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Community-Campus Partnership Effectiveness for Nursing Faculty Curricula in Rural Virginia (2014)

Nursing schools state that faculty shortages caused by low faculty salaries are a primary reason for nursing shortages. In a Shenandoah University graduate survey, many nurses wanted to teach but could not leave their higher-paying clinical jobs. Shenandoah University’s Graduate Program in Winchester, VA received funding from the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority to use rural community-campus partnerships to plan a nursing faculty residency program to increase the number of nursing faculty. The program’s planning partners were economic development, business, academic, and philanthropic organization leaders in seven rural planning districts. Community Based Participatory Research was used to assess the effectiveness of Community-Campus Partnerships with the following research question: “What are the stakeholders’ perceptions of the benefits of this strategy to improve the overall health of communities?” The literature review examines health education models developed with the consideration of community involvement and distance education. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews were conducted with project partners to assess their perceptions of the effectiveness of Community Based Participatory Research in the development of nursing curricula. Findings highlight how collaboration increased knowledge and facilitated shared decision-making. Through partnerships, the program staff became aware of community needs that graduates should consider as nursing faculty. Study results indicate that community-campus partnerships can be advantageous to rural communities.
[Improved life expectancy by prevention of atherosclerosis. Results of intervention studies for treatment of lipid metabolism disorders]. (1989)

An elevated serum cholesterol level is one of the main risk factors for the development of atherosclerosis. In primary and secondary intervention trials it was shown that a reduction of total cholesterol in serum was accompanied by a reduction of the coronary risk: 1 percent decrease of serum cholesterol levels resulted in a reduction of coronary risk by 2 percent. Furthermore an increase of the antiatherogenic HDL cholesterol and lowering serum triglycerides cause a further decrease of the risk for the development of coronary heart disease. By controlled use of antilipidemic diets and drugs a prevention of atherosclerosis is possible resulting in an increase of life quality and expectancy.
Resistance to Aging‐Associated Obesity in Capsaicin‐Desensitized Rats One Year after Treatment (1995)

Previous studies demonstrated reduced weight of abdominal white adipose tissue depots and of carcass fat in capsaicin-desensitized (Cap-Des) rats up to 8 months after treatment. The objective of the present study was to find out whether aging-associated obesity and hyperplasia of retroperitoneal white adipose tissue was prevented in older (13.5 months old) Cap-Des rats, one year after treatment with Cap (done when they were 1.5 months old). The prevalence of obesity is known to increase in rats by this age. Abdominal white adipose tissue depots weighed less in old Cap-Des rats, both epididymal (9% less) and retroperitoneal (30% less). The number of mature white adipocytes was 28% less in the retroperitoneal depot but was not significantly different in the epididymal depot. Adipocyte size was not different. Carcass fat was less, both total and as percent of body weight. Food intake was normal for their reduced body size. The exponential increase in retroperitoneal white adipose tissue weight characteristic of aging rats that are becoming obese was virtually absent in Cap-Des rats. We conclude that lack of function of capsaicin-sensitive afferent autonomic nerves, known to be destroyed in Cap-Des rats, results in an alteration in energy balance conducive to leanness. We suggest that the attenuated age-associated increase in circulating CGRP (derived mainly from capsaicin-sensitive nerves) in the Cap-Des rat results in a lower degree of aging-associated insulin-resistance, hence in a lesser degree of obesity.
Optimization of History Tree in 3DR-Tree Index Structure (2013)

Many optimizations have been done to 3DR-tree index structure and many opinions have been proposed. Modification by splitting mechanism is one of them. There are two index trees in 3DR-tree index structure after modification: one is a history tree for past data storage and the other is an active tree for current data storage. In this article, optimization of history tree is firstly done and is proved theoretically. Then a correspondent insert algorithm is designed.
Modeling Jini-UPnP Bridge using Rapide ADL (2005)

The exploding deployment of network enabled mobile devices, along with the expansion of networked services have created the need for users to easily manage these devices and services and also to coordinate with one another. Service discovery protocol (SDP) enables networked devices, applications, and services to seek out and find other complementary networked devices, applications, and services needed to properly complete specified tasks. A number of bridging techniques have been proposed and implemented. In This work we propose a one directional bridging system (Jini-UPnP Bridge). To validate the proposed system, we model and simulate the bridge using Rapide ADL simulation and analysis toolset. We perform a number of simulation tests and use the Rapide Poset viewer to analyze the simulator's output Poset tree of events.
ANALYSIS OF PRECIPITATION KINETICS OF MANGANESE AND COPPER SULFIDES IN INTERSTITIAL FREE STEELS (2014)

Model of precipitation is based on classical theory of nucleation and growth with description of numeric methods for modeling. Now authors present numerical calculations of precipitation kinetics. In the beginning they repeat basic formulas of this model.
Characterization of a unique population of <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f.sp. <i>cubense</i> causing Fusarium wilt in Cavendish bananas at Carnarvon, Western Australia (1995)

A unique population of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense affecting Cavendish cv. Williams banana plants was characterized using vegetative compatibility, volatile production, RAPD-PCR analysis, pectic enzyme production and pathogenicity. The isolates were more like race 1 isolates than race 4 isolates, although they were capable of attacking Cavendish clones. The Carnarvon isolates did not belong to any of the vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs) known to occur in Australia or overseas; they belonged in the 'inodoraturn' volatile group; they had 29% genetic similarity to race 4 isolates and 76% similarity to race 1 isolates based on RAPD-PCR banding patterns; they belonged in the same pectic zymogram group as race 1 isolates and were virulent on 3-month-old Cavendish cv. Williams, Gros Michel and Pisang Gajih Merah plants in glasshouse tests.
Towards knowledge-based retrieval of medical images. The role of semantic indexing, image content representation and knowledge-based retrieval. (1998)

Medicine is increasingly image-intensive. The central importance of imaging technologies such as computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in clinical decision making, combined with the trend to store many "traditional" clinical images such as conventional radiographs, microscopic pathology and dermatology images in digital format present both challenges and an opportunities for the designers of clinical information systems. The emergence of Multimedia Electronic Medical Record Systems (MEMRS), architectures that integrate medical images with text-based clinical data, will further hasten this trend. The development of these systems, storing a large and diverse set of medical images, suggests that in the future MEMRS will become important digital libraries supporting patient care, research and education. The representation and retrieval of clinical images within these systems is problematic as conventional database architectures and information retrieval models have, until recently, focused largely on text-based data. Medical imaging data differs in many ways from text-based medical data but perhaps the most important difference is that the information contained within imaging data is fundamentally knowledge-based. New representational and retrieval models for clinical images will be required to address this issue. Within the Image Engine multimedia medical record system project at the University of Pittsburgh we are evolving an approach to representation and retrieval of medical images which combines semantic indexing using the UMLS Metathesuarus, image content-based representation and knowledge-based image analysis.
Les missions françaises en Éthiopie. Novembre 1991/Décembre 1992 (1992)

Entre les mois de novembre 1991 et décembre 1992 plusieurs missions se sont rendues en Éthiopie dans le cadre des nouvelles activités de la MEE. Certaines sont venues sur les crédits propres de la Maison, ou du CREDU qui les a en partie financées grâce à la bonne volonté de Bernard Calas et de Colette La Cour-Grandmaison, d’autres sur des crédits de la Commission des fouilles ou de la Direction Générale, d’autres enfin sur des crédits de l’Université ou du CNRS. Commençons par retracer sommai...
A novel constructive algorithm for CANet (2017)

Theories inspired by the working and the structure of the human brain have been applied in various problems in computer vision, such as Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). The concept of receptive and inhibitory fields have been adopted with success to improve the capability of the ANNs and are present in the deep learning models, such as ConvNet and LIPNet, that have been successfully used in many computer vision tasks. However, both shallow and deep ANN models need some expertise to define their architecture, as well as the definition of some of their parameters. A recently introduced ANN, called CANet, embeds the concepts of receptive fields, lateral inhibition, and autoassociative memory using a constructive algorithm that requires few parameters to perform its learning process. This paper presents a new constructive-pruning algorithm for CANet that contains even fewer parameters and can self-choose the quantity of neurons in the constructive layer of the model, called CANet-2. Also, we analyze the behavior of the model with the use of activation functions from the ReLU family in its constructive layer. Experiments in facial expression recognition showed that the proposed constructive algorithm along with the SoftPlus activation function improved CANet-2 in relation to the original version.
Fast computation of hologram patterns of a 3D object using run-length encoding and novel look-up table methods (2009)

In this paper we propose a new approach for fast generation of computer-generated holograms (CGHs) of a 3D object by using the run-length encoding (RLE) and the novel look-up table (N-LUT) methods. With the RLE method, spatially redundant data of a 3D object are extracted and regrouped into the N-point redundancy map according to the number of the adjacent object points having the same 3D value. Based on this redundancy map, N-point principle fringe patterns (PFPs) are newly calculated by using the 1-point PFP of the N-LUT, and the CGH pattern for the 3D object is generated with these N-point PFPs. In this approach, object points to be involved in calculation of the CGH pattern can be dramatically reduced and, as a result, an increase of computational speed can be obtained. Some experiments with a test 3D object are carried out and the results are compared to those of the conventional methods.
Stroke, Spasticity, and Botulinum Toxin (2002)

Botulinum toxin is in the news these days. First came September 11 and fears of chemical terrorism. One gram of this “most poisonous poison” could kill a million people were it not for problems of delivery. Then, in April 2002, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of botulinum toxin for the treatment of “frown lines” at the glabella, between and above the eyes. This cosmetic use of the toxin has already attracted the interest of countless people who want to look younger. The toxin is also used to erase “crow's feet” — wrinkles at the lateral margin . . .
Biolistic DNA Vaccination Against Melanoma (2012)

We describe here the use of particle-mediated gene transfer for the induction of immune responses against melanoma antigens in murine tumor models using the melanocyte differentiation antigen tyrosinase-related protein 2 (TRP2) as an antigen in a murine B16 melanoma model. We have utilized marker genes such as β-galactosidase (βgal) and EGFP, which can be readily detected, as control antigens to establish the gene delivery and to detect antigen-specific humoral and cellular immune responses. After biolistic DNA vaccination with plasmids encoding the TRP2 gene we observed the induction of TRP2-specific T-cells and antibodies associated with vitiligo-like fur depigmentation and tumor immunity against B16 melanoma cells. Here we describe the preparation of cartridges with DNA-coated gold beads and the in vivo gene transfer into skin using the Helios Gene Gun system. We also describe protocols for the measurement of humoral and cellular immune responses against the melanocyte differentiation antigen TRP2. These protocols can subsequently be adapted to other antigens.
Spatiotemporal subband/wavelet coding of video with object-based motion information (2002)

We present a novel object-based spatiotemporal (3-D) subband/wavelet coding scheme for very low bit-rate video compression. First, the image sequence is segmented into objects based on motion and color. The objects are then independently decomposed by subband/wavelet analysis, both in the temporal and spatial domain. The temporal analysis is greatly facilitated over existing methods by the object-based representation. Each object's subband/wavelet coefficients are then quantized according to a bit allocation scheme based on the generalised BFOS algorithm. Simulations at very low bit-rates indicate competitive performance to classical motion-compensated predictive (MCP) coding schemes, while allowing the flexibility of frame-rate scalability.
Measurement of Information Technology Sophistication in Small Manufacturing Businesses (1992)

If one wishes to identify the effects of information technology on organizational structure, strategy and performance, one must be able to characterize IT for operationalization purposes as a construct within a research framework. An initial requirement consists of developing and validating an instrument designed to measure an organization’s level of sophistication in the use and management of IT. A preliminary version of such an instrument was built to be applied in small manufacturing enterprises and tested with a sample of 101 organizations. The results of this study constitute a first step toward developing an understanding of IT sophistication and provide initial evidence for the reliability and validity of the proposed instrument.Request access from your librarian to read this article's full text.
Amino Acids. I. DL‐β‐(diazaphenyl)alanines (1965)

Abstract With the publication of this work, all six theoretically possible isomers of DL‐diaza‐phenylalanines have now been reported. 2‐Pyrazinyl‐ (VII), 3‐pyridazinyl‐ (VIII), 4‐pyridazinyl‐ (IX), 4‐pyrimidinyl‐ (X), and 2‐pyrimidinylalanine (XI) were synthesized by the catalytic (in the cases of VII‐X) or stannous chloride (in the case of XI) reduction of the corresponding (α‐oximino‐β‐(diazaphenyl)propionic acids. These compounds were in turn prepared by the Claisen condensation of appropriate methyldiazines with diethyl oxalate followed by treatment of the resulting pyruvic ester with hydroxylamine. Condensation of 5‐bromomethylpyrimidine with diethyl N‐ carbobenzoxyaminomalonate yielded diethyl N‐carbobenzoxyarmno‐(5‐pyrimidinylmethyl)malonate. Hydrolysis and debenzylation of the condensation product readily gave the desired 5‐pyrhidinylalanine (XII).
The effect of cytophilic IgG2 on phagocytosis by ovine polymorphonuclear leucocytes. (1976)

Non-lactating, multiparous ewes were immunized either by subcutaneous infection with live Staphylococcus aureus (seventeen ewes) or by intramuscular injections of a killed S. aureus-oil adjuvant vaccine (seventeen ewes). Polymorphs which were subsequently collected from the mammary glands of the animals were used in in vitro phagocytosis assays against Pseudomonas sp. or S. aureus. There was no difference between polymorphs from the two groups of ewes in their ability to phagocytose Pseudomonas organisms. Polymorphs from the infected ewes showed significant phagocytic superiority over cells from ewes given the killed vaccine when S. aureus was the target organism. This phagocytic superiority could be abrogated by removal of cytophilic immunoglobulin from polymorphs and restored by replacement of cytophilic immunoglobulin. It was shown by staining polymorphs with FITC-conjugated anti-immunoglobulin sera that cytophilic immunoglobulin on the surface of polymorphs belonged to the IgG2 class of immunoglobulins. When 'neutral' polymorphs (from non-immunized ewes) were coated with IgG2 purified from the sera of infected ewes, they exhibited enhanced phagocytosis of staphylococci compared with 'neutral' polymorphs carying IgG2 from the sera of ewes given the killed vaccine.
Genetic Sexing Systems in Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae) (1985)

Journal Article Genetic Sexing Systems in Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae) Get access J. D. Lines, J. D. Lines 1 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WCIE 7HT, United Kingdom 1Present address: P.O. Box 81, Muheza, Tanga, Tanzania. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar C. F. Curtis C. F. Curtis London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WCIE 7HT, United Kingdom Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 78, Issue 4, 1 August 1985, Pages 848–851, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/78.4.848 Published: 01 August 1985 Article history Received: 16 May 1984 Accepted: 22 February 1985 Published: 01 August 1985
A New Class of Color Filter Arrays with Optimal Sensing Properties (2008)

Digital color cameras acquire color images by means of a sensor on which a color filter array (CFA) is overlaid. The Bayer CFA dominates the consumer market, but few attention has been directed to the design of alternative CFAs in the literature. Recent works of Hirakawa et al. introduced new insights in this field, by focusing on the spectral properties of CFAs and operating directly in the Fourier domain. However, this new paradigm is generic and leaves open questions about the optimization of the many available parameters. In this work, we investigate the link between them and the light sensitivity and color discrimination capabilities of the CFA. Indeed, these characteristics determine the quality of the whole imaging pipeline, since they directly control its sensitivity to noise. By optimizing the key parameters, we obtain a class of new CFAs with optimal properties, in which the shortest 2 × 3 pattern shows up as the best compromise. Moreover, a simple and efficient linear demosaicking algorithm is associated to these CFAs, that fully exploits their spectral properties. Practical experiments confirm the superiority of our new design.
Oil‐absorbent beads containing <i>β</i>‐cyclodextrin moieties: preparation via suspension polymerization and high oil absorbency (2011)

Abstract A novel type of polymeric beads with high oil absorbency was prepared via suspension polymerization technique. For this purpose, β ‐cyclodextrin with vinyl groups ( β ‐CD‐MA) was first synthesized from β ‐cyclodextrin ( β ‐CD) and glycidyl methacrylate, and identified by FT‐IR and 1 H‐NMR spectroscopy analyses. Suspension polymerizations were carried out with styrene and stearyl acrylate as co‐monomers, β ‐CD‐MA as cross‐linking agent, poly(vinylalcohol) as stabilizer and azoisobutyronitrile as initiator, providing polymeric beads in a quantitative yield. The oil‐absorbent beads had a porous structure and exhibited high oil absorbency: 55 times the dry weight in toluene, 52 times in xylene, 75 times in CHCl 3 and 102 times in CCl 4 . The novel beads also showed high absorbency toward toluene from a toluene/water mixture, demonstrating the potential applications of such novel oil‐absorbent beads for cleaning organic contaminations from water. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Modification of poly(vinyl alcohol) with acid chlorides and crosslinking with difunctional hardeners (1996)

The reaction of acid chlorides with poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) leads to vinyl alcohol-vinyl ester copolymers. The esterification by Schotten-Baumann enables degrees of modification to be reached which depend on the chemical structure of the pendant unit introduced. High degrees of modification were obtained in the reaction with water-stable acid chlorides such as benzoyl or cinnamoyl chloride. The copolymers obtained were characterized by spectroscopic techniques, elemental analysis, thermal methods, and viscosity determinations. Since in all cases they were only partially modified, the remaining hydroxyl groups were reacted with difunctional hardeners, Epiclon B-4400, hexamethylene diisocyanate, and tolylene 2,4-diisocyanate, to obtain tridimensional networks. Vinyl alcohol-vinyl benzoate copolymers with different degrees of modification were crosslinked to study how the percentage of remaining hydroxylic groups affects the crosslinking process. The exotherm maximum of the curing process was lower when diisocyanates were used as hardeners and the degree of crosslinking was higher when hexamethylene diisocyanate was used according to the observed increase in Tg values. Whereas the TGA curves of linear polymers only showed one degradation, in crosslinked polymers two degradation steps were detected, suggesting several degradation mechanisms. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
IgE-Mediated Allergy against Human Seminal Plasma (2005)

Human seminal plasma hypersensitivity has to be differentiated from allergic reactions to latex, spermicidal agents, local anesthetics or components of lubricants. The present review article discusses IgE-mediated allergic reactions (type I) to specific components of the seminal plasma. Such incidents are rare, even though there seems to be a considerable number of unreported cases. Since the first publication in 1958, human seminal plasma allergy has been increasingly recognized, and approximately 80 cases have been described. Most affected women are younger than 40 years, presenting with an atopic family history. Anaphylaxis to components of the seminal plasma is not always associated with infertility. Complaints occur immediately or within 1 h after contact with seminal plasma. Local reactions include itching, burning, erythema and edema in the vulvar region or other sperm contact sites. Systemic reactions are experienced as dyspnea, dysphagia, rhinoconjunctival complaints, generalized urticaria, angioedema, gastrointestinal symptoms, exacerbation of existing atopic eczema or anaphylactic shock. Recently, it has been reported that human seminal plasma anaphylaxis may also present as 'vulvar vestibulitis syndrome' or 'burning semen syndrome'. These symptoms may occur during the first sexual intercourse. Some results are indicative of allergens originating from the prostate, prostate-specific antigen being clinically relevant. The diagnosis of human seminal plasma allergy is based on history, demonstration of specific IgE antibodies in the serum and skin tests. Therapeutic options include allergen avoidance by use of condoms and attempts at desensitization.