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Multilocus sequence analysis of the Rhizobia from five woody legumes in southern China (2011)

A total of 11 rhizobial strains from five woody legumes (Acacia confusa, Dalbergia odorifera, Dalbergia fusca, Erythrophleum fordii and Pterocarpus macarocarpus) in Southern China were identified, using 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of three housekeeping genes (recA, glnII and dnaK). Among the 11 isolated rhizobia, seven were classified as Agrobacterium tumefaciens,Bradyrhizobium elkanii, Ensifer adhaerens and Rhizobium multihospitium and four were within the genus Rhizobium that might be novel species when considering their clustering independently in topology tree and relatively low recA gene sequence similarities (<94%) to the recognized species. In each gene phylogeny, the 16S rRNA gene was found to be incongruent with each house-keeping gene, indicated that this gene should not be used as a single marker in rhizobial taxonomy. In addition, more robust topology trees were produced through the analysis of a concatenation of three housekeeping genes than through each housekeeping gene and 16S rRNA gene trees, with high bootstrap support (≥55%). Overall, our results support that the MLSA has higher discrimination potential in rhizobial taxonomy than the 16S rRNA gene and is suitable to estimate phylogenetic relationships among rhizobia species.

	 

	Key words: Multilocus sequence analysis, 16S rRNA, rhizobia and woody legume.
Impulsions paraboliques et similaritons dans les fibres optiques (2006)

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Actively Compensated Read Assist Technique for 0.6 V Operation of 16 Mb High Density SRAM in 65nm LSTP (2020)

With the growing need for low power devices, low voltage operation becomes a key requirement. As the devices are operated at lower voltages, the functionality of the SRAM cell gets compromised. The SRAM cell stability becomes vulnerable to process variations at lower technology nodes. To enable memory operation, read assist is required. However, applying read assist across all corners degrades memory performance. Therefore, a process compensated read assist is required. First, we designed a process monitoring circuit whose output voltage varies with change in PVT. This output activates a read assist circuit to improve the Read Static Noise Margin (RSNM) of 6T SRAM cell whenever it falls below 6σ. At FNSP/125°C, read assist is required at 0.74V, whereas at SNSP and SNFP corners, read assist is not required. At slow corners, cell current is improved by 58% resulting in no loss in speed of operation of bitcell.
Adsorption of methyl iodide on reduced silver‐functionalized silica aerogel: Kinetics and modeling (2020)

Abstract The low concentration methyl iodide (CH 3 I) adsorption process on reduced silver‐functionalized silica aerogel (Ag 0 ‐Aerogel) was studied. The kinetic data were acquired using a continuous flow adsorption system. Because the corresponding physical process was observed, the shrinking core model (SCM) was modified and applied. An average CH 3 I pore diffusivity was calculated, the CH 3 I‐Ag 0 ‐Aerogel reaction was identified as a 1.40 order reaction instead of first order reaction, and the n th order reaction rate constant was determined. This modified SCM significantly increases the accuracy of adsorption behavior prediction at low adsorbate concentration. Modeling results indicate that the overall adsorption process is controlled by the pore diffusion. However, at low adsorbate concentration (ppbv level), the CH 3 I adsorption is limited to the surface reaction due to the low uptake rate in a predictable time period.
Spontaneous Micro-Lens Formation and Reduction of Multiphoton Ionization inside Dielectrics (2009)

By repeated optical breakdown with focused femtosecond pulses, we decrease the refractive index of fused silica by few percent. The subsequent micro-lens formation is associated with a reduction of multiphoton absorption in all dielectrics.
Therapy-related leukemia associated with myelofibrosis. Blast cell characterization in six cases (1984)

Six patients exhibiting severe pancytopenia or overt leukemia associated with myelofibrosis after chemotherapy for malignant disease have been investigated by immunologic techniques and ultrastructural cytochemistry. Initially, five patients displayed severe thrombocytopenia contrasting with mild neutropenia and anemia. Bone marrow biopsies showed a clear megakaryocytic proliferation and an excess of immature mononuclear cells. The demonstration of peroxidase activities at the ultrastructural level and immunofluorescence labeling with a panel of monoclonal antibodies, including an antiplatelet glycoprotein Ib and an antiglycoprotein IIb-IIIa complex, on blood or marrow cells, permitted identification of otherwise unidentifiable promegakaryoblastic proliferation. In two patients, the use of an immunoperoxidase technique with an antifactor VIII-R-Ag antibody has allowed direct confirmation of this diagnosis on bone marrow sections. This megakaryoblastic proliferation was not pure and was variably associated with blasts of other cell lines (erythroblasts or myeloblasts). Changes in the population of blasts were observed during evolution in two patients. The sixth patient had a mild thrombocytopenia associated with severe neutropenia and anemia. Bone marrow biopsy displayed a myelofibrosis and immature cells, without megakaryocytic proliferation. Ultrastructural study revealed a pure basophil-mast cell proliferation. In conclusion, in five of six patients with secondary acute leukemia associated with myelofibrosis, a proliferation of promegakaryoblasts was demonstrated using both immunofluorescent and ultrastructural cytochemical techniques.
Thermoelectric Properties of Thallium Compounds with Extremely Low Thermal Conductivity (2005)

Polycrystalline samples of thallium compounds, Tl9BiTe6, TlBiTe2, TlSbTe2, and AgTlTe were prepared and the thermoelectric properties such as the electrical resistivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity were measured. The Seebeck coefficients of Tl9BiTe6, TlSbTe2, and AgTlTe are positive, while that of TlBiTe2 is negative. The thermal conductivities of these thallium compounds are very low compared with state-of-the-art thermoelectric materials. Especially, AgTlTe indicates extremely low value, 0.25 Wm−1K−1 at room temperature. The dimensionless figure of merit ZT of thallium compounds are relatively high due to their very low thermal conductivities. The maximum value of ZT is obtained for TlSbTe2 as 0.87 at 715 K.
Medical school curriculum in the digital age: perspectives of clinical educators and teachers (2022)

The findings show that medical students in Singapore would benefit from a curriculum that teaches them to use digital technologies alongside core clinical skills.
Uncouplers of Spinach Chloroplast Photosynthetic Phosphorylation. (1959)

tion at pH 5.5 resulted in preferential destruction of IC photoreduction ability.
Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Infants With Unilateral or Bilateral Periventricular Hemorrhagic Infarction (2009)

Infants with unilateral PVHI had better motor and cognitive outcomes than infants with bilateral PVHI. By combining laterality of PVHI, periventricular leukomalacia, and retinopathy of prematurity it is possible to estimate the probability of having an MDI <70, which will assist clinicians when counseling families.
99mTc-Pertechnetate-SPECT/US Hybrid Imaging Enhances Diagnostic Certainty Compared With Conventional Thyroid Imaging With Scintigraphy and Ultrasound (2018)

Evaluation of thyroid ultrasound and Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy side by side frequently produces ambiguous results regarding the correct assignment of anatomy and functionality of a nodule. We describe the usefulness of Tc-pertechnetate-SPECT/US-fusion imaging. A 75-year-old woman was referred for exclusion of cold nodules. After conventional diagnostics (in vitro thyroid parameters, B mode-US, planar Tc-pertechnetate-thyroid scintigraphy), a SPECT was performed using a conventional gamma camera. The SPECT data set was transferred to an ultrasound device (LOGIQ E9), and sensor-navigated 3D ultrasound was performed. Both data sets (SPECT/US) were fused in real time, revealing the exact functional state of multiple nodules.
A robust watermarking scheme based on informed coding and informed embedding (2005)

A watermarking algorithm that relies on informed coding and informed embedding is presented. This method embeds one bit of the watermark in every image block, but offers higher watermarked image quality as well as higher robustness to image processing operation attacks than other known methods using informed coding and informed embedding. The method is shown to withstand high values of added Gaussian noise, valumetric scaling, low-pass filtering as well as lossy JPEG compression. Each bit (0 or 1) to be embedded is represented by a subset of codewords. For every image block, a vector is extracted. This vector is modified so that its correlation with the codewords related to the bit to be embedded in it has higher probability than those of the codewords representing the other bit even if the image is later modified by image processing operations. The vector modification is also carried so that the change in the image fidelity is minimal.
An ultraviolet gas-loaded free-electron laser (1989)

By loading the wiggler cavity of a free-electron laser (FEL) with hydrogen gas, it is possible to tune the FEL to below 130 nm, just above the electronic resonance of molecular hydrogen. The change in wavelength results from the refractive index of the gas, which alters the phase velocity of the wave and so modifies the synchronism condition. Using the parameters of the wiggler on the beamline of the Stanford Superconducting Accelerator, this FEL can be tuned from 500 to 130 nm with a pressure ranging from 0 to 55 torr. The calculated electronic gain varies between 5.6 and 11% over this wavelength interval, comparable to the gain in vacuum.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
A list-type reduced-constraint generalization of the Viterbi algorithm (1987)

The Viterbi algorithm (VA), an optimum decoding rule for a <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Q</tex> -ary trellis code of constraint length <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">K</tex> , operates by taking the best survivor from each of <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Q^{K-1}</tex> lists of candidates at each decoding step. A generalized VA (GVA) is proposed that makes comparisons on the basis of a label of length <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">L(L\leq K)</tex> . It selects, incorporating the notion of list decoding, the <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">S</tex> best survivors from each of <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Q^{L-1}</tex> lists of candidates at each decoding step. Coding theorems for a discrete memoryless channel are proved for GVA decoding and shown to be natural generalizations of those for VA decoding. An example of intersymbol interference removal is given to illustrate the practical benefits that the GVA can provide.
The Redox-sensitive Induction of the Local Angiotensin System Promotes Both Premature and Replicative Endothelial Senescence: Preventive Effect of a StandardizedCrataegusExtract (2015)

Endothelial senescence, characterized by an irreversible cell cycle arrest, oxidative stress, and downregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), has been shown to promote endothelial dysfunction leading to the development of age-related vascular disorders. This study has assessed the possibility that the local angiotensin system promotes endothelial senescence in coronary artery endothelial cells and also the protective effect of the Crataegus extract WS1442, a quantified hawthorn extract. Serial passaging from P1 to P4 (replicative senescence) and treatment of P1 endothelial cells with the eNOS inhibitor L-NAME (premature senescence) promoted acquisition of markers of senescence, enhanced ROS formation, decreased eNOS expression, and upregulation of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and AT1 receptors. Increased SA-β-gal activity and the upregulation of ACE and AT1R in senescent cells were prevented by antioxidants, an ACE inhibitor, and by an AT1 receptor blocker. WS1442 prevented SA-β-gal activity, the downregulation of eNOS, and oxidative stress in P3 cells. These findings indicate that the impairment of eNOS-derived nitric oxide formation favors a pro-oxidant response triggering the local angiotensin system, which, in turn, promotes endothelial senescence. Such a sequence of events can be effectively inhibited by a standardized polyphenol-rich extract mainly by targeting the oxidative stress.
Ambiguity and sidelobe behavior of CAZAC coded waveforms (2007)

CAZAC (Constant Amplitude Zero Autocorrelation) sequences are important in waveform design because of their optimal transmission efficiency and tight time localization properties. Certain classes of CAZAC sequences have been used in Radar processing for many years while recently discovered sequences invite further study. This paper compares several classes of CAZAC sequences with respect to both the periodic and aperiodic ambiguity function. Some computational results for different CAZAC classes are presented. In particular, we note the fact that so-called Bjorck CAZACs have sidelobes at different locations when different shifts are considered. We take advantage of this fact by using an averaging technique to lower sidelobe levels.
An Innovative Technology Development for Building Humidification and Energy Efficiency (2013)

Currently, the most widely used residential humidification technologies are forced air furnace mounted bypass wetted media, spray mist, and steam humidifiers. They all use city water as a water source and require furnace heat or electricity to evaporate the water. Mineral deposition, white dust, and microbial growth problems are associated with these humidifiers. For commercial building humidification, demineralized water is typically used for humidification equipment like steam heat exchangers, fogging system, electric, and ultrasonic humidifiers. Therefore, in addition to the energy consumption for water evaporation, energy is also needed to produce the high quality demineralized water. An innovative technology called transport membrane humidifier (TMH) has been developed by the authors to humidify home air without external water and energy consumption, while simultaneously recovering waste heat from the home furnace flue gas to enhance furnace efficiency. The TMH technology is based on our previous extensive study on nanoporous membrane water vapor separation from combustion flue gas, and a design for residential home humidification application was first developed. It has been proved by both laboratory prototype testing for long term performance and by two occupied single family home demonstrations for two heating seasons. The technology can provide whole house humidification without any external water consumption, and at the same time, boost the furnace efficiency. Compared with conventional furnace mounted humidifiers, the TMH does not need additional furnace fuel for the water evaporation, does not introduce white dust to a home, and poses no microbial growth concerns since there is no standing water involved. This innovative technology can provide several benefits simultaneously, which include energy saving, water saving, and healthy building humidification.
On Target: A Model to Teach Baccalaureate Nursing Students to Apply Critical Thinking (1998)

As nurses enter the 21st century, problem solving and critical thinking are critical to successful clinical practice. Studies have revealed that thought professionals may have critical thinking knowledge, they do not always use it in everyday practice. This article presents an education model that faculty members can use to teach baccalaureate nursing students to think critically and incorporate research findings into clinical practice. The model offers a four-semester plan that can be integrated into programs of study.
Continuative Studies for Inserting Stimulus-Responsive Functions in Hydrogels for Local Drug Delivery (2013)

The insertion of stimulus-responsive functions into hydrogels is a promising modification of local drug delivery (LDD) systems. One approach aiming at these systems with stimulus-induced drug delivery is the use of antibody/antigen combinations as crosslinker within hydrogels. In this context, we investigated systematically the drug permeation through different polyacrylamide (PAAm) gel types as model system. It could be shown that permeation behaviour is hardly dependent on structure (semiinterpenetrating polymer network (semiIPN) versus conventional polymer network) and crosslinking ratio but on gel content. Moreover, first evidence of successful incorporation of stimulus-responsive antibody/antigen crosslinkers (mouse IgG/rabbit anti mouse IgG) within PAAm could be given.
Efficient inscribing of noisy rectangular objects in scanned images (2005)

Objects identification in images is generally hard unless the objects are simple geometric shapes such as circles, rectangles, have very particular properties. Even simple geometric shapes can be hard to identify if they deviate even a little from the ideal. We examine the question of identifying and segmenting noisy rectangles, where edges may be ragged, corners may be missing and so on. We test the robustness of our scheme on receipts and small documents obtained from real scans.
Analysis of Cooperative Actions of Different Skill Levels Golfers (2020)

In this study, we tried to analyze the relationship between cooperative action of golf swing and difference of skill levels. For extracting cooperative action from different swings, we conducted experiment of acquiring swing data. Subjects was a beginner and an intermediate, an expert golfer. We measured each golfer’s swings by motion capture system (VICON). We built observance matrix from acquired positional data and we conducted singular value decomposition (SVD) on this observance matrix. By conducting SVD, we extracted cooperative action as some independent modes. Then, we compared cooperative action of different skill levels subject on main mode. As a result, we reached the following conclusion that we could indicate some independent modes shown skill levels of golf swing.
A real-time monitor for a distributed real-time operating system (1988)

Monitoring and debugging for a distributed real-time system is a complicated problem due to the lack of a set of advanced tools and adequate operating system capability. Software tools can cover the wide range of the software development life cycle from the requirement analysis phase to debugging and maintenance phases. However, many of these modern tools are not effective for building or analyzing complex real-time systems. Real-time software tools and effective kernel support are essential to reduce the complexity of real-time software. In this paper, we first address the issues in real-time monitoring and debugging, such as capturing the timing error, the monitor's invasive nature and visualization of system behavior. We then describe the architecture of the ART Real-Time Monitor which is being built for a distributed real-time OS, called ARTS. The built-in monitoring/debugging kernel primitives are also mentioned.
Introduction (2005)

This collection of essays by Australian scholars offers a wealth of contemporary perspectives on cultural communication amongst men and women in late medieval and early modern Europe. Essays dealing with Florence and Venice, with Rome, Lucca, Ferrara, and Bologna, as well as with Germany, England, and Lorraine, draw attention to the array of cultural expressions which competed for space and influence across European societies of the period. These rich studies demonstrate the vitality of cultural production during a period of rapid and often violent transition. Variously focused on formal religious rites, on painting, sculpture, and woodcuts, on sermons, poetry, and letters, the contributors pursue cultural meaning as a matter of social identity and social context - as a performance that can be shown to affirm and also exclude particular topical values. Rituals, Images, and Words highlights the complex and subtle power of rhetorical forms in the history and historiography of late medieval and early modern Europe.
Improving Zinc and Iron Accumulation in Maize Grains Using the Zinc and Iron Transporter ZmZIP5 (2019)

Zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) are essential micronutrients for plant growth. Thus, it is important to understand the mechanisms of uptake, transport and accumulation of these micronutrients in maize to improve crop nutritional quality. Members of the zinc-regulated transporters, iron-regulated transporter-like protein (ZIP) family are responsible for the uptake and transport of divalent metal ions in plant. Previously, we showed that ZmZIP5 functionally complemented the Zn uptake double mutant zrt1zrt2, Fe-uptake double mutant fet3fet4 in yeast. In our β-glucuronidase (GUS) assay, the germinated seeds, young sheaths, and stems of ZmZIP5-promoter-GUS transgenic plants were stained. We generated and compared two maize lines for this study: Ubi-ZmZIP5, in which ZmZIP5 was constitutively overexpressed, and ZmZIP5i, a RNAi line. At the seedling stage, high levels of Zn and Fe were found in the roots and shoots of Ubi-ZmZIP5 plants, whereas low levels were found in the ZmZIP5i plants. Zn and Fe contents decreased in the seeds of Ubi-ZmZIP5 plants and remained unchanged in the seeds of ZmZIP5i plants. The seeds of Leg-ZmZIP5 plants, in which ZmZIP5 overexpression is specific to the endosperm, had higher levels of Zn and Fe. Our results imply that ZmZIP5 may play a role in Zn and Fe uptake and root-to-shoot translocation. Endosperm-specific ZmZIP5 overexpression could be useful for Zn and Fe biofortification of cereal grains.
Small-scale on-line diagnostics for an HVAC system (1998)

This article describes a simple probabilistic diagnostic system for a fanpowered mixing box. Several types of electrical and damper failures are diagnosed. Empirical data is available for modeling the normal operation of the mixing box, but no empirical data is available for failure states and models of failure states must be constructed from expert knowledge. The distribution over operational states (normal or otherwise) is derived from generative models via Bayes&amp;apos; rule. A general misclassification cost matrix is specified, and the risk of outputting various diagnostic messages is calculated; the message with least risk is output. The results of laboratory tests of this diagnostic scheme on three mixing boxes are described. 1 Introduction This article 1 describes an automated fault detection and diagnosis scheme for HVAC equipment, the Real-Time Diagnostic System (RTDS). In this report, the principles of operation of the RTDS are outlined, a computer implementation of the RTDS is...