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Performance-Based Home Care for the Elderly: The Quality of Circumstance Protocol (2001)

The paper introduces a performance-based protocol for use by case managers in home care programs for the elderly. Drawing upon the goal attainment approach to service planning and evaluation, the protocol specifies a set of five observable conditions ranging from the highly desirable to the highly undesirable that correspond to each ADL and IADL dimension plus five other dimensions of importance to community residing frail elders. The conditions documented through the protocol provide a basis for setting explicit expectations of what can be achieved through home care interventions. The paper describes a pilot effort to test the protocol in the Massachusetts state funded home care program. Both the protocol's client assessment form and data collection guide are included as appendices.
Chemical Composition and Biological Activity of Nepeta parnassica Oils and Isolated Nepetalactones (2003)

Essential oils of Nepeta parnassica, collected at different developmental stages, were analyzed by means of GC/MS. From the fifty-five identified constituents in samples A and B, representing 94.8% and 98.7% of the oils respectively, 4a(alpha),7alpha,7alpha(beta)-nepetalactone (22.0%), 1,8-cineole (21.1%), alpha-pinene (9.5%) and 4a(alpha),7,beta,7alpha(beta)-nepetalactone (7.9%) were the major components of sample A (vegetative stage), whereas in sample B (flowering stage) the main contributors were 1,8-cineole (34.6%), 4a(alpha),7alpha,7a(alpha)-nepetalactone (17.3%), alpha-pinene (11.4%) and 4a(alpha),7alpha,7alpha(beta)-nepetalactone (8.9%). The oils were tested on human health important insects such as the Pogonomyrmex sp. ants and the Culex pipiens molestus mosquitoes with promising results on insect repellency/toxicity.
Modification of Fletcher Ovoid System for Afterloading, Using Standard-Sized Radium Tubes (Milligram and Microgram) (1963)

Intracavitary radium therapy has been proved highly effective in treating squamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix. This is evident in the results at the M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute (Houston, Texas), where the absolute five-year disease-free survival rate for Stage I cases is 93 per cent (1). These results were achieved under a treatment policy which emphasized intracavitary radium. The radium treatments were performed with the Fletcher ovoid and tandem applicators, which must be loaded with the radium tubes before being brought into the operating room and inserted into the patient. Some 265 new cases of carcinoma of the uterine cervix are treated annually in this hospital, and as the average case has two radium insertions, approximately 530 insertions are performed per year. This involves the handling of about 30 gm. of radium by the radium curators (loading and unloading the applicators), radiotherapist (inserting and removing loaded applicators), operating room nurses, anesthesiologist and assistant, recovery-room staff, diagnostic x-ray technician and assistant, transportation service, and ward nurses. In order to reduce radiation exposure to these various persons we have developed applicators which can be “afterloaded” with standard radium tubes. That is, the insertion and packing of the ovoids and tandem becomes a separate and independent procedure from placing the radium in the applicators. Thus, no radium need be handled until the patient has returned to her bed and has completed the period requiring special nursing care. This procedure has been found to eliminate radiation exposure to operating room, anesthesiology,recovery room, diagnostic x-ray, and transportation personnel. In addition, radiation exposure of the radiation therapist, radium curators, and ward nurses has been substantially reduced. Design of Ovoids and Tandems The applicators have been developed with two design restrictions: that the radiation dose around the ovoids and tandem be the same as for the preloaded applicators and that standard radium tubes be used. This has meant that the external dimension of the ovoid and the position in it of the radium tube must be the same as in the Fletcher design. In Figure 1 are shown two exterior views of the ovoids and tandems, while in Figures 2 and 3 radiographs of the ovoids, tandems, and the radium tube carriers are presented to demonstrate structural details. Compared to the preloaded applicators, the afterloaded ovoids are the same in diameter and 1 mm. greater in length. In order that the ovoid outside height be kept to this limit, i.e., 4 mm. greater than the length of the radium tube, no cap can be fitted over the cylindrical radium carrier. A double-hinge mechanism was therefore required, and this was attached to the side of the carrier. Consequently, the stem of the ovoids had to accommodate two thicknesses of tube carrier.
An Efficient QoS-Aware Bandwidth Re-Provisioning Scheme in a Next Generation Wireless Packet Transport Network (2006)

In this paper, we propose a QoS-aware efficient bandwidth re-provisioning scheme in a next generation wireless packet transport network. At the transport network layer, it classifies the traffic of the radio network layer into a real time class and a non-real time class. Using an auto-regressive time-series model and a given packet loss probability, our scheme predicts the needed bandwidth of the non-real time class at every re-provisioning interval. Our scheme increases the system capacity by releasing the unutilized bandwidth of the non-real time traffic class for the real-time traffic class while insuring a controllable upper bound on the packet loss probability of a non-real time traffic class. Through empirical evaluations using the real Internet traffic traces, our scheme is validated that it can increase the bandwidth efficiency while guaranteeing the quality of service requirements of the non-real time traffic class.
Sensitivity Penalization Based Robust State Estimation for Uncertain Linear Systems (2010)

This technical note deals with robust state estimation when parametric uncertainties nonlinearly affect a plant state-space model, based on a simultaneous minimization of nominal estimation errors and their sensitivities. An analytic solution is derived for the optimal estimator which can be recursively realized. This estimator has a form similar to the robust estimator of , and its computational complexity is comparable to the Kalman filter. Under certain conditions, this robust estimator is proved to converge to a stable system, its estimation errors have a bounded covariance matrix, and the estimate is asymptotically unbiased. Numerical simulations show that the obtained estimator has nice estimation performances.
AN ALGORITHM FOR AUDIO SKEW COMPENSATION IN LOW LATENCY ENVIRONMENTS (2005)

Applications using distributed audio face the problem of different clocks in the sender’s and receiver’s hardware. We implemented an approach to eliminate the symptoms of clock skew designed for low-latency applications in high-speed local networks by applying freedback controlled resampling to the signal. 1.
A message‐driven programming system for fine‐grain multicomputers (1994)

Abstract This paper describes an experimental message‐driven programming system for fine‐grain multicomputers. The initial target architecture is the J‐machine designed at MIT. This machine combines a unique collection of architectural features that include fine‐grain processes, on‐chip associative memory; and hardware support for process synchronization. The programming system uses these mechanisms via a simple message‐driven process model that blurs the distinction between processes and messages: messages correspond to processes that are executed elsewhere in the network. This model allows code and data to be distributed across the computers in the machine, and is supported at every stage of the program development cycle. The prototype system we have developed includes a basic set of programming tools to support the model; these include a compiler, linker, archiver, loader and microkernel. Although the concepts are language independent, our prototype system is based on GNU‐C.
Image Curvature Caused by Fringing Fields in Magnetic Sector Mass Spectrometers (1956)

The fringing field of a magnetic sector analyzer produces a curved image of a line object. This is because rays off the median plane traverse a slightly different fringing field from that traversed by those on the median plane. In this paper, the shape of the image is calculated for a general paraxial ray traveling in a plane inclined to the median plane, under the assumption that the fringing field is two-dimensional. It is found that the image is not only curved, but is broadened by an amount depending on the exact nature of the fringing field. In the special case in which all paraxial rays travel in planes parallel to the median plane, and in which the analyzer is symmetrical, a straight-line object is imaged in a line having a radius of curvature of R/2, where R is the sector radius. In this special case, the shape of the image is independent of the exact nature of the fringing field.
Insecticidal Tests Against the Brown Recluse Spider13 (1972)

Journal Article Insecticidal Tests Against the Brown Recluse Spider Get access W. J. Gladney, W. J. Gladney Entomology Research Division, Agr. Res. Serv., USDA, Kerrville, Texas 78028 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar C. C. Dawkins C. C. Dawkins Entomology Research Division, Agr. Res. Serv., USDA, Kerrville, Texas 78028 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 5, 1 October 1972, Pages 1491–1493, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/65.5.1491a Published: 01 October 1972 Article history Received: 21 December 1971 Published: 01 October 1972
Dynamics of optical pulses in periodic nonlinear fibers (2002)

Dynamics of a two-mode wave packet with strong linear and nonlinear (cross-modulation) coupling is investigated. The effect of the initial conditions of the pulse excitation on its further transformation is considered. The possibility to control the dispersion parameters of the wave packet by varying the initial conditions of its input is pointed out. The effective parameters of the dispersion and nonlinearity that govern the dynamics of an optical pulse in a periodic nonlinear fiber light guide are obtained.
Is Pentane a Normal Constituent of Human Breath? (1993)

Breath analysis is a non-invasive method for investigation of the volatile compounds produced by humans. Pentane has often been taken as an indicator of lipid peroxidation. Our purpose in this study was to determine its normal concentration in the breath of healthy humans. Using a specific and sensitive gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technique pentane concentrations in breath were lower than 10 pmoles/l. The high levels of pentane found by some authors in healthy humans were probably due to the coelution of pentane with isoprene, a volatile hydrocarbon present in human breath.
A Computational-Intelligence-Based Approach for Detection of Exudates in Diabetic Retinopathy Images (2009)

Currently, there is an increasing interest for setting up medical systems that can screen a large number of people for sight threatening diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy. This paper presents a method for automated identification of exudate pathologies in retinopathy images based on computational intelligence techniques. The color retinal images are segmented using fuzzy c-means clustering following some preprocessing steps, i.e., color normalization and contrast enhancement. The entire segmented images establish a dataset of regions. To classify these segmented regions into exudates and nonexudates, a set of initial features such as color, size, edge strength, and texture are extracted. A genetic-based algorithm is used to rank the features and identify the subset that gives the best classification results. The selected feature vectors are then classified using a multilayer neural network classifier. The algorithm was implemented using a large image dataset consisting of 300 manually labeled retinal images, and could identify affected retinal images with 96.0% sensitivity while it recognized 94.6% of the normal images, i.e., the specificity. Moreover, the proposed scheme illustrated an accuracy including 93.5% sensitivity and 92.1% predictivity for identification of retinal exudates at the pixel level.
Gin (1992)

Describes the nature of gin and how it got its name, the history of gin from its creation for use as a medicine, its rise in popularity and how this created a major social problem through to its current regained respectability, the range of botanicals used in its production with the sources of the major ingredients. Explains its production, describing the gin still operation and the subsequent dilution and blending, the range of different types of gins available throughout the world, including both “true” gins and other beverages known as gin.
Exercise-induced coronary angiogenesis (1994)

Numerous studies have examined the effects of exercise training on coronary angiogenesis. Although the conclusions drawn from these studies are sometimes conflicting, variabilities in training (magnitude, type and intensity), age and other factors need to be closely examined. Most studies on young animals indicate that capillary growth occurs providing that the training intensity is appropriate. Furthermore, there is evidence that growth of arteries and resistance vessels can occur as indicated by 1) direct measurements of vessels and 2) calculation of minimal coronary vascular resistance during pharmacologically induced vasodilation. Although the mechanism(s) underlying exercise-induced angiogenesis is unknown, mechanical events associated with increased flow and/or increased venous return, as well as resting bradycardia may serve to trigger growth factors involved in mitogenic, migratory, and tube formation of endothelial cells. In contrast, exercise training per se does not appear to enhance collateral vessel growth. However, there is evidence that collateral growth is accelerated with training in animals with coronary artery occlusion.
Activation/inactivation of the classical pathway of complement in non‐lesional skin of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (2005)

CD59 is overexpressed in non-lesional skin in which complement activation has occurred. It seems likely that an increased and continuous CD59 expression may be important for maintaining the integrity of the skin BMZ during inflammatory responses involving complement activation in SLE skin. Alahlafi A, Wordsworth P, Wojnarowska F. Activation/inactivation of the classical pathway of complement in non-lesional skin of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Rosuvastatin pharmacokinetics in heart transplant recipients administered an antirejection regimen including cyclosporine (2004)

Rosuvastatin exposure was significantly increased in transplant recipients on an antirejection regimen including cyclosporine. Cyclosporine inhibition of OATP-C-mediated rosuvastatin hepatic uptake may be the mechanism of the drug-drug interaction. Coadministration of rosuvastatin with cyclosporine needs to be undertaken with caution.
The Use of Germicidal Lamps to Control Tuberculosis in Healthcare Facilities (1993)

The transmission of tuberculosis in healthcare settings is a recognized hazard, and recent outbreaks involving multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have heightened workers' concerns. Much of the transmission of tuberculosis that occurs in healthcare settings is from patients with unrecognized active disease who are not on effective therapy or who are not isolated for the entire period–from admission until their infection is under control. This article discusses the use of environmental and engineering control measures, in particular germicidal lamps, to reduce healthcare worker exposure to mycobacteria. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described the use of germicidal lamps as controversial the American Thoracic Society has considered them supplemental interventions not intended to substitute for standard tuberculosis control practices, and some occupational health specialists have questioned their safety. On the other hand, some physicians believe that germicidal lamps are underused and the hazards associated with their use exaggerated. Given the constraints associated with many engineering controls and with respirators, it is clear we need to have available the widest choice of interventions to ensure the best protection for all workers and clients. This article discusses where germicidal lamps fit among tuberculosis control measures and addresses general questions about their use.
Segmentation of patent claims for improving their readability (2014)

Good readability of text is important to ensure efficiency in communication and eliminate risks of misunderstanding. Patent claims are an example of text whose readability is often poor. In this paper, we aim to improve claim readability by a clearer presentation of its content. Our approach consist in segmenting the original claim content at two levels. First, an entire claim is segmented to the components of preamble, transitional phrase and body, using a rule-based approach. Second, a conditional random field is trained to segment the components into clauses. An alternative approach would have been to modify the claim content which is, however, prone to also changing the meaning of this legal text. For both segmentation levels, we report results from statistical evaluation of segmentation performance. In addition, a qualitative error analysis was performed to understand the problems underlying the clause segmentation task. Our accuracy in detecting the beginning and end of preamble text is 1.00 and 0.97, respectively. For the transitional phase, these numbers are 0.94 and 1.00 and for the body text, 1.00 and 1.00. Our precision and recall in the clause segmentation are 0.77 and 0.76, respectively. The results give evidence for the feasibility of automated claim and clause segmentation, which may help not only inventors, researchers, and other laypeople to understand patents but also patent experts to avoid future legal cost due to litigations.
A 200mW 100MHz-to-4GHz 11<sup>th</sup>-order complex analog memory polynomial predistorter for wireless infrastructure RF amplifiers (2013)

The trend toward heterogeneous networks encompassing legacy high-power base stations (macro-BTS) with lightweight and easy to deploy small cells calls for inexpensive and efficient Power Amplifier (PA) linearizers. Current macro-BTSs relying on Digital Predistortion Techniques (DPD) are too power hungry and costly to be used in small cells. In this paper, we present a fully integrated, 11th-order, 4-memory term, temperature-compensated complex analog polynomial predistorter. It is implemented in 0.18μm CMOS, does not require calibration and offers up to 25dB linearity improvement. Several integrated [1,2] and discrete [3,4] implementations of Analog Predistorters (APD) have been published. This paper reports a complex high-order predistorter integrating the RF and the IF on the same die (RFPD).
Paper-based Document Authentication using Digital Signature and QR Code (2012)

There are still needs for paper-based documents in certain circumstances where electronic documents cannot efficiently replace them. For example, documents issued by the government such as birth certificates, driver licenses, and passports must be paper-based. With advanced scanning and printing technologies, paper-based document fraud can easily be conducted without significant high cost. In this paper, an implementation of paper-based document authentication is presented. The integrity of the text message and the author of the document can be verified with the use of a digital signature and QR code. The proposed method can be automatic or semi-automatic. It is semi-automatic when the OCR is not accurate and it requires the user to visually compare the text message on the paper and the one obtained from the QR code; however, this method does provide convenience for the user in dealing with a large amount of documents.
Variation in Sensitivity to Heat Shock during the Cell-cycle of Chinese Hamster Cells<i>in Vitro</i> (1971)

SummaryWhen asynchronous cells were exposed for 4–100 min to heat shocks of 43·5–46·5°c, a sigmoidal relationship between survival and duration of heat treatment was observed. From an Arrhenius plot, an activation energy of 140 800 cal/mole was calculated, which is similar to that reported for the heat denaturation of several proteins.Heating of synchronous cells, obtained by the selective removal of mitotic cells from an asynchronous population, revealed that the mitotic and S phases were the most sensitive, primarily indicated by the smaller shoulders on the survival curves compared with the curve for cells heated in the resistant G1 phase. The mitotic cells failed to complete cytokinesis and appeared in the next division as tetraploid cells. For heat treatments which reduced the survival to only 50 per cent, the mitotic delay was about 11 hours (regardless of the phase heated). These results for heat contrast sharply with results for x-irradiation.
Production and Degradation of Oxalic Acid by Brown Rot Fungi (1991)

Our results show that all of the brown rot fungi tested produce oxalic acid in liquid as well as in semisolid cultures. Gloeophyllum trabeum, which accumulates the lowest amount of oxalic acid during decay of pine holocellulose, showed the highest polysaccharide-depolymerizing activity. Semisolid cultures inoculated with this fungus rapidly converted C-labeled oxalic acid to CO(2) during cellulose depolymerization. The other brown rot fungi also oxidized C-labeled oxalic acid, although less rapidly. In contrast, semisolid cultures inoculated with the white rot fungus Coriolus versicolor did not significantly catabolize the acid and did not depolymerize the holocellulose during decay. Semisolid cultures of G. trabeum amended with desferrioxamine, a specific iron-chelating agent, were unable to lower the degree of polymerization of cellulose or to oxidize C-labeled oxalic acid to the extent or at the rate that control cultures did. These results suggest that both iron and oxalic acid are involved in cellulose depolymerization by brown rot fungi.
External modifiers in Georgian (2016)

This paper addresses the issue of stranded modifiers and null heads through two otherwise unrelated constructions in Georgian. In each construction, a word in the oblique form modifies part of the complex word following it. It is shown that null modifiers in Georgian have a form different from that of the modifiers in the constructions at issue, and the latter cannot have null heads. However, Baker’s (1988) approach is not easily compatible with the derivational morphology of these examples. I propose an analysis in terms of Beard (1991), which addresses other bracketing paradoxes by permitting “the semantic features of an attribute [to] subjoin with one and only one semantic feature of its head” (1991: 208). In this way I suggest a unified analysis of the two construction types, drawing on a mechanism that must be included in the grammar for non-derived words as well.