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NAIADOCYSTIS PHYKOTERION N. GEN., N. SP. (APICOMPLEXA: EUGREGARINIDA: HIRMOCYSTIDAE), FROM THE MEXICAN PYGMY GRASSHOPPER, PARATETTIX MEXICANUS (ORTHOPTERA: TETRIGIDAE), IN THE TEXAS BIG THICKET WITH RECOGNITION OF THREE PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED SPECIES OF NAIADOCYSTIS

Naiadocystis phykoterionn. gen., n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida: Hirmocystidae), is described from the Mexican pygmy grasshopper, Paratettix mexicanus(Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), collected from sandbars along Harmon Creek, Walker County, Texas, in the western edge of the Texas Big Thicket. Naiadocystis n. gen. is distinguished by the form of the epimerite complex, a simple cordoid or toroid epimerite with an interior obconoid structure resembling a funnel that tapers to a distinct axial canal bisecting the protomerite, which is conspicuous in all stages of development, and a satellite protomerite reduced to a linearly crateriform cup or sucker that receives and enfolds posterior end of primite deutomerite. Association is precocious, caudofrontal, and biassociative. Gametocysts are spherical. Sporoducts are present but vestigial and irregular in number. Oocysts are broadly elliptoid with 4 small spherical polar knobs, 1 each at 30 8, 1508, 2108, and 3308, and dehisce en masse. The species described herein are differentiated by their overall size and relative proportion of cellular structures. Naiadocystis acantholobae(Hoshide, 1952) n. comb., Naiadocystis acrydiinarum (Semans, 1939) n. comb., and Naiadocystis tetrigis (Corbel, 1968) n. comb. are recognized as members of Naiadocystis previously placed within Gregarina (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida: Gregarinidae). The Mexican pygmy grasshopper, Paratettix mexicanus (Saussure, 1861) Rehn and Grant, 1957 (Orthoptera: Tetrigi- dae), is a small (ca. 10 mm) grouse locust occurring throughout northern Mexico and from Florida to California in the southern United States (Rehn and Grant, 1961; Capinera et al., 1997; Bastow et al., 2002). Paratettix mexicanus is a specialist her- bivore associated with riparian habitats grazing on river algae stranded by seasonal changes in water level (Capinera et al., 1997; Bastow et al., 2002). During an ongoing biotic survey of the gregarine parasites of North American insects, a heretofore unknown gregarine species was discovered in populations of P. mexicanus collected from the sandbars of Harmon Creek on the western edge of the Texas Big Thicket. The gregarine popula- tions recovered are taxonomically distinct from known grega- rine species and represent a new species. The structure of the epimerite and the protomerite of the satellite unites this species with 3 previously described species, Gregarina acantholobae Hoshide, 1952, Gregarina acrydiinarum Semans, 1939, and Gregarina tetrigis Corbel, 1968, and distinguishes the group from all other described species of Gregarina. This work uses an extended gregarine morphometric set (Clopton, 1999; Clop- ton and Nolte, 2002) on mature or invariant stages to describe the new species, establishes a new genus within Hirmocystidae, and accompanies the placement of G. acantholobae, G. acry- diinarum, and G. tetrigis within the new genus with new no-
Automatic Photoelectric Ultraviolet Analyzer for Continuous Chemical Analysis of Process Streams

An automatic photoelectric analyzer, the counterpart of infrared process-stream analyzers, has been developed for recording the concentration of an ultraviolet-absorbing component in a nonabsorbing mixture of liquids or gases. Radiation sources, filters, and phototubes are interchangeable to provide various monochromatic radiations, or a simple monochromator can be attached to provide any wavelength from 220 to 1200 mμ. The concentration range of the analyzer can be selected by choice of interchangeable cells of lengths from 0.001 to 7.5 in., and by choice of shutters of various absorbance ranges in an optical balancing system. The absorbance range is usually restricted to values between 0.01 and 0.2. Sustained high accuracy is achieved by employing a ratio-detecting, phototube bridge circuit that eliminates erroneous readings caused by source fluctuations, and by employing an automatic standardizing system that periodically restores the initial calibration of the instrument and compensates for drift caused by fouling of windows of the sample cell and for other commonly encountered drifts. High concentrations, on the one hand, or concentrations in parts per million, on the other, can be recorded, and several typical applications are listed.
A model of the magnetospheric tail with current-free lobes

Abstract A model of the Earth's tail field with no current density in its high latitude lobes is obtained as a modification of Tsyganenko's tail model. This is achieved by replacing Tsyganenko's current element with one in which the current density ends abruptly at a distance D from the central axis.
Amelioration of hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury using indolepropionic acid.

ANTIOXIDANTS have the capacity to attenuate organ damage secondary to effects of ischemia and reperfusion (I/R). Melatonin, a pineal gland hormone, has been demonstrated to prevent cellular damage following an ischemic event. Although melatonin possesses a relatively high antioxidant capacity, indolepropionic acid (IPA) has been shown to be a more potent antioxidant than melatonin. On this basis, we investigated the application of IPA in the prevention of excessive tissue damage following an ischemic event. We postulated a significant decrease in liver tissue damage by pretreatment with IPA using liver enzymes as markers of liver dysfunction.
Nonlinear Tissue Disposition: Salicylic Acid in Rat Brain

Abstract A model was developed to detect nonlinear disposition of a drug in a tissue. The model was experimentally tested relating to salicylic acid disposition in the brain. Experimental data obtained in rats are reported for doses of 25 and 400 mg/kg ip. The parameters measured for each dose were the ratio of the area under the brain concentration‐time curve to the area under the plasma concentration‐time curve and the ratio of the maximum brain concentration of salicylic acid to the plasma concentration at that point in time. The ratios increased with dose; furthermore, ratios calculated using plasma concentrations corrected for plasma protein binding were dose dependent. Calculations performed on literature data for salicylic acid disposition in mouse brain corroborated the results of this study. The existence of a saturable transport system for the elimination of salicylic acid from the brain is supported by the data presented. The rationale necessary to apply the model to any tissue is discussed.
Characterization of the MUC1.Tg/MIN Transgenic Mouse as a Model for Studying Antigen-Specific Immunotherapy of Adenomas

A bigenic MUC1.Tg/MIN mouse model was developed by crossing Apc/MIN/+ (MIN) mice with human MUC1 transgenic mice to evaluate MUC1 antigen-specific immunotherapy of intestinal adenomas. The MUC1.Tg/MIN mice developed adenomas at a rate comparable to that of MIN mice and had similar levels of serum MUC1 antigen. A MUC1-based vaccine consisting of MHC class I-restricted MUC1 peptides, a MHC class II-restricted pan-helper peptide, unmethylated CpG oligodeoxynucleotide and GM-CSF caused flattening of adenomas and significantly reduced the number of large adenomas. Immunization was successful in generating a MUC1-directed immune response evidenced by increased MUC1 peptide-specific anti-tumor cytotoxicity and IFN-γ secretion by lymphocytes.
Racial or ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in elevated C-reactive protein: identifying high risk groups and mediating factors

Purpose African Americans and Mexican Americans, as well as those with low socioeconomic status (SES), may be at risk for elevated C-reactive protein (CRP). To our knowledge, no research has looked at the interaction between race or ethnicity and SES on elevated CRP, or at factors that may place racial, ethnic, and SES groups at greater risk. We hypothesized that racial or ethnic minorities with low SES would have the greatest risk of elevated CRP, and that such associations would be due to factors known to be associated with elevated CRP. Methods Data from adult (age ≥ 20 years) women ( n = 1990) and men ( n = 1770) from the Fourth National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES IV; 1999–2000) were used to estimate the odds of elevated CRP (>3 mg/L, as measured by high-sensitivity latex-enhanced turbidimetric assay) in the different racial or ethnic and SES (measured by educational attainment) groups. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, fiber consumption, and hormone replacement therapy (in women only) were examined as potential effect modifying factors. Results Among women, Mexican Americans with low SES were the group at greatest risk for elevated CRP (odds ratio OR = 2.1, 95% confidence interval CI = 1.5–2.9). African American women tended to have a heightened risk of elevated CRP regardless of their SES, with the middle SES group having the highest risk (OR = 1.8, 1.1–3.0). White women with low SES (OR = 1.6, 1.1–2.6) were also at risk for elevated CRP. Among men, whites with low SES were the group most likely to have elevated CRP (OR = 1.6, 95% CI = 1.1–2.3). BMI and waist circumference accounted for some of the risk in Mexican American women and all of the risk in African American women. Smoking accounted for 50% of the SES association in white men and women. Conclusion Our hypothesis that low-SES minorities would be at the highest risk of elevated CRP was found to be partially true in women only, with low-SES Mexican American women at highest risk. Low-SES whites had the highest risk among men. Different mediating factors are responsible for elevated CRP in different race, ethnic, and SES groups.
Kinetics of Maize Leaf Elongation II. RESPONSES OF A NA-EXCLUDING CULTIVAR AND A NA-INCLUDING CULTIVAR TO VARYING NA/CA SALINITIES

Salinity causes physiological and morphological changes in plants and calcium can mitigate many of these effects. In this study, the effects of salinity (75 mol m -3 NaCl) with or without supplemental Ca (10 mol m -3 ) on the kinetics of maize (Zea mays L. leaf elongation were examined using Linear Variable Differential Transformers (LVDTs). Short-term growth responses of two cultivars (Dekalb hybrid XL75 and Pioneer hybrid 3906) differing in salt tolerance were compared. Salinity caused an immediate reduction in the leaf elongation rate (LER)
Should I stay or should I go: predator- and conspecific-induced hatching in a marine snail.

Predator-induced hatching plasticity has been demonstrated in many species of amphibians. However, animals from other clades (e.g., marine species of molluscs and annelids) also place their embryos in capsules or gelatinous masses and might also exhibit hatching plasticity to predators. To date there is no evidence of predator-induced hatching plasticity from any marine species or a major clade of bilateria animals, the Lophotrochozoa. We studied predator-induced hatching plasticity of Nucella lamellosa, a carnivorous marine snail that deposits embryos in capsules. We used two experiments to investigate the effects of two types of predator, crabs and isopods, on developing embryos. In the first experiment, we quantified proportion of hatched embryos from capsules through time exposed to water-borne chemicals of crabs and isopods. Crabs delayed time-to-hatching, and the effects of predators were additive. In the second experiment, we quantified proportion of hatched embryos from capsules through time, developmental stage, and size of embryos in capsules exposed to water-borne chemicals of crabs and conspecifics. With this experiment, we wanted to answer: (1) whether a delay in hatching corresponded to embryos developing slower, and (2) whether the general products of metabolic waste from organisms can delay hatching. We unexpectedly observed that adult conspecific snails accelerated hatching but not developmental rate—the few past studies on the effects of conspecifics have all demonstrated that conspecifics delay time-to-hatching and rate of development. The results were also inconsistent with metabolic waste in general causing a delay in hatching, although the effect of conspecifics does weaken this inference. This study demonstrates that predators delay time-to-hatching in a marine mollusc, and suggests that predator-induced hatching plasticity is widespread among animals and likely evolved multiple times within the bilateria. In addition, conspecifics accelerated time-to-hatching in a marine mollusc, which suggests that conspecifics, like predators, might commonly influence when embryos hatch.
Monocularly Deprived Cats: Improvement of the Deprived Eye's Vision by Visual Decortication

Monocularly deprived cats were tested for visual perinetry before and after visual cortex lesions. Such a lesion greatly enhances the deprived eye's performance and impairs that of the nondeprived eye so that the pronounced preoperative interocular asymmetry is lost postoperatively. Apparently this destruction of abnormal corticotectal pathways allows the expression of previously suppressed, normal retinotectal pathways.
Seismic scalar wave equation modeling by a convolutional differentiator

Abstract By means of the inverse Fourier transform, we introduce an easy way to design convolutional differentiators. Such convolutional spatial differentiators may be used for the pseudo-spectral solution of the scalar wave equation. The tapered differentiators have the same form as a high-order finite difference (FD) operator, and share some of the advantages of both the conventional FD and Fourier methods. The differentiators have been implemented for 2-D zero-offset and common-source seismic modeling. Results using filters with as few as five points are acceptable; longer operators (e.g., 15 points) yield results of comparable quality to seismograms obtained with the Fourier method, but with considerable savings in computer time. Accuracy of the convolutional differentiator approach is appreciably better than that of the fourth-order FD method. The method can readily be extended to elastic wave field modeling.
Seismic Response of 20-Story-Tall Reinforced-Concrete Special Moment-Resisting Frames Designed with Current Code Provisions

This paper investigates the two-dimensional nonlinear seismic response of four 20-story reinforced-concrete special moment-resisting frames designed according to ASCE 7-10 and ACI 318-11 code provi...
Clinical applications of a cognitive phonology.

Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 2003; 28: 63/69 It is noted that much previous work in phonology has attempted to provide economical theories of sound systems without explicitly attempting to provide theories that have psycholinguistic validity. The work of Bybee (8) on a cognitive approach to phonology is described, and its possible application to disordered speech is considered. It is discussed that cognitive phonology, coupled with gestural phonology, provides descriptive as well as explanatory accounts of disordered speech, and has specific implications for approaches to therapy. The article concludes with a case study of child with severely unintelligible speech, where it seems that the insights of cognitive phonology provide both an explanation for and a description of her speech behaviors.
Epigenetic silencing in Friedreich ataxia is associated with depletion of CTCF (CCCTC-binding factor) and antisense transcription.

Background Over 15 inherited diseases are caused by expansion of triplet-repeats. Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) patients are homozygous for an expanded GAA triplet-repeat sequence in intron 1 of the FXN gene. The expanded GAA triplet-repeat results in deficiency of FXN gene transcription, which is reversed via administration of histone deacetylase inhibitors indicating that transcriptional silencing is at least partially due to an epigenetic abnormality. Methodology/Principal Findings We found a severe depletion of the chromatin insulator protein CTCF (CCCTC-binding factor) in the 5′UTR of the FXN gene in FRDA, and coincident heterochromatin formation involving the +1 nucleosome via enrichment of H3K9me3 and recruitment of heterochromatin protein 1. We identified FAST-1 (FXN Antisense Transcript – 1), a novel antisense transcript that overlaps the CTCF binding site in the 5′UTR, which was expressed at higher levels in FRDA. The reciprocal relationship of deficient FXN transcript and higher levels of FAST-1 seen in FRDA was reproduced in normal cells via knockdown of CTCF. Conclusions/Significance CTCF depletion constitutes an epigenetic switch that results in increased antisense transcription, heterochromatin formation and transcriptional deficiency in FRDA. These findings provide a mechanistic basis for the transcriptional silencing of the FXN gene in FRDA, and broaden our understanding of disease pathogenesis in triplet-repeat diseases.
Calcium-dependent inhibition of adrenal TREK-1 channels by angiotensin II and ionomycin

Bovine adrenocortical cells express bTREK-1 K+ (bovine KCNK2) channels that are inhibited by ANG II through a Gq-coupled receptor by separate Ca2+ and ATP hydrolysis-dependent signaling pathways. W...
Taurodontism in X-chromosome aneuploid syndromes.

Two cases of X-chromosome aneuploidy (XXY) and (XXXXY) are presented which show an alteration in molar root development known as taurodontism. It appears that the degree of taurodontism may be related to the number of X-chromosomes present.
"Receiver makes right" data conversion in PVM

Using a receiver makes it right (RMR) data conversion technique in PVM significantly improves the message-passing performance in heterogeneous environments. The improvements are due to two factors: (1). RMR reduces the need for conversions in a heterogeneous environment; (2). At most each message is converted, only once compared to twice for XDR used in public version of PVM, and our conversion routines are streamlined and are several times faster than the XDR routines. The drawback to RMR is the potential need for a large number of conversion routines. We demonstrate that only a small number of routines are required because many vendors use the IEEE standard for data representation. Given this fact, RMR may emerge as a promising technique in distributed computing. >
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF PHOSPHORUS-BASED FLAME INHIBITION

Abstract An investigation of the inhibition properties of Phosphorus-Containing Compounds (PCCs) in moderately strained (global strain rate of 300 s−1) non-premixed methane-N2/O2/Ar flames is presented. The effect of DMMP [dimethyl methylphosphonate, O=P(OCH3)2(CH3)] on relative OH concentration profiles was measured by using quenching-corrected Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) for the first time. LIF measurements indicate a reduction in the total OH present of 23% for a non-premixed methane-air flame doped with 572 ppm of DMMP. As the stoichiometric adiabatic flame temperature is increased via substitution of Ar for N2 in the oxidizer stream, the measurements show a strong decrease in the magnitude of the OH reduction. Experimental results show reasonable agreement with computational predictions made using a kinetic model that has been proposed for DMMP decomposition and phosphorus-radical chemistry. Analysis of the computational results shows that the reactions involving phosphorus remove H and O atoms from the radical pool, thus weakening the flame. These reactions produce OH directly, but the rest of the mechanism responds to O and H reductions by reducing OH levels. The key reactions involved in this inhibition process are identified.
Type I Signal Peptidase and Protein Secretion in Staphylococcus epidermidis

Bacterial protein secretion is a highly orchestrated process that is essential for infection and virulence. Despite extensive efforts to predict or experimentally detect proteins that are secreted, the characterization of the bacterial secretome has remained challenging. A central event in protein secretion is the type I signal peptidase (SPase)-mediated cleavage of the N-terminal signal peptide that targets a protein for secretion via the general secretory pathway, and the arylomycins are a class of natural products that inhibit SPase, suggesting that they may be useful chemical biology tools for characterizing the secretome. Here, using an arylomycin derivative, along with two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), we identify 11 proteins whose secretion from stationary-phase Staphylococcus epidermidis is dependent on SPase activity, 9 of which are predicted to be translated with canonical N-terminal signal peptides. In addition, we find that the presence of extracellular domains of lipoteichoic acid synthase (LtaS) and the β-lactam response sensor BlaR1 in the medium is dependent on SPase activity, suggesting that they are cleaved at noncanonical sites within the protein. In all, the data define the proteins whose stationary-phase secretion depends on SPase and also suggest that the arylomycins should be valuable chemical biology tools for the study of protein secretion in a wide variety of different bacteria.
Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Secrets, ed 2

Placzek JD, Boyce DA, eds. St Louis, MO 63146, Mosby Elsevier, 2006, paperback, 679 pp, illus, ISBN: 978-1-56053-708-3, $39.95. Are there really any secrets in orthopedic physical therapy? Probably not, but “Secrets” is a catchy name for a series of more than 100 books published by Elsevier. The vast majority of the books in the series are directed toward medicine and nursing. Only this text, edited by Placzek and Boyce, appears to be specifically geared to the physical therapist reader. Each book in the “Secrets” series covers a smaller specialty within a given field; this book is directed to those interested in the field of orthopedic physical therapy. The authors intend this text to be used as a reference for those studying for the specialist certification examination. All of the books in the “Secrets” series are designed to provide up-to-date …
On-chip integrated antenna structures in CMOS for 60 GHz WPAN systems

This paper presents several on-chip antenna structures that may be fabricated with standard CMOS technology for use at millimeter wave frequencies. On-chip antennas for wireless personal area networks (WPANs) promise to reduce interconnection losses and greatly reduce wireless transceiver costs, while providing unprecedented flexibility for device manufacturers. This paper presents the current state of research in on-chip integrated antennas, highlights several pitfalls and challenges for on-chip design, modeling, and measurement, and proposes several antenna structures that derive from the microwave microstrip and amateur radio art. This paper also describes an experimental test apparatus for performing measurements on RFIC systems with on-chip antennas developed at The University of Texas at Austin.
Diagnosis of human cytomegalovirus central nervous system disease in AIDS patients by DNA amplification from cerebrospinal fluid

The utility of amplification of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) DNA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for the diagnosis of HCMV central nervous system (CNS) disease in AIDS patients was studied. CSF specimens from 30 patients with neurologic dysfunction were assayed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the results were correlated with histopathologic findings, CSF culture, and clinical manifestations. PCR was positive in all 11 patients who had histopathologic evidence of HCMV CNS disease, including 4 who were CSF culture-negative. Three patients with HCMV polyradiculopathy had CSF positive by PCR. Nine patients negative for HCMV by neuropathologic study and an additional 7 patients with HCMV-unrelated clinical diagnosis were all CSF PCR-negative, despite concomitant systemic HCMV infection in 7. In addition, 24 asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals were CSF PCR-negative. CSF PCR appears to be a sensitive and specific diagnostic method for detection of HCMV CNS disease in AIDS patients.
Assessment of the Building 3430 Filtered Exhaust Stack Sampling Probe Location

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory performed a demonstration to determine the acceptable location in which to place an air sampling probe for emissions monitoring for radionuclides in the exhaust air discharge from the new 3430 Building Filtered Pathway Stack . The method was to adopt the results of a previously performed test series for a system of similar configuration, followed by a partial test on the actual system to verify the applicability of previously performed tests. The qualification criteria included 1) a uniform air velocity, 2) an average flow angle that does not deviate from the axis of the duct by more than 20°, 3) a uniform concentration of tracer gases, and 4) a uniform concentration of tracer particles. Section 1 provides background information for the demonstration, and Section 2 describes the test strategy, including the criteria for the applicability of model results and the test matrix. Section 3 describes the flow angle test and the velocity uniformity test, Section 4 provides the test results, and Section 5 provides the conclusions. Appendix A includes the test data sheets, and Appendix B gives applicable qualification results from the previously tested model stack. The data from the previously tested and similarly designed stackmore » was demonstrated to be applicable to the current design for the 3430 Building Filtered Pathway stack. Therefore, this new system also meets the qualification criteria given in the ANSI/HPS N13.1 standard. Changes to the system configuration or operations outside of the bounds of this report (e.g., exhaust velocity increases, relocation of sample probe) will require retesting/reevaluation to determine compliance to the requirements.« less
2. Chilling Poultry Meat—A Literature Review

Abstract A literature review containing 156 literature citations from trade and scientific journals and reference sources.
Outcomes by sex following treatment initiation with atazanavir plus ritonavir or efavirenz with abacavir/lamivudine or tenofovir/emtricitabine.

Background. We aimed to evaluate treatment responses to atazanavir plus ritonavir (ATV/r) or efavirenz (EFV) in initial antiretroviral regimens among women and men, and determine if treatment outcomes differ by sex. Methods. We performed a randomized trial of open-label ATV/r or EFV combined with abacavir/lamivudine (ABC/3TC) or tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) in 1857 human immunodeficiency virus type 1–infected, treatment-naive persons enrolled between September 2005 and November 2007 at 59 sites in the United States and Puerto Rico. Associations of sex with 3 primary study endpoints of time to virologic failure, safety, and tolerability events were analyzed using Cox proportional hazards models. Model-based population pharmacokinetic analysis was performed using nonlinear mixed effects modeling (NONMEM version VII). Results. Of 1857 participants, 322 were women. Women assigned to ATV/r had a higher risk of virologic failure with either nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor backbone than women assigned to EFV, or men assigned to ATV/r. The effects of ATV/r and EFV upon safety and tolerability risk did not differ significantly by sex. With ABC/3TC, women had a significantly higher (32%) safety risk compared to men; with TDF/FTC, the safety risk was 20% larger for women compared to men, but not statistically significant. Women had slower ATV clearance and higher predose levels of ATV compared to men. Self-reported adherence did not differ significantly by sex. Conclusions. This is the first randomized clinical trial to identify a significantly earlier time to virologic failure in women randomized to ATV/r compared to women randomized to EFV. This finding has important clinical implications given that boosted protease inhibitors are often favored over EFV in women of childbearing potential. Clinical Trials Registration NCT00118898.
Relationship privacy: output perturbation for queries with joins

We study privacy-preserving query answering over data containing relationships. A social network is a prime example of such data, where the nodes represent individuals and edges represent relationships. Nearly all interesting queries over social networks involve joins, and for such queries, existing output perturbation algorithms severely distort query answers. We propose an algorithm that significantly improves utility over competing techniques, typically reducing the error bound from polynomial in the number of nodes to polylogarithmic. The algorithm is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to answer such queries with acceptable accuracy, even for worst-case inputs.The improved utility is achieved by relaxing the privacy condition. Instead of ensuring strict differential privacy, we guarantee a weaker (but still quite practical) condition based on adversarial privacy. To explain precisely the nature of our relaxation in privacy, we provide a new result that characterizes the relationship between e-indistinguishability~(a variant of the differential privacy definition) and adversarial privacy, which is of independent interest: an algorithm is e-indistinguishable iff it is private for a particular class of adversaries (defined precisely herein). Our perturbation algorithm guarantees privacy against adversaries in this class whose prior distribution is numerically bounded.
Role and Self‐Concept Assessments of Delinquents and Nondelinquents*

(1966). Role and Self-Concept Assessments of Delinquents and Nondelinquents. The Sociological Quarterly: Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 373-379.
Representing sentence structure in hidden Markov models for information extraction

We study the application of Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) to learning information extractors for -ary relations from free text. We propose an approach to representing the grammatical structure of sentences in the states of the model. We also investigate using an objective function during HMM training which maximizes the ability of the learned models to identify the phrases of interest. We evaluate our methods by deriving extractors for two binary relations in biomedical domains. Our experiments indicate that our approach learns more accurate models than several baseline approaches.
TACTILE CUEING MODEL FOR G-SEAT USE IN FLIGHT SIMULATION

Tactile cueing using G-seats has been used to provide normal acceleration and roll and pitch tilt cues in fixed and moving base flight simulators. Although the addition of tactile cueing has been shown to improve pilot performance in fixed base simulation, its transfer value and training benefit remain unclear. A G-seat drive algorithm based on a validated model of motion perception from tactile cues is likely to be more useful in training than a drive algorithm that is based solely on simulator pilot performance. The contribution of tactile cueing to motion perception is less well understood than the contribution of visual and vestibular cues to motion perception. An experiment was conducted to quantify the frequency dependent contribution of tactile cueing to linear motion perception using a modified NASA Langley Research Center pneumatic G-seat. Eight blindfolded subjects participated in a horizontal linear motion nulling experiment, lying on their backs during z-axis motion on the MIT sled. Sum of sines disturbances (.06 Hz-.5 Hz) were provided in both sled velocity and G-seat pressure in one half of the experimental trials and only sled velocity in the other half of the trials. Subjects attempted to null the sled velocity using a hand controller. Transfer functions from sled velocity to subject command response (vestibular transfer function) and from Gseat pressure to subject command response (tactile transfer function) were computed using cross-correlation methods for each of the two conditions (G-seat on and G-seat off). A significant response to G-seat pressure, fit with a differentiator transfer function, was observed. Differences between the G-seat on and
Institutional Usury and the Banks

Abstract Although usury is no longer widely discussed in economic discourse, the concept of usury is useful in explaining financial upheavals such as the recent and on-going crisis. The Scholastics began the study of interest with their teachings on usury, and Keynes brought the usury debate back into the discussions during the period around the Great Depression. Bernard Dempsey, a Jesuit economist, wrote a definitive assessment of scholastic theory in the early 1940s under the direction of Schumpeter. Dempsey developed his own theory of financial crises which he attributed to the presence of what he termed “institutional usury.” The recently implemented policy by the Federal Reserve of paying banks interest on reserves is examined in light of Dempsey's concept of institutional usury. The scholastic concept of the just price is used to analyze market power wielded by large financial institutions in the modern economy.
Mapping the Region of Entropic Vectors with Support Enumeration & Information Geometry

The region of entropic vectors is a convex cone that has been shown to be at the core of many fundamental limits for problems in multiterminal data compression, network coding, and multimedia transmission. This cone has been shown to be non-polyhedral for four or more random variables, however its boundary remains unknown for four or more discrete random variables. Methods for specifying probability distributions that are in faces and on the boundary of the convex cone are derived, then utilized to map optimized inner bounds to the unknown part of the entropy region. The first method utilizes tools and algorithms from abstract algebra to efficiently determine those supports for the joint probability mass functions for four or more random variables that can, for some appropriate set of non-zero probabilities, yield entropic vectors in the gap between the best known inner and outer bounds. These supports are utilized, together with numerical optimization over non-zero probabilities, to provide inner bounds to the unknown part of the entropy region. Next, information geometry is utilized to parameterize and study the structure of probability distributions on these supports yielding entropic vectors in the faces of entropy and in the unknown part of the entropy region.
Biology and Properties of Fish and Reptilian Herpesviruses

This chapter updates and adds to information contained in earlier reviews of herpesvirus of reptiles and fishes (Wolf, 1973, 1979 Lunger; and Clark, 1978; Clark and Lunger, 1981). This review includes at least 11, and possibly as many as 14, herpesviruses (Table I). The uncertainty of number stems from the fact that some of the agents have yet to be isolated, and therefore their antigenic, serological, and other critical relationships are unknown. Furthermore, the rather high degree of host specificity exhibited by most herpesviruses suggests the possibility that the two freshwater turtles (both family Testudinidae) could well be afflicted with a single virus. The same is true for the agent(s) seen in the venom of the three snakes of the family Elapidae; two of the snakes are members of the genus Naja, and all three share a common geographic area.
Preliminary results of concurrent chemotherapy with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for advanced cancer of the larynx/hypopharynx

5544 Purpose: Retrospective review of an institution’s IMRT experience in treating advanced laryngeal/hypopharyngeal carcinoma with concurrent chemotherapy. Methods: Between 1/02–6/05, 31 patients ...
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder–specific stimulant misuse, mood, anxiety, and stress in college-age women at high risk for or with eating disorders

ABSTRACTObjective: To examine the misuse of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-specific stimulants in a college population at high risk for or with clinical or subclinical eating disorders. Participants: Four hundred forty-eight college-age women aged 18–25 at high risk for or with a clinical or subclinical eating disorder. Methods: Participants completed assessments of stimulant misuse and psychopathology from September 2009 to June 2010. Results: Greater eating disorder pathology, objective binge eating, purging, eating disorder–related clinical impairment, depressive symptoms, perceived stress, and trait anxiety were associated with an increased likelihood of stimulant misuse. Subjective binge eating, excessive exercise, and dietary restraint were not associated with stimulant misuse. Conclusions: ADHD-specific stimulant misuse is associated with eating disorder and comorbid pathology among individuals at high risk for or with clinical or subclinical eating disorders. Screening for stimula...
Regulation of the expression of c-Myc by β1 integrins in epithelial cells

Cell adhesion promotes cellular proliferation through the regulation of gene expression, including the immediate early genes. However, the precise role of cell adhesion in the regulation of the c-Myc proto-oncogene is not clear, and the adhesion-dependent signaling pathway(s) regulating the expression of c-Myc has yet to be defined. We now show that integrin signaling directly regulates the expression of c-Myc in the mammary epithelial cell line 184A1N4 (A1N4). Adhesion of quiescent A1N4 cells to fibronectin, and to collagen types IV or I, induces the expression of c-Myc in an ECM concentration-dependent fashion. Cytoskeletal rearrangement, and integrin engagement and integrin clustering are required for the induction of c-Myc by fibronectin. Furthermore, β1 integrin function-blocking antibodies prevent the adhesion-dependent induction of c-Myc. Adhesion of A1N4 cells results in the activation both of c-Src and of the Erk 1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), each of which precedes the induction of c-Myc. Pharmacological inhibitors specific for either the c-Src family of kinases or for MEK1 block the adhesion-dependent induction of c-Myc. These observations indicate that β1 integrins regulate the expression of c-Myc through the activation of the Src family of tyrosine kinases and the MAK kinase pathway.
Use of a Translocation Heterozygote to Retard a Laboratory Population of the German Cockroach

Growth of 3 laboratory populations of Blattella germanica (L.) was followed by monthly censuses. Two of them, Populations A and B, originated from 5 wild type ♀, 3 wild type ♂ and 6 ♂ heterozygous for T(9;11). The 3rd was a control started with 5 pairs of wild type. T(9;11) male nymphs were released repeatedly into Pop. B so as to maintain about 2–3 T/+ ♂:1 +/+ ♂. Releases were timed to match oncoming groups of female nymphs in age. The single introduction of T(9;11) into Pop. A held the F1 and an oncoming F2 group to ca. ½ the size of comparable groups in the control. This experiment was terminated after 4 months. Repeated introductions markedly retarded, but did not prevent, the growth of Pop. B throughout a 6-month period. Analyses of oothecae for mating types indicated good competitiveness of T(9;11) males. About 4% of the matings in Pop. B were +/+ × +/+. The others were either T/+ × +/+ (semisterile) or T/+ × T/+ (sterile). The translocation was successfully incorporated into the population by careful timing of male releases. An analysis is presented as to the origin and growth of nymphal groups present at successive censuses. Population size replacement, mortality, carrying capacity of the breeder jar and other data useful to future population studies are discussed.
Bigger Isn't Better When It Comes to Online Computer Science Teacher Communities (Abstract Only)

Dozens of online communities have been developed to support high school computer science (CS) teachers by providing them with CS teaching resources. However, these sites have failed to meet teachers' needs and are widely underused. Despite this underutilization, organizations continue to create new communities with content that overlaps with the materials provided within existing communities. Our research explores the barriers to CS teachers' engagement with online resources and their attitudes toward online communities. We find that teachers are frustrated by the time and difficulty required to navigate the sites and find useful information. It appears the barriers to accessing these resources cannot be overcome by creating additional large, multipurpose communities. Even though it seems that having large communities would be valuable for increasing access to resources, our research indicates teachers prefer smaller, more specialized communities. We are eager to discuss ideas for designing new communities that provide more relevant content for teachers in a way that is easy for them to find.
Insect Abundances on Tomatoes and Squash Mulched with Aluminum and Plastic Sheetings

Aluminum foil, laminated plasticized aluminum, laminated paper-backed aluminum, black plastic and white plastic sheeting materials 30-36 inches wide were used as mulches for squash and all but white plastic were used for growing tomato plants. Yellow-pan aphid traps caught more green peach aphids, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), and other species of aphids in the check plots than in those with aluminum foil or paper-backed aluminum mulches. Significantly more mines of a serpentine leaf miner, Liriomyza sp., were present in the leaves of unprotected tomato and squash plants than in those protected by aluminum-foil mulch. Significantly more honey bees, Apismellifera L., visited squash plants protected with plasticized aluminum and paper-backed aluminum than visited untreated plants and plants protected with black plastic and aluminum scrap mulches and vertical aluminum strips. More squash fruits were injured by pickleworms, Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll), in plots protected by aluminum-foil mulch than in those protected by white plastic mulch and vertical strips of aluminum.
Initial Exploration on the Relationship Between Social Security and Development in the Context of Risk Society

The security is the most basic need to human,development is the eternal pursuit of human society.Along with the development of the industry society,the contradiction between the security and the development displays exceptionally sharp,more and more scholars began to reflect on the development of modern society and explore the road of Safe development of the social.Especially in the context of risk society,from the standpoint of Marxist,analysis and coordinate the relationship between social security and development has important theoretical and practical significance.
One Reader Reading: the Reader in The Old Curiosity Shop

It is in the nature of the case that because a Dickens novel is so long and so full of detail and so full of different modes of presentation, readers can actualise that text in a number of very different ways, inevitably reducing its potential complexities and multiplicities of meaning. Nearly all critics of The Old Curiosity Shop begin with a perception of some radical disharmony in the novel. J. Hillis Miller notes the ‘ironic identification of rural escape and death’.2 Dickens talks in his rhetoric in the novel about the desirability and restfulness of the country, but what Nell and Trent find there is death. James Kincaid notes that ‘for all the travelling and frantic rushing about that goes on, no one really moves anywhere or finally escapes from the pursuers’.3 Steven Marcus notes that although Nell ‘has moved through space she has travelled nowhere’,4 and suggests that the idyllic vision of Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby begins to seem remote in The Old Curiosity Shop, and to become ambiguous and sentimental. Geoffrey Tillotson finds perhaps the most simple way of making any of the contradictions in a Dickens novel disappear: ‘Dickens’s amalgam of widely separate things has been made harmonious by their having issued from a mind that for each novel limited itself to one inexhaustible range of details — things of one complex colour — different as different continents differ for a geographer.’5
Is the “Golden Age of Cognition” Losing Its Luster? Toward a Requirement-Centered Perspective

(1995). Is the “Golden Age of Cognition” Losing Its Luster? Toward a Requirement-Centered Perspective. Annals of the International Communication Association: Vol. 18, Communication Yearbook 18, pp. 188-197.
Management of Adults With Diabetes and Cognitive Problems.

Management of diabetes involves a high degree of patient involvement and daily performance of many self-care tasks. These include monitoring of blood glucose; eating healthy meals; engaging in physical activity; taking medications as directed; recognizing and managing hypoglycemia; performing proper hygiene, including foot and dental care; attending medical appointments; and understanding sick-day management (1,2). Pharmacological therapy, particularly when insulin is needed, can be complex. Social, physical, and mental health challenges may hinder self-care and are associated with increased diabetes complications and poor quality of life (3). Cognitive impairment is a common, underdiagnosed complication of diabetes that can interfere with the ability to adequately perform required daily self-management behaviors (Table 1) (4). Mild-to-moderate cognitive impairment and dementia are more frequently observed in older adults, but declines in cognitive function also have been described in younger people with diabetes (5,6). It is estimated that at least half of older people with diabetes will become cognitively impaired and functionally disabled (7). Deficiencies in memory capacity, attention to detail, planning, ability to reason, decision-making, and information processing speed are associated with deficits in diabetes self-care behaviors, including poor compliance with medication, diet, and exercise recommendations; failure to receive appropriate care; and worse glycemic control, including more hypoglycemia (7–12). View this table: TABLE 1. Daily Diabetes Self-Management Tasks Affected by Cognitive Impairment A three-stage classification of cognitive dysfunction in patients with diabetes has been proposed (13). In the first stage, there are mild, subtle changes in cognition that might represent normal cognitive aging. These deficits are unlikely to significantly interfere with activities of daily living or self-management of diabetes in adults with type 2 diabetes treated with oral medications, but they may cause difficulties for patients requiring complex insulin regimens (i.e., those with type 1 diabetes or advanced type 2 diabetes). This …