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Iodine-131 S values for use in organ dose estimation of Korean patients in radioiodine therapy (2021)

In the present study, iodine-131 S values (rT ← thyroid) were calculated for 30 target organs and tissues using the most recently developed Korean reference computational phantoms. The calculated S values were then compared with those of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) reference computational phantoms to investigate the dosimetric impact of the Korean S values against those of the ICRP reference phantoms. The results showed significant differences in the S values due to the different anatomical/morphological characteristics between the Korean and ICRP reference phantoms. Most target organs/tissues showed that the S values of the Korean reference phantoms are lower than those of the ICRP reference phantoms, by up to about 4 times (male spleen and female thymus). Exceptionally, three target organs/tissues (gonads, thyroid, and extrathoracic region) showed that the S values of the Korean reference phantoms are greater, by 1.5–3.7 times. We expect that the S values calculated in the present study will be beneficially used to estimate organ/tissue doses of Korean patients under radioiodine therapy.
Corrosion Behavior of Pb Alloys as Negative Current Collector for Lead Acid Batteries in Charged State (2005)

The corrosion behavior of the exposed part of the Pb alloy negative electrode from the electrolyte was analyzed upon charging, i.e., under the reduced state. Dissolved oxygen in the electrolyte affected the generation rate and the grain size of the PbSO4. From the potential measurements at the exposed part, it was found that the part not under reducing conditions and the generation reaction of PbSO4 progressed by the Jocal cell reaction. Furthermore, when the dissolved oxygen concentration in the electrolyte film on the exposed part increased, the potential at the exposed part became noble and the PbSO4 generation rate increased. On the other hand, the most anti-corrosive Pb alloy was the Pb-1.8% Sn-0.03% Se alloy. The reason was attributed to the dense corrosion layer formed on the surface, because the PbSO4 grain size became small by the synergistic effect of Sn and Se.
The dynamic organelle primary cilia: emerging roles in organ fibrosis (2021)

Recent progress in the field suggests that primary cilia are critical mediators of the pathogenesis of fibrosis. Understanding the potential role of primary cilia in fibrosis and the underlying mechanisms may pave the way for entirely new approaches for fibrosis prevention and treatment of SSc.
Postoperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Fusion (2016)

Introduction Minimally invasive sacroiliac (SI) fusion has become increasingly popular as a treatment for non-traumatic sacroiliac joint pain in recent years. This has created significant need for reliable data addressing risks associated with the procedure. Initial investigations have focused primarily on efficacy and patient satisfaction with small sample size. Furthermore, the majority of past studies have been primarily single center or case series investigations and as such their findings were limited to their sample populations. The aim of this study was to analyze complications associated with minimally invasive SI fusion using a large medical record database that more closely and accurately models the American population as a whole. Material and Methods Patients undergoing minimally invasive SI fusion from 2007–2014 were selected from records of the nationwide private insurance provider Humana. Using the Pearl Diver patient records database (Pearl Diver Technologies, West Conshohocken, PA, USA), patient data on age, procedure date, and medical diagnoses before and after the procedure was acquired. ICD-9 diagnosis codes (International Classification of Diseases 9 th edition) were used to reveal incidence of post-operative complications including infection, pain, osteomyelitis, joint derangement, uterine tract infection (UTI), and nerve pathology. Cases of pre-existing conditions were excluded from the analysis. The data was also examined for incidence of patients with diagnoses of new lumbar pathology following the procedure. Patients undergoing SI fusion for surgical revision, neoplasia, or pelvic ring trauma were excluded from the study. Results Data from 469 patients (305 female; 164 male) showed a substantial increase in the number of minimally invasive sacroiliac fusion procedures performed from 2007–2014 [ p &lt; .05]. Among these patients, an overall complication rate of 13.2% was seen at 90 days and 16.4% at 6 months post-op. Rates of individual complications were as follow. Infection: 30 days = 3.0%, 90 days = 3.6%, 6 months = 4.1%. Pain: 90 days = 2.6%, 6 months = 4.1%. UTI: 90 days = 3.8%, 6 months = 4.9%. Nerve pathology: 90 days = 4.3%, 6 months = 6.2%. Incidence of novel lumbar pathology was 3.6% at 90 days post-op and 5.3% at 6 months. Males experienced diagnoses of novel lumbar pathology at higher rates than females at both 90 days (M=6.7%; F≤3.3%) and 6 months (M=9.1%; F≤3.3%) [ p &lt; .01]. Conclusion The results of this study show that minimally invasive SI joint fusion may carry higher risks of complications than previously stated, including a possible association with the development of lumbar pathology. These finding are critical for physicians and patients considering minimally invasive SI fusion as a treatment for chronic SI joint pain, and should be taken under careful consideration when deciding if surgical treatment is warranted.
Validation of the GATE Monte Carlo code for radiation therapy: Varian Clinac2300C/D (2018)

Our work aimed to validate a GATE Modeled of a linear accelerator Clinac2300C/D using GATE 8.0 for 6MV photon beam. The reference measurements were determined by ionization chambers (PTW 31014) and were compared with GATE results. To reduce the computing time, the simulation tasks were splitted into several jobs to run simultaneously in our local cluster. The simulation parameters of GATE were adjusted to validate the accelerator modeling from percentage depth dose and profiles in the reference conditions. Good agreement between simulations and measurements in water was observed. A gamma index comparison was performed, and more than 97% of the points for all simulations passed the 2%/2 mm gamma criterion.
Changes in Trabecular Pattern of the Upper End of the Femur as an Index of Osteoporosis (1970)

Roentgenograms of the hip region, in a series of thirty-five patients above the age of fifty years, were studied with particular reference to the trabecular pattern of the upper end of the femur. The findings were correlated with the clinical data and the Beck and Nordin iliac-crest biopsy gradings of the same patients. It was observed that definite progressive changes occur in the trabeculae of the upper end of the femur as normal bone deteriorates to severe osteoporosis. With increasing degrees of bone loss, six different trabecular patterns can be recognized in the upper femur. It is suggested that these patterns can be utilized as a roentgenographic scale for the diagnosis and grading of osteoporosis.
The role of gut mycobiome in health and diseases (2021)

The gut microbiome comprised of microbes from multiple kingdoms, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Emerging evidence suggests that the intestinal fungi (the gut "mycobiome") play an important role in host immunity and inflammation. Advances in next generation sequencing methods to study the fungi in fecal samples and mucosa tissues have expanded our understanding of gut fungi in intestinal homeostasis and systemic immunity in health and their contribution to different human diseases. In this review, the current status of gut mycobiome in health, early life, and different diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer, and metabolic diseases were summarized.
Active metals : preparation, characterization, applications (1996)

Rieke metals, Rieke highly reactive metal powders prepared by alkali metal reduction of metal salts, Rieke allylic barium reagents, Yamamoto McMurry reaction, Lectka ultrasound-induced activation of metals, Luche and Cintas principles and applications in organic synthesis, Luche and Cintas functionalized organozinc reagents, Knochel metal atom-vapour approach to active metal clusters-particles, Klabunde electrochemical methods in the synthesis of nanostructured transition metal clusters, Reetz the magnesium route to active metals and intermetallics, Bogdanovic and Aleandre soluble metal clusters, hydride reductions, Bonnemann supported metals, Furstner morphological considerations, Hofe.
Making Vision Transformers Truly Shift-Equivariant (2023)

For computer vision, Vision Transformers (ViTs) have become one of the go-to deep net architectures. Despite being inspired by Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), ViTs' output remains sensitive to small spatial shifts in the input, i.e., not shift invariant. To address this shortcoming, we introduce novel data-adaptive designs for each of the modules in ViTs, such as tokenization, self-attention, patch merging, and positional encoding. With our proposed modules, we achieve true shift-equivariance on four well-established ViTs, namely, Swin, SwinV2, CvT, and MViTv2. Empirically, we evaluate the proposed adaptive models on image classification and semantic segmentation tasks. These models achieve competitive performance across three different datasets while maintaining 100% shift consistency.
Glycol-Enhanced Water-Based Muds: Case History to Demonstrate Improved Drilling Efficiency in Tectonically Stressed Shales (1994)

ABSTRACT Glycol and glycol derivatives are now being used to enhance water based muds and the use of such systems can have a real application in areas where oil based muds would be considered as first choice. Results (both from the laboratory and field use) indicate that glycol type and concentration can be modified to suit a particular drilling application: to effectively reduce HTHP fluid loss values, improve shale inhibition, increase lubricity and reduce differential sticking potential. This paper discusses the planning and eventual field application of such an optimised mud programme for a second appraisal well on an onshore Papua New Guinea field. From offset and previous well data, it was realised that the correct choice and optimised engineering of the mud system was of primary importance to the success of the project. The trial proved extremely successful with a large reduction in drilling days, elimination of balling, reduction in the occurrence of swelling and sloughing shale, elimination of stuck pipe and excellent dilution rates thereby reducing the volume of mud materials required in such a remote location. The paper outlines the laboratory assessment of the chosen fluid, provides detailed field performance review with comparison made with previously used drilling fluids and discusses the mechanisms which resulted in such improved performance over other water based muds.
PNF international: IPNFA (2004)

Die Propriozeptive Neuromuskuläre Fazilitation (PNF) hat ihre Wurzeln in Kalifornien und wird inzwischen in vielen Ländern praktiziert. Dass das Konzept weltweit einheitlich und auf dem neue sten Stand der Wissenschaft angewendet wird, darüber wacht die International PNF Association (IPNFA).
Physicochemical Behaviors of Sugars, Lipids, and Gluten in Short Dough and Biscuit (2000)

The structure of short dough and biscuit has been characterized at a macroscopic level (dimensions, bulk structure) and a microscopic level (starch damage, protein aggregates, microstructure) by physical and biochemical methods. The baking process of short dough induces a large decrease of the product bulk density from 1.26 to 0. 42 (+/-0.01) g.cm(-)(3) for final biscuit, leading to a cellular solid with a thin colored surface and a porous inner structure. Proteins appear aggregated in biscuit when compared to short dough, whereas starch granules remain almost intact in biscuits. The components which are involved in the cohesiveness of short dough and biscuit final structure have been identified. They suggest that short dough is a suspension of solid particles in a liquid phase being an emulsion of lipids in a concentrated sugar solution. The role of sugars in biscuit structure suggest that biscuit structure is a composite matrix of protein aggregates, lipids and sugars, embedding starch granules.
Synthesis and Crystal Structures of Mn(II)- and Ni(II)-Dicarboxylate Complexes with 1,10-Phenanthroline (2012)

Two new metal(II) complexes, <TEX>$[Mn(dpa)(phen)(H_2O)_2]_n$</TEX> (1) (<TEX>$H_2dpa$</TEX> = dephenic acid, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) and <TEX>$[Ni_2(nda)(phen)_2(H_2O)_6](nda)(H_2O)$</TEX> (2) (<TEX>$H_2nda$</TEX> = 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and single crystal X-ray diffraction. In complex 1, Mn(II) ion is six-coordinated, and Mn(II) ions are bridged by dpa ligands into 1D chains. While, the complex 2 is dimer and two Ni(II) ions are bridged by one nda ligand cooperated with the terminal ligand phen. In each complex, the dicarboxylate ligand is coordinated to metal(II) ions as a bis-monodentate.
A Seamless Tracking Solution for Indoor and Outdoor Position Location Invited Paper (2006)

The paper discusses various techniques that have emerged for estimation of location and tracking of stationary and mobile objects both in the open terrain as well as inside a building. For outdoor applications, Global Positioning System (GPS) has proven reliable and accurate. For urban and indoor applications various RF based ranging/positioning techniques have been investigated. Recently modifications to GPS for indoor applications have been proposed. For example, network assisted - GPS (A-GPS) provides via a cellular data link, additional ephemeris to stand alone GPS for aiding. Increase in the indoor GPS receiver sensitivity has been proposed by providing a large number of correlators. A number of other sensors such as inertial measurement unit (IMU), enhanced dead reckoning devices, miniature or micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) could come to aid for durations following the loss of GPS. In addition path constraints based on the indoor environment may assist in determining accurately the position. The objective of our research has been to provide a seamless, sensor fused tracking system in which data from various sensors may be processed using Kalman filters or more general particle filtering algorithms. Interest is in the applicability of these techniques to develop a military soldier wearable system for use in combat training systems for military operations in urban terrain (MOUT)
Identification of CpG islands in DNA sequences using supervised classification (2011)

In this paper, we propose a supervised classification approach based on Euclidean distance for identifying CpG islands in DNA sequences. We first extract features from the training data set which is extracted from annotated DNA sequences. CpG island locations in a test data sequence are identified by calculating Euclidean distance in the feature space. A moving window method has been used to screen the input test sequence. The performance of the proposed method is verified experimentally on EMBL human DNA database. Proposed approach gives superior performance results over most of the available CpG island detectors and has potential application in annotating CpG islands in large human sequences.
Using piezoelectric oscillating system for welding synthetic fabrics (2013)

The high-efficiency oscillating system for welding synthetic fabrics is discussed. It is shown that to increase the productivity of the welding process and reduce the electrical power, it is necessary to use ultrasonic generators self-adjusting with respect to the required oscillation amplitude. The productivity of the processes of ultrasonic welding using piezoceramic and nickel transducers is analysed and the currently available methods of seam welding of synthetic fabrics produced from polymer materials are discussed.
The ppGpp synthetase gene (relA) of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) plays a conditional role in antibiotic production and morphological differentiation (1997)

Deletion of most of the coding region of the ppGpp synthetase gene (relA) of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) resulted in loss of ppGpp synthesis, both upon entry into stationary phase under conditions of nitrogen limitation and following amino acid starvation during exponential growth, but had no effect on growth rate. The relA mutant, which showed continued rRNA synthesis upon amino acid depletion (the relaxed response), failed to produce the antibiotics undecylprodigiosin (Red) and actinorhodin (Act) under conditions of nitrogen limitation. The latter appears to reflect diminished transcription of pathway-specific regulatory genes for Red and Act production, redD and actII-ORF4, respectively. In addition to the changes in secondary metabolism, the relA mutant showed a marked delay in the onset and extent of morphological differentiation, resulting in a conspicuously altered colony morphology.
Response Time Analysis to Support Business Process of the NFC Communication in Smartphone (2019)

The development of wireless technology will reach the fifth generation (5G). If this condition occurs, then there will be many objects that can interconnect and exchange data. Embedded system is one area that will play many roles. One of them is the use of Near Field Communication (NFC). NFC is a short-range communication tool that has been used in many applications. NFC is one of the payment methods that will continue to be used by consumers. The development of this use must be accompanied by increasing trust. In practice, NFC has three modes: peer to peer, read / write and card emulation mode. In the state of card emulation mode, NFC mounted on a smartphone starts to bring up the Host Card Emulation which is launched on Android Kitkat 4.4. This condition allows the possibilies of interruptions or attacks. Then it needs to be examined the system that runs whether there is a gap or not. This study analyzed this with the response time parameters and the distance of the device. Card emulation conditions on NFC-enabled mobile with HCE show that communication can be done in combination with distance and the results show that distance does not affect response time. As long as it is still in the reader range, NFC-enabled mobile can still be read.
Review of methods to assess sustainability of industrial water use (2019)

The projected increase of industrial water demands raises the need to assess the environmental sustainability of industrial water use. Assessment methods need to use Sustainable Systems Indicators (SSIs) which relate resource use to the carrying capacity of the local environment. SSIs for water use evaluate whether water use exceeds the natural water renewal (quantity) and whether emissions remain within the assimilation capacity of ecosystems (quality). We systematically reviewed the scientific literature to show which methods are used to assess industrial water use, and of these, which methods incorporate SSIs. In total, 82 assessment methods were identified in 340 papers. The methods were assigned to five categories: Key Performance Indicators, Composite Indices, Environmental Accounting, Material and Energy Flow Analysis, and Life Cycle Analysis. In 26% of the reviewed papers, the assessment methods used SSIs. The number of papers incorporating SSIs is growing at a slower rate than the overall number of papers in the area of sustainability assessments of industrial water use. Considering the expected growth in industrial water use this poses a risk to sustainable water use. The best performing category in terms of incorporating SSIs is Material and Energy Flow Analysis (42% of papers). Papers assessing several industrial sectors in the same study incorporate SSIs more frequently (68%) than research focused on a single industry or process (20%). We discuss examples from the reviewed papers which successfully incorporate SSIs, in order to: (1) identify the elements needed to create SSIs for industrial water use, (2) aid researchers and practitioners in selecting methods which incorporate SSIs, and (3) provide a starting point for future methodological development incorporating SSIs.
Diagnostic capacity of sinus node recovery time after inhibition of autonomous neural tone. (1980)

Symptomatic arrhythmias often occur intermittently in patients with sinus node dysfunction. A diagnostic test with ability to reveal latent sinus disease has therefore been much sought for. Determinations of sinus node recovery time (SNRT) and corrected sinus node recovery time (CSNRT) have been attempted but limitations in their diagnostic power are well recognized. To eliminate a possible masking effect of autonomous neural tone, propranolol 0.1 mg/kg and atropine 0.02 mg/kg was administered to 30 patients with established symptomatic sinus bradydysrhythmias (SSBD) and to a control group of 18 age-matched healthy volunteers. In addition the same procedure was applied to 9 patients with symptoms suggesting SSBD in whom, however, this cause was later excluded. The upper normal limit of CSNRT defined by the control group was 545 msec before and 505 msec after drugs. In the SSBD group, CSNRT was falsely negative in 8 of the 30 patients. Repeated testing after drug inhibition reduced this number to 2 patients. Thus, the sensitivity increased from 73% to 93%. CSNRT determinations were normal in the non-SSBD patients, specificity remaining at 100%. Thus, the discriminative power of electrophysiologic testing for sinus node disease was found to be high when CSNRT determinations were performed both before and after drug inhibition of autonomous neural tone.
Role of penile rehabilitation through daily intake of 5 mg tadalafil on erectile dysfunction after different presentations of penile fracture: a prospective case–control study (2023)

The current study enhances the proper counseling of these patients prior to repairing the defect about the probability of ED occurrence as well as initiating early penile rehabilitation to help these patients resuming their normal sexual activity as soon as possible.
ChemInform Abstract: Photogeneration of Organic Bases from o‐Nitrobenzyl‐Derived Carbamates. (1991)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Steroids (1972)

Abstract The chemical ionization mass spectra of a group of commonly occuring steroids are discussed. Intense signals (base peak) are observed in the molecular ion region for hydrocarbons and ketones. Functional group elimination is observed with sterols and especially their methyl and TMSi ethers, with the result that base peaks for these compounds are found at m/e values well below the expected molecular ion region. These observations are compared with those from the corresponding electron impact spectra.
Biologic Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis (2000)

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine to Kendall, Hench, and Reichstein for the isolation and characterization of adrenocorticotrophic hormones.1 Until now, nothing has even begun to approach the dramatic effect glucocorticoids have had in improving the care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other systemic inflammatory diseases and creating optimism in the arthritis community. Products devised by the biotechnology industry for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis have now been introduced into the clinic and appear to have ushered in a new era of scientifically based therapy for arthritis. Products . . .