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Predicting Relationship Commitment and Relationship Stability from Both Partners' Relationship Values: Evidence from Heterosexual Dating Couples

This study examined how the intrinsic and extrinsic relationship values of both partners from 130 dating heterosexual couples were related to each partner's relationship commitment and to 6-month relationship stability. Male partners' own relationship commitment was related to interactions between their own and their female partners' relationship values such that their own relationship commitment was positively related to their own intrinsic values when their female partners' intrinsic values were low and negatively related to their own extrinsic values when their female partners' extrinsic values were low. Female partners' own high relationship commitment was independently predicted by their own high intrinsic values, their own low extrinsic values, and their male partners' high intrinsic values. Relation-ship stability was predicted by female partners' low extrinsic values and an interaction between both partners' intrinsic values such that one partner's high intrinsic values were linked to relationship...
Single-mode beam-cavity interaction in relativistic klystrons

The interaction between a modulated, intense electron beam and a single-mode RF cavity is discussed. A formalism is described which accounts for steady-state and transient beam loading, input/output waveguide coupling, and finite Q effects. A circuit equation is analyzed for short-time behavior. Algorithms are presented for designing detuned structures to ensure longitudinal stability in relativistic klystron two-beam accelerators.
Bone marrow imaging using STIR at 0.5 and 1.5 T

Abstract We retrospectively examined MR images in 82 patients to evaluate the usefulness of short inversion time inversion recovery (STIR) in bone marrow imaging at 0.5 and 1.5 T. The study included 56 patients at 1.5 T and 26 patients at 0.5 T with a variety of pathologic bone marrow lesions (principally oncological), and compared the contrast and image quality of STIR imaging with spin-echo short repetition time/echo time ( TR TE ), long TR TE , and gradient-echo sequences. The pulse sequences were adjusted for optimal image quality, contrast, and fat nulling. STIR appears especially useful for the evaluation of red marrow (e.g., spine), where contrast between normal and infiltrated marrow is greater than with either gradient-echo or T1-weighted images. STIR is also extremely sensitive for evaluation of osteomyelitis, including soft tissue extent. In more peripheral (yellow) marrow, T1-weighted images are usually as sensitive as STIR. Limitations of STIR include artifacts, in particular motion artifact that at high field strength necessitates motion compensation. At 0.5 T, however, motion compensation is usually not necessary. Also, because of extreme sensitivity to water content, STIR may overstate the margins of a marrow lesion. With these limitations in mind, STIR is a very effective pulse sequence at both 0.5 and 1.5 T for evaluation of marrow abnormalities.
Two new titanium complexes with N,N′-diphenylformamidinium (DPhF)−, Ti(DPhF)3 and Ti2(μ-DPhF)2(DPhF)2(μ-NPh)2

Abstract The reduction of TiCl4 with 1 equiv. of sodium amalgam and addition of 3 equiv. of [PhNC(H)NPh]Li affords the titanium(III) compound Ti(DPhF)3 (1). The molecular symmetry of 1 is slightly distorted from D3. Interestingly, reduction of TiCl4 with 2 equiv. of HSn(n-Bu)3 and addition of 3 equiv. of [PhNC(H)NPh]Li does not produce a TiII product, but rather an imido bridged compound, Ti2(μ-NPh)2(μ-DPhF)2(DPhF)2, (2), in which the imido ligand forms altenately short [1.789(2) A] and long [2.068(2) A] bonds to the TiIV atoms. The process by which the NPh2− ligand is generated from the [DPhF]− ion has not yet been determined. However, it is clear that titanium atoms must be oxidized from +2 to +4 and that CN bonds in the [DPhF]− ligand are cleaved. The crystal structures of both compounds are reported.
Intensive behavioral group treatment of avoidant personality disorder

An intensive group treatment approach for avoidant personality disorder (APD) was devised and evaluated. Seventeen patients with APD participated in a 4-day group treatment program. Treatment included group systematic desensitization, behavioral rehearsal, and self-image work. Outcome was assessed at posttest and 1-year follow-up on self-report measures of social anxiety, social functioning, depression, and self-image. In addition to a MANOVA, results of reliable and clinically significant change are presented. Significant change was observed on the measures as a group. The most notable change was on the Fear of Negative Evaluation scale, where 40% of the sample were recovered at posttest. The results of this program are promising, although the need for a more extended period of treatment is apparent.
Cafeteria Style Free-Choice Mineral Feeder for Lactating Dairy Cows

In two short trials we evaluated the cafeteria-type free-choice mineral feeder as a method of providing minerals and vitamins for lactating Holstein cows under two nutritional regimes. Trial 1 was 16 wk in which two groups of cows in mid-lactation (10 cows/group) were group-fed rations with either corn silage or alfalfa hay as the sole forage, and all supplemental minerals and vitamins were provided free choice. Trial 2 was 9 wk in which two groups of cows in late-lactation (10 cows/group) were group fed rations of corn silage and alfalfa hay. Group 1 was force-fed minerals and vitamins in the grain ration while both groups had access to free-choice minerals. Intake was variable between weeks, and cows selectively consumed some minerals. Bentonite intake remained high during both trials. Little evidence was found that dairy cows offered minerals and vitamins free choice consumed to a specific appetite or need under the two nutritional regimes.
Erps and neural oscillations during volitional suppression of memory retrieval

Although investigations of memory and the dynamics of ERP components and neural oscillations as assessed through EEG have been well utilized, little research into the volitional nature of suppression over memory retrieval have used these methods. Oscillation analyses conducted on the Think/No-Think TNT task and volitional suppression of retrieval are of interest to broaden our knowledge of neural oscillations associated not only during successful memory retrieval but also when retrieval is unwanted or suppressed. In the current study, we measured EEG during a TNT task and performed ERP and EEG spectral power band analyses. ERP results replicated other researchers' observations of increases in 500-800 msec parietal effects for items where retrieval was instructed to be elaborated compared with being suppressed. Furthermore, EEG analyses indicated increased alpha 8-12 Hz and theta 3-8 Hz oscillations across parietal electrodes for items that were instructed to be suppressed versus those to be elaborated. Additionally, during the second half of the experiment after repeated attempts at control, increases in theta oscillations were found across both frontal and parietal electrodes for items that were instructed to be suppressed and that were ultimately forgotten versus those ultimately remembered. Increased alpha power for items that were instructed to be suppressed versus elaborated may indicate reductions of retrieval attempts or lack of retrieval success. Increased theta power for items that were instructed to be suppressed versus elaborated may indicate increased or prolonged cognitive control to monitor retrieval events.
Accurate rubber-base impressions.

Abstract A method for distribution of rubber-base impression material into cavity preparations and gingival sulci with a stream of air has been described. This method produces accurate impressions with no trauma to the involved tissues.
Reactor θ 13 Results and Recent Results from FNAL Neutrino Experiments

Abstract The past year has been very exciting for neutrino physics. The last mixing angle, θ 13 , has been measured by a number of experiments and is quite large. These experiments will, hopefully, continue reducing systematic and statistical errors in anticipation of statistically significant CP violation experiments. At Fermilab, MiniBooNE has finished its data run and has new results for electron antineutrino excesses; MINOS has done a combined fit for their ν μ disappearance measurements for neutrinos and antineutrinos (which are now consistent) and presented results for a sterile neutrino search; and Minerνa has presented its first cross section results.
Human papillomavirus DNA associated with foreskins of normal newborns.

Foreskins from 70 unselected infants undergoing routine circumcision were analyzed by dot blot hybridization for the presence of DNA related to that of human papillomavirus (HPV) type 6, 11, 16, or 18. Three foreskins (4^o) contained HPV DNA; two contained DNA related to HPV-16, and one contained DNA related to HPV-6. These results suggest that neonates exhibit evidence of a relatively high incidence of exposure to HPV. The outcome of exposure may be initially asymptomatic. A retrospective study of maternal charts showed six mothers with abnormal Pap smears, but no correlation could be identified between these mothers and the HPV-positive foreskins.
Scaling laws for dynamical hysteresis in a multidimensional laser system.

We examine scaling laws for dynamical hysteresis in an optically bistable semiconductor laser. An analytic derivation of these laws from multidimensional laser equations is outlined and they are expected to be universal for systems that exhibit a cusp catastrophe. The scaling laws for the hysteresis loop area or width are numerically verified and experimentally measured for operation of the bistable laser above and below threshold. Excellent agreement with theory is obtained in the limit of low switching frequencies.
EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE, pH AND RETENTION TIME ON THE BIODEGRADATION OF TOMATO WASTE IN TANK‐TYPE REACTORS

Effects of temperature, pH and retention time on the biodegradation of tomato waste were studied in a continuous tank-type system. The data indicated that under the experimental conditions used there was a two-component substrate complex in the tomato waste. The first comprised approximately two-thirds of the total waste load and was optimally degraded at 40°C in about 4 hr. The second substrate complex contributed about 20% of the waste load and was optimally degraded at 35°C. The remaining portion was not degraded during the 12-hr retention time investigated. It was also shown that maintaining an optimal pH 7 by monitoring and adjusting only the influent resulted in an excessive basic condition. The use of controlled reactor tanks in a sequential degradation system or in conjunction with present day treatment systems is suggested.
Some Aspects of Pressure-Induced Equilibrium Shifts in Chromatography

Abstract The possible advantages of pressure-induced equilibrium shifts in chromatography are explored. First, the subject of pressure-induced increases in migration rates is discussed, particularly in the light of solubility relationships already established in the high-pressure literature. Second, the more subtle equilibrium shifts leading to an enhancement of selectivity are studied. The practical implication of these equilibrium shifts are emphasized.
The Sea Breeze as a Function of the Prevailing Synoptic Situation

Abstract The effects of the large-scale wind and temperature fields on the development of the sea breeze circulation is studied with the aid of a theoretical model. The model, which applies to a straight coastline, is integrated numerically to obtain time and space variations of the wind and temperature fields. The results of several integrations using different geostrophically balanced initial conditions are presented.
Reduced size folded slot antennas with capacitive loading

Folded slot antennas utilizing capacitive loading to reduce the physical size of the antenna while maintaining the original resonant frequency have been presented. Simulations illustrate that to decrease the size of the antenna the width of the radiating slot must also decrease, which limits the ability to fabricate this type of antenna. Also, as the size of the antenna decreases, the value of capacitor needed increases. Size reductions of 33 and 44% at 3 and 5 GHz, respectively, are demonstrated. The 10 dB BW and gain decrease as the size of the antennas increase.
Review of the Evidence Related to Older Adult Community Mobility and Driver Licensure Policies

A systematic review of literature related to the effects of drivers' license policies and community mobility programs on older adult participation was completed as a part of the American Occupational Therapy Association's Evidence-Based Literature Review Project. The results revealed that states can achieve a goal of reducing traffic crashes, traffic violations, and traffic-related fatalities through relicensing policies requiring in-person renewal and vision testing as well as driving restrictions. Evidence suggests that failure to consider the continued community mobility needs of older adults can result in increasing fatalities among senior citizens using other modes of community mobility. This evidence-based review is informative for occupational therapy practice; however, it does not reveal the association between policy and community mobility interventions and improved engagement and participation. There is a role for occupational therapy in policy development and community mobility programming to promote engagement in occupation to support participation.
Migratorische Insertion von Alkenen in Metall‐Sauerstoff‐ und Metall‐Stickstoff‐Bindungen

Die Insertion ungesattigter Liganden in M-C- oder M-H-Bindungen verlauft uber eine migratorische Insertion, die eine fundamentale metallorganische Reaktion ist. Jungste Berichte bestatigen migratorische Insertionen von Alkenen in M-O- und M-N-Bindungen im Verlauf von Alkenalkoxylierungen bzw. Alkenaminierungen. Wir geben hier einen Uberblick uber den Stand der Literatur und wollen auserdem betrachten, wie diese jungsten Studien mit klassischen Experimenten der Bildung von C-O- und C-N-Bindungen mit Alkenkomplexen spater Ubergangsmetalle zusammenhangen.
The Techno-aesthetics of Shock: Mario Sironi and Italian Fascism

“An art of effects, nothing but effects, espressivo at any price”: the pro paganda art of the Italian painter Mario Sironi might well be seen to exemplify everything that Nietzsche deplored in his famous characteri zation of Wagner’s musical dramas—their grandiloquence, their obses sively repeated leitmotifs, and their use of every available means to maximize the emotional impact of the work on the public. But if Sironi’s lifelong passion for Wagner, first pointed out by Mario de Micheli in 1973 , deserves the closest critical scrutiny, it is to Walter Benjamin’s reflections on shock and the “destruction of experience” that one must turn to understand the working methods and the essential relevance of this unen dearing but arguably most important Italian artist between the wars. 1 For Benjamin, an “atrophy of experience” was a defining feature of modern life. He traced its beginnings to capitalist commodification and the rise of a mass culture based on technological reproduction whose effects were particularly evident in the daily press. As he noted, If the purpose of the newspaper was to allow the viewer to incorpo rate news as part of his own experience, it would be an unqualified failure, but its goal is just the opposite and it achieves it: to separate as much as possible the news item from anything that might con nect directly to the readers’ lived experience. 2 The tendency toward brevity and comprehensibility was one element that contributed to this effect; another was the newspaper’s sensational layout. Both served to screen out the living reality of an event for the impatient, distracted modern-day reader. Sironi’s propaganda art exemplifies these new conditions of recep tion. The succinctness of his graphic style of commentary, as seen in the many hundreds of front-page political illustrations he made for Mussolini’s newspaper Il popolo d’Italia , epitomizes a mode of commu nication that “replaces older narration with information and information with sensation.” 3 Much the same could be said about Sironi’s monumental installations of the late 1920s and early 1930s, which along with his
Polymorph Screening: Comparing a Semi-Automated Approach with a High Throughput Method

Polymorph screening studies of sulfathiazole, mefenamic acid, flufenamic acid, and ROY were carried out using a semi-automated apparatus. Cooling crystallization and slurry aging experiments were conducted with varying process conditions and a selection of 16 diverse solvents to find as many polymorphic forms as possible. Results yielded four out of five polymorphs of sulfathiazole, both polymorphs and a solvate of mefenamic acid, four out of the seven stable forms of ROY, as well as the two most commonly encountered polymorphs and a solvate of flufenamic acid. The results obtained in this study were compared with a novel high throughput method based on patterned substrates of self-assembled monolayers.(17, 32, 38) It was shown that in the case of sulfathiazole and mefenamic acid the same number of polymorphs were obtained using the two approaches. In the case of ROY, the semi-automated approach was not able to produce three of the forms found using the patterned self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) method. T...
Ion exchange HPLC microanalysis of chondroitin sulfate: quantitative derivatization of chondroitin lyase digestion products with 2-aminopyridine

Sulfated glycosaminoglycans such as chondroitin sulfate are composed of three structural domains, a linkage oligosaccharide, connecting the chain to the core protein, a variably sulfated disaccharide repeat structure within the chain and a nonreducing terminal, and these domains may confer specific functions on particular chain populations. We report here a new and highly sensitive method for the detection and quantitation of all nonreducing terminal residues and internal disaccharides obtained by chondroitinas e ABC or ACII digestion of aggrecan chondroitin sulfate. The procedure involves a quantitative reductive amination of the reducing ends of sulfated mono- and disaccharide chondroitinase products with 2-aminopyridine and boranedimethylamine. All derivatized saccharides can be separated and quantitated by fluorescence in a single chromatographic step on an AS4A anion exchange column, eluted with a gradient (0-500 mM) of sodium trifluoroacetate. The reproducibility and stability of the derivatisation, together with the sensitivity of the chromatography system, allowed for routine quantitation in the range of 3-500 pmol of reducing group (corresponding to about 1.5-250 ng of disaccharide or 0.75-125 ng of monosaccharide). Moreover, the fluorescence yield (fluorescence area units per pmol of reducing group) was virtually identical for all saccharides analyzed. Application of this method to an analysis of aggrecan purified from calf epiphyseal cartilage and from rat chondrosarcoma chondrocyte cultures allowed a precise identification and quantitation of the internal disaccharides and the nonreducing terminal structures, together with an estimation of the number average molecular weight of CS chains in these aggrecan preparations.
Efficient low-power heteronuclear decoupling in 13C high-resolution solid-state NMR under fast magic angle spinning

spectra of uniformly 13 C -a nd 15 N-labeled L-alanine. It was found that the TPPM decoupling sequence, which was originally designed for high-power decoupling, provides the best decoupling efficiency at low power among all the low-power decoupling sequences examined here. Optimum performance of the low-power TPPM sequence was found to be obtained at a decoupling field intensity (!1 )o f∼!R/4 with a pulse flip angle of ∼p and a phase alternation between ±f.f = ∼20°/ ,w here!R/2p is the spinning speed. The sensitivity obtained for 13 CO2 − , 13 CH, and 13 CH3 in L-alanine under low-power TPPM at !1/2p of 10 kHz was only 5‐15% less than that under high-power TPPM at !1/2p of 200 kHz, despite the fact that only 0.25% of the rf power was required in low-power TPPM. Analysis of the 13 CH2 signals for uniformly 13 C- and 15 N-labeled L-isoleucine under various low-power decoupling sequences also confirmed superior performance of the low-power TPPM sequence, although the intensity obtained by low-power TPPM was 61% of that obtained by high-power TPPM. 13 CC PMAS spectra of 13 C-labeled ubiquitin micro crystals obtained by low-power TPPM demonstrates that the low-power TPPM sequence is a practical option that provides excellent resolution and sensitivity in 13 C SSNMR for hydrated proteins. Copyright  2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Supplementary electronic material for this paper is available in Wiley InterScience at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/ jpages/0749-1581/suppmat/
Genetic Algorithm Design Results for a Ramjet Powered Missile

A methodology for developing optimized designs for symmetric -centerbody ramjet power ed missiles, using genetic algorithms as the central driver for the system optimization process, has been developed. This paper is a follow -on discussion of results presented previously and has more complete results for the optimization efforts. Th e paper contains limited discussion of th e methodology and shows results for several strategies and design scenarios.
Adaptation of phytoplankton-degrading microbial communities to thermal reactor effluent in a new cooling reservoir.

In water column and sediment inocula from a nuclear reactor cooling reservoir, natural phytoplankton substrate labeled with /sup 14/C was used to determine aerobic and anaerobic mineralization rates for a range of temperatures (25, 40, 55, and 70/sup 0/C) expected during reactor operation. For experiments that were begun during reactor shutdown, aerobic decomposition occurred at temperatures of <55/sup 0/C. After two months of reactor operation, aerobic rates increased substantially at 55 and 70/sup 0/C, although maximum rates were observed at temperatures of less than or equal to 40/sup 0/C. The temperature range for which maximum anaerobic mineralization (i.e., the sum of CH/sub 4/ and CO/sub 2/) was observed was 25 to 40/sup 0/C when the reactor was off, expanding to 25 to 55/sup 0/C during reactor operation. Increased rates of 55/sup 0/C, but not 70/sup 0/C, correlated with an increase in the ratio of cumulative methane to carbon dioxide produced over 21 days. When reduced reactor power lowered the maximum temperature of the reservoir to 42/sup 0/C, aerobic decomposition at 70/sup 0/C was negligible, but remained substantial at 55/sup 0/C. Selection for thermophilic decomposers occurred rapidly in this system in both aerobic and anaerobic communities and did not require prolongedmore » exposure to elevated temperatures.« less
Modeling, Learning and Defending against Opportunistic Criminals in Urban Areas: (Doctoral Consortium)

Police patrols are used ubiquitously to deter crimes in urban areas. A distinctive feature of urban crimes is that criminals react opportunistically to patrol officers' assignments. Compared to strategic attackers (such as terrorists) with a well-laid out plan, opportunistic criminals are less strategic in planning attacks and more flexible in executing them. I proposed two approaches to generate effective patrol schedules against opportunistic criminals. The first approach is a new game-theoretic framework for addressing opportunistic crime, the Opportunistic Security Game(OSG). In OSG, I propose a novel model for opportunistic adversaries. The second approach is to learn the criminals' behavior model from real-world criminal activity data. To that end, I represent the criminal behavior and the interaction with the patrol officers as parameters of a Dynamic Bayesian Network (DBN), enabling application of standard algorithms such as EM to learn the parameters. Finally, I show that a sequence of modifications of the DBN representation in learning approach, which exploit the problem structure in model approach, result in better accuracy and increased speed. By combining modeling and learning approaches, I can generate patrol schedule which has significantly better performance.
Cost-effective training and development programs in the hotel industry during a recessionary period

Cost-Effective Training and Development Programs in the Hotel Industry during a Recessionary Period by Fiona Clementine King Gary Potts, Committee Chair Adjunct Professor University of Nevada, Las Vegas Training and development are essential in providing employees with the right skills for their present and future jobs. The world today is constantly evolving, with customers demanding more, which in turn adds pressure to companies and their employees. Therefore, in times of recessions, decreasing the budgets of training programs is a way for companies in all industries to manage and minimize their financial losses. The purpose of this paper is to identify the different techniques that the hotel industry could use to maintain the training and development of their employees during an economic recession. This paper will also look at the literature supporting the cost-effective practices of training and development and the methods used to evaluate training programs. In concluding the paper, a set of general recommendations is suggested for the hotel industry and the human resources department when developing costeffective training programs.
Numerical Radiation Exchange in Rectangular Micro- and Mini-Channels Using the Monte Carlo Method

The addition of appropriately shaped macroscale structures to a surface results in a directionally selective surface capable of high absorption of direct solar radiation and low hemispherical emission. This work investigates the effect of adding sub-macroscale structures to a smooth surface on net radiative heat transfer. The Monte Carlo method was used to characterize the net radiative heat transfer of rectangular micro- and mini-channels. The effects of varying the aspect ratio, surface absorptivity, and incident angle were determined. The effect of diffuse and specular reflections was also examined. For a diffuse surface, as the absorptivity increases so does the net heat transfer however, higher incident angles result in lower net heat transfer. For a specular surface, net heat transfer increases with both incidence angle and aspect ratio. In general, deeper channels increase net heat transfer. The effect of channel periodicity was also examined. In general, shorter periods increase net heat transfer when normalized by system length.Copyright © 2015 by ASME
Behavioral Consequences of Affect

Michael Lewis introduced his volume The Development of Affect (1978) with the following quote: Douglas, a 13-month-old, sits quietly playing with blocks. Carefully, with a rapt expression, he places one block on top of another until a tower of four blocks is made. As the last block reaches the top, he laughs out loud and claps his hands. His mother calls out, “Good, Doug. It is a ta-l-l-l tower. Don’t you feel good!” Returning to the tower, Doug tries one more block, and as he places it on top, the tower falls. Doug bursts into tears and vigorously scatters the blocks before him. His crying brings his mother, who, while holding him on her lap and wiping his tears, says softly, “Don’t feel bad. I know you’re angry. It’s frustrating trying to build such a tall tower. There, there, try again.” (p. 3) This quote also provides an appropriate illustration of the concerns of this book.
Cognitive function in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there is evidence that individuals with severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have cognitive deficits when compared to individuals with healthy lungs. Participants completed five neuropsychological tests: Trail Making Test (TMT) A and B, Stroop Color Word Test (1, 2, 3), Hopkins Verbal Learning Test, Boston Naming Test, and Grooved Pegboard Test, additionally, the short form-36 and Beck Depression Index. Twelve participants (7 male, mean age 69.3, 9.4 years) comprised the severe IPF group defined by a diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) 30%. Participating spouses (n = 15, 4 male) served as the control group and had a mean age of 66.0, 10.8 years. Controlling for gender and age, the severe group had a significantly longer mean TMT B time (69.4, 135.9 seconds) than the mild group and the control group (86.7 seconds vs 83.2 seconds; p = 0.004 and 0.008 respectively), suggesting inferior performance on tasks requiring speed divided attention. In addition, the severe group had a significantly lower number of correctly identified colors in the Stroop 3 test (22.4 vs 30.6 vs 38.6; p < 0.001), suggesting slower processing speeds when requiring suppression of a familiar response. Participants with severe IPF had worse cognitive function than mild IPF or control subjects. Further research is needed to explain these findings and to develop interventions tailored to address these deficits.
Surveys: Extreme Response

Extreme response style (ERS) is a frequently observed response style in which respondents disproportionately select the extreme end points of a rating scale (e.g., 1 = strongly disagree and 7 = strongly agree on a 7-point Likert rating scale). ERS has been demonstrated to contribute to bias in the measurement of latent constructs and in estimates of their association with other variables. It frequently correlates with other person and survey-related variables, and has also been shown to vary in its prevalence across cultures. Different statistical methods for both measuring ERS and controlling for the biasing effects of ERS have been presented in the research literature.
Two-dimensional superconductivity: The Ising on the monolayer

Single-layer transition metal dichalcogenides have already made their mark in the world of device physics. Twin studies have now found that they exhibit unconventional Ising pair superconductivity.
Human Sorbitol Dehydrogenase — A Secondary Alcohol Dehydrogenase with Distinct Pathophysiological Roles

Aldose reductase and sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH, L-iditol:NAD+ 2-oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.14) metabolically link and glucose and fructose in the polyol pathway: $$\text{D-Glucose}\xleftarrow{\xrightarrow{\text{NADPH/NADP}^+}} \text{Sorbitol} \xleftarrow{\xrightarrow{\text{NAD}^+/\text{NADH}}} \text{S-Fructose}$$
Effective Component Tuning in a Diesel Engine Model Using Sensitivity Analysis

Error propagation and accumulation is a common problem for system level engine modeling at which individually modeled components are connected to form a complete engine model. Engines with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and turbocharging have components connected in a feedback configuration (the exhaust conditions affect the intake and the intake, consequently, affects the exhaust), thus they have a challenging model tuning process. This paper presents a systematic procedure for effective tuning of an engine air-charge path model to improve accuracy at the system level as well as reducing the computational complexity of tuning a large set of components. Based on using sensitivity analysis, the presented procedure is used to inspect which component influences more a set of selected outputs in a model with high degree of freedom caused by many parameters of different components. After selecting the influential component, which is the turbocharger in this study, further tuning is applied to parameters in the component to increase the overall accuracy of the complete engine model. The corrections applied to the air-charge path model of a 6 cylinder 13L heavy duty diesel engine with EGR and twin-scroll turbocharger was shown to effectively improve the model accuracy.Copyright © 2015 by ASME
Influence of diet on lipid content of the rat's brain.

Previous studies on the blood lipids in epilepsy1 and in acute infectious diseases2 indicated to us the need for further information regarding the factors which control the lipid content of the tissues. The present report deals with the influence of various diets on the total fatty acid, cholesterol and phospholipid content of the rat's brain. The interest of earlier workers appears to have centered chiefly in cholesterol. Page and Menschick,3 Chanutin and Ludewig4 and others have shown that the cholesterol content of the rabbit's liver is greatly increased by prolonged ingestion of this substance, whereas that of the brain is not changed. Best and Ridout5 found that the livers of cholesterol-fed rats could be prevented from becoming excessively fatty by addition of choline to the diet. A high fat diet is said to inhibit and a high carbohydrate diet to accelerate deposition of cholesterol in the liver.4 The effect of diet on the phospholipid content of the brain appears not to have been investigated.A ser...
Floral biological observations onHeliamphora tatei (Sarraceniaceae) and other plants from Cerro de la Neblina in Venezuela

During 20 days in 1985, floral biological observations were made at 1 850–2 100m elevation on Cerro de la Neblina in Venezuela.Heliamphora tatei var.neblinae (Sarraceniaceae) is nectarless and has poricidal anthers.Heliamphora tatei, Graffenrieda fruticosa, G. polymera, G. reticulata, Tocca pachystachya, T. tepuiensis (Melastomataceae),Saxofridericia compressa, andStegolepsis neblinensis (Rapateaceae), are buzz-pollinated by ten species ofBombus, Eulaema, Melipona, Centris, Xylocopa, Dialictus, andNeocorynura. Additional observations of floral visits on tepui species ofGentianaceae, Loranthaceae, Malpighiaceae, Ericaceae, Orchidaceae, andAsteraceae are reported. Visitors include the hummingbirdCampylopterus duidae, the flower-piercerDiglossa duidae, the nectarivorous batAnoura geoffroyi, and various species ofCentris andBombus bees. Scent baits for euglossine bees attracted very few bees.Apis mellifera adansonii-scutellata, the africanized honey bee, was caught at 1 850m elevation.
Larval and Egg Parasitism of Keiferia lycopersicella (Walsingham) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Southern Florida Tomato Fields

Egg and larval parasitism of the tomato pinworm (TPW), Keiferia lycopersicella (Walsingham), was studied in southern Florida tomato fields. Larval parasitism ranged from 39.34 to 46.26%c in 1980–1981. Apanteles spp. was the most abundant larval parasite, followed by Sympiesis stigmatipennis Girault and Temelucha spp. Egg parasitism by Trichogramma pretiosum Riley ranged from 33 to 92% in fields with low egg density (less than one egg per two leaves) and from 12 to 60% in fields with high egg density (more than three eggs per two leaves). Despite this, T. pretiosum was considered density independent of TPW population. Parasites were most abundant in abandoned fields from April through June.
Effective molarity in a nucleic acid-controlled reaction

Positioning of reactive functional groups within a DNA duplex can enable chemical reactions that otherwise would not occur to an appreciable extent. However, few studies have quantitatively defined the extent to which the enforced proximity of reaction partners in duplex DNA can favor chemical processes. Here, we measured substantial effective molarities (as high as 25M) afforded by duplex DNA to a reaction involving interstrand cross-link formation between 2'-deoxyadenosine and a 2-deoxyribose abasic (Ap) site.
Effect of CO_2 on Seed Germination of Medicago truncatula

Using standard seeds germination experiments to study the effect of CO2 on the germination of Medicago truncatula.The results showed that CO2 could promote the germination.Moreover,The treatment with 20% CO2 had the most significant effect,and the germination rate,the germination potential and the germination index went up to 2.17,4.14 and 3.49 times as control respectively.However,different time of pretreatments with 20% CO2 had no remarkable effect on the germination of Medicago truncatula.H2SO4 could enhance the effect of CO2.
The adaption and countermeasures of vocational nursing education and clinical care situation

Objective To analyze the adaption of vocational nursing education and clinical care,and to explore the development of reform measures.Methods A questionnaire survey was used to 59 cases clinical teaching and 102 cases training students.Results 60.0% of clinical teaching and 57.0% of the students thought that the development of teaching and clinical care had unsuited problems,the difference was not statistically significant(P 0.05).84.5% of respondents believed that teachers should regularly participate in clinical care work,82.6% of respondents believed that care should be based on instructional design process.Conclusion Students can early exposure to clinic with life care internships on the basis of " the concept of quality care";design the teaching of nursing process,fill new teaching content in a timely manner;increase the opportunity of full-time teachers contact the clinic;strengthen the cooperation between schools and hospitals,founder the institutions model;increase simulation efforts of the training rooms to make the nursing education adapt to the real teaching of clinical nursing care,and culture the high-quality skilled nursing personnel.
HIPAA: A golden opportunity for R.T.s.

As stated earlier, radiologic science professionals have long been engaged in the struggle for professional recognition. We must understand that this recognition will not simply be handed to us; we must actively pursue projects and activities that are recognized as professionally significant. Only through active participation will we accomplish our goal. HIPPA compliance is mandatory, and covered entities must comply by April 14, 2003. Radiologic technologists can enhance their professional status by taking the initiative to be leaders in this federally mandated compliance effort. Marie Curie once said, "Life is not easy for any of us. We must believe we are truly gifted and that this thing must be attained." Enhanced professional status can be attained only if we collectively pledge ourselves to attained it. Gaining enhanced professional status will not be an easy task. We must be willing to believe in our profession and ourselves. We must actively engage ourselves in high-profile, professionally significant activities if we are to achieve the stature we desire.
Text Analysis and Automatic Triage of Posts in a Mental Health Forum

We present an approach for automatic triage of message posts in ReachOut.com mental health forum, which was a shared task in the 2016 Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology (CLPsych). This effort is aimed at providing the trained moderators of ReachOut.com with a systematic triage of forum posts, enabling them to more efficiently support the young users aged 14-25 communicating with each other about their issues. We use different features and classifiers to predict the users’ mental health states, marked as green, amber, red, and crisis. Our results show that random forests have significant success over our baseline mutli-class SVM classifier. In addition, we perform feature importance analysis to characterize key features in identification of the critical posts.
Growth and characterization of Al2O3 films on fluorine functionalized epitaxial graphene

Intelligent engineering of graphene-based electronic devices on SiC(0001) requires a better understanding of processes used to deposit gate-dielectric materials on graphene. Recently, Al2O3 dielectrics have been shown to form conformal, pinhole-free thin films by functionalizing the top surface of the graphene with fluorine prior to atomic layer deposition (ALD) of the Al2O3 using a trimethylaluminum (TMA) precursor. In this work, the functionalization and ALD-precursor adsorption processes have been studied with angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, low energy electron diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It has been found that the functionalization process has a negligible effect on the electronic structure of the graphene, and that it results in a twofold increase in the adsorption of the ALD-precursor. In situ TMA-dosing and XPS studies were also performed on three different Si(100) substrates that were terminated with H, OH, or dangling Si-bonds. This dosing experiment revealed that OH is required for TMA adsorption. Based on those data along with supportive in situ measurements that showed F-functionalization increases the amount of oxygen (in the form of adsorbed H2O) on the surface of the graphene, a model for TMA-adsorption on graphene is proposed that is based on a reaction of a TMA molecule with OH.
Azithromycin-Associated Choreoathetosis

Researchers at Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, NY, report an 11- year-old boy with a history of developmental delay who developed transient agitation and choreoathetoid movements of upper extremities in temporal relation to treatment of influenza A and B respiratory infections with oral azithromycin on 2 occasions.
Practice patterns in pediatric chronic rhinosinusitis: A survey of the American Rhinologic Society

BackgroundThe management of pediatric chronic rhinosinusitis (PCRS) is evolving.ObjectiveTo assess current practice patterns of members of the American Rhinologic Society (ARS) in managing PCRS.Met...
Online kernel dictionary learning on a budget

Online kernel-based dictionary learning (DL) algorithms are considered, which perform DL on training data lifted to a high-dimensional feature space via a nonlinear mapping. Compared to batch versions, online algorithms require low computational complexity, essential for processing the Big Data, based on the stochastic gradient descent method. However, as with any kernel-based learning algorithms, the number of parameters needed to represent the desired dictionary is equal to the number of training samples, which incurs prohibitive memory requirement and computational complexity for large-scale datasets. In this work, appropriate sparsification and pruning strategies are combined with online kernel DL to mitigate this issue. Numerical tests verify the efficacy of the proposed strategies.
Why is it unethical to use chimpanzees in the laboratory

Chimpanzees are more like humans than any other living beings, differing in the composition of their DNA by just over one per cent. There are striking similarities in the anatomy and wiring of the chimpanzee and human brains and central nervous systems. Thus, it should not be surprising to find that there are also striking similarities in the social behaviour, emotional needs and expressions, and cognitive abilities of chimpanzees and humans. These similarities have become increasingly apparent during the last 15 years. Chimpanzees in the wild develop close affectionate bonds between family members that may persist throughout their lifetime of 50 years or more, and examples of true altruism, when individuals protect or even save the lives of non-related companions. Chimpanzees use many objects as tools, and tool-using behaviours differ from place to place across their range. Indeed, there are a number of behaviours that vary between different groups - evidence of cultural traditions passed from one generation to the next through observational learning and imitation. Thus chimpanzees have a very special relationship with humans. A healthy adult chimpanzee is more similar to a healthy adult human in the expression of the intellect than a brain-damaged human, yet in many medical research facilities, chimpanzees are maintained in bleak, bare cages measuring only 5' X 5' X 7'. They may remain in these prisons for life. We do not treat hardened human killers so badly in our society today - there would be a public outcry if we did. I feel strongly that the use of a being so like us, as a human guinea-pig, is not morally justified, and to that end the Jane Goodall Institute has been involved in three workshops with the aim of clarifying the extent to which they are seen to be useful in diseases such as hepatitis and AIDS research. There is no consensus among scientists regarding their usefulness at the present time. If the proposed experiments of transplanting chimpanzee bone marrow tissue into AIDS patients go ahead in the Netherlands, it will be a sad blow for chimpanzee liberation. The attitude of those who believe that any use of non-human primates can be justified provided it results in some benefit, or expected benefit, to humankind, is of precisely the same mind set as that which once allowed us to exploit human beings of another race and use them as slaves. Once we admit that chimpanzees have minds and feelings, are capable of sadness, fear and despair, are able to feel pain, show altruism, and are capable of communicating with each other and with humans in a man-made language, we have to ask serious questions, initially of ourselves, as to whether we should continue to use them in medical research.
Inferior vena cava collapsibility detects fluid responsiveness among spontaneously breathing critically-ill patients.

Abstract Purpose Measurement of inferior vena cava collapsibility (cIVC) by point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been proposed as a viable, non-invasive means of assessing fluid responsiveness. We aimed to determine the ability of cIVC to identify patients who will respond to additional intravenous fluid (IVF) administration among spontaneously breathing critically-ill patients. Methods Prospective observational trial of spontaneously breathing critically-ill patients. cIVC was obtained 3 cm caudal from the right atrium and IVC junction using POCUS. Fluid responsiveness was defined as a ≥ 10% increase in cardiac index following a 500 ml IVF bolus; measured using bioreactance (NICOM™, Cheetah Medical). cIVC was compared with fluid responsiveness and a cIVC optimal value was identified. Results Of the 124 participants, 49% were fluid responders. cIVC was able to detect fluid responsiveness: AUC = 0.84 [0.76, 0.91]. The optimum cutoff point for cIVC was identified as 25% (LR + 4.56 [2.72, 7.66], LR- 0.16 [0.08, 0.31]). A cIVC of 25% produced a lower misclassification rate (16.1%) for determining fluid responsiveness than the previous suggested cutoff values of 40% (34.7%). Conclusion IVC collapsibility, as measured by POCUS, performs well in distinguishing fluid responders from non-responders, and may be used to guide IVF resuscitation among spontaneously breathing critically-ill patients.
Genotype-phenotype pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor relationship in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 patients: A 23-year experience at a single institution

Background The aim of this study was to investigate the genotype-phenotype relationship of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 treated at our institution. Methods We conducted a retrospective chart review of all patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 treated at our center from January 1993 to December 2015. Presence of a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor was determined based on imaging performed at any time from presentation to conclusion of follow-up. Results We reviewed 188 patients. The most common site of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 mutation was in exon 2 (34/188; 18%). Of 188 patients, 125 had a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (61%). Among all patients, 30 of 34 (88%) with an exon 2 mutation had a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor compared with 95 of 154 (62%) with a mutation in exons 3–10 (P = .002). In the age group of 20 to 40 years, 8 of 9 patients with an exon 2 mutation had a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, compared with 24 of 52 patients (46%) with a mutation in exons 3–10 (P = .028). Patients with an exon 2 mutation had a greater frequency of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor distant metastasis (53% vs 23%, P = .049). Conclusion Young patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and an exon 2 mutation appear to have a 2-fold greater risk for developing a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, and patients with an exon 2 mutation may be at greater risk for developing distant metastasis. Consideration should be given to more intensive screening and more liberal application of primary operative intervention in this potentially high-risk group.