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STATISTICAL MEASURES OF EARLY REFLECTIONS OF ROOM IMPULSE RESPONSES (2007)

An impulse response of an enclosed reverberant space is composed of three basic components: the direct sound, early reflections and late reverberation. While the direct sound is a single event that can be easily identified, the division between the early reflections and late reverberation is less obvious as there is a gradual transition between the two. This paper explores two statistical measures that can aid in determining a point in time where the early reflections have transitioned into late reverberation. These metrics exploit the similarities between late reverberation and Gaussian noise that are not commonly found in early reflections. Unlike other measures, these need no prior knowledge about the rooms such as geometry or volume. 1.
Cure from Severe Aplastic Anemia in vivo and Late Effects (2000)

Recent progress in the treatment of aplastic anemia has dramatically changed the previously grim prognosis for these patients. Improvements in bone marrow transplantation and immunosuppression have increased the number of long-term survivors so that immediate survival is no longer the sole concern. Here, were review the major clinical studies and summarize recent analyses of late malignant and nonmalignant complications following treatment of aplastic anemia.
On the Importance of Spatial Configuration of Displayed Information (2009)

Abstract The spatial layout of information influences collaborative interactions. We compared two awareness tools which give information on the status of participants in a collaborative work, one displaying it on a single screen and the other distributing it in the room. Keywords Ubiquitous computing, collaborative learning ACM Classification Keywords H5.m. Information interfaces and presentation: Miscellaneous. Introduction We developed two awareness tools tailored for recitation sections (i.e. when students work on their assignments in small teams with the help of teaching assistants). The first tool, called Lantern , is a small lamp that uses color, brightness and blinking frequency to convey the status of one team: which exercise the team is working on, whether they called for help, and since when. Each team has a Lantern placed on its table. The other tool, called Shelf , uses the same visuals elements and displays the status of all teams on a single screen, which is visible to everyone.
Exploiting clustering and phrases for context-based information retrieval (1997)

article Free Access Share on Exploiting clustering and phrases for context-based information retrieval Authors: Peter G. Anick Digital Equipment Corporation, Stow, MA and Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Digital Equipment Corporation, Stow, MA and Brandeis University, Waltham, MAView Profile , Shivakumar Vaithyanathan IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CAView Profile Authors Info & Claims ACM SIGIR ForumVolume 31Issue SIDecember 1997pp 314–323https://doi.org/10.1145/278459.258601Published:01 July 1997Publication History 68citation1,735DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations68Total Downloads1,735Last 12 Months71Last 6 weeks13 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF
Synthesis and crystal structure of a novel galloarsenate containing the As3O10 5? triarsenate anion: Cs2Ga3As5O18 (1996)

The synthesis and crystal structure of Cs2Ga3As5O18 in which the Ga atoms are octahedrally and square-pyramidally coordinated are described: the three-dimensional structure is unique and contains the very rare triarsenate anion As3O105–.
CBP/cycA, a CCAAT-binding protein necessary for adhesion-dependent cyclin A transcription, consists of NF-Y and a novel Mr 115,000 subunit. (1997)

Cells of most tissues, with the exception of hematopoietic cells, require adhesion to an appropriate surface to grow. Cyclin A is needed for cell cycle progression at the G1-S transition, and appearance of cyclin A mRNA and protein in late G1 has been shown to be dependent on adhesion-initiated signals in normal rat kidney fibroblasts. Previously, we have reported that the adhesion-dependent activation of cyclin A transcription in late G1 is mediated by CBP/cycA (CCAAT-binding protein for cyclin A gene), a novel CCAAT-binding protein. Specific binding of CBP/cycA, a Mr 30,000/40,000/115,000 heterotrimeric protein complex, to the CCAAT element of the cyclin A promoter was detectable in growing but not in G0-arrested or nonadherent normal rat kidney cells. Here, we demonstrate that the Mr 30,000/40,000 subunits of CBP/cycA are identical with NF-YA and NF-YB, the two subunits of NF-Y. In addition, we show that, aside from CBP/cycA, NF-Y itself also binds to the CCAAT element of the cyclin A promoter. But, whereas the binding of CBP/cycA is adhesion and cell cycle dependent and correlates with the expression of cyclin A in late G1 phase, NF-Y itself seems to bind in a cell cycle-independent manner.
Alterations in the Blood Velocity Profile Influence the Blood Flow Response during Muscle Contractions and Relaxations (2006)

The present study examined the influences of the muscle contraction (MCP) and relaxation (MRP) phases, as well as systole and diastole, on the blood velocity profile and flow in the conduit artery at different dynamic muscle contraction forces. Eight healthy volunteers performed one-legged dynamic knee-extensor exercise at work rates of 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40 W at 60 contractions per minute. The time- and space-averaged, amplitude-weighted, mean (V(mean)) and maximum (V(max)) blood flow velocities were continuously measured in the common femoral artery during the cardiosystolic (CSP) and cardiodiastolic (CDP) phases during MCP and MRP, respectively. The V(max)/V(mean) ratio was used as a flow profile index where a ratio of approximately (~) 1 indicates a "flat" velocity profile, and a ratio significantly greater than (>>) 1 indicates a "parabolic" velocity profile. At rest, a "steeper" parabolic velocity profile was found during the CDP (ratio: 1.75 +/- 0.06) than during the CSP (ratio: 1.31 +/- 0.02). During the MRP of exercise, the V(max)/V(mean) ratio shifted to be less steep (p < 0.05) than at rest during the CDP (ratio: 1.41-1.54) at 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40 W; whereas it was slightly higher (p < 0.05) at 30 and 40 W than at rest during the CSP (ratio: 1.43-1.46). During the MCP, the parabolic blood velocity profile was enhanced (p < 0.05) at higher contraction forces, 20 W during the CDP (ratio: 2.15-2.52) and 30 W during the CSP (ratio: 1.49-1.77), potentially because of a greater retrograde flow component. A higher blood flow furthermore appeared during the MRP compared to during the MCP, coinciding with a greater uniformity of the red blood cells moving at higher blood velocities during the MRP. Thus part of the difference in the magnitude of blood flow during the MRP vs. MCP may be due to the alterations of the blood velocity flow profile.
Matrix reconstruction with the local max norm (2012)

We introduce a new family of matrix norms, the "local max" norms, generalizing existing methods such as the max norm, the trace norm (nuclear norm), and the weighted or smoothed weighted trace norms, which have been extensively used in the literature as regularizers for matrix reconstruction problems. We show that this new family can be used to interpolate between the (weighted or unweighted) trace norm and the more conservative max norm. We test this interpolation on simulated data and on the large-scale Netflix and MovieLens ratings data, and find improved accuracy relative to the existing matrix norms. We also provide theoretical results showing learning guarantees for some of the new norms.
Tac-Simur: Tactic-based Simulative Visual Analytics of Table Tennis (2019)

Simulative analysis in competitive sports can provide prospective insights, which can help improve the performance of players in future matches. However, adequately simulating the complex competition process and effectively explaining the simulation result to domain experts are typically challenging. This work presents a design study to address these challenges in table tennis. We propose a well-established hybrid second-order Markov chain model to characterize and simulate the competition process in table tennis. Compared with existing methods, our approach is the first to support the effective simulation of tactics, which represent high-level competition strategies in table tennis. Furthermore, we introduce a visual analytics system called Tac-Simur based on the proposed model for simulative visual analytics. Tac-Simur enables users to easily navigate different players and their tactics based on their respective performance in matches to identify the player and the tactics of interest for further analysis. Then, users can utilize the system to interactively explore diverse simulation tasks and visually explain the simulation results. The effectiveness and usefulness of this work are demonstrated by two case studies, in which domain experts utilize Tac-Simur to find interesting and valuable insights. The domain experts also provide positive feedback on the usability of Tac-Simur. Our work can be extended to other similar sports such as tennis and badminton.
Information-Theoretic Privacy for Smart Metering Systems with a Rechargeable Battery (2018)

Smart-metering systems report electricity usage of a user to the utility provider on almost real-time basis. This could leak private information about the user to the utility provider. In this paper, we investigate the use of a rechargeable battery in order to provide privacy to the user. We assume that the user load sequence is a first-order Markov process, the battery satisfies ideal charge conservation, and that privacy is measured using normalized mutual information (leakage rate) between the user load and the battery output. We study the optimal battery charging policy that minimizes the leakage rate among the class of battery policies that satisfy causality and charge conservation. We propose a series reduction on the original problem and ultimately recast it as a Markov Decision Process (MDP) that can be solved using a dynamic program. In the special case of i.i.d. demand, we explicitly characterize the optimal policy and show that the associated leakage rate can be expressed as a single-letter mutual information expression. In this case, we show that the optimal charging policy admits an intuitive interpretation of preserving a certain invariance property of the state. Interestingly an alternative proof of optimality can be provided that does not rely on the MDP approach, but is based on purely information theoretic reductions.
Effects of static axial magnetic fields on directional solidification of HgCdTe (1997)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1997.
ACTS propagation terminal prototype planning and design (1990)

The planning and design of a prototype propagation receiving terminal for beacon signals at 27 and 20 GHz bands are examined. The developmental plan is discussed, followed by technical design considerations including, the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) system salient features and frequency plan, beacon signal parameters and specifications, system calculations, and terminal hardware design issues.
Flexibel, zeker? Bevindingen van twee jaar flexibiliteitsonderzoek (2002)

In dit dossier worden de eindconclusies van een omvangrijk VIONA-onderzoek naar de gevolgen van de flexibilisering van de arbeid gerapporteerd. In dit project werd vooral onderzocht of en hoe organisaties gebruik maken van de bestaande vormen van arbeidstijd- en contractuele flexibiliteit wanneer ze gecontronteerd worden met volume- en variantenflexibiliteit in hun productie of dienstverlening. De centrale vraag was of de huidige regelgeving de wijze waarop organisaties omgaan met flexibele arbeid afdoende 'stuurt'. In dit afsluitend essay worden enkele (vermeende) maatschappelike trends kritisch geëvalueerd tegen de achtergrond van de onderzoeksresultaten. We hebben het daarbij onder meer over de zogenaamde verglijding naar een 21-ureneconomie, de vertijdelijking van de arbeidsrelatie en de gevolgen in termen van jobonzekerheid en arbeidsvoorwaarden, de strategieën van 'minimus' (Nederland) en 'maximus' (België), de evolutie van life-time employement naar life-time employability, het flexicurity-model en de toekomst van de tijdelijke werkloosheid.
Sweetless'n low LDL-C targets for PCSK9 treatment : Figure 1 (2015)

This editorial refers to ‘Efficacy and safety of alirocumab in high cardiovascular risk patients with inadequately controlled hypercholesterolaemia on maximally tolerated doses of statins: the ODYSSEY COMBO II randomized controlled trial’[†][1], by C.P. Cannon et al., on page 1186. 

In their trial, Cannon et al . report the superiority of the anti-PCSK9 monoclonal antibody (mAb) alirocumab (SAR236553/REGN727; s.c. 75 mg every 2 weeks) over ezetimibe (oral 10 mg once a day) in the reduction of LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels among 720 patients at high cardiovascular risk who were inadequately controlled despite maximally tolerated statin dosage.1 At week 24, mean reduction in LDL-C from baseline was 50.6% for alirocumab vs. 20.7% for ezetimibe ( P < 0.001), while 77.0% of the alirocumab treatment arm achieved the recommended LDL-C target of < 1.8 mmol/L vs. 45.6% for ezetimibe ( P < 0.001). Mean LDL-C at week 24 was 1.3 mmol/L for alirocumab compared with 2.1 mmol/L for ezetimibe, yielding an additional 30% lipid-lowering effect for patients treated with the anti-PCSK9. The findings of the ODYSSEY COMBO II trial add to the evidence of alirocumab as a safe and efficacious option for patients whose LDL-C is insufficiently controlled under maximally dosed statin therapy, as is the case for an increasing number of high-risk patients.

Available data indicate that fully human antibodies targeting PCSK9 are very effective in reducing LDL-C, apolipoprotein B (apoB), and lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] concentrations.2 Their efficacy has been demonstrated alone or in addition to statins in hypercholesterolaemic patients.3 Used alone in the primary setting, anti-PCSK9 treatments yielded LDL-C reductions up to 70% greater than placebo.4 

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Measurement of Cortical Bone Strain Distribution by Image Correlation Techniques and from Fracture Toughness (2011)

Bone fracture toughness has been well studied, however, it is also important to investigate the effect of preservative treatment on the mechanical properties of bones. It is necessary to evaluate crack initiation and propagation after fracture because this process may be different in the case of injured bone tissues. In this study, we attempted to analyze the strain distribution on bone tissue surface by using image correlation techniques in order to elucidate the relationship between microscopic bone damage and strain distribution. Bovine femoral cortical bone was employed as the bone specimen and the three-point bend test method was used to determine the fracture toughness, in accordance with the ASTM E399 guidelines. An Instron type machine was used in the fracture toughness test and the loading rate was set to 1 mm/min. Black and white spray paint was applied in a random pattern to the surface of the specimens, and the specimens were loaded until they were ruptured. Bone surface strain analysis was performed using image correlation techniques and the changes were recorded in a digital image. In order to evaluate the effects of preservative treatment on the mechanical properties of bone, we categorized the specimens into 4 groups: the control group included the specimens that were submitted for testing immediately after machining and the preservation group comprised specimens that were analyzed after preservative treatment with different method (formalin, ethanol and physiological saline solution). A strain analysis performed using image correlation techniques allowed the visualization of the increased strain at the forward end of the slit of the specimens. The strain value at the forward end of the slit (the longitudinal direction of specimens) measured at the time of rupture in the control group was approximately 4 times larger than that in the formalin preservation group, thereby suggesting the embrittlement of bone organic constituents due to preservative treatment.
RegulonDB v8.0: omics data sets, evolutionary conservation, regulatory phrases, cross-validated gold standards and more (2012)

This article summarizes our progress with RegulonDB (http://regulondb.ccg.unam.mx/) during the past 2 years. We have kept up-to-date the knowledge from the published literature regarding transcriptional regulation in Escherichia coli K-12. We have maintained and expanded our curation efforts to improve the breadth and quality of the encoded experimental knowledge, and we have implemented criteria for the quality of our computational predictions. Regulatory phrases now provide high-level descriptions of regulatory regions. We expanded the assignment of quality to various sources of evidence, particularly for knowledge generated through high-throughput (HT) technology. Based on our analysis of most relevant methods, we defined rules for determining the quality of evidence when multiple independent sources support an entry. With this latest release of RegulonDB, we present a new highly reliable larger collection of transcription start sites, a result of our experimental HT genome-wide efforts. These improvements, together with several novel enhancements (the tracks display, uploading format and curational guidelines), address the challenges of incorporating HT-generated knowledge into RegulonDB. Information on the evolutionary conservation of regulatory elements is also available now. Altogether, RegulonDB version 8.0 is a much better home for integrating knowledge on gene regulation from the sources of information currently available.
Electrical control of orbital and vibrational interlayer coupling in bi- and trilayer 2H−MoS2 (2022)

Understanding and controlling interlayer hybridization in layered van der Waals materials is an important prerequisite for developing efficient and highly tunable spin- and valleytronic devices.Here, the authors spectroscopically investigate the vibrational and orbital coupling between layers for the intricate case of bilayer and trilayer MoS${}_{2}$. The application of an external electric field manifests itself in field-activated phonon modes along with strongly tunable circular dichroism in both bilayer and trilayer MoS${}_{2}$. First-principles calculations in combination with rate equation modeling suggest that interlayer charge transfer via the Q point dominates the electron population reflected in the tunable circular dichroism. This work contributes to the understanding of the complex interplay between crystal symmetry and interlayer charge transfer in van der Waals materials.
Cardiac Strain Imaging Artifact Detection and Suppression with Minimum Variance Beamforming and SVD Filtering (2022)

Minimum Variance beamforming and SVD filtering is applied to Myocardial Elastography acquisitions of a healthy human subject and a CAD patient diagnosed with LAD stenosis. A fiducial point-tracking method is applied to evaluate the impact of different signal processing methods on strain imaging. Based on this metric, SVD filtering is shown to significantly improve displacement estimation and strain images, whereas MV yielded minimal and inconsistent improvements, likely due to high levels of clutter noise.
Organophosphorus emitters for OLEDs (2022)

In this paper, we present the development of OLEDs using organophosphorus derivatives as emitters. In this study, we were able to show that the structural variations carried out on phospholes, phosphinines and phosphepines (functionalization of the phosphorus atom, nature of the substituents) make it possible to modulate the emission wavelengths and, thus, the emission colour of the diodes. Using this concept, we were able to develop TADF and chiral organophosphorus emitters and hybrids emitting at different wavelengths which can be used for the development of OLEDs. The diode structures used are simple and provide high external quantum yields.
Nitrification Activities in Full-scale Treatment Plants with Varying Salt Loads (2006)

The effect of salt on the nitrification activity in full-scale wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) was investigated. Not only the activity of ammonia and nitrite oxidisers was measured, but also the nitrifying population was assessed (by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridisation)--in full-scale domestic and industrial WWTPs, operated under various salt levels. The results demonstrate a decline in the activity of ammonia and nitrite oxidisers with an increase in salt content: the domestic WWTP with the lowest salt level (0.13g Cl- l(-1)) had the highest specific activity of ammonia and nitrite oxidisers (4.3 and 2.4 mg N (gVSS)(-1) h(-1), respectively), while the lowest specific activities of ammonia and nitrite oxidisers (1.1 and 0.5 mg N (gVSS)(-1) h(-1)) were measured at the highest NaCl concentration (16g Cl- l(-1)). However, comparing the nitrification activity of different types of sludge developed under different operational conditions with the reported values was not directly possible. So we have used the activated sludge model (ASM) to translate the routine operational data into parameters to enable the calculation of the actual fraction of nitrifiers and consequently the actual specific activity of ammonia and nitrite oxidisers. Expressing the activity of ammonia oxidisers in terms of actual specific activity makes the results from pure cultures, enriched cultures, pilot scale and full scale WWTPs comparable. Moreover, these results confirm the behaviour of nitrifiers under salt stress and validate the results obtained from pure and enriched cultures to be extrapolated to full scale.
Changes in ATP-related compounds of beef and rabbit muscles and a new index of freshness of muscle. (1986)

To establish an index of the freshness of meats, we examined the changes in amount of ATP-related compounds in beef and rabbit muscle kept in cold storage. We found an accumulation of hypoxanthine (Hx) and xanthine (X) in beef on the one hand and the accumulation of inosine (HxR) in rabbit muscle on the other. We inferred that this difference was caused by the outstandingly high level of activity in beef of nucleoside phosphorylase having HxR as substrate. The speed at which IMP decreased was greater in beef than in rabbit muscle. From these results we have come to the conclusion that such indexes of the freshness of fish meats as the K value, K1 value, IMP ratio, HxR ratio, and Hx ratio are not adequate to indicate the freshness of animal meats and that the Ko value, defined below, is the most effective. The distinctive merit of the Ko value is that it is applicable not only to animal meats and fish but also to marine invertebrates and crustaceans. K0=(HxR+Hx+xanthine(X))/(ATP+ADP+AMP+IMP +adenosine (AdR)+HxR+Hx+X) × 100
Neural networks for fault-prediction in a telecommunications network (2005)

The main topic of this paper is fault prediction from large alarm records stored in different databases of non-cooperating network management systems. We have chosen the countrywide data network of Pakistan Telecom (PTCL) as a basis for the investigation of neural network based algorithms to predict faults before they stop a large number of users' circuits from normal operation. The main problems addressed are the evaluation of alarms, virtual reconstruction of the network and development of tools to overcome the interoperability issues. The motivation behind this work is to assist human operators and minimize the cost of the alarm evaluation process.