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Pecan Nut Casebearer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Seasonal Activity and Mating Frequency in Central Texas

Seasonal activity and mating frequency of the pecan nut casebearer, Acrobasis nuxvorella Neunzig, were studied in three central-Texas orchards from 1976 through 1981. Moths were collected from blacklight traps throughout each season (May through November), and females were periodically examined for spermatophores. Comparisons were made between orchards, generations, years, and male-female ratios to determine how these factors influenced mating frequency and moth activity. The size of moth populations varied with orchards, but the generation cycles and mating frequencies were similar for all orchards. Mating frequencies were similar for different generations but were significantly different between years. The typical mating frequency of a generation began with the first moths captured being virgin or mated once; as the generation progressed, females with an additional spermatophore were encountered about every 2 to 4 days until near the end of the generation, when a few moths were found that had mated 5 to 10 times. Approximately 95% of the moths mated 0 to 4 times; about 50% of all females mated once. Because all generations of female nut casebearer moths were found to be multiple mated, this may preclude any anticipated sterile-male release program designed to eradicate this insect.
Women's rehabilitation and recovery.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of disability in American women over the age of50. It is clear that women are at risk; while mortality rates in the general population have decreased considerably over the past 3 decades, rates for women, particu larly African-American women, have gone down much more slowly. Despite the limited amount of research specific to the needs of women during recovery and rehabilitation, it appea rs that women who experience a cardiac event face unique physiologic and psychosocial issues. Cardiovascu lar nurses must begin to consider physiologi c and psychosocial issues central to the rehabilitation and recovery of women as part of a process that begins in the critical care unit and extends to patient and family needs within the community. This article reviews and summarizes the literature on rehabilitation and recovery in women who have experienced a cardiac event. This article also includes an overview of physiologic and psychosocial issues specific to rehabilitation and recovery in women with cardiovascular disease.
Inks Prepared and Used by Iconographers

During the Middle Ages writing was done on varied materials (parchment, paper, wood, wood tablets covered in wax, glass, stone, mortar) and using varied tools (quills, nibs, brushes, by incision, by carving). The observations included in this chapter are concerned with inks used to write on paper and parchment only. They were used for official documents, but also to transcribe the painters’ handbook and to write on manuscripts (some of them illuminated). Some originated in princely, judicial or ecclesiastical offices. There are also numerous manuscripts written by clergymen or laymen who exchanged letters, translated or copied other manuscripts, or recorded events, balances, thoughts, recipes of interest for everyday life or for practicing different trades. Knowing the composition of the inks, the way to prepare and to use them, is of interest for the history of science, for those who conserve and restore art objects, as well as for their custodians.
Hemorrhagic lumbar synovial facet cyst secondary to transforaminal epidural injection: A case report and review of the literature

A 64-year-old-female presented with progressive left foot weakness, low back and radicular pain after a left sided S1 transforaminal epidural steroid injection (ESI). Magnetic resonance imaging revealed left side L5-S1 large extradural heterogeneous mass with layering areas suggesting different stages of hematoma formation. Past medical history was significant for peripheral vascular disease and transient ischemic attacks, for which she took aspirin and clopidogrel (antiplatelet agent). These medications were discontinued one week prior to ESI. Although synovial cysts associated with facet arthropathy are common, hemorrhagic cyst is not. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of symptomatic hemorrhagic lumbar facet synovial cyst following ESI on a patient taking anti-platelet medications.
Core Biopsy of the Kidney

This section provides a comprehensive procedural report for core biopsy of the kidney procedure with up-to-date explanatory notes, synopsis of the indications and contraindications, and potential complications in an organized and practical format.
Adder MAC and estimates for Rényi entropy

This paper discusses a possible program for improving the outer (converse) bounds on the finite-blocklength performance of multiple-access codes. The program is based on a certain conjecture involving Renyi entropy of a sum of two independent binary vectors. Some partial results towards showing the conjecture are presented. The problem of bounding the joint Renyi entropy in terms of the marginal entropies is addressed.
Abstract 566: The Transcriptome of the Human Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque

Ischemic stroke is a complex disease process with carotid atherosclerosis as the major etiologic source. To better understand the biology of a vulnerable plaque we carried out whole transcriptome shotgun sequencing of human carotid plaques. Methods 5 carotid atherosclerotic plaques were obtained at the time of operation (2 symptomatic, 2 asymptomatic, and 1 control). RNA was isolated and 5 cDNA libraries were constructed and sequenced with single-reads100nt in length using one line of flow cell of HySeq 2000 (Illumina Inc). Standard bioinformatic techniques were used to ensure quality screening of raw reads. Ingenuity Systems IPA software was used to determine canonical biological pathways overrepresented in plaques. We compared our data to the data of Illumina Human Body Map processed by a similar analytical pipeline. Linkage analysis was performed. Results Among detected pathways were “Atherosclerosis Signaling” and pathways involved in inflammation and cell differentiation. We analyzed gene expression data by creating a distance matrix based on Jaccard similarity measure (Fig 1). When gene expression values were used to create a matrix of Euclidian distances between known transcriptomes, four specimens including the control clustered with heart and muscle. The transcriptome from the stroke patient was more similar to lung, liver and heart. Conclusion Whole transcriptome analysis of carotid plaques is feasible and ontologically accurate. We demonstrate linkage differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic plaques and biological pathways involved in vascular lesion formation. Further analysis may provide insight into the vulnerable plaque pathobiology.
Gas-Phase Carboxylic Acids in a University Classroom: Abundance, Variability, and Sources

Gas-phase carboxylic acids are ubiquitous in ambient air, yet their indoor occurrence and abundance are poorly characterized. To fill this gap, we measured gas-phase carboxylic acids in real-time inside and outside of a university classroom using a high-resolution time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometer (HRToF-CIMS) equipped with an acetate ion source. A wide variety of carboxylic acids were identified indoors and outdoors, including monoacids, diacids, hydroxy acids, carbonyl acids, and aromatic acids. An empirical parametrization was derived to estimate the sensitivity (ion counts per ppt of the analytes) of the HRToF-CIMS to the acids. The campaign-average concentration of carboxylic acids measured outdoors was 1.0 ppb, with the peak concentration occurring in daytime. The average indoor concentration of carboxylic acids was 6.8 ppb, of which 87% was contributed by formic and lactic acid. While carboxylic acids measured outdoors displayed a single daytime peak, those measured indoors displ...
Two-Point Optimal Narrow Limit Plans with Applications to MIL-STD-105D

Narrow limit gauging combines the ease of attributes inspection with the power of variables sampling to reduce sample size. Tables of narrow limit plans that have two fixed points on the operating characteristic curve and are optimal in terms of minimum..
Phosphate Removal from Agricultural Drainage Water Using an Iron Oxyhydroxide Filter Material

Phosphate discharged in agricultural drainage causes water quality degradation on local, regional, and national scales. Iron oxyhydroxide filter materials can potentially remove the soluble phosphate present in drainage waters. Laboratory saturated column experiments and preliminary small-scale field tests were carried out to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of a synthetic goethite iron oxyhydroxide (α-FeOOH) filter material for phosphate treatment. Original iron oxyhydroxide filter material (SG-IOH-O) and the same filter material regenerated with sodium hydroxide (SG-IOH-R) were assessed. Results of replicated laboratory experiments showed that columns packed with SG-IOH-O or SG-IOH-R almost totally removed phosphate (>98%) from drainage waters spiked with an additional 1 or 10 ppm phosphate-P (PO4-P). The column experiments with SG-IOH-O or SG-IOH-R additionally indicated that contact times of only 10 to 15 s were sufficient for near complete removal of phosphate from drainage water spiked with 1 ppm PO4-P. In an initial small-scale filter treatment system field test with SG-IOH-O, percent phosphate removal averaged 89% in the first 200 days, which then decreased to an average 40% phosphate removal in the last 80 days. Following this initial field test, two field tests, one with SG-IOH-O and the other with SG-IOH-R, were conducted concurrently over a period of 193 days, with the SG-IOH-O system phosphate removal averaging 75%, while the SG-IOH-R system phosphate removal averaged 34%. This study’s findings support possible goethite iron oxyhydroxide filter material use for drainage water phosphate treatment; however, larger-scale field investigations are needed, particularly with modified regeneration procedures.
THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II ON COST ACCOUNTING AT THE SPERRY CORPORATION

The impact of World War II on cost accountancy in the U.S. may be viewed as a double-edged sword. Its most positive effect was engendering greater cost awareness, particularly among companies that ...
Users’ Attitudes Towards the “Going Dark” Debate

This study sought to investigate the attitude and behavior of people toward the issue of privacy and national security. The online survey was carried administered to 243 online users. Participants were randomly assigned to evaluate three statements, namely, “Citizen Privacy takes precedence over national security,” “Governments should have access to all encrypted data,” and “Individual privacy is a human right.” For each statement, we measured participants’ level of agreement using a 5-point Likert scale. Using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), we examined if privacy attitudes were different among user characteristics such as gender, religions belief, field of study and educational level. The results showed that most people have negative attitude toward government access to private data, but this view is divided along the religious, gender and field of study.
Free Energy Functions for Charge Separation in Wild-Type and Mutant Bacterial Reaction Centers

We have used molecular-dynamics simulations to examine the time-dependent energy gap between P* and P+BL- in purple bacterial reaction centers (RCs). Here P is the primary electron donor and BL(BA) is the neighboring “accessory” bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) that probably accepts an electron in the initial step of charge separation. From the fluctuations of the energy gap during molecular-dynamics trajectories in the reactant and product states one can obtain the Marcus free-energy curves that determine the activation energy of the initial charge-separation reaction. Effects of mutations on the activation energy can be explored, and protein motions that are coupled to the reaction can be characterized.
Lights, Camera, Empathy: A Request to Slow the Emergency Medicine Standardized Video Interview Project Study.

We believe that the strongest residencies feature trainees of diverse personalities and backgrounds. We believe that true understanding and excellence in patient care are nurtured by these differences, and we firmly disagree with any actions that, intentionally or not, diminish our field's diversity. Attempting to predict future potential from a psychometric present may be shade to growth for the diverse physicians that EM hopes to attract. If applicant metrics are not adequate or valid, we must reevaluate their utility and inclusion. However, we recommend that a more thorough explanation of the need for the SVI pilot study be shared, with consideration to the possibility that other markers of an applicant's portfolio may already satisfy this need. We question the utility of an additional measure that increases burden and potential bias on medical students who have no ability to decline participation or participate in design. Until the validity of the SVI's ability to predict future performance is determined, mandatory participation and reporting to residency programs should not be implemented.
Halo vest immobilization

The halo vest is the most effective brace for restricting motion in the upper cervical spine. Although the indications for nonsurgical management with the halo vest are a topic of debate, the halo vest is frequently used to treat fractures such as Jefferson fractures, odontoid fractures, and hangman’s fractures. Conservative management with the halo vest may avoid the risk of surgery; however, it is not a completely benign intervention. The weight and constriction of the vest impair swallowing, pulmonary function, and mobility. The ability of the patient to tolerate immobilization with the halo vest is an important consideration before its application. One key to avoiding complications with the halo vest is to select an appropriate location for the halo pins. Structures that must be avoided include the frontal sinus, supraorbital nerve, and temporalis muscle. After application of the halo vest, careful clinical and radiographic follow-up should be conducted in all cases to ensure that the patient is tolerating the vest and that it is effective in restricting cervical motion.
Whose Problem Is Non-Identity?

Teleological theories of reason and value, which take reasons to be reasons to realize “best” states of affairs, cannot account for the intuition that victims in non-identity cases have been wronged. Deontological accounts, however, recognize second-personal reasons, reflective of the moral significance of each person regardless of outcomes. We argue that such deontological accounts are better positioned to identify the wrong to victims in non-identity cases because a person wrongs another on such accounts if she violates his second-personal claims. Parfit argues that non-identity victims would consent to the acts in question, thereby waiving any such second-personal claims. But his arguments misrepresent the role of consent by articulating it through appeal to the very teleological theory of reasons that deontologists reject. We argue that Parfit's conception of consent as retroactive endorsement only determines whether, given that the non-identity victim is second-personally wronged, he is nonetheless better off existing. It becomes clear that non-identity poses a problem for teleology – it cannot account for the intuition that non-identity victims have been wronged – but deontology can.
Genetic Engineering in Agriculture: Who Stands to Benefit?

The use of genetic engineering inagriculture has been the source of much debate. Todate, arguments have focused most strongly on thepotential human health risks, the flow of geneticmaterial to related species, and ecologicalconsequences. Little attention appears to have beengiven to a more fundamental concern, namely, who willbe the beneficiaries of this technology? Given the prevalence of chronic hunger and thestark economics of farming, it is arguable thatfarmers and the hungry should be the mainbeneficiaries of agricultural research. However, theapplication of genetic engineering appears unlikely tobenefit either of these two groups. This technology islargely controlled by the private sector, and itscontinued development hinges on its profitability.Thus, the only likely beneficiaries of the applicationof genetic engineering in agriculture are companieswith the capacity to use it.
Infrared communication to control software applications

Computers are becoming more and more easy to use. From a sequence of keys pressed to a click of a mouse button users can make choices or events happen. However, people are required to sit at a computer. If they are away from the computer they cannot use the computer. There are, however, many ways to solve this problem. For instance, by voice, people can speak what they want accomplished and the computer can make it happen. Another way is by a remote controller. This research proposes a way to use a Universal Remote Controller and an infrared receiver, to control a computer application.
Oblivious Routing for Sensor Network Topologies

We present oblivious routing algorithms whose routing paths are constructed independent of each other, with no dependence on the routing history. Oblivious algorithms are inherently adaptive to dynamic packet traffic, exhibit low congestion, and require low maintenance. All these attributes make oblivious algorithms to be suitable for sensor networks which are characterized by their limited energy and computational resources. Specifically, low congestion provides load balancing, and low stretch provides low-energy utilization. We present two simple oblivious routing algorithms. The first algorithm is for geometric networks in which nodes are embedded in the Euclidean plane. In this algorithm, a packet path is constructed by first choosing a random intermediate node in the space between the source and destination and then the packet is sent to its destination through the intermediate node. In the second algorithm we study mesh networks, where the nodes are arranged in a two-dimensional grid. Grids are interesting symmetric topologies which can be used as a testbed for designing efficient new routing algorithms in sensor networks. The oblivious algorithm in the mesh constructs the paths by decomposing the network into smaller submeshes in a hierarchical manner. This algorithm can be extended to d dimensions, which makes it suitable for three-dimensional sensor network deployments, such as in buildings and tall structures. We analyze the algorithms in terms of the stretch and congestion of the resulting paths and demonstrate that they exhibit near optimal performance.
Reveling in Complexity: Dittes' Male Metaphors and Their Bearing on the Crisis of Clergy Sexual Abuse

In Driven By Hope: Men and Meaning (1996b), James E. Dittes explores the distinctively religious character of men's experience in postindustrial modern western culture. In this article, I first explicate Dittes' developing perspective on men's experience—his “middle way”—by focusing on his exploration of classical and biblical metaphors of men's life experience, including Oedipus and Adam, the magi and the monarch, the pilgrim and the conquistador, and the son and father. Then, I extend Dittes' models of normative male development to reflect upon the current crisis around clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church.
What Is Integrated Behavioral Health

This chapter defines integrated care using as its foundation a carefully vetted, published definition that is widely sanctioned. More importantly, it explains this official definition and translates it into compatible language both for use within your practice and also for audiences beyond your practice who will have different needs to know what you are doing. The chapter connects this definition to different models of integrated care. It culminates with providing a worksheet to determine how your local approach to integrating behavioral health sustains the essential features of integrated care while customizing it to what your patients need and what can be done under your circumstances.
Cholecystectomy During the Third Trimester of Pregnancy: Proceed or Delay?

Background Current guidelines suggest that cholecystectomy during the third trimester of pregnancy is safe for both the woman and the fetus. However, no population-based study has examined this issue. The aim of this analysis was to compare the results of cholecystectomy during the third trimester of pregnancy with outcomes in women operated on in the early postpartum period in a large population. Methods The California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development database was queried from 2005 to 2014. Women undergoing cholecystectomy during the third trimester of pregnancy (n = 403) were compared with those having this procedure in the 3 months post partum (n = 17,490). Patient demographics as well as maternal delivery and cholecystectomy-related outcomes were compared by standard statistics as well as after adjustments for age, race, comorbidities, insurance status, and hospital setting. Results Women who underwent cholecystectomy during the third trimester were older (27 vs 25 years; p Conclusions Maternal delivery and procedure-related outcomes were worse when cholecystectomy was performed during the third trimester of pregnancy. Preterm delivery, which is associated with multiple adverse infant outcomes, was increased in third-trimester women. Whenever possible, cholecystectomy should be delayed until the postpartum period.
SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION OF A WETTING FLUID INTO A FRACTURE WITH OPPOSING FRACTAL SURFACES: THEORY AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION

Spontaneous imbibition (SI) is a capillary-driven flow process, in which a wetting fluid moves into a porous medium displacing an existing non-wetting fluid. This process likely contributes to the ...
Preliminary Investigation of Symmetry Learning Control for Powered Ankle-Foot Prostheses

This article proposes a human-in-the-loop optimization method, targeting gait symmetry, for powered ankle-foot prostheses (PAFPs). Individuals with unilateral below-knee amputations have distinctly asymmetrical gaits, which predisposes them to a host of secondary musculoskeletal impairments, including osteoarthritis of the intact limb joints. PAFPs can restore some ankle function, however current control methodologies rely on able-bodied gait data for trajectory synthesis, require expert tuning, and are limited in their ability to adapt. Human-in-the-loop methods, where the control signal is adjusted based on the achieved actions of the coupled human-robot system, would allow for automatic personalization and continuous adaptation. An adaptive gain iterative learning control algorithm adjusts the PAFPs torque to match the achieved intact ankle torque while maintaining boundedness of the control signal. The method is experimentally assessed during a pilot (N=1) study with a prototype PAFP. Results indicate a 25% reduction in the difference of mean peak ankle torques, and a reduction in ankle toque, ankle power and support moment asymmetry. This work demonstrates the practical implementation of a symmetry-based learning controller, which resulted in beneficial biomechanic adaptations, therefore providing motivation for future investigations of symmetry-based controllers for PAFPs.
Convolutional Neural Networks for Neonatal Pain Assessment

The current standard for assessing neonatal pain is discontinuous and inconsistent because it depends highly on the observers bias. These drawbacks can result in delayed intervention and inconsistent treatment of pain. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have gained much popularity in the last decades due to the wide range of its successful applications in medical image analysis, object and emotion recognition. In this paper, we investigated the use of a novel lightweight neonatal convolutional neural network as well as other popular CNN architectures for assessing neonatal pain. We experimented with various image augmentation techniques and evaluated the CNN architectures using two real-world datasets [COPE and neonatal pain assessment dataset (NPAD)] collected from neonates while being hospitalized in the intensive care unit. The experimental results demonstrate the superiority and efficiency of the novel network in assessing neonatal pain. They also suggest that the automatic recognition of neonatal pain using CNN networks is a viable and more efficient alternative to the current assessment standard.
α-metalation of 1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-1,4-dihydropyridines

Abstract The α-metalation-alkylation of 4-substituted 1-( tert -butoxycarbonyl)-1,4-dihydropyridines is described. Subsequent aromatization provides a new route to 2,4-disubstituted pryidines.
Ancient Egyptian Phonology

In Ancient Egyptian Phonology. James Allen studies the sounds of the language spoken by the ancient Egyptians through application of the most recent methodological advances for phonological reconstruction. Using the internal evidence of the language, he proceeds from individual vowels and consonants to the sound of actual ancient Egyptian texts. Allen also explores variants, alternants, and the development of sound in texts, and touches on external evidence from Afroasiatic cognate languages. The most up to date work on this topic, Ancient Egyptian Phonology is an essential resource for Egyptologists and will also be of interest to scholars and linguists of African and Semitic languages.
Diel and tidal pCO2 × O2 fluctuations provide physiological refuge to early life stages of a coastal forage fish

Coastal ecosystems experience substantial natural fluctuations in pCO2 and dissolved oxygen (DO) conditions on diel, tidal, seasonal and interannual timescales. Rising carbon dioxide emissions and anthropogenic nutrient input are expected to increase these pCO2 and DO cycles in severity and duration of acidification and hypoxia. How coastal marine organisms respond to natural pCO2 × DO variability and future climate change remains largely unknown. Here, we assess the impact of static and cycling pCO2 × DO conditions of various magnitudes and frequencies on early life survival and growth of an important coastal forage fish, Menidia menidia. Static low DO conditions severely decreased embryo survival, larval survival, time to 50% hatch, size at hatch and post-larval growth rates. Static elevated pCO2 did not affect most response traits, however, a synergistic negative effect did occur on embryo survival under hypoxic conditions (3.0 mg L−1). Cycling pCO2 × DO, however, reduced these negative effects of static conditions on all response traits with the magnitude of fluctuations influencing the extent of this reduction. This indicates that fluctuations in pCO2 and DO may benefit coastal organisms by providing periodic physiological refuge from stressful conditions, which could promote species adaptability to climate change.
Sonication-assisted hydrolysis of ozone oxidized detonation nanodiamond

Abstract We demonstrate a simple and technologically viable process of nanodiamond deaggregation by ozone/oxygen gas mixture treatment of detonation nanodiamonds (DNDs) followed by horn sonication in alkaline water to obtain single digit DND colloids without milling. The dried deaggregated DNDs demonstrate outstanding redispersibility in water. Characterization of the deaggregated DND shows that the horn sonication process in water leads to efficient hydrolysis of surface anhydrides created by ozone oxidation to carboxylic acid groups, thus increasing hydrophilicity of the DND surface.
91 Technology-delivered intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization: prevalence and associations among a nationally-representative sample of young men

Statement of Purpose Determine prevalence and associations of technology-delivered intimate partner violence (IPV) among a nationally-representative sample of young men, using IPV groups of perpetration only, both perpetration and victimization, and victimization only. Methods/Approach 1,052 men age 18–35 years in nationally-representative sample completed surveys in September 2014. Validated measures examined demographics, health service use, mental health and substance use, and technology-delivered IPV (insulted partner, sent threatening messages, asked partner where they were at, checked partner’s phone without permission, accessed partner’s account without permission) perpetration and victimization. We conducted survey-weighted descriptive statistics and multinomial logistic regression. Results Among men (mean age 26.5, 42.4% non-White), prevalence of technology-delivered IPV perpetration only was 4.1%, both perpetration and victimization was 25.6%, and victimization only was 8.0%. Technology-delivered IPV perpetration only was associated with prescription pain medication non-medical use (AOR 2.67, 95% CI 1.40–5.09); both perpetration and victimization was correlated with mental healthcare visits (AOR 1.89, 95% C.I. 1.18–3.05), alcohol misuse (AOR 1.11, 95% CI 1.05–1.17), and illicit drug use (AOR 1.48, 95% CI 1.00–2.19); and victimization only was associated with regular doctor for care (AOR 0.45, 95% C.I. 0.22–0.91), marijuana use (AOR 0.79, 95% C.I. 0.63–1.00), and prescription pain medication non-medical use (AOR 2.19, 95% CI 1.10–4.36). Conclusions In the U.S. among young men, technology-delivered IPV was reported by 1 in 25 for perpetration only, 1 in 4 for both perpetration and victimization, and 1 in 12 for victimization only. Health service use, alcohol and substance use, and prescription opiate misuse correlates were similar for both perpetration and victimization, and victimization only, groups. Significance and Contributions to Injury and Violence Prevention Science Healthcare providers in primary care and mental health can consider clinical assessment of young men for technology-delivered IPV perpetration, victimization, or both, along with associated mental health and substance use.
Same-day, cross-day, and upward spiral relations between positive affect and positive health behaviours

This project investigated same-day and lagged (i.e., from one day to the next) associations between daily positive affect and three distinct positive health behaviours: physical activity, fruit and...
A behavioral-based forensic investigation approach for analyzing attacks on water plants using GANs

Abstract With the continuous modernization of water plants, malicious, often state-sponsored attacks continue to create havoc in such critical realms. Motivated by this, this paper proposes an unsupervised data-driven approach to support cyber forensics in such unique setups. Specifically, the proposed approach aims at inferring and attributing cyber attacks using sensor readings and actuators states. The approach operates using attack-free data, which is attractive towards cyber forensics of such systems, where attack-related empirical data is rarely widely available due to security and privacy reasons. The proposed method also provides the capability to track and identify the attacked assets for prioritization purposes. The proposed approach exploits Bidirectional Generative Adversarial Networks (BiGAN) to fingerprint the behavior of the system under regular operation. It employs a combination of Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) as a basis of its design components. The Energy Distance (ED) and Maximum Mean Discrepancy (MMD) are used to evaluate how firmly the model has learned the system's behavior. The approach also leverages the l1-norm distance between unseen data and corresponding reconstruction to estimate the irregularity score representing cyber attacks. The relative importance of the obtained residual error for each sensor/actuator is put forward to attribute the attacked assets. To this end, we independently employ a regression tree technique, a game-theoretic concept known as Shapley values, and a model-wise approach, the KernelSHAP, as residual loss to identify the relation of each asset to the inferred anomaly. The results are then amalgamated to pinpoint the attacked asset. Empirical evaluations using data collected in a testbed representing a small-scale water treatment plant uncovered 32 out of the 36 cyber incidents; exceeding the performance of state-of-the-art. We also show that the proposed approach identifies the exploited sensors/actuators with more than 8–15% accuracy improvement over current available works. We postulate and stress the fact that such proposed methods significantly contributes towards the forensics of critical infrastructure.
PCM Design Issues

This chapter presents the common design challenges of using PCMs. Issues with containment in the melt phase are discussed, with several different possible solutions presented. These include simple box containment, flexible films, shape-stabilization and microencapsulation. Methods to improve thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity are discussed and techniques ranging from embedded heat sinks to the use of suspended nanoparticles are reviewed with advantages and challenges in each case discussed.
Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide 1B3 can Form Homo- and Heterodimers

OATP1B3 is a 12 transmembrane domain protein expressed at the basolateral membrane of human hepatocytes where it mediates the uptake of numerous drugs and many endogenous compounds. Previous wester...
Enhancing motif refinement by incorporating comparative genomics data

Transcription factor binding sites (TFBS) are often located in the upstream regions of genes and transcription factors (TFs) cause transcription regulation by binding at these locations. Predicting these binding sites is a difficult problem, and traditional methods have a high degree of false positives in their predictions. Comparative genomics data can help to improve motif predictions. In this paper, a new strategy is presented, which refines motif by taking the comparative genomics data into account. Tested with the help of both simulation data and biological data, we show that our method makes improved predictions. We also propose a new metric to score a motif profile. This score is biologically motivated and helps the algorithm in its predictions.
A marketing communications approach for the digital era: Managerial guidelines for social media integration

Abstract Although social media has become a source of interaction between consumers and their favorite brands, surprisingly little academic research has sought to understand how social media is situated within a firm's existing marketing communications strategy. In the present research, the authors conducted case studies with both managers and agency personnel responsible for making social media decisions in order to understand how managers incorporate social media into an existing marketing communications strategy. Seven in-depth interviews were conducted with these managers to understand their approach to social media, the challenges they face, and the solutions they have implemented. Findings suggest that managers categorize social platforms into four categories: relationship management, news gathering, creativity, and entertainment. Though social platforms differ in purpose, a cohesive brand personality is created across each platform by following the four C's of integration: consistency, customization, commitment, and caution. Findings offer insights into how brand managers position social media within the communications strategy and utilize different social media platforms to understand and address individual customer needs. The authors also suggest a number of tools to guide implementation and management of social media communications across platforms.
An unusual submandibular mass--cat scratch disease: report of case

A diagnostic procedure and treatment for cat scratch disease is presented to help clinicians distinguish between symptoms of this disease and other swellings in the neck.
Learning real and complex overcomplete representations from the statistics of natural images

We show how an overcomplete dictionary may be adapted to the statistics of natural images so as to provide a sparse representation of image content. When the degree of overcompleteness is low, the basis functions that emerge resemble those of Gabor wavelet transforms. As the degree of overcompleteness is increased, new families of basis functions emerge, including multiscale blobs, ridge-like functions, and gratings. When the basis functions and coefficients are allowed to be complex, they provide a description of image content in terms of local amplitude (contrast) and phase (position) of features. These complex, overcomplete transforms may be adapted to the statistics of natural movies by imposing both sparseness and temporal smoothness on the amplitudes. The basis functions that emerge form Hilbert pairs such that shifting the phase of the coefficient shifts the phase of the corresponding basis function. This type of representation is advantageous because it makes explicit the structural and dynamic content of images, which in turn allows later stages of processing to discover higher-order properties indicative of image content. We demonstrate this point by showing that it is possible to learn the higher-order structure of dynamic phase - i.e., motion - from the statistics of natural image sequences.
‘Part-whole’ processing in unilateral brain- damaged patients: Dysfunction of hierarchical organization

Abstract Visuospatial processing in unilateral brain-damaged patients was investigated by aligning two elements along different axes of an equilateral triangle and asking subjects to report the direction the triangle appeared to point when first observed. Left brain-damaged patients were more affected by the alignment than right brain-damaged patients, with controls performing in between the two brain-damage groups. The implications of these findings for hemispheric differentiation in visouspatial processing are discussed.
Dynamics of the lotka-volterra systems with diffusion

We prove some new results on the steady states and the long term behavior for the Lotka-Volterra systems with diffusion, particularly for the cooperating species case, which is less studied than predator-prey and competing species cases.
A Transparent Indenter Measurement Method for Mechanical Property Evaluation

An optical Transparent Indenter Measurement (TIM) method was developed for measurement of material surface mechanical properties. During the spherical indentation test, in-situ measurements of indentation-induced surface out-of-plane displacements were obtained using an integrated phase-shifting Twyman-Green interferometer. Based on elastic recovery theory and 2D finite element analyses, a procedure was developed to determine the material Young's modulus using the measured surface out-of-plane displacements. During the spherical indentation test, contact radii were also measured and used to estimate the material post-yielding true stress-strain curve using Tabor's empirical relation. An experimental TIM apparatus was assembled to test on two engineering alloys and the results showed good agreement with known material properties.
A Large Sample Sequential Test, Using Concomitant Information, for Discrimination between Two Composite Hypotheses

Abstract The problem studied is that of utilizing measured concomitant information in sequential trials for the comparison of two treatments. The analysis is based on the treatment 1 minus treatment 2 response difference y = y 1 — y 2 and the corresponding concomitant observation difference x = x 1 — x 2, where x and y are assumed to be distributed bivariate normally. A simple asymptotically valid test procedure and its performance in Monte Carlo experiments are described. It is shown that appreciable covariance economy may be expected when ρ, the correlation coefficient between the (x, y) values, is high since average sample numbers are reduced by the factor (1 — ρ2) from those obtained in the absence of covariance.
Gene Therapy for Acute Diseases

The use of gene transfer systems to study cell function makes it apparent that overexpression of a transgene can restore or improve the function of a protein and positively influence cell function in a predetermined manner for purposes of counterbalancing cellular pathophysiology. The ability of some gene transfer vehicles to produce transgene product within hours of delivery positions gene transfer as a unique pharmaceutical administration system that can quickly affect production of biologic response modifiers in a highly compartmentalized fashion. This approach can be expected to overcome many of the adverse effects and high costs of systemic delivery of recombinant pharmaceuticals. This review highlights recent advances toward development of gene therapies for acute illnesses with particular emphasis on preclinical models of disease. In this context, a growing body of data suggests that gene therapies for polygenic and non-genetic diseases such as asthma, cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, seizures, acute myocardial infarction, endovascular thrombosis, and infections may someday be options for the treatment of patients.
Development of a Microwave-Induced Nitrogen Discharge at Atmospheric Pressure (MINDAP)

A microwave-induced plasma has been sustained with the use of nitrogen as the nebulizer and plasma supporting gas. A concentric tube torch was constructed so the plasma could be easily ignited and maintained. This new plasma emission source has a flame-like appearance and extends 10 cm beyond the cavity, at an applied power of 250 W. The nitrogen plasma readily accepts aerosol samples and is compatible with sample introduced from a conventional nebulizer system. The radial (side-on) optical viewing configuration was found to have lower background emission than the more commonly employed axial (end-on) configuration. Optimum operating conditions were established from the effects of applied power, flow rate, and signal-to-background noise on the intensity of both atom and ion transitions. A discussion of the background spectral features and the analytical potential of this new source is presented.
Chemical assay of urea for automated sensing in milk

Results of a new chemical assay for urea involving enzymatic hydrolysis to ammonium and carbonate and subsequent measurement of CO2 partial pressure are presented. The assay is simple to implement in an automated version, and the hardware used is not prone to fouling and damage by raw milk. The assay sensitivity at 24 degrees C is about 0.367 kPa per milligram per deciliter of urea N. The assay has no dependence on milk fat in the sample, and effects of milk proteins and lactose are slight (less than 2% change in sensitivity per change in w/v percent). Observed sensitivities to urea in spiked milk samples were not significantly different from each other or from standards in distilled water or 0.1 M phosphate-buffered saline. The standard error of the assay is about 0.3 mg/dl of urea N (0.1 mM) in standard solution, and about 1 mg/dl of urea N (0.3 mM) in milk in a range of 0 to 30 mg/dl of urea N (0 to 11 mM). The assay holds promise for use in an on-line sensor to measure milk urea N in the milking parlor.
Lactoperoxidase-catalyzed inactivation of hexokinase

The enzymatic activity of hexokinase (ATP : D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.1) decreased rapidly when the enzyme was exposed to the lactoperoxidase antimicrobial system (consisting of lactoperoxidase, H2O2 and SCN-). Inactivation did not begin until the reaction of one sulfhydryl group per hexokinase monomer was completed. Loss of enzyme activity accompanied the reaction of at least one additional sulfhydryl group per monomer. Covalent incorporation of 14C-labeled SCN- into hexokinase increased as the inactivation reaction progressed. The rate of the hexokinase activity loss dependent on temperature, pH and the presence of glucose and phosphate ion. When H2O2 and SCN- were applied to a Sepharose column bearing covalently attached lactoperoxidase, the column eluate inactivated hexokinase. This demonstrated that the lactoperoxidase molecule itself need not be in contact with hexokinase in order to catalyze hexokinase inactivation. The sulfhydryl-reactive oxidation product of SCN- which is generated by the column is sufficient. The results are consistent with a two-stage reaction in which the exposed, non-essential sulfhydryl groups on the hexokinase molecule react first to produce an enzymatically active but unstable form of hexokinase. This modified form of hexokinase then undergoes a spontaneous, temperature-dependent structural change, which allows reaction of previously shielded, essential sulfhydryl groups. The phenomenon described here suggests a possible mechanism for the antimicrobial effects of the lactoperoxidase system.
Moral Politicking Public Attitudes toward Gay Marriage in an Election Context

Using data from a nationally representative random-digit-dial survey collected before the 2004 presidential election (N = 781), this study examines the ways in which predispositions, media use, and...
The sticking coefficient of hydrogen on niobium

Abstract We present an expression for the sticking coefficient of H on Nb based on a surface-barrier model for hydrogen uptake. This expression explains some of the hitherto unexplained features of previous measurements of the sticking coefficient of H on Nb. The expression can be generalized to other metal-gas systems in which solution plays a major role.
An information literacy perspective on learning and new media

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate an information literacy perspective on learning and new media, specifically virtual worlds and online affinity spaces. It aims to cover the potential of information literacy as an educational linchpin in the age of new media education.Design/methodology/approach – This conceptual paper explores an information literacy perspective for learning and new media through previous research and prediction.Findings – Information literacy provides a framework for addressing the explosion of information available, as well as a way to encourage self‐sufficient learners in the digital age.Originality/value – Whereas previous studies have neglected information literacy as a lifelong skill, this paper recognizes the importance of research in virtual worlds which unveils the potential of new media as sites of learning independent from formal spaces. Recognizing the impact of information literacy on an information‐dependent society, it contributes to a body of literature about indiv...
CURRENT ADVANCES IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: A Medical Model Paradigm for Psychiatric Education

Psychiatrists have the expertise to play a major leadership role in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Psychiatry residents should be trained to recognize both the cognitive and noncognitive symptoms of this disease. Psychiatrists are in an excellent position to keep up with the rapidly expanding pharmacologic armamentarium to treat this devastating illness. Although such potentials are exciting, they undoubtedly will be complicated. Residency directors and departmental chairs should instill enthusiasm toward basic science advances and their clinical implications. Understanding the mechanisms underlying specific central nervous system illnesses should increase the likelihood of discovering the pathophysiology of others. The more psychiatrists and psychiatric residents become interested in these discoveries and the science underlying such progress in Alzheimer's disease, the better they will be able to keep up to date with progress in understanding other psychiatric disorders.