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Neural speed filtering for sensorless induction motor drives

Abstract Effective sensorless dynamic speed estimation is desirable for both speed sensorless motor-drive applications and for on-line induction motor condition monitoring and assessment. In this paper, a sensorless neural adaptive speed filter is developed for induction motors running off a voltage source inverter. The filter is demonstrated by comparisons with experimental speed measurements and spectral speed estimates. In addition to nameplate information required for the initial set-up, the proposed neural speed filter uses only measured motor currents and voltages. Initial training of the speed filter is accomplished off-line, using rotor slot harmonic-based speed estimates. The developed speed filter is tested on data from a healthy motor and motor with 4 broken rotor bars. The resulting speed filtering accuracy compares favorably with speed estimation results reported in the literature. The study demonstrates the feasibility of neural adaptive speed filters for effective inverter-fed induction motor speed estimation, without explicit use of motor model parameters and speed measurements.
DataGarage: warehousing massive performance data on commodity servers

Contemporary datacenters house tens of thousands of servers. The servers are closely monitored for operating conditions and utilizations by collecting their performance data (e.g., CPU utilization). In this paper, we show that existing database and file-system solutions are not suitable for warehousing performance data collected from a large number of servers because of the scale and the complexity of performance data. We describe the design and implementation of DataGarage, a performance data warehousing system that we have developed at Microsoft. DataGarage is a hybrid solution that combines benefits of DBMSs, file-systems, and MapReduce systems to address unique challenges of warehousing performance data. We describe how DataGarage allows efficient storage and analysis of years of historical performance data collected from many tens of thousands of servers---on commodity servers. We also report DataGarage's performance with a real dataset and a 32-node, 256-core shared-nothing cluster and our experience of using DataGarage at Microsoft for the last one year.
A New Joint Clustering and Diffeomorphism Estimation Algorithm for Non-Rigid Shape Matching

Matching shapes parameterized as unlabeled point-sets is a challenging problem since we have to solve for point correspondences in a non-rigid setting. Previous work on this problem such as modal matching, linear assignment, shape contexts etc. has focused more on the correspondence aspect and not on the non-rigid deformations. The principal motivation for the present work is to establish a distance measure between shapes on a shape manifold. A pre-requisite for achieving this goal is the diffeomorphic matching of point-sets. We show that a joint clustering and diffeomorphism estimation strategy is capable of simultaneously estimating correspondences and a diffeomorphism between unlabeled point-sets. Cluster centers for the two point-sets having the same label are always in correspondence. Essentially, as the cluster centers evolve during the iterations of an incremental EM algorithm, we estimate a diffeomorphism between the two sets of cluster centers. We apply our algorithm to 2D corpus callosum shapes.
Clinical Scenario: Microscopic Hematuria and Atypical Cytology

A 68-year-old man who was a former cigarette smoker was found to have atypical/suspicious cells on urinary cytology obtained during a work up for microscopic hematuria. Imaging (presumably a CT urogram) and cystoscopy did not identify an obvious tumor. He has three risk factors for urothelial cancer (UC): male, smoking history, and hematuria. The absence of a cytology that indicates “positive for cancer cells” is most important. Close follow-up by repeat cytology and possibly cystoscopy is reasonable but we would not proceed with bladder or prostatic urethra biopsies, upper tract cytology, ureteroscopy, or submitting the urine for the FISH analysis unless cells consistent with cancer are identified by an experienced cytopathologist. Such investigative procedures for an atypical report would, in our view, subject the patient to potential morbidity with a low likelihood of identifying a UC.
Nuclear localization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mcm2/Cdc19p requires MCM complex assembly.

The minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins MCM2–MCM7 are conserved eukaryotic replication factors that assemble in a heterohexameric complex. In fission yeast, these proteins are nuclear throughout the cell cycle. In studying the mechanism that regulates assembly of the MCM complex, we analyzed the cis and trans elements required for nuclear localization of a single subunit, Mcm2p. Mutation of any single mcm gene leads to redistribution of wild-type MCM subunits to the cytoplasm, and this redistribution depends on an active nuclear export system. We identified the nuclear localization signal sequences of Mcm2p and showed that these are required for nuclear targeting of other MCM subunits. In turn, Mcm2p must associate with other MCM proteins for its proper localization; nuclear localization of MCM proteins thus requires assembly of MCM proteins in a complex. We suggest that coupling complex assembly to nuclear targeting and retention ensures that only intact heterohexameric MCM complexes remain nuclear.
Cyclostreptin and Microtubules: Is a Low-Affinity Binding Site Required?

Cyclostreptin (CS) is a recently discovered natural product with cytotoxic activity caused by microtubule stabilization. It is the only known microtubule-stabilizing agent (MSA) that covalently binds to tubulin. It also exhibits the fast-binding kinetics seen for other MSAs. Through careful peptide digestion and mass spectrometry analysis, Buey et al. found that two amino acids are labeled by CS: Asn228, near the known taxane-binding site, and Thr220, in the type I microtubule pore. This led Buey et al. to propose Thr220 resides at the site previously predicted to be a way station or low-affinity site. By using molecular dynamics simulations and structural considerations of the microtubule pore and tubulin dimer, we conclude that postulation of a low-affinity site is unnecessary to explain the available experimental data. An alternative explanation views the microtubule pore as a structural entity that presents a substantial kinetic barrier to ligand passage to the known taxane-binding site-an entry point to the microtubule lumen that becomes completely blocked if cyclostreptin is bound at Thr220. Simulations of the free dimer also suggest a common mechanism of microtubule stabilization for taxane site MSAs through their conformational effect on the M-loop. Such an effect explains the low tubulin polymerization caused by cyclostreptin in vitro despite its covalent attachment.
Compensation of the infinite-gain multiple-feedback low-pass active RC filter

In this paper a study is made of methods which may be used to modify the design of an active RC filter to compensate for the effects of operational amplifier gain bandwidth. The technique is applied to adjust the element values of an infinite-gain multiple-feedback low-pass active-RC filter. Sixty-five different possible compensation methods are identified. Of these twelve are shown to produce useful results.
Separation of Colloidal Particles from Nonaqueous Media by Cross-Flow Electrofiltration

Abstract Charge characteristics of particles in aqueous or nonaqueous slurries are known to play an important role in solids-liquid separation processes. We have been conducting a fundamental study on filtration of colloidal particles suspended in nonaqueous media, such as coal and tar sand slurries based on their charge characteristics. This paper presents results of such a study involving cross-flow electrofiltration of nonaqueous slurries. Data are reported for α-Al2O3 particles suspended in tetralin. The effects of feed rate, driving pressure and electrical field strength on the filtration rate, total deposition rate on the central electrode, and the efficiency of the filter are presented. The outlet slurry concentrations were measured with a specially built X-ray densitometer. These data are analyzed by a mathematical model using a Graetz-type analysis. The rate of deposition was found to be determined mainly by the electric field. The sludge flow near the central electrode significantly affected the...
The possible role of hydrogen sulfide as an endogenous neuromodulator

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), which is well known as a toxic gas, is produced endogenously from L-cysteine in mammalian tissues. H2S is present at relatively high levels in the brain, suggesting that it has a physiological function. Two other gases, nitric oxide and carbon monoxide, are also endogenously produced and have been proposed as neuronal messengers in the brain. In this work we show the following: (1) an H2S-producing enzyme, cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS), is highly expressed in the hippocampus; (2) CBS inhibitors hydroxylamine and amino-oxyacetate suppress the production of brain H2S; and (3) a CBS activator, S-adenosyl-L-methionine, enhances H2S production, indicating that CBS contributes to the production of endogenous H2S. We also show that physiological concentrations of H2S selectively enhance NMDA receptor-mediated responses and facilitate the induction of hippocampal long-term potentiation. These observations suggest that endogenous H2S functions as a neuromodulator in the brain.
Consumption Effort: The Mental Cost of Generating Utility and the Role of Consumer Energy Level in Ambitious Consumption

We propose that the essence of consumption is the mental process of generating utility from products, that this process expends consumption effort, and that consumers take consumption effort into account in their decision making. In 2 studies, we tested the hypothesis that consumption preferences become more ambitious—individuals become more inclined to choose challenging-to-consume products—when consumer energy levels are elevated. In Study 1, energy induced by ingesting caffeine increased participants’ tendency to choose subtitled foreign movies rather than domestic remakes of those same movies. Study 2 demonstrated the same effect with naturally occurring energy levels and with consumption experiences whose effortfulness and quality were varied independently. In choosing among sets of poems to read, participants with higher levels of energy exhibited less effort aversion but neither more nor less quality seeking. A reanalysis of Study 1 showed that the energy effect is not simply a case of consumers using more energy when they have more energy, because the energy effect disappeared when participants were made aware of the energy source, suggesting that a preference-correction process occurred. The energy dependence of consumer preferences affords tactical opportunities for marketers, but the welfare implications for consumers are intriguingly unclear, because in both studies we found that energy increased participants’ choice of challenging consumption experiences without increasing their liking of those experiences.
Joint Estimation of Technology Adoption and Land Allocation with Implications for the Design of Conservation Policy

One challenge to estimating the parameters of a technology adoption model is that technology is selected jointly with land allocation. The article estimates a nested logit model of technology and crop choices that accounts for unobserved correlation among decisions. Estimation is conducted with a data set of adoptions, in contrast to the more common approach of using cross-section observations of existing technologies. Estimation results support the choice of a nesting structure as opposed to a more standard multinomial logit model. Adoption of precision irrigation technology is shown to be more sensitive to financial incentives affecting input price and technology cost than suggested by previous studies.
Synthesis from production-based specifications

The authors describe a model for, and an implementation of, production-based synthesis of hardware description language (HDL) code in which the overall structure of the resultant machine is derived from a hierarchy of sub-machine descriptions, each represented by a production. The production-based specification (PBS) consists of productions annotated with HDL action code, and forms the input to a design tool which outputs procedural HDL tailored for hardware synthesis. Due to the concise nature of this form of specification, the technique can save enormous labor in the construction of procedural specifications for these machines. Novel aspects of this research include the compilation of a PBS with HDL action clauses into synthesizable procedural HDL and the approach to specification of machine behavior in the event of exceptional conditions. >
Use of Negatively-Charged Ultrafiltration Membranes

Ultrafiltration with negatively-charged, noncellulosic membranes is a promising technique for the separation and concentration of inorganic salts present in aqueous solution, particularly for industrial waste treatment and in systems designed for water reuse. These membranes provide high water flux at low pressures (5 x 105 N/m2 to 7 x 105 N/m2) and good-to-excellent rejections of various metal salts, depending on the process application (1,2,3). The overall rejection characteristics are a function of ion fluxes due to convection, diffusion, and Donnan potential. Because charged membranes reject ionic solutes via repulsion of coions by the fixed charged groups on the membrane skin, the membrane rejection is expected to depend on solute type and coion charge.
The Dynamic Response of Htdrogenated Amorphous Silicon Imaging Pixels

The dynamic response of pixels from an a-Si:H imaging array are investigated and a model is developed to explain their observed behavior. Such arrays are under development for radiotherapy and diagnostic x-ray applications.
The effects of personal experience on choice-based preferences for wildfire protection programs

In this paper, we investigate homeowner preferences and willingness to pay for wildfire protection programs using a choice experiment with three attributes: risk, loss and cost. Preference heterogeneity among survey respondents was examined using three econometric models and risk preferences were evaluated by comparing willingness to pay for wildfire protection programs against expected monetary losses. The results showed that while nearly all respondents had risk seeking preferences, a small segment of respondents were risk neutral or risk averse. Only respondents who had personal experience with the effects of wildfire consistently made trade-offs among risk, loss and cost and these respondents were willing to pay more for wildfire protection programs than were respondents without prior experience of the effects of wildfire. The degree to which people with prior experience with the effects of wildfire can effectively articulate an economic rationale for investing in wildfire protection to other members of their own or other communities facing the threat of wildfires may influence the overall success of wildfire protection programs.
Bubble cloud depth under a hurricane

[1] The bubble cloud depth and its correlation with extreme winds are key elements of bubble-mediated gas injection, which are critical to the determination of the global gas budgets. The characteristics of bubble cloud depth were examined from measurements collected during the passage of a category-4 hurricane with winds up to 50 m s−1. The bubble cloud depth increases linearly with wind speed for winds less than 35 m s−1. Our findings are consistent with previous observations at low to moderate wind speeds. However, the rate of increase is reduced significantly at winds higher than 35 m s−1.
''I'm Not That Type of Person'': Managing the Stigma of Having an Abortion

Drawing on interviews with U.S. women, this article offers a social–psychological framework for understanding the stigma of having an abortion and identifies the individual stigma management strategies women use to mitigate negative intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences of abortion stigma. We also contribute to contemporary understandings of abortion stigma by theorizing how aspects of abortion stigma—such as its concealability and episodic expression—interfere with women's potential to collectively manage or dismantle abortion stigma. Finally, we discuss how our conceptual framework can be used to inform the development of a measure of the stigma experiences of women who have had an abortion, which can help improve health and well-being outcomes for women.
Androgen receptor expression in metastatic adenocarcinoma in females favors a breast primary

The differential diagnosis of metastatic mammary adenocarcinoma and adenocarcinomas from other primary sites can be challenging, particularly in tumors that are poorly differentiated and negative for Estrogen/Progesterone receptors (ER/PR). With progression of disease, Androgen receptors (AR) are preserved with higher frequency than ER/PR in metastatic mammary carcinoma. This study was undertaken to evaluate the diagnostic significance of AR expression in adenocarcinoma of breast and other morphologically similar adenocarcinomas. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections of 113 primary adenocarcinoma of various sites [breast (34, all females), lung (23, M- 6, F-17), colon (9, M-2, F-7), stomach (6, M-4, F-2), liver and bile duct (11, M-5, F-6), pancreas (7, M-2, F-5), ovary (10), endometrium (7), and cervix (6)] were immunostained with monoclonal antibody for AR. Except for well differentiated lobular carcinoma of breast (5) and bronchoalveolar carcinoma of lung (10), majority of the tumors were moderately to poorly differentiated. Tumors immunoreactive for ≥ 10% of nuclei were considered AR positive. However, AR immunoreactivity in the cytoplasm only was also recorded. 56% (19/34) mammary carcinoma and 20% (2/10) adenocarcinoma of ovary were positive for AR. Remaining 69 adenocarcinomas did not show nuclear immunoreactivity for AR in ≥ 10% nuclei; however, 52% (36/69) showed variable cytoplasmic immunoreactivity. Significant proportion of mammary carcinomas and some ovarian carcinomas express AR in the nuclei of more than 10% tumor cells. If metastatic tumor with unknown primary in a female is AR positive, breast and ovary are the most likely primary sites. Cytoplasmic immunoreactivity alone without nuclear immunoreactivity for AR was non-specific for this differential diagnosis.
An annealing mutation operator in the genetic algorithms for RNA folding

An annealing mutation operator in the genetic algorithms (GA) for RNA folding on a MasPar MP-2 has been designed. The mutation probability descends along a hyperbola with respect to the size of the secondary structure, hence the total number of mutations at each generation drops linearly. Especially for long sequences with thousands of nucleotides as opposed to hundreds of nucleotides, the new mutation operator can make the distribution of free energies over all processors on MasPar MP-2 converge only after hundreds of generations. Based upon this new mutation operator, a technique to terminate the GA is also developed. The new mutation operator runs very efficiently. Some variations of the annealing mutation operator are also discussed.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTS FACING TOBACCO FARMERS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES

This paper discusses the context within which educational programs tailored to tobacco producers and related rural communities have developed. Discussion is expanded by examining current program approaches employed by various organizations. Many of these organizations have a mutual stake in helping producers in tobacco communities develop their management capacity. A range of initiatives aimed at facilitating economic adjustment is compared, including the major issues addressed and expected outcomes. Many of the initiatives have made useful contributions; however, gaps and limitations remain. These are considered as future educational efforts and issues are discussed.
Photoelectric cross-sections for theL, M andN shells of uranium for photons of 122 keV

The internal-external conversion method has been used to find the photoelectric cross-sections for theL, M andN shells of uranium for photons of 122 keV. Results obtained areτ L =(360±40) b/atom, $$\tau _{L_I + L_{II} } /\tau _{L_{III} } = 3.1 \pm 0.35$$ ,τ L /τ M =4.55±0.44, andτ M /τ N+=2.5±0.3. Theτ L value is higher than that predicted fromτ K when theτ K /τ L ratio is assumed to be energy-independent. The $$\tau _{L_I + L_{II} } /\tau _{L_{III} } $$ andτ M /τ N+ ratios are in agreement with other results.
A bandwidth-adaptive sensor interface

This paper describes a bandwidth-adaptive strategy to improve the power efficiency of an audio sensor interface. In this scheme, the input signal's short-time bandwidth is estimated in real time, and the analog front end (AFE) and analog-to-digital converter (ADC) of the sensor interface adapt their power consumption in response to this short-time bandwidth. A prototype sensor interface was fabricated in a 0.35-μm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process to verify the proposed bandwidth-adaptive scheme. Measurement results show that the AFE has a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 62 dB and the ADC has a quantization accuracy of 9.0 bit, and these specifications are not corrupted with the bandwidth adaptation. Compared to a conventional sensor interface, whose bandwidth is always held at the maximum (4 kHz), our adaptive sensor interface provides similar or even better performance, but at a lower average power consumption.
Periodic Orbits of Tonelli Lagrangian Systems

This final chapter is devoted to the proof of multiplicity results for periodic orbits of Lagrangian systems given by Tonelli Lagrangians L : TxTM → R with global Euler-Lagrange flow. As in the previous chapters, the approach that we follow is based on the critical point theory for the action functional. However, under the Tonelli assumptions, the machinery of abstract critical point theory is not directly applicable. The main problem is that a functional setting in which the Tonelli action is both regular and satisfies the Palais-Smale condition (the minimal requirements needed for critical point theory) is not known. The breakthrough required to overcome these difficulties was found by Abbondandolo and Figalli [AF07].
Adrenal Function Testing Following Hormone Therapy for Infantile Spasms: Case Series and Review of Literature

Prednisolone and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) are “hormone” therapies for infantile spasms. There is limited data on the occurrence of decreased adrenal reserve or signs of clinical adrenal insufficiency after hormone therapy. This is a retrospective medical record review of patients referred to our Infantile Spasms Program. Our standardized infantile spasms management guideline began in September 2012 and initially included a post-hormone laboratory assessment of adrenal function. Medical records were assessed for hormone treatments, adrenal function testing, and signs of adrenal insufficiency. Forty-two patients who received one or both hormone therapies met inclusion criteria. A post-hormone laboratory assessment of adrenal function was done in 14 patients. Of these 14 patients, two had an abnormal laboratory assessment of adrenal function, both by adrenal stimulation testing – one after ACTH and one after prednisolone. One patient received hydrocortisone replacement and the other received stress dose hydrocortisone as needed; neither patient developed signs of adrenal insufficiency. Another patient treated with both types of hormone therapy in tandem, who did not have a post-hormone laboratory assessment, developed signs of mild adrenal insufficiency and required replacement hydrocortisone. Our study suggests that adrenal suppression can occur after modern hormone therapy regimens. We found two patients with abnormal adrenal function testing after hormone therapy and another patient with signs adrenal insufficiency. Given the seriousness of adrenal crisis, caregiver education on the signs of adrenal insufficiency is critical. Greater vigilance may be indicated in patients receiving both types of hormone therapy in tandem. Although a routine post-hormone laboratory assessment of adrenal function may not be feasible in all patients, replacement or stress dose hydrocortisone is necessary for all patients with suspected adrenal insufficiency.
Treatment of Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus

Researchers at University College, Queen Square, London, UK have evaluated the world literature on the treatment of super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) and proposed a protocol and flowchart for management.
Sensing Amyloid-β Aggregation Using Luminescent Dipyridophenazine Ruthenium(II) Complexes

The aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides has been associated with the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Here, we report the use of a luminescent dipyridophenazine ruthenium(II) complex to monitor Aβ fibrillization. This complex is not photoluminescent in aqueous solution nor in the presence of monomeric Aβ, but it presents a strong photoluminescence in the presence of Aβ fibril aggregates. One of the advantages of this metal complex is its large Stokes shift (180 nm). Furthermore, the long-lived photoluminescence lifetime of this ruthenium complex allows its use for the detection of fibrillar proteins in the presence of short-lived fluorescent backgrounds, using time-gating technology. We will present evidence of the advantages of dipyridophenazine ruthenium(II) complexes for monitoring protein fibrillization in highly fluorescent media.
Impaired Thermogenesis and a Molecular Signature for Brown Adipose Tissue in Id2 Null Mice

Inhibitor of DNA binding 2 (ID2) is a helix-loop-helix transcriptional repressor rhythmically expressed in many adult tissues. Our previous studies have demonstrated that Id2 null mice have sex-specific elevated glucose uptake in brown adipose tissue (BAT). Here we further explored the role of Id2 in the regulation of core body temperature over the circadian cycle and the impact of Id2 deficiency on genes involved in insulin signaling and adipogenesis in BAT. We discovered a reduced core body temperature in Id2−/− mice. Moreover, in Id2−/− BAT, 30 genes including Irs1, PPARs, and PGC-1s were identified as differentially expressed in a sex-specific pattern. These data provide valuable insights into the impact of Id2 deficiency on energy homeostasis of mice in a sex-specific manner.
Stellar Kinematics and the Dynamical Evolution of the Disc

Stars form within clusters and associations, which gradually dissipate through gravitational interactions, dispersing the component stars throughout the Milky Way. The prime aim of stellar kinematics is to describe the current motions of stars and use those statistical quantities to probe their dynamical history. This chapter describes its origins in Jacobus Kapteyn’s systematic analyses of photographic plates taken at the Cape Observatory run by David Gill and provides a summary of our current knowledge of the kinematics of local stars, notably results generated by the Hipparcos astrometric mission. We discuss the evidence for ‘star streams’ and whether these kinematic groupings reflect residual components of individual stellar clusters, or whether they are generated by dynamical resonances generated by large-scale features such as the Bar. We consider the potential for stellar migration and radial mixing within the Milky Ways disc.
A preliminary laboratory investigation of air embolus detection and grading using an artificial neural network

Summary statement: Processed digitized Doppler signals abstracted from recordings during continuous air infusion in dogs were used to train a neural network to estimate air embolism infusion rates. Background: Precordial Doppler is a sensitive technique for detecting venous air embolism during anesthesia, but it requires constant attentive listening. Since neural networks are particularly well suited to the task of pattern recognition, we sought to investigate this technology for detection and grading of air embolism. Methods: Air was infused into peripheral veins of four anesthetized dogs at rates of 0.025, 0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 0.50 and 1.0 ml−1·kg−1·min−1 while digital recordings of the precordial Doppler ultrasound signal were collected. The frequency content of the recordings was determined by Fourier analysis. The output of the Fourier transform was the input to a neural network. The network was then trained to estimate the air infusion rate. Results: The correlation coefficient between the size of the air embolism and the air infusion rate was greater than r2 = 0.93 for each of the four animals in the study when the network was trained using the data for all four dogs. When the data from a dog was withheld from the training set and used only for testing the correlation coefficients ranged from r2 = 0.75 to r2 = 0.27. For frequencies below 250 Hz, the acoustic energy tended to fall as the air infusion rate increased. The opposite occurred at frequencies above 325 Hz. Conclusions: Neural network processing of the precordial Doppler signal provides a quantitative estimate of the size of an air embolism.
Robust Security-Constrained Unit Commitment and Dispatch With Recourse Cost Requirement

With increasing renewable energy resources, price- sensitive loads, and electric-vehicle charging stations in the power grid, uncertainties on both power generation and consumption sides become critical factors in the Security-Constrained Unit Commitment (SCUC) problem. Recently, worst scenario based robust optimization approaches are employed to consider uncertainties. This paper proposes a non-conservative robust SCUC model and an effective solution approach. The contributions of this paper are three-fold. First, the commitment and dispatch solution obtained in this paper can be directly used in day-ahead market as it overcomes two issues, conservativeness and absence of robust dispatch, which are the two largest obstacles to applying robust SCUC in real markets. Secondly, a new concept recourse cost requirement, similar to reserve requirement, is proposed to define the upper bound of re-dispatch cost when uncertainties are revealed. Thirdly, a novel decomposition approach is proposed to effectively address the well-known computational challenge in robust approaches. Simulation results on the IEEE 118-bus system validate the effectiveness of the proposed novel model and solution approach.
A Solution for the Pay for Play Delemma of College Athletes: A Novel Compensation Structure Tehtered to Amateurism and Education

Over 80 percent of the total revenue received by the NCAA each year comes from television media rights agreements, which take advantage of the names, images and likeness of those who play the game as student-athletes. Yet there are NCAA rules that prohibit scholarship athletes from receiving as much as a dime from their own name – ever. Despite several challenges by plaintiff players, the most recent federal case, O’Bannon v. NCAA rejected those claims, and affirms the NCAA rule that values student-athlete NIL as worthless under antitrust law. After dispelling the false narrative that NIL payments are pay-for-play transactions, this article provides a middle ground between disbursing nothing to student athletes and paying cash to those athletes for any purpose at any time. A careful analysis of O’Bannon reveals opportunities to craft this solution while conforming to the precise rule of law established in the case. The key evidentiary findings that were missing in that case can be remedied. A model rule is therefore proposed that cures what the court found fatal in O’Bannon. In essence, the model rule creates a tether – a link between NIL payments and amateurism through education-related expenses that was not part of the evidentiary record in O’Bannon. This author’s model goes further to provide safeguards against NIL compensation abuse. The model includes a novel sports payment system borrowing from clawback and recapture provisions of securities law to return ill-gotten gains back to the universities. The model is designed to have practical application to the Power 5 Conferences in football and basketball.
Hylambatin, a structurally unique tachykinin: Effects on insulin and glucagon secretion

Hylambatin is the first example of a tachykinin which possesses a methionyl methionine residue at the C-terminus, rather than the C-terminal tripeptide -Gly-Leu-Met-NH2 which hitherto has been a characteristic feature of all members of the tachykinin family. The effect of hylambatin on the secretion of glucoregulatory hormones was examined in the rat. Hylambatin, injected intravenously in graded doses 10 and 30 min before blood collection, significantly increased both plasma glucose and plasma insulin, whereas the secretion of glucagon was not affected. This profile of action is different from that of kassinin or substance P. Should hylambatin, like other neuropeptides, be present in mammalian tissue, it may have a role in the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism.
Formulation of States of Mind in Psychotherapy

A patient in psychotherapy may vary in his ability to understand the therapist, and to express his thoughts, as he moves from one state of mind to another. Analysis of states of mind is useful, not...
PROMOTER SELECTION AND ALTERNATIVE PRE-mRNA SPLICING ARE USED TO GENERATE COMPLEX CONTRACTILE PROTEIN PHENOTYPES

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the use of promoter selection and alternative pre-mRNA splicing to generate complex contractile protein phenotypes. The regulated expression of structurally distinct developmentally regulated and cell type-specific protein isoforms is a fundamental characteristic of eukaryotic cells. The molecular mechanisms responsible for generating this protein diversity might be broadly categorized into two main systems: those that select a particular gene among the members of a multigene family for expression in a particular cell and those that generate several different proteins from a single gene. The latter mechanism includes DNA rearrangement and alternative pre-mRNA splicing, each producing the differential use of intragenic sequences that lead to the production of multiple protein isoforms from a single gene. DNA rearrangement appears to be restricted to a very limited set of genes coding for immunoglobulins and T-cell receptors. In contrast, the increasing numbers of genes in organisms ranging from Drosophila to human, including their RNA and DNA viruses, are known to be alternatively spliced. The restricted combinatorial use of the different members of these multigene families allows for the generation of a moderate number of qualitatively different sarcomere types that, at least in some cases, exhibit significantly different physiological characteristics.
What is gained and what is left to be done when content analysis is added to network analysis in the study of a social movement: Twitter use during Gezi Park

ABSTRACTAs social movements relying on the weak ties found in social networks have spread around the world, researchers have taken several approaches to understanding how networks function in such instances as the Arab Spring. While social scientists have primarily relied on survey or content analysis methodology, network scientists have used social network analysis. This research combines content analysis with the automated techniques of network analysis to determine the roles played by those using Twitter to communicate during the Turkish Gezi Park uprising. Based on a network analysis of nearly 2.4 million tweets and a content analysis of a subset of 5126 of those tweets, we found that information sharing was by far the most common use of the tweets and retweets, while tweets that indicated leadership of the movement constituted a small percentage of the overall number of tweets. Using automated techniques, we experimented with coded variables from content analysis to compute the most discriminative to...
Resilience Relative to Korean Families

This drive to lift oneself up after a fall and to come back stronger, faster, and smarter is evident in resilient Korean families. History has shown, time and time again, that Korean families have the ability to pull together the necessary psychological, spiritual, interpersonal, and material resources to overcome adversities and to emerge with broader skills and knowledge, with a deeper sense of well-being; all necessary qualities to improve their lives and the lives of their kin.
Discourse analysis: bridging frameworks or cultivating practices?

ABSTRACTThis essay responds to Gee’s article in which he proposes that discourse analysis is an approach that can bridge frames. I begin by elaborating a difference in academic cultures among scholars who identify as discourse analysts. I argue that a cultural grounding is built into discourse analysis and study of communication more generally. The essay concludes by offering the idea of cultivating practices as an alternative to the idea of bridging frameworks.
Performance analysis and acceleration of explicit integration for large kinetic networks using batched GPU computations

We demonstrate the systematic implementation of recently-developed fast explicit kinetic integration algorithms that solve efficiently N coupled ordinary differential equations (subject to initial conditions) on modern GPUs. We take representative test cases (Type Ia supernova explosions) and demonstrate two or more orders of magnitude increase in efficiency for solving such systems (of realistic thermonuclear networks coupled to fluid dynamics). This implies that important coupled, multiphysics problems in various scientific and technical disciplines that were intractable, or could be simulated only with highly schematic kinetic networks, are now computationally feasible. As examples of such applications we present the computational techniques developed for our ongoing deployment of these new methods on modern GPU accelerators. We show that similarly to many other scientific applications, ranging from national security to medical advances, the computation can be split into many independent computational tasks, each of relatively small-size. As the size of each individual task does not provide sufficient parallelism for the underlying hardware, especially for accelerators, these tasks must be computed concurrently as a single routine, that we call batched routine, in order to saturate the hardware with enough work.
Elucidating effects of cell architecture, electrode material, and solution composition on overpotentials in redox flow batteries

Abstract An improved method for quantitative measurement of the charge transfer, finite diffusion, and ohmic overpotentials in redox flow batteries using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy is presented. The use of a pulse dampener in the hydraulic circuit enables the collection of impedance spectra at low frequencies with a peristaltic pump, allowing the measurement of finite diffusion resistances at operationally relevant flow rates. This method is used to resolve the rate-limiting processes for the V2+/V3+ redox couple on carbon felt and carbon paper electrodes in the vanadium redox flow battery. Carbon felt was limited by both charge transfer and ohmic resistance, while carbon paper was limited by charge transfer, finite diffusion, and ohmic resistances. The influences of vanadium concentration and flow field design also are quantified.
A prospective study evaluating the relationship between fatigue and patient satisfaction in advanced cancer

16025 Background: Fatigue is the most common and disabling symptoms experienced by cancer patients. No study has prospectively quantified the relationship between fatigue and patient satisfaction (...
Heterogeneous Responses of Ovarian Cancer Cells to Silver Nanoparticles as a Single Agent and in Combination with Cisplatin

We investigated the effects of silver nanoparticle (AgNP) exposure in three ovarian cancer cell lines (A2780, SKOV3, and OVCAR3). We found that AgNPs were highly cytotoxic toward A2780 and SKOV3 cells but OVCAR3 cells were less sensitive to AgNPs. In agreement with the cytotoxicity data, AgNPs caused DNA damage in A2780 and SKOV3 cells, but not in OVCAR3 cells. A2780 and SKOV3 showed higher levels of basal reactive oxygen species (ROS) relative to OVCAR3 cells. AgNP exposure increased ROS levels in both A2780 and SKOV3 cells, but not in OVCAR3 cells. We found that the heterogeneous cytotoxicity was specific to the uptake of intact particles and was not due to differences in sensitivity to silver ions. Furthermore, the combination of AgNPs and standard-of-care platinum therapy, cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II), CDDP), was synergistic for treatment of A2780 and OVCAR3 cells and the combination of AgNPs and CDDP showed a favorable dose reduction in all cell lines tested. These results provide insight into potential applications of AgNPs for treatment of ovarian cancer.
The Unknown Hydrogen Exosphere: Space Weather Implications

Recent studies suggest that the hydrogen (H) density in the exosphere and geocorona might differ from previously assumed values by factors as large as 2. We use the SAMI3 (Sami3 is Also a Model of the Ionosphere) and Comprehensive Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere models to evaluate scenarios where the hydrogen density is reduced or enhanced, by a factor of 2, relative to values given by commonly used empirical models. We show that the rate of plasmasphere refilling following a geomagnetic storm varies nearly linearly with the hydrogen density. We also show that the ring current associated with a geomagnetic storm decays more rapidly when H is increased. With respect to these two space weather effects, increased exosphere hydrogen density is associated with reduced threats to space assets during and following a geomagnetic storm.
City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860–1910. By Anna Rose Alexander. (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016. Pp. 224. $26.95.)

This author's important study of fire in the burgeoning nineteenth‐century metropolis of Mexico City offers a fascinating, interdisciplinary perspective on issues relating to environment, geography...
Abstract 120: HIF1 Alpha Can be Inhibited in the Heart by Protein Kinase C Binding Protein 1

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α) is a key transcription factor responsible for the induction of genes that facilitate adaptation to hypoxia. The HIF-1 heterodimer (HIF-1α and HIF-1s) recog...
Performance Improvement of RFID Systems

Radio frequency identification devices (RFIDs) have been used widely in industrial and medical applications due to the fact they bridge the real and the virtual worlds and enable information transfer at a large scale in a cost effective way. These devices use radio waves for non-contact reading and are effective in manufacturing and several other applications where bar code labels could not survive.
Fostering Client Creativity in Family Therapy: A Process Research Study

Creativity has been shown to enhance problem solving, and to increase flexibility and adaptability—qualities associated with positive therapeutic outcomes. Literature related to therapist and/or client creativity is primarily anecdotal. Empirical literature addressing how therapists can facilitate the creativity of their clients in family therapy is scarce. In this study, the researchers used process methodology to code the behavior of therapists and clients in 31 videotaped family therapy sessions. Results show a significant positive correlation between interventions that induce positive affect and the creative client behaviors of optimism and playfulness.
THE DIRECT RELATION BETWEEN SEGREGATION IN PULSED LASER ANNEALING AND EQUILIBRIUM CRYSTAL GROWTH

The apparent lack of correlation (1) between the amount of segregation (surface accumulation) observed in pulsed laser annealing of various impurities in Si and the equilibrium segregation coefficients is shown to be resolved by a kinetic model. The rate constant for ejection of dopant from the solid at the melt interface scales with the diffusivity of the impurity in liquid Si. The rate constant for the reverse process is simply the product of the first rate constant and the equilibrium segregation coefficient. Segregation observed for pulsed laser annealing quantitatively supports the thermal melting model of the process.
Recent Advances in Experimental Robot Control

The objective of this paper is to present an overview of our research on the analysis, synthesis, real-time implementation and performance evaluation of model-based manipulator control schemes. The model-based control schemes synthesize strategies that include a dynamical model of the manipulator in the feedback loop. Further, depending on the way that the dynamical model is incorporated, it is possible to create different types of control laws. For example, the computed-torque method (24) utilizes the model in the feedback loop in order to both decouple and linearize the system. Independent joint controllers are then designed to achieve accurate trajectory tracking and to reject unknown external disturbances. The feedforward control scheme is another model-based control method and utilizes the dynamics model in the feedforward path. The idea is that the feedforward torques/forces provide gross signals and independent joint controllers provide the correcting control signals to reject disturbances that are unknown.
Puerperal laparoscopic sterilization

One hundred sixty-eight cases of puerperal laparoscopic sterilization are presented. The operative technique, complications, and morbidity are discussed. Intraoperative and postoperative complications occurred in six patients (3.6%). Operative time (21 minutes) and postoperative stay (2.4 days) compared favorably with those of the concurrent series of 148 open postpartum ligations. It was concluded that puerperal laparoscopic sterilization in expert hands is a safe, viable alternative to laparotomy.
The Composition of the Federal Bench: Nominating and Confirming Judges from the Private Sector

This statement, made by Chief Justice Rehnquist in his 2001 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, expresses well the recent debate concerning the composition of the federal judiciary, and the place (or lack thereof) of those from private practice on the bench. Rehnquist would highlight his concerns over judicial compensation in particular many additional times, as would his successor. Starting with his yearly report in 2006, Chief Justice Roberts would as well emphasize concerns over judicial salaries and the difficulty of attracting and retaining talented jurists given a growing disparity between judicial compensation and private practice salaries. Others have also noted that the composition of the judiciary is changing, with more appointments coming from within the judicial ranks and fewer from outside. Goldman, Slotnick, and Schiavoni (2011) have recently noted that the first two years of the Obama administration have continued the trend at both the circuit and district court level of an increasingly professionalized judiciary, with a greater proportion of nominees coming from within the federal judiciary than was the case in the past. In the early years of his administration, in fact, a higher proportion of President Obama’s appointees to the courts of appeals would be serving as judges at the time of appointment than was the case for any of his four predecessors (Goldman, Slotnick, and Schiavoni 2011).