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The Dimensions of Human Action and Property (2003)

This paper adds depth to the question of property theory in the face of recent challenges, including the demise of socialism as a global ideological political force and the rise of recognition of customary property rights. It examines the dynamics of human action using a sociological/anthropological approach to review the appropriate treatment of property within society.The modern Western tendency to reduce all politico/economic systems onto a single continuum between the ideologically Left and Right is reviewed and found to rest on a single anthropological assumption of dubious merit. There is ample evidence of other anthropologies that result in successful cultural institutions well beyond the modern left/right dichotomy. Cultural choice of anthropology is linked to beliefs regarding family, tradition and spirituality. Of these, spirituality is selected as the fundamental driver.Three dimensions of human action proceed from this analysis, the political/economic institutional dimension, the anthropological dimension and the spiritual, or metaphysical, dimension. Some implications for the institution of property are examined to conclude that combined, they provide a more robust framework for understanding property than the one-dimensional approach implicit in modernity.
Microlens Fabrication Technique For An Efficient Laser/Single-Mode Fiber Coupling (1987)

In this paper we describe a new fiber lensing technique in which an index-matched microlens is fabricated on the tip of a single-mode fiber. The lens is formed by etching the fiber until only a &quot;whisker&quot; of pure core material remains. This whisker then is cut and arc melted back to form a lens of proper radius for optimal laser-to-single-mode fiber coupling. High average coupling efficiencies of greater than 45% (best value 61%) have been measured and will be reported. The ability to etch many fibers at the same time with reproducible results indicates that the technique is compatible with batch processing. We will explain the lens formation technique in detail and describe the conditions necessary to obtain optical coupling efficiencies. Finally, the coupling sensitivity to lateral misalignment between laser and fiber will be presented.
Fast Optical Beamforming Architectures for Satellite-Based Applications (2012)

Photonic technology offers an alternative implementation for the control of phased array antennas providing large time bandwidth products and low weight, flexible feeding networks. Measurements of an optical beamforming network for phased array antennas with fast beam steering operation for space scenarios are presented. Experimental results demonstrate fast beam steering between 4 and 8 GHz without beam squint.
On evaluating face tracks in movies (2013)

Automatic extraction of face tracks is a key component of systems that analyse people in audio-visual content such as TV programs and movies. Due to the lack of properly annotated content of this type, popular algorithms for extracting face tracks have not been fully assessed in the literature. We introduce and make publicly available a new dataset, based on the full annotation of a feature movie, to help fill this gap. We show in particular that, thanks to this dataset, state-of-art tracking metrics can now be exploited to evaluate face tracks used by, e.g., automatic character naming systems. We conduct such an evaluation on different variants of a novel system that we introduce as a generalization of existing ones.
Effect of cancer cell cluster with hollow spheroid formation on chemosensitivity of colorectal cancer cells: Three-dimension culture for evaluation of chemosensitivity. (2016)

e15075 Background: Chemosensitivity is modulated by cancer cell cluster. We have shown that carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM1) promoted hollow spheroid (HS) formation of cancer cell cluster. HS induced by CEACAM1 and inner cells apoptosis is observed in three-dimensional (3D) in vitro culture. The aim of the present study is to clarify whether HS and CEACAM1 cytoplasmic domain isoform balance are associated with resistance to 5-fluorourasil (5FU), and to address usefulness of 3D culture for evaluation of chemosensitivity. Methods: 2-D or 3-D culture systems were employed to evaluate the effects of CEACAM1 cytoplasmic isoform balance and HS formation on the chemosensitivity of colorectal cancer cells to 5FU. It is also presented that the risk factors for postoperative recurrence were calculated based on the presence of HS and various clinicopathological characteristics in 82 patients with Stage III colorectal cancer who had undergone curative surgery followed by 5FU-based chemotherapy. Results: CEACAM1-4L-transfected HT29 and CEACAM1-4L and 4S expressing parental LS174T cells had significantly higher resistance to 5FU in comparison with CEACAM1-4S- or vector control-transfected cells. In 3-D culture, HS formation induced by CEACAM1-4L induced chemoresistance to 5FU, whereas the solid spheres formed in response to CEACAM1-4S were destroyed by 5FU treatment. The sensitiveness to 5FU was observed by morphological change as sphere burst. HS was identified as an independent factor for recurrence of Stage III colorectal cancer after curative resection followed by 5FU-based chemotherapy. Kaplan-Meier survival curves demonstrated that patients with HS had lower recurrence-free survival rate. Conclusions: Morphological change in 3-D culture system is useful for evaluation of chemosensitivity to 5FU. HS formation and CEACAM1 long cytoplasmic domain isoform dominance are phenotypes associated with chemoresistance to 5FU.
Computerized tomography in the diagnosis of systemic candidiasis in patients with acute leukemia (1984)

Seven patients with acute leukemia and systemic candidiasis presented with a clinical syndrome of fever, abdominal pain, organomegaly, and a cholestatic pattern of hepatic dysfunction with an elevated alkaline phosphatase and normal transaminases. The abdominal CT scan demonstrated diffuse hepatic and splenic abscesses in all seven patients. Culture and histology of liver biopsy specimens was nondiagnostic in four of five cases. The CT-directed percutaneous needle aspirations of these lesions yielded diagnostic material in two of three cases. Culture-negative visceral abscesses in persistently febrile patients with acute leukemia should be recognized as being due to candidiasis. The abdominal CT scan may be useful in identifying this clinical-radiographic syndrome and in facilitating rapid diagnosis. Promptly administered antifungal therapy may lead to successful eradication of this infection.
Real-time in situ measurement of particle size in flowing powders by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (2009)

We present the results of real-time reflection terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) measurements of flowing powders. The data shows a clear relationship between the sizes of particles flowing through a tube to measured scattering losses at terahertz frequencies. The particle size of the powder covers the range of typical length-scales used in the pharmaceutical and food industry.
Characteristics of Fetal Extrachromosomal Circular DNA in Maternal Plasma: Methylation Status and Clearance (2020)

We found that fetal eccDNA in plasma was relatively hypomethylated compared to the maternal eccDNA. The methylation densities of eccDNA were positively correlated with their sizes. In addition, fetal eccDNA was found to be rapidly cleared from the maternal blood after delivery, similar to fetal linear DNA.
Dye-binding methods for estimation of protein in milk (1961)

Summary The amido black and orange G methods for protein estimation in milk were investigated. The quantity of dye required for complete precipitation of a given quantity of milk protein was determined. Dye samples of various degrees of purity all gave a linear relation between protein and dye precipitation, as determined by optical density, but with the less pure samples slightly less dye was bound per unit weight of protein. Amido black, though reacting with protein in the same molar ratio as orange G, gave a much more sensitive optical indication of protein content. In milks of individual cows there was a relatively constant relationship between dye values and Kjeldahl protein from 3 to 4 days after calving until 3 to 4 weeks before the end of lactation. Late lactation milks gave about 5% higher dye values than did normal milks of the same protein content. The relation of dye precipitation to Kjeldahl nitrogen was the same for casein as for total nitrogen in normal milks.
Concluding Remarks (2002)

Let us conclude this book with a short discussion of the main results and some recommendations for further study.
Combining deterministic and genetic approaches for sequential circuit test generation (1995)

Article Free Access Share on Combining deterministic and genetic approaches for sequential circuit test generation Authors: Elizabeth M. Rudnick Motorola, Incorporated, Austin, TX Motorola, Incorporated, Austin, TXView Profile , Janak H. Patel Center for Reliable & High-Performance Computing, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Center for Reliable & High-Performance Computing, University of Illinois, Urbana, ILView Profile Authors Info & Claims DAC '95: Proceedings of the 32nd annual ACM/IEEE Design Automation ConferenceJanuary 1995 Pages 183–188https://doi.org/10.1145/217474.217527Online:01 January 1995Publication History 51citation178DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations51Total Downloads178Last 12 Months1Last 6 weeks1 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my Alerts New Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF
THE ACTIONS OF ULTRASOUND ON THE MYELINATED NERVE, THE SPINAL CORD AND THE BRAIN (1960)

1. The action of ultrasound was studied on the sciatic nerve of a frog, the spinal cord of a toad, and the brain of a bullfrog tadpole and a frog. The results were compared with the effect of temperature.2. The action potential of a myelinated nerve was enlarged by irradiation with ultrasound of about 16 W/cm.2, but it was inhibited by irradiation with that of higher intensity.3. The reflex discharges of the spinal cord were increased by irradiation with ultrasound of about 3 W/cm.2. But they were inhibited at higher intensity (beyond 6.83 W/cm.2).4. The brain wave was augmented by irradiation with weak ultrasound, but they were decreased by repeated irradiation.5. It was concluded that ultrasound has a stimulative action at low intensity, but has an inhibitory action at high intensity on the nerve tissues and the muscle. However, when ultrasound with a stimulative action was repetitively applied, it eventually produced an inhibitory action.6. Spontaneous discharges appeared on the spinal ventral root by ultrasonic irradiation. Up to a certain ultrasonic intensity, an inverse linear relation was found between the intensity and the latent period of the discharge.7. The rise of temperature was measured in a frog muscle during and after ultrasonic irradiation. It was found to be less than 10°C. at the ultrasonic intensities which produced a stimulative action.8. By raising the temperature of Ringer's solution, the effect of temperature was studied on the spinal reflex activity. The results were entirely different from the ultrasonic actions on the spinal cord. It was therefore presumed that the main role of the actions of ultrasound is not played by a rise of temperature, but by the other actions of ultrasound.
Cooccurrence violence conjugale, santé mentale ou consommation : mieux répondre aux besoins des familles (2020)

Cette recherche qualitative explore les points de vue de mères, de pères et d’adolescents (n = 43) quant aux services reçus pour les problèmes cooccurrents de violence conjugale, de santé mentale et de consommation chez les parents. Les données ont été recueillies par des entrevues semi-dirigées, soutenues d’un outil de cartographie des services utilisés. L’analyse de contenu thématique montre que les participants déploient plusieurs stratégies pour faire face aux problèmes cooccurrents vécus et utilisent diverses ressources d’aide formelle et informelle. Plusieurs recommandations sont proposées pour améliorer l’offre d’aide aux familles en situation de cooccurrence, dont la concertation entre les différentes ressources concernées.
A text message intervention to support women’s physical and mental health after breast cancer treatments (EMPOWER-SMS): a randomised controlled trial protocol (2019)

Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) number ACTRN12618002020268 , 17 December 2018.
Micromachined inverted F antenna for integration on low resistivity silicon substrates (2005)

This letter addresses the integration of a 24-GHz inverted-F antenna on a low resistivity silicon substrate, using micromachining post-processing techniques compatible with commercial Si/SiGe active device processes. By suspending the radiator on a 2.4mm/sup 2/ large polymer membrane an on-chip antenna with -0.7 dBi gain has been realized.
Addition of Small Molecules by Zn(II) and Cu(II) Dinuclear Complexes Obtained by an Amino-Phenolic Ligand. Crystal Structures of the Dinuclear Zinc Complex Assembling Butanolate and Azide Anions (2001)

The coordination properties of the ligand 2,6-bis-[[bis-(2-aminoethyl)-amino]methyl]-phenol (L) toward the zinc ion were determined by means of potentiometric measurements in aqueous solution (298.1 +/- 0.1 K, I = 0.15 mol dm(-3)). L forms mono- and dinuclear complexes with zinc; the stable dinuclear complexes are practically the only existing species using L/Zn(II), molar ratio of 1:2. In these species, each dien subunit binds one zinc ion, while the phenolate moiety bound to both ions allows the two metal centers to be in close proximity with an incomplete coordination environment. The role of this metal-metal distance in binding secondary ligands was investigated for the dinuclear systems 2Zn/L and 2Cu/L by potentiometric (298.1 +/- 0.1 K, I = 0.15 mol dm(-3)) and NMR experiments in aqueous and methanol solution with a series of small guests having nitrogen donor atoms. The coordination sphere of the two metals was completed by adding 1 equiv of only those guests, which showed at least two contiguous donor atoms or two lone pairs on the same atom, to exactly fit the metal-metal distance without modifying the metal cluster. To do this, the imidazole molecule which shows the highest addition constants to the [M(2)H(-1)L](3+) species probably forms a mu-1,1-amino. These results are in agreement with the two crystal structures reported herein [Zn(2)(H(-1)L)(CH(3)CH(2)CH(2)CH(2)O)](ClO(4))(2) (space group P2(1)nb, a = 11.483(5), b = 14.166(5), c = 18.279(5) A, V = 2973(19) A(3), Z = 4, R = = 0.0701, wR2 = 0.1611) and [Zn(2)(H(-1)L)N(3)](ClO(4))(2) (space group C 2/c, a = 14.460(3), b = 12.814(3), c = 14.875(3) A, beta = 105.35(2) degrees, V = 2658(10) A(3), Z = 4, R = 0.0783, wR2 = 0.1806). In fact, these structures display a butanolate or azide guest linked to both Zn(II) ions of the dinuclear complex, resulting in a mu-1,1-oxo and mu-1,1-azido bridge, respectively.
Oxidative Deconstruction of Azetidinols to α-Amino Ketones (2020)

A silver-mediated synthesis of α-amino ketones via the oxidative deconstruction of azetidinols has been developed using a readily scalable protocol with isolated yields up to 80%. The azetidinols are easily synthesized in one step and can act as protecting groups for these pharmaceutically relevant synthons. Furthermore, mechanistic insights are presented and these data have revealed that the transformation is likely to proceed through the β-scission of an alkoxy radical, followed by oxidation and C-N cleavage of the resulting α-amido radical.
Segmentation of Drosophila heart in optical coherence microscopy images using convolutional neural networks (2018)

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are powerful tools for image segmentation and classification. Here, we use this method to identify and mark the heart region of Drosophila at different developmental stages in the cross-sectional images acquired by a custom optical coherence microscopy (OCM) system. With our well-trained CNN model, the heart regions through multiple heartbeat cycles can be marked with an intersection over union of ~86%. Various morphological and dynamical cardiac parameters can be quantified accurately with automatically segmented heart regions. This study demonstrates an efficient heart segmentation method to analyze OCM images of the beating heart in Drosophila.
Sampling and Sample-handling Protocols for GEOTRACES Cruises (2010)

Recurrent aphthous ulceration (RAU) is the most common lesion of the oral mucosa. Although many factors have been postulated as etiological factors for RAU, the role of Helicobacter pylori as a causative agent of RAU remains controversial. We therefore investigated the association of H. pylori and RAU by a highly sensitive technique, nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR), in 22 patients with RAU with ages ranging from 12-36 years. Samples were brushed from the lesions and the dorsum of the tongue of each patient. In addition, samples from the dorsum of the tongue of 15 normal individuals with ages ranging from 13-40 years were used as controls. The results showed that only one sample from a lesion (4.5%) and one sample from the tongue (4.5%) of two different patients with RAU were positive for H. pylori. In the control group, 3 samples (20%) were positive for H. pylori. These findings suggest that H. pylori does not play a role in the pathogenesis of RAU and the dorsum of the tongue may be a reservoir of H. pylori in some individuals.
Cognitive functioning of 75- and 80-year-old people and changes during a 5-year follow-up. (1997)

The aim of the study was to analyze cognitive functioning among two cohorts of elderly people, aged 75 and 80 years at baseline, and changes in the functioning during a five-year period. Cognitive functioning was assessed using psychometric tests, neuropsychological tasks, metacognitive self-evaluations, cognitive screening tests and reaction time tasks. The objective methods correlated significantly with each other, and only one general factor was clearly produced by the factor analyses. However, the speed of cognitive processing was concluded to have a central meaning in the kind of assessments used in this study. Selective attrition affected the results of psychometric and neuropsychological methods; subjects with better cognitive functioning participating in the follow-up assessments. Among those retested, the cognitive level decreased significantly, but the magnitude of the decline was usually low. Differences between the men and the women were mostly nonsignificant. The retest correlations were high in the psychometric tests but lower in many of the neuropsychological and metacognitive methods. Connections between the metamemory scores and the objective test scores were variable.
Laser en médecine (1990)

1 Principes physiques d'action    1.1 Effets thermiques    1.2 Effets photochimiques    1.3 Effets de photo-eclatement    2 Applications therapeutiques    2.1 Applications liees a l'effet thermique    2.2 Applications liees a l'effet photochimique    2.3 Applications liees a l'action de photo-eclatement    2.4 Lasers froids ou softs    Bibliographie
A phase I study of everolimus in combination with cetuximab and cisplatin as first-line therapy inrecurrent and metastatic (R/M) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). (2012)

e16061 Background: The AKT/mTOR pathway emerged as a promising therapeutic target and as a potential mechanism of EGFR inhibitors in HNSCC. To assess the prevalence of AKT/mTOR pathway activation, HNSCC tumors were stained with phospho-specific AKT (pAKT) antibody. To test a hypothesis that resistance to an EGFR inhibitor, cetuximab, can be overcome by mTOR inhibition, we conducted a phase I clinical trial combining everolimus, cetuximab and cisplatin in R/M HNSCC. Methods: A TMA of 153 cores from 51 HNSCC was stained with a pAKT antibody (Ser473), and digitally quantified with TMAJ software. For the trial, patients with ECOG PS 0-2 with no prior systemic therapy for R/M HNSCC were enrolled and escalating doses of everolimus (2.5, 5, or 10mg) were administered daily, cetuximab 250mg/m 2 weekly, and cisplatin 40mg/m 2 days 1 and 8. Each cycle was 28 days. Response was evaluated with CT/MRI and PET scans after every 2 cycles. Biospecimens to analyze the EGFR and AKT/mTOR pathways were collected. Results: pAKT staining data were evaluable in 123 cores from 45 tumors. Nine patients were accrued before the study was terminated. Five evaluable patients progressed rapidly within 12 weeks after enrolling in the study (median PFS=2.8 months, 95% CI [1.6, 13.9]). Two patients received everolimus at 5mg, and both patients were dose reduced to 2.5mg for grade 3 hypophosphatemia, infection and mucositis. Among the 7 patients enrolled to receive 2.5mg, 3 patients received the treatment until progression of disease, 2 patients were taken off the study due to grade 4 infusion reaction to the first dose of cetuximab and non-adherence to everolimus, and 2 patients withdrew consent. The 5 evaluable patients had a PET response after 2 cycles. The proposed biomarker results will be available at the time of presentation. Conclusions: While AKT/mTOR is a promising therapeutic target, a combination of everolimus, cetuximab and cisplatin was poorly tolerated even at the lowest dose level of 2.5mg daily with unexpected toxicities suggesting that this combination should be studied with a caution in patients with R/M HNSCC.
Upper Bounds and Algorithms for Hard 0-1 Knapsack Problems (1997)

It is well-known that many instances of the 0-1 knapsack problem can be effectively solved to optimality also for very large values of n (the number of binary variables), while other instances cannot be solved for n equal to only a few hundreds. We propose upper bounds obtained from the mathematical model of the problem by adding valid inequalities on the cardinality of an optimal solution, and relaxing it in a Lagrangian fashion. We then introduce a specialized iterative technique for determining the optimal Lagrangian multipliers in polynomial time. A branch-and-bound algorithm is finally developed. Computational experiments prove that several classes of hard instances are effectively solved even for large values of n.
Interfacial Rheology of Natural Silk Fibroin at Air/Water and Oil/Water Interfaces (2011)

The interfacial viscoelastic behavior of natural silk fibroin at both the air/water and oil/water interfaces is reported. This natural multiblock copolymer is found to be strongly amphiphilic and forms stable films at these interfaces. The result is an interfacial layer that is rheologically complex with strong surface elastic moduli that are only slightly frequency-dependent. The kinetics of surface viscoelastic evolution are reported as functions of time for various concentrations of the spread films. Films deposited by Langmuir-Blodgett deposition were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to reveal a fibrous structure at the interface. The production of stable O/W emulsions by silk fibroin further confirms the generation of the elastic films at the oil/water interfaces.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation for Pure Noncalcified Native Aortic Valve Regurgitation (2020)

Objectives: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with pure noncalcified aortic regurgitation (AR) is challenging but can be successfully performed in selected patients. The aim of this study was to analyze feasibility and early outcomes of patients who were treated for such an indication.