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Evaluation of An Indoor Localization Engine (2019)

Pedestrian Indoor localization based on modalities available in modern smartphones have been widely studied in literature and many of the specific challenges have been addressed. However, very few approaches consider the whole problem and proposed solutions are very often evaluated under very limited scenarios. We propose a fusion engine for localization that makes use of various data provided by a smartphone (Inertial sensors, pressure sensors, Wi-Fi, BLE, GNSS, map etc.) to provide a fused localization that is robust under harsh conditions (poor RSS coverage, device position change etc.). Moreover, our solution has been evaluated for hardware integration and tested over a large database including more than 250 experiments representing different scenarios, showing feasibility of lightweight implementation and good results over various conditions.
Les incubateurs, des outils efficaces de développement économique : la dynamique d’Emergys en Région Bretagne (2013)

REE N°1/2012 ◗ 101 enseignement & recherche Claude Labit President de Rennes Atalante Technopole President de l’incubateur Emergys L ’incubateur Emergys a 12 ans d’âge, plus que l’âge de rai- son donc, et necessairement le recul suffisant pour dresser un bilan d’experiences sur son parcours et preparer des perspectives d’avenir dans un contexte eternellement changeant et dynamique comme l’est naturellement le secteur de la recherche et de l’innovation. Le bilan de plus d’une decennie d’incubation Le contexte de la creation d’Emergys Dans le cadre de la loi sur l’innovation et la recherche dite Loi « Allegre » de 1999, le gouvernement avait decide de soutenir des projets d’incubateurs d’entreprises issues des etablissements de recherche. Un projet Incubateur etant deja initie par la technopole Rennes Atalante au moment de la promulgation de cette loi, Rennes Atalante a federe tous les acteurs de l’incubation et de la creation d’entrepri- ses de technologie sur Rennes afin de repondre a l’appel d’offres ministeriel. L’ensemble des etablissements de recherche et d’en- seignement superieur de Rennes a alors confi
Growth suppression of transformed human bronchial epithelial cells by all-trans-retinoic acid occurs through specific retinoid receptors. (1995)

The retinoids are reported to chemoprevent second aerodigestive tract cancers in patients with prior lung or head and neck cancers. Since those retinoids already examined in clinical trials do not induce major clinical responses in lung cancers, it is hypothesized that the beneficial chemoprevention activity in lung neoplasias occurs within 'fields' of carcinogen-transformed epithelial cells. To begin to investigate this retinoid action during lung carcinogenesis, the BZR-T33 ras transformed human bronchial epithelial cell line that grows in an anchorage independent manner was examined. This study reports, as compared to controls, that all-trans-retinoic acid (RA)-treatment suppresses BZR-T33 proliferation in monolayer cultures and in anchorage independent and cloning efficiency growth assays. RA induces RAR-gamma 2 > RAR gamma 1 in BZR-T33 cells but expression at the total cellular RNA level of RAR alpha and RXR alpha is not augmented by RA-treatment. RAR beta mRNA expression is repressed before and after RA-treatment and is only detected using a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. To determine directly which of these expressed retinoid receptors signals growth suppression, each receptor was individually transfected into BZR-T33 cells using episomal vector in colony efficiency assays. RAR gamma over-expression in the presence or absence of RA-treatment did not suppress BZR-T33 growth more than controls. In contrast, over-expression of the other examined retinoid receptors inhibited BZR-T33 cellular cloning efficiency prior to RA-treatment and in this decreasing order after RA-treatment: RAR alpha > RAR beta > RXR alpha. The findings reported here reveal that RA suppresses proliferation and cloning efficiency in this transformed human bronchial epithelial cell through specific retinoid receptors. Further work is needed to evaluate the role of RA or its nuclear receptors in inhibiting even earlier steps in lung carcinogenesis.
Neutron Yields from Thick Targets Bombarded by 18- and 32-Mev Protons (1958)

Neutron yields from thick targets bombarded by 32- and 18-Mev protons were measured for 59 elements and compounds. For 23 metallic elements, yields were also measured from targets thick enough to degrade the proton energy from 32 to 18 Mev. The neutrons were detected by counting the ${\mathrm{Mn}}^{56}$ activity produced by neutron capture in MnS${\mathrm{O}}_{4}$ solution contained in a 3-ft by 3-ft tank that surrounded the targets. The efficiency of the neutron-detection system was determined with a calibrated Ra-$\ensuremath{\alpha}$-Be source. For all three energy intervals, the neutron yields increased abruptly at $Z=20$ and $Z=30$, and Ni had a yield $\frac{1}{3}$ that of neighboring elements.The yields were compared with calculations based on the statistical theory of nuclear reactions. The agreement was fair for $Z&gt;30$, but the calculated yields did not reproduce the sudden jump at $Z=30$.
Outcomes of endoscopic endonasal resection of pediatric craniopharyngiomas (2022)

Endoscopic endonasal resection for pediatric craniopharyngiomas can achieve high rates of resection with low rates of disease recurrence when compared with the outcomes of open transcranial resection reported in the literature. However, hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction remains a significant postoperative morbidity in both approaches.
The strategic research agenda on EMC in the next (7th) European research framework program 2007-2013 (2006)

The European Commission has published the research policy and the proposal for the next (7th) Framework Programme [1]. It is stated that, to be a genuinely competitive, knowledge-based economy, Europe must become better at producing knowledge through research, at diffusing it through education and at applying it through innovation, i.e. the “knowledge triangle��?. Today the European Union (EU) devotes only 1.96 % of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to research and development, compared to 2.59% for United States, 3.12 % for Japan and 2.9% for Korea. In March 2002 the Barcelona European Council set the target of raising the European research effort to 3 % of EU GDP, two thirds of which should come from private investment. European Technology Platforms (ETP) play an important role in the 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7) [2]. ETPs focus on strategic issues, bring together stakeholders, led by industry, to define medium to long-term research and technological development objectives and lay down markers for achieving them. ETPs thus play a key role in better aligning EU research priorities to industry’s needs. A key objective of ETPs is the establishment of a strategic research agenda (SRA). Through the definition of a SRA technology platforms can influence policy in the FP7 programme and hence, in due course, lead to the development of specific projects which will be submitted through normal channels for EU funding. The SRA reflects the needs as seen by industry, taking (emerging) social, economical and technological trends into account. A yearly workplan is generated from the SRA and submitted to the European Commission. The European Commission decides which part of the Work Plan will be converted into open Calls. Any (European) entity, including industry, universities or institutes, can then submit a research proposal which will be evaluated in an independent commission, before the research project is awarded (or not).
Ethyl Acetate/Ethyl Alcohol Mixtures as an Alternative to Folch Reagent for Extracting Animal Lipids (2004)

The lipids of fresh egg yolk, boiled yolk, yolk powder, and raw animal tissues including pork loin, belly pork, and pork fat were extracted with the mixed solvents composed of ethyl acetate (EtOAc) and ethyl alcohol (EtOH) at 2:1 and 1:1 volume ratios, and the results were compared with those obtained with Folch reagent, that is, a mixture of chloroform and methyl alcohol (2:1, v/v). Extraction yields, lipid profiles, and fatty acid compositions were determined by weighing, TLC-FID, and GC, respectively. Data of the extracts obtained with the mixtures of EtOAc and EtOH were not significantly different from those obtained with Folch reagent, implying that the mixed solvent composed of EtOAc and EtOH (1:1 to 2:1, v/v) may replace Folch reagent, which is considered to be toxic and mutagenetic due to its component of CHCl3, for lipid extraction.
Deficiency in reverse cholesterol transport in mice augments sepsis (2020)

ABSTRACT Background Sepsis claims over 215,000 lives and costs $16.7 billion per year in America alone. Recent studies revealed that HDL receptor scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI or Scarb1) plays a critical protective role in sepsis. Using Scarb1I179N mice, a mutant SR-BI mouse model with 90% depletion in hepatic SR-BI, we previously reported that the mutant mice are susceptible to cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced sepsis. However, using a hypo-AlbCreSR-BIfl/fl mouse model, Huby’s group showed that the liver-specific SR-BI KO mice are not more susceptible to CLP-induced sepsis. In this study, we generated a new floxed SR-BI mouse model to clarify the contribution of hepatic SR-BI in sepsis. SR-BI is known as a receptor that plays a key role in reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) by uptaking cholesterol to the liver. So, our established AlbCreSR-BIfl/fl mice (liver-specific SR-BI KO) is an RCT deficiency mice model that can be used to understand the mechanisms of RCT protecting against sepsis and may provide new insight into the pathogenesis of sepsis. Methods and Results We generated SR-BIfl/fl mice by flanking exon 2. We bred the floxed mice with AlbCre mice to generate AlbCreSR-BIfl/fl mice (liver-specific SR-BI KO mice), then the mice were backcrossed to C57BL/6J for 10 generations. As shown in Fig 1, the liver SR-BI expression was normal in SR-BIfl/fl mice as compared to C57BL/6J (B6) mice, but completely depleted in AlbCreSR-BIfl/fl mice. Using this liver-specific SR-BI KO model, we observed that a deficiency in RCT rendered the mice highly susceptible to CLP-induced sepsis as shown by 80% and 14.3% survival of SR-BIfl/fl and AlbCreSR-BIfl/fl mice, respectively. We found aggravated inflammatory cytokine production, altered leukocyte recruitment and slightly increased in the blood and peritoneal bacteria. Moreover, we found RCT deficiency mice increased both free and total cholesterol levels in serum and showed severer hemolysis in AlbCreSR-BIfl/fl mice than SR-BIfl/fl mice during CLP-induced sepsis. Importantly, when we fed AlbCreSR-BIfl/fl mice with probucol to decrease the cholesterol level in serum before performing CLP, the survival rate of AlbCreSR-BIfl/fl mice improved to 88.9%. Conclusions Deficiency RCT resulting in abnormal metabolism of cholesterol and lipid metabolism is a risk factor in sepsis and maintain normal metabolism of cholesterol may provide a new insight for sepsis therapies.
T4I2016 - Gillham, Michael: Developing Effective Intelligent Assistance for the Powered Wheelchair User (2016)

Gillham, Michael: Developing Effective Intelligent Assistance for the Powered Wheelchair User. <i>T4I Communications 1, T4I2016 – Academic/Research</i>, Nov 2016. <i>Figshare</i>. This research is working towards developing a pre-production prototype system which can provide a low-cost real-time adjustable and adaptable driving assistance system for powered wheelchair users. Information is being gathered from user joystick input and their driving quality to identify symptoms and make adjustments to the driving assistance system.
Optimizing Imprinting Condition for High Aspect Grating of Pd-based Metallic Glass (2018)

X-ray phase contrast imaging with an X-ray Talbot interferometer has attracted attention because it exhibits high sensitivity for materials consisting of light elements with weak X-ray absorption. In order to improve the sensitivity of X-ray Talbot interferometer, the development of amplitude grating (G2) with a high aspect ratio is necessary. Conventionally, such gratings are fabricated by electroplating of Au. However, this technique suffers from its high cost and is time consuming to obtain large-area uniform pattern. Recently, Yashiro et al. have developed an innovative method to fabricate high aspect ratio gratings in low cost. They applied imprinting method using viscous flow of Pd42.5Ni7.5Cu30P20 metallic glass and successfully fabricated grating G2 with aspect ratio of 2.5. Furthermore, they also demonstrated that the grating can be used for X-ray phase contrast imaging with an X-ray Talbot interferometer. In the present study, we intend to optimize the imprinting conditions of Pd-based metallic glass to achieve higher aspect ratio, and metallic glass with maximum filling depth was estimated by resistance heating.
Comparison of Stationary and Moving Infrared Thermometer Measurements Aboard a Center Pivot (2019)

Highlights Stationary and moving infrared thermometers aboard a center pivot were compared. Comparisons were in terms of directional brightness temperature discrepancies. Discrepancies were within 1.8°C, and many were within 1.0°C. Larger discrepancies tended to occur for sparser vegetation cover. Abstract. Infrared thermometers (IRTs) can measure canopy temperature, which is useful for irrigation and crop management. Center pivot and lateral move irrigation systems are suitable platforms to transport IRTs across cropped fields at regular intervals. IRTs aboard center pivots, when used in conjunction with irrigation scheduling algorithms, have resulted in crop yield and crop water productivity that is equivalent to or greater than what can be achieved using soil water measurements of the root zone profile with a field-calibrated neutron probe. Irrigation scheduling algorithms perform best when stationary IRT measurements are supplemented with moving IRT arrays, where the former provides time series data and the latter provides spatially distributed data. However, the normal deflection of moving irrigation systems and other confounding factors have caused concern that moving IRT measurements may be degraded relative to stationary IRT measurements. Directional brightness temperatures (T B ) measured by stationary and moving IRTs were compared over two corn and one potato season at the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bushland, Texas. Moving and stationary T B were compared in terms of root mean square error, mean absolute error, and mean bias error, and were all &amp;lt; 1.8°C, and many were &amp;lt; 1.0°C, and r 2 = 0.95. Error terms tended to be larger for potato, which had less vegetation cover compared with corn. However, error terms were similar to previous studies of calibration and spatial variability for IRTs and thermal imagers. Therefore, T B measurements of moving IRTs did not appear to be degraded relative to T B measurements of stationary IRTs for this study. However, interpretation of stationary and moving IRT measurements may be aided by addition of low cost imagers to distinguish vegetation from soil background. Keywords: Canopy temperature, Crop management, Evapotranspiration, Irrigation, Remote sensing, Sensors.
Refractometry and Interferometry of Living Cells*† (1957)

The development of phase contrast and interference microscopy has focused attention on the possibility of measuring the refractive indexes of living cells. Difficulties are encountered in applying immersion methods of refractometry to living cells because the choice of immersion media is very limited. These difficulties have now been overcome by the use of protein solutions. When the refractive index of the immersion medium matches that of the cell cytoplasm the latter becomes virtually invisible and phase contrast can be used as a sensitive null indicator to determine the match position. The refractive index is directly related to the concentration of cell solids and refractometry has been extensively used for measuring such concentrations in a variety of living cells. The concentration of water also follows immediately. Examples of the application of this method to retinal rods and cones, to the study of cell populations such as red blood cells, and to the investigation of the osmotic reactions of living cells are given. Other applications such as contrast variation in living cells, demonstration of chromosomes, and the spectrophotometry of clarified cell suspensions are briefly discussed.Interference microscopy can be used for the direct measurement of optical path difference and it is shown that this quantity is directly related to the dry mass per unit area. By combining interference microscopy and immersion refractometry it becomes possible to measure the cell thickness and hence to calculate dry mass and wet mass, volume, and water content of living cells. Examples of these methods are given and some of the limitations indicated.
<title>Comparison of motion vector coding techniques</title> (1994)

This paper deals with the comparison in different motion vector coding methods suitable for motion compensated image communication systems. Both waveform and description coding techniques are presented and applied to a dense motion field. Only lossless compression is considered, and a reduction factor between 3:1 and 9:1 of the raw bit rate of the motion vectors can be reached. Although some of these techniques have already been used for the coding of motion information it would be greatly interesting to compare them in the same conditions, with intent to apply them to professional motion compensated applications as opposed to the particular case of motion compensated picture coding.
Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors in a Kidney Transplant Recipient with Metastatic Cancer (2020)

For most American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week attendees, case-based clinical nephrology talks are one of the most exciting venues. The Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire is the essence of clinical nephrology and represents what drew all of us into the field of nephrology. The expert
Review: The Second Gold Rush: Oakland and the East Bay in World War II, by Marilynn S. Johnson and Paradise Transformed: Los Angeles during the Second World War, by Arthur C. Verge (1995)

Book Review| July 01 1995 Review The Second Gold Rush: Oakland and the East Bay in World War IIMarilynn S. JohnsonParadise Transformed: Los Angeles during the Second World WarArthur C. Verge Gerald D. Nash Gerald D. Nash Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar California History (1995) 74 (2): 204–205. https://doi.org/10.2307/25177493 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Gerald D. Nash; Review. California History 1 July 1995; 74 (2): 204–205. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/25177493 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentCalifornia History Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1995 CHS Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
In Vitro and In Vivo Determination of the Thermal Effect of Middle Ear Endoscopy (1996)

During middle ear endoscopy, patients frequently experience vertigo. We theorized that this effect is secondary to heat produced by the scope. We evaluated two Hopkins rods and two fiberoptic scopes to assess the temperature elevation at the lateral semicircular canal (LSCC) of temporal bones and in a live canine model. These results were compared to the results of a standard 44 degrees C water caloric. We demonstrated in both models that the temperature rise at the LSCC increased relative to the scope diameter and that the Hopkins rods produced the same or greater heating effect than a warm caloric. Direct exposure of the thermocouple to the light produced a greater temperature elevation. We conclude that endoscopes produce sufficient heat to induce caloric stimulation of the LSCC. Care should be exercised to prevent the possibility of thermal injury.
The perils of electronic communication: results of a financial services industry survey (2005)

Purpose This article discusses the perils of electronic communication, the regulators' response to its proliferation, the findings of a recent survey by Orchestria, and the traditional solutions most companies are adopting. Design/methodology/approach Discusses results of a survey that illustrates the uncontrollable nature of electronic communication; recent financial services regulations concerning document retention, activity supervision, and communication approval; archiving and other costs of electronic communication; the inadequacy of many companies' risk mitigation strategies; and a recommended active policy management approach. Findings The challenge that management and compliance staff face with unstructured communication is twofold: 1. the speed and informality with which messaging systems are used by employees to make assertions and promises and to transfer data, and 2. the almost total absence of management visibility and control over the content of such communications. In the current regulatory climate, not knowing what employees are communicating to each other, clients, suppliers, and other contacts is a significant risk. Originality/value Alerts financial services companies to the risks inherent in employees' unrestricted use of all the different electronic communications media and recommends a proactive approach to manage those risks.
Fas Ligand-Induced Apoptosis (1999)

The immune response is regulated not only by cell proliferation and differentiation, but also by programmed cell death, or apoptosis. In response to various stimuli, death factors bind to their respective receptors and activate the apoptotic death program in target cells. A cascade of specific proteases termed caspases mediates the apoptotic process. The activated caspases cleave various cellular components, a process that leads to morphological changes of the cells and nuclei, as well as to degradation of the chromosomal DNA. Loss-of-function mutations in the signaling molecules involved in apoptosis cause hyper-proliferation of cells in mouse and human. In contrast, exaggeration of this death cascade causes the destruction of various tissues.