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Fertilizing for a Successful Garden (1985)

Properly gown vegetables require high levels of minerals and water.They grow rapidly and produce their edible portion in 25-100 days.We appreciate vegetables because they are tender and crisp or have succulent fruits of various kinds.Plants grown under stress, lacking water and fertility are not as productive nor as desirable to the palate.By following these guidelines you may be rewarded with a productive garden of quality vegetables without obtaining a soil test.If the soil has not been gardened previously, or if the garden performs poorly in spite of your fertility program, perhaps you should consider a soil test.The USU Soil Testing Lab will test your soil for $10.00 and give you pH, phosphorus, lime potassium, soluble salts and soil texture readings.Other tests are also available.For more information call 801-797-2217.The test will not identify soil home insects, diseases or chemical residues.The basis for fertilizer recommendations is different for gardens than for farm crops, since the aim is to grow the best possible vegetable crops in the small space available.Your goal should be to stimulate early growth and to accommodate the limited root system of a shortseason crop.Home vegetable gardens are not usually large.For a few dollars you can purchase enough fertilizer to be generous to an extent farmers wouldn't consider.Don't over apply fertilizer, especially nitrogen and potassium, to avoid damage to roots by excessive salt build-up.Excess phosphorous reduces the availability of minor elements such as iron, manganese, and zinc. WHAT DOES MY SOIL CONTAIN?Most native soils in our area contain rather high levels of potassium.Phosphorus content varies but availability is often low.After lawns, trees and gardens are indiscriminately fertilized for a few years, one or both of these elements may be excessively high.Factors such as soil alkalinity, temperature, organic matter content and microbial activity will influence whether these elements are available to plants when they need them.Nitrogen is readily leached from soil and must be applied each year for high yields.
Edoxaban for treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer (2015)

Direct oral anticoagulants may be effective and safe for treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients, but they have not been compared with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH), the current recommended treatment for these patients. The Hokusai VTE-cancer study is a randomised, open-label, clinical trial to evaluate whether edoxaban, an oral factor Xa inhibitor, is non-inferior to LMWH for treatment of VTE in patients with cancer. We present the rationale and some design features of the study. One such feature is the composite primary outcome of recurrent VTE and major bleeding during a 12-month study period. These two complications occur frequently in cancer patients receiving anticoagulant treatment and have a significant impact. The evaluation beyond six months will fill the current gap in the evidence base for the long-term treatment of these patients. Based on the observation that the risk of recurrent VTE in patients with active cancer is similar to that in those with a history of cancer, the Hokusai VTE-cancer study will enrol patients if whose cancer was diagnosed within the past two years. In addition, patients with incidental VTE are eligible because their risk of recurrent VTE is similar to that in patients with symptomatic disease. The unique design features of the Hokusai VTE-cancer study should lead to enrolment of a broad spectrum of cancer patients with VTE who could benefit from oral anticoagulant treatment.
Increased Capabilities for Upward Recomplete of Remote Platform Wells (2016)

Abstract Through-tubing bridge plugs (TTBPs) enable the production of new zones by isolating abandoned zones without requiring a costly and time-consuming workover rig. Previously available hydraulic setting tools were not applicable to all types of well conditions and plugs, often because of extended toolstring length requirements, making them not suitable for wells with limited rigup height capability. A nonexplosive electromechanical setting tool can provide an easy-to-transport, flexible setting tool for all environments. An electrically controlled motor enables the effective setting of multiple sizes and types of TTBPs, not dependent on the environmental effects on downhole fluid required by hydraulic tools to facilitate the setting process. The tool uses rotational torque converted to linear pull tension and operates independently of downhole conditions, not requiring specialty fluid types or relying on the appropriate fluid availability. Because fluid is not required for operations, a shorter overall tool length is required compared to existing hydraulic or pneumatic tools. The ability to deploy shorter toolstring lengths means that the electromechanical setting tool can be used in a wider variety of scenarios, such as remote platforms or rigless environments. With the introduction of the electromechanical setting tool to operations, wells that might have been previously suspended because of the availability of a workover rig can now receive timely interventions, efficiently isolating noncontributing zones and enabling the perforation and production of contributing zones. Operators can benefit from rigless operations by accessing new zones at a lower cost and with a faster turnaround, enabling them to benefit from economically advantageous market conditions. The real-time feedback of the electromechanical tool also confirms that the plug has been set at the required tension using a slow and controlled setting method. This paper presents case histories to illustrate the advantages of the shorter rigup lengths enabled by the electromechanical setting tool; these advantages are made possible by pinpointing instances in which the hydrostatic setting tool methodology would not have allowed recompletion of producing zones. Job data from the electromechanical setting tool are used to illustrate that the slow, controlled set of the TTPBs was achieved within specifications of the plug design, which cannot be confirmed using hydrostatic setting tools. Cost savings and realized production gains are also highlighted in instances in which the electromechanical setting tool was used to increase asset return value.
A Note on Efficiency of Downsampling and Color Transformation in Image\n Quality Assessment (2016)

Several existing and successful full reference image quality assessment (IQA)\nmodels use linear color transformation and downsampling before measuring\nsimilarity or quality of images. This paper indicates to the right order of\nthese two procedures and that the existing models have not chosen the more\nefficient approach. In addition, efficiency of these metrics is not compared in\na fair basis in the literature.\n
Design, Computational Modelling and Experimental Characterization of Bistable Hybrid Soft Actuators for a Controllable-Compliance Joint of an Exoskeleton Rehabilitation Robot (2022)

This paper presents the mechatronic design of a biorobotic joint with controllable compliance, for innovative applications of “assist-as-needed” robotic rehabilitation mediated by a wearable and soft exoskeleton. The soft actuation of robotic exoskeletons can provide some relevant advantages in terms of controllable compliance, adaptivity and intrinsic safety of the control performance of the robot during the interaction with the patient. Pneumatic Artificial Muscles (PAMs), which belong to the class of soft actuators, can be arranged in antagonistic configuration in order to exploit the variability of their mechanical compliance for the optimal adaptation of the robot performance during therapy. The coupling of an antagonistic configuration of PAMs with a regulation mechanism can achieve, under a customized control strategy, the optimal tuning of the mechanical compliance of the exoskeleton joint over full ranges of actuation pressure and joint rotation. This work presents a novel mechanism, for the optimal regulation of the compliance of the biorobotic joint, which is characterized by a soft and hybrid actuation exploiting the storage/release of the elastic energy by bistable Von Mises elastic trusses. The contribution from elastic Von Mises structure can improve both the mechanical response of the soft pneumatic bellows actuating the regulation mechanism and the intrinsic safety of the whole mechanism. A comprehensive set of design steps is presented here, including the optimization of the geometry of the pneumatic bellows, the fabrication process through 3D printing of the mechanism and some experimental tests devoted to the characterization of the hybrid soft actuation. The experimental tests replicated the main operating conditions of the regulation mechanism; the advantages arising from the bistable hybrid soft actuation were evaluated in terms of static and dynamic performance, e.g., pressure and force transition thresholds of the bistable mechanism, linearity and hysteresis of the actuator response.
Prevalence and risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the general population of northern Italy (2005)

ABSTRACT While there is increasing evidence that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) may be the most common liver disease in Western countries, its prevalence and risk factors have not undergone a formal evaluation in a representative sample of the general population. We therefore performed a cross-sectional study in the town of Campogalliano (Modena, Italy), within the context of the Dionysos Project. Subjects with suspected liver disease (SLD), defined on the basis of elevated serum ALT and GGT activity, HBsAg or HCV-RNA positivity, were matched with randomly selected subjects of the same age and sex without SLD. A total of 311 subjects with and 287 without SLD underwent a detailed clinical, laboratory and anthropometrical evaluation. Fatty liver was diagnosed by ultrasonography and alcohol intake was assessed using a seven-day diary. Multinomial logistic regression was used to detect risk factors for normal liver vs. NAFLD and for alcoholic fatty liver (AFLD) vs. NAFLD. The prevalence of NAFLD was similar in subjects with and without SLD (25 vs. 20%, p = 0.203). At multivariable analysis, normal liver was more likely than NAFLD in older subjects and less likely in the presence of obesity, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, hypertriglyceridemia and systolic hypertension; AFLD was more likely than NAFLD in older subjects, males and in the presence of elevated GGT and hypertriglyceridemia and less likely in the presence of obesity and hyperglycemia. We conclude that NAFLD is highly prevalent in the general population, is not associated with SLD, but is associated with many features of the metabolic syndrome.
Extraction of rare-earth elements by alkylated dibenzo-18-crown-6 and dicyclohexano-18-crown-6 from acid solutions (2006)

The extraction of rare-earth elements (REE) by alkylated crown ethers (dibenzo-and dicyclohexano-18-crown 6; DB18C6 and DCH18C6) from acid solutions in the chloroform-water system is studied. The extraction of the REE with DCH18C6 and its alkylated derivatives in the presence of trichloroacetic acid (TCA) is far more efficient than the extraction with DB18C6 and its alkylated derivatives or when nitric or acetic acid is used instead of TCA. The distribution coefficients for the cerium metals are far higher than for the yttrium metals. The metal: crown ether ratio in the extracted complex in all cases is 1:1.
Synthesis and intramolecular cyclization of 2‐methylsulfany‐4‐oxo‐3(4H)‐quinazolinyl)acetohydrazide (2006)

Abstract magnified image Treatment of ambident sodium salt of 2‐methylsulfanyl‐4(3 H )‐quinazolinone with methyl bromoacetate resulted in N (3) ‐alkyl ester formation. Reaction of the resulted ester with hydrazine hydrate gave 2‐methylsulfanyl‐4‐oxo‐3(4 H )‐quinazolinyl)acetohydrazide, which underwent intramolecular cyclization under heating in dimethylformamide to give 1‐aminoimidazo[2,1‐ b ]quinazoline‐2,5(1 H ,3 H )‐dione. The latter took place in acylation reaction and in condensation with aromatic aldehydes.
Modeling and simulation of a DFIG-based wind-power system for stability analysis (2012)

This paper deals with the modeling and simulation of a double-fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind-power unit which is connected to the grid through a series-compensated transmission line. A detailed model of a DFIG in the rotor flux reference frame, along with its controllers, is developed in this paper. This paper proposes a comprehensive set of differential equations for grid connection of DFIGs that takes into account the dynamics of the grid side line filter and transmission line. Time domain simulations are performed in Matlab/Simulink. Based on the model and simulation results, system stability is investigated for different series compensation levels. Also, the effect of grid stiffness on the system stability is studied. Potential of sub-synchronous resonance (SSR) oscillations is investigated and the proper system and controller parameters which make the system stable and mitigate hazards due to SSR are identified.
Reconfigurable miniature multielement antenna for wireless networking (2002)

We present a new reconfigurable broadband miniature antenna architecture that is able to change its working frequency, polarization, or radiation pattern to get single broadband or dualband behavior for a single widebeam or multibeam diversity configuration. Two antenna geometries are considered. A single element antenna, the so-called dime antenna, is introduced. A prototype dime antenna operating at 5.2 GHz was fabricated and measured to validate the accuracy of the simulation tool in terms of accurately predicting its impedance behaviour and radiation characteristics. Motivated by the dime antenna another novel miniature antenna geometry, called qdime, was studied in detail. Mutual coupling analysis between qdime antenna pairs with respect to orientation is investigated to determine optimum multielement antenna configuration (less mutual coupling and less space occupation) for use in diversity systems that require sufficiently decorrelated received signals at each antenna element. Short circuit striplines, having typical dimensions of RF MEMS switches, are appropriately located within the antenna structure to change its operating frequency and radiation pattern. Results are presented and discussed.
Intertwining Threshold Settings, Biological Data and Database Knowledge to Optimize the Selection of Differentially Expressed Genes from Microarray (2010)

We have applied this approach to the well documented mechanism of human macrophage response to lipopolysaccharide stimulation. We thus verified that our method was able to determine with the highest degree of accuracy the best threshold for selecting genes that are truly differentially expressed.
Neural networks for extraction of weak targets in high clutter environments (1989)

It is shown that feed-forward and graded response Hopfield neural networks can implement an optimum postdetection target track receiver. For the Hopfield net the spurious states correspond to the important case of multiple track detection. Simulations are presented that show that substantial signal-to-noise gain can be achieved. The advantage of the Hopfield network is that the desired final output cells are just time-evolved input cells, so that no additional cells are required for output display. Although a feed-forward network may relegate display to an external device and compute only cells corresponding to the presence of particular patterns, additional cells are still required, over and above the input cells, for the detection of each pattern. If a large number of patterns is required, then the advantage of the Hopfield network, which needs only the input cells, becomes evident.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
Drugs of abuse--opiates. (1990)

Treating opiate-dependent patients can be difficult for many physicians because the patients' life-styles, values, and beliefs differ from those of the physicians. Primary care physicians, however, are often involved in the treatment of the medical complications of opiate abuse, and physicians must often manage a patient's opiate dependence until appropriate referral to a drug abuse treatment program can be arranged. Treatment is guided by an understanding of the patient's addictive disease, for which there are specific diagnostic criteria, and an understanding of the pharmacology of opiates of abuse and the medications used in treating opiate dependence. The opiate agonist, methadone, is useful for both detoxification and maintenance. The opiate antagonist, naloxone, is the treatment of choice for opiate overdose, and naltrexone, also an opiate antagonist, is a useful adjunct in subgroups of opiate-dependent patients for preventing relapse. New medications for the treatment of opiate dependence are being developed.
Subminiature implantable potentiostat and modified commercial telemetry device for remote glucose monitoring (1999)

A subminiature implantable potentiostat and telemetry electronics package was developed to provide remote monitoring of implantable amperometric glucose sensors. Included are a new potentiostat for sensor biasing, a transimpedance amplifier to produce the sensor-current proportional voltage, and an optically coupled interface to the commercially available telemetry unit which transmits glucose concentration data to a corresponding receiver and computer. Potentiostat components were individually tested in vitro for accuracy and stability, and as a system utilizing telemetry for end-to-end remote data monitoring. In vitro calibrations of a glucose sensor obtained with our subminiature potentiostat/telemetry unit and a traditional potentiostat correlated extremely well (R/sup 2/=0.9994). Instrumentation developed in this paper will allow other researchers to easily develop implantable units for their own applications.
Thrombin inhibitors grafting on polyester membranes for the preparation of blood-compatible materials (2005)

The design of biomaterials, historically initiated and developed by physicians and engineers, in the last decades has slowly shifted toward a more biochemical based approach. For the replacement, repair and regeneration of tissues scientists are now focusing on materials that stimulate specific biological response at the molecular level. These biomaterials have already shown interesting applications in cell proliferation, differentiation, and extracellular matrix production and organization when the material modifications are designed to elicit specific interactions with cell integrins. In the present work we propose the application of this strategy for the development of blood-compatible materials. We first identified, in the coagulation cascade a key enzyme that constitute a valuable biological target for the development of anti-thrombogenic compounds. Piperazinyl-amide derivatives of N-alfa-(3-trifluoromethyl-benzenesulfonyl)-L-arginine were synthesized as graftable thrombin inhibitors. These inhibitors provided a spacer arm for surface grafting and a fluorine tag for XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) detection. The possible disturbance of biological activity due to a variable spacer-arm fixed on the N-4 piperazinyl position was evaluated in vitro against human alfa-thrombin, in silico by molecular modelling and via X-ray diffraction study. Selected inhibitors, having inhibition potency in the mM range, were grafted on polyesters surface via wet chemistry and photochemical activation treatments. Wet chemistry surface grafting was performed by specific hydroxyl chain-ends activation and resulted in bioactive molecules fixation of 20-300pmol/cm2. The photochemical grafting was performed using a molecular clip providing an aromatic azide, for nitrene insertion into a polymer, and an activated ester for grafting of tag compounds. This grafting technique resulted in a dramatic increase in fixed bioactive signals (up to nmol/cm2). The material blood-compatibilization induced by the surface fixation of the inhibitors, was measured by a static blood clot weight measurement test. The wet chemistry grafting technique resulted in moderate blood-compatibilization while by the photochemical grafting method important decrease in surface blood clot formation was observed. In the latter case, the blood response to material contact was found to be strongly affected by the polyester surface photo-degradation induced by the activation treatment.
Hybrid teaching mode of bilingual lessons in teaching surgery (2008)

Objective: To investigate the clinical medical students' evaluation on the mode of the bilingual lessons and analyze the advantage and disadvantage of this mode.Methods: Questionnaire was performed on the students to investigate the students' requirements on teachers,teaching materials and the mode of teaching;after the lessons,an theory examination was performed among partial students.Results: Most of the students approve of the original textbook and English slides,but they wish that the classroom explain in English don't exceed 50%.The result of the theory examination show the students' knowledge learned subside compared with that learned from the traditional lessons in Chinese.Conclusions: The multi-level bilingual teaching is feasible.The students' English level and the multi-level mode is feasible.The original textbook is updating,but this teaching mode can also result in somewhat absence in knowledge.
The Monte Carlo feature selection and interdependency discovery is unbiased (2011)

We show that the Monte Carlo feature selection al- gorithm for supervised classification proposed, by Draminski et al. (2008), is not biased towards features with many categories (levels or values). While the algorithm, later extended to include the func- tionality of discovering interdependencies between features, is sur- prisingly simple and has been successfully used on many biological data and transactional data of commercial origin, and it has never revealed any bias of the type mentioned, the alleged property of its unbiasedness required a closer scrutiny which is thus provided here. Admittedly, the algorithm does reveal some bias coming from another source, but it is negligible. Hence our final claim is that the algorithm is practically unbiased and the results it provides can be considered fully reliable. Keywords: supervised classification, feature selection, fea- ture interactions, high-dimensional problems, applications to ge- nomic and proteomic data.