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Engineering a Web site (1996)

The World Wide Web (WWW) is famous for weaving far-flung fans with like interests into true communities. It also puts a spin all its own on product and information delivery. Nowhere is this more apparent than in a global industry such as electrical and electronic engineering. The Web is still unmatched in its ability to receive and distribute information and software, and to encourage interaction and collaboration. These strengths stem from the Web's combination of many of the best features of existing media-audio, video, text, and graphics-to which it adds some unique new talents, such as the ability to manipulate information through software. Most corporations acknowledge the opportunities the Web presents. The paper presents some guidelines on how best to start turning them to advantage.
Methods for Quantifying Gene Expression in Ecoimmunology: From qPCR to RNA-Seq (2014)

Historically, the use of cutting-edge molecular techniques to study immunological gene expression and related cellular pathways has been largely limited to model organisms. Few studies have been performed that quantify the molecular immunological responses of non-model species, especially in response to environmental factors, life-history events, or exposure to parasites. This dearth of information has largely occurred due to the lack of available non-model species-specific gene sequences and immunological reagents and also due to prohibitively expensive technology. However, with the rapid development of various sequencing and transcriptomic technologies, profiling the gene expression of non-model organisms has become possible. Technologies and concepts explored here include an overview of current technologies for quantifying gene expression, including: qPCR, multiplex branched DNA assays, microarrays, and profiling gene expression (RNA sequencing [RNA-Seq]) based on next-generation sequencing. Examples of the advancement of these technologies in non-model systems are discussed. Additionally, applications, limitations, and feasibility of the use of these methodologies in non-model systems to address questions in ecological immunology and disease-ecology are specifically addressed.
Palatability of Liquid Anti-Infectives: Clinician and Student Perceptions and Practice Outcomes (2007)

Oral liquid medications with poor palatability may lead to non-compliance, especially among children. Often, prescribers are not aware of the palatability of the agent that they are prescribing. Eighty-six health-care professionals participated in an open-label taste test of 24 anti-infectives in stock at a pediatric teaching hospital. A sample of the product was placed on a plastic spoon and participants were asked to evaluate their overall impression based on taste, texture, smell, and aftertaste. Participants were then asked to rank the individual products on a visual analog scale. Certain anti-infective formulations were perceived as being much more palatable than others. As a follow-up study, surveys were sent out to assess the impact of the taste test. Participants were asked to evaluate their prescribing and patient counseling habits both before and after the taste test. We found that half of the volunteers had altered their prescribing and/or medication counseling habits as a result of the taste test.
Gender Differences in Information Processing Strategies: An Empirical Test of the Selectivity Model in Advertising Response (1995)

Abstract According to the “selectivity model,” females are comprehensive information processors who consider both subjective and objective product attributes, and respond to subtle cues. Conversely, males are selective information processors who tend to use heuristics processing and miss subtle cues. These predictions are tested in an experiment where males and females listened to either objective or subjective advertising claims for either a low-risk or moderate-risk product. The results generally supported the predictions of the selectivity model with the exception that males did not respond more favorably to the objective claims. Implications for advertising theory and research are discussed.
Association of Expanded Disability Status Scale and Cytokines after Intervention with Co-supplemented Hemp Seed, Evening Primrose Oils and Hot-natured Diet in Multiple Sclerosis Patients (2012)

Our study shows that co-supplemented hemp seed and evening primrose oils with hot-natured diet can have beneficial effects in improving clinical symptoms in relapsing remitting MS patients and significant correlation was found between EDSS and immunological findings.
Enhancement of Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis (EAE) by DNA Immunization with Myelin Proteolipid Protein (PLP) Plasmid DNA (1998)

Relapsing-remitting experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (R-EAE) is an animal model for multiple sclerosis (MS). Many potential immunomodulatory strategies for MS have been used first in EAE to assess their effectiveness. Recently, the injection of plasmid DNA has been shown to induce potent humoral and cellular immune responses. The primary aim of our experiments reported here was to determine if vaccination with cDNAs encoding myelin proteolipid protein (PLP) could prime for a PLP-specific immune response and affect subsequent R-EAE. We constructed cDNAs encoding whole PLP (pPLPall) or encephalitogenic epitopes PLP139–151 (pPLP139–151) and PLP178–191 (pPLP178–191). Following DNA injection, we induced R-EAE in SJL/J mice using PLP139–151 or PLP178–191 peptides in adjuvant. All 3 plasmid constructs enhanced R-EAE induced with PLP139–151 and injection of mice with pPLPall increased R-EAE induced with PLP139–151. DNA immunization induced higher PLP peptide-spccific lymphoproliferative responses than did vector alone following R-EAE induction with IgGl or IgG2b antibody responses. These data suggest that DNA immunization of PLP can modulate immune responses, leading to enhancement of R-EAE.
An immunoperoxidase study of epithelial marker antigens in ulcerative colitis with dysplasia and carcinoma. (1985)

An immunoperoxidase technique was applied to formalin and Helly fixed paraffin wax sections from cases of ulcerative colitis complicated by dysplasia and carcinoma for carcinoembryonic antigen and components of the colonic secretory immunoglobulin system--namely, secretory component, IgA, and J chain. Sections from both resection specimens and mucosal biopsies were available. Intensity of immunostaining was assessed qualitatively. There was appreciable variation in expression of carcinoembryonic antigen and secretory component antigens. Carcinoembryonic antigen stained heavily in dysplasia and carcinoma while these tissues showed only focal light staining for secretory component. Normal tissue stained heavily for secretory component. The variation in staining intensity for both carcinoembryonic antigen and secretory component in inflamed and regenerative mucosa precluded their use as a reliable diagnostic aid in discriminating these tissues from true dysplasia. Loss of secretory component production or transport or both may be incurred during malignant change, but it should not be assessed as an isolated index of epithelial maturity. The relation with mucosal plasma cells warrants further study to determine more fully the factors affecting tissue secretory component expression.
Managing Congenitally Missing Lateral Incisors. Part III: Single-Tooth Implants (2005)

When treatment planning single-tooth implants to replace congenitally missing lateral incisors, an interdisciplinary approach is necessary to provide the most predictable treatment outcome.
On the Vibrational Sensitivity in Different Regions of the Body Surface (1954)

Summary. Vibratory thresholds in different parts of the body were determined with an electro‐dynamic apparatus. The lowest threshold amplitudes were found within the frequency range 200—450 Hz. In the finger‐tips these may be as small as 0.02 μp. Hands and the soles of the feet are most sensitive, whereas the vibratory thres‐hold values are highest in the abdominal and the gluteal regions.
Dynamic analysis and design of static series compensators for unbalanced AC voltage supplies (2002)

The implementation of high-performance VAr compensators for unbalanced AC sources or loads requires the control of the static power converter under unbalance conditions. This paper is a contribution to this topic and presents a complete description of the dynamic behaviour and design of a static series VAr compensator for unbalanced AC voltage sources. The technique consists in separating the system into two independent balanced networks by using an instantaneous symmetrical components transformation, and then eliminating the time dependency by a d-q transformation of both the positive and the negative sequence components. It is shown that the control of the unbalanced system is reduced to a set of four DC loops, the d and q components of the positive and negative sequences. A detailed description is given of all the steps of the method, including the transformations, the positioning of the d-q frame for further simplification of the control loops and the graphical modeling of the compensator. A design example with simulated results confirms the validity of the proposed method.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Singing it anew: David Malouf's Ransom (2011)

In 2009 David Malouf's Ransom was published to great critical and popular acclaim. Ransom presents itself very simply as a beautiful story about (among other things) loss, love, vulnerability and storytelling. But what does it mean to talk about the beautiful in writing? Etienne Gilson argues that writing is a making before it is a knowing or willing, so its primary concern is not a truth to be known or a good to be willed. Its primary concern is beauty. This paper explores how the beautiful operates in, and structures, Ransom.
Knowledge Archetype: Facilitating Cross Cultural Knowledge Sharing (2012)

Studies have indicated that national culture may impact the choice of who shares knowledge with whom. This paper considers the problem of tacit knowledge sharing in multi-cultural environments and the issues that relate to trust, language, and culture that could impact on tacit knowledge sharing choices. A study was conducted in an international and multi-cultural Business School to discover if the theoretical research relating to a potential tacit and implicit knowledge sharing archetype had validity. The study which was conducted with 70 students from 28 nations speaking 24 languages, discovered that the variables that impacted who students chose to ask for indicated that the longer that students spent in the Business School; the longer they were in London and the UK; and the older they were, the less they were concerned about the nationality, ethnicity, and language of the person they asked. Additionally, testing the knowledge archetype module it was found that there were no moderating factors. This indicates that a knowledge archetype that is common to all nationalities can be developed.
British Insurance. By G. Clayton [Pp. 381. London: Elek Books, 1971. £6·50] (1972)

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Programs of the Center on Disabilities at California State University, Northridge (2002)

The Center on Disabilities conducts research and demonstration projects into new technologies and new service models. It develops and publishes materials of interest to the field of disability, assesses and trains people with disabilities, and those who serve them, and continues to conduct conferences, seminars and workshops, both in the USA and abroad. The common denominator in all of our work is technology and our mission is to place more assistive technologies in the hands of more people with disabilities. To carry out these mandates, the Center on Disabilities has created three major program areas: (1) Students with Disabilities Resources (SDR), where more than 1,000 students with disabilities are provided with educational support services which are designed to make them successful university students, and to prepare them for employment upon graduation; (2) Technology and Persons with Disabilities, the largest conference of its kind in the world on assistive technologies with more than 2,600 in attendance each year; and (3) the Leadership and Technology Management (LTM) training program, which prepares professionals in the field of disabilities to exercise leadership in the area of assistive technologies by creating new programs such as computer access laboratories.
Stability of amorphous-silicon thin-film transistors (1983)

The stability of amorphous-silicon/silicon-nitride thin-film transistors has been investigated by measuring the time dependence of the source-drain current decay under a constant DC gate bias at a fixed temperature. At all temperatures (25–100°C) and gate voltages (6–36V) used in our experiments, the current decay is due entirely to a shift in the threshold voltage caused by electron trapping in the silicon-nitride layer. The threshold shift is a strong function of temperature. The source-drain current decay after 104s continuous DC operation is 4% at 25°C, rising to 20% at 70°C. This degree of stability is adequate for application to matrix addressing of large-area alphanumeric displays.
Stress-induced Relapse to Drug Seeking in the Rat; Role of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis and Amygdala (2001)

There is growing interest in the role that the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) and central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA), components of the extended amygdala, play in drug addiction. Within the BNST and CeA, there is an extensive system of intrinsic, primarily GABAergic, interconnections known to synthesize a variety of neuropeptides, including corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF). The actions of CRF at extrahypothalamic sites,including the BNST and CeA, have been implicated in stress responses and in the aversive effects of withdrawal from drugs of abuse. Most recently, we have shown a critical role for extrahypothalamic CRF in stress-induced reinstatement of drug seeking in rats. In attempting to determine which brain circuitry mediates the effect of stress on relapse and, more specifically, where in the brain CRF acts to initiate the behaviours involved in relapse, we focused on the BNST and CeA. In the present paper, we summarize studies we have conducted that explore the role of these brain sites in stress-induced relapse to heroin and cocaine seeking, and then consider how our findings can be understood within the more general context of what is known about the role of the BNST and CeA in stress-related and general approach behaviours, such as drug seeking.
Vanadium Sulfide on Reduced Graphene Oxide Layer as a Promising Anode for Sodium Ion Battery (2015)

As an alternative system of rechargeable lithium ion batteries, sodium ion batteries revitalize researchers' interest due to the low cost, abundant sodium resources, and similar storage mechanism to lithium ion batteries. VS4 has emerged as a promising anode material for SIBs due to low cost and its unique linear chains structure that can offer potential sites for sodium storage. Herein, we present the growth of VS4 on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as SIBs anode for the first time. The VS4/rGO anode exhibits promising performance in SIBs. It delivers a reversible capacity of 362 mAh g(-1) at 100 mA g(-1) and a good rate performance. We also investigate the sodium storage behavior of the VS4/rGO. Different than most transition metal sulfides, the VS4/rGO composite experiences a three-step separation mechanism during the sodiation process (VS4 to metallic V and Na2S, then the electrochemical mechanism is akin to Na-S). The VS4/rGO composite proves to be a promising material for rechargeable SIBs.
Biochemical analysis of glucocorticoid-induced inhibition of IgE-mediated histamine release from mouse mast cells. (1982)

Pretreatment of mouse mast cells with 10(-7) to 10(-6) M dexamethasone (DM) during overnight sensitization with mouse IgE antibody resulted in inhibition of antigen-induced histamine release and degranulation. The inhibition of both degranulation and histamine release increased linearly with the duration of the treatment; maximal inhibition was obtained after approximately 16 hr with DM. The addition of DM to sensitized mast cells immediately before antigen challenge did not affect the antigen-induced histamine release. DM interacted directly with mast cells by binding to DM-specific cytoplasmic receptors. The treatment of mast cells with DM did not affect the binding of IgE to mast cells or intracellular cAMP levels. Bridging of cell-bound IgE anti-DNP antibody on mouse mast cells either by multivalent DNP-HSA or by anti-IgE induced phospholipid methylation at the plasma membrane and Ca++ influx into the cells. Pretreatment of mast cells with DM inhibited the antigen-induced phospholipid methylation and Ca++ uptake but failed to affect histamine release by Ca++ ionophore A23187. The results suggest that DM treatment inhibits histamine release by the inhibition of the early stage of biochemical processes leading to opening Ca++ channels but does not affect the process distal to Ca++ influx or the binding of IgE molecules to IgE receptors.
The Key Knob (2006)

Locks are mechanical fastening devices used on various kinds of objects like doors and vehicles, and they can be released using a certain type of key. They have a long history, from wood-made Egyptian keys to electronic keys as they are common nowadays, and they are mostly restricted to the basic functionality of selecting one of two states (e.g. locked or unlocked). In many cases however, it would be useful to have the possibility of multistage or even continuous control also, as it is provided by omnipresent turning knobs. In this paper, we propose a novel concept of a handy knob to which we refer to as key knob, which automatically connects to dedicated devices in close proximity, and enables to control them in both discrete and continuous ways in the case of authorization. We present a prototype, point out its potentials with concrete application scenarios, and conclude with an outlook on further improvements of the key knob.
A Vectorization Method of Export Branch for SIMD Extension (2011)

The main popular vectorization methods for the SIMD extension dig the parallelism of the programs relying on the compiler's data dependence analysis. But the data dependence analysis can not deal with the non-structured control flow statements. Therefore, the up-to-date compilers are extremely limited to vectorize these statements. Here is a vectorization method of the export branch for the SIMD extension, which can automatically and effectively vectorize the export branch within the vector length. And the results of performance test show that this method can both fully ensure the semantic correctness of the control flow and exploit the parallelism of the data flow.
Correlation of annealing effects on local electronic structure and macroscopic electrical properties for HfO2 deposited by atomic layer deposition (2003)

Atomic-scale electron spectroscopy is used to determine the local electronic structure of atomic-layer-deposited HfO2 gate dielectrics as a function of annealing conditions. Oxygen core-loss spectra from monoclinic crystallites exhibit a more strongly pronounced crystal-field splitting with increasing anneal temperature up to 1000 °C, consistent with a decrease in point defects. Concomitantly, electrical measurements of the same structures show a correlated reduction of fixed charge. An unintentional ∼5 Å SiO2 layer is observed at the top interface, between the HfO2 and poly-Si electrode. No Hf–silicate intermixing is detected at either interface on a scale down to 2 Å.
Relation between Uric Acid and Alzheimer's Disease in Elderly Jordanians (2015)

The results suggest that serum UA levels are significantly lower in AD patients in comparison to control subjects. UA may have a protective role against AD; however this role needs further investigations.
Lillicon (2015)

Good icons are legible, and legible icons are scale-dependent. Experienced icon designers use a set of common strategies to create legible scale variations of icons, but executing those strategies with current tools can be challenging. In part, this is because many apparent objects, like hairlines formed by negative space, are not explicitly represented as objects in vector drawings. We present transient widgets as a mechanism for selecting and manipulating apparent objects that is independent of the underlying drawing representation. We implement transient widgets using a constraint-based editing framework; demonstrate their utility for performing the kinds of edits most common when producing scale variations of icons; and report qualitative feedback on the system from professional icon designers.
Neural implementation of fuzzy K-NN classification for seismic pattern recognition (2002)

Fuzzy K-nearest neighbor classification rule is implemented by neural network of the Hamming net and is applied to seismic first arrival picking. Two kinds of feature set are used in two experiments. The first experiment uses amplitude, mean power level, power ratio, and envelope slope as the features. The second experiment uses average amplitude and envelope at the local maximum amplitude as the features. In the training stage, the training wavelets of the first arrival are selected from the training traces, and features are generated. The fuzzy membership is then assigned to each training wavelet. In the testing stage, features of each seismic trace is generated, and each candidate local picks is selected. Then the features of each candidate local pick, through the neural network, are used to determine if the candidate is the first arrival or not. The experimental results are quite encouraging.
Automatic generation of explanation for expert systems implemented with different knowledge representations (2009)

Humans seem to have a natural instinct for wanting to understand and make sense of their environment and things in it. In expert systems (ES), explanation can be used to clarify the reasoning process to users such that they can gain a better understanding of how the system functions. With the help of good explanation facilities, a user can know why an ES is asking a particular question, how the expert system will act if given a certain input, and how the ES reaches a particular conclusion. This is especially important when an ES application is used as a high level advisor to professionals who must retain responsibility for the decisions which are made. However, most ES explanation components require acquiring additional knowledge for explanation, thus increasing the effort of implementing an ES with explanation capabilities. The primary goal of this work is to present a methodology for automatically generating explanations during and at the end of the reasoning process. The developed explanation components can deal with different knowledge representation schemes that are used by problem solving methods namely, the and confirm hypotheses that is based on the CommonKADS methodology[1], and the routine design generic task[2]. As a proof of concept the explanation components were developed and integrated into the agricultural expert system generic tool (AESGT)[3]. The developed explanation components can be easily reused with expert systems developed by the tool to automatically generate explanation for the reasoning process.