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Other-centredness as a leadership attribute: From ego to eco centricity (2010)

This paper discusses the significance of the attribute of other-centredness to leadership in an emerging world, signified by the convergence of the natural and social worlds and where the means of production is knowledge. Intangible qualities like other-centredness and mindful approaches to leading ourselves and others are central to leadership literacies appropriate for the knowledgeintensive era we are now experiencing. The discourse of leadership runs parallel to the mindsets that emanated from the industrial era and the mindsets that are emerging in the knowledge era. In the industrial era we can see the &#039;other&#039; as being commanded and controlled by the heroic, ostensibly ego-centred, leadership figure. Leadership in the post-heroic knowledge era is more about working with people and the environment in a more inclusive way, i.e. an eco-centred approach. This paper will discuss, through a review of the literature and the investigation of the attribute of othercentredness within a PhD study, the changes in the discourse of leadership over time. These changes can be tracked on a centredness continuum ranging from the ego-centric to the eco-centric. It will be argued that as people become more mindful of their own actions and interactions, an expanded, and in some cases new, sense of other-centredness surfaces. Paradoxically, the seemingly selfish act of spending time and energy reflexively seeking to know who we are often leads to growth, not contraction, of our sense of responsibility to others and the environment, allowing us to see the world as the interconnected whole that it has always been.
Understanding single-top-quark production and jets at hadron colliders (2004)

I present an analysis of fully differential single-top-quark production plus jets at next-to-leading-order. I describe the effects of jet definitions, top-quark mass, and higher orders on the shapes and normalizations of the kinematic distributions, and quantify all theoretical uncertainties. I explain how to interpret next-to-leading-order jet calculations, and compare them to showering event generators. Using the program ZTOP, I show that HERWIG and PYTHIA significantly underestimate both $s$-channel and $t$-channel single-top-quark production, and propose a scheme to match the relevant samples to the next-to-leading-order predictions.
Biological properties of virus-induced interferons. (1977)

Both mouse and human cells elaborate more than one molecular species of interferon. Mouse interferon consists of a number of polypeptides which all probably have antiviral activity. Human fibroblast interferon is a single polypeptide, but other human cells produce special species of interferons, which show different physical and biological properties. The human interferons certainly differ in their extent of glycosylation and hydrophobicity, and may have different amino-acid sequences, since it has recently been reported that when the messenger RNAs extracted from fibroblast and lymphoblastoid cells are translated in Xenopus oocytes, the products are antigenically distinguishable (26,29,40). If the polypeptide sequences are different, then there may be at least two structural genes for human interferon. Both the antiviral and anticellular activities of mouse and human interferon probably reside in the same molecule.
A Data Model for Data Integration (2006)

Data integration systems provide a uniform query interface (UQI) to multiple, autonomous data sources [Alon Y. Halevy. Answering queries using views: A survey. The VLDB Journal, 10(4):270–294, 2001]. This paper presents the universal data model (UDM) that captures the semantically salient aspects of relational, entity-relationship, and XML data models. As a consequence, UDM — including its accompanying query language — provides a simple and elegant UQI for integrating data represented in some of the most widely adopted data models.
Lower and upper limits of layered-soil strength (2009)

This paper presents an approach to determine the lower and upper limits for failure criteria of layered soils that have periodic structure. Particular functional forms are proposed for multilayered soil samples consisting of two periodic constituents. It was found that the upper limit of failure criterion is uniquely determined by volume fraction and strength characteristics of each constituent, whereas the lower limit is affected by the interaction between constituent layers, which in turn depends on the deformation characteristics. An important observation is that an upper limit can only be reached for certain stress paths. The directional dependency of layered soil strength was examined within the context of the proposed approach.
Sleep Scheduling in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks for Toxic Gas Monitoring (2017)

Toxic gas leakage that leads to equipment damage, environmental effects, and injuries to humans is the key concern in large-scale industries, particularly in petrochemical plants. Industrial wireless sensor networks (IWSNs) are specially designed for industrial applications with improved efficiency, and remote sensing for toxic gas leakage. Sleep scheduling is a common approach in IWSNs to overcome the network lifetime problem due to energy constrained nodes. In this article, we propose a sleep scheduling scheme that ensures a coverage degree requirement based on the dangerous levels of the toxic gas leakage area, while maintaining global network connectivity with minimal awake nodes. Unlike the previous sleep scheduling algorithm, for example, the connected k-neighborhood (CKN)-based approach that wakes up the sleep nodes over the entire sensing field by increasing the k-value, our proposed scheme dynamically wakes up the sleep nodes only in the particular toxic gas leakage area. Simulation results show that our proposed scheme outperforms the CKN-based sleep scheduling scheme with the same required coverage degree for the toxic gas leakage area. In addition, the proposed scheme considers multiple hazardous zones with various coverage degree requirements. We show that at the expense of a slight extra message overhead, energy consumption in terms of totally awake nodes over the entire sensing field is reduced compared to the other approaches, while maintaining network connectivity.
Platelet Thromboxane Synthesis and Release Reactions in Myeloproliferative Disorders (1982)

A group of patients with myeloproliferative disorders was studies with respect to platelet aggregation responses, release of beta-thromboglobulin and incorporated 5-hydroxy-tryptamine, and synthesis of thromboxane b 2. In all patients the resting plasma beta-thrombo-globulin was elevated. Aggregation responses were frequently impaired to adrenaline, arachidonic acid, A23187 and the prostaglandin endoperoxide analogue, U44069. Both 5-hydroxy-tryptamine and beta-thromboglobulin release were greater with patients' platelets than with those of controls in response to adrenaline, ADP and U44069. The patients' platelets produced more thromboxane B2 than did controls, irrespective of the agonist used, yet those aggregating agents which are thought to act by generating thromboxane A2 were relatively ineffective in causing aggregation. This might reflect resistance to thromboxane A2 action in these patients, which is met by increased thromboxane formation.
Oral cobalamin for pernicious anemia. Medicine's best kept secret? (1991)

THE TREATMENT of pernicious anemia with cobalamin is one of medicine's great success stories. However, the usual practice of giving the drug as an intramuscular injection has several drawbacks. Injections can be painful, difficult to provide for some patients who are elderly or living alone, 1 and costly if given by health professionals. 2 It is therefore not surprising that the search for an oral preparation began soon after cobalamin was isolated and introduced for parenteral use in 1948. Preparations containing oral intrinsic factor were tried, but antibody production caused some patients to become refractory and relapse. 3 Other studies revealed that a small but constant proportion of an oral dose of cyanocobalamin was absorbed without intrinsic factor, so that by sufficiently increasing the dose, adequate absorption could be attained. 4,5 Promising results from early studies of oral cyanocobalamin therapy led to the use of increasingly larger doses, and several
Modeling Mechanical Behavior of Reinforced Concrete due to Corrosion of Steel Bar (2010)

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1989 Fleming Medal presented to Donald A. Gurnett (1989)

It is a great pleasure for me to present the citation for the 1989 Fleming Medal, awarded to Professor Donald A. Gurnett, a leader in the experimental study of waves in space plasmas. Don Gurnett's scientific findings are widely recognized, not only for their intrinsic value but for their use in new diagnostic techniques. For example, he has invented new methods for the measurements of the in situ concentrations of electrons and ions using various observed wave‐particle resonances. Such measurements, obtained with a plasma wave instrument (PWI), have become a necessary part of any comprehensive study of space plasmas, and are a direct result of Don's pioneering efforts.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (2002)

Terrorist attacks require our health care system to prepare for the unspeakable. The primary goal of terrorism is to erode the security of a nation, to disrupt the continuity of society, and to destroy the nation's social capital — its morale, cohesion, and values. Both the health care system and individual physicians are critical to the safety and future of our nation.In this issue of the Journal, Yehuda1 updates our knowledge of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including its epidemiology, psychological and biologic origins, and treatment. PTSD is not uncommon after many types of traumatic events, from motor vehicle accidents . . .
A Low Voltage Gas Ionization Sensor based on Sparse Gold Nanorods (2007)

We report fabrication and characterization of a gas ionization sensor using a sparse array of vertically aligned gold nanorods (AuNR). Our device displayed improved sensitivity compared to the carbon nanotube (CNT) film counterpart, since the room temperature breakdown voltages (V <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">b</inf> ) of the tested gases were further reduced. With AuNRs configured as the cathode, V <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">b</inf> was unaffected by gas pressure within a wide range (10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-5</sup> ≪ P ≪ 0.1 torr), suggesting that the breakdown process does not follow Townsend's criterion. At higher and lower pressures, V <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">b</inf> increased. The field-emission (FE) and field-ionization (FI) properties of the AuNRs were also studied, and the latter showed measurable pressure dependency in a certain voltage range. The lowering of V <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">b</inf> as well as enhanced FE and FI actions, were attributed to the high field-amplification factor of atomically sharp features on AuNR tips covered by a thin alumina scale.
FABRICATION AND RECORDING PERFORMANCES OF BICRYSTAL DISKS ON GaAs SUBSTRATES (1994)

Magnetic recording disks with bicrystalline microstructures were fabricated on (100) GaAs single crystalline wafers. The coercivity of the bicrystal disk with Cr underlayer and CoCr(12%)Ta(2%) magnetic layer can reach up to 2600 Oe along the effective easy axis and 2400 Oe along the effective hard axis, accompanied with near unity coercive and remanent squarenesses. Deposition conditions, microstructures and hysteresis properties were systematically studied. The epitaxial orientation relationships are found to be {001}‹110› Cr // {001}‹110› GaAs and {11.0}‹00.1› CoCrTa // {001}‹110› Cr with -1.5% lattice misfit. The medium noise power of the bicrystal disk is measured and found to be extremely low, and remains virtually unchanged as recording density increases up to 100 KFCI. The recording properties of the bicrystal media were compared with those of the conventional media and state-of-the-art low Mrt media with similar coercivities.
Clinical Study of Adults with Severe Learning Disabilities. (1994)

There are many reasons for poor reading and writing skills including social-cultural factors, lack of opportunity, mental deficiency, poor instruction, and specific learning disabilities. Therefore, programs of intervention for literacy should consider the individual's background of experience, overall ability, motivation, levels of achievement, and type of schooling.
Synthesis and properties of novel benzocyclobutene‐functionalized siloxane thermosets (2013)

Abstract Two kinds of novel benzocyclobutene ( BCB ) functionalized monomers were synthesized through imidization of siloxane‐containing dianhydride with 4‐aminobenzocyclobutene. The BCB monomers obtained exhibited good solubility in various organic solvents. They were converted into crosslinked polymer via ring opening and the following Diels–Alder reaction at proper temperature. The curing kinetics were studied by non‐isothermal differential scanning calorimetry. The BCB polymers showed good thermal stability, excellent dielectric properties, low water absorption and good planarization. Moreover, the thermal and mechanical properties of the BCB resins could be adjusted by the length of the siloxane unit. The BCB resins with a shorter siloxane chain exhibited higher glass transition temperature, higher modulus and lower coefficient of thermal expansion than BCB resins with longer chains. © 2013 Society of Chemical Industry
Self-Calibration of Camera-Equipped Robot Manipulators (2001)

A new approach to self-calibrate a camera-equipped robot manipulator is proposed in this paper. Self-calibration here means that the camera-robot system is capable of determining its geometric parameters without any external measurements and/or ground truth calibration data. With the proposed approach, one is able to identify all the rotational parameters and, up to a scale factor, all the translational parameters of a robotic system without any ground truth data. It is known from the computer vision literature that the extrinsic and intrinsic parameters of the camera can be obtained up to a scale factor by using the corresponding points of objects in a natural environment from an image sequence without knowing the positions of these object points. It is also well known that if the camera is treated as the tool of the robot, one is able to compute the corresponding robot pose directly from the camera-extrinsic parameters. An important question is how to determine the scale factors, which vary from one robot pose to another. It is discovered in this paper that if the robot pose measurement configurations follow a specially planned optimal trajectory, a unique scale factor can be used for all the poses measured along the trajectory. Thus, one is able to identify all the independent parameters of the robot with the poses measured in this manner with an inherently undetermined scale factor. One question remains: how do we obtain this unknown scale factor? Actually, the problem can be solved in a separate process. By two views of, say, a yardstick with the known length, the scale factor can be computed. If more than one measurement of the scale or measurements of multiple scales are provided from different viewing angles, the scale factor can be estimated with better accuracy in a least squares sense. Extensive simulation and experiment studies on a PUMA 560 robot reveal the convenience and effectiveness of the proposed approach.
Current practice in laboratory diagnostics of autoimmune diseases in Croatia. Survey of the Working group for laboratory diagnostics of autoimmune diseases of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (2016)

Results indicate the need of creating recommendations and algorithms in order to harmonize the approach to laboratory diagnostics of autoimmune diseases in Croatia.
Analog VLSI implementation of synaptic modification in realistic neurons (1998)

Thesis (S.M. and M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998.
Gap junctions between the oocyte and companion follicle cells in the mammalian ovary. (1976)

Tracer and freeze-fracture electron microscopy of the ovaries of neonatal rat and adult mouse, rat, rabbit, and primate have revealed the presence of gap junctions between follicle cells and oocytes. The junctional connections are found at the ends of follicle cell projections which traverse the zona pellucida and terminate upon microvilli and evenly contoured nonmicrovillar regions of the oolemma. Gap junctions are often seen associated with a macula adherens type of junction. The gap junctions occasionally consist of minute ovoid plaques, but nore frequently appear as rectilinear single- or multiple-row aggregates of particles on the P-face or pits on the E-face. The functional significance of follicle cell-oocyte gap junctions is discussed with respect to the regulation of meiosis and luteinization.
Secondary effluent disinfection by peracetic acid (PAA): microrganism inactivation and regrowth, preliminary results (2003)

The paper summarises - in terms of bacterial removal and re-growth - the results of a pilot scale study performed on a continuous flow pilot plant, using peracetic acid (PAA) as disinfecting agent. Trials were carried out with increasing doses and contact times (6, 12, 18, 36, 42, 54 min). The paper reports data deriving from the only doses (15 and 25 mg L-1) which were able to ensure the respect of the limits for agricultural re-use, according to Italian law. Disinfection efficiency was comparable for E. coli, TC and FC, and lower for total heterotrophic bacteria (THB), and clearly grew with increasing Cát values. The effect of contact time was greater at the lower doses. Microbial counts, performed by both traditional methods and flow cytometry, immediately and 6 hours after the sample collection (PAA was previously inactivated by sodium thiosulphate and bovine catalase), showed that no appreciable re-growth took place after 6 hours for coliform group bacteria. THB formed a slightly lower number of colonies immediately after collection than after 6 hours. The slight variations observed after 6 hours were the result of the recovered ability of forming colonies and of the lysis of some of the residual bacteria, as it was shown by flow cytometry.
A New Method of an IF I/Q Demodulator for Narrowband Signals (2005)

I/Q demodulators have been widely used for demodulating quadrature modulated signals such as the QPSK signal and GMSK signal. Conventional analog/digital I/Q demodulators have some serious disadvantages. In this paper we present two new digital I/Q demodulators for narrowband signals, in which digital filters will not be used. The simulation results are also presented. Due to the higher sample rate and resolution the influence of the quantization noise can be ignored. The new I/Q demodulators maintain the advantages of the earlier digital I/Q demodulator such as zero DC offset and matched channel frequency responses, but their structures are much more simple.
One‐Pot Synthesis of Chiral α‐Substituted β,γ‐Epoxy Aldehyde Derivatives through an Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of Chloroacetaldehyde (2011)

Water is welcome! Chiral α-substituted β,γ-epoxides have been prepared in good yields and with excellent enantioselectivities in a one-pot synthetic procedure. The key reaction of this process, which involves a series of uninterrupted sequential reactions, is an asymmetric aldol reaction of aqueous chloroacetaldehyde mediated by a diarylprolinol derivative (see scheme). Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.
Preferential degradation of the oxidatively modified form of glutamine synthetase by intracellular mammalian proteases. (1985)

Four intracellular proteases partially purified from liver preferentially degraded the oxidatively modified (catalytically inactive) form of glutamine synthetase. One of the proteases was cathepsin D which is of lysosomal origin; the other three proteases were present in the cytosol. Two of these were calcium-dependent proteases with different calcium requirements. The low-calcium-requiring type (calpain I) accounted for most of the calcium-dependent activity of both mouse and rat liver. The calcium-independent cytosolic protease, referred to as the alkaline protease, has a molecular weight of 300,000 determined by gel filtration. Native glutamine synthetase was not significantly degraded by the cytosolic proteases at physiological pH, but oxidative modification of the enzyme caused a dramatic increase in its susceptibility to attack by these proteases. In contrast, trypsin and papain did degrade the native enzyme and the degradation of modified glutamine synthetase was only 2- to 4-fold more rapid. Adenylylation of glutamine synthetase had little effect on its susceptibility to proteolysis. Although major structural modifications such as dissociation, relaxation, and denaturation also increased the rate of degradation, the oxidative modification is a specific type of covalent modification which could occur in vivo. Oxidative modification can be catalyzed by a variety of mixed function oxidase systems present within cells and causes inactivation of a number of enzymes. Moreover, the presence of cytosolic proteases which recognize the oxidized form of glutamine synthetase suggests that oxidative modification may be involved in intracellular protein turnover.
Content-based audio segmentation using support vector machines (2001)

Audio exists at everywhere, but is often out-of-order. It is necessary to arrange them into regularized classes in order to use them more easily. It is also useful, especially in video content analysis, to segment an audio stream according to audio types. In this paper, we present our work in applying support vector machines (SVMs) in audio segmentation and classification. Five audio classes are considered: silence, music, background sound, pure speech, and non-pure speech which includes speech over music and speech over noise. A SVM learns optimal class boundaries from training data to best separate between two classes. A sound clip is segmented by classifying each sub-clip of one second into one of these five classes. Experiments on a database composed of clips of 14870 seconds in total length show that the average accuracy rate for the SVM method is much better than that of the traditional Euclidean distance based (nearest neighbor) method.