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Cetane number predictions of a trial index based on compositional analysis (1989)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTCetane number predictions of a trial index based on compositional analysisSeetar G. Pande and Dennis R. HardyCite this: Energy Fuels 1989, 3, 3, 308–312Publication Date (Print):May 1, 1989Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 May 1989https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ef00015a008https://doi.org/10.1021/ef00015a008research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views208Altmetric-Citations8LEARN 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
[Effect of a plant immunostimulant on phagocytosis of erythrocytes by the reticulohistiocytary system of isolated perfused rat liver]. (1985)

By the help of the isolated, perfused rat liver, the influence of an immune stimulant of plant origin (Esberitox N; composition: herb. thujae occid. rec., rad. baptisiae tinct., rad. echinaceae ang. et purp.) on the activity of Kupffer cells was tested. It was shown that the phagocytosis of erythrocytes was improved significantly by the single extracts and the combination of this. The extract of thuja occidentalis had the most prominent effect on the first phase of phagocytosis, whereas the extract of echinacea purpurea dominantly influenced the phagocytosis dependent metabolism.
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients Who Receive SNAP Benefits Have a Higher Risk of Food Insecurity, Poorer Diet Quality, and Lower Vegetable Intake Than Those Who Don’t (2020)

Many CKD/ESKD pts rely on SNAP benefits to help offset the cost of food. We studied the association of SNAP benefits with food insecurity and dietary habits in our inner-City population. A face-to-face survey was conducted with a sample of patients from inner-city CKD (23), dialysis (24), and transplant (33) clinics. As SNAP usage was similar across all clinics data were pooled. Diet was assessed using 24-hour recall and analyzed using ASA24 software. The Healthy Eating Index was scored using the HEI-15, with a value below 50 considered poor. Food security was evaluated using the question “In the last 12 months did you ever eat less than you think you should because there wasn't enough money for food?”. All comparisons were by t-test except where noted. Mean age was 54.7 ± 1.7. There were 46 (58%) men and 34 (42%) women with 65 Black, 5 Asian, 5 Hispanic, and 4 others. 34 people (42.5%) had an income < $20 K, with 22 (27.4%) between $20 K and 40 K. 21 (26.3%) were employed. 42 people (44.2%) participated in SNAP in the last year and 53 (55.8%) did not. There was no significant difference in age, gender, years in the US, or education level between the SNAP recipients (SNAP-Y) and those who did not receive. SNAP-Y were less likely to be employed (10% vs 39%, P < 0.5 by Chi square) and reported more food insecurity (23% vs 2%, P = 0.007 by Chi-square). SNAP-Y ate a poorer diet by HEI (53.0 ± 7.2 vs 59.6 ± 1.6, P = 0.015), ate less fiber (11.5 ± 6.9 vs 15.5 ± 1.04, P = 0.009), less magnesium (234 ± 16.9 vs 298 ± 23.8, P = 0.05), less vitamin C (54.9 ± 9.4 vs 99.1 ± 16.6, P = 0.025), fewer total vegetables (1.15 ± 0.25 vs 1.77 ± 0.18, P < 0.05), and fewer dark green leafy vegetables (0.4 ± 0.5 vs 0.5 ± 0.12, P = 0.009). There was no difference in intake of total calories, sodium, protein, fat or total carbohydrate intake. In our population: 1. Patients who received SNAP benefits reported more food insecurity. 2. All patients had poor adherence to Dietary Guidelines but SNAP recipients were worse, ate less fiber, magnesium and vitamin C and ate fewer vegetables, including dark green leafy vegetables. 3. As data suggest that plant-based eating may be advantageous for patients with kidney disease, and most Greenmarkets in our neighborhood take SNAP, these latter findings are particularly concerning and warrant further study to discern if this is an issue of cost or education. None.
VLSI architectural synthesis for an acoustic echo cancellation application (2002)

An architectural synthesis tool dedicated to Digital Signal Processing, GAUT, is presented. Synthesis is achieved under both real time and silicon cost constraints. The algorithm is first described using a high level behavioral language. The control and data flow graph (CDFG) obtained is synthesized into processing control, memorization and communication units. These specifications are in VHDL, thus enabling the interconnection with CAD and simulation tools. An application of acoustic echo cancellation was synthesized, and it is show that the method may also be used to evaluate the complexity of various signal processing algorithms that satisfy the application constraints.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
Sex-specific pattern of left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (2020)

LV hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction, both at baseline and follow-up, were more common in women than men. Pre-clinical diastolic dysfunction was independently associated with MACE only in women with T2DM but was neutral in men.
Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Activates the Human Interstitial Collagenase Promoter via the Bipartite Ets-AP1 Element (1997)

Interstitial collagenases participate in the remodeling of skeletal matrix and are regulated by fibroblast growth factor (FGF). A 0.2-kb fragment of the proximal human interstitial collagenase [matrix metalloproteinase (MMP1)] promoter conveys 4- to 8-fold induction of a luciferase reporter in response to FGF2 in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts. By 5'-deletion, this response maps to nucleotides -100 to -50 relative to the transcription initiation site. The 63- bp MMP1 promoter fragment -123 to -61 confers this FGF2 response on the rous sarcoma virus minimal promoter. Intact Ets and AP1 cognates in this element are both required for responsiveness. The AP1 site supports basal and FGF-inducible promoter activity. The intact Ets cognate represses basal transcriptional activity in both heterologous and native promoter contexts and is also required for FGF activation. FGF2 up-regulates a DNA-binding activity that recognizes the MMP1 AP1 cognate and contains immunoreactive Fra1 and c-Jun. Both constitutive and FGF-inducible DNA-binding activities are present in MC3T3-E1 cells that recognize the MMP1 Ets cognate; prototypic Ets transcriptional activators are not present in these complexes. Inhibitors of protein kinase C, phosphatidyl inositol 3-OH kinase, and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase do not attenuate MMP1 promoter activation. FGF2 activates ERK1/ERK2 signaling in osteoblasts; however, 25 microM MAPK-ERK kinase (MEK) inhibitor PD98059 (inhibits by > 85% the phosphorylation of ERK1/ERK2) has no effect on MMP1 promoter activation by FGF2. Ligand-activated and constitutively active FGF receptors initiate MMP1 induction. Dominant negative Ras abrogates MMP1 induction by constitutively active FGFR2-ROS, but dominant negative Rho and Rac do not inhibit induction. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphatase MKP2 [inactivates extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) = Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) > p38 MAPK] completely abrogates MMP1 activation, whereas PAC1 (inactivates ERK = p38 > JNK) attenuates but does not completely prevent induction. Thus, a Ras- and MKP2-regulated MAPK pathway, independent of ERK1/ERK2 MAPK activity, mediates FGF2 transcriptional activation of MMP1 in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts, converging upon the bipartite Ets-AP1 element. The DNA-protein interactions and signal cascades mediating FGF induction of the MMP1 promoter are distinct from two other recently described FGF response elements: the MMP1 promoter (-123 to -61) represents a third FGF-activated transcriptional unit.
HUMAN SERUM AND PLASMA INCREASE MOUSE MORTALITY IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INTRAPERITONEAL INFECTION (1984)

The influence of human plasma, serum, purified fibrinogen, and fibronectin on Staphylococcus aureus intraperitoneal infection in non-immune mice was studied. Mouse mortality was used as a measure of staphylococcal virulence. Both human plasma and serum were shown to enhance the virulence of S.aureus strain E 2371 and strain E 2476 when added to the bacteria before challenge. This effect of serum was unaffected by storage for 24 h at 37 degrees C or complement-inactivation for 1 h at 56 degrees C. Purified fibrinogen and fibronectin did not influence the S. aureus virulence. It is suggested that the effects of plasma and serum described here might play a role in the establishment of S.aureus infections in humans.
Adaptive nonlinear control of braking in railway vehicles (2013)

In this work a new technique for anti-slip control in railway vehicles is proposed. This technique is based on a new parametrization of the unknown adherence force. The control philosophy is alternative to the ones currently implemented in the industry and found in the literature, and aims at enhancing vehicle performances by estimating the maximum available adhesion force, which is then exploited via a nonlinear controller. The effects of the implemented control scheme are the use of the maximum available deceleration in case of poor adhesion conditions and, consequently, a reduction in the wear rate of the rolling stock. The results are illustrated via simulation.
Edge Detection Techniques for Image Segmentation – A Survey of Soft Computing Approaches (2014)

Abstract—Soft Computing is an emerging field that consists of complementary elements of fuzzy logic, neural computing and evolutionary computation. Soft computing techniques have found wide applications. One of the most important applications is edge detection for image segmentation. The process of partitioning a digital image into multiple regions or sets of pixels is called image segmentation. Edge is a boundary between two homogeneous regions. Edge detection refers to the process of identifying and locating sharp discontinuities in an image. In this paper, the main aim is to survey the theory of edge detection for image segmentation using soft computing approach based on the
Inflammatory markers in cystic fibrosis patients with transmissiblePseudomonas aeruginosa (2003)

Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis (CF) leads to a damaging host inflammatory response. There are an increasing number of reports of P. aeruginosa cross-infection at CF centres. The clinical significance of acquisition of a transmissible strain for patients who already harbour P. aeruginosa is unclear. In this study, levels of inflammatory markers in clinically stable adult CF patients who harbour transmissible and sporadic strains of P. aeruginosa have been compared. Patients with CF and chronic P. aeruginosa infection were grouped into those who harbour a transmissible P. aeruginosa and those who harbour their own sporadic strains. Total white cell and differential counts, sputum neutrophil elastase (NE), interleukin (IL)-8, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, plasma IL-6 and NE/alpha1-antitrypsin complexes, serum C-reactive protein, and urine TNF receptor 1 were all measured in clinically stable patients 4-6 weeks following completion of intravenous antibiotic therapy. The two groups (both n=20) were well matched for per cent predicted forced expiratory volume in one second, per cent predicted forced vital capacity and body mass index. There were no significant differences in levels of white cell counts or inflammatory markers between the two groups. At times of clinical stability, cystic fibrosis patients infected with transmissible Pseudomonas aeruginosa do not have a heightened inflammatory response above that of those harbouring sporadic strains.
Study of SOFC-Stirling Engine Combined System : Evaluation of Partial Load Characteristics (2002)

Cycle simulation was made on a SOFC-Stirling engine combined system in which the SOFC served as a topper and the Stirling engine worked as the bottoming cycle to evaluate partial load characteristics. The calculation showed that the system efficiency under low load is expected to be still on a high level although the heat loss causes a significant decrease in the efficiency. Also, the comparison with SOFC system revealed that the combined system is advantageous in case the operation of SOFC is difficult at high cell temperature and high hydrogen utilization factor.
Enhanced many‐body effects in one‐dimensional linear atomic chains (2013)

Abstract We present the quasiparticle energy and optical absorption spectrum results of 1D linear H, BN, C, and Au chains, which are the lower size limit of a periodic material, by using ab initio many‐body approaches. Unprecedentedly large quasiparticle corrections and excitonic effects are revealed in these extreme systems compared with quasi‐1D, 2D, and 3D periodic systems. The binding energy of the bound exciton is up to 3.55 eV in the semiconducting BN chain and 0.5 eV in the metallic C chain, the latter of which is the largest in a metallic system.
Fuel cluster assembly mechanical test. Preliminary report (1963)

rate of 9.52 x 10/sup 4/ R/h. Twenty rods underwent detailed rod nondestructive examination. Rod lengths and weights averaged 152.5 inches and 6.82 lb, respectively. Spiral profilometry scans showed the maximum ovality for the twenty rods was 0.0105 inch with average rod diameters ranging from 0.4201 inch to 0.4211 inch. Extensive ridging from pellet cladding interaction was evident over most of the length on all rods. Gamma scan results showed no cesium peaking and no unusually large pellet to pellet gaps. Approximate 10% gamma activity depressions were found at the grid spacer locations. Several areas were identified as locations with an internal anomaly using eddy current results. Fifteen rods were reinserted into the three fuel assemblies at the completion of the nondestructive examinations. Five rods remained at BCL for destructive characterization.
Distortion free SAR imagery and change detection (1988)

Sources of defocusing and azimuth distortion in synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imagery are outlined. It is shown how autofocus measurements can be used to measure the aircraft track, and provide phase corrections to the raw SAR data. When the phase-corrected data is processed, correctly focussed imagery, free of any azimuth distortions, is produced. For low look-angle systems, range distortion due to terrain height variation is generally negligible, and therefore the system described produces distortion-free SAR imagery. The change detection problem is also considered: given two SAR images of the same area, locate changes that have occurred in the time between the images being obtained. Two approaches to this problem are described. The first applies a simple featuring operation to the two images, followed by hard limiting and image differencing. This is found to detect changed targets well. In the second method, the two images are segmented, and the segmentation descriptions are compared for inconsistencies indicating changes. This approach allows one to identify changes in targets having distinctive characteristics, such as shape or size.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
Supplementary Data from Neratinib-Plus-Cetuximab in Quadruple-WT (<i>KRAS, NRAS, BRAF, PIK3CA</i>) Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Resistant to Cetuximab or Panitumumab: NSABP FC-7, A Phase Ib Study (2023)

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Photodynamic Action: I. Mechanisms of Photodynamic Cytotoxicity (1963)

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Session details: SRS'13 workshop (2013)

SRS'13 welcome and organization
Canada - Committed to a Nuclear Future (2006)

There has been a flurry of activity in the Ontario electricity sector over the last 2 years as the government continued to work at averting a major crisis of supply in Canada's most populous province. As stated by the Ministry of Energy in 2004, 'Ontario needs to refurbish, rebuild, replace or conserve 25,000 megawatts of generating capacity by the year 2020 to meet growing demand while replacing its polluting coal-fired generating plants. That represents 80 per cent of Ontario's current generating capacity and would require an investment of $25 to $40 billion.' Action has been taken. The government has completed a restructuring of the electricity market with new legislation and has undertaken a number of major procurement initiatives to enable the system to operate until about 2015. These include contracts for significant wind generation and other renewables supply, new gas generation, conservation and demand management and the refurbishment of idled nuclear units. The Ontario Power Authority as now issued it 'Supply Mix Advice' to address the needs of the province for the long term (20 years). The recommendations would 'increase the share of renewable sources in Ontario's supply mix, maintain the share of nuclear generation, and replace coal by increasing the share of gas-fired generation and renewable resources.' It clearly recognizes the importance of nuclear power as a clean and economic option to meet the ongoing base load requirements and states that the nuclear share can be achieved through 'refurbishing existing units, rebuilding on existing sites and undertaking 'new build' plants'. This paper will examine government's plan to maintain the share of nuclear power, and address the important issues required to make decisions on future refurbishments and new build.
Neurorreparación mediada por células progenitoras endoteliales en el ictus isquémico: influencia de factores de proliferación y migración celular endógenos (2011)

El ictus es el desarrollo clinico rapido de signos focales de alteracion de la funcion cerebral sin otra causa aparente que no sea el origen vascular. Constituye la segunda causa de muerte y la primera de morbilidad en Espana. La neuroproteccion farmacologica, ampliamente eficaz en modelos experimentales de isquemia cerebral, no se ha mostrado beneficiosa en la practica clinica a pesar del amplio numero de agentes estudiados en ensayos clinicos, debiendose abrir nuevos desarrollos terapeuticos. En este sentido, las Celulas Progenitoras Endoteliales (EPCs) son una estirpe de celulas madre adultas, derivadas de la medula osea, que median procesos de neovascularizacion, reendotelizacion y reparacion del endotelio vascular, en respuesta a una isquemia tisular o a un trauma vascular, promovidas por factores moleculares que activan su proliferacion tales como el VEGF, la SDF-1 alfa y la MMP-9 activa. Este trabajo de investigacion ha estudiado la influencia de las concentraciones de EPCs en sangre periferica sobre el pronostico funcional de pacientes que sufrieron un ictus isquemico agudo. De igual modo, se planteo confirmar que los niveles sericos de VEGF, SDF-1 alfa y MMP-9 activa se asocian con el incremento de las concentraciones de EPCs y con el pronostico funcional, asi como estudiar la influencia de los farmacos administrados en fase aguda (estatinas, citocolina y tPA) sobre la concentracion de EPCs cirulantes en sangre periferica. En el estudio se incluyeron 48 pacientes (24 hombres, edad media, 70.9 (10.1) anos) y con primer episodio de ictus isquemico no lacunar, de mayor 12 horas de evolucion. La evolucion clinica neurologica se valoro mediante la NIHSS a igual escala temporal (al ingreso, 24 y 72 hora, dia 7 y a los 3 meses) que las determinaciones bioquimicas (niveles sericos de VEGF, SDF-1 alfa y MMO-9 activa determinados por tecnicas ELISA). La evolucion funcional de los pacientes se valoro por la Escala Rankin
Automated Deploy for Chrome OS Testing (2014)

The current NVIDIA Chrome OS team is rather small, and they simply do not have that many man-hours to devote to testing Chromebooks. To alleviate this pressure, our MQP group has developed a system to automatically deploy and test the newest builds of NVIDIA’s Chrome OS software on their new Tegra-based Chromebooks. Our software system allows the NVIDIA Chrome OS team to quickly test new nightly builds, eliminate broken builds, and ensure their development Chromebooks are always in a bootable state.
Detection and suppression of resonance frequency in motion control system (2016)

The purpose of this study is to detect and suppress the resonance frequency in motion control system. Because of the flexibility of mechanical linkages and high control gains, mechanical resonance may occur, causing torsional vibrations between motor and load in servo control systems. These vibrations generate velocity and positioning errors for the control system and may damage the system components. This seminar report presents a resonance frequency tracking scheme for servo control systems. The scheme uses velocity error and band-pass filters to track resonance frequencies. After detection, a notch filter in series to the current command is enabled to suppress the vibration. This scheme can be employed during the initial setup and for online resonance frequency tracking. In addition, the proposed scheme can be used to identify all vibrational frequencies in systems with multiple resonant frequencies.
Non-repudiation with mandatory proof of receipt (1996)

Non-repudiation allows an exchange of data between two principals in such a manner that the principals cannot subsequently deny their participation in the exchange. Current non-repudiation schemes, while providing a mandatory proof of origin service, generally provide only discretionary proof of receipt since it is difficult to enforce the return of the proof of receipt by the recipient.In this paper a new scheme for achieving mandatory mutual non-repudiation is proposed, encompassing both mandatory proof of origin and mandatory proof of receipt . The fundamental feature of the scheme is that the proofs of origin and receipt are not exchanged until both principals have submitted their digitally signed evidence to a trusted third party intermediary. This ensures that if the non-repudiation protocol is not completed, neither principal can gain from the exchange. An added advantage is that the process of dispute arbitration is considerably simplified since a small number of rules are required to decide whether an alleged data exchange took place.
Clinical Outcomes After Lumbar Fusion Complicated by Deep Wound Infection (2012)

This study demonstrates that patients with acute postoperative deep wound infections after instrumented lumbar spinal fusion have improved outcome measures after surgery but have greater back pain and a decreased probability of achieving minimum clinically important difference.