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The rise of graphene in carbon thermoelectrics

Abstract The many allotropes of carbon are of fundamental interest as thermoelectrics. Some can have very large Seebeck coefficients α (sometimes, the symbol S is used for thermoelectric power; it is the thermoelectric voltage, Vth, generated per K). The Seebeck coefficient tells us how large a voltage is generated, if one side of the sample is heated and the other side is cooled (“thermoelectric generator”). For example, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) can have Seebeck coefficients as high as 60 μV/K and graphene up to 100 μV/K when subject to a gate voltage. Sometimes, large electrical conductivities σ can also be obtained with these two carbon materials (in aggregate mats) of the order: σ ~ 105 S/m depending on the morphology and doping.
LGBTQ and Straight Sexual Assault Survivors’ Interactions with Counseling in a Campus Counseling Center and Women’s Center

Experiencing college sexual assault is detrimental for students’ mental health. Counseling options exist in every type of college/university, but many survivors do not use these resources and lesbi...
Theoretical determination of the nonlinear optical properties of inorganic polymers

Third order hyperpolarizabilities were calculated using the Huckel Hamiltonian and third order perturbation theory for a series of phosphonitrilic compounds, (X{sub 2}P-N){sub n}, as a function of bond length alternation, ligand substitution and backbone conformation. Phosphonitrilic compounds show hyperpolarizabilities comparable to those reported for organic species, and are modulated by ligand group electronegativity. In contrast to organic polyenes, the difference in {pi} orbital energy between phosphorus and nitrogen is critical to determining the onset of saturation and the magnitude of the hyperpolarizability. Conformation effects are smaller than those seen in polyenes. 15 refs., 5 figs.
Acetabular defect classification and surgical reconstruction in revision arthroplasty. A 6-year follow-up evaluation.

Abstract From 1982 to 1988, 147 cemented acetabular components were revised with cementless hemispherical press-fit components, with an average follow-up period of 5.7 years (range, 3–9 years). Acetabular defects were typed from 1 to 3 and reconstructed with a bulk or support allograft. Type 1 defects had bone lysis around cement anchor sites and required particulate graft. Type 2A and B defects displayed progressive bone loss superiorly and required particulate graft, femoral head bulk graft, or cup superiorization. Type 2C defects required medial wall repair with wafer femoral head graft. Type 3A and B defects demonstrated progressive amounts of superior rim deficiencies and were treated with structural distal femur or proximal tibia allograft. Six of the 147 components (4.0%), all type 3B, were considered radiographically and clinically unstable, warranting revision. Three of the six were revised. Moderate lateral allograft resorption was noted on radiographs, but host-graft union was confirmed at rerevision. Size, orientation, and method of fixation of the allografts play an important role in the integrity of structural allografts, while adequate remaining host-bone must be present to ensure bone ingrowth.
Ultraviolet photometry from the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory. VII alpha squared Canum Venaticorum.

Far-ultraviolet photometry by OAO-2 is presented for alpha squared CVn covering the entire 5.47-day period of this magnetic Ap variable. The light curves ranging from 1330 to 3320 A indicate that there are two important sources of back warming from far-ultraviolet absorption. Strong line blanketing by the rare earths redistributes flux longward of the Balmer discontinuity, causing the major observed photometric variations. In addition, a second source, which may be due to a combination of continuous opacities and line blanketing from the iron-peak and rare-earth groups below 1600 A, apparently redistributes flux into the region of the Balmer discontinuity. It is also found that ground-based determinations of the effective temperature are overestimated due to the flux redistribution from far-ultraviolet absorption. The effective temperature of alpha squared CVn derived from OAO and ground-based absolute fluxes is found to be 11,200 K, which remains constant over the cycle.
New Tree, Few Fruit: Constructivism and “African Solutions”

Security Cooperation in Africa: A Reappraisal. By Benedikt Franke. Boulder, CO: First Forum Press, 2009. 337 pp., $75.00 hardcover (ISBN-13: 978-1-935-04909-8). Security Cooperation in Africa is addressed primarily to an audience in Security Studies in Africa, but is of relevance to broader audiences in International Relations, including theorists, International Organizations and Law, Regionalism, Peace Studies, Multilateral Intervention and Peacekeeping, and African Studies writ large. Its empirical focus is the growth and metamorphosis of institutionalized regional and continental cooperation in conflict management in Africa, particularly since the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s and the emergence of the African Union (AU) out of the remains of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The analytical project is to explain the institutional changes at state, regional, and continental levels of articulation, and the reasons for and effects of the interactions between the levels. While Franke accepts the continuing relevance of Realist structural explanations of state action and international security context, and of Liberal Institutional theories of regionalism and institutional dynamics, he points to the limits that these theories have for explaining the normative or inter-subjective factors that were at work in shaping and driving the formation of security cooperation in Africa. To correct this deficiency, Franke draws upon the contemporary constructivist literature in International Relations of Alexander Wendt, Emmanuel Adler, and Michael Barnett, as well as earlier work by Karl Deutsch and by Hedley Bull. At the same time, Franke laments the absence of African cases from the construction and testing of general theories in International Relations and Security Studies, to the detriment of both theory and the understanding of African phenomena, and takes some useful steps in addressing that. Pity then, that Franke perpetuates the silencing of African voices at …
Inhibition by Pyrite of Bacterial Iron Oxidation Activity

Ores amenable to microbial leaching often contain pyritic material which contributes to the formation of leaching agents, i.e. acidic ferric sulfate. The bacterial attack on pyrite involves either a direct oxidation mechanism or acceleration of the parallel chemical degradation of pyrite by ferric iron and sulfuric acid (Silverman, 1967; Tuovinen and Kelly, 1972, 1974d; Torma, 1977; Brierley, 1978a; Kelly et al., 1979; Manchee, 1979). Thus, pyrite is an important source of leaching agents for the microbial solubilization of ores. Iron-oxidizing thiobacilli (Thiobacillus ferrooxidans) are able to grow on FeS2 but a prior adaptation to this substrate as well as to other sulfide minerals is required (Silver and Torma, 1974; Norris and Kelly, 1978a). Previous studies have shown that fine-grained particles of different materials (glass beads, fluorapatite, sand, quartz, U-bearing rocks, and pyrite ore) inhibit the iron oxidation activity of T.ferrooxidans (Soljanto et al., 1980). The inhibition of the bacteria was related to the shaking of the culture flasks and to the type, amount and particle size of the various materials studied. In the present work, high-grade pyrite was investigated in more detail with a view to determining its inhibitory nature for the iron-oxidizing thiobacilli. Other particles (coal, mixed copper-nickel ore) were also tested in the experiments to extend the previous observations.
Cyber-politics: developing an interdisciplinary learning community in an election year

This paper is focused on exploring the experience gained through developing a learning community integrating the political science and computer science disciplines. The two courses from the disciplines, which are general education courses, are an Introductory to Government and Politics course and an Introduction to Networking and the Internet course. The final component is a freshman writing composition course focused on the intersection of the two disciplines. The major contribution of this work is in describing the weaving of political science concepts into the Introduction to Networking and the Internet course and the development of the writing composition course. In addition, the paper will discuss the experiential learning component of the learning community which was designed to ensure that students are made aware of the connections between what they are learning and the needs of the community at large, especially during the 2008 presidential election.
Arthropod‐borne Viruses

Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) may infect and replicate in haematophagus insects and arachnids when the arthropods take a bloodmeal from an infected vertebrate. Following an appropriate incubation period, the arthropod may transmit the amplified virus to susceptible vertebrates when the arthropod takes a subsequent bloodmeal. Of more than 500 recognised arboviruses, almost 100 cause a wide variety of illnesses in humans, livestock, and/or wildlife species ranging from subclinical infection to mild febrile disease, haemorrhagic fever, encephalitis or death. Arboviruses have wide geographic distributions which are largely dependent upon their vectors, and different arboviruses can be found on all continents including Antarctica. Since very few specific antiviral therapies or arbovirus vaccines exist, control focuses primarily on vector elimination and education on arthropod avoidance. Arbovirus prevalence has increased dramatically during the past 3 decades, with viral emergence and re-emergence driven by urbanisation, increased international travel and commercial transportation, and expanding vector distribution. Key Concepts: Arboviruses infect and replicate in insects and ticks and may be transmitted during blood feeding to susceptible vertebrates, including humans. ‘Arbovirus’ is an ecological term, and the recognised arboviruses are found in the families Togaviridae, Flaviviridae, Bunyaviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Reoviridae, and Asfarviridae. Most arboviruses are single-stranded RNA viruses. Infection with an arbovirus may be asymptomatic or may cause fever, haemorrhage, encephalitis, with or without sequelae and death. Currently licensed human vaccines only exist for yellow fever virus (YFV), Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV). Arbovirus prevalence in specific regions fluctuates, but emergence and re-emergence has caused an increase in human infections over the past 30 years. Keywords: arboviruses; arthropods; fever; rash; encephalitis; haemorrhagic
Photographic Study of Gold Flow

This is a study of the action of molten gold alloy during the actual casting process. The action was recorded by high-speed photography through a silica window. An understanding of the directional forces of the molten alloy is helpful for space location and orientation of the casting ring.
Radio and optical detection of Martian dust storm discharges.

Abstract Given the known physical attributes of Martian dust storms, we derive their electromagnetic signatures as they would be perceived both remotely and in situ. We also describe a radiowave and optical experiment (REDD), suitable for deployment on the Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander, whose primary scientific objective is to establish the electrical nature of dust storms in the Martian atmosphere. This experiment would be capable of the remote tracking of dust storms across the Martian surface while estimating electrical properties of dust, dust densities, and surface conductivities. The experiment sensors consist of two orthogonal magnetic search coil antennas, an electric field antenna, and a horizon-looking photodetector. The sensors drive a waveform capture system and a set of multichannel analyzers that span the radio spectrum from 1 kHz to 100 MHz. The data sampling strategy incorporates a low-resolution survey mode and a high time-resolution direction-finding mode. Intelligent use of an event-trigger system, circular buffer storage, and data compression minimize the instrument data rate and the impact on spacecraft resources.
Capillary hemangiomas of the vulva mistaken for sexual abuse

Abstract Study Objective: To describe unusual features of vulvar hemangiomas which may mimic lesions caused by lichen sclerosus and sexual abuse. Design and Participants: A case report of a 7-year-old child with unusual appearance of vulvar hemangiomas. Setting: The patient was seen at the Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Clinic at the University of Tennessee, Memphis. Interventions: Key Punch biopsies and CO 2 laser ablation of the vulvar lesions. Results: All lesions were removed, resulting in complete relief of symptoms. Conclusions: Capillary hemangiomas of the vulva may mimic findings and symptoms of lichen sclerosis or sexual abuse. Biopsy may be required to establish the correct diagnosis.
Symmetry breaking, ring formation and other phase boundary structures in shock tube experiments on retrograde fluids

A peculiar multi-dimensional wave pattern in shock tube experiments on retrograde fluids is the ring formation phenomenon. When the incident shock is reflected by the endwall of a shock tube filled with retrograde fluid vapour, under certain conditions, rings of liquid/vapour mixture form behind the reflected shock. In this paper, we find the reason for such symmetry breaking and ring formation phenomena by studying a prototype model for flows with liquid/vapour phase transitions. The isothermal case of this model exhibits all major one-dimensional wave patterns observed in shock tube experiments on retrograde fluids. The symmetry is broken by the liquid or liquid/vapour drops initiated behind the reflected shock where the pressure is higher than the equilibrium pressure. Liquid drops become liquid/vapour mixture drops later
Congenital long QT syndrome aggravated by salt-wasting nephropathy

Abstract Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is characterized by episodes of fainting or by sudden death as a resultof torsades de pointes (TdP). In both the congenital and acquired forms of the syndrome, symptomsoften become manifest upon exposure to additional clinical stressors of repolarization, such as drugsor hypokalemia.We report here the case of a patient with congenital LQTS in a 6-year-old boy who manifestedsymptoms only in the presence of electrolyte abnormalities associated with the inherited salt-wastingrenal disorder Gitelman syndrome. In this case, a second distinct congenital disorder modified theclinical presentation of LQTS. Keywords Congenital long QT syndrome; Gitelman syndrome; Repolarization; Failure Case report The proband is a 6-year-old boy who first presented in March 2002 with a syncopal episodeafter a flu-like illness. At age 3 years, the patient had presented with a viral illness and wasfound to have severe hypokalemia (1.6 mEq/L). Additional clinical evaluation revealed ahistory of lethargy, growth failure, normal blood pressure, hypomagnesemia (0.70 mEq/L),hypocalciuria (12.8 mEq/day), and urinary potassium wasting (94.4 mEq/L). A presumptivediagnosis of Gitelman syndrome, an inherited salt-wasting nephropathy, was made. Thepatient’s growth improved dramatically after potassium and magnesium supplementation wasstarted. However, at age 4 years, the patient began to experience syncopal episodes oftenassociated with intercurrent illnesses and hypokalemia. The short-lived syncopal episodesusually occurred during vigorous play. The patient’s mother (a nurse) described a single“gasping” breath followed by apnea, cyanosis, and ashen appearance associated with a “veryrapid and irregular pulse.” However, an ECG tracing was never successfully recorded duringa syncopal episode. Evaluation at age 6 years after one such episode revealed serum potassium3.2 mEq/L, magnesium 1.9 mEq/L, and prolonged corrected QT interval (QTc) 500 ms (Figure1). Failure of QTc to shorten despite potassium repletion (serum potassium 4.5 mEq/Lassociated with QTc 490 ms) prompted referral of the patient to a cardiologist. The patient had
Picosecond 10 µm pulse amplification in isotopic CO 2 active medium

Using isotopically enriched carbon dioxide in a CO 2 laser amplifier we eliminated the splitting of a picosecond pulse during amplification that usually results from modulations in the periodical spectrum caused by the rotational line structure.
Dopamine antagonists do not block testosterone-induced decrease in luteinizing hormone.

Abstract These studies were designed to test the hypothesis that testosterone might lower circulating levels of luteinizing hormone (LH) in castrated male rats by activating dopaminergic neuronal systems. Blood samples were drawn from conscious rats through an indwelling cannula during the fourth and eight hours after subcutaneous administration of testosterone (1 or 5 mg/kg, in corn oil). Testosterone caused a dose-dependent decrease in plasma LH levels eight hours after administration. This decrease was not blocked by prior administration of the dopaminergic antagonists haloperidol and flupenthixol. This lack of effect of dopaminergic antagonists indicates that testosterone does not act primarily dopaminergic activation to lower LH.
Tutorial Series 12 Design of a Small Business Data Processing System

Providing complex functions in systems that can be easily used by those with limited skills and training is the major challenge facing small business system designers.
RS 86 in the treatment of alzheimer's disease: Cognitive and biological effects

Twelve patients who met Research Diagnostic Criteria for Alzheimer's disease (AD) completed a double-blind crossover study comparing oral RS 86, a long-acting and specific muscarinic agonist, with placebo. Cognitive and noncognitive effects were assessed with the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS). RS 86 was found to improve ADAS test scores consistently (both cognitive and noncognitive subscales) in seven patients, with a clinically obvious improvement in only two patients. RS 86 produced a significant increase in peak nocturnal cortisol levels, and this increase correlated with improvement on ADAS testing. Similarly, there was a 38% increase in amplitude of the P300 evoked potential with RS 86. The biological findings suggest that RS 86 was effective only to the extent that it enhanced central cholinergic activity.
MEK inhibitors block AICAR-induced maturation in mouse oocytes by a MAPK-independent mechanism.

The present study was carried out to assess the possible role of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in the meiosis-inducing action of the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activator, 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide 1-β-ribofuranoside (AICAR). Cumulus cell-enclosed oocytes (CEO) or denuded oocytes (DO) from immature, eCG-primed mice were cultured 4 hr in Eagle's minimum essential medium containing dbcAMP plus increasing concentrations of AICAR or okadaic acid (OA). OA is a phosphatase inhibitor known to stimulate both meiotic maturation and MAPK activation and served as a positive control. Both OA and AICAR were potent inducers of meiotic resumption in mouse oocytes and brought about the phosphorylation (and thus, activation) of MAPK, but by different kinetics: MAPK phosphorylation preceded GVB in OA-treated oocytes, while that resulting from AICAR treatment appeared only after GVB. The MEK inhibitors, PD98059 and U0126, blocked the meiotic resumption induced by AICAR but not that induced by OA. Although the MEK inhibitors suppressed MAPK phosphorylation in both OA- and AICAR-treated oocytes, meiotic resumption was not causally linked to MAPK phosphorylation in either group. Furthermore, AICAR-induced meiotic resumption in Mos-null oocytes (which are unable to stimulate MAPK) was also abrogated by PD98059 treatment. A non-specific effect of the MEK inhibitors on AICAR accessibility to the oocyte was discounted by showing that they failed to suppress either nucleoside uptake or AICAR-stimulated phosphorylation of acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC), a substrate of AMPK. The suppression of AICAR-induced maturation by MEK inhibitors must, therefore, be occurring by actions unrelated to MEK stimulation of MAPK; consequently, it would be prudent to consider this possible non-specific action of the inhibitors when they are used to block MAPK activation in mouse oocytes. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 70: 235–245, 2005. © 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Porcine sensitized lymph node cells (immunotherapy) and attenuated irradiation for infiltrative transitional cell carcinoma of bladder

Abstract Thirty-four patients with infiltrative bladder carcinoma, Stage B2C or higher were treated with immunotherapy and irradiation. Seventeen patients are alive, and 17 have succumbed to their disease. Eight patients underwent cystectomy after immunotherapy and irradiation; 6 of 8 are alive and well at the present time. The technique of immunotherapy is outlined. New methodology for sequential CT scans and scheduled bladder biopsies is mentioned. The 17 patients have survived twelve to sixty-nine months after immunotherapy and irradiation. Downstaging is demonstrated based on sequential CT scans of the bony pelvis and histologic biopsy. The biopsies reveal eosinophilia and multinucleated giant cells, a specific response to immunotherapy. A prospective randomized study will be initiated.
Revised expected outcomes: Essential for attracting Tasmanian students to careers in agricultural science:

This research qualitatively explores the career choices of Tasmanian university students currently studying a Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree. Essential contributors to students choosing ag...
Higgs boson mass from t-b-τ Yukawa unification

We employ the Yukawa coupling unification condition, y t = y b = y τ at M GUT, inspired by supersymmetric SO(10) models, to estimate the lightest Higgs boson mass as well as masses of the associated squarks and gluino. We employ non-universal soft masses, dictated by SO(10) symmetry, for the gauginos. Furthermore, the soft masses for the two scalar Higgs doublets are set equal at M GUT, and in some examples these are equal to the soft masses for scalars in the matter multiplets. For μ > 0, M 2 > 0, where M 2 denotes the SU(2) gaugino mass, essentially perfect t-b-τ Yukawa unification is possible, and it predicts a Higgs mass of 122-124 GeV with a theoretical uncertainty of about ±3 GeV. The corresponding gluino and the first two family squarks have masses ≳ 3 TeV. We present some LHC testable benchmark points which also show the presence of neutralino-stau coannihilation in this scenario. The well-known MSSM parameter tan β ≈ 47.
Chemical vapor deposition of ruthenium and ruthenium oxide thin films for advanced complementary metal-oxide semiconductor gate electrode applications

A low-temperature (320–480 °C) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) process was developed for the growth of ruthenium and ruthenium oxide thin films. The process used bis(ethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium [Ru(C 5 H 4 C 2 H 5 ) 2 ] and oxygen as, respectively, the ruthenium and oxygen sources. Systematic investigations of film formation mechanisms and associated rate limiting factors that control the nucleation and growth of the Ru and RuO 2 phases led to the demonstration that the MOCVD process can be smoothly and reversibly modified to form either Ru or RuO 2 through simple and straightforward modifications to the processing conditions–primarily oxygen flow and substrate temperature. In particular, films grown at low oxygen flows (50 sccm) exhibited a metallic Ru phase at processing temperatures below 480 °C. In contrast, films grown at high oxygen flow (300 sccm) were metallic Ru below 400 °C. Above 400 °C, a phase transition was observed from Ru to RuO x (0 x 2 as the processing temperature was gradually increased to 480 °C.
Anxiety Sensitivity and Cognitive-Based Smoking Processes: Testing the Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation Among Treatment-Seeking Daily Smokers

The current study investigated whether emotion dysregulation (difficulties in the self-regulation of affective states) mediated relationships between anxiety sensitivity (fear of anxiety and related sensations) and cognitive-based smoking processes. Participants (n = 197; 57.5% male; mean age = 38.0 years) were daily smokers recruited as part of a randomized control trial for smoking cessation. Anxiety sensitivity was uniquely associated with all smoking processes. Moreover, emotion dysregulation significantly mediated relationships between anxiety sensitivity and the smoking processes. Findings suggest that emotion dysregulation is an important construct to consider in relationships between anxiety sensitivity and cognitive-based smoking processes among adult treatment-seeking smokers.
A theoretical model for composite electrolytes—I. Space charge layer as a cause for charge-carrier enhancement

The present paper focuses on the reason for the formation of the space charge layer as the cause of the ionic conductivity enhancement in composite electrolytes. A rigorous analytical solution for the formation of the space charge layer is presented. The formation of the space charge layer is assumed to originate from the formation of a thin amorphous phase by a defect reaction at the interface between the second phase and the matrix. The electric potential distribution, ionic defect distributions, and the average densities of ionic defects in the space charge layer are deduced in analytical forms. An enormous enhancement of the density of the mobile ionic defects in the space charge layer is derived for the first time in an analytical form.
Use of an s‐triazine nitrogen source to select for and isolate a recombinant chlorobenzoate‐degrading Pseudomonas

A novel mating system, which uses the s-triazine nitrogen source (cyanuric acid, CA) as a selective nutritional marker, was developed to evaluate mobility and facilitate identification of chlorobenzoate (CBA) degradation genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain JB2. Matings were done between strain JB2, which is unable to grow with CA, and a CA-utilizer Pseudomonas sp. strain D on 2-CBA-CA and 3-CBA-CA media. Isolates were recovered only from the 2-CBA-CA and were all identified as strain D derivatives. Subtractive hybridization analysis of genomic DNAs from the parental strains and a selected isolate, Pseudomonas sp. strain JPL, was used to determine that the latter organism had acquired approx. 16.1 kb of DNA from strain JB2.
Determination of the Efficiency of Utilization of Lysine and Methionine in Fish Meal for Turkeys

Abstract Biological assays based upon 5 or 6-day body weight gain have been developed to determine the availability of lysine and methionine in menhaden fish meal when added to semi-purified diets of young turkeys. The values for the availability of lysine and methionine in eight fish meals were determined by slope ratio assays to be 93 ± 12% and 83 ± 11%, respectively, of that found by chemical assay.
The Middle East's Democracy Deficit in Comparative Perspective

The Middle East's democracy deficit is a product of the patterns of political and economic development in the region. It is not because the region is predominantly Islamic or is somehow afflicted by purportedly undemocratic cultures. By itself, culture is not an impediment to transition to democracy as it is subject to influences from the larger polity, especially insofar as the economy and the initiatives of the state are concerned. Instead, transition to democracy is determined by the degree of society's autonomy from the state. This autonomy may result from the empowerment of society as a consequence of economic development, or the state elite's devolution of power to social actors and classes, or, more commonly, a combination of both. Assumptions about the inherently undemocratic nature of cultures such as Islamic and Confucian ones are fundamentally invalid. The key to understanding democratic transitions lies instead in the nature of state-society relations rather than the nature of society's norms and values in themselves.
Bromocriptine in the Treatment of Hypogonadism and Male Impotence

A rapid, practical diagnostic scheme is the key to selecting proper candidates for treatment with bromocriptine. The evaluation centres around assays for prolactin and follicle stimulating hormone, poly tomography and computerised axial tomography of the sella turcica and parasellar regions, and the ergot alkaloid, bromocriptine. Additionally, bromocriptine is of significant value in the treatment of men and women with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism. Approximately 80% of patients with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism and hyperprolactinaemia will respond favorably to bromocriptine therapy. In women who conceive during such treatment there appears to be no increase in the rate of spontaneous abortion, of multiple gestations or of congenital anomalies. Bromocriptine appears to be of little value in the treatment of male impotence unless hyperprolactinaemia is a component of the disease. Side effects are usually mild and transient. Following the discontinuation of therapy most patients have a recurrence of hyperprolactinaemia and hypogonadism.
Genetic algorithm for CNN template learning

A learning algorithm for space invariant cellular neural networks (CNNs) is described. Learning is formulated as an optimization problem. Exploration of any specified domain of stable CNNs is possible by the current approach. Templates are derived using a genetic optimization algorithm. Details of the algorithm are discussed and several application results are shown. Using this algorithm, propagation-type and gray-scale-output CNNs can also be designed. >
Interactions of gender, growth hormone, and phenobarbital induction on murine Cyp2b expression.

Abstract The interactions of gender, growth hormone, and phenobarbital induction on Cyp2b expression were examined in phenotypically normal ( lit/+ ) and growth-hormone deficient “little” ( lit/lit ) mice. Using an immunocrossreactive monoclonal antibody designed to identify rat CYP2B1 and 2B2 proteins, we observed three hepatic Cyp2b proteins in control ( lit/+ ) females, but only two proteins, one at trace levels, in control males. Phenobarbital administration to lit/+ mice increased the expression of the two Cyp2b isoforms in the males by 3- to 4-fold, but produced an approximately 75% reduction in the female-expressed proteins. Whereas growth hormone depletion ( lit/lit ) had no effect on the expression profile of Cyp2b proteins in females, it had a de-repressive effect in males, resulting in the expression of three proteins at concentrations now comparable to those observed in female liver. Generally, phenobarbital had no inductive effects in the lit/lit mice of both sexes. In all groups, transcript levels measured by a CYP2B1 probe were in agreement with the protein findings. In contrast, Cyp2b mRNA identified by an oligonucleotide probe for CYP2B2 were repressed completely by growth hormone in both sexes, and was expressed as a female-predominant transcript in the lit/lit mice. In spite of an apparent high degree of sequence homology between the rat CYP2B and murine Cyp2b gene families, the present findings highlight fundamental differences in their constitutive and gender-dependent expression, growth hormone regulation, and phenobarbital inducibility.
An Example of the Initialization of the Divergent Wind Component in a Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction Model

Abstract We describe a procedure for the initialization of the divergent wind component in a mesoscale, numerical weather prediction model and evaluate it in terms of its ability to provide an improved short-range precipitation forecast. The divergent wind component was obtained from a vertical velocity field that was diagnosed using an omega equation. The diabatic term of the omega equation was dominant in regions of observed precipitation. Five precipitation forecasts were performed for the same 12 h period but each was initialized in a different manner. One procedure combined the diagnosed divergent component with the observed nondivergent wind. This total wind was used in a divergent balance equation to obtain the temperature field. The precipitation forecast based on these initial conditions was compared with those started from nondivergent, balanced initial conditions as well as from unbalanced data that contained the observed divergent component. The use of the diagnosed divergence significantly im...
Design and Performance of the Autonomous Data Acquisition System for the ARIANNA High Energy Neutrino Detector

The ARIANNA experiment will observe high-energy cosmogenic neutrino signatures via a large array of autonomous radio listening stations dispersed on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Each station in the projected array of 900 stations will contain RF antennas, amplifiers, digitization, real-time triggering circuitry, a CPU with solid-state data storage, and redundant remote communications paths. Power is provided by both sun and wind. Two prototype stations have been installed, with a hexagonal array of seven stations, with each positioned 1 km apart, due for deployment over the next two seasons. The station's core data acquisition system includes four channels of analog sampling circuits that operate at 2 GHz and achieve over 11 bits of dynamic range. These circuits sample continuously over a 128-sample circular analog storage array. The circuits use a phase-locked loop to generate the 2 GHz internal sample clocking from a ~ 30 MHz external clock. Unlike most previous such designs, the high-speed sample clocking is completely synchronous and has very high timing stability, with about 1 ppm RMS jitter. The sampling circuits include the ability to produce a real-time trigger based on pattern-matching of the incoming waveform. Up to 72 patterns can be searched for in parallel, and each pattern looks at 8 consecutive samples, requiring that any or all of the samples be above a high threshold, below a separate low threshold, in-between the two thresholds, or a “don't care” condition. Each station also includes computing and solid-state event storage, environmental monitoring of voltage and power consumption, wind and temperature conditions, and both long-distance wireless to McMurdo Station and Iridium satellite communications. For the 2011-2012 austral season, about 1.4 million events were acquired between the second station's installation on December 21, 2011 and March 15, 2012.
Integrated Communication and Control Systems: Part III—Nonidentical Sensor and Controller Sampling

Networking in Integrated Communication and Control Systems (ICCS) introduces randomly varying delays which degrade the system dynamic performance and are a source of potential instability. In Part I of this sequence of papers, a discrete-time, finite-dimensional model of the delayed control system for analysis and design of ICCS was developed where the sensor and controller have identical sampling rates. In Part II, two alternate approaches for ICCS design, namely, identical and nonidentical sampling rates for sensor and controller were proposed. This Part III presents extended modeling of ICCS for nonidentical sensor and controller sampling rates. This model is also suitable for analyzing tracking problems, i.e., control systems with time-dependent reference inputs.
Sensing, communications, and processing budgets for tomographic distributed ground sensor arrays

A sensor array is tomographic if sensor modules share raw information to form a joint target model. Target identification is then implemented on the global model. This paper considers sensor head and sensor array resource budgets for tomographic ground sensors. In this application, mixed local and global analysis schemes are likely to prove optimal. We illustrate potential approaches with images and analysis of 3D visual and infrared targets.© (2000) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Poster abstract: serial data aggregation using space-filling curves in wireless sensor networks

Many applications require that sensor observations in a given geographic region be aggregated or fused in a serial fashion. This requires a routing path to be constructed through all sensors in that region. This paper investigates efficient network traversal techniques to construct such path using the novel concept of space-filling curves.
B cells limit epitope spreading and reduce severity of EAE induced with PLP peptide in BALB/c mice.

Abstract The role of B cells and antibody in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) appears to differ based on the identity and state (protein vs. encephalitogenic peptide) of the inducing antigen and the strain of mouse utilized. The involvement of B cells in the induction of EAE by peptides of proteolipid protein (PLP) in BALB/c mice was investigated. Wild-type and B cell-deficient (B cell −/− ) mice on the BALB/c background were immunized with overlapping PLP peptides, and the disease course was followed. Although incidence and onset of PLP 180–199 -induced EAE was similar in WT and B cell −/− mice, the clinical course was more severe in B cell −/− mice. During acute disease, proliferation and interferon-γ production by lymphoid cells from both strains were similar and were elicited predominantly in response to the immunizing antigen. However, during chronic disease lymphoid cells isolated from B cell −/− mice proliferated to a greater extent and produced more interferon-γ in response to the overlapping peptide PLP 185–206 and to the smaller internal peptide PLP 185–199 than did WT mice. These data suggest that B cells regulate PLP-induced EAE in BALB/c mice through control of epitope spreading.
Ionic constituents and osmolality of gastric and small-intestinal fluids after eating.

Gastric and small-intestinal contents of normal human subjects were analyzed for sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride, bile salts, osmolality, pH, and-for polyethylene glycol (if this volume indicator was included in the test meal) following the ingestion of 2 meals. From the results, osmotic constituents of
Hyperglycemia Induced by Megestrol Acetate

Excerpt To the Editors:Henry and coworkers' report (1) of diabetes mellitus induced by megestrol acetate prompts me to report a similar case. A 25-year-old man was diagnosed with the acquired immun...
Complex α-thalassemia-like syndrome: A cause of neonatal normoblastemia

A previously unrecognized hypochromic anemia associated with marked normoblastemia during the newborn period is reported. One male and two female siblings and a first cousin had a hypochromic anemia and marked normoblastemia (300 to 900 normoblast index per 100 white blood cells) at birth. Globin chain synthesis studies on peripheral blood of the proband at birth indicated the presence of α-thalassemia trait with possible reduced γ chain synthesis. Studies of globin chain synthesis on the father, two older affected siblings of the proband, and the proband at 1.5 years of age revealed α-thalassemia trait. The data suggest this complex α-thalassemia-like condition as a new syndrome associated with marked neonatal normoblastemia.
Tumoral calcinosis causing bone erosion in a renal dialysis patient.

Tumoral calcinosis is a rare disorder manifest by large calcific periarticular masses. Associated bone destruction has been described previously only once. The radiographic and computed tomographic (CT) findings of bone erosion in a case of tumoral calcinosis in a renal dialysis patient are presented. Although the presence of bone destruction may suggest a neoplasm, it does not exclude the diagnosis of tumoral calcinosis
Deletions of 17p13.1 and 13q14 are uncommon in Waldenström macroglobulinemia clonal cells and mostly seen at the time of disease progression.

Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM) is a plasma cell dyscrasia characterized by a monoclonal IgM paraproteinemia. Deletions of 17p13.1 and 13q14 are associated with tumor progression and worsened outcome in multiple myeloma (MM), and we thus investigated WM patients for their presence. Patients (n = 40) were required to have a > or = 1.5 g/dl serum IgM paraproteinemia and a monoclonal lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate. We used interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with probes that localized to 17p13.1(LSI p53/CEP 17) and 13q14 (D13S319 and LSI 13 Rb). Of 40 successfully studied patients for 17p13.1(p53) deletions, 6 were abnormal, consistent with hemizygous deletion (15%). Of 37 cases successfully studied for the 13q14 deletions, 6 were also abnormal with one pair of signals deleted (16%). Patients with deletions were more likely to be later in the course of the disease. No obvious clinical associations were noted with the exception that patients with 17p13.1(p53) deletions had a higher percent involvement of clonal cells in the bone marrow. Deletions of these two regions are uncommon in WM, being more common in the late stages of the disease, thus unlikely playing a role in primary disease pathogenesis.
Change in a nuclear phosphoprotein during in vitro myogenesis.

Abstract Synthesis and phosphorylation of total myoblast nuclear proteins have been studied during three stages of in vitro myogenesis: myoblast proliferation (22 h), pre-fusion mitotic arrest (44 h), and in myotubes (68 h). Phosphorylation in intact cells with [ 32 P]orthophosphate followed by SDS slab gel electrophoresis and radioautography of nuclear proteins reveals a striking decline in phosphorylation of a 100 000 D band at 44 h. This phosphoprotein band is not detectable at 68 h. Phosphorylation of isolated nuclei with γ-[ 32 P]ATP reveals the 100 000 D band as the major phosphoprotein which declines to 40% by 68 h. Assessment of content and synthesis of individual nuclear proteins by Coomassie Blue staining and [ l - 35 S]methionine labelling reveals no appreciable changes in co-migrating 100 000 D bands, suggesting that the decline in phosphorylation is caused by either decreased kinase or increased phosphatase activity.
The planar transient hygroexpansion of copy paper : Experiments and analysis

Experimental results for transient hygroexpansion of copy paper sheets subjected to step changes in RH were obtained. MD transient hygroexpansion strain rates (expressed in normalized forms) during ...
Importance of the standard electrocardiogram in ambulatory (Holter) electrocardiography

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DOES HE PULL IT OFF? A THEISTIC GROUNDING OF NATURAL INHERENT HUMAN RIGHTS?

This paper focuses on two key issues in Nicholas Wolterstorff’s Justice: Rights and Wrongs. It argues that Wolterstorff’s theistic grounding of inherent rights is not successful. It also argues that Wolterstorff does not provide adequate criteria for determining what exactly these natural inherent rights are or criteria that can help us to evaluate competing and contradictory claims about these rights. However, most of Wolterstorff’s book is not concerned with the theistic grounding of inherent rights. Instead, it is devoted to a detailed and rigorous articulation of the meaning and defense of a theory of justice as consisting of inherent rights and with showing why this theory of justice is superior to the alternative right order theories that Wolterstorff criticizes. The paper concludes that these accomplishments are not diminished even if Wolterstorff has failed to provide us with a satisfactory theistic grounding of his theory.
Foaming Volume and Foam Stability

A method of measuring foaming volume is described and investigated to establish the critical factors in its operation. Data on foaming volumes and foam stabilities are given for a series of hydrocarbons and for a range of concentrations of aqueous ethylene-glycol solutions. It is shown that the amount of foam formed depends on the machinery of its production as well as on properties of the liquid, whereas the stability of the foam produced, within specified mechanical limitations, is primarily a function of the liquid.
Possible Neoproterozoic-early Paleozoic grabens in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee

Low-intensity magnetic and negative gravity anomalies in northern Mississippi, north-western Alabama, and western Tennessee are viewed as being similar to the magnetic and gravity low associated with the Mississippi Valley graben. The anomalies are interpreted as shallow grabens, and it is proposed that the grabens, like the Mississippi Valley graben, resulted from northwest-southeast extension during Neoproterozoic-early Paleozoic fragmentation of Laurentia. If real, the grabens indicate that extension affected a larger part of Laurentia than has been previously documented. They imply hitherto unsuspected oil and gas potential and, if the area is coupled to the stress field affecting the Mississippi Valley graben, represent structures that warrant evaluation for seismic risk.
Solvothermal azide decomposition route to GaN nanoparticles, nanorods, and faceted crystallites

We report a straightforward, nonaqueous, solvothermal method for the production of nanoscale gallium nitride structures. Nanoparticles with spherical and rodlike morphologies are produced via in situ gallium azide precursor synthesis and decomposition in superheated toluene or THF. The solution reaction between gallium chloride and sodium azide produces an insoluble azide precursor that solvothermally decomposes to GaN at temperatures below 260 °C. The resulting products are poorly crystalline but thermally stable and crystallize to hexagonal GaN upon annealing at 750 °C. Product morphologies include nanoparticles (ca. 50 nm) and nanorods (ca. 300 nm lengths). Upon annealing, the nanoparticles coalesce into larger organized crystalline structures with hexagonal facets.
Electronic inventory systems and barcode technology: impact on pharmacy technical accuracy and error liability.

PurposeTo measure the effects associated with sequential implementation of electronic medication storage and inventory systems and product verification devices on pharmacy technical accuracy and ra...