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Inviting Outside Investment: Technologies and Innovations (2007)

Optimization of inviting outside investment requires leading of inviting technologies themselves. The normal technologies include 16 items such as on-line inviting, inviting through merchants and so on. There should be innovations over normal ones. This paper proposes some strategies and schemes on this domain referring classical strategic works like” Thirty-six strategies ”to solve practical problems.” The people's commune”, ”stealthy substitute”, ”wisdom works” and some others are included.
Correct a particular fisheye lens distortion quickly using the coordinate map table (2010)

Fisheye lens had the characteristics of shorter focus and large field,but fisheye images were distorted.Current fisheye distortion correction algorithms had some problem,such as,taking point from the scene was approximate,fitting process was complex,the computational cost was large and the real-time character could not be guaranteed.In this paper, firstly,obtain the formula according to fisheye lens imaging principle.Secondly,get a correction curve from the special points' relationship between the image captured by specific fisheye lens and calibration image. Finally,use the curve to obtain the pixel map table between the fisheye image and the target image. Thus realize the fisheye image distortion's correction. The results show that it is a real-time,fast,accurate fisheye image correction method.
Nanosecond Photothermal Effects in Plasmonic Nanostructures (2012)

Photothermal effects in plasmonic nanostructures have great potentials in applications for photothermal cancer therapy, optical storage, thermo-photovoltaics, etc. However, the transient temperature behavior of a nanoscale material system during an ultrafast photothermal process has rarely been accurately investigated. Here a heat transfer model is constructed to investigate the temporal and spatial variation of temperature in plasmonic gold nanostructures. First, as a benchmark scenario, we study the light-induced heating of a gold nanosphere in water and calculate the relaxation time of the nanosphere excited by a modulated light. Second, we investigate heating and reshaping of gold nanoparticles in a more complex metamaterial absorber structure induced by a nanosecond pulsed light. The model shows that the temperature of the gold nanoparticles can be raised from room temperature to >795 K in just a few nanoseconds with a low light luminance, owing to enhanced light absorption through strong plasmonic resonance. Such quantitative predication of temperature change, which is otherwise formidable to measure experimentally, can serve as an excellent guideline for designing devices for ultrafast photothermal applications.
Tumor Budding is a Strong and Reproducible Prognostic Marker in T3N0 Colorectal Cancer (2008)

Tumor budding is a strong, reproducible, and independent prognostic marker of outcome that is easily assessed on hematoxylin and eosin slides. This may be useful for identifying the subset of T3N0M0 patients at high risk of recurrence who may benefit from adjuvant therapy.
Zur Umsetzung von Ketonitrilen mit Hydrazinderivaten der Kohlensäure (1960)

Abstract Acetylcyanid reagiert mit Verbindungen vom Typ des Semicarbazids in 2 n mineralsaurer Lösung zu den entsprechenden Hydrazonen; das Guanylhydrazon läßt sich zum isomeren 1.2.4‐Triazinderivat cyclisieren. – β‐Ketonitrile bilden mit Hydrazinderivaten der Kohlensäure sogleich Pyrazole, jedoch entsteht mit 2‐Phenyl‐thiosemicarbazid nur das offenkettige Hydrazon. γ‐Ketonitrile zeigen keine Tendenz zur Ringbildung.
Dephosphorylation of chicken riboflavin-binding protein and phosvitin decreases their uptake by oocytes. (1982)

Riboflavin-binding protein (RBP) and phosvitin are phosphoglycoproteins transferred from the plasma of laying hens into the yolk of developing oocytes. We have examined the effect of phosphate removal on this yolk deposition process. Unmodified yolk RBP and phosvitin contain, respectively, 8.3 and 109 residues of phosphate/molecule. Complete dephosphorylation of yolk RBP caused a 20-min decrease in the plasma clearance half-life an 87% decrease in the uptake of the protein into oocytes in vivo. Although partially desialylated, dephospho-yolk RBP was identical with the native protein by several criteria, including riboflavin-binding capacity, mobility on SDS-polyacrylamide gels, and circular dichroism. A series of partially dephosphorylated yolk RBP samples, prepared by limited enzymatic hydrolysis, was indistinguishable from native yolk RBP by all criteria except phosphate content. Removal of the 1st phosphate residue decreased uptake of yolk RBP into oocytes by about 60%. Uptake into oocytes could not be restored to dephospho-yolk RBP by addition of anionic groups by succinylation. However, succinylation of native yolk RBP decreased its deposition into oocytes to the same extent as dephosphorylation. Partial dephosphorylation of phosvitin also had marked effects. The plasma clearance of dephosphophosvitin (70% of phosphate removed) was much faster than native phosvitin. After 4 h, 15% of injected 125I-phosvitin remained in circulation compared with only 3.8% of 125I-dephosphophosvitin. The uptake of dephosphovosvitin into oocytes was 79% less than that of native phosvitin. In vitro, 125I-phosvitin bound specifically to a preparation of oocyte plasma membranes as indicated by competition with unlabeled phosvitin but not with RBP. The specific binding of dephosphophosvitin was 96% less than that of native phosvitin and it could be displaced equally well by phosvitin or yolk RBP.
Edge-functionalized graphene-like platelets as a co-curing agent and a nanoscale additive to epoxy resin (2011)

A newly developed method for the edge-selective functionalization of “pristine” graphite with 4-aminobenzoic acid was applied for the synthesis of 4-aminobenzoyl-functionalized graphite (AB-graphite) through a “direct” Friedel–Crafts acylation in a polyphosphoric acid (PPA)/phosphorus pentoxide medium (P2O5). The AB moiety at the edge of the AB-graphite played the role of a molecular wedge to exfoliate the AB-graphite into individual graphene and graphene-like platelets upon dispersion in polar solvents. These were used as a co-curing agent and a nanoscale additive to epoxy resin. The physical properties of the resulting epoxy/AB-graphite composites were improved because of the efficient load transfer between the additive and epoxy matrix through covalent links.
HPLC DETERMINATION OF PHENOLIC ACIDS, FLAVONOIDS AND ASCORBIC ACID IN FOUR DIFFERENT SOLVENT EXTRACTS OF ZANTHOXYLUM ACANTHOPODIUM, A WILD EDIBLE PLANT OF MEGHALAYA STATE OF INDIA (2016)

Objective: A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method using photodiode array (PDA) detector with gradient elution was developed for the quantification of ascorbic acid, free phenolic acids such as gallic acid, methyl gallate, caffeic acid, syringic acid, ferulic acid, para ( p )-coumaric acid, sinapic acid and flavonoids (catechin, rutin, quercetin, myricetin, apigenin and kaempferol), in four different solvent extracts like chloroform, methanol, 80% aqueous (aq.) ethanol and 1% aqueous (aq.) acetic acid of wild edible leaves of Zanthoxylum acanthopodium collected from Meghalaya state of India. Methods: The chromatographic separation was carried out on Acclaim TM 120 C 18 column (5 μm particle size, 250 x 4.6 mm), Dionex Ultimate 3000 liquid chromatography and detection were carried out at three different wavelengths (272, 280 and 310 nm) using a mobile phase of acetonitrile and 1% aq. the acetic acid solution with gradient elution. Results: The experimental results showed a high concentration of ascorbic acid (16.8 mg/g of dry plant material) and gallic acid (0.952 mg/g of dry plant material) in 1% aq. acetic acid extract as compared to the 80% aq. ethanol extract of the plant. The high percentage of recovery (96-103%), low coefficient of variation (R 2 >0.99) and low limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantitation (LOQ) confirm the suitability of the method for simultaneous quantification of ascorbic acid and all phenolic compounds in the plant under investigation. Conclusion: The method can be applied for the simultaneous determination of phenolic acids and flavonoids in different plants and also for the isolation of several bioactive components for the use in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical sector. Keywords: Phenolic acids, Flavonoids, Ascorbic acid, Different solvent extract, Z. acanthopodium , Gradient HPLC
A Novel AI-enabled Framework to Diagnose Coronavirus COVID 19 using Smartphone Embedded Sensors: Design Study (2020)

Coronaviruses are a famous family of viruses that cause illness in both humans and animals. The new type of coronavirus COVID-19 was firstly discovered in Wuhan, China. However, recently, the virus has widely spread in most of the world and causing a pandemic according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Further, nowadays, all the world countries are striving to control the COVID-19. There are many mechanisms to detect coronavirus including clinical analysis of chest CT scan images and blood test results. The confirmed COVID-19 patient manifests as fever, tiredness, and dry cough. Particularly, several techniques can be used to detect the initial results of the virus such as medical detection Kits. However, such devices are incurring huge cost, taking time to install them and use. Therefore, in this paper, a new framework is proposed to detect COVID-19 using built-in smartphone sensors. The proposal provides a low-cost solution, since most of radiologists have already held smartphones for different daily-purposes. Not only that but also ordinary people can use the framework on their smartphones for the virus detection purposes. Nowadays Smartphones are powerful with existing computation-rich processors, memory space, and large number of sensors including cameras, microphone, temperature sensor, inertial sensors, proximity, colour-sensor, humidity-sensor, and wireless chipsets/sensors. The designed Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled framework reads the smartphone sensors signal measurements to predict the grade of severity of the pneumonia as well as predicting the result of the disease.
AQUILA: An equivalence verifier for large sequential circuits (2002)

In this paper, we address the problem of verifying the equivalence of two sequential circuits. A hybrid approach that combines the advantages of BDD-based and ATPG-based approaches is introduced. Furthermore, we incorporate a technique called partial justification to explore the sequential similarity between the two circuits under verification to speed up the verification process. Compared with existing approaches, our method is much less vulnerable to the memory explosion problem, and therefore can handle larger designs. The experimental results show that in a few minutes of CPU time, our tool can verify the sequential equivalence of an intensively optimized benchmark circuit with hundreds of flip-flops against its original version.
DOUBLE-BLIND CONTROLLED TRIAL OF BROMOCRIPTINE, CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE AND CHLORMETHIAZOLE FOR ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS (1985)

Seventy-one patients undergoing withdrawal from alcohol were randomly assigned to treatment with oral bromocriptine, chlormethiazole or chlordiazepoxide. Forty-one percent had alcoholic hepatitis and/or cirrhosis. Patients were stratified into two groups: major and minor withdrawal symptoms. The latter group included a placebo tratment. Bromocriptine was ineffective in treating withdrawal symptoms, whilst chlormethiazole and chlordiazepoxide were equally effective. These findings do not support the evidence from animal and clinical studies suggesting that the disturbances in the dopaminergic system found in alcohol dependence and withdrawal can be reversed by dopamine agonists.
A practical guide to preemption for self-insured plans. (1998)

This article discusses the circumstances under which federal law preempts state law regulating self-insured plans. In particular, the author describes four recent cases in which ERISA preemption was challenged, including relevant issues of debate and conclusions. The article points out that the decisions that result from such cases are contributing to the guidelines that states are developing to regulate ERISA plans.
Novel Multifunctional Device for Optical Power Splitting, Switching, and Attenuating (2008)

This letter presents a novel microelectromechanical system multifunction-integrated optical device capable of simultaneously operating as a variable optical power splitter (VOPS), optical switch (OS), and variable optical attenuator (VOA). Assembling with ball-lensed fibers, the device manipulates the light with a binary-slope mirror driven by compound electrostatic actuator. Measurements have revealed that the excess loss is less than 3 dB (VOPS state), the switching time is less than 9 ms (OS state), and the controllable attenuation range is up to 39 dB (VOA state). Moreover, excellent polarization-dependent loss performance is achieved.
Somesthetic Sensitivity in Young and Elderly Humans (1986)

Absolute thresholds were measured on 27 young (ages 19 to 31) and 21 elderly (ages 55 to 84) humans to six modes of cutaneous stimulation (single ramp-and-hold skin indentations--tactile, vibration at 40 and 250 Hz, temperature increases and decreases, and noxious heat) at two sites, the thenar eminence and the plantar foot. Comparisons of the elderly and young groups showed that elderly persons were significantly, p less than or equal to .001, less sensitive than young individuals to mechanical stimuli (tactile and vibration) at both sites. No significant differences were found in thresholds to thermal stimuli (warm-, cold-, and heat-pain) at either site except elderly feet were significantly, p less than or equal to .001, less sensitive than young feet to warm stimuli. Thresholds of elderly individuals were compared with the young group thresholds for deficits in sensitivity. All elderly participants showed deficits to one or more of the stimulus modes at one or the other site. There were significantly, p less than or equal to 0.01, more deficits to mechanical than to thermal stimuli. There was no increase in the frequency of deficits with increasing age.
Carbon assessment model for supply chain network (2012)

Companies are facing with concerns over the environmental impact of their activities. Companies now recognize the importance of greening their supply chains by minimizing carbon emissions to meet the regulation laid down by various agencies. “Cap” regulation for Green House Gasses reduction is adding complexity to the situation. This paper proposes a mixed integer linear programming model to evaluate a network supply chain operations considering economic and environmental factors. Carbon cap and credit are considered in the model. Multi-supplier, multi-plant, multi-product, and multi-customer zone problem environment is considered here. The model does a trade-off between logistic cost and GHG emission cost to determine the optimal flow of material through the supply chain. The model is demonstrated with a single product, multi-plant, multi-supplier and multi-demand zones example. This example shows that carbon emission is adding a considerable cost to total cost of the supply chain operations.
Studies on the autocatalyzed oxidation of amino acids by peroxomonosulfate (2003)

Abstract The kinetics of oxidation of six α‐amino acids (AA) by peroxomonosulfate (PMS) ion at pH 4.2 and 35°C are investigated once again. The rate of disappearance of peroxomonosulfate at constant [AA] and [H + ] follows the equation equation image The experimental results suggest that the hydroperoxide intermediate formed by the reaction between the hydrated form of aldehyde and PMS is more reactive and is responsible for the autocatalysis. The hydroperoxide reacts with the amino acid in the rate‐determining step. This observation is contrary to the earlier explanation that the autocatalysis is due to the Schiff's base from amino acid and aldehyde. The effect of H + , the structure of the aldehyde, etc. on the rate constants are discussed. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 35: 475–483, 2003
Benefit of Nasal CPAP in Obstructive Sleep Apnea is Due to Positive Pharyngeal Pressure (1989)

The purpose of this study was to determine if the mechanism of nasal continuous positive airway pressure's (CPAP's) effectiveness is to act as a pneumatic splint or to increase functional residual capacity (FRC) and consequently, upper airway caliber. Four subjects with obstructive sleep apnea underwent 3 nights of polysomnography: night 1, control; night 2, nasal CPAP; night 3, external subatmospheric pressure (ESAP). ESAP, a negative pressure body suit, increases FRC. We measured the changes in FRC with nasal CPAP and ESAP using the weighted spirometer technique. The dose used for the ESAP night was the dose that produced the same FRC as the subject's prescribed nasal CPAP dose. The mean number of arousals and the respiratory events index were higher on ESAP and control nights. Less severe oxygen desaturation occurred during non-rapid-eye-movement sleep on the nasal CPAP and ESAP nights. These preliminary results show that increasing FRC alone does not account for the effectiveness of nasal CPAP, and splinting of the collapsible upper airway is necessary.
On projective rectification (1999)

We present a novel algorithm performing projective rectification which does not require explicit computation of the epipolar geometry and specifically of the fundamental matrix. Instead of finding the epipoles and computing two homographies mapping the epipoles to infinity, as done in previous work on projective rectification, we exploit the fact that the fundamental matrix of a pair of rectified images has a particular known form. This allows us to set up a minimization that yields the rectifying homographies directly from image correspondences. Experimental results show that our method works quite robustly even in the presence of noise, and can cope with inaccurate point correspondences.
The juxtamembrane regions of human receptor tyrosine kinases exhibit conserved interaction sites with anionic lipids (2015)

Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) play a critical role in diverse cellular processes and their activity is regulated by lipids in the surrounding membrane, including PIP2 (phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate) in the inner leaflet, and GM3 (monosialodihexosylganglioside) in the outer leaflet. However, the precise details of the interactions at the molecular level remain to be fully characterised. Using a multiscale molecular dynamics simulation approach, we comprehensively characterise anionic lipid interactions with all 58 known human RTKs. Our results demonstrate that the juxtamembrane (JM) regions of RTKs are critical for inducing clustering of anionic lipids, including PIP2, both in simple asymmetric bilayers, and in more complex mixed membranes. Clustering is predominantly driven by interactions between a conserved cluster of basic residues within the first five positions of the JM region, and negatively charged lipid headgroups. This highlights a conserved interaction pattern shared across the human RTK family. In particular predominantly the N-terminal residues of the JM region are involved in the interactions with PIP2, whilst residues within the distal JM region exhibit comparatively less lipid specificity. Our results suggest that JM-lipid interactions play a key role in RTK structure and function, and more generally in the nanoscale organisation of receptor-containing cell membranes.
Designing audio and tactile crossmodal icons for mobile devices (2007)

This paper reports an experiment into the design of crossmodal icons which can provide an alternative form of output for mobile devices using audio and tactile modalities to communicate information. A complete set of crossmodal icons was created by encoding three dimensions of information in three crossmodal auditory/tactile parameters. Earcons were used for the audio and Tactons for the tactile crossmodal icons. The experiment investigated absolute identification of audio and tactile crossmodal icons when a user is trained in one modality and tested in the other (and given no training in the other modality) to see if knowledge could be transferred between modalities. We also compared performance when users were static and mobile to see any effects that mobility might have on recognition of the cues. The results showed that if participants were trained in sound with Earcons and then tested with the same messages presented via Tactons they could recognize 85% of messages when stationary and 76% when mobile. When trained with Tactons and tested with Earcons participants could accurately recognize 76.5% of messages when stationary and 71% of messages when mobile. These results suggest that participants can recognize and understand a message in a different modality very effectively. These results will aid designers of mobile displays in creating effective crossmodal cues which require minimal training for users and can provide alternative presentation modalities through which information may be presented if the context requires.
The NHS must not condone smoking (2004)

Having outdoor shelters for staff who smoke is only a halfway house to becoming smoke-free (news March 17), and it is still sending the wrong message to patients.
On error control codes for random network coding (2009)

The random network coding approach is an effective technique for linear network coding, however it is highly susceptible to errors and adversarial attacks. Recently Kotter and Kschischang introduced the operator channel, where the inputs and outputs are subspaces of a given vector space, showing that this is a natural transmission model in noncoherent random network coding. A suitable metric, defined for subspaces: d <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">S</sub> (U, V ) = dim U + dim V - 2 dim(U cap V), gives rise to the notion of codes capable of correcting different kinds of errors (like packet errors, erasures etc.) in noncoherent random network coding. In this paper we continue the study of coding for operator channels started. We consider codes correcting insertions/deletions (dimension enlargement and dimension reduction respectively). Bounds and constructions for those codes are presented.
Large-Scale Solar Power Systems: Construction and Economics (2012)

This book is a comprehensive discussion and economic analysis of large-scale solar power systems, specifically referencing critical issues related to design construction and financing. The book provides practical design, installation, and financing guidelines for large-scale commercial and industrial solar power projects. Engineering design and construction methodologies as well as economic analysis provide a step-by-step walk-through of all aspects of solar power systems. Design methodologies outline the specific requirements of solar and electrical design and construction documentation in meticulous detail, which can readily be applied to ground mount, roof mount, building integrated (BIPV), and carport-type solar power projects. In view of the importance of solar power systems as a viable present and future energy resource, the book includes a dedicated chapter on smart grid transmission and large-scale energy storage systems
Intercomparison of four precipitation methods and electrophoresis for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol determination. (1980)

Journal Article Intercomparison of four precipitation methods and electrophoresis for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol determination. Get access H H Kohl, H H Kohl Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar W Johnson, W Johnson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar L L Rogers L L Rogers Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Clinical Chemistry, Volume 26, Issue 5, 1 April 1980, Pages 672–673, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/26.5.672 Published: 01 April 1980