-(3-ethyl-methacrylamine)propyl dimethylammonium b... | {
"abstract": "The increased demand for water highlights the need to utilize reclaimed water of various types. In agriculture, for example, which is considered the largest consumer of freshwater, irrigation with treated wastewater can replace much of the need for freshwater. Wastewater is generally used for irrigatio... | {
"abstract": "Constant extension rate testing of controlled-purity nickel-base alloys in argon and high purity, deaerated water at 360{degrees}C, have shown that the degree of intergranular cracking (IG) increases as the bulk chromium content and carbon in solution decrease. Constant load testing in argon at 360{deg... |
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"abstract": "Abstract Sixty-three cows fed no thyroprotein averaged 7,265kg milk (308-day, mature equivalent compared to 7,237kg averaged by 63 cows fed 10g thyroprotein daily after 50 days postpartum. The maximum increase in milk production from thyroprotein feeding occurred during the first two weeks of feeding a... | {
"abstract": "Summary Withdrawal of 3lb. of thyroactive feed supplement containing 15g. Protamone daily from the ration of cows so fed for 10 to 14 weeks has been compared over periods of 10, 15, 18, 25, and 30 days. Withdrawal in 10 days was accompanied by a sharp drop in milk yield and a temporary period of subnor... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Mytilus edulis (average length 3.7 em) were fed mixtures of algae (10000 Phaeodactylum tricornutum cells · ml-1) and natural silt (0 to 55 mg · l-1), and the effects of silt concentration on filtration behaviour, food uptake and carbon budget were studied. Particle clearance averaged 66 ml · m... |
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"abstract": "The environmental degradation of urban rivers and streams in large cities has led to the development of a variety of public policies. In the city of São Paulo, Brazil, a policy for recovering watercourses and valley floors has been developed with the implementation of riverside parks. This represents a... | {
"abstract": "Abstract Urban habitats are often studied as green fragments in a developed landscape, with opinions diverged on the importance of local versus landscape effects. We propose to replace this “local” versus “landscape” framework with a more precise construct using urban greenspace as the focal scale. Wit... | {
"abstract": "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and contrast‐enhanced computed tomography (CT) provide noninvasive visualization of morphologic changes in pediatric and adult patients with congenital heart disease, as well as the functional changes caused by the underlying morphologic abnormalities. Clinical experien... |
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"abstract": "In this paper, we develop a numerical resolution of the space-time fractional advection-dispersion equation. After time discretization, we utilize collocation technique and implement a product integration method in order to simplify the evaluation of the terms involving spatial fractional order derivat... | {
"abstract": "A particle's motion in crowded environments often exhibits anomalous diffusion, whose nature depends on the situation at hand and is formalized within different physical models. Thus, such environments may contain traps, labyrinthine paths or macromolecular structures, which the particles may be attach... | {
"abstract": "We have introduced a set of coupled fractional reaction-diffusion equations to model a multispecies system undergoing anomalous subdiffusion with linear reaction dynamics. The model equations are derived from a mesoscopic continuous time random walk formulation of anomalously diffusing species with lin... |
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"abstract": "In this study, visible and near-infrared (Vis-NIR), mid-infrared (MIR) and Raman process analytical technologies were investigated for assessment of infant formula quality and compositional parameters namely preheat temperature, storage temperature, storage time, fluorescence of advanced Maillard produ... | {
"abstract": "Model infant milk formula systems (5.5% protein) were formulated to contain α-lactalbumin:β-lactoglobulin ratios of 0.1, 0.5, 1.3, 2.1 or 4.6 and assessed for heat stability and heat-induced changes. 'Humanising' the model formulas by increasing α-lactalbumin:β-lactoglobulin enhanced heat stability at ... | {
"abstract": "Localizing a defect tends to become a challenge with the increase of the die number in the 3D structures. It is more complicated where the failure is a soft defect which required a special activation, especially for memory. In this paper, we propose a new methodology consisting in coupling an Automatic... |
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"abstract": "Monostyrene (MS) residuals are daily migrating from different polystyrene shaping containers to our foods. In the present study, the distribution, accumulation and clearness rate of MS in different organs were done by one oral gavage of sub-lethal dose of 500 mg/kg bwt in male albino rates. Following M... | {
"abstract": "Styrene is an aromatic hydrocarbon compound present in the environment and have primary exposure through plastic industry. The current study was designed to evaluate styrene-induced toxicity parameters in rat plasma fasting blood glucose (FBG) level, oral glucose tolerance, insulin secretion, oxidative... | {
"abstract": "We present the first full gain characterization of two vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL) gain chips with similar designs operating in the 960-nm wavelength regime. We optically pump the structures with continuous-wave (cw) 808-nm radiation and measure the nonlinear reflectivity f... |
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"abstract": "In this paper we investigate a technique for fusing approximate knowledge obtained from distributed, heterogeneous information sources. We use a generalization of rough sets and relations [14], which depends on allowing arbitrary similarity relations. The starting point of this research is [2], where a... | {
"abstract": "Developing a good formalism and an efficient decision procedure for the instance checking problem is desirable for practical application of description logics. The data complexity of the instance checking problem is coNP-complete even for Horn knowledge bases in the basic description logic ALC. In this... | {
"abstract": "We study and give a summary of the complexity of 15 basic normal monomodal logics under the restriction to the Horn fragment and/or bounded modal depth. As new results, we show that: a) the satisfiability problem of sets of Horn modal clauses with modal depth bounded by k 2 in the modal logics K4 and K... |
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"abstract": "X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is a rare inherited metabolic disorder, in which accumulation of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) results in damage to the central nervous system. As the disease is X-linked, males are affected severely, but female carriers may also present with neurological sy... | {
"abstract": "A 45-year-old white woman presented with chronic bilateral, painless, progressive, peripheral vision loss. She was found to have bilateral optic atrophy and nonenhancing multifocal white matter lesions on magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed an elevated level of ... | {
"abstract": "Background Street children, common in Africa, are increasingly vulnerable to alcohol and drugs of abuse and lack access to both healthcare and knowledge about HIV and AIDS. Hence, this study assessed the level of knowledge about sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, among street adoles... |
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"abstract": "Precise task-space tracking with manipulator-type systems requires an accurate kinematic model. In contrast to traditional manipulators, sometimes it is difficult to obtain an accurate kinematic model of humanoid robots due to complex structure and link flexibility. Also, prolonged use of the robot wil... | {
"abstract": "We present an algorithm that uses trajectory following errors to improve a feedforward command to a robot. This approach to robot learning is based on explicit modeling of the robot; and uses an inverse of the robot model as part of a learning operator which processes the trajectory errors. Results are... | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we present a noise, power, and area efficient biosensing front-end application specified integrated circuit (ASIC) for the next-generation wireless body sensor nodes and implantable devices. We identify the key design parameter tradeoffs in the biomedical recording systems and carry out ... |
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"abstract": "BackgroundBrucellosis is a disease of worldwide public health and economic importance. Successful control is based on knowledge of epidemiology and strains present in an area. In developing countries, most investigations are based on serological assays. This study aimed at investigating a dairy herd ex... | {
"abstract": "Brucellosis is one of the most widespread bacterial zoonotic diseases in the world, affecting both humans and domestic and wild animals. Identification and biotyping of field strains of Brucella are of key importance for a better knowledge of the epidemiology of brucellosis, for identifying appropriate... | {
"abstract": "Palm oil is produced from the mesocarp part of the oil palm fruit (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.), contains balanced saturated fatty acids (47.8-55.2%) and unsaturated fatty acids (43.1-53.8%), and is semi-solid at room temperature with a melting point of 33.0-39.0 °C. About 80%, palm oil is applied to food ... |
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"abstract": "To systematically review and integrate the findings from quantitative and qualitative studies on parenting and parent‐child relationships in families where mothers had breast cancer (BC).",
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"title": "Mothers with breast cancer: A mixed‐method systematic review on the impact o... | {
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"title": "How do I tell the children? Women's experiences of sharing information about breast cancer diagnosis and treatment."
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"abstract": "For families with dependent children, the situational crisis of a cancer diagnosis may compound the developmental task of parenting. This study aimed to explore the impact of breast cancer on Korean mothers and their children following diagnosis.",
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"abstract": "Resistance to autonomous systems comes in part from the perceived unreliability of the systems. Concerns can be addressed by guarantees of the probability of success. This is achieved in chanceconstrained constraint programming (CC-CP) by imposing constraints required for success, and providing upper-b... | {
"abstract": "Introduction and Fundamentals Introduction Fundamental Statistical Concepts Order Statistics, Quantiles, and Coverages Introduction Quantile Function Empirical Distribution Function Statistical Properties of Order Statistics Probability-Integral Transformation Joint Distribution of Order Statistics Dis... | {
"abstract": "This review describes conventional and modern techniques of porous organic polymer synthesis. A huge variety of polymer architectures and functions can be gained by foaming, phase separation, imprinting or templating approaches. Several applications of porous polymers are discussed, focusing on biotech... |
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"abstract": "Background: Level I evidence supports the use of sorafenib in patients with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage C hepatocellular carcinoma, where heterogeneity in efficacy exists due to varying clinicopathologic features of the disease. Aim: We evaluated whether prior treatment with curative or ... | {
"abstract": "After a decade of stagnation in drug development, therapeutic reversal of immune‐exhaustion with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPIs) has been shown to be effective in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The clinical development of novel ICPIs continues at a rapid pace, with more than 50 clinical ... | {
"abstract": "The effect of maternal phylloquinone supplementation on vitamin K in breast milk was studied to establish: (1) if phylloquinone is the source of menaquinone-4 in breast milk; (2) the dose–effect relationship between intake and obtainable levels. Four groups of lactating mothers with a full-term healthy... |
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"abstract": "Objective: To assess the relationship between the personality dimensions measured by the temperament and character inventory (TCI) and pharmacotherapeutic outcome in bulimia nervosa (BN). Methods: Thirty female BN patients aged 19.5±2.9 years were enrolled to receive 12 weeks’ treatment with fluoxetine... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND\nAlthough differential patterns of temperament and character have been documented in subjects with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), few studies have investigated relations between these dimensions, clinical features of ADHD, and treatment outcome.\n\n\nMETHODS\nNinety-five bo... | {
"abstract": "Bell Labs Layered Space-Time (BLAST) is a scheme for transmitting information over a rich-scattering wireless environment using multiple receive and transmit antennas. The main computational bottleneck in the BLAST algorithm is a \"nulling and cancellation\" step, where the optimal ordering for the seq... |
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"abstract": "PURPOSE ::: The aim of this article is to provide foundational knowledge on gender nonconforming/transgender children/youth. With this knowledge, providers' confidence and ability to address the needs of patients/families can increase. ::: ::: ::: DATA SOURCES ::: Academic Search Premier, Cinahl, PubMe... | {
"abstract": "BACKGROUND: Understanding the magnitude of mental health problems, particularly life-threatening ones, experienced by transgender and/or gender nonconforming (TGNC) youth can lead to improved management of these conditions. METHODS: Electronic medical records were used to identify a cohort of 588 trans... | {
"abstract": "Background. Although antipsychotic medication still represents the treatment of choice for schizophrenia, its objective impact on symptoms is only in the medium-effect size range and at least 50 % of patients discontinue medication in the course of treatment. Hence, clinical researchers are intensively... |
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"abstract": "Trade taxes are widely used to collect revenue. The levy, instead of a uniform consumption tax, would secure revenue without welfare loss, if factor supplies are inelastic. It is, however, often not feasible, particularly in underdeveloped countries, to tax the consumption of much of home output. It is... | {
"abstract": "In the course of trade-policy reforms, countries must confront at least two important questions with respect to tariffs. First, what is the optimal structure of tariffs? In particular, is it optimal to tax all imports at a uniform rate? Second, should intermediate inputs be subject to import duties and... | {
"abstract": "In this article we investigate how enterprise crowdsourcing can be used to change the innovation culture in a consultancy company by conducting an empirical investigation in a large engineering consultancy. The analysis shows that enterprise crowdsourcing has created a new and different awareness of in... |
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"abstract": "Recently, new optimal Families S and U of quaternary sequences have been presented, and the optimal binary sequence Family V obtained from Family S under Gray map has been investigated as well. The two sequence Families U and V are optimal with respect to the well-known Sidelnikov bound and Welch bound... | {
"abstract": "Abstract\nThe paper presents families of quadriphase sequences derived from maximal length sequences over \n{\\bf Z}_4 having good correlation properties. These are: (i) families of quadriphase sequences of period \n(2^r-1) from maximal length sequences over \n{\\bf Z}_4; each family consisting of \n(2... | {
"abstract": "An SEIRS epidemic with disease fatalities is introduced in a growing population (modelled as a super-critical linear birth and death process). The study of the initial phase of the epidemic is stochastic, while the analysis of the major outbreaks is deterministic. Depending on the values of the paramet... |
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"abstract": "River of Love in an Age of Pollution: The Yamuna River of Northern India DAVID HABERMAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, BERKELEY, CA, 2006 xv + 277 PP. $26.95 PAPERBACK REVIEWED BY PRATYUSHA BASU As human-induced environmental problems take on global proportions, understanding the intersections of reli... | {
"abstract": "This book provides an account of the lives of Bhilala adivasis in the Narmada valley who are fighting against displacement by the Sardar Sarovar dam in Western India. On the basis of intensive fieldwork and historical research, this study places the tribal community in the context of its experience of ... | {
"abstract": "The effect of the anticonvulsant drugs carbamazepine and primidone on the transport of biotin in the human intestine was examined with purified brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) and basolateral membrane vesicles (BLMVs). Both agents inhibited biotin transport in BBMV in a concentration-dependent m... |
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