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Constructing efficient rotating backbones in wireless sensor networks using graph coloring

For a dense deployment of sensors modeled as a random geometric graph of minimum degree @d, we introduce efficient algorithms both centralized and distributed for selecting (@d+1) backbones with disjoint node sets that are each independent and fully (or nearly) dominating. The backbone sets are initialized by graph coloring employing either topology or geometry. To support efficient routing, each set is extended to constitute a connected, constant density, planar backbone by using localized 2-hop relay and Gabriel Graph rules. The novel concept of a bipartite backbone is introduced with derivation of a planarity, bounded degree, and domination properties. Two algorithms for selecting (@d+1)/2 disjoint bipartite backbones are introduced and analyzed. One employs coloring and independent set pairing with dominating and relay sets of the pair each determined separately to serve the other. A second algorithm sequentially selects bipartite backbones focusing on the domination property of a primary part and the relay property of the second part to optimize the topological properties of each bipartite backbone. Extensive experimental results are presented to demonstrate the properties of the resulting backbone partitions.
cis-2,5-Bis(2-fluoro-5-meth-oxy-pheneth-yl)pyrrolidinium formate.

In the title compound, C22H28F2NO2+·CHO2−, there are three independent pyrrolidinium formate salt mol­ecules. In each cation, the central pyrrolidinium ring is not planar and the 2,5-disubstituted phenyl­ethyl groups are in equatorial positions. In the crystal, the ions are linked into a pair of chains parallel to the c axis by N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the NH group of the pyrrolidinium ring and the formate O atoms.
Three-Dimensional Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation of an Internally-Cooled Gas Turbine Vane

A conjugate numerical methodology was employed to predict the metal temperature of a three-dimensional gas turbine vane at two different engine-realistic operating conditions. The vane was cooled internally by air flowing through ten round, radially-oriented channels. The conjugate heat transfer approach allows the simultaneous solution of the external flow, internal convection, and conduction within the metal vane, eliminating the need for multiple, decoupled solutions, which are time-consuming and inherently less accurate when combined. Boundary conditions were specified only for the inlet and exit of the vane passage and the coolant channels, while the solid and fluid zones were coupled by energy conservation at the interfaces, a condition that was maintained throughout the iterative solution process. Validation of the methodology was accomplished through the comparison of the predicted aerodynamic loading curves and the midspan temperature distribution on the vane external surface with data from a linear cascade experiment in the literature. The superblock, unstructured numerical grid consisted of nearly seven million finite-volumes to allow accurate resolution of flowfield features and temperature gradients within the metal. Two models for turbulence closure were used for comparison: the standard k-e model and a realizable version of the k-e model. The predictions with the realizable k-e model exhibited the best agreement with the experimental data, with maximum differences in normalized temperature of less than ten percent in each case. The present study shows that the conjugate heat transfer simulation is a viable tool in gas turbine design, and it serves as a platform on which to base future work with more complex geometries and cooling schemes.© 2003 ASME
“From Typee to Clarel: ‘Across the Chasm’”

racialized “Other”—can have over a white subject and narrator. Ahab’s sublime vision dominates the entire crew of the Pequod. And the sublime novel uplifted some readers, enabling them to respond creatively to the text. The black abolitionist and intellectual, James McCune Smith, and Clara Guernsey, a popular writer and reformer from Rochester, New York, creatively reinterpreted Melville’s sublimity in Moby-Dick. Guernsey, who published six novels and numerous stories in well-known magazines, was a friend of the Senecas and eventually became an adopted member of their tribe. Two of her novels, The Merman and the Figure Head (1871) and The Shawnee Prisoner (1876) vividly reveal Melville’s influence on her as a writer; and The Merman and the Figure Head is the most sustained engagement with Moby-Dick in the Civil War era. In it Guernsey transforms Moby-Dick into a domestic tale of interracial romance; and she focuses on and gives voice to characters who are silent in Moby-Dick: the white whale and sea creatures, especially the protagonist, a merman, who lives in a republican society of mer-people off the coast of Massachusetts, whose fancy for humans is his undoing. “From Typee to Clarel: ‘Across the Chasm’” Samuel Otter University of California, Berkeley Neither persistent critical narratives of decline or exhaustion nor Melville’s weariness with his typecasting as “the man who lived among the cannibals” should obscure the importance of Typee in the epic reflections of Clarel. In Clarel, Melville rewrites his Marquesan encounters. Memories of Nuku Hiva mark the terminus of the poet’s pilgrimage in the Holy Land. When critics do avoid a narrative of loss in moving from Typee to the poetry, they tend to interpret Melville’s Pacific depictions as retrieving a balance or repose associated with the South Seas. I would like to suggest something different: that the Marquesas continue to disorient and surprise and that these effects are valued, maybe given the highest value, by the poet. Tommo’s view of Nuku Hiva at the beginning of Chapter 7—the ascent that gives access to gaps, the line of sight that turns out to be composed of precipitous ridges—seems to have made a deep impression on Melville. Much of the pleasure and the challenge of reading Typee and Melville’s other prose and poetry involves the longing to, as Tommo puts it, stride “from summit to summit” and the necessity of heeding gaps. Melville continually figures such interrupted rhetorical advances. In Moby-Dick, the narrator describes both the course of the ship and an experience of reading: “The strange, upheaving, A J O U R N A L O F M E L V I L L E S T U D I E S 125
Magnetization dynamics: ultra-fast and ultra-small

Abstract Ultrafast magnetic processes are of great scientific interest but also form the basis of high density magnetic recording applications. We demonstrate the uniqueness of time resolved, high resolution magnetic X-ray microscopy, and show that the motion of a magnetic vortex core can be imaged. The vortex core direction is hidden to most experimental techniques, but has a decisive influence on the dynamics of the magnetic structure. We imaged the switching of a ferromagnetic nanostructure by a spin polarized current pulse using time resolved X-ray microscopy. As opposed to the common uniform switching process due to Neel and Stoner–Wohlfarth, the magnetization in spin injection devices does not switch uniformly, but involves the motion of a magnetic vortex. To cite this article: Y. Acremann, C. R. Physique 9 (2008).
Validity of self-reported adult secondhand smoke exposure

Objectives Exposure of adults to secondhand smoke (SHS) has immediate adverse effects on the cardiovascular system and causes coronary heart disease. The current study evaluated brief self-report screening measures for accurately identifying adult cardiology patients with clinically significant levels of SHS exposure in need of intervention. Design and setting A cross-sectional study conducted in a university-affiliated cardiology clinic and cardiology inpatient service. Patients Participants were 118 non-smoking patients (59% male, mean age=63.6 years, SD=16.8) seeking cardiology services. Main outcome measures Serum cotinine levels and self-reported SHS exposure in the past 24 h and 7 days on 13 adult secondhand exposure to smoke (ASHES) items. Results A single item assessment of SHS exposure in one9s own home in the past 7 days was significantly correlated with serum cotinine levels (r=0.41, p 85% and correct classification rates >85% at cotinine cut-off points of >0.215 and >0.80 ng/mL. The item outperformed multi-item scales, an assessment of home smoking rules, and SHS exposure assessed in other residential areas, automobiles and public settings. The sample was less accurate at self-reporting lower levels of SHS exposure (cotinine 0.05–0.215 ng/mL). Conclusions The single item ASHES-7d Home screener is brief, assesses recent SHS exposure over a week9s time, and yielded the optimal balance of sensitivity and specificity. The current findings support use of the ASHES-7d Home screener to detect SHS exposure and can be easily incorporated into assessment of other major vital signs in cardiology.
Origins and Persistence of Economic Inequality

After reviewing the current literature on the causes of economic inequality, the article models the historical emergence of inequality as the result of a key technological change (i.e., the adoption of agriculture) that widened income differentials and led to the construction of state institutions, which shaped (depending on their particular nature, more or less authoritarian) the final distribution of economic assets within and across different societies. The article then explores the evolution of inequality in societies already endowed with state structures: A stream of biased technological shocks happens randomly and the “decisive” voter (who differs across political regimes) accepts or blocks them as a function of their effect on her net income. The decisive voter's response determines the overall distribution of income. The model is employed to give a coherent account of some broad historical trends in the evolution of income inequality.
Four-watt 20-GHz partial monolithic amplifier

A 4-W power amplifier with 28% power-added efficiency at 20 GHz has been demonstrated using 0.25- mu m heterostructure FET (HFET) device technology. This two-stage amplifier features a mostly monolithic approach with a portion of the input and output matching networks on alumina. The output matching network employs reactive matching elements on GaAs, followed by a Chebyshev coupled-line transformer/combiner on alumina to achieve a low-impedance match with minimal loss. Discrete 0.25- mu m HFET device results at 18 GHz and 20 GHz as well as amplifier design and performance over a >3 GHz band are presented. >
A ZERO POINT AND ACCIDENTAL ERRORS FOR PUBLISHED VALUES OF FE/H FOR COOL GIANTS

This paper is one of a series based on published values of (Fe/H) for late-type evolved stars. Only values of (Fe/H) from high-dispersion spectroscopy or related tech- niques are used. The narrative in this paper begins at a point where mean values of (Fe/H) have been derived for Vir, Boo, Gem, and the Hyades giants. By using these stars as standard stars when necessary, a zero-point data base is assembled. This data base is then expanded into its nal version by correcting and adding additional data in a step-by-step process. As that process proceeds, data comparisons are used to establish rms errors. Derived rms errors per datum are found to be about 0:10 0:12 dex, and they appear to be too large to be explained by line- to-line scatter and temperature eects.
Erdos: cost-effective peripheral robotics for AI education

This work combines hardware, software, and curricula in order to create robots capable enough to advance the field of Al yet inexpensive enough to be widely accessible. Costs are kept low by pairing iRobot's roombas with existing laptop or palmtop computers and their accessories. The result is a sub-$200 untethered physical platform capable of running and testing state-of-the-art AI algorithms.
Graft Vascular Disease: Immune Response Meets the Vessel Wall

Graft vascular disease (GVD) is the single most important long-term limitation to solid-organ transplantation. It is a concentric vascular intimal hyperplastic lesion composed of smooth muscle-like cells and associated matrix. GVD diffusely involves allograft vessels, eventually compromising perfusion and resulting in graft ischemia and failure. Animal models and an increasing sophistication in analyzing human GVD have provided important new insights into GVD pathogenesis. Innate and specific immune responses both participate in the initial vascular injury; GVD develops as a consequence of downstream chemokine- and cytokine-effector pathways. Other significant developments in the field include recognition of the central pathogenic role played by interferon-gamma as well as the contribution of host cell precursors to the intimal lesions. Because GVD shares many features with more common vascular pathologies, insights gleaned from our understanding of allograft vasculopathy may well impact our treatment for "traditional" atherosclerosis or restenosis lesions.
Passing The Baton: HMOs' Influence On Referrals To Specialty Care

Self-referral is still a common route to specialty care, despite the invention of the physician gatekeeper.
Rate of Sulfuric-Acid Production in Yellowstone National Park

Production of sulfuric acid in vapor-dominated hydrothermal systems is primarily a bacterial process. The rate of production of sulfuric acid was measured in springs in several acid-altered areas in Yellowstone National Park. Most of these springs lack surface water flow, but water enters and leaves these springs at approximately constant rates via underground seepage. The rate of water exchange in these steady-state systems was measured by enriching the springs with sodium chloride and measuring the rate at which the chloride ion was diluted. In all cases, the added chloride was diluted at an exponential rate, and half-times for dilution were calculated. The rate at which sulfuric acid was being produced was calculated from a knowledge of dilution rate and volume of the springs and from measurement of the sulfuric-acid concentrations of the waters. In several small springs, flow rate was measured more directly by draining the springs and measuring the rate at which water returned. These studies showed that water in acid springs enters as cold acid ground water, which is steam heated within the source pool. It was possible to estimate how much of the sulfuric acid in a given spring could have been produced in situ, and how much entered by underground seepage. In springs with pool volumes of 2,000 1 or less, most of the sulfuric acid was produced outside the spring, probably by bacteria present in the nearby acid-altered soil. In springs with pool volumes around 106 1, most of the sulfuric acid was produced in situ by resident bacterial populations. The techniques used may have wider utility in biogeochemical investigations.
Abnormal Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Hemichorea Associated With Non-Ketotic Hyperglycemia.

Unilateral basal ganglia abnormalities on brain imaging secondary to non-ketotic hyperglycemia have been reported in the literature with different clinical manifestations. We present two cases of non-ketotic hyperglycemia, acute chorea, and reversible CT and MRI findings. There seems to be a wide spectrum of pathological mechanisms underlying this entity, but none of the studies investigating the potential mechanisms of the radiological and clinical presentations have been conclusive. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/ jnr233e
A Systematic Review of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and Prostate Cancer Risk

Purpose: Polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene have been hypothesized to alter the risk of prostate cancer. However, studies investigating the associations between specific vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk have yielded inconsistent results.Materials and Methods: We performed a meta-analysis of 26 studies evaluating the association between vitamin D receptor TaqI, poly(A), BsmI, ApaI, and/or FokI polymorphisms, and prostate cancer risk.Results: The studies were heterogeneous in terms of study design, selection of cases and controls, and racial composition. Random effects models were used to estimate the pooled OR and 95% CI of each vitamin D receptor polymorphism under codominant, additive, dominant and recessive genetic models. Overall we did not find evidence to support an association between any of the vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and the risk of prostate cancer. For TaqI, which is the most studied vitamin D receptor polymorphism with 18 studies (total of 2,727 cases ...
Nanometre optical coatings based on strong interference effects in highly absorbing media

Optical coatings usually consist of many multilayers of thin films to achieve the desired properties. A new approach using interference effects between an absorbing dielectric film and a metallic substrate now enables ultrathin optical coatings that could also find applications as thin solar cells or photodetectors.
Entropy change of open thermodynamic systems in self-organizing processes

The thermodynamic models available in the literature predict that during self-organizing processes the entropy of a cell considered as an open thermodynamic system decreases. This prediction leads to conclusion that cell imports a certain amount of negative entropy and generates entropy during irreversible metabolic processes. The controversial concept of negentropy was criticized recently. In this research a new model was proposed that isn’t based on the steady state approximation and describes living systems more realistically. The analysis of the suggested model of an open thermodynamic system far from equilibrium, led to the conclusion that the entropy during self-organizing processes increases during growth (of a molecule or a cell). Using as models the synthesis of an oligopeptide and a growing hydrocarbon chain, it was shown that entropy of an open thermodynamic system increases during addition of monomers (a self-organizing process). A derived equation confirms the results obtained by calculations with literature experimental values of molar entropy. The decrease of entropy observed in self-organizing processes occurred only during phase transition.
Brome Mosaic Virus Polymerase-Like Protein 2a Is Directed to the Endoplasmic Reticulum by Helicase-Like Viral Protein 1a

Brome mosaic virus (BMV), a positive-strand RNA virus in the alphavirus-like superfamily, encodes RNA replication proteins 1a and 2a. 1a contains a C-terminal helicase-like domain and an N-terminal domain implicated in viral RNA capping, and 2a contains a central polymerase-like domain. 1a and 2a colocalize in an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated replication complex that is the site of BMV-specific RNA-dependent RNA synthesis in plant and yeast cells. 1a also localizes to the ER in the absence of 2a or viral RNA replication templates. To investigate the determinants of 2a localization, we fused 2a to the green fluorescent protein (GFP), creating a functional GFP-2a fusion that supported BMV RNA replication and subgenomic mRNA transcription. In the absence of 1a, the GFP-2a fusion was found to be diffused throughout the cytoplasm and in punctate spots not associated with any cytoplasmic organelle so far tested. Formation of these spots was dependent on the C-terminal half of 2a and may represent aggregation of a fraction of 2a. When coexpressed with 1a, GFP-2a colocalized with 1a and ER-resident protein Kar2p in a partial or complete ring around the nucleus. Consistent with these results, cell fractionation showed that both the GFP-2a fusion and wild-type (wt) 2a remained soluble when expressed alone, while in cells coexpressing 1a, most of the GFP-2a fusion or wt 2a cofractionated with 1a in the rapidly sedimenting membrane fraction. Deletion analysis showed that the N-terminal 120-amino-acid segment of 2a, containing one of two 2a regions previously shown to interact with 1a, was necessary and sufficient for 1a-directed localization of GFP-2a derivatives to the ER. These results suggest that 1a, which also interacts independently with the ER and viral RNA, is a key organizer of RNA replication complex assembly.
Integrated Related Services for Preschoolers with Neurological Impairments: Issues and Strategies:

Occupational and physical therapy are considered related services for school-age children under the provisions of P.L. 94–142, and this provision has recently been extended to preschoolers under Part B of P.L. 99–457. This means that therapists are part of the educational team for all children who require this expertise to profit from educational experiences. Clarifying the therapist's role and how to implement it have been difficult processes for a number of reasons, including lack of knowledge about what therapists might be able to contribute to educational experiences and how to incorporate their expertise into the learning process. This article presents an introduction to the contribution that related service professionals can make to the learning of children with neurological impairments and reviews research showing the positive effects of a number of therapeutic strategies that have been reported in the literature. Methods for integrating therapeutic strategies into learning experiences and issues f...
The effects of monetary incentives on effort and task performance: theories, evidence, and a framework for research

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to review theories and evidence regarding the effects of (performance-contingent) monetary incentives on individual effort and task performance. We provide a framework for understanding these effects in numerous contexts of interest to accounting researchers and focus particularly on how salient features of accounting settings may affect the incentives-effort and effort-performance relations. Our compilation and integration of theories and evidence across a wide variety of disciplines reveals significant implications for accounting research and practice. Based on the framework, theories, and prior evidence, we develop and discuss numerous directions for future research in accounting that could provide important insights into the efficacy of monetary reward systems.
Operational characteristics of residential and light-commercial air-conditioning systems in a hot and humid climate zone

Abstract Forced-air space-conditioning systems are ubiquitous in U.S. residential and light-commercial buildings, yet gaps exist in our knowledge of how they operate in real environments. This investigation strengthens the knowledge base of smaller air-conditioning systems by characterizing a variety of operational characteristics measured in 17 existing residential and light-commercial air-conditioning systems operating in the cooling mode in Austin, Texas. Some key findings include: measured airflow rates were outside of the range recommended by most manufacturers for almost every system; actual measured cooling capacities were less than two-thirds of rated cooling capacities on average; hourly fractional operation times increased approximately 6% for every °C increase in indoor–outdoor temperature difference; and lower mean indoor surrogate thermostat settings and higher supply duct leakage fractions were most associated with longer operation times. The operational characteristics and parameters detailed herein provide insight into the magnitude of the effects of HVAC systems on both energy consumption and indoor air quality (IAQ) in residential and light-commercial buildings.
A novel process for optimizing musculoskeletal allograft tissue to improve safety, ultrastructural properties, and cell infiltration.

Background: This study evaluated the properties of scaffold derived from freeze-dried human Achilles tendon allograft for use in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Our hypothesis was that such an allograft could be processed using a method to remove cellular and infectious material, producing a cytocompatible, architecturally modified scaffold possessing tensile properties suitable for ACL reconstruction. Methods: Fifty-two allografts were provided by a tissue bank. Twenty-one were used as controls to assess cellularity, DNA content, microarchitecture, porosity, cytocompatibility, and tensile properties in vitro (n = 13) and in vivo (n = 8). Thirty-one were processed to produce scaffolds that were similarly assessed for these properties in vitro (n = 23) and in vivo (n = 8). The elimination of added enveloped and nonenveloped viruses was also determined in vitro after each processing step. Results: A subjective decrease in cellularity and a significant decrease in DNA content were observed in the scaffolds compared with the allografts from which they had been derived. The porosity was increased significantly, and the scaffolds were cytocompatible in vitro. Processing resulted in significantly increased elongation of the scaffolds (138% of the elongation of the unprocessed allograft) during tensile testing. No other significant differences in tensile properties were observed in vitro or in vivo. The number of infiltrating host cells and the depth to which those cells infiltrated were significantly greater in the scaffolds. No enveloped viruses and only two of 108 nonenveloped viruses were detected in the scaffolds after processing, corresponding to a sterility assurance level of 0.2 × 10−7. Conclusions: Allografts were processed using a method that removed cellular and infectious material to produce a decellularized, cytocompatible, architecturally modified scaffold with tensile properties that differed minimally from those of human allograft tissue both in vitro and in vivo. The scaffold production process also resulted in an increase in porosity that led to increased cell infiltration in vivo. Clinical Relevance: Scaffolds derived from such tendon allografts have the potential to eliminate disease transmission and inflammation in recipients and to promote earlier and increased cell infiltration while retaining the initial tensile properties necessary to withstand rehabilitation after implantation.
The Financial Implications of In-Substance Defeasance

In November 1983, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement No. 76, Extinguishment of Debt. The Statement permits corporations completing an in-substance defeasance to recognize an increase in earnings and earnings per share. High interest rates in 1984 and the Statement encouraged corporate managers to defease debt in substance and to show the associated increase in earnings per share.The financial impact contrasts with those of accounting. Although in-substance defeasance leads to an increase in reported earnings, financial theory suggests that it leads to a decrease in the price of the defeasing corporation's common stock by doing the following: decreasing the amount of future cash flows, decreasing corporate liquidity, redistributing wealth from common shareholders to bondholders, and decreasing the debt-equity ratio. Only the change in the debt-equity ratio may lead to an expected increase in stock price. The other three influences lead to an expected decrease.
Environmental policy and swine manure management Waste not or want not

Livestock production and manure handling decisions often have been treated in the literature as separate enterprises. Policymakers, too, have ignored the interactive nature of manure management by focusing on land application for nutrient disposal. This study outlines a systems approach to describe the interrelated decisions producers face, using examples from North Carolina and Iowa that show how producers' attitudes toward manure management lead them to handle manure differently in different regions. In North Carolina, nutrients in manure are “not wanted.” There are economic incentives to treat manure, thus reducing its nutrient content, and to apply it on as little land as possible. In Iowa, nutrients are “not wasted.” Producers conserve the nutrients in manure and use them more fully, applying manure to higher value crops such as corn. Policies that influence manure management can be made more effective by accounting for the differences in producers' incentives to waste or want the nutrients.
Raman Spectra of Rare-Earth Phosphate Glasses

Raman spectra have been recorded for glasses in the binary systems CeO2-P2O5 and Pr2O3-P2O5. The cerium phosphate glasses were prepared having different concentrations of CeO2 and the praseodymium phosphate glasses with different ratios of Pr3+ to Pr4+. The spectra indicate that both cerium and praseodymium enter the glass in modifying sites. We see no changes in the Raman spectra with Pr3+/Pr4+ ratio. Measurements of the density and glass transition temperature are also reported.
Growth and Properties of III-V Nitride Films, Quantum Well Structures and Integrated Heterostructure Devices

Growth of lll-V nitrides by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) is being studied at NCSU using an rf nitrogen plasma source. GaN/SiC substrates consisting of ∼3 μm thick GaN buffer layers grown on 6H-SiC wafers by MOVPE at Cree Research, Inc. are being used as substrates in the MBE film growth experiments. The MBE-grown GaN films exhibit excellent structural and optical properties — comparable to the best GaN films grown by MOVPE—as determined from photoluminescence, x-ray diffraction, and vertical-cross-section TEM micrographs. Mg and Si have been used as dopants for p-type and n-type layers, respectively. AlxGa1−xN films (x∼0.06-0.08) and AlxGa1−xN/GaN multi-quantum-well structures have been grown which display good optical properties. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) based on double-heterostructures of AlxGa1−xN/GaN which emit violet light at ∼400 nm have also been demonstrated. Key issues that must be addressed before lll-V nitride laser diodes can be demonstrated and commercialized are discussed. New integrated heterostructures are proposed for the development of a variety of vertical-transport devices such as light-emitting diodes, laser diodes, photocathodes, electron emitters based on the negative-electron-affinity of AIN, and certain transistor structures.
An experiment in increasing the educational television audience

The “prestige factor” has been known to social scientists for many‐years. It shows up in the “over‐reporting” that occurs whenever people are asked, to tell an interviewer their income, or the amount of schooling they have had—or the amount of viewing of an educational television station they do. The management of ETV stations is well aware that their audience often isn't as large as reported, and that the same “prestige factor” prevents them from receiving sufficient data from their audience as to the reason why they do or do not view ETV. In the present study, an experimental approach was made. Three different kinds of appeal were used in a promotional campaign designed to cause people to watch an ETV station more often. The results, of each appeal were compared to a group of ETV viewers and non‐viewers who were not exposed to the promotional material. These data were derived from the Oregon Educational Television Project, which was financed in part by a grant from the Department of Health, Education an...
Selection for high seed oil content in soybean families derived from plants regenerated from protoplasts and tissue cultures

Recurrent selection for high seed oil content was carried out with 2,008 progeny of 28 plants regenerated via embryogenesis, 95 via organogenesis and 25 from protoplasts via organogenesis from five different soybean cultivars. Two lines derived from plants regenerated from the cultivar Jack with small increases in seed oil content emerged after three selection cycles in the field but in both cases the protein content was decreased and the seed yield of one of the lines was also decreased. Apparently somaclonal variation for seed oil content can arise, but on the basis of the decreases in protein and yield found in this study, this small change is not useful for soybean improvement.
Classification of blood volume pulse signals using an artificial neural network Bayesian classifier

The assessment of the condition of the cardiovascular system through morphological analysis of the blood volume pulse (BVP) was extended to include the use of an artificial neural network (ANN). The dicrotic notch feature of the BVP was used to define 4 classes and an ANN Bayesian classifier was used to make the assignments. Training and testing data were obtained from a clinical study. Resting and exercise BVP data were collected from 15 individuals and these signals were normalized prior to being input to the ANN. Several ANN configurations were evaluated and percent correct classification (pcc) rates >90% were obtained from the 5, 7 and 5-5 hidden layer configurations. These results are compared with those from K nearest neighbor and Parzen window classifiers. >
HERPETOFAUNAL INVENTORY OF FORT WOLTERS IN NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS

Herpetofaunal diversity of the Fort Wolters Military Installation, Texas, was surveyed from September 2002 through August 2003. During the 1-y sampling period, all amphibian and reptile sampling methods combined resulted in 1,421 captures of 10 species of amphibians (all anurans) and 25 species of reptiles. These actions represent an effort of the Texas Army National Guard to inventory the flora and fauna of federal property and create a baseline for future monitoring and management.
California hospital networks are narrower in Marketplace than in commercial plans, but access and quality are similar.

Do insurance plans offered through the Marketplace implemented by the State of California under the Affordable Care Act restrict consumers’ access to hospitals relative to plans offered on the commercial market? And are the hospitals included in Marketplace networks of lower quality compared to those included in the commercial plans? To answer these questions, we analyzed differences in hospital networks across similar plan types offered both in the Marketplace and commercially, by region and insurer. We found that the common belief that Marketplace plans have narrower networks than their commercial counterparts appears empirically valid. However, there does not appear to be a substantive difference in geographic access as measured by the percentage of people residing in at least one hospital market area. More surprisingly, depending on the measure of hospital quality employed, the Marketplace plans have networks with comparable or even higher average quality than the networks of their commercial counterp...
Extracting Events with Informal Temporal References in Personal Histories in Online Communities

We present a system for extracting the dates of illness events (year and month of the event occurrence) from posting histories in the context of an online medical support community. A temporal tagger retrieves and normalizes dates mentioned informally in social media to actual month and year referents. Building on this, an event date extraction system learns to integrate the likelihood of candidate dates extracted from time-rich sentences with temporal constraints extracted from eventrelated sentences. Our integrated model achieves 89.7% of the maximum performance given the performance of the temporal expression retrieval step.
Xanthogranulomatous pseudotumor of the vagina: evidence of a local response to an unusual bacterium (mucoid Escherichia coli).

Utilization of nonconventional bacterial stains and electron microscopy occasionally may aid in the recognition of linusual microorganisms which fail to be demonstrated by more conventional bacterial stains. We report an unusual case of recurrent vaginal polyps, initially thought by physical examination to represent a malignant neoplasm and histologically to represent a granular cell tumor. The lesions were comprised microscopically of sheets of large, polygonal, histiocytic-like cells with abundant eosinophilic granular cytoplasm. With the Dieterle silver stain, the cytoplasm of these ceils contained large numbers of intracellular rod-shaped bacilliform bodies thought to be microorganisms. These organisms stained not at all or very poorly with more conventional bacterial stains, such as Gram and Giemsa stains. Electron microscopy was employed to confirm the presence of intra- and extracellular bacilliform bodies and the absence of large numbers of cytosegresomes, the latter characteristically seen in typical granularceli tumors. Cultures of tissue from the biopsy documented a pure strain of a mucoid form of Escherichia coli . We were unable to identify any prior report describing a similar recurrent inflammatory vaginal lesion in which mucoid E. coli was demonstrated. We discuss possible pathogenesis of this case, and relate it to morphologically similar diseases, such as Whipple’s disease and malakoplakia, in which there appears to be defective clearance of bacteria from a variety of tissues.
Orientation texture in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7−σ films synthesized from amorphous precursors

The metalorganic decomposition technique was utilized in the fabrication of YBa2Cu3O7−δ films with preferred orientation on (100) MgO and (100) SrTiO3 substrates. The processing parameters such as film thickness, firing treatment, and substrate modifications were controlled to obtain a high degree of three-dimensional preferred growth in the films. Results indicate that three-dimensional film preferred growth diminishes with increasing film thickness. Preferential growth in YBa2Cu3O7−δ films is enhanced with increasing firing temperature and reduced oxygen partial pressure due to enhanced atom mobility. Epitaxial growth of YBa2Cu3O7−δ films has been achieved on both lattice mismatched (MgO) and on lattice matched (SrTiO3) substrates. Epitaxial growth is promoted by lattice matched substrates at lower film firing temperatures. An attempt is made to understand the development of YBa2Cu3O7−δ film preferential growth via the epitaxial grain growth mechanism.
Der neue Crafter von Volkswagen

Das neue leichte Nutzfahrzeug VW Crafter ist die Fortsetzung der 30-jahrigen LTTradition von Volkswagen. Es komplettiert das erneuerte Produktportfolio der Nutzfahrzeuge vom Caddy uber den Transporter T5 bis zum Funf-Tonnen-Transporter. Mit seiner Derivate-Vielfalt und seinem gestiegenen Komfort bietet der Crafter, gemeinsam mit Mercedes-Benz entwickelt, zeitgemase Losungen im Segment der leichten Nutzfahrzeuge und ist auf alle Transportaufgaben vorbereitet.
Precision autophagy directed by receptor regulators – emerging examples within the TRIM family

Selective autophagy entails cooperation between target recognition and assembly of the autophagic apparatus. Target recognition is conducted by receptors that often recognize tags, such as ubiquitin and galectins, although examples of selective autophagy independent of these tags are emerging. It is less known how receptors cooperate with the upstream autophagic regulators, beyond the well-characterized association of receptors with Atg8 or its homologs, such as LC3B (encoded by MAP1LC3B), on autophagic membranes. The molecular details of the emerging role in autophagy of the family of proteins called TRIMs shed light on the coordination between cargo recognition and the assembly and activation of the principal autophagy regulators. In their autophagy roles, TRIMs act both as receptors and as platforms ('receptor regulators') for the assembly of the core autophagy regulators, such as ULK1 and Beclin 1 in their activated state. As autophagic receptors, TRIMs can directly recognize endogenous or exogenous targets, obviating a need for intermediary autophagic tags, such as ubiquitin and galectins. The receptor and regulatory features embodied within the same entity allow TRIMs to govern cargo degradation in a highly exact process termed 'precision autophagy'.
Treatment Processes for Removal of Emerging Contaminants

This study investigated the nature of colloids associated with wastewater effluents. It also evaluated the association of emerging contaminants with these wastewater colloids. Two distinct emerging contaminants were investigated to gain general insight into the potential importance of emerging contaminant interactions with wastewater colloids. The first and major component of the study was to evaluate the association of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) with colloids and the removal of ARGs by membrane processes. This is designated in the report as Part I. The second aspect of the study was to obtain preliminary data on the potential association of nonylphenol with a range of colloidal size fractions and to evaluate their removal in wastewater treatment plants. This is designated Part II. Overall, the goal was to determine the degree of association of two representative emerging contaminants, ARGs and nonylphenols, with various colloidal sizes and to determine the removal efficiency of these colloids in wastewater treatment plants. If the emerging contaminants are associated with the larger size fractions, then more conventional treatment processes can be used. If emerging contaminants are associated with the smaller size fractions, advanced processes such as nanofiltration or activated carbon may be needed. This title belongs to WERF Research Report Series . ISBN: 9781780404004 (eBook)
Carcinoma of the lower Lip

Carcinoma of the lower lip is sufficiently common in occurrence that a practitioner should be cognizant of the requisite diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines. This article discusses the pertinent anatomy, the management of the local or primary lesion, and some prognostic criteria for surgical decisions directed toward the regional lymph nodes. Reconstruction is discussed from the standpoint of magnitude of the defect as a percentage of the total lip transverse diameter.
Pavlov: where PBD meets macromedia's director

Publisher Summary Pavlov combines programming by demonstration (PBD) with animation mechanisms similar to those in Macromedia's Director. Instead of writing scripting code to specify interaction, as is done in Director, the Pavlov designer demonstrates the events that trigger activity (and the activity itself). The resulting behaviors then appear in a stimulus–response score. Pavlov and Macromedia's Director both provide mechanisms for creating animated interfaces. Pavlov's design evolved from programming-by-demonstration (PBD) interface-building research, whereas Director evolved from traditional time-line based animation systems. This chapter presents the basic differences in the way the tools are designed and highlights some advantages of Pavlov's approach. Though arguably easier than general programming, script writing is difficult and precludes many from designing interactive animation. PBD along with a stimulus–response based, multiple-time line editor, can eliminate much of the scripting necessary in systems like Director.
Psychotherapeutic Change and the Experience of Dwelling

The theme of dwelling is a rich metaphor for issues of containment, safety, entrapment, building, and hiding. Over the course of four years of individual psychotherapy, a young woman described the ...
Long-term endothelial cell loss following phacoemulsification: model for evaluating endothelial damage after intraocular surgery.

BACKGROUND Newer concepts of phakic intraocular lens (IOL) surgery present concerns as to their long-term deleterious effect on the endothelium. We examine the behavior of the endothelium for up to 6 years following uneventful phacoemulsification surgery, to establish a baseline for what might be an acceptable level of endothelial cell loss due to intraocular surgical trauma. METHODS Ninety-three eyes undergoing phacoemulsification surgery who had multiple endothelial specular microscopy examinations for up to 6 years were examined. Central endothelial specular photomicrographs were analyzed in all cases and the percent of endothelial cell loss as a function of time was calculated. Cell density calculations were corrected for the normal endothelial cell loss as a function of age. RESULTS Routine uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery demonstrated a 9% endothelial cell loss 1 year postoperatively. This is in marked contrast to the 16% average endothelial cell loss cited in the literature after phakic AC-IOL surgery. In general, anterior chamber IOL surgery following cataract removal compares unfavorably to posterior chamber IOL insertion long term (20% cell loss versus 12% cell loss). CONCLUSIONS A model is proposed to look at the rate of endothelial cell loss that would be significant enough to create the threat for corneal edema long term following refractive intraocular surgery in young patients. Suggestions for critical comparisons between the observed endothelial aging seen with phakic IOLs and values for more routine IOL surgery are proposed to predict the long-term threat for endothelial cell loss and corneal decompensation, which might result many years after phakic refractive IOL surgery.
Website Blocked: Filtering Technology in Schools and School Libraries

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Shock Initiation of Energetic Materials at Different Initial Temperatures (Review)

Shock initiation is one of the most important properties of energetic materials, which must transition to detonation exactly as intended when intentionally shocked and not detonate when accidentally shocked. The development of Manganin pressure gauges that are placed inside the explosive charge and record the buildup of pressure upon shock impact has greatly increased the knowledge of these reactive flows. This experimental data, together with similar data from electromagnetic particle velocity gauges, has allowed us to formulate the Ignition and Growth model of shock initiation and detonation in hydrodynamic computer codes for predictions of shock initiation scenarios that cannot be tested experimentally. An important problem in shock initiation of solid explosives is the change in sensitivity that occurs upon heating (or cooling). Experimental Manganin pressure gauge records and the corresponding Ignition and Growth model calculations are presented for two solid explosives, LX-17 [92.5% triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) with 7.5% Kel-F binder] and LX-04 [85% octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazine (HMX) with 15% Viton binder] at several initial temperatures.