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VPFS (2008)

In this paper we present the lessons we learned when developing VPFS, a virtual private file system that is based on both a small amount of trusted storage and an untrusted legacy file system residing on the same machine. VPFS' purpose is to provide secure and reliable storage to highly sensitive applications running on top of a microkernel, which may concurrently execute untrusted software. The confidentiality and integrity guarantees of VPFS do not only apply to file contents, but also to all meta data including integrity of the directory structure. We explored design alternatives that allow us to securely reuse untrusted infrastructure and thereby minimize the complexity that a file-system implementation adds to the trusted computing base. VPFS is split into two isolated components. A small trusted component implements all security-critical functionality, whereas the untrusted part reuses an existing file-system implementation provided by a virtualized legacy operating system that can be untrusted. In our VPFS prototype, alternative configurations of the trusted component comprise only between 4,000 and 4,600 lines of code, which is at least an order of magnitude smaller than existing commodity file-system stacks.
Indomethacin Does Not Affect Endogenous Glucose Production in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (2001)

In healthy subjects, basal endogenous glucose production is partly regulated by paracrine intrahepatic factors. It is currently unknown whether paracrine intrahepatic factors also influence the increased basal endogenous glucose production in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Administration of indomethacin to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus stimulates endogenous glucose production and inhibits insulin secretion. Our aim was to evaluate whether this stimulatory effect on glucose production is solely attributable to inhibition of insulin secretion. In order to do this, we administered indomethacin to 5 patients with type 2 diabetes during continuous infusion of somatostatin to block endogenous insulin and glucagon secretion and infusion of basal concentrations of insulin and glucagon in a placebo-controlled study. Endogenous glucose production was measured 3 hours after the start of the somatostatin, insulin and glucagon infusion, for 4 hours after administration of placebo/indomethacin, by primed, continuous infusion of [6,6-(2)H(2)] glucose. At the time of administration of placebo or indomethacin, there were no significant differences in plasma glucose concentrations and endogenous glucose production rates between the two experiments (16.4 +/- 2.09 mmol/l vs. 16.6 +/- 1.34 mmol/l and 17.7 +/- 1.05 micromol/kg/min and 17.0 +/- 1.06 micromol/kg/min), control vs. indomethacin). Plasma glucose concentration did not change significantly in the four hours after indomethacin or placebo administration. Endogenous glucose production in both experiments was similar after both placebo and indomethacin. Mean plasma C-peptide concentrations were all below the detection limit of the assay, reflecting adequate suppression of endogenous insulin secretion by somatostatin. There were no differences in plasma concentrations of insulin (76 +/- 5 vs. 74 +/- 4 pmol/l) and glucagon (69 +/- 8 vs. 71 +/- 6 ng/l) between the studies with levels remaining unchanged in both experiments. Plasma concentrations of cortisol, epinephrine, and norepinephrine were similar in the two studies and did not change significantly. We conclude that indomethacin stimulates endogenous glucose production in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by inhibition of insulin secretion.
Transposable Elements in Filamentous Fungi (2003)

The past 10 years have been productive in the characterization of fungal transposable elements (TEs). All eukaryotic TEs described are found including an extraordinary prevalence of active members of the pogo family. The role of TEs in mutation and genome organization is well documented, leading to significant advances in our perception of the mechanisms underlying genetic changes in these organisms. TE-mediated changes, associated with transposition and recombination, provide a broad range of genetic variation, which is useful for natural populations in their adaptation to environmental constraints, especially for those lacking the sexual stage. Interestingly, some fungal species have evolved distinct silencing mechanisms that are regarded as host defense systems against TEs. The examination of forces acting on the evolutionary dynamics of TEs should provide important insights into the interactions between TEs and the fungal genome. Another issue of major significance is the practical applications of TEs in gene tagging and population analysis, which will undoubtedly facilitate research in systematic biology and functional genomics.
Prediction of Treatment Response for Combined Chemo- and Radiation Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Using a Bio-Mathematical Model (2017)

The goal of this work was to develop a mathematical model to predict Kaplan-Meier survival curves for chemotherapy combined with radiation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer patients for use in clinical trial design. The Gompertz model was used to describe tumor growth, radiation effect was simulated by the linear-quadratic model with an α/β-ratio of 10, and chemotherapy effect was based on the log-cell kill model. To account for repopulation during treatment, we considered two independent methods: 1) kickoff-repopulation using exponential growth with a decreased volume doubling time, or 2) Gompertz-repopulation using the gradually accelerating growth rate with tumor shrinkage. The input parameters were independently estimated by fitting to the SEER database for untreated tumors, RTOG-8808 for radiation only, and RTOG-9410 for sequential chemo-radiation. Applying the model, the benefit from concurrent chemo-radiation comparing to sequential for stage III patients was predicted to be a 6.6% and 6.2% improvement in overall survival for 3 and 5-years respectively, comparing well to the 5.3% and 4.5% observed in RTOG-9410. In summary, a mathematical model was developed to model tumor growth over extended periods of time, and can be used for the optimization of combined chemo-radiation scheduling and sequencing.
Design and Construction of Joints in Concrete Pavements with a supplement on Sturctural Design of Joints for Airport Pavements (1950)

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Attenuation Equalizing Filter in Diagnostic Radiography:Advantages Calculated by A Monte Carlo Technique L. Kusoffsky (1976)

The value of an attenuation equalizing filter (equalizer) has been examined by calculation using a Monte Carlo technique. The contrast enhancement caused by the equalizer is the net result of three factors: (1) The first factor arises from the contrast change caused by the difference in detector characteristics at the different energies absorbed in the detector with and without equalizer. (2) The second factor is due to the contrast change caused by the different ratios of primary to total radiation reaching the detector. (3) Finally, the third factor describes how the transparency of the object is changed by the different primary filtration with equalizer. An example is given of the reduction in radiation energy absorbed by the patient and the question of how far the attenuation equalization can be driven is discussed.
Decline and Fall (1960)

However stifling the policies of the United States since World War II, American progressives have assumed that some bright day, sooner or later, these dreary blunderings must come to an end. Then this nightmarish old regime will give way to a brave new era, and a rejuvenated America will resume its place in the forward march of civilization. Socialism perchance will displace capitalism. Just how this great transition will take place evokes bitter arguments. But that it will somehow occur has seldom been seriously doubted. Long-run optimism has been the common premise of the contending splinters on the American Left.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.
Coupling of modes on a cylindrical tapered dielectric rod (1969)

Surface wave propagation along a tapered cylindrical dielectric rod is described in the form of a coupled mode theory which includes the effects of the radiation field. Analytical results are presented for a multimode taper, linear to first order in the taper angle, excited by the dominant HE <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">11</inf> surface wave.
The measurement of velocity dispersion and frequency-dependent intrinsic attenuation in sedimentary rocks (1997)

Abstract A series of experiments to determine the elastic properties of a sequence of saturated sedimentary rocks over as wide a frequency range as possible was carried out at the Imperial College borehole test site. These experiments fall into four categories: vertical seismic profiles (VSPs) within the frequency range 30-280 Hz, crosshole surveys (0.2-2.3 kHz), sonic logging (8-24 kHz), and laboratory measurements (300-900 kHz). The intrinsic attenuation and velocity of compressional and shear waves were measured whenever possible. Velocity dispersion is observed for both compressional and shear waves. The intrinsic attenuation of compressional waves is frequency dependent with a peak in the attenuation in the sonic frequency band. The data were modeled assuming the attenuation is caused by local fluid flow in pores of small aspect ratio. The modeling indicates that the intrinsic attenuation may be dominated by cracks with aspect ratios of around 10 (super -3) to 10 (super -4) .
A computer algorithm for the synthesis of spatial frequency filters (1967)

A digital-computer algorithm is described for synthesizing Fourier transform holograms to be used as spatial frequency filters. The spatial frequency content of the hologram is reduced over that obtained by the conventional off-axis method. Experimental results are shown where a "TI" pattern is reconstructed. An optical analog is also described.
Calcium salts in the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in hemodialysis patients (2003)

At present, evidence incriminating calcium-containing phosphate binders in the progression of cardiovascular calcification in end-stage renal disease remains largely circumstantial. As calcium acetate is more efficacious and cost-effective than sevelamer, it remains an accepted first-line drug. Treatment with sevelamer hydrochloride should be considered for patients with persistent hypercalcemia during calcium-based binder therapy despite appropriate adjustment of vitamin D therapy.
Purchasing's Interaction with Customers: The Effects on Customer Satisfaction—A Case Study (1996)

A significant number of purchasing organizations find themselves working to improve both their image and customer satisfaction. This article describes the experiences of a purchasing organization, in one division of an oil company, that had tried unsuccessfully for ten years to improve customer satisfaction by measuring performance and improving supplier reliability. Management then employed a somewhat broader approach to improving purchasing performance in the area of capital equipment purchases: interacting more closely with internal customers. To evaluate the effects of this approach on customer satisfaction, upper‐ and middle‐level managers in purchasing's two largest internal customer organizations, Engineering and Maintenance, were surveyed—first in the Northern Division, where both past efforts and the current intervention had been implemented, and in a similar division, the Southern Division, where only past efforts had been applied. The results indicate that interacting more closely with customers can improve customer perceptions of purchasing's responsiveness and professionalism, but that technical knowledge may play a greater role in improving perceptions of the value added by purchasing. The experiences of this purchasing organization provide general insights on approaches to perceived performance improvement.
Medical Applications and Healthcare Based on Cloud Computing (2013)

Cloud computing supports mobile and collaborative applications and services. Increased storage, high automation, flexibility, and reduced cost are a few advantages cloud computing offers. Using cloud computing can improve healthcare services delivery for patients. In this paper, the categories and service models of cloud computing, its technology intelligence, diverse applications in medical services and healthcare, and biometrics-based authentication for information security were presented. Issues related to privacy, security, barriers to applications, and compliance with acts in healthcare were also presented.
Radiation from a rectangular waveguide with a lossy flange (1994)

The radiation from a rectangular waveguide with a lossy flange coating is studied both analytically and experimentally. An analytic method using Fourier analysis and an impedance boundary condition is proposed. The experiment was performed using a flange covered with a rubber ferrite sheet at an X-band frequency. The numerical and measured results agree well and show that the lossy flange improves the E-plane radiation pattern and the crosspolar radiation. A boresight gain drop of about 2 db is predicted theoretically and measured experimentally.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Chemistry Science of Change (1993)

The atomic nature of matter chemical equations and reaction yields chemical periodicity and the formation of simple compounds chemical reactions the gaseous state condensed phases chemical equilibrium acid-base equilibria solubility equilibria thermochemistry spontaneous change and equilibrium redox reactions and electrochemistry electrochemistry and cell voltage chemical kinetics fundamental particles and nuclear chemistry quantum mechanics and the hydrogen atom many-electron atoms and chemical bonding molecular orbitals and spectroscopy co-ordination complexes structure and bonding in solids silicon and solid-state materials chemical processes chemistry of ogens from petroleum to pharmaceuticals polymers - natural and synthetic.
Thermal Diffusivity of Dispersed Materials (1978)

Measurements have been made of the effective thermal diffusivity at room temperature of composites consisting of one phase randomly dispersed in a second phase. The method is based on the flash technique. Data are presented for four types of composites ranging in particle-to-matrix diffusivity ratios from 0.48 to 1137, in volume specific heat ratios 0.04 to 1.16, and in volume fraction of dispersed particle from zero up to 34 percent. The results show that the limitations of the concept of an effective thermal diffusivity are far beyond the situations to which it is currently applied in the transient state heat conduction problems. Values of effective diffusivities derived from values of the effective thermal conductivity calculated from the Bruggeman variable-dispersion equation are found to agree well with the measured diffusivity values.
Hematopoietic destruction in Marek's disease. (1970)

Hematopoietic destructive lesions, characterized by necrosis and loss of architecture in the bursa of Fabricius and thymus, were observed consistently in second-generation specific-pathogen-free X Line 7 (SPF X L7-F2) cross chickens inoculated at 1 day with an acute form of Marek's disease (MD) agent. In addition, there was a drastic reduction in packed cell volume and lack of hematopoiesis. Serologic examination of the dams of these chicks revealed an absence of antibody to MD-associated herpesvirus. The incidence of hematopoietic destructive lesions was reduced when genetically similar chicks from artificially immunized antibody-positive dams were inoculated with acute MD agent. The unusual response in chicks inoculated with acute MD is thought to be explainable on the basis of varying degrees of passive protection through maternal antibody. Chicks without such protection are more prone to develop aplasia of bone marrow and necrosis of bursal and thymic lymphoid elements.
Effect of Thermal Expansion on the Stability of Two-Reactant Flames (1987)

Abstract The full problem of flame stability for the two-rea ctant model, taking into account thermal expan sion effects for all disturbance wave length s, is examined. II is found that the existing results for one-reactant flames apply 10 this problem. with an appropriate interpretation of Lewis numbers
A learning algorithm for tuning fuzzy inference rules (1999)

In this paper, by using the gradient descent method we propose a tuning approach to obtain optimal fuzzy inference rules in which the membership functions are nonsymmetrical triangular-type membership functions. In the tuning approach, the representation of the fuzzy rule table does not change even after the learning which shows that it is intuitive and convenient for practical fuzzy applications. Moreover the efficiency of the presented method is also demonstrated by means of identifying nonlinear systems.
Folk Dance: Danish Bonnets and Boots (2011)

A dance performance in Dunedin by Danish folk dancers and musicians is described. A high point of the performance are the dancers' traditional peasant costumes.
A Probabilistic Framework for Geometry Reconstruction using Prior Information (2007)

In this paper, we propose a probabilistic framework for reconstructing scene geometry utilizing prior knowledge of a class of scenes, for example, scenes captured by a camera mounted on a vehicle driving through city streets. In this framework, we assume the video camera is calibrated, i.e., the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters are known all the time. While we assume a single camera moving during capturing, the framework can be generalized to multiple cameras as well. Traditional approaches try to match the points, lines or patches in multiple images to reconstruct scene geometry. The proposed framework also takes advantage of each patch's appearance and location to infer its orientation using prior information based on statistical learning from training data. The prior hence enhances the geometry reconstruction performance. We show that prior-based 3D reconstruction outperforms traditional 3D reconstruction with both synthetic data and real data, especially in the textureless areas.
Security Is Not Enough! On Privacy Challenges in Smart Grids (2012)

Smart Grid solutions are being rolled out at large scale these days. While security concerns are addressed on various levels and sophisticated technical measures applied, privacy issues are still not fully understood yet. The generation of high-frequency meter readings exposes customers to new threats. Various politic initiatives thus aim towards a strong regulatory framework to enable an appropriate protection of the customers' privacy. We argue that finally the only effective measure is to avoid the production of personalized fine-grained meter readings. However, it is important to study the impact of available technical privacy protection concepts on smart grid services, including demand management, load forecasting and energy theft protection, which typically rely on these data. Therefore, in this paper we outline the privacy challenge and the concept of privacy-by-design. In particular, we discuss privacy protection methods and compare them in terms of applicability and impact on smart grid services.
Fullerene‐Like Rare‐Earth Nanoparticles (2003)

A low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis has been employed to prepare the title materials in the form of their fluorides and hydroxides. Electron microscopy reveals their hollow and closed-cage structures (see HRTEM image). Such nanostructures can be expected to bring forth new opportunities in important research and application fields, such as biological labeling, luminescence, and catalysis.
Substituent effects upon efficiency of excited-state acetophenones produced on thermolysis of 3,4-diaryl-3,4-dimethyl-1,2-dioxetanes (1987)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTSubstituent effects upon efficiency of excited-state acetophenones produced on thermolysis of 3,4-diaryl-3,4-dimethyl-1,2-dioxetanesWilliam H. Richardson, Diana L. Stiggal-Estberg, Zhangping Chen, John C. Baker, David M. Burns, and Sherman David G.Cite this: J. Org. Chem. 1987, 52, 14, 3143–3150Publication Date (Print):July 1, 1987Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 July 1987https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jo00390a033https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00390a033research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views326Altmetric-Citations10LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-AlertscloseSupporting Info (1)»Supporting Information Supporting Information Get e-Alerts
p14<sup>ARF</sup>, p15<sup>INK4b</sup>and p16<sup>INK4a</sup>Methylation Status in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (2004)

The INK4 family of proteins p15INK4b, p14ARF and p16INK4a function as cell cycle inhibitors where they are involved in the inhibition of G1 phase progression. Methylation of the p15INK4b promoter never seems to occur in solid tumors but is a major gene silencing mechanism in hematological malignancies. p14ARF and p16INK4a promoter methylation often occurs in solid tumors but also in leukemias and lymphomas. In chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), only a few reports have been published regarding INK4 methylation and the results of the literature are discordant. Thus clearly, more works on large series have to be performed independently.
Sherlock Holmes investigates the EPR paradox (1995)

"The problem does not sound too dramatic, Mr Holmes. It is hardly in the same league as murder or kidnapping. Yet it has the best brains in our forensic department baffled. The chemists are scratching their heads and our physicist declares it quite the spookiest thing he has come across. Here is the cause of our troubles." Lestrade pulled a lottery card from the pocket of his police uniform.