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Application-level software self-balancing

The authors propose a hybrid static/dynamic scheduling scheme on distributed-memory multiple-processor systems, e.g., distributed systems and multicomputers. Using this self-balancing scheme, computations are first scheduled statically, and then dynamically redistributed to adapt to the run-time environments. The rescheduling operations are directed by a number of program parameters, which can be directly accessed from within the program and will serve as processor load indices. As a result the self-balancing operations can be implemented entirely at the application level, which requires minimal system supports. To illustrate the concept, the self-balancing technique is applied to the asynchronous iterative methods. Various design tradeoffs are discussed, and preliminary performance results on an NCUBE multicomputer are presented. >
Feasibility of external beam radiation for prevention of restenosis following balloon angioplasty.

Abstract Purpose: Brachytherapy has been shown to inhibit neointima formation after vascular balloon injury. This study was done to test the feasibility of low dose external radiation for prevention of restenosis in a non-stented balloon injury model. Materials and Methods: Twelve red Duroc swine underwent balloon overdilation injury of both iliac arteries. Twelve Gy was delivered to one side using a Theratron T-1000 Cobalt unit with the other side used as the control. Twelve weeks post injury arteriograms were performed. The animals were then sacrificed and iliac arteries explanted. Histomorphometric analysis of arterial cross sections was performed. Results: Neointima formation was observed in all arteries. Unilateral thrombosis was noted in two animals. The mean neointimal thickness in the radiated and control arteries was 0.63 ± 0.17 mm and 0.72 ± 0.31 mm, respectively. The differences in minimal luminal diameter and the neointimal thickness between the two groups were not statistically significant. Complications included superficial hair loss in the radiation port in 4 animals, and 2 deaths prior to the completion date (1 of hemorrhagic enteritis possibly related to the radiation, and 1 of iliac rupture). Conclusion: External radiation at this low dose is not effective in preventing vascular restenosis following balloon injury in this animal model.
Price discovery in dynamic power markets with low-voltage distribution-network participants

We focus on extending Locational Marginal Price (LMP) principles to (i) incorporate marginal costs of real and reactive power, line losses, voltage control, and distribution asset life degradation, and (ii) to enable distribution network connected loads and generators to participate in marginal cost based real and reactive power transactions. To this end, we define a distribution market that can discover spatiotemporal real and reactive power prices dynamically to optimize cost and utility of distributed generation assets, consumers, transformer and other asset life degradation, line losses, and voltage control, while observing full AC load flow constraints. We solve the socially optimal day-ahead market (DAM) clearing problem on a distribution feeder containing industrial, commercial and residential sub-feeders serving conventional non-elastic and flexible reschedulable loads and featuring devices capable of using excess capacity relative to their primary use to provide VAr compensation and voltage support. Numerical results on several DAM clearing scenarios elaborate the value of a fully functional distribution market in providing efficient operation incentives, intertemporal scheduling of demand and optimal location signals to distributed renewable generation and last but not least distribution network rent.
Fibroblast response to hypoxia : The relationship between angiogenesis and matrix regulation

A number of studies have demonstrated the critical role of angiogenesis for successful wound repair in the surgical patient. Vascular disruption from tissue injury due to trauma or surgery leads to a hypoxic zone in the healing wound. In this dynamic process, angiogenesis is vital for the delivery of oxygen, nutrients, and growth factors necessary to initiate the synthetic processes of wound healing. Fibroblasts, invading the wound early in the healing process, are involved in extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition as well as wound contraction. However, the exact mechanisms by which important genes are regulated remain unknown. In order to examine these processes, we studied the effects of hypoxia on fibroblasts for the expression of VEGF, type IalphaI collagen, and matrix-metalloproteinase-3, three genes essential for the regulation of angiogenesis, ECM deposition, and ECM degradation in wound healing. Primary cell cultures of normal human dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs) were placed in hypoxia for varying periods of time. Northern blot hybridization was performed with [alpha32P]dCTP-labeled cDNA probes for VEGF, type IalphaI collagen, and MMP-3. The results demonstrated a time-dependent VEGF mRNA upregulation (470% of baseline) under hypoxia. Type IalphaI collagen increased (170% of baseline) at 24 h, but was then abruptly downregulated to 3.8% of baseline at 48 h. MMP-3 was incrementally downregulated to 2.2% of baseline at 48 h. These experiments focused on the effect of hypoxia on genes thought to play a role in wound repair. VEGF upregulation in the hypoxic microenvironment of the early wound may serve to stimulate angiogenesis. Type IalphaI collagen, though upregulated early on, was abruptly downregulated at 48 h. This downregulation may reflect the in vivo requirement for angiogenesis to deliver oxygen for successful hydroxylation and collagen synthesis in the wound. MMP-3, also downregulated at 48 h, may also implicate the need for angiogenesis. These data support the theory that hypoxia-driven angiogenesis is critical for ECM formation and remodeling in successful soft tissue repair. Furthermore, they may represent the role of hypoxia as an important regulator to efficiently balance these complex processes in the healing wound.
Autogrooming by resistant honey bees challenged with individual tracheal mites

Autogrooming responses of resistant and susceptible strains of honey bees were measured when bees were challenged by placing adult female tracheal mites on their thoraces. Marked, young adult workers of the two strains of bees were added to colonies in observation hives. We transferred a single, live, adult, female mite onto the mesoscutum of a marked bee, monitored the bee for seven minutes and then removed it and searched for the mite. Greater proportions of resistant bees autogroomed, and resistant bees made more grooming attempts. Bees of both strains had equal apparent grooming effectiveness; grooming bees lost approx. 75% of mites. Control-group bees (those only stroked with the brush used to transfer mites) of the two bee strains did not differ in any response parameter. Resistant bees may have a lower threshold for responding by autogrooming when stimulated by mites on their body. Apis mellifera / honey bees / Acarapis woodi / tracheal mites / genetic resistance / grooming behavior
A Critical Look at the Use of Computing Technologies in Planning Education: The Case of the Spreadsheet in Introductory Methods

Using John Forester’s elaboration of Habermas’s theory of communicative action, technological biases that result in the distortion of ordinary communication are explored. Planning instruction related to computing technologies should include critical appraisal of their potential for distortion of communication. The findings from an assessment reveal that students’ naive use of spreadsheet technologies increases the likelihood that analytic reports will be marred by distortions of communication. Planning students should be taught to anticipate systematic communication distortions that may arise as inevitable consequences of technological dimensions of everyday decisions. Further investigation is needed into the roles of computing technology in planning classrooms.
Characterization of quasi-optical filters with picosecond transient radiation

The broadband microwave transmission properties of quasi-optical components are characterized with optoelectronically generated, picosecond transient radiation. The polarization sensitivity of a lithographically fabricated wire grating, from 15-140 GHz, is presented. The complex transmission functions of two different uniform arrays of cross dipoles are measured and compared with theoretical predictions. >
Tracking objects of arbitrary shape using expectation-maximization algorithm

We address the general object tracking with arbitrary shape using rangefinders, which is a key module for detecting surrounding traffic and infrastructure for an autonomous driving vehicle. An Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm with locally matching is proposed for motion estimation between two consecutive range images. The complexity of the algorithm is O(N) with N the numbers of scan points. Quantitative performance evaluation of the algorithm using a benchmarking vehicular data set. Results of road tests show the effectiveness and efficiency of the implemented system.
Initial census, woody seedling, seed rain, and stand structure data for the SCBI SIGEO Large Forest Dynamics Plot

Abstract We present data from the first five years (2008–2012) of the establishment of the 25.6-ha Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) Large Forest Dynamics Plot, comprising the initial woody stem census, woody seedling plot surveys, seed rain, and dendrochronological data. The plot is in mature secondary mixed deciduous forest 5 km south of Front Royal, Virginia, USA. The initial plot census enumerated 38 932 free-standing living stems and 29 991 living individuals ≥1 cm dbh comprising 62 species, 38 genera, and 26 families, along with an additional 1248 dead/missing standing stems, for a total of 40 180 stems. Dominant canopy trees include tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera), hickories (Carya spp.), oaks (Quercus spp.), white ash (Fraxinus americana), and black gum (Nyssa sylvatica). Prominent understory components include spicebush (Lindera benzoin), pawpaw (Asimina triloba), American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana), and eastern redbud (Cercis canaden...
Kinected browser: depth camera interaction for the web

Interest in and development of gesture interfaces has recently exploded, fueled in part by the release of Microsoft Corporation's Kinect, a low-cost, consumer-packaged depth camera with integrated skeleton tracking. Depth-camera-based gestures can facilitate interaction with the Web on keyboard-and-mouse-free and/or multi-user technologies, such as large display walls or TV sets. We present a toolkit for bringing such gesture affordances into modern Web browsers using existing Web programming methods. Our framework is designed to enable Web programmers to incrementally add this capability with minimum effort by leveraging Web standard DOM structures and event models. We describe our framework's design and architecture, and illustrate its usability and versatility.
Common-value auctions with asymmetrically informed bidders and reserve price

In this paper, I study common-value auctions with a reserve price. First, I consider a static auction in which one bidder has perfect information about the value of the object and the other does not have any private information. Then I consider a dynamic auction in which the informed bidder obtains private information in two consecutive periods, while the other does not have any private information. In both auctions, I derive the optimal reserve price and establish conditions under which the exclusion principle fails. In addition, I compare the dynamic auction with the single-period auction and provide conditions under which one auction outperforms the other.
Thin-film cryogenic accelerator targets

Abstract Thin-film accelerator targets (0.1 mg/cm 2 δx 2 ) produced by condensation of various gases (Ar, Kr, Xe, N 2 , etc.) onto thin, cryogenically cooled substrates ( T = 20 K to 80 K) have been developed and tested in-beam with 35 MeV 4 He.
Natural fracture distributions in sinuous, channel-fill sandstones of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah

A set of regional natural fractures, present in the sandy to conglomeratic, fluvial, channel-fill deposits of the Cedar Mountain Formation (east-central Utah) has a consistent west-northwest strike regardless of the local axial orientations of the sinuous channels. The fracture-producing stresses were not significantly refracted by the mechanical-property contrast between the channel-fill sandstones and the encasing overbank mudstones. In addition, fracture spacing along the sinuous channel axes is relatively constant between one-half and one-third of the bed thickness for both large fractures that cut the full thickness of the channel deposits and for smaller fractures in the thinner, component beds. Fracture spacing was apparently not affected by the variations in stress amplification that commonly result from differently oriented stiff inclusions in a ductile matrix. Therefore, in the absence of other structures, fracture intensity and the orientation of fracture-related maximum horizontal permeability in sinuous elongated reservoirs will be relatively constant regardless of the orientation of the long axis of the reservoir. Whether maximum permeability trends along, oblique, or across such reservoirs, and the relative drainage efficiency of horizontal versus vertical wellbores drilled into them, will vary only with the local trend of the channel axis.
On Squeeze Film Damping in Microsystems

Classical hydrodynamic lubrication theory has been one of the most successful and widely used theories in all of engineering and applied science. This theory predicts that the force resisting the squeezing of a fluid between two parallel plates is inversely proportional to the cube of the fluid thickness. However, recent reports on liquid squeeze film damping in microsystems appear to indicate that experimentally measured damping force is proportional to the inverse of the fluid thickness to the first power—a large fundamental discrepancy from classical theory. This paper investigates potential limitations of lubrication theory in microsystems by theoretical and computational methods. The governing equations for a Newtonian incompressible fluid are solved subject to two-dimensional, parallel surface squeezing by an open-source computational fluid dynamics program called parallel hierarchic adaptive stabilized transient analysis (PHASTA), and by a classical similarity solution technique. At low convective Reynolds numbers, the damping force is determined as a function of the ratio of a reference film thickness H to a reference direction B along the film. Good agreement with classical lubrication theory is found for aspect ratios H/B as high as 1 despite the fact that lubrication theory requires that this ratio be "small. " A similarity analysis shows that when instantaneous convective Reynolds number is of order 10―100 (a range present in experiment), calculated damping deviates significantly from lubrication theory. This suggests that nonlinearity associated with high Reynolds numbers could explain the experimentally observed discrepancy in damping force. Dynamic analysis of beams undergoing small vibrations in the presence of a liquid medium further supports this finding.
Continuum structural topology design with genetic algorithms

The genetic algorithm (GA), an optimization technique based on the theory of natural selection, is applied to structural topology design problems. After reviewing the GA and previous research in structural topology optimization, we describe a binary material/void design representation that is encoded in GA chromosome data structures. This representation is intended to approximate a material continuum as opposed to discrete truss structures. Four examples, showing the broad utility of the approach and representation, are then presented. A fifth example suggests an alternate representation that allows continuously-variable material density. Concluding discussion suggests recommended uses of the technique and describes ongoing and possible future work.
Modeling Techniques Used in Addressing the Quality of Software

In many organizations, the quality of newly developed code is measured after the code is shipped. In this paper, strategies are defined using modeling techniques to improve/determine the quality of the code during the different stages of the software life cycle. The management and implementation of the software process (which is looked at as following three major phases) is outlined together with some related modeling tools and methodologies. The different phases are discussed and some of the required measures are noted. The approach is centered on a large software development organization whose software is developed in house using a client/server architecture for the production and test environments.
Eyelash trichomegaly secondary to panitumumab therapy

centre with stage iv metastatic colorectal cancer. At initial surgery, omental metastases had been found, and she had been treated with multiple courses of adjuvant chemotherapy, including folfox–bevacizumab, folfiri–bevacizumab, and most recently, cetuximab for 4 months, with progression of disease and no skin rash. She was then treated with folfox and panitumumab for 6 cycles, with improvements noted on tumour markers and radiographic imaging. Approximately 8 weeks into therapy, she developed significant lengthening and overgrowth of her eye lashes, requiring frequent trimming (Figures 1 and 2).
Storage of cellular 5' mRNA caps in P bodies for viral cap-snatching

The minus strand and ambisense segmented RNA viruses include multiple important human pathogens and are divided into three families, the Orthomyxoviridae, the Bunyaviridae, and the Arenaviridae. These viruses all initiate viral transcription through the process of "cap-snatching," which involves the acquisition of capped 5' oligonucleotides from cellular mRNA. Hantaviruses are emerging pathogenic viruses of the Bunyaviridae family that replicate in the cytoplasm of infected cells. Cellular mRNAs can be actively translated in polysomes or physically sequestered in cytoplasmic processing bodies (P bodies) where they are degraded or stored for subsequent translation. Here we show that the hantavirus nucleocapsid protein binds with high affinity to the 5' cap of cellular mRNAs, protecting the 5' cap from degradation. We also show that the hantavirus nucleocapsid protein accumulates in P bodies, where it sequesters protected 5' caps. P bodies then serve as a pool of primers during the initiation of viral mRNA synthesis by the viral polymerase. We propose that minus strand segmented viruses replicating in the cytoplasm have co-opted the normal degradation machinery of P bodies for storage of cellular caps. Our data also indicate that modification of the cap-snatching model is warranted to include a role for the nucleocapsid protein in cap acquisition and storage.
Retrospective Voting Reconsidered

We review advances in the study of retrospective voting, or how citizens evaluate and act on their perceptions of government performance. As a whole, the recent literature provides a more complete and nuanced picture of the retrospective voter as sometimes, but not always, effectively incentivizing elected officials to enhance public welfare. Leveraging examples of retrospective voting in areas other than the economy, the field is heading toward a middle ground in which voters resemble decision makers in many other domains. In many cases, a coherent logic governs voters' choices. In other instances, voters make mistakes, often in predictable ways subject to well-known psychological biases. Understanding the circumstances under which retrospective voting achieves effective democratic accountability and when it fails to do so is an important task for subsequent research. We discuss two additional issues for future exploration: a better understanding of normative benchmarks, and increased attention to the re...
Retrofitting with innovative stormwater control measures: Hydrologic mitigation of impervious cover in the municipal right-of-way

Summary Impervious Cover (IC) has been shown to increase runoff volumes, peak discharges and pollutant loads to streams, which leads to degraded water quality and biological integrity. Stormwater Control Measures (SCMs) have been developed to mitigate the hydrologic and water quality impacts of urban areas and IC. This paired watershed study evaluated the impacts of SCM retrofits on hydrology for a small urban drainage area. In February 2012, a bioretention cell (BRC) street retrofit, four permeable pavement parking stalls and a tree filter device were installed to control and treat residential street runoff in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. In the SCM-Retrofit catchment, 52% of the directly connected impervious area (DCIA) and 69% of the total drainage area was retrofitted for potential hydrologic mitigation. Underlying soils in the study area were urban sands. Peak discharge significantly decreased by 28%, while lag times in the catchment remained unchanged. Runoff depth significantly decreased by 52%. When compared to the control catchment, runoff depths in the SCM-Retrofit catchment were significantly less for events with low hourly rainfall intensities ( 7.4 mm/h). During post-retrofit monitoring, runoff thresholds in the SCM-Retrofit and control catchments were 5.2 mm and 3.5 mm, respectively. The SCM-Retrofit runoff coefficient decreased from 0.38 to 0.18 and was substantially less than other runoff coefficients reported in the literature for conventional residential development. This study illustrated how a limited number of SCM retrofits installed within the public right-of-way can mitigate some of the hydrologic impacts of existing residential development.
The sex-linked black cat fallacy: a textbook case

Textbook presentations of the genetics of coat color in cats are compared with research literature on cat genetics. There is general failure of the textbook authors to identify mutants by contrast with wild-type standard, thus leading to the erroneous conclusion that black is sex-linked and allelic with yellow.
Rethinking Anti-Drone Legal Strategies: Questioning Pakistani and Yemeni "Consent"

The United States has been carrying out drone strikes within Yemen and Pakistan since 2002 and 2004 respectively. Opponents have attempted to halt the use of drones by invoking legal arguments against the United States government. In doing so, they have overlooked the possibility that it may have taken 'two to drone.' In light of claims that the Pakistani and Yemeni governments have consented to drone strikes, the article queries why anti-drone lawyers have not yet employed similar legal arguments to determine whether and on what terms these governments have consented or acquiesced to drone strikes, even if such consent was forced. It also argues that a narrow strategy of constraining only the United States government while not engaging in parallel lawsuits that will shed light on the alleged involvement of these governments not only reduces the effectiveness of anti-drone advocacy but may also allow the Pakistani and Yemeni governments to dodge domestic accountability for harms caused by drone strikes.
Morphological Description of Spindly Leg Syndrome in Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park

Amphibian populations are declining internationally, making captive propagation a critical part of conserving species (Stuart et al., 2008). Amphibian declines are attributed to several factors, including epidemics caused by the spread of pathogens such as Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Berger et al., 1998; Pessier et al., 1999; Skerratt et al., 2007). Habitat destruction and unregulated collection of aesthetically pleasing species for the pet trade also contribute to the decline of amphibian populations, such as that of the Madagascan golden mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) (Andreone et al., 2008). Although habitat preservation can be time-consuming and impeded by politics and a lack of enforcement agencies, captive breeding efforts provide an immediate option for species maintenance and survival. Captive propagation can help conservation biologists build assurance colonies in situ or ex situ, provide scientists with invaluable information to help mitigate threats to wild populations, and prevent further population declines through reducing the incentives of illegal collecting by providing animals for the pet trade. Although captive propagation efforts are valuable to conservation (Wiese and Hutchins, 1995; Stuart et al., 2008), it has proven difficult for many amphibian species due to constraints on husbandry parameters, such as water quality, lighting, diet, and genetic diversity (Brown and Zippel, 2007). The inability to provide parameters mimicking those experienced in situ, or the lack of information on in situ parameters, can lead to failed breeding attempts or onset of disease processes. Our investigation focuses on a developmental disorder known as spindly leg syndrome (SLS). Also known as skeletal and muscular underdevelopment, SLS presents as asymmetric limb deformities, poor joint development, atrophy of the muscles, absence of the bones distal to the humeri, and mal-development of the humeroulnar and carpometacarpal joints (Hakvoort et al., 1995). More simply, SLS is characterized by developmental abnormalities such as underdeveloped or malformed limbs and is ultimately fatal in most cases (Marlett et al., 1988; Wright and Whitaker, 2001). The cause of SLS is undetermined, although it is thought to be due to one or a combination of the following: nutrition, genetics, environment, and trauma I N M Y E X P E R I E N C E
"Cool low power" 1 GHz multi-port register file and dynamic latch in 1.8 V, 0.25 /spl mu/m SOI and bulk technology

This paper describes power analysis at sub-zero temperatures for a high performance dynamic multiport register file (6 Read and 2 Write ports, 32 wordlines/spl times/64 bitlines) fabricated in 0.25 /spl mu/m Silicon on Insulator (SOI) and bulk technologies. Based on the hardware it is shown that the performance of both register file and latch improves by 2-3.5% per 10/spl deg/C reduction in temperature. The standby power for SOI reduces by 1.5% to 3% per 10/spl deg/C temperature drop down to -30/spl deg/C. The SOI chip is shown to have more significant performance improvement at low temperatures compared to bulk chip due to the floating body effect which partially offsets the increase in the threshold voltages (Vt). The low temperature performance gain is attributed to reduction in capacitance (around 7-8%) and rest is due to dynamic threshold voltages. At -30/spl deg/C the register file is capable of functioning close to 1.02 GHz for read and write operations in a single cycle.
Escalating risk and the moderating effect of resistance to peer influence on the P200 and feedback-related negativity

Young people frequently socialize together in contexts that encourage risky decision making, pointing to a need for research into how susceptibility to peer influence is related to individual differences in the neural processing of decisions during sequentially escalating risk. We applied a novel analytic approach to analyze EEG activity from college-going students while they completed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), a well-established risk-taking propensity assessment. By modeling outcome-processing-related changes in the P200 and feedback-related negativity (FRN) sequentially within each BART trial as a function of pump order as an index of increasing risk, our results suggest that analyzing the BART in a progressive fashion may provide valuable new insights into the temporal neurophysiological dynamics of risk taking. Our results showed that a P200, localized to the left caudate nucleus, and an FRN, localized to the left dACC, were positively correlated with the level of risk taking and reward. Furthermore, consistent with our hypotheses, the rate of change in the FRN was higher among college students with greater self-reported resistance to peer influence.
Does the Race of the Discrimination Agent in Latinos’ Discrimination Experiences Influence Latino Group Identity?

Discrimination experiences are among the dominant conditions that define racial and ethnic populations in the United States. Although scholars in the social sciences have investigated the relations...
Surveillance on Disinfection Effect of Medical Institutions in Futian District of Shenzhen City from 2006 to 2010

[Objective]To learn the disinfection situation in all levels of medical institutions in Futian district of Shenzhen city,provide the basis for supervision and management of infectious disease control in medical institutions.[Methods]The disinfection effect and environment hygiene of 120 medical institutions in this district were monitored from 2006 to 2010.[Results]Among 8 238 samples,7910 were eligible with the eligible rate of 96%.From 2006 to 2010,the annual eligible rate was 96.8%(1 136/1 174),97.3%(1 380/1 418),95.4%(1 378/1 444),96.1%(1 655/1 723) and 95.2%(2 361/2 479) respectively,and there was no significant difference(χ2=0.9,P0.05).The disinfection eligible rate of municipal hospitals,district hospitals,private hospitals and private clinics was 97.9%(2 979/3 043),97.8%(1 909/1 959),97.3%(851/880) and 96.3%(2 171/2 356) respectively,and difference was not statistically significant(χ2=0.62,P0.05).The eligible rate of disinfectant solution in use,indoor air,object surface,hands of medical staffs,sterilizer biological monitoring and sewage was 99.6%,97.3%,97.1%,88.8%,100% and 98.5% respectively.[Conclusion]The disinfection of hands of medical staffs,object surface and air should be strengthened,and the disinfection management in clinics should be enhanced especially.
The role of radiation therapy in the management of carcinoma of the kidney.

Once the diagnosis, extent of disease evaluation and staging have been accomplished, the primary treatment for renal cell carcinoma should be surgical resection. A benefit from adjuvant radiotherapy has not been clearly demonstrated. The data suggest that adjuvant radiotherapy can reduce the risk of local regional failure: however, a survival benefit is not apparent. Palliative irradiation is an important tool in the management of patients with disseminated or locally recurrent disease
Polyculturalism among Undergraduates at Diverse Universities: Associations through Intergroup Anxiety with Academic and Alcohol Outcomes

U.S. universities are increasingly racially/ethnically diverse. Simultaneously, undergraduate graduation rates and alcohol use remain important concerns. Understanding factors that contribute to success and well-being among students in these diverse college settings is critical to informing educational policy and programming. Polyculturalism is the belief that different racial/ethnic groups have always interacted, exchanged, and influenced each other, and it has been associated with more positive intergroup attitudes and greater comfort with diversity. Across four studies (three cross-sectional, one longitudinal) with racially/ethnically diverse undergraduates at two diverse institutions in the Northeastern United States, controlling for potentially confounding variables (year in college, age, race/ethnicity, nativity, high school GPA, current GPA, endorsement of multiculturalism and colorblindness, self-esteem, ethnic identification, general social anxiety, and mood across time points), greater endorsement of polyculturalism was associated with greater academic self-efficacy, greater sense of belonging, less use of alcohol to cope with intergroup anxiety, and fewer adverse alcohol-related consequences; further, lower intergroup anxiety mediated those associations. Results suggest studying polyculturalism and intergroup anxiety may contribute to our understanding of undergraduate outcomes at diverse institutions. Future work might explore how educational policy and programming can incorporate polyculturalism to promote engagement and well-being of undergraduates at these diverse institutions.
The governance mechanisms of family-controlled REITs: A dominant founder and the retirement consequences

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze how founders of family-controlled Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) under bounded rationality implement internal governance mechanisms that may affect the long-term performance once the founder retires. These actions create a hurdle for successors to follow the founder’s success. Design/methodology/approach – The authors collected data on secondary sources of 36 family and 22 professionally managed REITs from 1999 to 2012 that resulted in an unbalanced panel data of 726 REIT-year observations. The authors use a series of multi-variate analyses to test the hypotheses. Findings – The findings confirm that founders of family-controlled REITs focus more on developing internal governance mechanisms to satisfy their personal goals. Long-term performance is negatively affected once the successor takes over especially when the successor is a family member. Research limitations/implications – The authors have data limitations about family involvement. The autho...
Rett Syndrome and Mitochondrial Enzyme Deficiencies

Three children with Rett syndrome and normal muscle mitochondrial structure but abnormalities in mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes are reported from the Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL.
Molecular Pathways in Cardiomyopathies

This chapter reviews many of the relevant molecular pathways important in cardiovascular and skeletal muscle development and function. Cardioskeletal myopathies cover a wide spectrum of clinical phenotypes; understanding the mechanisms responsible for normal and abnormal muscle function is an important consideration. Specifically, cardiac and skeletal muscle development is discussed with a focus on transcription factor regulation and control. Neurohormonal regulation in the heart specific to the β-adrenergic and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is reviewed with a focus on the adaptation of these systems in the failing heart as well as therapeutic implications. Sarcomere and cytoskeletal organization and cardiac metabolism are critical to normal heart function and dysregulation contributes to the heart failure phenotype. Autophagy, apoptosis and necrosis, and epigenetic regulation of cardiac development and disease are increasingly viewed as important etiologies of disease; this chapter discusses their role in disease progression as well as their potential as therapeutic targets.
Phonetic Features and Lexical Access

Publisher Summary This chapter suggests an approach to lexical access in which the lexicon is searched directly from a representation in terms of features rather than phonetic segments. The lexical representation highlights the fact that some distinctive features are manifested in the sound as well-defined landmarks or events, and that the implementation of other features is tied in a systematic way to acoustic properties in the vicinity of these landmarks. The kinds of variability that occur in the acoustic manifestation of a word can usually be succinctly described in terms of modification of a few of the features that specify the word. Consequently, the match between the acoustic properties and the lexical representation deteriorates only partially when contextual influences modify the features that are used to produce the word.
A simple electroless plating solution for 3D printed microwave components

Using a modified version of the Tollens' Test, acrylate-based polymer prints made using a consumer-grade Digital Light Projection Stereolithographic (DLP-SLA) 3D printer are successfully silver plated, without the need for complex surface preparation techniques. A single-piece prototype waveguide design is used for testing the plating process, and a discussion is provided on minimizing printing process variables such as polymerization shrinkage and undesirable geometric tolerance variance. Measurement results of plated WR-10 1-inch waveguide sections show reflection coefficients of less than −21dB and an insertion loss of less than 0.53dB, which are comparable to similar studies using specialized plating and split-block designs. Furthermore, this approach shows great potential in providing an affordable passive microwave component rapid prototyping solution for research environments.
Cyclic and Constacyclic Codes

In this chapter, we study polycyclic, negacyclic, constacyclic, quasicyclic and skew cyclic codes which are all generalizations of the important family of cyclic codes. We describe their algebraic setting and show how to use this setting to classify these families of codes.
ABC Tracker: Increasing Teacher Capacity for Assessing Student Behavior:

Students with persistent challenging behavior are present in nearly every classroom. Teachers need the knowledge and skills to understand student behavior and intervene effectively. This article pr...
Dead, but still breathing: the problem of postmortem movement in horror films

AbstractThis article builds upon Davina Quinlivan’s pioneering work on cinematic breathing by considering the conspicuous but often-overlooked place of breath in horror films. The author focuses sp...
The role of intramolecular nucleophilic catalysis and the effects of self-association on the deamidation of human insulin at low pH.

The influence of intramolecular catalysis and self-association on the kinetics of deamidation at the A-21 Asn residue of human insulin was explored at low pH and 35°C. Observed rate constants of overall insulin degradation were determined as a function of pH over a pH range of 2.0–5.0 and as a function of total insulin concentration between pH 2.0–4.0. The pH-rate behavior of both monomeric and associated insulin degradation from pH 2.0 to 5.0 indicated intramolecular catalysis by the unionized carboxyl terminus of the A chain. Anhydride trapping with aniline at pH 3.0 provided evidence supporting the formation of a cyclic anhydride intermediate in the rate limiting step indicative of intramolecular nucleophilic catalysis. Insulin in the presence of aniline at low pH formed two anilide products, A-21 Nδ2-phenyl asparagine and Nδ2-phenyl aspartic acid human insulin, at the expense of desamido A-21 formation, consistent with the partitioning of a common intermediate. Self-associated insulin degraded at a rate approximately 2.5 times greater than that of the monomer at pH 2.0 and pH 3. However, self-association had a negligible or slight stabilizing effect on insulin decomposition at pH 4.0. An apparent downward shift in the pKa of the carboxyl terminus of approximately 0.75 units upon self-association and a catalytic rate constant which increases with -COOH acidity are proposed to account for these observations.
A Method for Rapid Genetic Integration into Plasmodium falciparum Utilizing Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 Integrase

Genetic manipulation of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has presented substantial challenges for research efforts aimed at better understanding the complex biology of this highly virulent organism. The development of methods to perform gene disruption, allelic replacement or transgene expression has provided important insights into the function of parasite genes. However, genomic integration studies have been hindered by low transfection and recombination efficiencies, and are complicated by the propensity of this parasite to maintain episomal replicating plasmids. We have developed a fast and efficient site-specific system of integrative recombination into the P. falciparum genome, which is catalyzed by the mycobacteriophage Bxb1 serine integrase. This system has the advantage of providing greater genetic and phenotypic homogeneity within transgenic lines as compared to earlier methods based on episomal replication of plasmids. Herein, we present this methodology.
P23: Global S-nitrosylation analysis provides insight into tumor-induced immune suppression

To explore the functions of nitric oxide (NO) in immune regulation, we performed a large-scale, in vivo, site-specific analysis of S-nitrosylated proteins, from the spleens of naive (NTB) and mammary tumor bearing (TB) mice, yielding a dataset of 3352 S-nitrosylated sites on 1690 proteins. In TB mice S-nitrosylation mainly affects DNA replication/recombination/repair, nitrogen compound metabolic processes, translation, organelle organization and protein kinase cascades; whereas proteolysis, cell adhesion, protein transport and protein folding are primarily targeted by S-nitrosylation in naive mice. The GM-CSF pathway which controls normal hematopoiesis and myeloid differentiation is targeted by S-nitrosylation in TB mice. S-nitrosylation of DNA polymerase delta inhibitory to its function is also observed. Our data demonstrate the broad immune regulatory role of NO in both physiological and pathophysiological processes. Disclosure Nothing to disclose.
Estimation of Fluid Flow Rate and Mixture Composition

Flow rate measurement of oil and gas mixture is the quantification of bulk fluid movement, and it helps in monitoring the oil rig. In this paper, we use acoustic sensor’s output which is the result of inside vibrations in pipeline due to fluid movement. Two approaches for estimating the flow rates are discussed: First-order auto-regression and hidden Markov model. Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients are used as features for hidden Markov model. Both approaches show good prediction accuracy.
Lenalidomide as treatment for relapsed or refractory primary CNS lymphoma: A single institutional experience.

e14036Background: Primary CNS Lymphoma (PCNSL) is an aggressive form of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Lenalidomide is an immunomodulatory agent which has shown activity in R/R non-CNS DLBC...
The Effect of Antenna Mutual Coupling on MIMO Radar System Performance

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar systems use orthogonal signaling to enable combined transmit and receive beamforming through signal processing on the received signals. Because of the combined role of transmit and receive arrays in this processing for monostatic MIMO radar, mutual coupling present in these arrays impacts the beamforming in a unique way. This paper presents a mathematical model of a MIMO radar with coupled antennas and appropriate radio frequency circuitry. Application of the model to evaluate radar detection of a single target demonstrates that coupling can result in target detection angles that are in error by as much as 12° and increase beamformer response sidelobe levels by as much as 8 dB. The results also show that a simple matching network can improve detection performance, particularly when array mutual coupling is high.
Assessing Possible Mechanisms of Resistance to Early Blight Caused by Alternaria solani

Early blight, caused principally by Alternaria solani, is one of the most important foliar diseases of potato. Candidate genes possibly involved in resistance were selected based on toxin resistance (Asc1 and metallothionein), pathogen recognition and response (ACRE-like, Pr5 and RBOH) and reduced cell death (BAX I). Gene expression levels of two resistant breeding line diploids, BD-1235 and BD-1265, along with a resistant wild potato, Solanum raphanifolium, were compared to two susceptible diploids, BD-1214 and BD-1217, at 18 h after inoculation with Alternaria solani. The largest change in gene expression occurred with the ACRE-like gene, a chitin responsive ubiquitin ligase, where all lines showed increases. The Asc1 gene was found to encode the toxin-resistant form in both susceptible and resistant lines. Expression levels increased in two resistant lines and one susceptible line but the gene was not expressed in S. raphanifolium. Both Pr5 and RBOH expression levels were low in all lines. Expression of two genes (metallothionein and BAX I) diverged, being downregulated in BD-1235 and upregulated in BD-1265 and S. raphanifolium, suggesting differences in resistance response between resistant lines. Functional gene analysis of transgenic Bintje potato plants with constitutive overexpression of metallothionein or BAX I revealed no significant change in disease observed in detached leaflets of metallothionein transgenics, while BAX I transgenics showed a reduction in lesion size and halo formation. Differences in resistance between the two sets of transgenic plants support the need to pair gene expression with functional analysis to properly determine resistance mechanisms.
Eucharistic Sacrifice as Anti-Violent Pedagogy:

The Council of Trent teaches that the sacrifice of the Mass is identical to the sacrifice of Calvary, but with the crucial difference that the Mass is unbloody (nonviolent). By considering the Last...
Birth and evolution of thermodynamics

Abstract This chapter provides an overview of the history of thermodynamics and the way it evolved during the 19th century. The main objective is to follow the steps which led to the realization and formulation of the second law. The necessity for this arises from the fact that the common method of teaching the second law is insufficient and twisted. It will be shown that the ideal gas law, which was referred to as the combined laws of Mariotte and Gay-Lussac or Boyle and Dalton, had a significant role, unappreciated in most modern texts, in the investigation of Carnot, Clapeyron, Thomson, and Clausius, which led them to develop new concepts. If the progression of the Mechanical Theory of Heat is followed as it occurred, and the concepts originated thereafter are understood well as enunciated by the founders, it would be less challenging to comprehend difficult concepts like entropy.
Guangzhou Huangpu Street 2006-2008 Student Health medical analysis

Objective This paper aims to find out student's health condition in Huangpu street, to preliminarily master student's with the "six" prevalent disease and its changing trend ,to probe the influencing factors and advance the interventional measures for schools and the students. Methods according to the physical examination items the evaluation criteria for primary and secondary school students in Guangzhou, we carried out the research work. Results In 2006, 2007 and 2008 , the number of the student physical exam respectively is 2543, 2225, 2945. The population infecting "six sickness" respectively is 1621, 1366,1789, and its proportion respectively accounts for 63.7%, 61.4%, 60. 7%.Conclusions The student's health state in the schools of Huang street is unoptimistic because the proportion of the students with "six sickness" is high .Therefore we should further strengthen the student's health education and health interventions, ln addition ,we suggest that we should promote the school's, student's and parent's awareness of school health management and reduce the student's infecting rate of the "six disease" Key words: Physical exam; State of health Intervention measure
The biopolitical turn in educational theory: Autonomist Marxism and revolutionary subjectivity in Empire

With Empire, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri reinvigorated debates in political theory and radical philosophy about the cultivation of revolutionary subjectivity. Their theorization of Empire and m...