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Ligament injuries of the ankle joint (1998)

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Evaluating automatic melody segmentation aimed at music information retrieval (2002)

In this paper we investigate the effectiveness of a melody segmentation algorithm based on melodic feature. The segmentation produced by experienced music scholars have been compared with the algorithm, a random segmenter and a n-gram-based segmenter. Results showed that the algorithm is closer to manual segmentation than the other segmenters.
[IL-2, IL-2R mRNA gene expression and protein production]. (1996)

IL-2/IL-2R system plays an important role in the rejection of heart transplantation. Detection of IL-2, IL-2R mRNA transcription is significant for early diagnosis of rejection. RT-PCR makes analysis of mRNA rapid, and is sensitive and high specific.
On the Dissociation Energy of Carbon Monoxide and the Heat of Sublimation of Carbon (1947)

None of the values of the dissociation energy of carbon monoxide, $D(\mathrm{CO})$, proposed on the basis of interpretations of predissociations in the spectrum of CO is in satisfactory agreement with the results of electron-impact experiments. The only possible interpretation of these experiments gives $D(\mathrm{CO})=9.6$ ev. Compelling reasons can be given for considering this result of sufficient accuracy to make it irreconcilable with any of the values from the band spectrum. A new interpretation of the effects in the spectrum which brings agreement with the electron impact value is possible, however. It involves a potential curve with maximum for $J=0$ for the state ${a}^{\ensuremath{'}}^{3}\ensuremath{\Sigma}^{+}$ of CO which predissociates $B^{1}\ensuremath{\Sigma}^{+}$ and $b^{3}\ensuremath{\Sigma}^{+}$ at 11.11 ev. Various data favor this interpretation and its consequences. Satisfactory agreement among all data bearing on $D(\mathrm{CO})$ and ${L}_{1}(\mathrm{C})$, the heat of sublimation of carbon, can be attained in this way.
An architecture for query optimization (1982)

We describe an optimizer for relational queries to databases stored as flat files and Codasyl networks. We include sophisticated manipulations on a broad range of direct access structures (DAS's). To achieve this with minimum additional code, we allow operations like sort, scan, and join to apply to DAS's, and categorize indexes and other DAS's in terms of the operations which can be performed on them. Our storage model, based on indivisible units of access and a small set of associated physical operators, provides a uniform interface to both relational and Codasyl storage mechanisms. The optimizer derives a sequence of internal data structures at successively more detailed levels. For a given query, a graph representing an overview of alternative joins is constructed, and then used to derive a physical graph which considers the physical attributes (location and sort order) of the data objects involved. Using cost predictions and other heuristics, the optimizer prunes the physical graph to produce a final access strategy tree. This layered approach and reliance on primitive operators make explicit (and permit changes to) the universe of possible strategies for the query at hand, and ease extension of the optimizer to new storage structures.
A preliminary study on the optimal choice of an implant and its orientation in ventral hernia repair (2016)

This paper addresses the problem of ventral hernia repair. The main goals are to find an optimal surgical mesh for hernia repair and to define its optimal orientation in the abdominal wall to minimise the maximum force at the tissue-implant juncture. The optimal mesh is chosen from a set of orthotropic meshes with different stiffness ratios for typical hernia placement in the abdominal area. The implant is subjected to an anisotropic displacement field, different for the selected hernia placements. The assumed displacement fields correspond to regular human activity. Proper implantation of the mesh may determine the success of hernia repair and/or the postoperative comfort of patients. The proposed solution is based on FEM simulations of different surgical meshes behaviour. In typical hernia placements, the optimal orientation of the stiffer direction of the implant is perpendicular to the spine. However, the presented results show some cases that an oblique direction may be the optimum one.
Potential Repurposing of Known Drugs as Potent Bacterial β-Glucuronidase Inhibitors (2012)

The active metabolite of the chemotherapeutic irinotecan, SN-38, is detoxified through glucuronidation and then excreted into the gastrointestinal tract. Intestinal bacteria convert the glucuronidated metabolite back to the toxic SN-38 using β-glucuronidase (GUS), resulting in debilitating diarrhea. Inhibiting GUS activity may relieve this side effect of irinotecan. In this study, we sought to determine whether any known drugs have GUS inhibitory activity. We screened a library of Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs with a cell-free biochemical enzyme assay using purified bacterial GUS. After triage, five drugs were confirmed to inhibit purified bacterial GUS. Three of these were the monoamine oxidase inhibitors nialamide, isocarboxazid, and phenelzine with average IC(50) values for inhibiting GUS of 71, 128, and 2300 nM, respectively. The tricyclic antidepressant amoxapine (IC(50) = 388 nM) and the antimalarial mefloquine (IC(50) = 1.2 µM) also had activity. Nialamide, isocarboxazid, and amoxapine had no significant activity against purified mammalian GUS but showed potent activity for inhibiting endogenous GUS activity in a cell-based assay using living intact Escherichia coli with average IC(50) values of 17, 336, and 119 nM, respectively. Thus, nialamide, isocarboxazid, and amoxapine have potential to be repurposed as therapeutics to reduce diarrhea associated with irinotecan chemotherapy and warrant further investigation for this use.
Differences in Socioeconomic Status and Survival among White and Black Men with Prostate Cancer (2000)

After diagnosis with prostate cancer, Black men in the United States have poorer survival than White men, even after controlling for differences in cancer stage. The extent to which these racial survival differences are due to biologic versus non-biologic factors is unclear, and it has been hypothesized that differences associated with socioeconomic status (SES) might account for much of the observed survival difference. The authors examined this hypothesis in a cohort study, using cancer registry and US Census data for White and Black men with incident prostate cancer (n = 23,334) who resided in 1,005 census tracts in the San Francisco Bay Area during 1973-1993. Separate analyses were conducted using two endpoints: death from prostate cancer and death from other causes. For each endpoint, death rate ratios (Blacks vs. Whites) were computed for men diagnosed at ages <65 years and at ages > or =65 years. These data suggest that differences associated with SES do not explain why Black men die from prostate cancer at a higher rate when compared with White men with this condition. However, among men with prostate cancer, SES-associated differences appear to explain almost all of the racial difference in risk of death from other causes.
Implementation of 3D Optical Scanning Technology for Automotive Applications (2009)

Reverse engineering (RE) is a powerful tool for generating a CAD model from the 3D scan data of a physical part that lacks documentation or has changed from the original CAD design of the part. The process of digitizing a part and creating a CAD model from 3D scan data is less time consuming and provides greater accuracy than manually measuring the part and designing the part from scratch in CAD. 3D optical scanning technology is one of the measurement methods which have evolved over the last few years and it is used in a wide range of areas from industrial applications to art and cultural heritage. It is also used extensively in the automotive industry for applications such as part inspections, scanning of tools without CAD definition, scanning the casting for definition of the stock (i.e. the amount of material to be removed from the surface of the castings) model for CAM programs and reverse engineering. In this study two scanning experiments of automotive applications are illustrated. The first one examines the processes from scanning to re-manufacturing the damaged sheet metal cutting die, using a 3D scanning technique and the second study compares the scanned point clouds data to 3D CAD data for inspection purposes. Furthermore, the deviations of the part holes are determined by using different lenses and scanning parameters.
Implementing a graphical multi‐user interface toolkit (1993)

Abstract Multi‐user applications allows users in different locations to simultaneously interact with a common interface. Creating multi‐user applications is complicated by issues such as process synchronization, replicated window management, and floor control. As a result, several papers describing toolkits that simplify programming of multi‐user applications have appeared in the literature. This paper discusses several low‐level issues that must be addressed when implementing such a toolkit. Issues relating to replicated window management, supporting heterogeneous hardware environments, and multi‐user event handling are discussed.
The optimization of donor-to-acceptor feed ratios with the aim of obtaining black-to-transmissive switching polymers based on isoindigo as the electron-deficient moiety (2017)

The polymers based on isoindigo, thiophene and ProDOT were synthesized and characterized. Black to transmissive polymers were obtained by controlling the feed ratios of the units.
Proteomic analysis of date palm (<i>Phoenix dactylifera L.</i>) responses to endophytic colonization by entomopathogenic fungi (2009)

The entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana, Lecanicillium dimorphum and L. cf. psalliotae can survive and colonize living palm tissue as endophytes. The molecular interaction between these biocontrol agent fungi and the date palm Phoenix dactylifera L. was investigated using proteomic techniques. Field date palms inoculated with these fungi were analyzed 15 and 30 days after inoculation in two independent bioassays. In vitro date palms were also inoculated with B. bassiana or L. cf. psalliotae. Qualitative and quantitative differences in protein accumulation between controls (not inoculated) and inoculated palms were found using 2-DE analysis, and some of these responsive proteins could be identified using MALDI/TOF-TOF. Proteins involved in plant defence or stress response were induced in P. dactylifera leaves as a response to endophytic colonization by entomopathogenic fungi in field date palms. Proteins related with photosynthesis and energy metabolism were also affected by entomopathogenic fungi colonization. A myosin heavy chain-like protein was accumulated in in vitro palms inoculated with these fungi. This suggests that endophytic colonization by these entomopathogenic fungi modulates plant defence responses and energy metabolism in field date palms and possibly modulates the expression of cell division-related proteins in in vitro palms at proteomic level.
Variational image inpainting (2005)

Inpainting is an image interpolation problem with broad applications in image and vision analysis. Described in the current expository paper are our recent efforts in developing universal inpainting models based on the Bayesian and variational principles. Discussed in detail are several variational inpainting models built upon geometric image models, the associated Euler-Lagrange PDEs and their geometric and dynamic interpretations, as well as effective computational approaches. Novel efforts are then made to further extend this systematic variational framework to the inpainting of oscillatory textures, interpolation of missing wavelet coefficients as in the wireless transmission of JPEG2000 images, as well as light-adapted inpainting schemes motivated by Weber's law in visual perception. All these efforts lead to the conclusion that unlike many familiar image processors such as denoising, segmentation, and compression, the performance of a variational/Bayesian inpainting scheme much more crucially depends on whether the image prior model well resolves the spatial coupling (or geometric correlation) of image features. As a highlight, we show that the Besov image models appear to be less interesting for image inpainting in the wavelet domain, highly contrary to their significant roles in thresholding-based denoising and compression. Thus geometry is the single most important keyword throughout this paper. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Retributivists Need Not and Should Not Endorse the Subjectivist Account of Punishment (2009)

Response to: Adam J. Kolber, The Subjective Experience of Punishment, 109 Colum. L. Rev. 182 (2009).
Theoretical Study of Reaction Mechanisms for NCX (X = O, S) + C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub> (2003)

The reaction mechanisms for NCX (X = O, S) with C2H2 was studied theoretically. The possible reaction mechanisms of NCO + C2H2 investigated in this study were categorized into five different pathways leading to the five possible final products: HCCO + HCN, HCCO + HNC, HNCO + C2H, HONC + C2H, and HC2NCO + H, labeled in order from P1 to P5, respectively. Similar calculations were also carried out for the NCS counterpart, and the energy barriers as well as the products were compared. Direct hydrogen abstraction is favored in the formation of HNCO instead of HOCN. In contrast, it is much easier to form HSCN rather than HNCS. There are two different paths for the oxazole/thiazole formation as an intermediate, and the order of energy barriers of these two paths is opposite in NCO and NCS. The product channel of HNCO/HSCN + C2H may be kinetically favored at higher temperature. Other product channels are consistent with the experimental prediction of the formation of initial short-lifetime NCO/NCS−C2H2 adducts which then undergo rapid transformation into the products.
Rapid Automated Monitoring of Construction Site Activities Using Ultra-Wide Band (2007)

Rapid Automated Monitoring of Construction Site Activities Using Ultra-Wide Band Jochen Teizer, Davis Lao, Menache Sofer Pages 23-28 (2007 Proceedings of the 24th ISARC, Kochi, India, ISBN 978-81-904235-1-9, ISSN 2413-5844) Abstract: Monitoring construction site activities is a critical concern to most stakeholders (owners, contractors, architects, engineers, suppliers, etc.) in a construction project. Successful projects are often determined by the level of awareness of project status or work task performance. Thus, information has inherent value for real-time or near real-time decision making. Good resource procurement and resource allocation of workforce, material, and equipment comes in play when job site conditions can be efficiently and effectively assessed. Semi- or automated technologies in the data collection and assessment process can assist in making fast and confident decisions. This paper introduces an emerging technology called Ultra Wide Band (UWB) for real-time location sensing and resource tracking. The technology, its use as data collection tool, preliminary data processing algorithms, experiments, and results are presented in the context of active work zone safety and material location tracking. Many more application areas exist where UWB might impact the field and project management level to overall benefit the construction industrys competitiveness. Keywords: Ultra-Wideband, Real-time, Sensing, Monitoring, Tracking, Emergency Response, Safety, Productivity DOI: https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2007/0008 Download fulltext Download BibTex Download Endnote (RIS) TeX Import to Mendeley
La formation et la croissance des universités françaises (1914)

Lyon Georges. La formation et la croissance des universités françaises. In: Revue internationale de l'enseignement, tome 67, Janvier-Juin 1914. pp. 256-270.
IntelliPupil: Pupillometric Light Modulation for Optical See-Through Head-Mounted Displays (2018)

In practical use of optical see-through head-mounted displays, users often have to adjust the brightness of virtual content to ensure that it is at the optimal level. Automatic adjustment is still a challenging problem, largely due to the bidirectional nature of the structure of the human eye, complexity of real world lighting, and user perception. Allowing the right amount of light to pass through to the retina requires a constant balance of incoming light from the real world, additional light from the virtual image, pupil contraction, and feedback from the user. While some automatic light adjustment methods exist, none have completely tackled this complex input-output system. As a step towards overcoming this issue, we introduce IntelliPupil, an approach that uses eye tracking to properly modulate augmentation lighting for a variety of lighting conditions and real scenes. We first take the data from a small form factor light sensor and changes in pupil diameter from an eye tracking camera as passive inputs. This data is coupled with user-controlled brightness selections, allowing us to fit a brightness model to user preference using a feed-forward neural network. Using a small amount of training data, both scene luminance and pupil size are used as inputs into the neural network, which can then automatically adjust to a user's personal brightness preferences in real time. Experiments in a high dynamic range AR scenario with varied lighting show that pupil size is just as important as environment light for optimizing brightness and that our system outperforms linear models.
Aluminum Chemistry Provides Increased Shale Stability With Environmental Acceptability (1993)

Abstract Previous laboratory and field evidence have proved that complexed aluminum compounds can be utilized in water-based drilling fluids to increase shale stability. This environmentally-sound chemistry has never been used to its utmost potential, primarily because the previous aluminum complex required pre-solubilization and pH neutralization. The low aluminum concentration resulted in high dilution volumes with associated increased drilling fluids cost, while taxing the surface mixing equipment on the drilling rig. A newly invented approach simplifies the use of aluminum chemistry in drilling fluids. This new chemistry is the result of laboratory investigations that confirmed the inhibition characteristics on Wyoming bentonite. Further laboratory work proved the effectiveness of this chemistry on numerous shales of varying mineralogy. Field evidence in several areas of the world has reconfirmed that this aluminum chemistry can, cost effectively, be used to reduce the hydration rate of troublesome shales, stabilize well-bores, and reduce drilling problems. This chemistry has proved to have application when drilling troublesome shales with freshwater systems on land, seawater systems offshore, and high chloride systems in deepwater operations. This approach for drilling fluid chemistry provides an environmentally sound replacement for current additives. It demonstrates increased shale stability without the addition of potassium or chloride ions. The resulting reduction in clay hydration eliminates the need for chrome lignosulfonate additions, especially in polymer-based drilling fluids.
Hmgb3: an HMG-box family member expressed in primitive hematopoietic cells that inhibits myeloid and B-cell differentiation (2003)

Hmgb3 is a member of a family of chromatin-binding proteins that can alter DNA structure to facilitate transcription factor binding. We identified the Hmgb3 cDNA in a subtractive hybridization screen for transcripts that are preferentially expressed in hematopoietic stem cells. We inserted an internal ribosomal entry site-green fluorescence protein cassette into the 3' untranslated region of the X-linked Hmgb3 locus to identify Hmgb3-expressing cells. In adult mice, Hmgb3 mRNA is detected in bone marrow cells, primitive Lin-, c-kit+, Sca-1+, IL-7Ralpha- cells, and Ter119+ erythroid cells. We observed that long-term repopulating ability is entirely contained in the subpopulation of Lin-, c-kitHI cells that express Hmgb3. Most common lymphoid and myeloid progenitors express Hmgb3. Introduction of a retrovirus containing the Hmgb3 cDNA into mouse bone marrow stem cells demonstrated that enforced expression of Hmgb3 inhibited B-cell and myeloid differentiation. We conclude that down-regulation of Hmgb3 protein levels is an important step for myeloid and B-cell differentiation.
Josephson memory technology (1989)

Memory circuit architecture (decoder, cell, cell array, and sense circuit) is surveyed, with emphasis on implementing a memory with fast access and low power consumption. Recent progress in fabrication and circuit technology has improved memory performance. An AC powering scheme, instead of the earlier DC system, has been developed. The AC powering scheme eliminates complicated timing control, which restricts shortening access time, but introduces large power consumption and in-phase powering problems. A parallel decoding scheme that decreases the number of decoding stages is presented. It will decrease the decoding time and AND scheme decoder. An attractive OR-inverter scheme has been proposed for a decoder suitable for a memory with a large capacity. The chip performance strongly depends not only on whether the read mode is destructive or nondestructive but also on the cell connection method, which determines the line inductance. Because the cell input line inductance depends on layered construction of the lines, a planarizing technology for an Nb Josephson integrated circuit has been developed to reduce line inductance by thinning the insulators. Access time of less than 0.5 ns has been confirmed in 1-kb and 4-kb memories using the proposed memory architecture.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Development, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Activity of Gelatin/Chitosan/ZnO Nanoparticle Composite Films (2016)

In order to enhance antimicrobial activity of the film, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were incorporated in gelatin/chitosan composite film, and the physical-mechanical properties were investigated. The film-forming solution of gelatin/chitosan/ZnO films showed increased gel strength (GS), elastic modulus (G’), and viscous modulus (G’’) compared to that of the Control. Fish gelatin/chitosan/ZnO films showed lower water vapor permeability (WVP), higher glass transition temperatures (Tg), and antibacterial activities against Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, and Vibrio parahemolyticus. Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR) and microstructure studies indicated gelatin, chitosan, and ZnO interactions determined the properties of the composite film.