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Comparisons of fast 2D-DCT algorithms for parallel programmable digital signal processors (2002)

Recent advances in technology make it possible to integrate multiple processors into a single chip to build high performance parallel programmable digital signal processors (PPDSPs). These processors are expected to replace many dedicated digital signal processors to implement important image/signal processing algorithms such as discrete cosine transform (DCT). The paper addresses the issue of how to compare fast 2D-DCT algorithms when they are implemented on a PPDSP. Previously, the efficiency of these algorithms is compared based on the number of operations. This comparison is reasonable when these algorithms are implemented on a dedicated DSP. However, this comparison may not be suitable for general-purpose PPDSPs. The paper proposes to use three parameters, the number of data accesses, the number of communications, and the distance of communications, as new criterion for performance comparison of DCT algorithms. An algorithm-level technique is developed to estimate these parameters for DCT algorithms. The comparison results based on the parameters show that the algorithm proposed by Cho and Lee (1991) might be the best choice for a PPDSP unless it requires large overhead for communication between remote processors. In this case, the conventional row-column method with a fast 1D-DCT algorithm might be the most efficient.
Latest evidence on gout management: what the clinician needs to know (2012)

Until recently, the last drug approved for the treatment of gout by the United States Food and Drug Administration was allopurinol in 1966. Since 2008, two new drugs for the treatment of gout, febuxostat and pegloticase, have been approved in the US. Febuxostat has been approved in the EU and pegloticase approval is anticipated. A new single-ingredient colchicine preparation is available in the US, and the treatment recommendations for the use of colchicine in acute gout have evolved, now favoring a low-dose regimen. Several other exciting drugs are in development. Herein, we review some of basic principles in the diagnosis and staging of gout. We then examine current treatment principles, with particular attention to febuxostat and pegloticase, offering suggestions as to where they might fit into a modern therapeutic algorithm for gout treatment. We then present available data on several exciting new agents in development, including interleukin-1 inhibitors, and relate them to advances in our understanding of gout pathogenesis. We conclude with some important nonpharmacologic principles for optimal management of this ancient and eminently treatable disease. Dedicated gout research, going on quietly in the background of other breathtaking advances in rheumatology, is now paying off. This comes at a time when the number of patients affected by gout continues to rise, mainly due to an epidemic of obesity. An effort to improve lifestyle choices as a society and better management of the disease by clinicians should have a positive impact on gout incidence and outcome in our lifetimes.
Movie S3 from Dual Targeting of Tissue Factor and CD105 for Preclinical PET Imaging of Pancreatic Cancer (2023)

Movie S3 from Dual Targeting of Tissue Factor and CD105 for Preclinical PET Imaging of Pancreatic Cancer
A Deep learning approach for the Estimation of Middleton Class-A Impulsive Noise Parameters (2020)

Impulsive noise is a common impediment in many wireless, power line communication (PLC), and smart grid communication systems that prevents the system from achieving error-free transmission. To overcome the detrimental effects of such impulsive interference, knowledge of impulsive noise parameters is generally required by the available mitigation techniques. This work considers a machine learning perspective for the estimation of the impulsive noise parameters in communication systems under the influence of Middleton class-A noise. Precisely, we consider a deep learning approach and design a deep neural network (DNN) that classifies a set of received symbols according to the parameters of the impulsive noise affecting them. It is sown that the classification accuracy greatly depends on the number of symbols fed into the neural network as well as the number of considered states in the classification, where the proposed approach can reach a testing accuracy of more than 99%.
Effects of Nucleotides and Sugar Nucleotides on Mannosyltransferase Activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1981)

A survey was made of the effects of different nucleotides, sugar nucleotides and sugars on mannosyltransferase activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to assess their possible role in the regulation of mannan synthesis. Mannosyltransferase activity in spheroplast lysate and washed membrane preparations was not markedly affected by sugars, nucleoside monophosphates or by most of the sugar nucleotides tested. GDP and GTP both inhibited enzyme activity. ATP caused a significant stimulation, and analysis of the mannan formed suggested that this was due mainly to increased synthesis of the polysaccharide moiety. GDPglucose was a competitive inhibitor of total mannan synthesis and also inhibited the formation of mannolipids.
Potential role of corneal epithelial cell-derived exosomes in corneal wound healing and neovascularization (2017)

Specific factors from the corneal epithelium underlying the stimulation of stromal fibrosis and myofibroblast formation in corneal wound healing have not been fully elucidated. Given that exosomes are known to transfer bioactive molecules among cells and play crucial roles in wound healing, angiogenesis, and cancer, we hypothesized that corneal epithelial cell-derived exosomes may gain access to the underlying stromal fibroblasts upon disruption of the epithelial basement membrane and that they induce signaling events essential for corneal wound healing. In the present study, exosome-like vesicles were observed between corneal epithelial cells and the stroma during wound healing after corneal epithelial debridement. These vesicles were also found in the stroma following anterior stromal keratectomy, in which surgical removal of the epithelium, basement membrane, and anterior stroma was performed. Exosomes secreted by mouse corneal epithelial cells were found to fuse to keratocytes in vitro and to induce myofibroblast transformation. In addition, epithelial cell-derived exosomes induced endothelial cell proliferation and ex vivo aortic ring sprouting. Our results indicate that epithelial cell-derived exosomes mediate communication between corneal epithelial cells and corneal keratocytes as well as vascular endothelial cells. These findings demonstrate that epithelial-derived exosomes may be involved in corneal wound healing and neovascularization, and thus, may serve as targets for potential therapeutic interventions.
New Initiatives in Pulmonary Subspecialty Training: Quantity or Quality? (1987)

"New Initiatives in Pulmonary Subspecialty Training: Quantity or Quality?." American Review of Respiratory Disease, 135(4), pp. 780–781
MBTI 성격유형과 포커싱적 태도의 관계: 대학생을 중심으로 (2019)

본 연구는 대학생의 MBTI 선호지표와 태도지표, 심리기능이 포커싱적 태도와 어떠한 관계를 나타내는지 알아보고자 하였다. 본 연구를 위해 MBTI 성격검사와 포커싱적 태도검사를 설문지로 사용하였으며, 서울 및 경기도 소재 대학교의 대학생이 응답한 총 401부를 분석에 사용하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, MBTI 선호지표는 포커싱적 태도 ‘알아차리기’, ‘여유 갖기’, ‘표현하기’, ‘되새겨보기’에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 외향형(E)은 ‘알아차리기’에 부(-)의 유의한 영향을 미치고, 감각형(S)과 판단형(J)은 ‘여유 갖기’에 부(-)의 유의한 영향을, 사고형(T)는 정(+)의 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 외향형(E)과 사고형(T), 판단형(J)은 ‘표현하기’에 정(+)의 유의한 영향을 미치고, 외향형(E)과 감각형(S)은 ‘되새겨보기’에 부(-)의 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, MBTI 태도지표에 따른 포커싱적 태도는 ‘표현하기’에서 집단 간 차이가 나타났다. 외향적판단형(EJ)과 외향적인식형(EP)이 내향적인식형(IP)보다 ‘표현하기’가 높게 나타났다. 셋째, MBTI 심리기능에 따른 포커싱적 태도는 ‘여유 갖기’, ‘표현하기’, ‘되새겨보기’에서 집단 간 차이가 나타났다. 전반적으로 감각감정형(SF)이 포커싱적 태도가 낮게 나타났다. 마지막으로 본 연구의 의의 및 제한점 그리고 후속연구를 위한 제언을 하였다.
Green‐Ampt Analysis of Wetting Patterns for Surface Emitters (1994)

A three‐dimensional Green‐Ampt analysis is developed, and the infiltration capacity curve for a three‐dimensional infiltration model is presented. The infiltration‐capacity curve represents the time distribution of wetting‐pattern volume of a water source with unlimited inflow supply. A significant feature of the infiltration‐capacity curve is that the infiltration‐capacity rate increases with time during extended infiltration periods. This feature is different from the one‐dimensional infiltration model where the infiltration‐capacity rate decreases with time. The infiltration‐capacity curve is applied to describe the wetting pattern of a surface emitter with a constant discharge by matching the emitter discharge with the average infiltration‐capacity rate. Algebraic solutions of the wetted radius and the maximum wetting‐pattern depth are derived. Graphical solutions of the infiltration‐capacity curve are presented. A numerical example is prepared to illustrate the procedure for estimating time of application, wetting pattern volume, emitter discharge, and irrigation period of a surface emitter in a drip‐irrigation system.
Long‐Term Symptom Relief from Primary Hyperparathyroidism Following Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy (2010)

This study is the first to report on long-term symptom relief from 1HPT after MIP, and demonstrates that both MIP and BNE can achieve this. In order to establish whether the long-term outcomes from these procedures are equivalent, further adequately powered studies are required.
Hair follicle immune privilege and its collapse in alopecia areata (2020)

Anagen stage hair follicles (HFs) exhibit "immune privilege (IP)" from the level of the bulge downwards to the bulb. Both passive and active IP mechanisms protect HFs from physiologically undesired immune responses and limit immune surveillance. IP is relative, not absolute, and is primarily based on absent, or greatly reduced, intra-follicular antigen presentation via MHC class I and II molecules, along with prominent expression of "no danger" signals like CD200 and the creation of an immunoinhibitory signalling milieu generated by the secretory activities of HFs. Perifollicular mast cells, Tregs and other immunocytes may also contribute to HF IP maintenance in healthy human skin. Collapse of anagen hair bulb IP is an essential prerequisite for the development of alopecia areata (AA). In AA, lesional HFs are rapidly infiltrated by NKG2D + T cells and natural killer (NK) cells, while perifollicular mast cells acquire a profoundly pro-inflammatory phenotype and interact with autoreactive CD8+ T cells. Using animal models, significant functional evidence has accumulated that demonstrates the dominance of the immune system in AA pathogenesis. Purified CD8+T-cell and NK cell populations alone, which secrete fγ, suffice to induce the AA phenotype, while CD4+T-cells aggravate it, and Tregs and iNKT cells may provide relative protection against AA development. While IP collapse may be induced by exogenous agents, inherent IP deficiencies might confer increased susceptibility to AA for some individuals. Thus, a key goal for effective AA management is the re-establishment of a functional HF IP, which will also provide superior protection from disease relapse.
Verification Scheme and System Design of Charging Pile Electric Energy Measurement (2019)

Design a charging pile electric energy verification device to improve the electric energy measurement accuracy of the charging pile. The device is mainly used for detecting whether the charging pile can be correctly configured, including a tariff period, a billing unit power, a billing rate, and the like, and detecting the communication reliability of the charging station. The test charges the pile output data by the broadband current comparator. Through RS485 communication mode, the instrumentation communication with the charging pile is always used to improve the accuracy of detection and measurement. The design and development of the DC charging pile verification device promoted the construction of the charging infrastructure and solved the charging problem of the electric vehicle.
Mapping the vast suburban tundra: Australian comedy from Dame Edna to Kath and Kim (2008)

By the time of Australian Federation in 1901, almost 70 per cent of Sydney's population were living in the suburbs: a statistic that suggests that despite prevalent and enduring images of the bushman and the ocker, the 'real' Australia was, and still is, more likely to be located in what Barry Humphries has described as Australia's 'vast and unexplored suburban tundra'. 1 As a satirist, Humphries has been in the forefront of an expedition to map the tragi-comic dimensions of this territory with characters such as Dame Edna Everage, who first appeared on Australian television in 1956, offering the box room of `her lovely home' as a potential billet for an athlete during the Melbourne Olympic Games. 2 Some 50 years later, Dame Edna not only presided over the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but was joined on the steps of the Melbourne Town Hall, during a ceremony to award her the key to the city, by two more recent suburban icons, Kath and Kim. With the international success of Dame Edna and Kath and Kim, it seems that the Antipodean suburb is still being mapped and mined for comic effect on television both at home and abroad. This article will explore the conditions of such success within a long tradition of anti-suburbanism dating back to the nineteenth century while exploring the role of comedy in constructing a national imaginary which is now widely circulated via increasingly transnational flows in television.
Steering Autonomous Driving Agents Through Intersections in Virtual Urban Environments. (2004)

This paper explores how autonomous driving agents drive through intersections in virtual urban environments. The knowledge about where a vehicle runs on an intersection is embedded in environment database. Control of how and when a vehicle runs through an intersection is provided by vehicle behaviors. Vehicle control for traversing an intersection is divided into cruising behavior, following behavior, and intersection behavior. The component behaviors are integrated together to steer an autonomous driving agent through intersections. Before a virtual vehicle enters an intersection, the driving agent should make a decision that the vehicle either goes forward to pass the intersection or stops before the intersection. The chosen action is then applied to vehicle control. Because the ambient traffic and the status of traffic control signals on the intersection are dynamic, the decision should also be made on each time step.
Harsh Marine Environment - Toward Corrosion Simulation (2015)

ABSTRACT Microelectronic assembly and packaging have multiple roles: mechanical support, protection against external loads, but also the transfer of the electrical signal via interconnects. Used materials and technologies are diversifying; scale factors are becoming larger. The technology, including geometrical parameters, physical and chemical properties of materials, is in fast evolution. Nowadays, reliability studies pass through the joint use of experimental evaluation and finite element simulations. In this context, corrosion is a growing reliability issue in micro- and nano-electronic assemblies, for the interconnection itself as well as for the signal integrity. However, few models of corrosion evolution already exist for metallization or for dielectrics materials. The physics modeling is a necessity to be able to predict reliability of these assemblies in harsh environments, like those encountered in high sensitive application like marine or electrical aircrafts. Few models of corrosions for new materials, nor for new material combinations, exist. Hence, the simulation programs permitting corrosion prediction are not available yet. For the elaboration of such corrosion models a literature survey is necessary. Approach for calculating the corrosion is similar to IMC-growth. A possibility to fit in corrosion models into finite element simulations, to parameterize Finite Element Simulations will be proposed.
Differential effects of low-magnitude high-frequency vibration on reloading hind-limb soleus and gastrocnemius medialis muscles in 28-day tail-suspended rats. (2015)

LMHFV was not detrimental to reloading muscles but the outcomes were muscle dependent. The unique fiber type composition and anatomical differences between Sol and GM might render the differential muscle responses to LMHFV. Further investigations on myofibers type specific responses to different LMHFV regimes and myogenic cell interaction with associated myofiber were proposed.
Predicting Task Intent From Surface Electromyography Using Layered Hidden Markov Models (2017)

Human-robot interaction faces the challenge of designing and modeling tightly coupled and effectively controlled human-machine systems. This letter describes a method to learn human operator's performance characteristics from surface electromyography measurements to predict their intentions during task operations. For the first time, a layered hidden Markov model (LHMM) is successfully used with physiological data from cocontracting arm muscles to achieve accurate intent prediction. Furthermore, optimal model parameters and high-performing feature sets are identified and prediction accuracy at various time horizons calculated. The LHMM outperformed various other classification methods, including naive Bayes and support vector machine, ultimately achieving 82% accuracy in predicting the next 50 ms window of intent and maintaining 60% accuracy even after one second. These results hold the promise of improving robots' internal model of their human partners, which could increase the safety and productivity of human-robot teams in the factories of the future.
Advanced Fluid Information. Effect of presumed PDF selection on the numerical result for turbulent diffusion flames. (2002)

In the present work, the effect of probability density function (PDF) selection and intermittency on the result of the numerical simulation are examined by the simulation of a turbulent methane-air jet diffusion flame, where air is preheated to 1073K. As to the PDFs, beta-function and clipped Gaussian are considered. It is found that intermittency has a large impact on the numerical result, while the choice of PDF has a minor influence. When intermittency is considered, the flame height becomes larger and maximum temperature decreases. Comparison of radial profiles with experimental data shows that it is necessary to consider intermittency also for high temperature air diffusion flames.
Eustachian Tube Function in the Pathogenesis of Cholesteatoma (1983)

A major goal of all of our studies is to prevent the disease and its complications and sequelae, which may be either medical or psychosocial. The former are comparatively easy to document as they can be studied by physical examination, and radiographic and audiometric means. The latter, psychosocial, are very complex and involve more suggestive measurements; hence, there are not as much hard data available. We have initiated an analysis of the literature, and have consulted experts in experimental design to advise us regarding the most appropriate approach to studying these aspects of otitis media.
RP-HPLC method for estimation of sesamin in two Zanthoxylum species (2015)

Zanthoxylum naranjillo and Z. tingoassuiba (Rutaceae) are traditional herbal medicines with various biological activities including anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antimalarial action. In this work, we have developed a simple HPLC-DAD method to quantify sesamin, a bioactive lignan present in Z. naranjillo and Z. tingoassuiba; egonol was the internal standard. According to the developed method, 11.07 ± 1.66, 8.69 ± 0.95, and 15.11 ± 0.72 µg/mL sesamin was present in the ethanol extract of Z. naranjillo leaves, in the methanol extract of Z. naranjillo leaves, and in the methanol extract of Z. tingoassuiba bark, respectively. The limits of detection and quantification were 0.32 and 1.06 µg/mL, respectively. The developed method can be easily applied during routine analysis of sesamin in these medicinal plants.
Slow space-charge wave propagation on a relativistic electron beam (1979)

A description is presented of an experimental study of the growth and propagation of a large-amplitude slow space-charge wave on a weakly relativistic electron beam. The wave is grown as a result of an unstable interaction between a slow space-charge wave on the electron beam, and the TM modes of a periodic waveguide. Following wave growth the modulated beam is propagated through a cylindrical waveguide. Experimental results show that we have grown, and can propagate, a coherent wave, having a peak electric field of 60 kV/cm, with a phase velocity of 0.29c. The results presented have application to the collective acceleration of ions in intense relativistic electron beams.
Mechanism of Formation of Surface Defects in Continuously Cast Stainless Steel Slabs Containing Titanium (1987)

An investigation was carried out on surface defects in continuously cast stainless steel slabs containing titanium. Factors affecting the formation of two main surface defects, i.e. crust defects and cluster defects were examined. Furthermore, a study was made on the mechanism of formation of crusts at the meniscus in the mould.1) Two causes are pointed out for the fact that crusts are apt to form in these steels; a) titanium nitride inclusions in the molten steel act as effective substrates for the nucleation of solidified steel, and b) they react with iron oxide in a mould powder to form nitrogen gas blow holes which lower apparent thermal diffusivity of the molten steel.2) Cluster defects were formed by two different mechanisms; large size of cluster defects were originated from a piece of build-up in the tundish nozzle, and those of small size are caused by accumulation of the in-clusions at a certain position of the meniscus.
Automatic Quantification of Pulmonary Fissure Integrity: A Repeatability Analysis (2020)

The pulmonary fissures divide the lungs into lobes and can vary widely in shape, appearance, and completeness. Fissure completeness, or integrity, has been studied to assess relationships with airway function measurements, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) progression, and collateral ventilation between lobes. Fissure integrity measured from computed tomography (CT) images is already used as a non-invasive method to screen emphysema patients for endobronchial valve treatment, as the procedure is not effective when collateral ventilation is present. We describe a method for automatically computing fissure integrity from lung CT images. Our method is tested using 60 subjects from a COPD study. We examine the repeatability of fissure integrity measurements across inspiration and expiration images, assess changes in fissure integrity over time using a longitudinal dataset, and explore fissure integrity's relationship with COPD severity.