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Content-based indexing and retrieval-by-example in audio (2002)

This paper presents a system for audio content-based indexing and retrieval-by-example. An unsupervised method to automatically index the audio content is proposed. To realize a retrieval system where the on-line query can be performed efficiently, a new parametric distance metric is used to allow faster identification of the audio segments that are similar to the given query example. Preliminary experimental results show that the proposed new approach can serve as an effective means in content based indexing and retrieval in audio streams.
Femtosecond laser-induced breakdown in water: Time-resolved shadow imaging and two-color interferometric imaging (2000)

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Myeloid-associated differentiation marker is a novel SP-A-associated transmembrane protein whose expression on airway epithelial cells correlates with asthma severity (2021)

Surfactant protein A (SP-A) is well-known for its protective role in pulmonary immunity. Previous studies from our group have shown that SP-A mediates eosinophil activities, including degranulation and apoptosis. In order to identify potential binding partners on eosinophils for SP-A, eosinophil lysates were subjected to SP-A pull-down and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) analysis. We identified one membrane-bound protein, myeloid-associated differentiation marker (MYADM), as a candidate SP-A binding partner. Blocking MYADM on mouse and human eosinophils ex vivo prevented SP-A from inducing apoptosis; blocking MYADM in vivo led to increased persistence of eosinophilia and airway hyper-responsiveness in an ovalbumin (OVA) allergy model and increased airways resistance and mucus production in a house dust mite (HDM) asthma model. Examination of a subset of participants in the Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP) cohort revealed a significant association between epithelial expression of MYADM in asthma patients and parameters of airway inflammation, including: peripheral blood eosinophilia, exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and the number of exacerbations in the past 12 months. Taken together, our studies provide the first evidence of MYADM as a novel SP-A-associated protein that is necessary for SP-A to induce eosinophil apoptosis and we bring to light the potential importance of this previously unrecognized transmembrane protein in patients with asthma.
Sensor Fusion for Long-Reach Manipulators: System Description and Initial Experiments (1993)

Precise knowledge of the end-effector position of long-reach, lightweight manipulators is important because&#13;\nthe inherit flexibility can cause deflections and vibrations of the structure. A non-contact, low-cost position&#13;\nmeasurement is desirable for practical purposes. Our previous work focused on computer vision based&#13;\nmethods to achieve this goal, see also [Obergfell and Book, 1992]. These investigations indicated sampling&#13;\ntime and range or resolution limitations for the chosen approach. But alternative methods using a single&#13;\nsensor currently have similar limitations, e.g. drift, non-direct measurement, price. To solve these problems&#13;\nwe consider sensor fusion, combining measurements from separate sources to yield faster and better position&#13;\nmeasurements. This approach is especially interesting for robotics applications since most robots are already&#13;\nequipped with the necessary sensors. We are planning to implement these methods on our manipulator&#13;\ntestbeds: First on a one-link flexible manipulator and later on a two-link flexible long-reach manipulator. The&#13;\nrobots are currently equipped with joint angle sensors, tachometer, strain gages and tip accelerometer.
Cardiac arrhythmias in surgically repaired total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: a follow-up study. (2000)

Twenty-five patients with diagnosis of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, who had undergone corrective surgery, were studied at variable time period after surgery with 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring (Holter) and echocardiography. The aim of this study was to record arrhythmias, if any, and to correlate occurrence of arrhythmia with adequacy of repair and other related variables. All the patients were clinically asymptomatic. Twenty-four hours ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring of these patients showed the presence of significant arrhythmias in 21 of the 25 patients. These included supraventricular ectopics in 19 patients, ventricular ectopics in 8, atrioventricular block in 2, right bundle branch block and atrial fibrillation 1 each and atrial tachycardia in 2 patients. There was no correlation between development of arrhythmia and age at repair, type of connection, operative approach and adequacy of repair. The study indicates that cardiac arrhythmias can occur in otherwise asymptomatic patients after correction for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Thus, these patients require long-term follow-up, even if they are asymptomatic.
From unstructured data to actionable intelligence (2003)

There's content everywhere, but not the information you need. Content analysis can organize a pile of text into a richly accessible repository. This article explains two key technologies for generating metadata about content - automatic categorization and information extraction. These technologies, and the applications that metadata makes possible, can transform an organization's reservoir of unstructured content into a well-organized repository of knowledge. With metadata available, a company's search system can move beyond simple dialogs to richer means of access that work in more situations. Information visualization, for example, uses metadata and our innate visual abilities to improve access. Besides better access, metadata enables intelligent switching in the content flows of various organizational processes - for example, making it possible to automatically route the right information to the right person. A third class of metadata applications involves mining text to extract features for analysis using the statistical approaches typically applied to structured data. For example, if you turn the text fields in a survey into data, you can then analyze the text along with other data fields. All these metadata-powered applications can improve your company's use of its information resources.
Projector augmented-wave method (1994)

An approach for electronic structure calculations is described that generalizes both the pseudopotential method and the linear augmented-plane-wave (LAPW) method in a natural way. The method allows high-quality first-principles molecular-dynamics calculations to be performed using the original fictitious Lagrangian approach of Car and Parrinello. Like the LAPW method it can be used to treat first-row and transition-metal elements with affordable effort and provides access to the full wave function. The augmentation procedure is generalized in that partial-wave expansions are not determined by the value and the derivative of the envelope function at some muffin-tin radius, but rather by the overlap with localized projector functions. The pseudopotential approach based on generalized separable pseudopotentials can be regained by a simple approximation.
Self-organizing UAM Vehicles for Noise Mitigation in Urban Environments (2023)

View Video Presentation: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-1198.vid Societal acceptance of UAM noise levels may require self-organizing capabilities among autonomous vehicles operating in urban environments in addition to reliable and faster estimation of perceived noise levels for observers in the environment. This paper proposes a method to model noise perception in urban environments for UAM vehicles and an intelligent controller for collision avoidance and noise abatement maneuvers. Noise modeling of a sample urban environment through the ray tracing approach and their surrogate models based on random forest regression methods for on the fly noise footprint estimation is discussed. A multi-agent UAM simulation environment is presented followed by the development of an intelligent maneuver controller based on a multi-agent reinforcement learning approach. Results show an improved level of noise mitigation could be achieved through such self-organizing capabilities in vehicles while maintaining adequate levels of safety. Integration in a VR environment along with auralisation capabilities are briefly presented for immersive user experience. The paper concludes with challenges and future work in building a generic framework for such self-organizing systems of systems.
Horizontal refraction of acoustic signals retrieved from NPAL billboard array data (2001)

A comprehensive, long-range sound propagation experiment was carried out with the use of the billboard acoustic array of the North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory (NPAL) in 1999. The antenna consisting of five vertical line arrays was deployed near a California coast and received broadband acoustic signals transmitted from Hawaii over a distance of about 4000 km. Acoustic signals propagating over such a long distance might exhibit noticeable horizontal refraction. The paper will present results of processing the NPAL data to infer horizontal refraction angle (HRA) as a function of time. Different methods were used for determining HRA. The first approach employed cross correlation of the acoustic signals at different VLAs. Time delay corresponding to maximum of cross correlation is related to HRA assuming the angle is approximately the same for all rays (or modes). The second method used modal representation of the arriving broadband signals. The dependency of the amplitudes of acoustic modes on mode number, frequency, and arrival angle was determined independently within narrow frequency bins, and then the results were averaged over whole frequency range. This method allowed, in particular, to evaluate angular width of the arrived signal, which appeared to be of the order of a few milliradians.
Evaluation of Four Methods for Collecting Malaria Vectors in French Guiana (2010)

In French Guiana, malaria transmission is mainly due to Anopheles darlingi Root, but other species also are involved. Investigation and surveillance must be carried out on all the species to unravel malaria transmission patterns. In this study, we aimed to compare the ability of Mosquito Magnet- and CDC-Light Trap-based methods and human landing collection for evaluating abundance of Anopheles species. Human landing collections exhibited the best results, followed by the Mosquito Magnet and the CDC-Light Trap methods. Studies have to be done to further investigate these methods and other traps have to be tested.
Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of an anti- oncostatin M monoclonal antibody in rheumatoid arthritis: results from phase II randomized, placebo-controlled trials (2013)

ClinicalTrials.gov no: NCT00674635.
Information Geometry for Landmark Shape Analysis: Unifying Shape Representation and Deformation (2009)

Shape matching plays a prominent role in the comparison of similar structures. We present a unifying framework for shape matching that uses mixture models to couple both the shape representation and deformation. The theoretical foundation is drawn from information geometry wherein information matrices are used to establish intrinsic distances between parametric densities. When a parameterized probability density function is used to represent a landmark-based shape, the modes of deformation are automatically established through the information matrix of the density. We first show that given two shapes parameterized by Gaussian mixture models (GMMs), the well-known Fisher information matrix of the mixture model is also a Riemannian metric (actually, the Fisher-Rao Riemannian metric) and can therefore be used for computing shape geodesics. The Fisher-Rao metric has the advantage of being an intrinsic metric and invariant to reparameterization. The geodesicâcomputed using this metricâestablishes an intrinsic deformation between the shapes, thus unifying both shape representation and deformation. A fundamental drawback of the Fisher-Rao metric is that it is not available in closed form for the GMM. Consequently, shape comparisons are computationally very expensive. To address this, we develop a new Riemannian metric based on generalized \phi-entropy measures. In sharp contrast to the Fisher-Rao metric, the new metric is available in closed form. Geodesic computations using the new metric are considerably more efficient. We validate the performance and discriminative capabilities of these new information geometry-based metrics by pairwise matching of corpus callosum shapes. We also study the deformations of fish shapes that have various topological properties. A comprehensive comparative analysis is also provided using other landmark-based distances, including the Hausdorff distance, the Procrustes metric, landmark-based diffeomorphisms, and the bending energies of the thin-plate (TPS) and Wendland splines.
Heterocyclic chemistry in crop protection (2013)

An overview is given of the significance of heterocycles in crop protection chemistry, which is enormous as more than two-thirds of all agrochemicals launched to the market within the last 20 years belong to this huge group of chemicals. This review focuses on two important aspects of heterocyclic agrochemistry: the different roles of heterocyclic scaffolds in crop protection agents and the major possibilities for their synthesis.
Symmetry breaking in plasmonic waveguides with metal nonlinearities (2011)

Recent advances in the study of subwavelength localization and guiding of light in metal-dielectric structures demonstrate promising applications of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) for a design of nanoscale integrated optical circuits. The ability to dynamically tune and control the SPP properties is of a key importance for the future applications of plasmonic devices. Utilizing nonlinear properties of plasmonic waveguides is an attractive approach for controlling light propagation at the nanoscale.
Synthesis of Single Crystalline Anatase TiO 2 (001) Tetragonal Nanosheet‐Array Films on Fluorine‐Doped Tin Oxide Substrate (2011)

Single crystalline anatase TiO 2 tetragonal nanosheet‐array film on a transparent conductive fluorine‐doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate was successfully prepared by hydrothermal method. The products were characterized with XRD, SEM, and transmission electron microscopy measurements. The formation mechanism of the tetragonal (001) TiO 2 nanosheets is discussed and the effect of growth parameters, such as acidity, growth time, growth temperature, initial reactant concentration, and additives, are investigated. This work demonstrates a clean and effective route to the morphology‐controlled preparation of large area single‐crystalline TiO 2 nanostructured array films on FTO glass.
IBM Blue Gene/Q system software stack (2013)

The principal focus areas for system software on the IBM Blue Gene®/Q include ultrascalability and high reliability while delivering the full performance capability of the hardware to applications. The Blue Gene/Q system software has achieved these goals while adding functionality and flexibility compared with previous versions of Blue Gene®. Whereas part of the software stack was improved with innovative evolutionary progress, such as unified sub-block partitioning and the ability to overcommit hardware threads, other areas, such as transactional memory and speculative execution, represent a revolutionary step forward. In this paper, we describe the overall software architecture of Blue Gene/Q. We then describe each of the main components of the software stack. In each area, we focus on the major enhancements introduced in the Blue Gene/Q system software stack.
Nanotube Firm Building Pilot Plant (2001)

RETURN TO ISSUEPREVNewsNEXTNanotube Firm Building Pilot PlantANN THAYERCite this: Chem. Eng. News 2001, 79, 41, 11Publication Date (Print):October 8, 2001Publication History Published online16 November 2010Published inissue 8 October 2001https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cen-v079n041.p011ahttps://doi.org/10.1021/cen-v079n041.p011anewsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2001 American Chemical SocietyArticle Views9Altmetric-Citations1LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options SUBJECTS:Manufacturing Get e-Alerts
Development of the Water Research Center (WRC) at Georgia Power's Plant Bowen (2013)

Development of the Water Research Center (WRC) at Georgia Power's Plant BowenThe Water Research Center (WRC) is located at Georgia Power Company's (GPC) Plant Bowen near Cartersville, Georgia outside of Atlanta. Operated by Southern Research Institute, the WRC is an industry resource providing independent performance evaluations of technologies to address water withdrawal, consumption, usage efficiency, treatment, recovery, and reuse throughout the power generation...Author(s)Jay WosJay RenewBen PakzadehJeff WilsonGeorge OffenRichard BreckenridgeSourceProceedings of the Water Environment FederationDocument typeConference PaperPublisherWater Environment FederationPrint publication date Oct, 2013ISSN1938-6478DOI10.2175/193864713813673866Volume / Issue2013 / 16Content sourceWEFTECCopyright2013Word count157
Elastic Properties of substituted 45S5 Bioactive Glasses and Glass - Ceramics (2012)

through controlled crystallization of bioactive glasses. The formed crystalline phases in bioactive glass- ceramics were identified using X- ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. Density and ultrasonic wave velocities of bioactive glasses and glass- ceramics were measured and used to study elastic properties: Young’s modulus, shear modulus, bulk modulus and Poisson’s ratio, of bioactive glasses and glass- ceramics. The results indicate that the addition of CuO, Fe2O3, MnO2 and ZnO contents in 45S5 bioactive glass enhances its density and elastic properties. The bioactive glass- ceramics exhibits higher density and elastic properties when compared with their corresponding bioactive glasses.
Chiral phosphite–phosphoroamidites: a new class of ligand for asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation (2001)

A series of novel phosphite–phosphoroamidite ligands, derived from readily available D-xylose, has been used for the first time in the asymmetric Rh-catalyzed hydrogenation of a series of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives with excellent enantioselectivity (ee up to >99%).
Efficient Chemo‐Enzymatic Epoxidation Using silcoat‐Novozym®435: Characterizing the Multiphase System (2012)

Abstract Silicone composites of Novozym®435 ( silcoat ‐NZ435) demonstrate improved leaching and mechanical stability compared to native Novozym®435 (NZ435). Here, the application scope of this novel enzyme preparation has been broadened significantly by the transfer from single‐phase esterification to a complex chemo‐enzymatic epoxidation reaction in a three‐phase system. The reaction gave up to 80 % yields with almost 100 % selectivity in 50 h when operated in the absence of mass transfer limitations. Characterization of the system revealed that octanoic acid inhibited the reaction at concentrations around 6 M. The silcoat ‐NZ435 catalyst could be reused over five days with less than 50 % loss in activity when 5 M H 2 O 2 was present. H 2 O 2 was also identified as the component which deactivates the enzyme at high concentration (17.5 M) demanding spatial separation of the silcoat ‐NZ435 for optimal operation.
Rates of Jewish Ancestral Mutations in BRCAI and BRCA2 in Borderline Ovarian Tumors (1998)

Invasive epithelial and borderline ovarian tumors appear to differ in their genetic predisposition and in the molecular mechanisms underlying their genesis.
Maximal intrinsic randomness of a quantum state (2023)

One of the most counterintuitive aspects of quantum theory is its claim that there is 'intrinsic' randomness in the physical world. Quantum information science has greatly progressed in the study of intrinsic, or secret, quantum randomness in the past decade. With much emphasis on device-independent and semi-device-independent bounds, one of the most basic questions has escaped attention: how much intrinsic randomness can be extracted from a given state $ρ$, and what measurements achieve this bound? We answer this question for three different randomness quantifiers: the conditional min-entropy, the conditional von Neumann entropy and the conditional max-entropy. For the first, we solve the min-max problem of finding the projective measurement that minimises the maximal guessing probability of an eavesdropper. The result is that one can guarantee an amount of conditional min-entropy $H^*_{\textrm{min}}=-\log_2 P_{\textrm{guess}}^{*}(ρ)$ with $P_{\textrm{guess}}^{*}(ρ)=\frac{1}{d}(\textrm{tr} \sqrtρ)^2$ by performing suitable projective measurements. For the conditional von Neumann entropy, we find that the maximal value is $H^{*}= \log_{2}d-S(ρ)$, with $S(ρ)$ the von Neumann entropy of $ρ$, while for the conditional max-entropy, we find the maximal value $H^{*}_\textrm{max}=\log_{2}d + \log_{2}λ_{\textrm{max}}(ρ)$, where $λ_{\textrm{max}}(ρ)$ is the largest eigenvalue of $ρ$. Optimal values for $H^{*}_{\textrm{min}}$, $H^{*}$ and $H^{*}_\textrm{max}$ are achieved by measuring in any basis that is unbiased to the eigenbasis of $ρ$, as well as by other, less intuitive, measurements.
Maximizing the Plasmonic Near-Field Transducer Efficiency to Its Limit for HAMR (2015)

Plasmonic near-field transducer (NFT) facilitates optical power transfer into a nano-spot in the recording media for heat-assisted magnetic recording. Typically, impedance matching is a condition for maximum power transfer between a given source and load. Even for waveguide-NFT-media stack system, we verify that matching the impedances of waveguide and media-stack at NFT resonance maximizes power transfer. However, it is not a sufficient condition. Since, NFT guides the light into the media-stack as symmetric and asymmetric optical modes, higher conversion of dielectric mode into a mode that exhibits maximum coupling into the media is the second condition for maximizing the power transfer into the media. In this study, operating wavelength range, material refractive indices, and NFT geometrical parameters are considered in the design space for maximizing the efficiency of an exemplary taper-based NFT structure. We first estimate the maximum efficiency and compare with the benchmark efficiency of “ideal” version of the considered NFT to confirm that the obtained efficiency is maximum. At maximum efficiency point, we show that the impedance matching between waveguide and high-index media stack is enhanced and mode-conversion efficiency into asymmetric plasmon mode is also enhanced because of high-index contrast feeding waveguide and suitable operating wavelength range.