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<title>Narrowband etalon filters for stratospheric wind measurements</title> (1999)

Proof of concept narrow-band etalon filters have been fabricated and characterized for the SWIFT instrument program. The Stratospheric Wind Interferometer For Transport studies is a limb viewing satellite instrument which is intended to measure stratospheric horizontal wind velocities in the altitude range of 20 to 40 km. In addition to providing the atmospheric research community with the first direct measurements of stratospheric dynamics on a global scale, continuous global SWIFT data is expected to improve long range weather forecasting in the troposphere. To isolate the single lines required for the Doppler measurement of the SWIFT instrument, two narrow-band germanium etalon filters centered near 9 micrometer and with 0.8 nm and 2.5 nm bandwidths were fabricated and tested. The SWIFT filter testbed consists of a cryogenic dewar and temperature controller for stabilizing and tuning the filters. The SWIFT filter requirements are discussed, as is the filter testbed design. The measured filter characteristics: transmittance as a function of wavelength, temperature and angle of incidence and tandem filter properties are discussed in the context of satellite instrument requirements.
A randomized multicenter phase III study comparing weekly versus every 3 week carboplatin (C) plus paclitaxel (P) in patients with advanced ovarian cancer (AOC): Multicentre Italian Trials in Ovarian Cancer (MITO-7)– European Network of Gynaecological Oncological Trial Groups (ENGOT-ov-10)–Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup (GCIG ) trial. (2013)

LBA5501 The full, final text of this abstract will be available at abstract.asco.org at 7:30 AM (EDT) on Saturday, June 1, 2013, and in the Annual Meeting Proceedings online supplement to the June 20, 2013, issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology. Onsite at the Meeting, this abstract will be printed in the Saturday edition of ASCO Daily News.
Absolute measurements and certified reference material for iron isotopes using multiple‐collector inductively coupled mass spectrometry (2008)

Two enriched isotopes, 99.94 at.% 56Fe and 99.90 at.% 54Fe, were blended under gravimetric control to prepare ten synthetic isotope samples whose 56Fe isotope abundances ranged from 95% to 20%. For multiple-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) measurements typical polyatomic interferences were removed by using Ar and H2 as collision gas and operating the MC-ICP-MS system in soft mode. Thus high-precision measurements of the Fe isotope abundance ratios were accomplished. Based on the measurement of the synthetic isotope abundance ratios by MC-ICP-MS, the correction factor for mass discrimination was calculated and the results were in agreement with results from IRMM014. The precision of all ten correction factors was 0.044%, indicating a good linearity of the MC-ICP-MS method for different isotope abundance ratio values. An isotopic reference material was certified under the same conditions as the instrument was calibrated. The uncertainties of ten correction factors K were calculated and the final extended uncertainties of the isotopic certified Fe reference material were 5.8363(37) at.% 54Fe, 91.7621(51) at.% 56Fe, 2.1219(23) at.% 57Fe, and 0.2797(32) at.% 58Fe.
Firmware: Second release candidate for 1.4.1 release (2016)

This introduces a fix for the MAVLink stream rate handling which increases the telemetry bandwidth significantly for all links.
Characterization of Green Shelled Mussel Meat. Part I: Quantification of Color Changes During Brining and Liquid Smoke Application Using Image Analysis (2013)

In this study, mussel meat was wet and dry brined and dipped in two different (hickory and maple) liquid smoke flavorings (LS) for different lengths and number of times. Their colors were analyzed by acquiring and analyzing images. Both wet and dry brining changed the color of the mussel meat, measured by the ΔE values based on original colors. Wet brining had a “lightening” effect (increasing L* values), while dry brining resulted in “darkening” (lower L* values). There were also shifts in a* and b* values. Different number of LS dips and dipping durations significantly changed colors (p < 0.05). However, there was no significant difference between the applications of hickory and maple LS. Color continued to change after treatment, during storage. Image analysis can accurately measure both the distribution and the average color of mussels after brining and after LS applications.
Sex Differences in Association Between Gut Microbiome and Essential Hypertension Based on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (2023)

GM dysregulation was strongly associated with 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in women but not men, which may be mediated through propionic acid. Our work suggests that sex differences may be an important consideration while assessing the role of GM in the development and treatment of hypertension.
Prediction of Convergence of Mining Roadways Based on Neural Network Model (2005)

Based on the production practice at Yuhuasi Mine,the major factors influencing the convergence of surrounding rocks in roadways are analyzed.Making use of the non-linearity, self-study and memory of artificial neural network,a BP neural network model is founded for predicting the convergences of roadways. By surveying the convergence of surrounding rocks in roadways,the proposed model is trained by learnt samples and tested by check samples.It is found that the prediction model is of high quality and high precision.
Hydrogen from Biomass:  Steam Reforming of Model Compounds of Fast-Pyrolysis Oil (1999)

We investigated the production of hydrogen by the catalytic steam reforming of model compounds of biomass fast-pyrolysis oil (bio-oil). Acetic acid, m-cresol, dibenzyl ether, glucose, xylose, and sucrose were reformed using two commercial nickel-based catalysts for steam reforming naphtha. The experiments were conducted at a methane-equivalent gas hourly space velocity (GC1HSV) from 500 to 11790 h-1. Steam-to-carbon ratios (S/C) of 3 and 6 and catalyst temperatures from 550 to 810 °C were selected. Rapid coking of the catalyst was observed during acetic acid reforming at temperatures lower than 650 °C. Acetic acid, m-cresol, and dibenzyl ether were completely converted to hydrogen and carbon oxides above this temperature, and hydrogen yields ranged from 70 to 90% of the stoichiometric potential, depending on the feedstock and reforming conditions. Sugars were difficult to reform because they readily decomposed through pyrolysis in the freeboard of the reactor. This led to the formation of char and gases before contacting the catalyst particles.
La Faculté de droit de Paris, la Commune et Émile Acollas (2011)

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Eighteen unrelated patients with factor XI deficiency, four novel mutations and a 100% detection rate by denaturing high‐performance liquid chromatography (2003)

Factor XI (FXI) deficiency is an autosomal bleeding disorder of variable severity. Inheritance is not completely recessive as heterozygotes may display a distinct, if mild, bleeding tendency. Eighteen unrelated FXI-deficient patients were screened blind by fluorescent single-stranded conformation polymorphism (F-SSCP) analysis and denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (dHPLC). Mutations were detected in 14 of the 18 patients ( approximately 78%) by F-SSCP and in all 18 patients by dHPLC. Dideoxy sequencing confirmed the mutations in all 18 patients: eight of the mutations being novel (four of which were in previously reported patients). This showed dHPLC to be a highly sensitive, reliable technique for mutation screening in heterogeneous disorders.
Cave Fauna of Bermuda (1980)

Abstract Sea‐level pools are found in most of Bermuda's known caves. Although the terrestrial fauna of the caves is sparse, a rich aquatic fauna inhabits the pools. While many of the marine cave animals are more or less regular immigrants from open littoral habitats, a number of new species have been discovered, including blind and probably subterranean ones. Zoogeographical connections exist between Bermuda's cave fauna and those of the West Indies and the Mediterranean.
SMAPPIC: Scalable Multi-FPGA Architecture Prototype Platform in the Cloud (2023)

Traditionally, architecture prototypes are built on top of FPGA infrastructure, with two associated problems. First, very large FPGAs are prohibitively expensive for most people and institutions. Second, the burden of FPGA development adds to an already uneasy life of researchers, especially those who focus on software. Large designs that do not fit into a single FPGA exacerbate these issues even more. This work presents SMAPPIC — the first open-source prototype platform for shared memory multi-die architectures on cloud FPGAs. SMAPPIC leverages the OpenPiton/BYOC infrastructure and AWS F1 instances to make FPGA-based prototypes of System-on-Chips, processor cores, accelerators, cache subsystems, etc., cheap, scalable, and straightforward. SMAPPIC enables many use cases that are not possible or significantly more complicated in existing software and FPGA tools. This work has the potential to accelerate the rate of innovation in computer engineering fields in the nearest future.
Alkyne-Enol Ether Cross-Metathesis in the Presence of CuSO4: Direct Formation of 3-Substituted Crotonaldehydes in Aqueous Medium (2009)

An efficient synthesis of 3-substituted crotonaldehydes via alkyne-enol ether cross-metathesis in the presence of CuSO(4) and in aqueous medium was developed. Crotonaldehydes were obtained in good yields from terminal aryl-alkynes as well as from terminal alkyl-alkynes. All of the reactions were carried out under microwave irradiation and were completed in a few minutes. Water was used as the cosolvent, making this approach safer, economic, and desiderable from an enviromental point of view.
Pulse Detonation Engines: Initiation, Propagation, and Performance (2005)

Research carried out from 2003-2005 at the Explosion Dynamics Laboratories at Caltech under an ONR contract has examined many issues critical to Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE) development. These include: detonation structure imaging using OH PLIF; a narrow channel facility for examining regular and irregular detonations; detonation diffraction; mechanism of soot track generation; fundamental and applied studies of detonation initiation; direct measurements and analytical modeling of impulse from a detonation tube, including the effects of partial fill and nozzles; models of detonation engine performance; thermodynamic analysis of unsteady and steady propulsion systems. Each of these aspects of our program is discussed and key results are presented.
Effect of Hormones on the Concentration of a Digoxin-like Material in Tetrahymena (2005)

The unicellular Tetrahymena pyriformis contains digoxin-like materials (digoxin, digitoxin, digoxigenin). The effect of two aminoacid-type hormones (histamine and serotonin) and a peptide hormone (insulin) was studied on the level of the hormone-like steroid, digoxin, in the concentrations of 10 - 6 and 10 - 9 by using immunocytochemistry and flow cytometric and confocal microscopic analysis. Each hormone elavated significantly the digoxin concentration at the end of the 30 min treatment. As Tetrahymena was maintained in a tryptone-yeast extract medium during the treatment, it seems to be likely that steroid synthesis was enhanced. The most effective was histamine, the effect of which was significantly more expressed than that of the others and the less effective (however significant), was serotonin. The results call attention to hormonal interactions inside the unicellular organism and on the possibility of mutual intercellular influences, considering the low effective hormone concentration which was needed for the striking effect.
Role of Inflammatory Infiltrate in Activation and Effector Function of Cloned Islet Reactive Nonobese Diabetic CD8+ T Cells: Involvement of a Nitric Oxide-Dependent Pathway (1999)

To investigate how CD8+ T cells interact with beta cells and local inflammatory cells in islets, we have isolated CD8+ T cell clones from nonobese diabetic (NOD) spleen that recognize and destroy both islets and the NOD insulinoma cell line NIT-1. The clones destroyed NOD islets with pre-existing inflammation better than islets without signs of inflammation. Islets from NOD-scid mice were destroyed only poorly, but that could be improved by adding IL-7 to the assay. Anti-IFN-gamma Abs inhibited destruction of infiltrated islets. Single islets were effective stimulators of IFN-gamma production by cloned CD8+ T cells, which varied >50-fold depending on the degree of islet infiltration. This effect of the islet mononuclear infiltrate could be mimicked by adding spleen cells to NIT-1 cells, which augmented IFN-gamma production above the level stimulated by NIT-1 cells alone. The enhancing effect of spleen cells could be attributed to their macrophage subpopulation and was not MHC restricted, although recognition of islet Ag by cloned CD8+ T cells and subsequent islet destruction was restricted to islets expressing H-2Db molecules. An inhibitor of inducible NO synthase inhibited destruction of inflamed islets by cloned CD8+ T cells. We propose that macrophages in inflamed islets provide a form of bystander costimulation of beta cell-specific CD8+ T cells. CD8+ T cells respond to Ag and costimulation by producing IFN-gamma that activates macrophages. Activated macrophages facilitate islet destruction by CD8+ T cells through a NO synthesis-dependent pathway.
Radioimitnunoassay of Relaxin throughout Pregnancy and during Parturition in the Rat* (1980)

Relaxin immunoactivaity concentrations in the peripheral sera been measured during pregnancy and parturition in rats with a homologous rat relaxin RIA. Relaxin was not detected until day 10 of pregnancy (day 10). Relaxin levels increased markedly over the next 4 days and generally ranged between 50-100 ng/ml from days 14-20. A prepartum surge in relaxin levels, which appeared to be associated with the photoperiod, occurred on day 21 in unanesthetized rats bled via indwelling jugular cannulas. Mean relaxin levels in these animals increased sharply from less than 80 ng/ml on day 20 to approximately 140 ng/ml at 1400 h on day 21 and declined to less than 60 ng/ml during the 12-24 h preceding parturition. The prepartum surge in relaxin immunoactivity may be associated with luteolysis, since there was an accelerated decline in progesterone concentrations concurrent with the prepartum relaxin surg. Rats also experienced a surge in relaxin concentrations during parturition. The mean maximal level of relaxin during parturition was approximately 180 ng/ml. The rate of decline of rat relaxin immunoactivity levels after bilateral ovariectomy on day 21 demonstrated characteristics of a multiexponential curve. The mean clearance t 1/2 from 0-30 min was 22 +/- 3 min (+/- SEM), and the mean t 1/2 from 30-180 min was 56 +/- 7 min (+/0 SEM).
ChemInform Abstract: Selective Coupling Reactions of Alkynyl(phenyl)iodonium Tosylates with Alkynylcopper Reagents. (1992)

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.
Robotic Assisted MRI-US Fusion Guided Target Saturation Biopsy of the Prostate – Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Implications (2021)

Abstract MRI-targeted prostate biopsy improves detection of clinically significant prostate cancer (PCa). However, up to 70% of PCa lesions display intralesional tumor heterogeneity. Current target sampling strategies do not yet adequately account for this finding. This prospective study included 118 patients who underwent transperineal robotic assisted biopsy of the prostate. We identified a total of 58 PCa-positive PI-RADS lesions. We compared diagnostic accuracy of a target-saturation biopsy strategy to accuracy of single, two, or three randomly selected targeted biopsies and analysed potential clinical implications. Intralesional detection of clinically significant cancer (ISUP ≥ 2) was 78.3% for target-saturation biopsy and 39.1%, 52.2%, and 67.4% for one, two, and three targeted cores, respectively. Target-saturation biopsies led to a more accurate characterization of PCa in terms of Gleason score and reduced rates of missed cancer. Compared to one, two, and three targeted biopsies, target-saturation biopsies led to intensified staging procedures in 21.7%, 10.9, and 8.7% of patients, and ultimately to a potential change in therapy in 39.1%, 26.1%, and 10.9% of patients. This work presents the concept of robotic-assisted target saturation biopsy. This technique has the potential to improve diagnostic accuracy and thus individual staging procedures and treatment decisions.
Thin EFG Octagons: Semiannual Subcontract Report, 1 April 1993 - 30 September 1993 (1994)

This report describes work to advance the manufacturing line capabilities in crystal growth and laser cutting of Mobil Solar`s unique edge-defined film-fed growth (EFG) octagon technology and to reduce the manufacturing costs of 10-cm {times} 10-cm polycrystalline silicon EFG wafers. The report summarizes the significant technical improvements in EFG technology achieved in the first 6 months of the PVMaT Phase 2 and the success in meeting program milestones. Technical results are reported for each of the three main pregrain areas: Task 5 -0 -- Thin octagon growth (crystal growth) -- to reduce the thickness of the octagon to 200 microns; Task 6 -- Laser cutting-to improve the laser cutting process so as to produce wafers with decreased laser cutting damage at increased wafer throughput rates; and Task 7 -- Process control and product specification --to implement advanced strategies in crystal growth process control and productivity designed to increase wafer yields.
Effect of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor on the induction of murine macrophage tumoricidal activity. (1987)

The ability of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor (rH-TNF) alone or in combination with lymphokines (LK) to induce the in vitro activation of murine macrophages was evaluated. The treatment of C57BL/6 mouse resident peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) with rH-TNF and LK was found to induce the activation of macrophages to a tumoricidal state against P815 mastocytoma cells. Neither rH-TNF nor LK alone induced macrophage cytotoxic activity. Furthermore, the macrophage activation seen was not due to small amounts of contaminating lipopolysaccharide. The TNF plus LK-mediated macrophage activation could be totally ablated by rabbit antiserum to murine gamma-interferon, thus suggesting a role for gamma-interferon in this system. Since adherent cells (greater than or equal to 95% macrophages) only marginally responded to stimulation with rH-TNF plus LK and the addition of nonadherent PEC caused a marked augmentation of rH-TNF plus LK-mediated macrophage activation, the involvement of nonadherent PEC was suggested. In addition, using antibodies and complement to deplete subsets of cells from the nonadherent PEC, the requirement for cells bearing Thy 1.2 and asialo GM1 surface markers was demonstrated. These results suggest that TNF may play an autocrine regulatory role in concert with lymphokines in macrophage-mediated host defense against malignant neoplasia.
Sample Mounting Methods for Precision Delayering of 130 nm Integrated Circuit Devices (2020)

This paper reviews different methods for mounting and integrated circuit (IC) for delayering. In this work, several 130nm technology devices are observed during the delayering process as a means of evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of various mounting techniques. Suitability for chemical mechanical polishing, wet etching, and dry etching is considered.
Precipitation and relaxation in strained Si1−yCy/Si heterostructures (1994)

We have studied the thermal stability of Si1−yCy/Si (y=0.007 and 0.014) heterostructures formed by solid phase epitaxial regrowth of C implanted layers. The loss of substitutional C was monitored over a temperature range of 810–925 °C using Fourier transform infrared absorbance spectroscopy. Concurrent strain measurements were performed using rocking curve x-ray diffraction to correlate strain relaxation with the loss of substitutional C from the lattice. Loss of C from the lattice was initiated immediately without an incubation period, indicative of a low barrier to C clustering. The activation energy as calculated from a time to 50% completion analysis (3.3±5 eV) is near the activation energy for the diffusion of C in Si. Over the entire temperature range studied, annealing to complete loss of substitutional C resulted in the precipitation of C into β-SiC. The precipitates are nearly spherical with diameters of 2–4 nm. These precipitates have the same crystallographic orientation as the Si matrix but the interfaces between the Si and β-SiC precipitates are incoherent. During the initial stages of precipitation, however, C-rich clusters form which maintain coherency with the Si matrix so the biaxial strain in the heterostructure is partially retained.
A note on the non-adiabatic geometric phase and quantum computation (2001)

We consider the non-adiabatic, or Aharonov-Anandan, geometric phase as a tool for intrinsically fault-tolerant quantum computation. While this phase seems to answer many of the issues related to the adiabatic version of the geometric gate, we show that it is not straightforward to implement and that it is sensitive to small errors.
Direct tunneling N/sub 2/O gate oxynitrides for low-voltage operation of dual gate CMOSFETs (2002)

Dual gate CMOSFETs with high performance were successfully realized by using 2.8 nm N/sub 2/O-oxynitrides as gate dielectrics. Unlike other fabrication procedures, /sup 11/B/sup +/ ions instead of /sup 49/BF/sub 2//sup +/ were implanted into the gate electrodes of PMOSFETs. We demonstrated that boron diffusion through the 2.8 nm-oxynitrides is effectively blocked by the use of RTA. Substrate current due to hot-carrier effects was observed for NMOSFETs with T/sub ox/=2.8 nm and L=0.5 /spl mu/m even below 1 V. Gate-oxide leakage of surface-channel PMOSFETs is lower than that of NMOSFETs because of high barrier height for holes which significantly reduces hole direct tunneling compared with electron direct tunneling.
Design and Implementation of Indoor Positioning System Using Particle Filter Based on Wireless Signal Intensity (2020)

본 논문에서는 비콘의 무선 신호세기를 활용하여 실내에서 사용자의 위치를 추적하는 실내 측위 시스템을 제안한다. 기존의 무선 신호세기 기반 실내 측위기법의 비선형성을 극복하기 위해 무선 신호세기의 오차가 측위 결과에 직접적으로 반영되지 않도록 파티클 필터를 측위 알고리즘으로써 활용하였다. 파티클 필터의 관측 단계에서 각 비콘으로부터 수신되는 무선 신호세기를 기반으로 사용자의 스마트폰과의 거리를 예측하고, 예측된 거리 값을 통해 각 파티클의 추측되는 실제 위치 값과의 유사도를 산정한다. 본 제안된 측위기법은 파티클의 이동 단계에서 몬테카를로 방법이라고 불리는 랜덤 워크 기법을 이용하여 위치추정 값을 계산해 나가도록 한다. 추가적으로 파티클 필터의 잘 알려진 국부 최소화 문제를 해결하기 위해 파티클들이 빠르게 사용자의 위치를 찾아갈 수 있도록 거리 예측값에 따라 비콘들과 가장 가깝게 감지되는 파티클들은 근접 가중치를 부여받는다. 또한 실내지도를 고려하여 보행경로 상에서의 측위오차를 보정한다.
Crystal Structure of Potassium Croconate Dihydrate, after 175 Years (2001)

Stacks of croconate dianions separated by K+ ions and H2O molecules: the crystal structure of potassium croconate dihydrate, K2(C5O5)⋅2 H2O, isolated and described by Leopold Gmelin more than 170 years ago, has now been established by X-ray analysis (see picture). Since the anions have a formal charge of −2 and an interplanar separation of only 3.30 Å, the structure is not easily explained in terms of a simple ionic model.
Fluorescent and Pigment Dye Reagents (2005)

This chapter contains section titled: Cardiovascular System Cellular: General Central Nervous System and Special Senses Gastrointestinal System Genetic Hepatic System Hematology Immunology Membrane Characterization Musculoskeletal System Neoplastic Disease States Special Senses Pathology: General Pharmaceutical Delivery Renal System Reproductive System Respiratory System Sepsis