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Feasibility of Conducting a 6-Months Long Home-based Exercise Program with Protein Supplementation in Elderly Community-dwelling Individuals with Heart Failure (2017)

These findings suggest that with a larger cohort, this intervention may show significant positive effects for elderly patients who are at risk of developing cardiac cachexia.
Pharmacologic and genetic inhibition of G6PD activity attenuates right ventricle pressure and hypertrophy elicited by hypoxia and VEGF inhibitor+hypoxia (2020)

Background and Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a disease of hyperplasia of pulmonary vascular cells. The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) – a fundamental glucose metabolism pathway – is vital for cell growth. Because treatment for PH is inadequate, our goal was to determine whether inhibition of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), the rate-limiting enzyme of the PPP, prevents maladaptive gene expression that promotes smooth muscle cell (SMC) growth, reduces pulmonary artery remodeling, and normalizes hemodynamics in experimental models of PH. Experimental Approach: PH was induced in mice by exposure to 10% oxygen (Hx) or weekly injection of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor blocker (Sugen5416 (SU); 20 mg.kg-1) during exposure to hypoxia (Hx+SU), and in rats by injecting SU, exposure to 3 weeks Hx, and then 5 weeks normoxia. G6PD inhibitor (PDD4091;1.5 mg kg-1) was injected daily during exposure to Hx. We measured right ventricular (RV) pressure and left ventricular (LV) pressure-volume relationships, and gene expression in lungs of normoxic, Hx, and Hx+SU, and G6PD inhibitor-treated, mice and rats. Key Results: RV systolic and end-diastolic pressures were higher in Hx and Hx+SU than normoxic-control mice. Hx and Hx+SU decreased expression of epigenetic modifiers, increased hypomethylation of the DNA, and induced aberrant gene expression in lungs. G6PD inhibition decreased maladaptive expression of genes and SMC growth, reduced pulmonary vascular remodeling, and decreased RV pressures, compared to untreated PH groups. Conclusions and Implications: Inhibition of G6PD efficaciously reduces RV pressure overload in Hx and Hx+SU mice and rats and appears to be a safe pharmacotherapeutic strategy.
Exploitation of enhanced fluorescence via cross coupling principles towards the design of an optical integrated thin-film sensor for nanotechnology and biomedical applications (2002)

A novel fluorescence thin-film integrated sensor has been proposed that retains the beneficial selectivity characteristics typical of optical and electronic sensors, while improving the signal-to-noise ratio in a miniature geometry. The sensor can be tuned to measure a wide variety of biological species by varying its thin-film corrugation period. The optical properties of the sensor are determined, in large part, by optical cross coupling through corrugated metal film and enhanced fluorescence. The surface plasmon-surface plasmon cross coupling was theoretically modeled and experimentally tested. Finally, prospective applications of this sensor in key areas of nanotechnology and bioengineering are discussed.
An Inner Medullary Concentrating Process Actuated by Renal Pelvic/Calyceal Muscle Contractions: Assessment and Hypothesis (2009)

We propose a mechanism of an inner medullary concentrating process in which water extraction is accomplished by a colloid osmotic mechanism and hydrostatic pressure. There are 3 essential features of the proposal: 1. the fluid compartmental structure of the inner medullary interstitium: owing to molecular exclusion, negatively charged macromolecules, i.e. hyaluronan and extravasated plasma albumin form separate compartments (the HA and the EPA compartments); the resulting Gibbs-Donnan effect governs the movements of both ions and water. 2. NaCl, in high concentration in the inner medulla conditioned by the outer medullary countercurrent processes, significantly reduces the equilibrium colloid osmotic pressure between these compartments. 3. Urea, also accumulated here by special transport mechanisms, increases the mobility of water molecules and the flexibility of the HA fibrils by loosening hydrogen bonds. These features suggest that rhythmic, small pressure increases of the pelvic/calyceal muscles squeeze dilute fluid out of the HA compartment and, at the same time, accelerate the outflow of fluid and albumin into the ascending vasa recta from the EPA compartment. Further, they suggest a mechanism for the phenomenon that living organisms utilize hydrostatic pressure generated by muscle contractions in water economy namely, concentrating and diluting body fluids.
ChemInform Abstract: STEROIDS. 2. SYNTHESIS OF C‐18 FUNCTIONALIZED STEROIDS VIA THE SMITH‐HUGHES ROUTE (1985)

Abstract Gemäß Formelschema erhält man über die Schlüsselverbindung (V) das Diol (VI) sowie die Ketone (VIII), (X) und (XI), von denen die Ketone nur geringe Aktivität im Clauberg‐ und anti‐Clauberg‐Versuch besitzen.
Non-Abelian gauge fields with fiber optics and beyond (2021)

We observe the non-Abelian Aharonov–Bohm effect by synthesizing non- Abelian gauge fields in a fiber-optic interferometer, enabled by multiple time-reversal sym- metry breaking in orthogonal bases of the Hilbert space. Based on the realized building blocks of non-Abelian gauge fields, We introduce and study a type of non-Abelian Hof- stadter models.
A Fiber Optic Binary Switch for Aircraft Application (2006)

An optic binary switch for aircraft application is investigated. A fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer (FFPI) bonded to a cantilever exhibits excellent linearity as a force sensor. White light inteferometry (WLI) system is used to monitor the elongation of FFPI. With proper threshholding, the system produces a binary output.
Ascariasis Producing Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (1983)

We report a case of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to ascariasis in a young Sri Lankan patient. She presented with hemetemesis and melena. Endoscopically several ascaris lumbricoides were seen in the stomach and duodenum.
Security for wireless internet access (2002)

The rapid growth of the Internet and the explosion of wireless networks have led to new and interesting questions in security. Unlike other fields, security strongly relies on the paradigm “Old is good.” In fact, it takes several years before any security algorithm gains credibility. A relatively new and emerging paradigm, proof-theoretic cryptography, attempts to reduce this “waiting time” for acceptance. In this paper, we survey our research conducted in Lucent Technologies' wireless technology labs on proof-theoretic cryptography. The exposition will be based on some applications to third-generation (3G) wireless systems. Specifically, using the Secure Hash algorithm (SHA) and making various assumptions about its properties, we show how to create a provably secure block cipher, cryptographic pseudorandom generator, and pseudorandom function.3
Near Term Applications of Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Research (2009)

For the past 15 years, the Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) fusion group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been conducting experiments to demonstrate that there can be many near term applications of fusion research long before the production of electricity in commercial fusion power plants. This research has concentrated on three fuel cycles: DD, D3He, and 3He3He. Some of the major accomplishments are listed below:a. The production of > 108 DD neutrons per second on a steady state basisb. The production of pulsed DD neutrons to over 1010 per second in 10Hz, 100 μs bursts.c. The production of 14.7 MeV protons at > 108 per second (steady state) from the D3He reaction.d. Demonstrated the detection of the explosive C-4 with steady state DD neutrons.e. Demonstrated the detection of Highly Enriched U (HEU) with pulsed DD neutron fluxes.f. Production of the positron emission tomography (PET) isotopes, 94mTc and 13Nusing D3He protons.g. Production of the first measured 3He3He fusion reactions in an IEC device.h. Development of unique diagnostic techniques to measure the rate, spectrum, and location of fusion reactions in IEC devices.i. Use of an IEC device to study the behavior of materials at high temperature during charged particle bombardment.The accomplishments above were carried out in 3 devices HOMER, 3HeCTRE, and HELIOS that have operated up to 180 kV and meter currents of 65 mA. New applications are currently being explored and expanded roles for the IEC device will be described.
Contextual ASR Adaptation for Conversational Agents (2018)

Statistical language models (LM) play a key role in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems used by conversational agents. These ASR systems should provide a high accuracy under a variety of speaking styles, domains, vocabulary and argots. In this paper, we present a DNN-based method to adapt the LM to each user-agent interaction based on generalized contextual information, by predicting an optimal, context-dependent set of LM interpolation weights. We show that this framework for contextual adaptation provides accuracy improvements under different possible mixture LM partitions that are relevant for both (1) Goal-oriented conversational agents where it's natural to partition the data by the requested application and for (2) Non-goal oriented conversational agents where the data can be partitioned using topic labels that come from predictions of a topic classifier. We obtain a relative WER improvement of 3% with a 1-pass decoding strategy and 6% in a 2-pass decoding framework, over an unadapted model. We also show up to a 15% relative improvement in recognizing named entities which is of significant value for conversational ASR systems.
HSP27, ALDH6A1 and Prohibitin Act as a Trio-biomarker to Predict Survival in Late Metastatic Prostate Cancer (2018)

Trio-biomarker composed of HSP27, ALDH6A1 and prohibitin may predict survival of metastatic prostate cancer patients.
Spectrum Sensing of Signals with Structured Covariance Matrices Using Covariance Matching Estimation Techniques (2011)

In this work, we consider spectrum sensing of Gaussian signals with structured covariance matrices. We show that the optimal detector based on the probability distribution of the sample covariance matrix is equivalent to the optimal detector based on the raw data, if the covariance matrices are known. However, the covariance matrices are unknown in general. Therefore, we propose to estimate the unknown parameters using covariance matching estimation techniques (COMET). We also derive the optimal detector based on a Gaussian approximation of the sample covariance matrix, and show that this is closely connected to COMET.
AHÎLİK TEŞKİLATININ SOSYO -İKTİSADÎ YAPISI VE ÖRNEKLİK DEĞERİ (2015)

Ahilik ve Bâciyân-i Rum teskilatlari;13-18.yy arasinda Osmanli oncesi ve Osmanli doneminde bircok alanda ferdi ve toplumsal anlamda sosyo-iktisadi gelismeye buyuk etkisi olmustur. Gedik sisteminin kurulusuna degin etkinligini surdurmustur. Bu iki orgutlenme; kadin ve erkek nufusun sosyal-kulturel, ekonomik ve ahlaki yapisini, insani ve medeni yonde gelistirmeyi amaclamistir. Sanayi inkilabinin ve Osmanli Devletinin icinde bulundugu sartlarin baskisi altinda etkinligini yitirmistir. Bu calismadan amac; uzun bir tarih kesitinde genis bir cografyada fert ve topluma olumlu katkilarda bulunmus olan bu teskilatlarin gunumuz fert ve toplumuna orneklik degerini ortaya cikarmaktir. Gecirdigi merhaleler anlatilirken etkinligini yitirme sebepleri ornek alinmasi amaciyla zikredildi. Cesitli sosyo-iktisadi ve tarihi kaynaklar incelendi. Gunumuze orneklik degeri olan boyutlarin gunumuz uygulamalari ile karsilastirilmasi calismayi farkli kilan yanidir. Bulgular olarak; insanlar arasi iliskileri duzenledigi; meslek edindirme, uretim, satis, pazarlama, tuketim, isci-isveren iliskileri, sosyal guvenlik sistemi, adil gelir dagilimi dengesi, ic ve dis guvenlik gibi alanlarda duzenlemeler yapildigi ve basari ile uygulandigi tespit edilmistir. Cesitli kesimlerin bu orgutlenmede yer aldigi fark edilmistir. Zâviye, hankâh ve ahi tekkesi, uretim ve satis mekânlarinda ve sosyal hayatta etkinliklerini surdurmuslerdir. Nitelikli insan ve toplum olusturma ve gelistirme bakimindan bu tarihi model incelendi. Esnafin; halkin ve tuketicinin hukukunu gozettigi, halkin ve tuketicinin de; esnafin, ureticinin ve saticinin hukukunu gozettigi insani ve empatik bir ekonomik piyasa modeli olusturulmasi cercevesinde ahilik sistemi ornek alinabilir. Turkak TSE bunyesinde Ahilik ilkeleri incelenip guncellenerek gunumuze ve gelecege hitap edecek nitelikte Universal Ahilik Standartlari olusturulmasi yonunden incelendi ve bu standardin olusturulmasi onerildi.
Feeling the Beat: Movement Influences Infant Rhythm Perception (2005)

We hear the melody in music, but we feel the beat. We demonstrate that the perception of musical rhythm is a multisensory experience in infancy. In particular, movement of the body, by bouncing on every second versus every third beat of an ambiguous auditory rhythm pattern, influences whether that auditory rhythm pattern is encoded in duple form (a march) or in triple form (a waltz). Visual information is not necessary for the effect, indicating that it likely reflects a strong, early-developing interaction between auditory and vestibular information in the human nervous system.
Design of Dissipative and Stable Assist Robots (2006)

This paper presents a methodology for design of dissipative assist robots with proven stability during set-point control. A dissipative assist robot is defined as one where the actuators continuously dissipate energy from the robot until the robot reaches the desired set point. We have discussed in this paper that, under well known control laws, it is hard to characterize dissipativity of a general assist robot. However, by appropriately designing the robot through inertia redistribution, the dynamic equations can be modified so that the control laws can now be proven to be both dissipative and stable under set-point control. The proposed method is demonstrated through simulation of a three-link planar manipulator used as an assist robot to modify human functional movements in a vertical plane.
Hepatitis C virus: molecular and epidemiological evidence of male-to-female transmission (2010)

There is general consensus that hepatitis C virus is efficiently transmitted by the parenteral route, whereas data on viral transmission by sexual or non-sexual intrafamilial contact are conflicting. The aim of this study was to investigate the transmission of hepatitis C virus in nine heterosexual couples. The mean age of the couples was 43.7 years. When interviewed, all of the women denied the presence of risk factors for acquisition of the infection, whereas the cause of infection in the nine husbands could be attributed to blood transfusions in two of them (22.2%), use of intravenous and inhaled drugs in six (66.7%), acupuncture in one (11.1%), and tattooing in one (11.1%). All men and none of the women reported sexual relations with sex professionals. The mean homology score (Non Structural 5b-hepatitis C virus) was 98.4%. Among the nine couples with matching subtypes, one (11.1%) was infected with subtype 1a, three (33.3%) with subtype 1b, and five (55.5%) with subtype 3a. Shared personal hygiene items showed a much higher correlation with the possible route of transmission and were better supported by the sequence homology data than the other associated risk factors. Three (33.3%) couples shared toothbrushes, seven (77.8%) shared razor blades, eight (88.8%) shared nail clippers, and six (66.7%) shared manicure cutters. Sharing of personal hygiene items was a confounding factor in the discussion of sexual hepatitis C virus transmission and the hypothesis of male-to-female transmission was supported in this study.
Multi-User Data Detection in Massive MIMO with 1-Bit ADCs (2023)

We provide new analytical results on the uplink data detection in massive multiple-input multiple-output systems with 1-bit analog-to-digital converters. The statistical properties of the soft-estimated symbols (i.e., after linear combining and prior to the data detection process) have been previously characterized only for a single user equipment (UE) and uncorrelated Rayleigh fading. In this paper, we consider a multi-UE setting with correlated Rayleigh fading, where the soft-estimated symbols are obtained by means of maximum ratio combining based on imperfectly estimated channels. We derive a closed-form expression of the expected value of the soft-estimated symbols, which allows to understand the impact of the specific data symbols transmitted by the interfering UEs. Building on this result, we design efficient data detection strategies based on the minimum distance criterion, which are compared in terms of symbol error rate and complexity.
Differential sorting of beta tubulin isotypes into colchicine‐stable microtubules during neuronal and muscle differentiation of embryonal carcinoma cells (1992)

Pluripotent P19 embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells were differentiated along the neuronal and muscle pathways. Comparisons of class I, II, III, and IV beta tubulin isotypes in total and colchicine-stable microtubule (MT) arrays from uncommitted EC, neuronal, and muscle cells were made by immunoblotting and by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy. In undifferentiated EC cells the relative amounts of these four isotypes are the same in both the total and stable MT populations. Subcellular sorting of beta tubulin isotypes was demonstrated in both neuronal and muscle differentiated cells. During neuronal differentiation, class II beta tubulin is preferentially incorporated into the colchicine-stable MTs while class III beta tubulin is preferentially found in the colchicine-labile MTs. The subcellular sorting of class II into stable MTs correlates with the increased staining of MAP 1B, and with the expression of MAP 2C and tau. Although muscle differentiated cells express class II beta tubulin, stable MTs in these cells do not preferentially incorporate this isotype but instead show increased incorporation of class IV beta tubulin. Muscle cells do not show high levels of MAP 1B and do not express MAP 2C or tau. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that a subcellular sorting of tubulin isotypes is the result of a complex interaction between tubulin isotypes and MT-associated proteins.
Selective Contact Anneal Effects on Indium Oxide Nanowire Transistors using Femtosecond Laser (2011)

Nanowire materials have gained great interest as promising candidates for high-performance logic devices to sustain the progress in device scaling. However, little research has been conducted to investigate the role of contacts on the device performance accompanied by an appropriate physical model in nanodevices, although effects of the contacts will prevail as the channel scales. In this study, we investigate the effect of annealing using a femtosecond-laser focused at the contact region between the source-drain electrodes and the nanowire. On the basis of the direct comparison of device characteristics before and after annealing, a contact model is introduced, which could be generally applicable to nanowire transistors with overlap between gate region and source-drain regions. Low-frequency noise measurements in the devices reveal that the Id2 normalized noise spectrum and Hooge’s constant are reduced following laser annealing.
Efficient second-harmonic generation using an external resonant cavity for cw ultraviolet radiation (1993)

We report on an efficient generation of cw ultraviolet radiation (257 nm) using external resonant doubling. The technique of second- harmonic generation (SHG) for cw tight has been developed by following two different approaches: an intracavity method1 and an external resonant cavity method.2 Recently, 257-nm cw radiation of over 1 W was generated1 by the intracavity method, using a libarium borate (BBO) crystal and an argon laser. However, from the viewpoint of practical use, laser-diode-pumped solid-state lasers (such as YAG) are becoming very attractive as fundamental light sources for generating deep ultraviolet light, which is fouth harmonic. In this application, efficient external resonant doubling is required.
Reconfiguration of the Air Control System of a Bark Boiler (2015)

In this paper, the problem of reconfiguration of controllers in the air control system of a bark boiler is addressed. The air control system of a bark boiler is considered as an interconnected multivariable system and the configuration of the controllers is adapted with the perspective to improve the closed-loop performance of the system. This paper proposes a generic procedure for the reconfiguration of controllers using a combination of established theories together with rather recently proposed methods. The procedure is applied to a model of the air flow system, which is derived in this paper. The results indicate that a significant performance improvement can be achieved by reconfiguring the control system instead of redesigning the process. The improvement is quantified through theoretical assessment, simulation studies, and performance assessment of pilot tests at the bark boiler at SCA Obbola AB, Sweden. It can be concluded that the proposed procedure is both efficient and easy to apply.
DHCP Options for Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA) Authentication Agents (2008)

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the &amp;quot;Internet Official Protocol Standards &amp;quot; (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This document defines new DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 options that contain a list of IP addresses to locate one or more PANA (Protocol for carrying Authentication for Network Access) Authentication Agents (PAAs). This is one of the methods that a PANA Client (PaC) can use
In situ X-ray absorption near edge structure studies and charge transfer kinetics of Na6[V10O28] electrodes (2017)

Polyoxometalates (POMs) have been reported as promising electrode materials for energy storage applications due to their ability to undergo fast redox reactions with multiple transferred electrons per polyanion. Here we employ a polyoxovanadate salt, Na<sub>6</sub>[V<sub>10</sub>O<sub>28</sub>], as an electrode material in a lithium-ion containing electrolyte and investigate the electron transfer properties of Na<sub>6</sub>[V<sub>10</sub>O<sub>28</sub>] on long and short timescales. Looking at equilibrated systems, in situ V K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) studies show that all 10 V<sup>5+</sup> ions in Na<sub>6</sub>[V<sub>10</sub>O<sub>28</sub>] can be reversibly reduced to V<sup>4+</sup> in a potential range of 4-1.75 V vs. Li/Li<sup>+</sup>. Focusing on the dynamic response of the electrode to potential pulses, the kinetics of Na<sub>6</sub>[V<sub>10</sub>O<sub>28</sub>] electrodes and the dependence of the fundamental electron transfer rate k<sub>0</sub> on temperature are investigated. From these measurements we calculate the reorganization energy and compare it with theoretical predictions. The experimentally determined reorganization energy of λ = 184 meV is in line with the theoretical estimate and confirms the hypothesis of small values of λ for POMs due to electrostatic shielding of the redox center from the solvent.