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Effect of fish paste products, fish balls ‘tsumire’, intake in Sprague–Dawley rats (2021)

The fish paste product, fish balls 'tsumire', is a traditional type of Japanese food made from minced fish as well as imitation crab, kamaboko and hanpen. Although tsumire is known as a high-protein and low-fat food, there is a lack of scientific evidence on its health benefits. Hence, we aimed to investigate the effects of tsumire intake on organ weight and biomarker levels in Sprague-Dawley rats for 84 d as a preliminary study. Six-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into two groups: group I, fed normal diets, and group II, fed normal diets with 5 % dried tsumire. Throughout the administration period, we monitored their body weight and food intake; at the end of this period, we measured their organ weight and analysed their blood biochemistry. No significant differences were observed with respect to body weight, food intake, organ weight and many biochemical parameters between the two groups. It was found that inorganic phosphorus and glucose levels were higher in group II rats than in group I rats. On the other hand, sodium, calcium, amylase and cholinesterase levels were significantly lower in group II than in group I. Interestingly, we found that the levels of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine transaminase, lactate dehydrogenase and leucine aminopeptidase in group II were significantly lower than in group I, and that other liver function parameters of group II tended to be lower than in group I. In conclusion, we consider that the Japanese traditional food, 'tsumire,' may be effective as a functional food for human health management worldwide.
ChemInform Abstract: Oxidation of Alcohols with Benzyltriphenylphosphonium Periodate under Non‐Aqueous Conditions. (2002)

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.
Manufacturing and testing of briquettes from inertinite-rich low-grade coal fines using various binders (2018)

Inertinite-rich, low-grade coal was used with 12 binders: clays (attapulgite&#13;\nand bentonite), biochar, cow dung, crystallized medium-tar pitch, coal tar&#13;\nsludge, flocculant, fly ash, lignosulphonates, polyester resin, and two&#13;\nSouth African coal tar pitches in order to produce mechanically strong and&#13;\nwater-resistant briquettes. The binders were added in concentrations of&#13;\n2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10 mass%, and the compressive strength, cohesiveness,&#13;\nand water resistance of the resultant briquettes were determined. The&#13;\nbriquettes manufactured using lignosulphonate and resin as binders were&#13;\nthe strongest, with compressive strengths of 16 and 12 MPa respectively at&#13;\na 7.5 mass% binder. Cured and uncured, with and without binder addition,&#13;\nthe briquettes all retained their shape and size during drop tests, but none&#13;\nproved to be water-resistant. Paraffin and wax were therefore used as&#13;\nwaterproofing agents after pressing and curing. These briquettes showed&#13;\nsufficient strength, cohesiveness, and water resistance to be considered for&#13;\nindustrial application
Optimizing dynamic memory management in a multithreaded application executing on a multiprocessor (2002)

The Billing Gateway (BGw) is a large multithreaded object oriented C++ application running on Sun Solaris. Due to frequent allocation and deallocation of dynamic memory, the initial implementation of this system suffered from poor performance when executed on a multiprocessor. We compare two approaches for improving the performance of BGw. First we replace the standard Solaris heap with a parallel heap. In the second approach we optimize the application code by removing a number of heap allocations/deallocations. In order to do this, we introduce memory pools for commonly used object types and replace some heap variables with stack variables. The parallel heap approach resulted in a dramatic speedup improvement. The optimization of the application code did also result in a dramatic speedup improvement. For this approach the performance using a single processor computer was also increased by a factor of eight. The optimizations took approximately one week to implement.
Lower Mini-Sternotomy for Direct Coronary Artery Bypass on the Beating Heart. (2000)

小切開心拍動下冠状動脈バイパス術 (MIDCAB) が急速に広まり, 内胸動脈を用いた左前下行枝 (LAD) への1枝バイパス術では左前小開胸 (LAST) アプローチが一般的になった. しかし内胸動脈の剥離, 術野の stabilizing, 術後の疼痛などまだ問題点も多い. 当科では手術をより安全・確実に施行するため, また疼痛の軽減を目的として, 胸骨小切開によるMIDCABを4例施行した. 症例は58歳から75歳の男性で, このうち3例がLAD1枝病変で, 1例が脳血流障害を合併した3枝病変であった. 全例手術中に体外循環への移行もなく, 合併症なく終了し, 術後のグラフト造影は全例良好に開存していた. 疼痛の訴えは軽度で創部の問題もなく, 術後5～11病日に全員退院した. 胸骨小切開法はLAST手術に比べ手術手技が容易で, 痛みも少なく美容上も満足できるものであった.
An Overdetermined System of Transform Equations in Support of Robust DCE-MRI Registration with Outlier Rejection (2016)

Quantitative hepatic perfusion parameters derived by fitting dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of liver to a pharmacokinetic model are prone to errors if the dynamic images are not corrected for respiratory motion by image registration. The contrast-induced intensity variations in pre- and postcontrast phases pose challenges for the accuracy of image registration. We propose an overdetermined system of transformation equations between the image volumes in the DCE-MRI series to achieve robust alignment. In this method, we register each volume to every other volume. From the transforms produced by all pairwise registrations, we constructed an overdetermined system of transform equations that was solved robustly by minimizing the <i>L</i><sub>1/2</sub>-norm of the residuals. This method was evaluated on a set of 100 liver DCE-MRI examinations from 35 patients by examining the area under spikes appearing in the voxel time-intensity curves. The robust alignment procedure significantly reduced the area under intensity spikes compared with unregistered volumes (<i>P</i><.001) and volumes registered to a single reference phase (<i>P</i><.001). Our registration procedure provides a larger number of reliable time-intensity curve samples. The additional reliable samples in the precontrast baseline are important for calculating the postcontrast signal enhancement and thereby for converting intensity to contrast concentration. On the intensity ramp, retained samples help to better describe the uptake dynamics, providing a better foundation for parameter estimation. The presented method also simplifies the analysis of data sets with many patients by eliminating the need for manual intervention during registration.
Chemical Composition of Essential Oils of Some Medicinal Plants from Rwanda (1998)

Abstract We report the chemical compositions of the essential oils of five medicinal plants from Rwanda belonging to the Labiatae family (Lamiaceae): Leonitis nepetifolia, Leucas martinicensis, Plectranthus sylvestris, Plectranthus harbatus and Satureja pseudosimensis. Only the oil of Plectanthus harbatus had been studied previously. The main components of Leonitis nepetifolia leaf and flower oils were linalool (0.5% and 10.5%), β-caryophyllene (10.3% and 6.2%), germacrene D (41.2% and 17.0%) and δ-selinene (6.8% and 16.7%), respectively. The leaf and flower oils of Leucas martinicensis contained 1-hepten-3-ol (7.6–21.5% and 12.8–17.8%) and germacrene D (30.3–39.9% and 29.7–37.0%), respectively. The oil of Plectranthus harbatus contain α-fenchyl acetate (0.7–10%), α-copaene (3.9–7.7%), aromadendrene (8.2–23.6%), borneol (3.0–23.9%), γ-2-cadinene (1.9–4.3%), caryophyllene oxide (1.9–44.0%), T-cadinol (0.5–4.1%), calamenene hydrate and hydroxycalamenene (0.8–7.5% and 2.3–7.3%), respectively. The leaves and flowers oils of Plectranthus sylvestris were characterized by (E)-β-ocimene (6.2% and 26.0%), β-bourbonene (3.8% and 6.3%), β-caryophyllene (3.2% and 5.8%), germacrene-D (22.1% and 24.6%) and (Z,Z)-α-farnesene (22.1% and 24.6%) respectively. The oil of Satureja pseudosimensis was characterized by the presence of limonene (1.8–3.9%), menthone (1.1–18.0%), pulegone (0.2–63.4%) and piperitone oxide (0.5–71.7%).
The role of TCF3 as potential master regulator in blastemal Wilms tumors (2018)

Wilms tumors are the most common type of pediatric kidney tumors. While the overall prognosis for patients is favorable, especially tumors that exhibit a blastemal subtype after preoperative chemotherapy have a poor prognosis. For an improved risk assessment and therapy stratification, it is essential to identify the driving factors that are distinctive for this aggressive subtype. In our study, we compared gene expression profiles of 33 tumor biopsies (17 blastemal and 16 other tumors) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The analysis of this dataset using the Regulator Gene Association Enrichment algorithm successfully identified several biomarkers and associated molecular mechanisms that distinguish between blastemal and nonblastemal Wilms tumors. Specifically, regulators involved in embryonic development and epigenetic processes like chromatin remodeling and histone modification play an essential role in blastemal tumors. In this context, we especially identified TCF3 as the central regulatory element. Furthermore, the comparison of ChIP-Seq data of Wilms tumor cell cultures from a blastemal mouse xenograft and a stromal tumor provided further evidence that the chromatin states of blastemal cells share characteristics with embryonic stem cells that are not present in the stromal tumor cell line. These stem-cell like characteristics could potentially add to the increased malignancy and chemoresistance of the blastemal subtype. Along with TCF3, we detected several additional biomarkers that are distinctive for blastemal Wilms tumors after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and that may provide leads for new therapeutic regimens.
Corrigendum (1985)

A. Bury, H. A. Earl and C. J. M. Stirling, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1985, 932 DOI: 10.1039/C39850000932
Dynamics of laser induced micro bubble clusters on tissue phantoms (2011)

Selective retina treatment (SRT) is a laser based method to treat retinal diseases associated with disorders of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) while preserving photoreceptors and choroid. Applying microsecond laser pulses to the 100- 200 strongly absorbing melanin granules inside the RPE cells induces transient micro bubbles which disrupt the cells. Aim of this work is to understand bubble dynamics in clusters with respect to the influence of the adjacent retina. Bubble dynamics were investigated in vitro on porcine RPE. An about 200 μm thick layer of agarose gel was applied to the RPE layer in order to simulate the mechanical properties of retina. Different laser pulse durations from 1 ns (532 nm, Nd:YAG) to 1.7 μs (527 nm, Nd:YLF) were used. The bubbles were investigated interferometrically (fiber interferometer @ 830 nm) and with fast flash photography (25 ns flash duration). Bubble lifetimes were measured. The results show that with retina phantoms the bubble formation threshold was reached at 2.5 times higher irradiation than without retina phantom for 1.7 μs laser pulses. The microbubbles generated with 1 ns laser pulses were almost not influenced by the agarose layer. Irradiation twofold over bubble formation threshold resulted in 3.5 times longer bubble lifetimes for μs and 2 times longer for ns pulse durations, respectively.
Initial stages of oxide nanodot heteroepitaxial growth: Cu2O on SrTiO3(100) (2004)

The growth mechanism in a heteroepitaxy of oxide nanodots is investigated by a combination of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), atomic force microscopy, and theoretical modeling. In contrast to the majority of semiconductor systems, in the studied metal oxide system of Cu2O–SrTiO3(100) the growth process starts without wetting layer formation with the appearance of small (∼10nm) square-based planar Cu2O nanodots. Continued deposition leads mainly to increase of the nanodot density, practically, without change of their size. Only after reaching some critical density (∼1013cm−2 for 760K growth temperature), growth of scattered, significantly larger islands starts through the coalescence of small nanodots. XPS analysis suggests that the interface between small nanodots and substrate is abrupt with only weak Cu–O(SrTiO3) interaction.
Topology Optimisation of an Automotive Disc Brake Rotor to Improve Thermal Performance and Minimise Weight. (2021)

Weight reduction has become a major topic in the automotive industry due to the environmental impacts of carbon emissions. When considering the thermal performance of disc brake rotors, it is increasingly important to optimise their design in a weight-efficient manner. With the advent of electric vehicles, which are heavy due to battery requirements, there is even more impetus to reduce total vehicle mass which can extend driving range. Furthermore, the brake disc constitutes part of the vehicle’s unsprung mass, so minimising brake rotor weight helps to improve ride comfort and reduce damage to the road surface. Considering thermal performance, the temperature rise produced by friction at the sliding interface leads to thermo-elastic deformation within the disc. Consequently, this can change the distribution of contact pressure and cause thermal localisation such as hot-banding and hot-spotting. The phenomenon is called thermo-elastic instability, and if severe, this can cause judder, as well as decrease the fatigue life of the disc. This paper introduces topology optimisation in the development of a ventilated brake disc used on a high performance passenger vehicle with the aim of improving thermal performance, while minimising mass. A baseline ground structure is formulated to enable new conceptual vane geometries for both improved thermal performance and lower disc mass to be derived. This approach allows novel disc designs not previously considered to evolve. Although possibly more difficult to manufacture than the conventional disc, the potential performance benefits of this more radical optimisation strategy are clearly demonstrated. Furthermore, CFD analysis is utilised to predict the air flow through the conceptual vane designs produced from the topology optimisation process. This allows for estimation of convective heat transfer coefficient for the novel design concepts and enables detailed flow patterns within the vane geometries to be predicted.
Evidence-based orthodontics (2010)

Comparing AJODO publications in 2003 and 2008, there was an 8.5% increase in the use of descriptive articles (from 7.1% to 15.6%), and there was an 8.5% decrease in articles using inferential statistics (from 92.9% to 84.4%).
An efficient software radio implementation of the UMTS turbo codec (2002)

This paper addresses some critical implementation issues involved in the development of a turbo decoder, using the UMTS specification as a concrete example. The assumption is that the decoder is to be implemented in software rather than hardware, and thus a variable number of decoder iterations is not only possible, but desirable. Three twists on the decoding algorithm am proposed: (1) a linear approximation of the correction function used by the max* operator which reduces complexity with only a negligible loss in BER performance; (2) a method for normalizing the backward recursion which yields a 12.5% savings in memory usage; and (3) a simple method for halting the decoder iterations based only on the log-likelihood ratios.
Variability Analysis of Scaled Crystal Channel and Poly-Si Channel FinFETs (2012)

The threshold voltage <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Vt</i> variability in the scaled crystal channel and poly-Si channel double-gate fin-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (FinFETs) with different gate oxide thicknesses <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">T</i> <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">ox</sub> has been systematically analyzed. By investigating the <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">T</i> <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">ox</sub> dependence of <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Vt</i> variations in crystal channel FinFETs, the gate-stack origin sources, i.e., work function (φ <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">m</i> ) variation and gate oxide charge ( <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Q</i> <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">ox</sub> ) variation sources, were successfully separated. It was found that the atomically flat Si-fin sidewall channels fabricated by the orientation-dependent wet etching contribute to the reduction of gate-stack origin <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Vt</i> variations. Moreover, it was experimentally found that the standard <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Vt</i> deviation (σ <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Vt</i> ) of poly-Si channel FinFETs is three times higher than that of crystal channel ones, and a good subthreshold slope in the poly-Si channel FinFETs was obtained with gate length <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Lg</i> down to poly-Si grain size.
Evaluation of the Radiated Field by a Harness Above a Partial Composite Material Chassis (2014)

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Corrigendum: Catalytic Dynamic Kinetic Resolutions with N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes: Asymmetric Synthesis of Highly Substituted β‐Lactones (2013)

Table 1 of this Communication contains wrong data for the ee values of entries 1–7. The corrected entries are shown here. Entry Variation of the standard conditions P:SM[b] d.r.[c] ee [%][d] 1 A, X=OEt 2:3 4:1 n.d. 2 B, X=OEt 1.2:1 5:1 n.d. 3 C, X=OEt 1:20 –[e] – 4 D, X=OEt 1:3 4:1 n.d. 5 E, X=OEt >20:1 (31)[f] 7:1 90 6 F, X=OEt >20:1 (72) 5:1 99 7 F, X=NBn2 >20:1 1:1 n.d. … … … … …
Total arterial compliance estimated by stroke volume-to-aortic pulse pressure ratio in humans (1998)

On the basis of the windkessel model, the stroke volume-to-aortic pulse pressure ratio (SV/PP) has been proposed as an estimate of total arterial compliance, but recent studies have questioned this approximation. Aortic pressure was obtained at rest in 31 adults undergoing cardiac catheterization (47 +/- 14 yr): controls (n = 7), patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (n = 10), and patients with other cardiac diseases (n = 14). We calculated PP, mean aortic pressure (MAoP), heart period (T), SV (thermodilution cardiac output/heart rate), total peripheral resistance (R), total arterial compliance estimated by area method (Carea), and the time constant of aortic pressure decay in diastole (RCarea). In the overall population (n = 31), there was no significant difference between SV/PP and Carea. SV/PP was linearly related to Carea (SV/PP = 0.99Carea + 0.05; r = 0.98; P < 0.001); the slope and intercept did not differ from unity and zero, respectively. Similar results were obtained in the three subgroups. These results implied that PP/MAoP and T/RCarea were proportionally related (T/RCarea = 1.18PP/MAoP - 0.07; r = 0.96; P < 0.001). We conclude that for humans at rest 1) SV/PP gave a reliable estimate of Carea, and 2) T normalized by the time constant of aortic pressure decay in diastole was proportionally related to PP/MAoP. This last relationship could be considered an aspect of the coupling between the left ventricle and its load.
Technology Status and Future Trend on OLED Pixel Patterning Process for Large Mother Glass Production (2008)

소형 디스플레이용 AMOLED가 상용화 되면서 TFT LCD와 경쟁이 가능한 기술로 발전이 예상되고 있다. 대형 화의 목적은 저가격화를 통한 가격 경쟁력의 확보이며 이를 구현하기 위해서는 AM 기판 기술개발과 OLED 화소형성 기 술의 혁신이 요구되어진다. OLED 화소형성 기술은 현재 Fine Metal Mask법, laser법, 용액기반 잉크젯법 그리고 white OLED + C/F법 등으로 구분되어 개발이 되고 있으며 이들 기술의 현황과 미래를 정리 요약하였다.
Towards Energy Efficient Control of Individual Wheel Drive Articulated Vehicles (2014)

The aim of this thesis was to increase knowledge in the area of articulated vehicles and specifically energy efficient traction control. Eletrical propulsion of vehicles has started to be popular due to its versatility and freedom of design. One reason is the reduced fuel consumption associated with hybrid solutions that generate power through a smaller engine that can run at its optimal setpoint. The placement of the electrical motor is in this case dependent on the design of the driveline. Vehicles with one electrical motor for each driving wheel can be designed without a mechanical driveline. This kind of driveline is referred to as individual-wheel drive is usually over-actuated. With the extra actuation provided by these vehicles some critera, i.e. energy efficiency, component wear, traction and driveability, can be optimized. Experiments were performed by using ArtiTRAX (Developed at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden), a 320kg small-scale articulated vehicle with individual wheel drive. In this thesis we study how the extra actuation can be used to minimize the energy consumption and to determine tyre parameters.
A Novel Amphiphilic Double-[60]Fullerene-Capped Triblock Copolymer (2005)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVNoteNEXTA Novel Amphiphilic Double-[60]Fullerene-Capped Triblock CopolymerH. Yu, L. H. Gan, X. Hu, S. S. Venkatraman, K. C. Tam, and Y. Y. GanView Author Information Natural Sciences & Science Education, National Institute of Education, School of Materials Engineering, and School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616, Republic of Singapore Cite this: Macromolecules 2005, 38, 23, 9889–9893Publication Date (Web):October 20, 2005Publication History Received19 August 2005Revised9 September 2005Published online20 October 2005Published inissue 1 November 2005https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ma051833ihttps://doi.org/10.1021/ma051833ibrief-reportACS PublicationsCopyright © 2005 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views589Altmetric-Citations34LEARN 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 optionsGet e-AlertscloseSupporting Info (1)»Supporting Information Supporting Information SUBJECTS:Copolymers,Micelles,Polymers,Radical polymerization,Solution chemistry Get e-Alerts