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Towards Speech-Act-Based Compliance (2016)

Todays organizations are socio-technical entities, and interactions have significant impact on their success. Around 50% of the work in the US is knowledge work, and other countries show a similar tendency. Compliance monitoring of course can only cover processes and tasks that are modeled or documented somehow. Therefore, today it faces the problem that half of the workforce performing ad-hoc interactions and tasks cannot be supported properly. This paper introduces speech-act-based business rules that focus on the pragmatic intention of interactions instead of events and artifacts. No process schema is necessary. The rules can be applied on annotated tasks or artifacts in BPMSs as well as documented ad-hoc interactions. The approach requires some mapping of interaction artifacts to speech acts, and except for cross-cutting concerns a common process or case identifier to formulate rules on associated artifacts. Speech-act-based inference relying on Searle's F(P) framework enables for example finding commitments including unfulfilled promises, pending interactions, and patterns of interaction. The introduction of Speech Act Theory into compliance monitoring can facilitate the integration of structured, semi-structured and ad-hoc processes. Integrating Speech Act Theory into common approaches to compliance monitoring is examined: LTL and CTL rules, Rete-based business rule management systems represented by JBoss Drools, and complex event processing. Rules are not restricted to validate compliance, they also emit tasks, recommendations, and warnings to translate legal requirements and corporate objectives into daily business.
Identifying challenges and opportunities for histone peptides in protein engineering platforms (2021)

Abstract Histone post-translational modifications are small chemical changes to histone protein structure that have cascading effects on diverse cellular functions. Detecting histone modifications and characterizing their binding partners are critical steps in understanding chromatin biochemistry and have been accessed using common reagents such as antibodies, recombinant assays, and FRET based systems. High throughput platforms could accelerate work in this field, and also could be used to engineer de novo histone affinity reagents; yet published studies on their use with histones have been noticeably sparse. Here we describe specific experimental conditions that affect binding specificities of post-translationally modified histones in classic protein engineering platforms and likely explain the relative difficulty with histone targets in these platforms. We also show that manipulating avidity of binding interactions may improve specificity of binding.
Enzymatic Electrocatalysis Studies of Escherichia Coli Pyruvate Oxidase, Incorporated into a Biomimetic Supported Bilayer (1998)

The peripheral Escherichia coli pyruvate oxidase (Pox) was incorporated into a mixed [(alkanethiols + disulfides)/phospholipids] bilayer, supported on a plane gold electrode. The activity of the enzyme was measured by the coupling between enzymatic and electrochemical reactions with ferrocenemethanol in solution (enzymatic electrocatalysis). Cyclic voltammetry allowed the rapid determination of the kinetic parameters of the membrane enzyme in situ. The experimental kinetic data, obtained by cyclic voltammetry, were well-correlated to a kinetic simulation, using a model assuming a ping-pong mechanism for Pox. The apparent Michaelis constants of Pox for pyruvate and ferricinium methanol and the constant for the rate of oxidation of Pox by ferricinium methanol were estimated.
Time Orientations of Indian Mothers and White Nurses (1989)

Cultural values are important for nurses because beliefs and values have been shown to influence health behaviours (e.g., pain perception: Bates, 1987; perinatal care: Lee, 1986). Little is known about how nurses' values relate to those of people in different ethnic groups, such as Native Indians (Brink, 1984; Tripp-Reimer, 1984). Furthermore, relatively little is known about the current values of North American Indian peoples and no formal studies have been done with Canadian Indians. This study is a first step in describing a particular value: time orientation.
Time orientation was conceptually structured by Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck (1961) as the preferential ordering of time into the Past, the Present and the Future. Time orientations are thought to be a problem when nurse - client differences or misinterpretations hamper health care interactions (Tripp-Reimer, 1984). For example, it is generally held that there are differences in time orientations between Canadian Indians and their predominately White health care providers. Specifically, a White health care professional could have a Future-oriented perspective in responding to an Indian person - failing to perceive the situation from the Indian perspective of Past or Present-orientation (Brant, 1983; England, 1986). The potential for such differences and misunderstandings is the greatest among recent Indian migrants to predominately White cities and among northern Indians where there is a high turn-over of White health care workers (Young, 1988). Basic descriptive research is needed before the hypothesis that ethnically-influenced time orientation differences hamper health care can be tested.
29—THE MODIFICATION OF A TASLAN JET TO OPERATATE LOW AIR-PRESSURES (1969)

Theoretical considerations of the air-jet texturing process have led to experiments with a texturing jet modified by inserting a plug to block off the secondary air-stream passing over the feed needle. This has intensified the action of the primary turbulent air-stream so that the false-untwisting mechanism, described earlier, can occur at lower air-pressures. The false-twisting of a stationary yam is compared for both the modified and the normal jets. Tests of physical-bulk and yarn-stability properties reveal that yams made with the modified jet at low air-pressure are similar to those made with the normal jet at the usual commercial pressure. This could result in a 65% saving in the air quantities used. It is also shown that the angular positioning of the feed needle is not as critical with the modified system as it is with the original system.
Multiple Description Coding With Prediction Compensation (2009)

A new multiple description coding paradigm is proposed by combining the time-domain lapped transform, block level source splitting, linear prediction, and prediction residual encoding. The method provides effective redundancy control and fully utilizes the source correlation. The joint optimization of all system components and the asymptotic performance analysis are presented. Image coding results demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed method, especially at low redundancies.
An Investigation of Temporally Inspired Time Domain Features for Electromyographic Pattern Recognition (2018)

This paper presents a novel set of temporally inspiredtime domain features for electromyographic (EMG) pattern recognition. The proposed methods employ simple time series measures derived from peak detection, and could better reflect EMG activity over time. Multiple EMG datasets consisting of 68 able-bodied and transradial amputee subjects performing a large variety of hand, wrist, fingers, and grasping movements are used to evaluate the performance of the proposed features and to design robust EMG feature sets. The results show that the average classification accuracy of two novel features, the mean prominence of local peaks and valleys, outperform several commonly used time domain features, autoregressive coefficients, histogram, and zero crossing, by 8{\%, 11{\%, and 17{\%, respectively. The proposed features are also shown to provide additional information as part of a robust feature set when compared to the common Hudgins' timedomain feature set, as selected by sequential forward selection and through empirical feature set design.
Overload throughput performance of different erasure node protocols for DQDB networks (2002)

Erasure nodes are special devices that have been conceived to improve the system throughput of distributed queue dual bus (DQDB) networks. The authors discuss the overload performance of a network with erasure nodes and the standard bandwidth balancing (BWB) mechanism enabled, when alternative implementation schemes of the erasure node protocol are considered. A numerical method is presented to calculate the maximum throughput in any node of the network, and the conditions for achieving fairness are discussed. The results obtained through the analytical approach are assessed by simulation.
Miniaturization of Cyclic Voltammetry Electronic Systems for Remote Biosensing (2017)

Although there are commercial tools available for electrochemistry in biosensing, these are normally expensive or their size is not suitable for portable applications. This article describes the design and fabrication of a low-cost 20 grams USB or Bluetooth controlled potentiostat that can apply potentials in the range of 1.65 V, can measure from microamperes to maximum 10 mA, and has the ability to send and receive data via USB or remotely via Bluetooth using a low power voltage supply (USB or LiPo battery) allowing its use in portable applications such as remote biosensors.
Dyslexia and music: measuring musical timing skills (2003)

Over the last few decades, a growing amount of research has suggested that dyslexics have particular difficulties with skills involving accurate or rapid timing, including musical timing skills. It has been hypothesised that music training may be able to remediate such timing difficulties, and have a positive effect on fundamental perceptual skills that are important in the development of language and literacy skills (Overy, 2000). In order to explore this hypothesis further, the nature and extent of dyslexics' musical difficulties need to be examined in more detail. In the present study, a collection of musical aptitude tests (MATs) were designed specifically for dyslexic children, in order to distinguish between a variety of musical skills and sub-skills. 15 dyslexic children (age 7-11, mean age 9.0) and 11 control children (age 7-10, mean age 8.9) were tested on the MATs, and their scores were compared. Results showed that the dyslexic group scored higher than the control group on 3 tests of pitch skills (possibly attributable to slightly greater musical experience), but lower than the control group on 7 out of 9 tests of timing skills. Particular difficulties were noted on one of the tests involving rapid temporal processing, in which a subgroup of 5 of the dyslexic children (33%) (mean age 8.4) was found to account for all the significant error. Also, an interesting correlation was found between spelling ability and the skill of tapping out the rhythm of a song, which both involve the skill of syllable segmentation. These results support suggestions that timing is a difficulty area for dyslexic children, and suggest that rhythm skills and rapid skills may need particular attention in any form of musical training with dyslexics.
Novel Outer Bounds and Capacity Results for the Interference Channel With Conferencing Receivers (2017)

Capacity bounds for the two-user interference channels with cooperative receivers via conferencing links of finite capacities are investigated. Capacity results known for these communication scenarios are limited to a very few special cases of the one-sided channels. One of the major challenges in analyzing such cooperative networks is how to establish efficient capacity outer bounds for them. In this paper, by applying new techniques, novel capacity outer bounds are established for the interference channels with conferencing receivers. Using the outer bounds, several new capacity results are proved for interesting channels with unidirectional cooperation in strong and mixed interference regimes. A fact is that a conferencing link (between receivers) may be utilized to provide one receiver with information about its corresponding signal or its non-corresponding signal (interference signal). As an interesting consequence, it is demonstrated that both strategies can be helpful to achieve capacity. Lastly, for the case of Gaussian interference channel with conferencing receivers, it is argued that our outer bound is strictly tighter than the previous one derived by Wang and Tse.
INCIDENCE AND SEVERITY OF WATERMELON (CITRULLUS LANATUS) HOLLOWHEART (1995)

Watermelon varieties were evaluated for hollowheart (HH) at Bradenton, Leesburg, and Quincy, Fla. HH varied with location, variety, and season. Among icebox varieties, `Sugar Baby', `Baby Gray', and SSDL had less HH than `Tiger Baby', `Minilee', and `Mickylee'. Among standard varieties, `Sangria' and `Jubilee II' had less HH than `Crimson Sweet' and `Royal Sweet'. In 1990, HH was more severe at Quincy than at Bradenton or Leesburg, but the ranking of seedless entries was similar among the locations. HMX 7928, `Nova', `Tycoon', and `Millionaire' had least HH, and `Jack of Hearts', `Ssupersweet 4073', `Ssupersweet 5344', and `King of Hearts' had the most HH. `Jack of Hearts' and `Crimson Sweet' fruit were cut and evaluated in Spring 1993 at 5, 12, 19, 26, and 33 days after anthesis. Incidence of HH was low in 5- and 12-day-old fruit, increased in fruit that were 19 or 26 days old, and did not increase in older fruit. About one-third of fruit from both varieties had some HH. Among the seven entries in another test in Spring 1993, `Tri-X-313' had the least HH and `Crimson Sweet', `Jack of Hearts', and `Jubilee II' had the most.
SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 susceptibility and lung inflammatory storm by smoking and vaping (2020)

The current pandemic of COVID-19 has caused severe morbidity and mortality across the globe. People with a smoking history have severe disease outcomes by COVID-19 infection. Epidemiological studies show that old age and pre-existing disease conditions (hypertension and diabetes) result in severe disease outcome and mortality amongst COVID-19 patients. Evidences suggest that the S1 domain of the SARS-CoV-2 (causative agent of COVID-19) membrane spike has a high affinity towards the <i>angiotensin-converting enzyme 2</i> (ACE2) receptor found on the host's lung epithelium. Likewise, TMPRSS2 protease has been shown to be crucial for viral activation thus facilitating the viral engulfment. The viral entry has been shown to cause 'cytokine storm' involving excessive production of pro-inflammatory cytokines/chemokines including IL-6, TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-7, IP-10, MCP-3 or GM-CSF, which is augmented by smoking. Future research could target these inflammatory-immunological responses to develop effective therapy for COVID-19. This mini-review provides a consolidated account on the role of inflammation and immune responses, proteases, and epithelial permeability by smoking and vaping during SARS-CoV2 infection with future directions of research, and provides a list of the potential targets for therapies particularly controlling cytokine storms in the lung.
Activation energy and sub grain size-creep rate relations in sodium chloride (1974)

Abstract It is shown that the activation energy for creep, Qc, of single-crystal sodium chloride is equal to the activation energy for lattice self-diffusion of chlorine ions only when the temperature dependence of the elastic modulus of sodium chloride is taken into account. Both values equal 2·1 ± 0·1 e.V. Drop in stress tests suggest that sub grains strongly influence the creep strength of polycrystalline sodium chloride.
A kinetic model for leaching process in preparation of Raney nickel catalyst (1989)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTA kinetic model for leaching process in preparation of Raney nickel catalystVasant R. Choudhary, Sudhakar K. Chaudhari, and Ashok N. GokarnCite this: Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1989, 28, 1, 33–37Publication Date (Print):January 1, 1989Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 January 1989https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ie00085a007https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00085a007research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views480Altmetric-Citations15LEARN 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
Supplementary Data from Expansion of Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia with Copy Number Aberrations Contributes to Field Cancerization (2023)

Supplementary Data from Expansion of Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia with Copy Number Aberrations Contributes to Field Cancerization
Gateway‐compatible vectors for plant functional genomics and proteomics (2006)

Gateway cloning technology facilitates high-throughput cloning of target sequences by making use of the bacteriophage lambda site-specific recombination system. Target sequences are first captured in a commercially available "entry vector" and are then recombined into various "destination vectors" for expression in different experimental organisms. Gateway technology has been embraced by a number of plant laboratories that have engineered destination vectors for promoter specificity analyses, protein localization studies, protein/protein interaction studies, constitutive or inducible protein expression studies, gene knockdown by RNA interference, or affinity purification experiments. We review the various types of Gateway destination vectors that are currently available to the plant research community and provide links and references to enable additional information to be obtained concerning these vectors. We also describe a set of "pEarleyGate" plasmid vectors for Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation that translationally fuse FLAG, HA, cMyc, AcV5 or tandem affinity purification epitope tags onto target proteins, with or without an adjacent fluorescent protein. The oligopeptide epitope tags allow the affinity purification, immunolocalization or immunoprecipitation of recombinant proteins expressed in vivo. We demonstrate the utility of pEarleyGate destination vectors for the expression of epitope-tagged proteins that can be affinity captured or localized by immunofluorescence microscopy. Antibodies detecting the FLAG, HA, cMyc and AcV5 tags show relatively little cross-reaction with endogenous proteins in a variety of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants, suggesting broad utility for the tags and vectors.
ChemInform Abstract: A Remarkable Room Temperature Preparation of the Trifluorovinylzinc Reagent from HFC‐134a. A Cost‐Effective, High Yield Synthesis of α,β,β‐Trifluorostyrenes. (2002)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
Practical Advantages of Packed Column Supercritical Fluid Chromatography in Supporting Combinatorial Chemistry (1999)

Packed column supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) is a form of normal phase chromatography, which allows higher throughput and enhanced peak recovery, compared to reversed phase HPLC, in high throughput screening applications. The inherent speed and viscosity advantages of carbon dioxide based fluids over normal liquids are exploited to produce very steep composition gradients at high flow rates through screening columns. Sample cycle times as short as 1.875 minutes produced peak capacities approaching 30, and differentiated solutes with a range of partition coefficients > 100. Such an approach allowed the detailed analysis of up to 770 samples/day. Hardware requirements for generating such throughput are discussed. Use of analytical scale instrumentation to collect fractions in the multiple mg range is also demonstrated. Columns 4 mm in diameter were shown to be capable of separating at least 6.5 mg of favorable compounds.
Optical Necklace States in Anderson Localized 1D Systems (2005)

We report on the observation of nonlocalized modes or necklace states of light waves in disordered systems in the Anderson localized regime. The samples consist of positional-disordered binary multilayer systems. Anderson localized modes manifest themselves as narrow high-transmission peaks in the transmission spectrum, whereas the average of the logarithm of the transmission coefficient decreases linearly with thickness. Optical necklace states are observed as modes with a characteristic multiresonance time response and relatively fast decay time.
Simplified synthesis of 1,1′[14C]‐methylene‐di (2‐naphthol). A radiochemical and kinetic approach (2004)

Abstract The synthesis of the 1,1′[ 14 C]‐methylene‐di‐(2‐naphthol) 2 , as the radiolabeled probe of a possible interaction between the β ‐amyloid fibrils and the di‐naphthol mojety in the Alzheimer's disease, is reported. Very simple radiochemical procedure, starting from [ 14 C]paraformaldehyde, produced 8.66 MBq of compound 2 at the specific radioactivity of 1.22 TBq/mol. A mechanistic and kinetic approach allowed the comprehension of the right experimental conditions. The stability of compound 2 in acetonitrile solution was investigated, denoting a significative decomposition process through the transient formation of the 1,2‐naphthyne intermediate. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.
A VLSI Implementation Of A Light Sensor With Imbedded Focal Plane Processing Capabilities (2005)

The complexity of information extraction requires the development of efficient and dedicated hardware systems designed to operate in harmony with robot vision and automation. This paper describes a system which combines optical sensing with integrated focal-plane processing capabilities and integrated image post-processing. It is capable of automatic edge tracking and returns lists of connected pixels. I. INTRODUCTION Autonomous robotic applications require the use of reliable sensors since the capability to extract meaningful information from the surrounding environment is paramount to the accomplishment of any task. Among all sensing modalities, computer vision is the one that is most naturally associated with autonomous robotics. This originates from the fact that visual information can provide a very rich semantic description of the world. Vision operates through a process of successive refinements. The illuminance recorded at each component of the retina is processed, and low-level features such as edges and regions are extracted through relatively simple operations. Higher-level percepts such as depth and motion parameters can then be obtained from these low-level features. A very effective approach to the extraction of edges is based on the convolution of circularly symmetric masks with the illuminance image El). Among the available circularly symmetric masks is the well-known Laplacian of Gaussian (LOG) expressed as: