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Liquid Level Sensing Using Commodity WiFi in a Smart Home Environment (2020)

The popularity of Internet-of-Things (IoT) has provided us with unprecedented opportunities to enable a variety of emerging services in a smart home environment. Among those services, sensing the liquid level in a container is critical to building many smart home and mobile healthcare applications that improve the quality of life. This paper presents LiquidSense, a liquid level sensing system that is low-cost, high accuracy, widely applicable to different daily liquids and containers, and can be easily integrated with existing smart home networks. LiquidSense uses existing home WiFi network and a low-cost transducer that attached to the container to sense the resonance of the container for liquid level detection. In particular, our system mounts a low-cost transducer on the surface of the container and emits a well-designed chirp signal to make the container resonant, which introduces subtle changes to the home WiFi signals. By analyzing the subtle phase changes of the WiFi signals, LiquidSense extracts the resonance frequency as a feature for liquid level detection. Our system constructs prediction models for both continuous and discrete predictions using curve fitting and SVM respectively. We evaluate LiquidSense in home environments with containers of three different materials and six types of liquids. Results show that LiquidSense achieves an overall accuracy of 97% for continuous prediction and an overall F-score of 0.968 for discrete predication. Results also show that our system has a large coverage in a home environment and works well under non-line-of-sight (NLOS) scenarios.
Self-Assembly of Focal Point Oligo-catechol Ethylene Glycol Dendrons on Titanium Oxide Surfaces: Adsorption Kinetics, Surface Characterization, and Nonfouling Properties (2011)

This work covers the synthesis of second-generation, ethylene glycol dendrons covalently linked to a surface anchor that contains two, three, or four catechol groups, the molecular assembly in aqueous buffer on titanium oxide surfaces, and the evaluation of the resistance of the monomolecular adlayers against nonspecific protein adsorption in contact with full blood serum. The results were compared to those of a linear poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) analogue with the same molecular weight. The adsorption kinetics as well as resulting surface coverages were monitored by ex situ spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE), in situ optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy (OWLS), and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) investigations. The expected compositions of the macromolecular films were verified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results of the adsorption study, performed in a high ionic strength ("cloud-point") buffer at room temperature, demonstrate that the adsorption kinetics increase with increasing number of catechol binding moieties and exceed the values found for the linear PEG analogue. This is attributed to the comparatively smaller and more confined molecular volume of the dendritic macromolecules in solution, the improved presentation of the catechol anchor, and/or their much lower cloud-point in the chosen buffer (close to room temperature). Interestingly, in terms of mechanistic aspects of "nonfouling" surface properties, the dendron films were found to be much stiffer and considerably less hydrated in comparison to the linear PEG brush surface, closer in their physicochemical properties to oligo(ethylene glycol) alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers than to conventional brush surfaces. Despite these differences, both types of polymer architectures at saturation coverage proved to be highly resistant toward protein adsorption. Although associated with higher synthesis costs, dendritic macromolecules are considered to be an attractive alternative to linear polymers for surface (bio)functionalization in view of their spontaneous formation of ultrathin, confluent, and nonfouling monolayers at room temperature and their outstanding ability to present functional ligands (coupled to the termini of the dendritic structure) at high surface densities.
HIV-1 Capsid-Cyclophilin Interactions Determine Nuclear Import Pathway, Integration Targeting and Replication Efficiency (2011)

Lentiviruses such as HIV-1 traverse nuclear pore complexes (NPC) and infect terminally differentiated non-dividing cells, but how they do this is unclear. The cytoplasmic NPC protein Nup358/RanBP2 was identified as an HIV-1 co-factor in previous studies. Here we report that HIV-1 capsid (CA) binds directly to the cyclophilin domain of Nup358/RanBP2. Fusion of the Nup358/RanBP2 cyclophilin (Cyp) domain to the tripartite motif of TRIM5 created a novel inhibitor of HIV-1 replication, consistent with an interaction in vivo. In contrast to CypA binding to HIV-1 CA, Nup358 binding is insensitive to inhibition with cyclosporine, allowing contributions from CypA and Nup358 to be distinguished. Inhibition of CypA reduced dependence on Nup358 and the nuclear basket protein Nup153, suggesting that CypA regulates the choice of the nuclear import machinery that is engaged by the virus. HIV-1 cyclophilin-binding mutants CA G89V and P90A favored integration in genomic regions with a higher density of transcription units and associated features than wild type virus. Integration preference of wild type virus in the presence of cyclosporine was similarly altered to regions of higher transcription density. In contrast, HIV-1 CA alterations in another patch on the capsid surface that render the virus less sensitive to Nup358 or TRN-SR2 depletion (CA N74D, N57A) resulted in integration in genomic regions sparse in transcription units. Both groups of CA mutants are impaired in replication in HeLa cells and human monocyte derived macrophages. Our findings link HIV-1 engagement of cyclophilins with both integration targeting and replication efficiency and provide insight into the conservation of viral cyclophilin recruitment.
Ensayo aleatorio de terapia individual de doble-foco versus foco único para trastornos de la personalidad y la dependencia de drogas (2013)

Se realizo una comparacion aleatorizada de una Terapia de Esquema de Doble Foco con Asesoramiento Individual sobre Drogas, como mejora para el tratamiento residencial de 105 pacientes dependientes de drogas y con trastornos especificos de la personalidad versus pacientes sin esos trastornos. Ambos tratamientos fueron guiados mediante manual y aplicados durante 6 meses por psicoterapeutas experimentados, intensivamente entrenados y supervisados con evaluacion independiente de la fidelidad. Usando el modelo de riesgos proporcionales de Cox, no se encontraron diferencias psicoterapicas en la retencion (dias de tratamiento). El Modelo Lineal Jerarquico indico que los participantes con trastorno de la personalidad comenzaron con mayores sintomas psiquiatricos, interpersonales y de disforia, y ambas terapias redujeron los sintomas a mas de 6 meses. Contrariamente a las predicciones, el Asesoramiento Individual sobre Drogas dio lugar a reducciones mas sostenidas que el Esquema de Terapia de Foco Dual en varios sintomas de varios trastornos de la personalidad. Nuestros hallazgos plantearon cuestiones importantes sobre el valor anadido de las terapias de integracion o de doble foco, para los trastornos de la personalidad coexistentes con la dependencia de drogas, en relacion a las terapias con apoyo empirico centradas mas especificamente en los sintomas de adiccion.
Syk expression in peripheral blood leukocytes, CD34+ progenitors, and CD34-derived basophils (2009)

In human basophils from different subjects, maximum IgE-mediated histamine release and the level of syk protein expression correlate well. It is not clear when in the basophil's lifetime the set-point for syk expression is reached or how expression levels are determined for a given individual. An examination of syk expression in peripheral blood eosinophils, neutrophils, monocytes, B and T cells, DCs, and NK cells showed that with the exception of T cells, basophils were unique in expressing low levels of syk. No correlations were observed between syk expression in basophils and other types of leukocytes, suggesting a unique mechanism of regulation for basophils. The expression level of syk in CD34+ progenitors was approximately 11-fold higher than in peripheral blood basophils, and it remained at this level during maturation of the cells in IL-3 to a cell with characteristics of peripheral blood basophils. Down-regulation of syk expression in the culture-derived basophils was induced by culturing under conditions of chronic aggregation of FcepsilonRI. Syk was down-regulated to peripheral blood basophil levels in 50% of the cells. Despite the chronic aggregation of FcepsilonRI, the cells retained the same expression of FcepsilonRI, histamine content, and morphological staining of granules as cells not experiencing chronic aggregation. These results suggest that chronic stimulation through FcepsilonRI during basophil maturation might be a mechanism for down-regulating syk expression, while retaining other characteristics associated with mature peripheral blood basophils.
Invasive non‐typhoidal <i>Salmonella</i> in Mozambican children (2009)

Clinical presentation of invasive NTS was non-specific and similar to that of other infections, with some factors being associated with NTS. Antibiotic resistance was very common to currently recommended and available antibiotics for suspected sepsis.
Discovering interesting usage patterns in text collections (2007)

This paper addresses the problem of making text mining results more comprehensible to humanities scholars, journalists, intelligence analysts, and other researchers, in order to support the analysis of text collections. Our system, FeatureLens1, visualizes a text collection at several levels of granularity and enables users to explore interesting text patterns. The current implementation focuses on frequent itemsets of n-grams, as they capture the repetition of exact or similar expressions in the collection. Users can find meaningful co-occurrences of text patterns by visualizing them within and across documents in the collection. This also permits users to identify the temporal evolution of usage such as increasing, decreasing or sudden appearance of text patterns. The interface could be used to explore other text features as well. Initial studies suggest that FeatureLens helped a literary scholar and 8 users generate new hypotheses and interesting insights using 2 text collections.
Improvement of the Thermal Conductivity in 4H-SiC Epitaxial Layer by Introducing Gettering Sites (2008)

Metal impurities are known to degrade dramatically the performances of silicon-based devices, even at concentrations as low as 1012 cm-3. A specific process, named proximity gettering, has been optimised by some authors in order to reduce the influence of these impurities [1]. This process consists in the building of a favourable impurity trapping zone in a non-active area of the device, by introducing implantation defects. This paper reports on the application of introducing such gettering sites as an approach to control phonon properties in 4H-SiC epilayer, and increase the thermal conductivity.
Multidrug Sensitive Yeast Strains, Useful Tools for Chemical Genetics (2018)

The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a useful eukaryote model organism for application to chemical biology studies, for example, drug screening, drug evaluation, and target identification. To use yeast for chemical biology research, however, it has been necessary to construct yeast strains suitable for various compounds because of their high drug resistance. Hence, the deletion of all multidrug resistance genes except for those that are important for viability and for genetic experiments/manipulation could increase the drug sensitivity without influencing the transformation, mating, or sporulation efficiency. There are two major factors conferring multidrug resistance in S. cerevisiae: one is the drug efflux system and the other is the permeability barrier. We therefore constructed a strain which shows high sensitivity to multiple drugs by disrupting the drug efflux system using ATP-binding cassette transporters and suppressing the membrane barrier system by introducing an ERG6-inducible system. In this review, we discuss the construction of our multidrug-sensitive yeast strains and their application in chemical biology.
The Cyber Service Unit An Integrated Logging System (1976)

This paper was prepared for the 51st Annual Fall Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, held in New Orleans, Oct. 3–6, 1976. Permission to copy is restricted to an abstract of not more than 300 words. Illustrations may not be copied. The abstract should contain conspicuous acknowledgment of where and by whom the paper is presented. Publication elsewhere after publication in the JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY or the SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS JOURNAL is usually granted upon request to the Editor of the appropriate journal, provided agreement to give proper credit is made. Discussion of this paper is invited. Abstract Wireline logging has grown up along evolutionary lines, producing a family of stand-alone logging tools which share the cable and recorder, but little else. The advantage of an integrated system of surface instrumentation built around a computer was recognized, and now such a system has been built. The CYBER SERVICE UNIT (CSU) is a complete, self-contained system for acquiring, storing, processing, and presenting well log data. Full processing, and presenting well log data. Full use is made of preprogrammed machine computation for routines and tasks which previously required constant human interaction: such operations as tool calibration, operating sequences, scaling, and selection of parameters, for example. CSU is far more than just a recording system. It applies computerized control to most aspects of the logging operation, providing direct benefits to the user in many areas, including:faster logging operations, more accurate and more consistent logs, visible, on-depth log display either up or down, and log quality control The CSU system takes full advantage of the opportunity to improve the efficiency of the logging operation. Freeing the logging engineer from continuous, monotonous interaction is a giant first step. In addition, the system incorporates many basic design features directed at insuring reliability under oil-field conditions, such as: integral redundancy of all essential components; a family of diagnostic software programs for system checkout and troubleshooting; and significantly improved packaging. The on-board computer also permits more sophisticated wellsite interpretations than have previously been possible. This new kind of logging unit has been enthusiastically received by crews and users alike. It represents a major forward move in the field of logging.
Fuzzy methods for multisensor data fusion (1994)

This paper presents a new general framework for information fusion based on fuzzy methods. In the proposed architecture, feature extraction and feature fusion are performed by adopting a class of (possibly multidimensional) membership functions which take care of the possibility and admissibility of the feature itself. Test cases of one-dimensional and image data fusion are presented.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Synthesis and properties of new polyimides containing flourinated alkoxy side chains (1990)

Abstract A series of new polyimides containing fluorinated alkoxy side chains are prepared from novel fluorinated alkoxy diamines. The dieletric constant at 1 kHz in the fluorinated polyimides decreases from 3.3 to 2.6 as fluorine content increases. The refractive index also changes from 1.58 to 1.48, dependent on the fluorine content. In addition, the fluorinated polyimides exhibit lower water absorption than the reference polyimides prepared from m‐phenylenediamine.
Immunity to Systemic Salmonella Infections (2002)

Salmonella infections are a serious public health problem in developing countries and represent a constant concern for the food industry. The severity and the outcome of a systemic Salmonella infection depends on the "virulence" of the bacteria, on the infectious dose as well as on the genetic makeup and immunological status of the host. The control of bacterial growth in the reticuloendothelial system (RES) in the early phases of a Salmonella infection relies on the NADPH oxidase-dependent anti-microbial functions of resident phagocytes and is controlled by the innate resistance gene Nramp1. This early phase is followed by the suppression of Salmonella growth in the RES due to the onset of an adaptive host response. This response relies on the concerted action of a number of cytokines (TNFalpha, IFNgamma, IL12, IL18, and IL15), on the recruitment of inflammatory phagocytes in the tissues and on the activation of the recruited cells. Phagocytes control bacterial growth in this phase of the infection by producing reactive nitrogen intermediates (RNI) generated via the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). Clearance of the bacteria from the RES at a later stage of the infection requires the CD28-dependent activation of CD4+ TCR-alphabeta T-cells and is controlled by MHC class II genes. Resistance to re-infection with virulent Salmonella micro-organisms requires the presence of Th1 type immunological memory and anti-Salmonella antibodies. Thus, the development of protective immunity to Salmonella infections relies on the cross-talk between the humoral and cellular branches of the immune system.
STUDY OF HETEROSIS IN TOP CROSS DERIVATIVES OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) (2011)

Commercial exploitation of heterosis is feasible in maize due to floral morphology and high rate of cross pollination. Heterosis was estimated in 21 top cross derivates .The hybrid CML-269 X NM and CML-251 X NM exhibited significant and positive heterosis for grain yield over mid parent, better parent and checks, whereas, GWL-7 X NM, CML-286 X NM and CML-292 X NM showed significant heterosis for grain yield over mid parent, better parent and economic heterosis over check Narmada Moti. The desirable heterosis was also observed in the cross combinations of CML-269 X NM for days to 50 % tasselling, days to 50 % silking, ear height, days to 75 % maturity , ear length, ear girth, number of grain row per ear, number of grains per row, shelling percentage, 100-kernel weight and protein content.
Optimization of hyaluronan-based eye drop formulations (2016)

Hyaluronan (HA) is frequently incorporated in eye drops to extend the pre-corneal residence time, due to its viscosifying and mucoadhesive properties. Hydrodynamic and rheological evaluations of commercial products are first accomplished revealing molecular weights varying from about 360 to about 1200kDa and viscosity values in the range 3.7-24.2mPa s. The latter suggest that most products could be optimized towards resistance to drainage from the ocular surface. Then, a study aiming to maximize the viscosity and mucoadhesiveness of HA-based preparations is performed. The effect of polymer chain length and concentration is investigated. For the whole range of molecular weights encountered in commercial products, the concentration maximizing performance is identified. Such concentration varies from 0.3 (wt%) for a 1100kDa HA up to 1.0 (wt%) for a 250kDa HA, which is 3-fold higher than the highest concentration on the market. The viscosity and mucoadhesion profiles of optimized formulations are superior than commercial products, especially under conditions simulating in vivo blinking. Thus longer retention on the corneal epithelium can be predicted. An enhanced capacity to protect corneal porcine epithelial cells from dehydration is also demonstrated in vitro. Overall, the results predict formulations with improved efficacy.
An Exploratory Radiomics Approach to Quantifying Pulmonary Function in CT Images (2019)

Contemporary medical imaging is becoming increasingly more quantitative. The emerging field of radiomics is a leading example. By translating unstructured data (i.e., images) into structured data (i.e., imaging features), radiomics can potentially characterize clinically useful imaging phenotypes. In this paper, an exploratory radiomics approach is used to investigate the potential association between quantitative imaging features and pulmonary function in CT images. Thirty-nine radiomic features were extracted from the lungs of 64 patients as potential imaging biomarkers for pulmonary function. Collectively, these features capture the morphology of the lungs, as well as intensity variations, fine-texture, and coarse-texture of the pulmonary tissue. The extracted lung radiomics data was compared to conventional pulmonary function tests. In general, patients with larger lungs of homogeneous, low attenuating pulmonary tissue (as measured via radiomics) were found to be associated with poor spirometry performance and a lower diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide. Unsupervised dynamic data clustering revealed subsets of patients with similar lung radiomic patterns that were found to be associated with similar forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV<sub>1</sub>) measurements. This implies that patients with similar radiomic feature vectors also presented with comparable spirometry performance, and were separable by varying degrees of pulmonary function as measured by imaging.
State-of-art-in-indoor navigation and positioning of visually impaired and blind (2017)

This paper presents a survey of navigation and positioning aids for blind and visually impaired (BVI). Assistive technology based mobility and environmental accessibility methods are presented with their pros and cons and potential paths of explorations for future research improvements.
Structured oblique illumination microscopy for enhanced resolution imaging of non-fluorescent, coherently scattering samples (2012)

Many biological structures of interest are beyond the diffraction limit of conventional microscopes and their visualization requires application of super-resolution techniques. Such techniques have found remarkable success in surpassing the diffraction limit to achieve sub-diffraction limited resolution; however, they are predominantly limited to fluorescent samples. Here, we introduce a non-fluorescent analogue to structured illumination microscopy, termed structured oblique illumination microscopy (SOIM), where we use simultaneous oblique illuminations of the sample to multiplex high spatial-frequency content into the frequency support of the system. We introduce a theoretical framework describing how to demodulate this multiplexed information to reconstruct an image with a spatial-frequency support exceeding that of the system's classical diffraction limit. This approach allows enhanced-resolution imaging of non-fluorescent samples. Experimental confirmation of the approach is obtained in a reflection test target with moderate numerical aperture.