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Design and implementation of AMR Smart Grid System (2008)

Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) smart grid system is determining the needs of all the vital aspects e.g. daily workflow, workforce management, asset management, call center philosophy, billing systematic etc. AMR system could cover variety of installation techniques meeting customer requirements. The concepts presented include installation of standalone automated metering system which only enable monitoring of load on transformers, automated reading with full controlling features using SCADA system where as metering management system operating separately. Moreover, it also includes automated meter reading with limited controlling and enhanced function of SCADA system. More advanced features of an integrated AMR, enhanced distribution management system with full controlling, monitoring and Geographic Information System (GIS) are also addressed. AMR smart grid system provides fundamental benefits including efficient power system control and monitoring, Timely operational decisions to minimize outages and losses and acquiring meter readings of several energy interchange points and many 11 KV incoming and outgoing feeders.
A new experimental test bench for a high performance double electropneumatic actuator system (2009)

This paper presents design, modelization and control of a new electropneumatic test bench. This latter has been designed for many applications given that it allows high accuracy control and dynamic perturbation force. In fact, the main originality (with respect to previous test benchs) of this test bench is that it is composed by two actuators, the first one being controlled in position, the second one generating perturbation forces. This latter one allows to evaluate the performance of control laws with respect to dynamical forces.
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness: A Discipline for All Health Professionals (2010)

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Supplementary table 2 from A Mutant p53-Dependent Embryonic Stem Cell Gene Signature Is Associated with Augmented Tumorigenesis of Stem Cells (2023)

&lt;p&gt;Differential genes between pMSCs and their derived TLs (MSC TLs). The table contains genes that had at least 10 reads in the RNA sequencing analysis. CSC genes, ESC genes, shared target genes of Nanog, Sox2 and Oct4 or of Nanog, Sox2, Oct4, Dax1 and Nac1 and genes induced by the reprogramming process are indicated and can be filtered.&lt;/p&gt;
Heterogeneous Stream Processing and Crowdsourcing for Urban Traffic Management (2014)

Urban traffic gathers increasing interest as cities become bigger, crowded and “smart”. We present a system for het-erogeneous stream processing and crowdsourcing supporting intelligent urban traffic management. Complex events related to traffic congestion (trends) are detected from heterogeneous sources involving fixed sensors mounted on intersections and mobile sensors mounted on public transport vehicles. To deal with data veracity, a crowdsourcing component handles and resolves sensor disagreement. Furthermore, to deal with data sparsity, a traffic modelling component offers information in areas with low sensor coverage. We demonstrate the system with a real-world use-case from Dublin city, Ireland.
Gamifications to Support Running Related Activities Based on Collaboration and Competition (2018)

In recent years, running has become widely popular as an activity which can help maintain and improve one's physical health. While existing commercial systems developed to support such activities tend to focus on goal setting and monitoring user progress, this paper discusses how Gamification could be used to motivate users to engage in physical exercise. We describe several Gamification concepts which utilizes virtual competition and collaboration to encourage users to carry out running related activities. In addition, we show how 3D spatial audio could be used to provide real-time feedback to augment the game world experience.
Plastic deformation of potassium chloride single crystals due to 5-MHz ultrasonic waves (1973)

Long-range movement of Frank-Read source generated dislocation loops, produced by intense longitudinal 5-MHz ultrasonic waves, was observed in potassium chloride single crystals by stress-optical and etching techniques. Dislocation multiplication of individual dislocation sources along particular slip planes was noted. Plastic deformation of KCl crystals by ultrasonic standing waves is explained by the movement and multiplication of dislocations in the antinodal planes in accordance with the models proposed by Frank and Read and Koehler and Orowan. Concentrations of edge dislocations were observed in the nodal planes of the ultrasonic wave in accordance with the low dislocation mobility at a low shear-stress level.
Diffractive x-ray optics using production fabrication methods (2003)

Zone plates are the key focusing element for many x-ray (7–20 keV) and soft x-ray (200–500 eV) applications, yet, production with electron-beam lithography poses obstacles to their widespread availability. In addition, fabrication processes to date have limited the studies of amplitude Bragg–Fresnel-type elements in the hard x-ray regime. We report new processes that couple 100 keV electron-beam lithography with established production methods to achieve two goals: (1) improving the overall yield and volume of ultrahigh-resolution soft x-ray zone plates and (2) applying deep silicon etching techniques to extend the state of the art in high aspect ratio Bragg–Fresnel optics required to create high efficiency focusing of high-energy x rays.
Exploratory analysis of user-generated photos and indicators that influence their appeal (2014)

In this paper we analyze if simple indicators related to photo quality (brightness, sharpness, color palette) and established content detection techniques (face detection) can predict the success of photos in obtaining more “likes”&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;from other users of photo-sharing social networks. This provides a unique look into the habits of users of such networks. The analysis was performed on 394.000 images downloaded from the social photo-sharing site Instagram, paired with a de-identified dataset of user liking activity, provided by a seller of a social-media mobile app. Two user groups were analyzed: all users in a two month period (&lt;em&gt;N&lt;/em&gt; = 122.260) and a highly selective group (&lt;em&gt;N&lt;/em&gt; = 3.982) of users that only like &amp;lt;10% of what they view. No correlation was found with any of the indicators using the whole (non-selective) population, likely due to their bias towards earning virtual currency in exchange for liking. However, in selective group, small positive correlation was found between like ratio and image sharpness (r=0.09, p&amp;lt;0.0001) and small negative correlation between like ratio and the number of faces (r=-0.10, p&amp;lt;0.0001).
ABO BLOOD GROUPS IN TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASIA (1966)

Abstract A review of blood-group data in 260 cases revealed that the risk of choriocarcinoma developing after any form of pregnancy is critically related to the ABO groups of both the woman and her husband. Women of group A married to males of group O seem to have the highest risk, whereas women of group A married to males of group A have the lowest: the relative risk of these two groups was found to be 10.4/1. The spontaneous regression of trophoblast after evacuation of hydatidiform mole happened most commonly in women mated to males of their own ABO phenotype. Group-AB patients tend to have rapidly progressive tumours which do not respond well to chemotherapy. The data indicate that genetic factors strongly affect the development of choriocarcinoma. These effects are possibly mediated immunologically, but the observations do not appear to conform with current concepts of tumour/host and materno/fetal interaction.
Identification of a butenolide signaling system that regulates nikkomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces (2018)

Butenolides are an emerging family of signaling molecules in <i>Streptomyces.</i> They control complex physiological traits, such as morphological differentiation and antibiotic production. However, how butenolides regulate these processes is poorly investigated because of obstacles in obtaining these signaling molecules. This study reports the identification of a butenolide-type signaling system for nikkomycin biosynthesis in <i>Streptomyces ansochromogenes</i> with distinct features. We identified a gene cluster, <i>sab</i>, consisting of three genes, <i>sabAPD</i>, for butenolide biosynthesis and two regulator genes, <i>sabR1</i> and <i>sabR2</i>, and characterized three butenolides (SAB1, -2, and -3) by heterologous expression of <i>sabAPD. sabA</i> disruption abolished nikkomycin production, which could be restored by the addition of SABs or by deletion of <i>sabR1</i> in ΔsabA. Electrophoretic mobility-shift assays and transcriptional analyses indicated that SabR1 indirectly represses the transcription of nikkomycin biosynthetic genes, but directly represses <i>sabA</i> and <i>sabR1</i> In the presence of SABs, the SabR1 transcriptional regulator dissociated from its target genes, verifying that SabR1 is the cognate receptor of SABs. Genome-wide scanning with the conserved SabR1-binding sequence revealed another SabR1 target gene, <i>cprC</i>, whose transcription was strongly repressed by SabR1. Intriguingly, CprC positively regulated the pleiotropic regulatory gene <i>adpA</i> by binding to its promoter and, in turn, activated nikkomycin biosynthesis. This is the first report that butenolide-type signaling molecules and their cognate receptor SabR1 can regulate <i>adpA</i> via a newly identified activator, CprC, to control nikkomycin production. These findings pave the way for further studies seeking to unravel the regulatory mechanism and functions of the butenolide signaling system in <i>Streptomyces</i>.
Performance study of MRC and IRC weights in LTE/LTE-A systems with interference management (2013)

An inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) technique that recently has attracted interest is to create protected subframes to reduce inter-cell interference. This technique can under some circumstances lead to almost blank subframes (ABS) where there is interference only on the pilots but no interference on the data. This paper analyzes the performance of traditional MRC and IRC receivers for ABS subframes both analytically and through simulations. It is found that IRC often yields better performance than MRC even in the absence of interference on data making the IRC receiver an attractive receiver in practice.
Viscoelastic Behavior of Open Cell Foams (1966)

Abstract Open-cell foams show abnormally large mechanical damping due to the energy dissipated in forcing air in and out of the foam during a deformation cycle. This pneumatic damping has recently been treated theoretically and experimentally. The dependence upon the test-piece dimensions, the frequency of deformation and the viscosity of the fluid has been shown to be in good agreement with the theoretical predictions. The dominant property of the foam structure is its permeability to fluids. This has also been measured for a number of different foams and related to their structural features by means of a simple model. A review is given of these developments.
Effectiveness of Platelet Releasate for the Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathic Foot Ulcers (2001)

Within the limitations of the ability of propensity score analysis to control for selection bias, platelet releasate is more effective than standard therapy. This effect is more pronounced in more severe wounds. Unfortunately, severe wounds have not been evaluated in randomized clinical trials of new interventions. We encourage the inclusion of these patients in future trials.
Disturbance Compensation by Reference Profile Alteration With Application to Tray Indexing (2019)

In precision motion control systems, the two-degree-of-freedom control structure is widely utilized, but its performance is often deteriorated due to various forms of disturbances. In prior works, it is common to compensate the disturbances by directly modifying the control input with the disturbance observer. However, in many industrial applications, such approaches may not be suitable, as the commercial controllers are often proprietary with a closed architecture. To address this practical difficulty, in this paper, we propose a disturbance compensation scheme, which alters the reference profile instead of the control input. The noncausality problem incurred by the altered reference profile is then solved by using a predictive feedforward approach. In addition, a general offsetting mechanism is developed to eliminate the effect of the prediction error within finite sampling intervals. To further enhance the performance, a data-based fine-tuning procedure is implemented. Simulation and experiments are conducted to further illustrate the proposed method and show its practical appeals in industrial applications.
IL-10 Produced by Induced Regulatory T Cells (iTregs) Controls Colitis and Pathogenic Ex-iTregs during Immunotherapy (2012)

"Natural" regulatory T cells (nTregs) that express the transcription factor Foxp3 and produce IL-10 are required for systemic immunological tolerance. "Induced" regulatory T cells (iTregs) are nonredundant and essential for tolerance at mucosal surfaces, yet their mechanisms of suppression and stability are unknown. We investigated the role of iTreg-produced IL-10 and iTreg fate in a treatment model of inflammatory bowel disease. Colitis was induced in Rag1(-/-) mice by the adoptive transfer of naive CD4(+) T cells carrying a nonfunctional Foxp3 allele. At the onset of weight loss, mice were treated with both iTregs and nTregs where one marked subset was selectively IL-10 deficient. Body weight assessment, histological scoring, cytokine analysis, and flow cytometry were used to monitor disease activity. Transcriptional profiling and TCR repertoire analysis were used to track cell fate. When nTregs were present but IL-10 deficient, iTreg-produced IL-10 was necessary and sufficient for the treatment of disease, and vice versa. Invariably, ∼85% of the transferred iTregs lost Foxp3 expression (ex-iTregs) but retained a portion of the iTreg transcriptome, which failed to limit their pathogenic potential upon retransfer. TCR repertoire analysis revealed no clonal relationships between iTregs and ex-iTregs, either within mice or between mice treated with the same cells. These data identify a dynamic IL-10-dependent functional reciprocity between regulatory T cell subsets that maintains mucosal tolerance. The niche supporting stable iTregs is limited and readily saturated, which promotes a large population of ex-iTregs with pathogenic potential during immunotherapy.
Touch the sound: The role of audio-tactile and audio-proprioceptive interaction on the spatial orientation in virtual scenes (2013)

Being able to localize objects in the space close to the body is an important prerequisite for precise object interaction. It is also very important for the spatial orientation in virtual scenes. Since sound is usually produced by the vibrations of a body, sound emitting objects, such as shaver or hair dryer, provide both auditory and haptic information. This study focuses on auditory-haptic localization in the spatial domain. We carried out two experiments to investigate the interaction effects. In the first experiment, the influence of tactile signals on auditory localization task was investigated. Similar to the ventriloquist effect from auditory-visual interaction, the results of the first experiment show that the perceived location of auditory stimuli is influenced by tactile stimulation. The results also indicate some hints that there may be an audiotactile precedence effect. In the second experiment, the influence of auditory signals on proprioception was investigated. The results show that the auditory and proprioceptive information can be combined in such a way that the localization errors in a virtual scene are minimized.
Part Segmentation from 2D Edge Images by the MDL Criterion (1996)

In the context of part segmentation from 2D edge images, this paper presents some interesting results with a novel method that addresses the problem of filtering a redundant set of part hypotheses that retains only those that are likely to correspond to actual parts. In the proposed method, supporting evidence for hypotheses competes in a minimum description-length (MDL) framework to select part hypotheses that most economically represent supporting edges in the 'language' of generic parts.
Model Predictive Control Structures in the Non-Minimal State Space (2007)

This thesis is concerned with constraint handling for systems described by a Non-Minimal State Space (NMSS) form. Such NMSS models are formulated directly from the measured input and output signals of the controlled process, without resort to the design and implementation of an observer. The thesis largely focuses on the application of Model Predictive Control (MPC) methods, a very common technique for dealing with system constraints. It is motivated by earlier research into both NMSS and MPC systems, with features of both combined in this thesis to yield improved control. The main contribution lies in the development of new methods for constraint handling of NMSS/MPC systems that contrasts with the ad hoc approach previously used for NMSS design based on the Proportional-Integral-Plus (PIP) algorithm. Structural aspects of NMSS/MPC design are considered, that result from mathematical manipulation of the closed-loop block diagram or from the definition of the state space description. The properties of these structures are investigated to provide an insight on features of the proposed strategies. More specifically, a Reference Governor scheme is utilised as a supervisory controller to account for constraints. This can lead to constraint handling in cases where a controller is already available. Furthermore, the use of an internal model is considered in the case of the 'Forward Path' NMSS/MPC controller that is shown to have improved robustness properties in comparison to the conventional 'Feedback' structure. In contrast to existing internal model approaches, this technique utilises the NMSS structure of the state vector and estimates only the elements of the state vector that are related to past values of the output. In addition, an optimal tuning technique is presented for MPC controllers. This approach allows for multiple objectives to be specified, whilst satisfying any system constraints. It is also shown that a specific NMSS/MPC structure that is proposed in this thesis, namely the NMSS/MPC controller with an integral-of-error state, provides the designer with additional freedom when using this tuning method. New NMSS/MPC methods are presented for both linear and non-linear systems, with the latter case being described by State Dependent Parameter (SDP) models. The development and analysis of MPC/SDP control in this thesis represents the first constraint handling control system and associated stability results for this class of non-linear models. Simulation examples are used to illustrate the advantages and potential limitations of the various control structures in comparison to existing solutions.
Synthesis of polysubstituted 3,4-dihydro-2H-thiopyrans by regioselective annulation of 3,3-disubstituted allylic alcohols with a β-oxodithioester (2017)

Polyfunctionalized 3,4-dihydro-2<italic>H</italic>-thiopyrans were obtained in high yields <italic>via</italic> the regioselective annulation of 3,3-disubstituted allylic alcohols with a β-oxodithioester under BF<sub>3</sub>·Et<sub>2</sub>O catalysis.
Reversal of Blimp-1-mediated apoptosis by A1, a member of the Bcl-2 family (1999)

Blimp-1 (B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein 1) is strongly expressed during the late stages of B cell differentiation to immunoglobulin-secreting plasma cells. Overexpression of Blimp-1 in B lymphoma cells has been reported to induce either growth arrest and cell death or Ig secretion and terminal differentiation, depending on the developmental stage of the recipient lymphomas. By using a retroviral expression system we show that Blimp-1-transduced immature WEHI 231 murine B lymphoma cells produce J chain, increased levels of the secretory form of micro heavy chain mRNA and secrete IgM for a short period of time. Concomitantly, they exhibit altered ratios of c-myc/mad4 mRNA levels, a reduction in the expression of the anti-apoptotic bcl-2 family member A1 and a distinct growth disadvantage, followed by cell death. Reintroduction of A1 by retroviral transduction greatly extends the life span of Blimp-1-expressing WEHI 231 cells which continue to secrete IgM. These data suggest that levels of A1 may determine the checkpoint between death and survival of Blimp-1-expressing B cells at different stages of differentiation.
Nanomedicine for autophagy modulation in cancer therapy: a clinical perspective (2023)

In recent years, progress in nanotechnology provided new tools to treat cancer more effectively. Advances in biomaterials tailored for drug delivery have the potential to overcome the limited selectivity and side effects frequently associated with traditional therapeutic agents. While autophagy is pivotal in determining cell fate and adaptation to different challenges, and despite the fact that it is frequently dysregulated in cancer, antitumor therapeutic strategies leveraging on or targeting this process are scarce. This is due to many reasons, including the very contextual effects of autophagy in cancer, low bioavailability and non-targeted delivery of existing autophagy modulatory compounds. Conjugating the versatile characteristics of nanoparticles with autophagy modulators may render these drugs safer and more effective for cancer treatment. Here, we review current standing questions on the biology of autophagy in tumor progression, and precursory studies and the state-of-the-art in harnessing nanomaterials science to enhance the specificity and therapeutic potential of autophagy modulators.
Discovering Conditional Functional Dependencies (2010)

This paper investigates the discovery of conditional functional dependencies (CFDs). CFDs are a recent extension of functional dependencies (FDs) by supporting patterns of semantically related constants, and can be used as rules for cleaning relational data. However, finding quality CFDs is an expensive process that involves intensive manual effort. To effectively identify data cleaning rules, we develop techniques for discovering CFDs from relations. Already hard for traditional FDs, the discovery problem is more difficult for CFDs. Indeed, mining patterns in CFDs introduces new challenges. We provide three methods for CFD discovery. The first, referred to as CFDMiner, is based on techniques for mining closed item sets, and is used to discover constant CFDs, namely, CFDs with constant patterns only. Constant CFDs are particularly important for object identification, which is essential to data cleaning and data integration. The other two algorithms are developed for discovering general CFDs. One algorithm, referred to as CTANE, is a levelwise algorithm that extends TANE, a well-known algorithm for mining FDs. The other, referred to as FastCFD, is based on the depth-first approach used in FastFD, a method for discovering FDs. It leverages closed-item-set mining to reduce the search space. As verified by our experimental study, CFDMiner can be multiple orders of magnitude faster than CTANE and FastCFD for constant CFD discovery. CTANE works well when a given relation is large, but it does not scale well with the arity of the relation. FastCFD is far more efficient than CTANE when the arity of the relation is large; better still, leveraging optimization based on closed-item-set mining, FastCFD also scales well with the size of the relation. These algorithms provide a set of cleaning-rule discovery tools for users to choose for different applications.