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A preliminary study of the relationship between central auditory processing disorder and attention deficit disorder. (1993)

Fifteen boys aged six to ten who met the criteria for attention deficit disorder (ADD) were compared with ten boys who did not have ADD in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-crossover study of methylphenidate. To assess the degree of overlap between ADD and central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), all subjects were assessed on parent and teacher behavior rating scales, as well as a battery of CAPD tests at baseline and after three and six weeks of treatment. Twelve of the 15 subjects with ADD and none of the subjects without ADD met the criteria for CAPD. The subjects with ADD also responded to stimulant treatment on the measures of both ADD and CAPD. The overlap in the symptomatology of these disorders, the finding that the criteria for both disorders were met in 12 of 15 cases and the sensitivity of both ADD and CAPD measures to treatment with methylphenidate suggest that ADD and CAPD are closely related disorders. The implications of these results are three-fold. First, sustained attention is a critical feature of performance on CAPD tests and the current diagnostic criteria for CAPD make a clinical separation of the two disorders problematic. Second, stimulants appear to be a useful treatment for the symptoms of both ADD and CAPD. Third, CAPD tests may be a useful measure of ADD symptomatology and response to stimulants.
The use and perceived value of telestration tools in elite football (2020)

The proliferation of technology allowing performance analysis practices to become more efficient and effective has grown rapidly in recent years. One such tool that has become widespread amongst elite football clubs is the use of telestration software which allow annotations to be drawn over video footage to illustrate key tactical, technical, physiological or psychological facets in an interactive manner. The purpose of this study is to investigate the use and application of telestration tools in elite football. A descriptive research approach was employed, using detailed questionnaires to gain the views and perceptions of elite analysts, coaches and players. Findings confirm the widespread use of telestration tools in elite football with 93% of respondents stating that it is “essential-very important” to their practice. In particular, telestration is found to play an integral role in oppositional analysis, especially when introducing key tactical information in pre-match meetings. Numerous barriers associated with the use of telestration were also uncovered in this novel, contemporary research which may help set the foundations for further research into telestration tools in sports not limited to football.
Bezos‘ Abschied, der keiner ist (2021)

Die Lebensmittel Zeitung ist die führende Fach- und Wirtschaftszeitung der Konsumgüterbranche in Deutschland. Wer aktuelle Nachrichten, Analysen und Hintergrundberichte zu Marketingstrategien, Sortiments- und Vertriebskonzepten deutscher und internationaler Handels- und Industrieunternehmen sucht, findet sie in der LZ - oftmals exklusiv. Dabei reicht das Spektrum der Berichterstattung von Food über Nonfood bis hin zu IT und Logistik.
Depleted surface layer AlInAs/GaInAs/InP HFETs (2002)

An investigation of InP HFETs that combine a highly doped, thick cap layer with an undoped surface layer by using a highly doped thin surface layer that is depleted by the surface potential is discussed. Very good DC characteristics without kinks, good gate characteristics, and excellent microwave performance are observed. For 0.3- mu m gate length devices f/sub maxGU/ of more than 250 GHz is obtained. From measurements of the bias dependent S-parameters, the corresponding variation of equivalent circuit elements is deduced. The measurements show the influence of the depleted surface layer.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
Sterol Compositions of the Seeds of Panicum miliaceum (1998)

A study was made of sterol composition of the seeds of Panicum miliaceum (Gramineae). A sterol fraction obtained from the seeds was converted to a trimethylsilyl derivative and analyzed by GC-MS. Five sterols, cholesterol, campesterol, stigmasterol, sitosterol and isofucosterol, were confirmed to be present and cholesterol and isofucosterol were shown to account for ca. 316% and ca. 512% of the total sterols, respectively.
A Novel Antimicrobial Endolysin, LysPA26, against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2017)

The global increase in multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria has led to phage therapy being refocused upon. A novel endolysin, LysPA26, containing a lysozyme-like domain, was screened against <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> in this study. It had activity against MDR <i>P. aeruginosa</i> without pretreatment with an outer-membrane permeabilizer. LysPA26 could kill up to 4 log units <i>P. aeruginosa</i> in 30 min. In addition, temperature and pH effect assays revealed that LysPA26 had good stability over a broad range of pH and temperatures. Moreover, LysPA26 could kill other Gram-negative bacteria, such as <i>Klebsiella pneumonia, Acinetobacter baumannii</i> and <i>Escherichia coli</i>, but not Gram-positive bacteria. Furthermore, LysPA26 could eliminate <i>P. aeruginosa</i> in biofilm formation. Our current results show that LysPA26 is a new and promising antimicrobial agent for the combat of Gram-negative pathogens.
Unsupervised Learning of Semantic Relation Composition (2011)

This paper presents an unsupervised method for deriving inference axioms by composing semantic relations. The method is independent of any particular relation inventory. It relies on describing semantic relations using primitives and manipulating these primitives according to an algebra. The method was tested using a set of eight semantic relations yielding 78 inference axioms which were evaluated over PropBank. 1
Fast gradient-based methods for Bayesian reconstruction of transmission and emission PET images (1994)

The authors describe conjugate gradient algorithms for reconstruction of transmission and emission PET images. The reconstructions are based on a Bayesian formulation, where the data are modeled as a collection of independent Poisson random variables and the image is modeled using a Markov random field. A conjugate gradient algorithm is used to compute a maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimate of the image by maximizing over the posterior density. To ensure nonnegativity of the solution, a penalty function is used to convert the problem to one of unconstrained optimization. Preconditioners are used to enhance convergence rates. These methods generally achieve effective convergence in 15-25 iterations. Reconstructions are presented of an (18)FDG whole body scan from data collected using a Siemens/CTI ECAT931 whole body system. These results indicate significant improvements in emission image quality using the Bayesian approach, in comparison to filtered backprojection, particularly when reprojections of the MAP transmission image are used in place of the standard attenuation correction factors.
Fast shadow execution for debugging numerical errors using error free transformations (2022)

This paper proposes, EFTSanitizer, a fast shadow execution framework for detecting and debugging numerical errors during late stages of testing especially for long-running applications. Any shadow execution framework needs an oracle to compare against the floating point (FP) execution. This paper makes a case for using error free transformations, which is a sequence of operations to compute the error of a primitive operation with existing hardware supported FP operations, as an oracle for shadow execution. Although the error of a single correctly rounded FP operation is bounded, the accumulation of errors across operations can result in exceptions, slow convergences, and even crashes. To ease the job of debugging such errors, EFTSanitizer provides a directed acyclic graph (DAG) that highlights the propagation of errors, which results in exceptions or crashes. Unlike prior work, DAGs produced by EFTSanitizer include operations that span various function calls while keeping the memory usage bounded. To enable the use of such shadow execution tools with long-running applications, EFTSanitizer also supports starting the shadow execution at an arbitrary point in the dynamic execution, which we call selective shadow execution. EFTSanitizer is an order of magnitude faster than prior state-of-art shadow execution tools such as FPSanitizer and Herbgrind. We have discovered new numerical errors and debugged them using EFTSanitizer.
The Anatomy of Envy: A Study in Symbolic Behavior [and Comments and Reply] (1972)

Envy is a pan-human phenomenon, universally feared, at least subconsciously, as a particularly dangerous emotion, since it implies hostility and aggression capable of destroying individuals and even societies. Especially in Western society, man has rather successfully repressed his true feelings about envy, which he is taught is the most shameful and reprehensible of all emotions. But even while denying it, man in all cultures has found devices, most but not all of which are symbolic, to cope with his fear of the consequences of envy. In this paper I distinguish between envy and jealousy (the terms are badly confused in English), note the objects that most frequently cause envy (food, children, and health), and analyze envy relationships between both conceptual equals and conceptual nonequals (concluding that one does not "envy down"). I then note the ways in which envy is expressed, including the symbolic "compliment," much feared in many societies because it is recognized as an expression of envy. Particularly striking is the fact that in those situations in which the envy of others is feared, culture dictates a strategy of evasive behavior based on a specific sequence of preferred choices. That is, when an individual fears envy he first attempts to conceal his good fortune; when this is not practical, he falls back on denial that there is reason to envy him; when this is not adequate, he symbolically shares, and only as a last resort does he truly share. This sequence is illustrated with a detailed comparative analysis of food-envy behavior, including tipping, which is explained as a symbolic device to buy off the envy of the waiter. Cultural forms used by an individual to cope with the fear that he is suspected of envy are then noted, as are those used by a person who fears to acknowledge his own envy. Finally, institutional devices to reduce envy are discussed briefly. The paper stresses the ways in which cultural forms have been developed to aid man in coping with psychological problems.
Comparison of (+)—Catechin and Ferulic Acid as Natural Antioxidants and Their Impact on Beer Flavor Stability. Part 1: Forced-Aging (1997)

Several potential antioxidants have been screened for antioxidant activity using five assays. Based on these assay results (+)–catechin and ferulic acid were shown to have useful antioxidant properties. Various concentrations of (+)–catechin and ferulic acid were added to beer using a full-factorial experimental design. The beers were then forced-aged by heating to 60°C for 24 hr. Markers for flavor stability were monitored by measuring carbonyl formation and by measuring UV-active compounds separated by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). Significant relationships between the chemical markers and (+)–catechin and ferulic acid concentrations were determined by backward stepwise multiple linear regression. (+)–Catechin suppressed the rate of formation of some carbonyl compounds, whereas ferulic acid increased the rate of formation of others. Both (+)–catechin and ferulic acid influenced the rate of formation and loss of some UV-active compounds separated by RP-HPLC. (+)–Catechin and ferulic acid appeared to be acting independently.
Electro-Oxidation Process: Origins and Principles (2022)

The anodic oxidation process has been used for several decades for the treatment of color and certain organic pollutants such as phenol, cyanides, and aniline. For instance, for leachate treatment, electro-oxidation (EO) has yielded satisfactory results when the EO processes are used as a pretreatment step to reduce the load of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammoniacal nitrogen or as a tertiary treatment for the degradation of recalcitrant organic pollutants. This chapter focuses on the origins and principles of the EO process, which is considered one of the most powerful treatment methods in water and wastewater treatment. Advantages and disadvantages of this process, along with challenges, are discussed from a variety of perspectives. Also explored are the limitations associated with industrial applications of this method because of relatively high energy consumption, compared to other electrochemical methods.
Hypocholesterolemia as a manifestation of disease activity in chronic myelocytic leukemia (1983)

A patient with chronic myelocytic leukemia and hypocholesterolemia displayed marked fluctuations in plasma cholesterol in response to several therapeutic maneuvers. During chemotherapy there was a reciprocal relation between low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels and the degree of leukocytosis and splenomegaly. LDL cholesterol increased after splenectomy, but continued to cycle inversely with the leukocyte count. Receptor-mediated degradation of 125I-labeled LDL (125I-LDL) by mononuclear cells in vitro also showed cyclical changes which were unrelated to the number of immature myeloid cells in the population or the level of plasma cholesterol. 125I-LDL degradation rate was normal or slightly increased during relapse and after remission was achieved, but was greatly increased when tested during periods of remission induction. This patient illustrates that significant changes in plasma total and LDL cholesterol occur in chronic myelocytic leukemia in association with alterations in proliferative state. Tumor load, the presence of an enlarged spleen, and changes in lipid metabolism of circulating cells all appear to contribute to the reduction in LDL cholesterol levels.
Carboxylation. II. The Reaction of Oxalyl Chloride with Unsaturated Hydrocarbons (1942)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTCarboxylation. II. The Reaction of Oxalyl Chloride with Unsaturated HydrocarbonsM. S. Kharasch, Stephen S. Kane, and Herbert C. BrownCite this: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1942, 64, 2, 333–334Publication Date (Print):February 1, 1942Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 February 1942https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja01254a033https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01254a033research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views515Altmetric-Citations28LEARN 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-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
Uso do POC-CCA eco para estudo de prevalência de esquistossomose em regiões de baixa endemicidade (2018)

A esquistossomose é uma doença de importância para saúde pública presente em várias regiões Brasil, especialmente, na região nordeste. Neste trabalho avaliamos o desempenho do teste rápido POC-CCA-ECO baseado em imunocromatografia para o diagnóstico da esquistossomose. Em alguns países Africanos, pesquisas apontam bons resultados com o teste POC-CCA, com alta sensibilidade e especificidade.
Diels-Alder Reactions of .alpha.-Substituted Styrenes with p-Benzoquinone (1994)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTDiels-Alder Reactions of .alpha.-Substituted Styrenes with p-BenzoquinoneNikolaos D. Willmore, Diego A. Hoic, and Thomas J. KatzCite this: J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 7, 1889–1891Publication Date (Print):April 1, 1994Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 April 1994https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jo00086a046https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00086a046research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views870Altmetric-Citations31LEARN 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 Get e-Alerts
Audio-Attention Discriminative Language Model for ASR Rescoring (2020)

End-to-end approaches for automatic speech recognition (ASR) benefit from directly modeling the probability of the word sequence given the input audio stream in a single neural network. However, compared to conventional ASR systems, these models typically require more data to achieve comparable results. Well-known model adaptation techniques, to account for domain and style adaptation, are not easily applicable to end-to-end systems. Conventional HMM-based systems, on the other hand, have been optimized for various production environments and use cases. In this work, we propose to combine the benefits of end-to-end approaches with a conventional system using an attention-based discriminative language model that learns to rescore the output of a first-pass ASR system. We show that learning to rescore a list of potential ASR outputs is much simpler than learning to generate the hypothesis. The proposed model results in up to 8% improvement in word error rate even when the amount of training data is a fraction of data used for training the first-pass system.
Epidemiology and demographics of prostatitis (2003)

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a multifactorial problem affecting men of all ages and demographics. Currently, there is a relative dearth of epidemiological information on CPPS. It is clear that patients with CPPS have a dismal quality of life and many have benefited only minimally from empiric, goal-directed therapy. Long-term follow-up of the CPPS cohort will answer important questions about the natural and treated history of this syndrome. Similarly, ongoing and future studies will provide community-based and prevalence estimates for CPPS, morbidity rates for men with CPPS, and the rates of symptom improvement and symptom deterioration for these men, as well as the probability of benefits and harm from different treatments. Although men with CP routinely receive anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial therapy, recent studies suggest that leucocyte and bacterial counts do not correlate with severity of symptoms. These findings suggest that factors other than leucocytes and bacteria contribute to the symptoms associated with CPPS. The probability of benefits and harm from different treatments for CPPS, and reliable and valid measures to define these outcomes are eagerly awaited.
UV-crosslinked Polymeric Materials for Encapsulation of ZnO Nanowires in Piezoelectric Fingerprint Sensors (2016)

The work presented here describes new UV-crosslinkable thin layer polymeric materials for the encapsulation of ZnO nanowires (NWs) in multi-NWs pressure based fingerprint sensors. Such innovative sensor is a novel technology for fingerprint capture developed within the PiezoMAT FP7 European project. The sensing principle is based on the piezoelectric property of ZnO NWs, on which a potential difference is generated when they undergo compression and/or bending forces. Since the pressure induced by the finger cannot be directly applied on the NWs, the deformation is applied through a polymeric material that aims at transferring forces from the finger onto the array of NWs without altering their integrity. Besides, since it is dedicated to be in direct contact with human finger or oil pollutants, the encapsulation layer must also exhibit chemical inertness, as well as hydrophobicity and oleophobicity.
An improved genetic algorithm for mobile robot path planning in grid environment (2020)

This paper proposes an improved genetic algorithm to study the path planning of mobile robot in grid environment. First, rasterize the motion plane of the robot, use serial number coding method and design a heuristic median insertion method to establish the initial population, ensure that the planned initial paths are all feasible paths, thereby speeding up the convergence of the algorithm. Then assign different weights to the path length, path security, and path energy consumption and combine them to generate a multi-objective fitness function. Finally, improve some genetic operations to maintain the population diversity of the algorithm in the later period, and avoid the algorithm from falling into avoid premature. Simulation experiments show that the proposed algorithm can quickly plan a feasible path in the grid environment. The path is not only shorter in length, but also more stable. At the same time, the running speed of the algorithm is 45.7% higher than other improved algorithms.
Proteinase-Activated Receptor-2-Activating Peptides Induce Leukocyte Rolling, Adhesion, and Extravasation In Vivo (1999)

Proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) has been suggested to play a role in inflammatory reactions. Because leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions are critical events during inflammatory reactions, and because PAR2 is expressed both on endothelium and leukocytes, we have examined the effects of PAR2-activating peptides (PAR2-APs) on leukocyte rolling and adhesion in mesenteric venules and on leukocyte recruitment into the peritoneal cavity. Using intravital microscopy, leukocyte rolling, flux, and adhesion in rat mesenteric postcapillary venules were quantified. Topical addition of PAR2-APs (10 microM) for 1 min to the superfused venule induced a significant increase in leukocyte rolling and adherence. The increase in leukocyte adherence was not affected by pretreatment with a mast cell stabilizer (sodium cromoglycate) nor by prior degranulation of mast cells with compound 48/80. Nonetheless, both leukocyte rolling and adhesion were completely inhibited by pretreatment with a platelet-activating factor receptor antagonist (WEB 2086). Intraperitoneal injections of a selective PAR2-AP (SLIGRL-NH2) caused a significant increase in leukocyte migration into the peritoneal cavity. The effect of SLIGRL-NH2 on peritoneal leukocyte infiltration was completely inhibited by WEB 2086. These data suggest that PAR2 activation could contribute to several early events in the inflammatory reaction, including leukocyte rolling, adherence, and recruitment, by a mechanism dependent on platelet-activating factor release.