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Yield and fruit quality of pepper plants under sulphate and chloride salinity (2002)

SummarySweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) plants were grown hydroponically inside a greenhouse, to investigate the effect of salinity (produced by Cl– or SO42– ions) on yield and fruit quality. The electrical conductivity (EC) levels of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 dS m–1 were achieved by adding concentrated NaCl or Na2SO4 solutions to the basic nutrient solution, maintained at 2 dS m–1. High conductivity treatments strongly decreased fruit yield and fruit size. High blossom-end rot (BER) incidence with increasing EC resulted in fewer marketable fruits. In general, saline treatments decreased the quality of pepper fruits. Although salinity reduced yield and fruit quality, sulphate treatments were less deleterious than chloride treatments, particularly for moderate EC levels.
Sex-specific risk factors determine the survivorship of female and male patients after metal-on-metal hip resurfacing (2019)

In the absence of risk factors, the survivorship of HRA in female patients is equal to that of males. Many female patients can safely benefit from HRA by excluding severe dysplasia and optimising surgical technique.
Closed-loop dialog model of face-to-face communication with a photo-real virtual human (2004)

We describe an advanced Human Computer Interaction (HCI) model that employs photo-realistic virtual humans to provide digital media users with information, learning services and entertainment in a highly personalized and adaptive manner. The system can be used as a computer interface or as a tool to deliver content to end-users. We model the interaction process between the user and the system as part of a closed loop dialog taking place between the participants. This dialog, exploits the most important characteristics of a face-to-face communication process, including the use of non-verbal gestures and meta communication signals to control the flow of information. Our solution is based on a Virtual Human Interface (VHI) technology that was specifically designed to be able to create emotional engagement between the virtual agent and the user, thus increasing the efficiency of learning and/or absorbing any information broadcasted through this device. The paper reviews the basic building blocks and technologies needed to create such a system and discusses its advantages over other existing methods.
A new pre-curved electrode array benefits as measured by initial psychophysics [Abstract] (1998)

Theory suggests that an electrode which lies close to the modiolus should provide a more efficient interface with the auditory nerve, although it is important to ensure that stimulating fields are not so intense as to risk neural damage. A pre-curved, banded 22-electrode array has been developed which, following evaluation for ease of insertion and comprehensive safety studies, has been inserted in three patients. Detailed X-ray analyses, in which the positions of the electrode bands are specified, have been carried out. This has enabled comparative detailed, psychophysical studies to be carried out, within each subject, between electrodes which lie at differing distances from the modiolus. These studies have shown that, as the as electrode distance from the modiolus decreased, threshold currents decreased and dynamic ranges increased. Thresholds are lower than in a comparison group of subjects fitted with straight arrays which had been similarly position specified. Extensive forward masking studies have shown that current spread was more focused at the electrodes closer to the modiolus. Electrode discrimination studies were carried out and in the loudness jittered condition, which is more representative of the dynamic speech signal, discrimination was better at the electrodes closer to the modiolus. Just Noticeable Differences for loudness, expressed as a function of dynamic range, also decreased in this condition. Thus, a preliminary psychophysical profile of the parameters of interest, for an improved implant design, indicate that an array which lies closer to the modiolus can result in lower current requirements and a more localised pattern of neural excitation.
Raumforderung im äußeren Gehörgang bei Hörminderung und Tinnitus (2009)

Bei einer 23-jährigen Patientin lagen seit 2 Monaten eine rechtsseitige Hörminderung und Tinnitus sowie progrediente Schmerzen im Bereich des rechten Mastoids vor. Vertigo bestand zu keiner Zeit. Sieben Jahre vor Auftreten der aktuellen Symptomatik hatte die Patientin sich einer lateralen Parotidektomie unterzogen. In der histologischen Aufarbeitung wurde ein pleomorphes Adenom diagnostiziert. Eine Revision der lateralen Parotidektomie erfolgte fünf Monate vor Auftreten der aktuellen Symptomatik, wobei ein Rezidiv des pleomorphen Adenoms nachgewiesen wurde. Seit der Revisionsoperation bestand eine Facialisparese House/ Brackmann IV° der rechten Seite.
3.1 AORTIC STIFFNESS IN MIDDLE AGED WOMEN IS HERITABLE AND RELATES TO BLOOD PRESSURE AND AORTIC CALCIFICATION: A TWIN STUDY (2009)

Background: Pulse wave velocity (PWV), measure of aortic stiffness, is predictive of cardiovascular events. PWV is strongly related to age and blood pressure but its relation to other risk factors and presence of calcification is unclear. We sought to determine the association between PWV and cardiovascular risk factors, aortic calcification and heritability of PWV. Methods: Subjects were 900 female twins (504 dizygotic, 396 monozygotic), 53–63 years (interquartile range), from TwinsUK cohort. PWV was determined over the carotid-femoral region using the SphygmoCor system. Age matched women (n=40) with PWV in the 1st and 3rd tertiles of the PWV distribution (entire cohort) underwent computed tomography from the carotid to iliac bifurcation to determine calcification. Calcium content was scored using the Agatston method. Heritability of PWV was determined using structural equation modelling. Results: In multivariate regression PWV was significantly correlated with age, mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) and heart rate (standardized regression coefficients, β=0.41, 0.39 and 0.20 respectively, each P&lt;0.001). PWV was not significantly associated with LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, smoking or body mass index. Aortic calcification was greater (median 450 vs. 63 units, P=0.001) in the highest compared to lowest tertile of PWV and was independently association with PWV in regression analysis (β=0.48; P&lt;0.01). Heritability of PWV was 0.54 and when corrected for MAP and heart rate 0.51. Conclusion: In women aortic stiffness is heritable and relates to age, blood pressure and aortic calcification but not to other conventional cardiovascular risk factors. Genes involved in aortic calcification may be important determinants of PWV.
Hydrogen Breath Test with Glucose in Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (1998)

The present study was designed to investigate the prevalence of bacterial overgrowth in patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency by using the hydrogen breath test with glucose. Thus, in 30 patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (in 15 due to chronic pancreatitis and in 15 associated to primary immunodeficiency), established by quantifying trypsin output before and after stimulation with cerulein using a duodenal perfusion technique, a glucose test was performed by administering 50 g of glucose and quantifying H2 in the breath by gas chromatography. The glucose test was positive in six of 15 patients with chronic pancreatitis but in only one of 15 immunodeficient patients (p < 0.05). Age, sex, etiology, time of evolution, associated diabetes, pancreatic calcifications, duodenal pH, or duodenal trypsin output did not differ between patients with and those without bacterial overgrowth. Previous gastroduodenal surgery was more common in chronic pancreatitis patients with overgrowth (six of six vs. four of nine; p < 0.05). Five patients with a positive glucose test were treated with antibiotics for 2 weeks and became negative in two of them. These results suggest that a positive glucose test indicating overgrowth is relatively common in exocrine pancreatic insufficiency due to chronic pancreatic, especially in patients with previous gastroduodenal surgery.
Characterization of Meiothermus taiwanensis Galactokinase and its Use in the One‐Pot Enzymatic Synthesis of Uridine Diphosphate‐Galactose and the Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of the Carbohydrate Antigen Stage Specific Embryonic Antigen‐3 (2014)

Abstract Herein, we report the first characterization of a novel galactokinase from Meiothermus taiwanensis sp. nov. WR‐220 (MtGalK), which is overexpressed in E. coli and exhibits a k cat / K m value of 168.47 mM −1 s −1 toward Gal at 75 °C. The thermophilic MtGalK shows specific substrate recognition toward the Gal configuration with limited tolerance for modifications at the C‐2 position to form products such as GalN‐1‐P, GalN 3 ‐1‐P, and GalNAc‐1‐P. Due to its unique thermostability toward elevated reaction temperatures, MtGalK served as an ideal biocatalyst in the synthesis of useful sugar‐1‐phosphates and was further combined with glucose‐1‐phosphate thymidylyltransferase (RmlA) and α‐1,4‐galactosyltransferase (LgtC) to achieve the efficient preparative‐scale synthesis of globotriose analogs (Gb3) using a one‐pot three‐enzyme system. In combination with a chemical synthetic strategy, a carbohydrate antigen from breast cancer stem cells, stage specific embryonic antigen‐3 (SSEA‐3) pentasaccharide, was synthesized from Gb3 in ten steps with a 23% overall yield. This flexible chemoenzymatic strategy for the synthesis of SSEA‐3 also allowed us to further expand the inventory of valuable natural and non‐natural glycans. magnified image
High Normal Uric Acid Levels Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Diabetes in Lean, Normoglycemic Healthy Women (2016)

SUA levels within the normal range are associated with an increased risk for new-onset diabetes among healthy lean women when compared with those with low-normal values.
Learning how to hold young children's focus (2005)

Paula Hammond looks at a range of attention-grabbing techniques to keep children in your setting involved, interested and inspired.
Progressive image reconstruction via cellular neural networks (2003)

The progressive image reconstruction via CNN is presented, where the CNN template mapping an image to a domain concerned with the coefficients of the radial basis function network for image interpolation is provided. The analog CNN dynamics achieves massively parallel computing, thus, the proposed procedure would create a new paradigm of CNN at the point of very high-speed image decoding and encoding. The simulation results shows good performance of the proposed CNN for image reconstruction.
Abstract CT239: ARN-509 in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) previously treated with abiraterone acetate (AA) (2014)

Abstract Background: ARN-509 is a novel second-generation antiandrogen that binds directly to the ligand-binding domain of the androgen receptor (AR), impairing AR nuclear translocation and DNA binding to the androgen response element. Phase 2 of a multicenter phase 1/2 study evaluates ARN-509 activity in 3 distinct patient populations of men with CRPC: 1) nonmetastatic chemotherapy-naive CRPC; 2) chemotherapy-naïve mCRPC; 3) mCRPC post-AA treatment. Study ARN-509-001 is the first to prospectively examine response to novel second-generation antiandrogens post-AA treatment. We present the results of the post-AA treated cohort, as of July 2013. Methods: All patients had mCRPC with progressive disease based on rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and/or imaging. No prior chemotherapy for CRPC was allowed. Patients in the AA-pretreated cohort had to have been treated with AA for at least 6 months. All patients received ARN-509 at the recommended phase 2 dose of 240 mg/d (Rathkopf et al. J Clin Oncol. 2013). The primary end point was PSA response at 12 weeks according to the Prostate Cancer Working Group 2 criteria. Secondary end points included safety, time to PSA progression, and objective response rates. PSA assessments were collected every 4 weeks and tumor imaging was performed every 12 weeks. Results: By July 2013, 21 patients were enrolled and treated in the post-AA cohort. The median age was 67 years (range 48-83). At baseline, 62% of patients had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0, and 29% had a Gleason score ≥ 8; median PSA was 58.4 ng/mL. Median duration on ARN-509 treatment post AA was 5.6 months (range 1.9-16.7). At 12 weeks, 24% (5/21) of patients had ≥ 50% decline in PSA from baseline. Median time to PSA progression was 16 weeks (95% confidence interval, 12-31 weeks). The best objective response was stable disease in 4 (36%) patients. Patients discontinued the study due to disease progression (n = 13), adverse events (n = 2), consent withdrawn (n = 1), and other reasons (n = 4). The most common treatment-related adverse events were fatigue (n = 11), nausea (n = 5), and diarrhea (n = 3). Conclusions: In men with mCRPC, post-AA treatment, ARN-509 is safe and well tolerated, with modest activity in a subset of patients who develop resistance to AA. Clinical trial information: NCT01171898. Citation Format: Dana E. Rathkopf, Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Neal D. Shore, Ronald Tutrone, Joshi J. Alumkal, Charles J. Ryan, Mansoor N. Saleh, Ralph J. Hauke, Rajesh Bandekar, Edna Chow Maneval, Carla de Boer, Mary Todd, Margaret K. Yu, Howard I. Scher. ARN-509 in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) previously treated with abiraterone acetate (AA). [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2014 Apr 5-9; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2014;74(19 Suppl):Abstract nr CT239. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-CT239
Structures of Two C13-Norisoprenoid Glucosidic Precursors of Wine Flavor (1994)

ABSTRACT The β-D-glucopyranosides of (3R,8E)-3-hydroxy-β-damascone and (6R,7E,9R)-3-oxo-α-ionol have been characterized in a Riesling wine glycosidic extract by means of GC/MS analysis of their trifluoroacetylated derivatives and synthesis of authentic racemic compounds. The absolute configurations were determined by 1H-NMR spectros-copy of the diastereomeric esters prepared from (R)-2-phenyl propionic acid and racemic (E)-3-hydroxy-β-damascone and by comparison with (6R,7E,9R)-3-oxo-α-ionol extracted from tobacco. These two glucosides were also identified in wines and grapes from other Vitis vinifera cultivars
<title>Review of Schottky-barrier imager technology</title> (1990)

Advances in the development of infrared image sensors with Schottky-barrier detectors (SBDs) are reviewed. SBD operation and design structure are described, including the responsivity and dark-current characteristics and SBD fabrication. The reported results for a variety of focal plane arrays (FPAs) are compared in terms of parameters such as pixel size, fill factor, and SBD type. The development of scanning PtSi FPAs with 4096 by 4 elements and 2048 by 16 TDI elements is reported for spaceborne remote sensing applications. Up to 512 by 512 elements and 640 by 486 elements have reportedly been developed for high-resolution staring PtSi FPAs. Useful thermal imaging is shown for some staring FPAs, and IrSi SBDs with cut-off wavelengths up to 10 microns is shown for some FPAs in the LWIR band. Because the silicon VLSI process is exclusively employed to produce Schottky-barrier FPAs, these FPAs are found to be useful for uniform, low-cost SWIR and MWIR applications.
Methods of Extracting Volatile Oils From Plant Material and the Production of Such Oils in the United States (1928)

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A Journey to the Center of … a Nuclear Medicine Imaging System (2017)

As Jules Verne’s “A Journey to the Center of the Earth” tells about the adventures of three intrepid travelers into the bowels of the Earth, my “PhD adventure” is into a nuclear medicine imaging system, an adventure made of circuits, detectors, wiring and collimators. My&#13;\nresearch consists on developing an experimental Single-Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT) scanner: a special camera that after injection of a radioactive substance in the animal body takes a 3D picture of its distribution. This allows to analyze and monitor non-invasively the function and activity of internal organs. The system, only one in the world, is sized for small laboratory animals and the hand gives an idea of the real object dimensions (around 10 inches in diameter). The picture shows the “bowels” of the system when it is disassembled for testing on a lab bench and gives you the opportunity&#13;\nto take a look of its internal complexity. What is shown is the result of a long and accurate optimization process in which every detail is carefully engineered and every component is perfectly designed to fit in the overall compact architecture.
ALKALINE ELUTION STUDIES OF HEMATOPORPHYRIN‐DERIVATIVE PHOTOSENSITIZED DNA DAMAGE AND REPAIR IN CHINESE HAMSTER OVARY CELLS (1984)

Abstract We have used alkaline elution to study DNA damage produced by the photosensitizer hematoporphyrin derivative (HPD) in cultured Chinese hamster cells. Dosimetry was performed by measuring fluence and calculating photon absorption by intracellular HPD. HPD photosensitization causes DNA strand breakage. These breaks are repaired by the cell, although their fractional rate of repair is smaller than that for X‐ray induced strand breaks at equivalent levels of strand breakage. The combined DNA polymerase inhibitors cytosine arabinoside and hydroxyurea suppress the repair of HPD‐photosensitized breaks more strongly than they suppress repair of X‐ray induced breaks. Addition of novobiocin to the aforementioned inhibitors causes almost total suppression of photosensitized break repair. A nucleotide excision repair system with inhibitor susceptibility similar to that of the system which removes pyrimidine dimers thus does not act upon HPD‐photosensitized damage. The repair rate and inhibitor sensitivity findings together suggest biologically important differences in the chemical nature of X‐ray induced and HPD‐photosensitized strand breaks. In addition to strand breaks, HPD photosensitization produces covalent DNA‐protein crosslinks, some of which persist through at least 90 min incubation, but which are repaired within 180 min.
Selective attentional dyslexia (1989)

Abstract A case study is presented of a university professor (SJ) who was classified as a developmental dyslexic when he was a teenager. His reading comprehension was found to be markedly inferior to his listening comprehension; in addition, his reading rate was quite slow. Standardised tests were administered to SJ to provide estimates of his reading ability (and overall intelligence) and a test battery was administered to examine his word retrieval and word recognition skills. While these tests revealed that SJ has some type of word retrieval problem, subsequent testing revealed that a major contributor to his reading problem was a selective attentional deficit in which letters from words in parafoveal vision interfere with his processing of the currently fixated word. When parafoveal vision was restricted, by using the McConkie and Rayner (1975) moving window paradigm in which letters outside of a small, centrally fixated window region were replaced with Xs, SJ's reading performance was actually better than when the entire line of text was present. Implications of these findings for developmental dyslexia were discussed.
Throughput and Energy Efficiency of a Cooperative Hybrid ARQ Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks (2013)

Due to its efficiency, reliability and better channel and resource utilization, cooperative transmission technologies have been attractive options in underwater as well as terrestrial sensor networks. Their performance can be further improved if merged with forward error correction (FEC) techniques. In this paper, we propose and analyze a retransmission protocol named Cooperative-Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (C-HARQ) for underwater acoustic sensor networks, which exploits both the reliability of cooperative ARQ (CARQ) and the efficiency of incremental redundancy-hybrid ARQ (IR-HARQ) using rate-compatible punctured convolution (RCPC) codes. Extensive Monte Carlo simulations are performed to investigate the performance of the protocol, in terms of both throughput and energy efficiency. The results clearly reveal the enhancement in performance achieved by the C-HARQ protocol, which outperforms both CARQ and conventional stop and wait ARQ (S&amp;W ARQ). Further, using computer simulations, optimum values of various network parameters are estimated so as to extract the best performance out of the C-HARQ protocol.
Optimal operation of storage systems integrated with MV photovoltaic plants, using Jmodelica (2017)

In modern power systems, the energy storage technology provides new business opportunities to producers, consumers and to their combination (prosumers). In fact, storage not only enables them to provide the electric grid with regulation, reserve and backup services, but actually fills the gap between the timing of production and consumption. This gives concrete economic value to price arbitrage techniques, aimed at maximizing the profit obtained by properly charging or discharging the storage, based on the time variation of electricity prices and the local consumption/generation profile. This paper shows how to optimize the operation of a storage device in presence of a PV generating plant combined with a local industrial load. An optimization technique based on a dynamic programming tool, implemented with the open source Modelica language, is here proposed and tested on different case studies. Three patterns of electricity prices and two different losses models have been considered, as well as the dependence of the storage lifetime on the depth of discharge of its operational cycles. Finally, a payback analysis calibrated on present and future cost scenarios is presented and discussed.
Effects of decontamination and implant surface characteristics on re‐osseointegration following treatment of peri‐implantitis (2009)

Both SLA implants and in situ cleansing resulted in the best re-osseointegration and bone fill of previously contaminated implants.
An artificial neural cell implemented with superconducting circuits (1991)

The authors describe a new type of artificial neural cell using superconducting circuits. Circulating current flowing in a superconducting closed loop is used for implementing a weighted sum of inputs. The weight value and sign are digitally variable. The weight values are stored in superconducting memory loops, and can be controlled by an up-down counter. The performance of the cell, such as cell size, power dissipation, and input/output capability, were evaluated and the estimations show a promise for implementation of large scale neural networks.
Interleukin 10 Responses Are Associated With Sustained CD4 T-Cell Counts in Treated HIV Infection (2012)

Secreted IL-10 from PBMCs may balance the inflammatory environment of HIV, resulting in CD4 T-cell stability.