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The paradox of audiences (2022)

This introduction to the Routledge Companion to Audiences and the Performing Arts frames and situates the diversity of ideas and perspectives about audiences and audiencing found in the volume’s 46 chapters. In writing, the editors have been cautious about both the value and possibility of presenting definitive statements about the what, why, how and when of audiences and the performing arts. Instead, they have sought to pluralistically lay out some of the challenges and pleasures that face audience research, using different tones and styles of writing to open up how we think, research and understand audiences. This pluralistic approach includes two open, playful discussions that describe audiences as at once ordinary and extraordinary and thus fundamentally paradoxical – suggesting that it is these characteristics that define precisely why we find the study of audiences/ing so challenging. Adopting a more traditional academic voice, the editors also interrogate whether audience research should be considered a discipline or field of studies and engage with the urgent need to actively pursue both the diversification and decolonisation of the critical studies of audiences. Interspaced through all these discussions, the editors present examples of their own formative experiences as spectators – first-person accounts of being an audience – thereby foregrounding the importance of experience, affect and memory in audience research.
A Contention-Free Tbit/sec Packet-Switching Architecture for ATM over WDM Networks (2000)

this paper a novelhig]]TN93Z0 y switching scheme for ATM/WDM networks is presented. The proposed architecture is contention-free, scalable, easy to implement and requires no internal &quot;speedup.&quot; Non-uniform destination distribution and bursty cell arrivals are examined whenstudying the switching performance. Simulation results show that at anagB397TN9 throug7 put of 1 Tbit/sec, low latency is achieved,yielding a powerful solution forhigC7 erformance packet-switch networks.
Cytokines, tryptophan and anorexia in cancer patients before and after surgical tumor ablation. (1994)

Serotoninergic system activity and cytokine production have been both implicated in the pathogenesis of cancer anorexia. To verify the existence of relationships between tryptophan, cytokines and anorexia, twenty cancer and six non-neoplastic patients were studied. Plasma amino acid concentration, including tryptophan, and spontaneous and LPS stimulated tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1 release from peripheral blood mononuclear cells were determined before and after surgery in both groups of patients. A close relationship between plasma free tryptophan concentration and anorexia was observed, whereas no relationship between cytokine production and either anorexia or plasma tryptophan was found in cancer patients.
A 12.8-Gb/s Quarter-Rate Transmitter Using a 4:1 Overlapped Multiplexing Driver Combined With an Adaptive Clock Phase Aligner (2018)

This brief presents a 12.8-Gb/s quarter-rate transmitter for DDR interfaces. The 4:1 serialization required in a quarter-rate transmitter is performed by an overlapped multiplexing driver containing four unit drivers. Two of four unit drivers output two identical 1UI full-rate DQ signals simultaneously and these signals are merged while they perform final serialization. This reduces the I/O capacitance. Correct timing of this serialization process is maintained by adaptive alignment of the four phases of the clock signal. Implemented in a 55-nm CMOS technology, single-ended output swing of this transmitter is 400~600 mVpp, and it has an energy efficiency of 1.8 pJ/bit.
Simulation of multitarget adaptive array algorithms for wireless CDMA systems (2002)

We investigate the performance of different blind adaptive array algorithms in CDMA mobile systems. Two novel algorithms, least-squares despread respread multitarget array (LS-DRMTA) and least-squares despread respread multitarget constant modulus algorithm (LS-DRMTCMA), are developed. The performance of these two novel algorithms is compared with that of the existing multitarget least-squares constant modulus algorithm (MT-LSCMA) and multitarget steepest-descent decision-directed (MT-SDDD) algorithm. It is shown from simulation that these two novel algorithms can outperform the other algorithms in all test situations, e.g. additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel and multipath environment.
Evaluation of a Warfarin Poisoning Programme for Feral Pigs (Sus Scrofa). (1990)

A warfarin poisoning programme to control feral pigs was evaluated on agricultural land in eastern Australia between July and September, 1987. The estimated total population before the poisoning programme was 189 pigs within the 94.4 km2 study area. Poisoned and free-fed bait was offered initially at 69 sites and over a period of 57 days. Only two pregnant sows were believed to have survived the programme which was equivalent to a 98.9% reduction. As a result of breeding and re-invasion a further 38 pigs were removed in the 12 months after the control programme. Cost of initial control was $A39 per pig while cost of maintenance control was $A47 per pig.
Intrinsic Gettering of Copper in Silicon Wafers (2002)

We have investigated the intrinsic gettering (IG) of Cu in silicon wafers. Oxygen precipitates for IG were formed in wafers subjected to two-step annealing consisting of thermal treatment for 16 h at 800°C, then for 0-16 h at 1000°C. Cu was deposited on the back surface by dipping the wafers into a contaminant solution, and introduced into the wafer bulk from the back surface by heating for 5 min at 1000°C. The surface concentration of Cu was measured by total-reflection X-ray fluorescence. We found that the gettering efficiency, which was determined from the difference between the surface concentration on reference wafers and the corresponding concentration on the IG-treated wafers, depends on the Cu contamination concentration. Moreover, we used a simulation based on the Fokker-Planck equation to analyze the data with regard to the dependence of gettering efficiency on oxygen precipitate density. As a result, we have shown that the total number of oxygen precipitates, rather than their size determines the gettering efficiency. These experimental and calculated results can provide useful information for achieving effective IG of Cu. © 2002 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.
NCI Workshop Report: Clinical and Computational Requirements for Correlating Imaging Phenotypes with Genomics Signatures (2014)

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Imaging Program organized two related workshops on June 26-27, 2013, entitled "Correlating Imaging Phenotypes with Genomics Signatures Research" and "Scalable Computational Resources as Required for Imaging-Genomics Decision Support Systems." The first workshop focused on clinical and scientific requirements, exploring our knowledge of phenotypic characteristics of cancer biological properties to determine whether the field is sufficiently advanced to correlate with imaging phenotypes that underpin genomics and clinical outcomes, and exploring new scientific methods to extract phenotypic features from medical images and relate them to genomics analyses. The second workshop focused on computational methods that explore informatics and computational requirements to extract phenotypic features from medical images and relate them to genomics analyses and improve the accessibility and speed of dissemination of existing NIH resources. These workshops linked clinical and scientific requirements of currently known phenotypic and genotypic cancer biology characteristics with imaging phenotypes that underpin genomics and clinical outcomes. The group generated a set of recommendations to NCI leadership and the research community that encourage and support development of the emerging radiogenomics research field to address short-and longer-term goals in cancer research.
Inhibition of C6 glioma cell proliferation by anandamide, 1-arachidonoylglycerol, and by a water soluble phosphate ester of anandamide: variability in response and involvement of arachidonic acid (2003)

It has previously been shown that the endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) inhibit the proliferation of C6 glioma cells in a manner that can be prevented by a combination of capsazepine (Caps) and cannabinoid (CB) receptor antagonists. It is not clear whether the effect of 2-AG is due to the compound itself, due to the rearrangement to form 1-arachidonoylglycerol (1-AG) or due to a metabolite. Here, it was found that the effects of 2-AG can be mimicked with 1-AG, both in terms of its potency and sensitivity to antagonism by Caps and CB receptor antagonists. In order to determine whether the effect of Caps could be ascribed to actions upon vanilloid receptors, the effect of a more selective vanilloid receptor antagonist, SB366791 was investigated. This compound inhibited capsaicin-induced Ca(2+) influx into rVR1-HEK293 cells with a pK(B) value of 6.8+/-0.3. The combination of SB366791 and CB receptor antagonists reduced the antiproliferative effect of 1-AG, confirming a vanilloid receptor component in its action. 1-AG, however, showed no direct effect on Ca(2+) influx into rVR1-HEK293 cells indicative of an indirect effect upon vanilloid receptors. Identification of the mechanism involved was hampered by a large inter-experimental variation in the sensitivity of the cells to the antiproliferative effects of 1-AG. A variation was also seen with anandamide, which was not a solubility issue, since its water soluble phosphate ester showed the same variability. In contrast, the sensitivity to methanandamide, which was not sensitive to antagonism by the combination of Caps and CB receptor antagonists, but has similar physicochemical properties to anandamide, did not vary between experiments. This variation greatly reduces the utility of these cells as a model system for the study of the antiproliferative effects of anandamide. Nevertheless, it was possible to conclude that the antiproliferative effects of anandamide were not solely mediated by either its hydrolysis to produce arachidonic acid or its CB receptor-mediated activation of phospholipase A(2) since palmitoyltrifluoromethyl ketone did not prevent the response to anandamide. The same result was seen with the fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitor palmitoylethylamide. Increasing intracellular arachidonic acid by administration of arachidonic acid methyl ester did not affect cell proliferation, and the modest antiproliferative effect of umbelliferyl arachidonate was not prevented by a combination of Caps and CB receptor antagonists.
CD36 A critical anti angiogenic receptor (2003)

Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) is a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis in vivo and of microvascular endothelial cell responses to angiogenic factors in vitro. CD36 is the cellular receptor for TSP-1 on microvascular endothelium and is necessary for its anti-angiogenic activity. The anti-angiogenic activity of TSP-1 is contained in a structural domain known as the TSP type I repeat (TSR-1). TSR-1 domains occur in many other proteins, some of which have also been shown to have anti-angiogenic activity. Structure-function analyses have determined that binding of TSP-1 to CD36 is mediated by interaction of the TSR-1 domain of TSP with a conserved domain called CLESH-1 in CD36. Histidine rich glycoprotein, a plasma and cellular protein that blocks the binding of thrombospndin-1 to CD36, inhibits the antiangiogenic response to thrombospondin and may serve to modulate the thrombospondin/CD36 anti-angiogenic pathway. Several in vivo models support the role of the TSP/CD36 system in angiogenesis and tumor growth and provide evidence that the CD36 antiangiogenic pathway offers attractive therapeutic targets.
Electrical conduction in 7 nm wires constructed on λ-DNA (2006)

We examine the morphological and electrical characteristics of nanowires fabricated on DNA templates via palladium (Pd) reduction. λ-DNA molecules were stretched and aligned on a mica surface using a molecular combing technique, followed by an electroless deposition of palladium, resulting in formation of nanowires with nominal width of 7 nm. We investigated the size distribution of nanowires with atomic force microscopy and made electrical connections to the wires by metal evaporation through multiple shadow masks. Electrical characterization of the nanowires under various bias conditions, variable temperature, and with different contact metal work functions revealed a conduction mechanism resembling that of granular metals.
The effect of oral irrigation with a magnetic water treatment device on plaque and calculus (1993)

Calculus formation on tooth surfaces is analogous to the formation of lime and scale deposits in plumbing. Magnetic water devices have been shown to significantly reduce scale deposits in industry; therefore an oral irrigator with a magnetic water device may have a similar effect on calculus. To test this hypothesis, a double-blind clinical study was established using 64 irrigators, 30 of which had their magnetic devices removed. 54 patients with heavy supragingival calculus were given irrigators at random after prophylaxis. Instructions were given to irrigate twice a day, particularly the lower 6 anterior teeth. The patients were also told not to floss these 6 teeth which were to be the study teeth. They were examined after 3 months and measurements were taken of the accretions adhering to the study teeth. No attempt was made to determine whether the adhering material was hard or soft so it must be assumed that at least some of the measured material was also plaque. The measurements of the group using an irrigator with a magnetic device showed a 44% greater reduction in calculus volume (p < 0.0005) and a 42% greater reduction in area (p < 0.0001) over the group using an unmagnetized irrigator. There appears to be a statistically significant difference in supragingival accretion volumes between conventional irrigation and using an irrigator with a magnetic water treatment device.
Enhancer Identification using Transfer and Adversarial Deep Learning of DNA Sequences (2018)

Abstract Enhancer sequences regulate the expression of genes from afar by providing a binding platform for transcription factors, often in a tissue-specific or context-specific manner. Despite their importance in health and disease, our understanding of these DNA sequences, and their regulatory grammar, is limited. This impairs our ability to identify new enhancers along the genome, or to understand the effect of enhancer mutations and their role in genetic diseases. We trained deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to identify enhancer sequences in multiple species. We used multiple biological datasets, including simulated sequences, in vivo binding data of single transcription factors and genome-wide chromatin maps of active enhancers in 17 mammalian species. Our deep networks obtained high classification accuracy by combining two training strategies: First, training on enhancers vs. non-enhancer background sequences, we identified short (1-4bp) low-complexity motifs. Second, by replacing the negative training set by adversarial k -order random shuffles of enhancer sequences (thus maintaining base composition while shuttering longer motifs, including transcription factor binding sites), we identified a set of biologically meaningful motifs, unique to enhancers. In addition, classification performance improved when combining positive data from all species together, showing a shared mammalian regulatory architecture. Our results demonstrate that design of adversarial training data, and transfer of learned parameters between networks trained on different species/datasets improve the overall performance and capture biologically meaningful information in the parameters of the learned network. Contact: or.zuk@mail.huji.ac.il , tommy@cs.huji.ac.il
Preparation of Diacid 1,3‐Diacylglycerols (2010)

Abstract A complete methodology (including synthesis, purification and analysis) for the preparation of 1,3‐DAG is described. For a successful synthesis project, the strengths and weaknesses of each particular process should be taken into account and measures taken to offset or balance potential weaknesses. To this end, we describe some of the challenges associated with: chemically and enzymatically catalyzed acylglycerol syntheses; recrystallization and flash chromatography for purification of partial acylglycerols; and thin‐layer chromatography (TLC) separation of DAG. For this work, 1‐MAG intermediates and subsequent diacid 1,3‐DAG were prepared using non‐enzymatic methods, whereas, monoacid 1,3‐DAG were prepared by enzymatic methods. It was not always possible to obtain pure samples of target compounds—in recrystallizations this is due to solid solution formation and co‐crystallization and in chromatographic separations it is due to co‐elution of components with similar R f . Furthermore, TLC R f of DAG is determined by two main factors: acyl chain length and positional isomerism. Interestingly, while the role of positional isomerism is well‐known, the role of acyl chain length in these separations has only recently come to light.
A better climate for Britain's industry (1977)

Improving the industrail climate is the legend printed on the front cover — is the legend meaningless? In fact, industrial productivity has a lot to do with temperature, humidity and other climatic conditions within a factory. But the climate analogy holds still further — ‘cooling off periods’ and ‘heated arguments’ are familiar phrases used to report industry's disputes. However, the way to a better ‘climate’ in industry has more to do with better communication; managers caring for and motivating employees; incentives and profit-sharing schemes; automated machinery and better organisation of production
Selective light sintering of Aerosol-Jet printed silver nanoparticle inks on polymer substrates (2014)

Printing silver nanoparticle inks to generate conductive structures for electronics on polymer substrates has gained increasing relevance in recent years. In this context, the Aerosol-Jet Technology is well suited to print silver ink on 3D-Molded Interconnect Devices (MID). The deposited ink requires thermal post-treatment to obtain sufficient electrical conductivity and adhesion. However, commonly used oven sintering cannot be applied for many thermoplastic substrates due to low melting temperatures. In this study a new sintering technology, selective light sintering, is presented, based on the focused, continuous light beam of a xenon lamp. Sintering experiments were conducted with Aerosol-Jet printed structures on various polycarbonate (PC) substrates. Especially on neat, light transparent PC, silver tracks were evenly sintered with marginal impact to the substrate. Electrical conductivities significantly exceed the values obtained with conventional oven sintering. Adhesive strength is sufficient for conductive tracks. Experiments with non-transparent PC substrates led to substrate damage due to increased light absorption. Therefore a concept for a variation of light sintering was developed, using optical filters. First experiments showed significant reduction of substrate damage and good sintering qualities. The highly promising results of the conducted experiments provide a base for further investigations to increase adhesion and qualifying the technology for MID applications and a broad spectrum of thermoplastic substrates.
A function approximator using fuzzy rules extracted directly from numerical data (2005)

In their previous work (1993) the authors developed a method for extracting fuzzy rules directly from numerical input-output data for pattern classification. In this paper they extend the method to function approximation. For function approximation, first, the universe of discourse of an output variable is divided into multiple intervals, and each interval is treated as a class. Then the same as for pattern classification, using the input data for each interval, fuzzy rules are recursively defined by activation hyperboxes which show the existence region of the data for the interval and inhibition hyperboxes which inhibit the existence region of data for that interval. The approximation accuracy of the fuzzy system derived by this method is empirically studied using an operation learning application of a water purification plant. Additionally, the authors compare the approximation performance of the fuzzy system with the function approximation approach based on neural networks.
Effects of egtazic acid and calcimycin on synthesis of DNA and collagen in cultured human lung fibroblasts. (1996)

Extracellular Ca2+ influx into fibroblasts increased collagen production, However, the DNA synthesis was suppressed when the cytosolic Ca2+ was too high or too low.
Chemical Vapor Synthesis and Characterization of Manganese Oxides (2011)

Abstract Manganese oxide nanoparticles are synthesized by a chemical vapor process using manganese(0) carbonyl as the precursor. The synthesis temperature of the materials is varied from 500 to 1500 °C at 200 °C intervals. These nanomaterials are characterized by X‐ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Brunauer‐Emmett‐Teller (BET) surface area, and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). XRD shows that the manganese oxide nanoparticles synthesized at 500, 700 – 1100, 1300, and 1500 °C are mainly MnO 2 , Mn 2 O 3 , Mn 2 O 3 /Mn 3 O 4 , and Mn 3 O 4 , respectively. The TEM and BET results also confirm that the particle size is on the nanometer scale with a large specific surface area (SSA) of 81 – 215 m 2 g −1 . XPS indicates the catalysts to have manganese oxidation states of (2+), (3+), or (4+) depending on the synthesis temperature.
Robust Resource Allocation Using Edge Computing for Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) Networks (2019)

Development of autonomous and self-driving vehicles requires agile and reliable services to manage hazardous road situations. Vehicular Network is the medium that can provide high-quality services for self-driving vehicles. The majority of service requests in Vehicular Networks are delay intolerant (e.g., hazard alerts, lane change warning) and require immediate service. Therefore, Vehicular Networks, and particularly, Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) systems must provide a consistent real-time response to autonomous vehicles. During peak hours or disasters, when a surge of requests arrives at a Base Station, it is challenging for the V2I system to maintain its performance, which can lead to hazardous consequences. Hence, the goal of this research is to develop a V2I system that is robust against uncertain request arrivals. To achieve this goal, we propose to dynamically allocate service requests among Base Stations. We develop an uncertainty-aware resource allocation method for the federated environment that assigns arriving requests to a Base Station so that the likelihood of completing it on-time is maximized. We evaluate the system under various workload conditions and oversubscription levels. Simulation results show that edge federation can improve robustness of the V2I system by reducing the overall service miss rate by up to 45%.