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High toxicity leadership (2006)

Purpose This paper aims to assess highly toxic personality disorders in leaders, implications for organizations, and methods for assessment and intervention. Design/methodology/approach Action research was used, including a thick description case study narrative and application of the DSM IV‐TR. Findings Personality disorders are a source of a highly toxic and dysfunctional organizational behavior; borderline personality disorder in a leader may serve as a systemic contaminant for an organization. Research limitations/implications A qualitative, case study approach may not lend itself to replication or quantification; usage of the DSM IV‐TR requires clinical training in counseling psychology; the growing incidence of personality disorders in leadership warrants cognizance, ability to assess, the creation of early detection systems and methods of intervention. Practical implications Through the narrative of a case study researchers and practitioners can obtain a glimpse into the day‐to‐day operations and nuances of a highly toxic leader and how it impacts an organization; interventions and solutions are provided. Originality/value This paper calls attention to highly toxic leadership and organizational dysfunction by investigating borderline personality disorder as a prototype.
Antimicrobial Materials—An Overview (2019)

Infectious disease management has become an increasing challenge in recent years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, microbial infections are a top concern. Pathogenic microorganisms are of main concern in hospitals and other healthcare locations, as they affect the optimal functioning of medical devices, surgical devices, bone cements, etc. Combatting microbial infections has become a serious health concern and major challenging issue due to antimicrobial resistance or multidrug resistance and has become an important research field in science and medicine. Antibiotic resistance is a phenomenon where microorganisms acquire or innately possess resistance to antimicrobial agents. New materials offer a promising antimicrobial strategy as they can kill or inhibit microbial growth on their surface or within the surrounding environment with superior efficacy, low toxicity and minimized environmental problems. The present chapter focuses on classification of antimicrobial materials, surface modification and design requirements, their mode of action, antimicrobial evaluation tests and clinical status.
Multiplexed Competitive Screening of One-Bead-One-Component Combinatorial Libraries Using a ClonePix 2 Colony Sorter (2019)

Screening solid-phase combinatorial libraries of bioactive compounds against fluorescently labeled target biomolecules is an established technology in ligand and drug discovery. Rarely, however, do screening methods include comprehensive strategies-beyond mere library blocking and competitive screening-to ensure binding selectivity of selected leads. This work presents a method for multiplexed solid-phase peptide library screening using a ClonePix 2 Colony Picker that integrates (i) orthogonal fluorescent labeling for positive selection against a target protein and negative selection against competitor species with (ii) semi-quantitative tracking of target vs. competitor binding for every library bead. The ClonePix 2 technology enables global at-a-glance evaluation and customization of the parameters for bead selection to ensure high affinity and selectivity of the isolated leads. A case study is presented by screening a peptide library against green-labeled human immunoglobulin G (IgG) and red-labeled host cell proteins (HCPs) using ClonePix 2 to select HCP-binding ligands for flow-through chromatography applications. Using this approach, 79 peptide ligand candidates (6.6% of the total number of ligands screened) were identified as potential HCP-selective ligands, enabling a potential rate of >3,000 library beads screened per hour.
π-Extended Ligands in Two-Coordinate Coinage Metal Complexes (2022)

Two-coordinate carbene-M<sup>I</sup>-amide (cMa, M<sup>I</sup> = Cu, Ag, Au) complexes have emerged as highly efficient luminescent materials for use in a variety of photonic applications due to their extremely fast radiative rates through thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) from an interligand charge transfer (ICT) process. A series of cMa derivatives was prepared to examine the variables that affect the radiative rate, with the goal of understanding the parameters that control the radiative TADF process in these materials. We find that blue-emissive complexes with high photoluminescence efficiencies (Φ<sub>PL</sub> > 0.95) and fast radiative rates (<i>k</i><sub>r</sub> = 4 × 10<sup>6</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>) can be achieved by selectively extending the π-system of the carbene and amide ligands. Of note is the role played by the increased separation between the hole and electron in the ICT excited state. Analysis of temperature-dependent luminescence data and theoretical calculations indicate that the hole-electron separation exerts a primary effect on the energy gap between the lowest-energy singlet and triplet states (Δ<i>E</i><sub>ST</sub>) while keeping the radiative rate for the singlet state relatively unchanged. This interpretation provides guidelines for the design of new cMa derivatives with even faster radiative rates in addition to those with slower radiative rates and thus extended excited state lifetimes.
Complex tetrahydrofurans from carbohydrate lactones: easy access to epimeric C-glycosides of glucofuranose from D-glycero-D-gulo-heptono-1,4-lactone (1996)

A practical synthesis of epimeric C-glycosides of glucofuranose from the cheap gluco-heptono-1,4-lactone is reported; the ring contractions of 2-O-triflates of protected gluco-heptono-1,5-lactones are discussed. No tetrahydropyrancarboxylates were isolated from any of the reactions.
Exaggerated inflammatory response to bacterial products in decompensated cirrhotic patients is orchestrated by interferons IL-6 and IL-8 (2022)

Cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction (CAID) contributes to disease progression and organ failure development. We interrogated immune system function in nonseptic compensated and decompensated cirrhotic patients using the TruCulture whole blood stimulation system, a novel technique that allows a more accurate representation than traditional methods, such as peripheral blood mononuclear cell culture, of the immune response in vivo. Thirty cirrhotics (21 decompensated and 9 compensated) and seven healthy controls (HCs) were recruited. Whole blood was drawn directly into three TruCulture tubes [unstimulated to preloaded with heat-killed <i>Escherichia coli</i> 0111:B4 (HKEB) or lipopolysaccharide (LPS)] and incubated in dry heat blocks at 37°C for 24 h. Cytokine analysis of the supernatant was performed by multiplex assay. Cirrhotic patients exhibited a robust proinflammatory response to HKEB compared with HCs, with increased production of interferon-γ-induced protein 10 (IP-10) and IFN-λ1, and to LPS, with increased production of IFN-λ1. Decompensated patients demonstrated an augmented immune response compared with compensated patients, orchestrated by an increase in type I, II, and III interferons, and higher levels of IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-8 post-LPS stimulation. IL-1β, TNF-α, and IP-10 post-HKEB stimulation and IP-10 post-LPS stimulation negatively correlated with biochemical markers of liver disease severity and liver disease severity scores. Cirrhotic patients exposed to bacterial products exhibit an exaggerated inflammatory response orchestrated by IFNs, IL-6, and IL-8. Poststimulation levels of a number of proinflammatory cytokines negatively correlate with markers of liver disease severity raising the possibility that the switch to an immunodeficient phenotype in CAID may commence earlier in the course of advanced liver disease. <b>NEW & NOTEWORTHY</b> Decompensated cirrhotic patients, compared with compensated patients, exhibit a greater exaggerated inflammatory response to bacterial products orchestrated by interferons, IL-6, and IL-8. Postbacterial product stimulation levels of a number of pro-inflammatory cytokines negatively correlate with liver disease severity biomarkers and liver disease severity scores raising the possibility that the switch to an immunodeficient phenotype in cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction may commence earlier in the course of advanced liver disease.
Recovery of optical cross-section perturbations in dense-scattering media by transport-theory-based imaging operators and steady-state simulated data (1996)

We present a useful strategy for imaging perturbations of the macroscopic absorption cross section of dense-scattering media using steady-state light sources. A perturbation model based on transport theory is derived, and the inverse problem is simplified to a system of linear equations, WΔμ = ΔR, where W is the weight matrix, Δμ is a vector of the unknown perturbations, and ΔR is the vector of detector readings. Monte Carlo simulations compute the photon flux across the surfaces of phantoms containing simple or complex inhomogeneities. Calculation of the weight matrix is also based on the results of Monte Carlo simulations. Three reconstruction algorithms-conjugate gradient descent, projection onto convex sets, and the simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique, with or without imposed positivity constraints-are used for image reconstruction. A rescaling technique that improves the conditioning of the weight matrix is also developed. Results show that the analysis of time-independent data by a perturbation model is capable of resolving the internal structure of a dense-scattering medium. Imposition of positivity constraints improves image quality at the cost of a reduced convergence rate. Use of the rescaling technique increases the initial rate of convergence, resulting in accurate images in a smaller number of iterations.
A Modular Library of Small Molecule Signals Regulates Social Behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans (2012)

The nematode C. elegans is an important model for the study of social behaviors. Recent investigations have shown that a family of small molecule signals, the ascarosides, controls population density sensing and mating behavior. However, despite extensive studies of C. elegans aggregation behaviors, no intraspecific signals promoting attraction or aggregation of wild-type hermaphrodites have been identified. Using comparative metabolomics, we show that the known ascarosides are accompanied by a series of derivatives featuring a tryptophan-derived indole moiety. Behavioral assays demonstrate that these indole ascarosides serve as potent intraspecific attraction and aggregation signals for hermaphrodites, in contrast to ascarosides lacking the indole group, which are repulsive. Hermaphrodite attraction to indole ascarosides depends on the ASK amphid sensory neurons. Downstream of the ASK sensory neuron, the interneuron AIA is required for mediating attraction to indole ascarosides instead of the RMG interneurons, which previous studies have shown to integrate attraction and aggregation signals from ASK and other sensory neurons. The role of the RMG interneuron in mediating aggregation and attraction is thought to depend on the neuropeptide Y-like receptor NPR-1, because solitary and social C. elegans strains are distinguished by different npr-1 variants. We show that indole ascarosides promote attraction and aggregation in both solitary and social C. elegans strains. The identification of indole ascarosides as aggregation signals reveals unexpected complexity of social signaling in C. elegans, which appears to be based on a modular library of ascarosides integrating building blocks derived from lipid β-oxidation and amino-acid metabolism. Variation of modules results in strongly altered signaling content, as addition of a tryptophan-derived indole unit to repellent ascarosides produces strongly attractive indole ascarosides. Our findings show that the library of ascarosides represents a highly developed chemical language integrating different neurophysiological pathways to mediate social communication in C. elegans.
Gas-phase reaction rate of sodium superoxide with hydrochloric acid (1986)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTGas-phase reaction rate of sodium superoxide with hydrochloric acidJoel A. Silver and Charles E. KolbCite this: J. Phys. Chem. 1986, 90, 14, 3267–3269Publication Date (Print):July 1, 1986Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 July 1986https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/j100405a043https://doi.org/10.1021/j100405a043research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views93Altmetric-Citations12LEARN 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 options Get e-Alerts
Performance of standard height and semidwarf durum wheat cultivars under irrigation (1988)

Tall, intermediate, and semidwarf durum cultivars and experimental lines (22 in total) were evaluated at two irrigated sites in 1987. Both tall and intermediate height classes out-yielded the semidwarf group by a significant margin. The standard height durums had a protein content in the 15-16 % range. Starchy kernel content was low at both sites. Smudge and immature kernels resulted in lower CWAD grades but returns from growing durum would still have been greater than that obtained from a CWRS crop. These preliminary results suggest that there is potential for irrigated production of intermediate height cultivars such as Sceptre, Arcola, and Medora.
Wearable cable-driven upper arm exoskeleton - motion with transmitted joint force and moment minimization (2010)

Safety is a critical issue for upper arm exoskeletons intended for human use. Joint forces and moments experienced by a human user during motion must be minimized to ensure safety. Trajectory planning and control of cable-driven exoskeletons is challenging due to the unique property that cables can transmit forces only in tension. This paper introduces the design of a 4-DOF cable-driven upper arm exoskeleton and schemes for trajectory planning and control. Simulations show that in most cases a feasible point-to-point trajectory can be generated while minimizing reaction joint forces and moments.
Investigation of the Device Degradation Mechanism in Pentacene-Based Thin-Film Transistors Using Low-Frequency-Noise Spectroscopy (2010)

The degradation process in pentacene-based organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) is investigated. Pentacene-based OTFTs were fabricated with and without octadecyl trichlorosilane (OTS) treatment, and their device characteristics during lifetime test are evaluated using low-frequency-noise (LFN) spectroscopy. It is found that the devices exhibited the 1/f type of noise behavior with generation and recombination noise superimposed. The drain-current noise was found to vary proportionally with drain current according to Hooge's empirical relation of flicker noise. Devices without any treatment show obvious interface traps and deep-level traps, while devices with OTS treatment show nonexistence of interface traps and suppression of deep-level traps. The LFN intensity is found to decrease during the device lifetime test initially, while upon the device failure, the noise level is observed to increase again. The viability of using LFN as a diagnostic tool in the organic transistor is demonstrated.
Comparative study of different seeding methods based on a multilayer SIS scaffold: Which is the optimal procedure for urethral tissue engineering? (2015)

ABSTRACT Seeding cells efficiently and uniformly onto three‐dimensional scaffolds is key for engineering urological tissue with an ideal histological structure in vitro . Using an optimized seeding technology allows cells to cooperate positively with biomaterials, resulting in successful reconstructive surgery. In this study, we used four different types of seeding methods in a scaffold of small intestinal submucosa (SIS). The efficiency of the sandwich co‐culture, layered co‐culture, static‐agitation seeding, and centrifugation seeding methods were compared. It was demonstrated that dynamic seeding methods, such as static‐agitation and centrifugation seeding, had superior cell‐matrix infiltration and mechanical properties. The seeding time could be reduced by 5–10 min using the centrifugation method. Furthermore, functional assessment of the barriers revealed that this function was better in the centrifugation seeding method than in any other method. Our study suggests that both the static‐agitation and centrifugation methods are suitable for cell seeding on SIS. There is no significant change in surface area of SIS with different seeding methods. These methods reinforce the physiological and mechanical properties of biomaterials and allow for the future in vivo study of tissue‐engineered urethral reconstruction. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 104B: 1098–1108, 2016.
Effect of Twenty-Four-Week Treatment with the Antiestrogen EM-800 on Estrogen-Sensitive Parameters in Intact and Ovariectomized Mice (1998)

Treatment with the antiestrogen EM-800, at the daily oral dose of 3 microg, 10 microg, 30 microg, or 100 microg for 24 weeks, caused a marked inhibition of uterine and vaginal weight in both intact and ovariectomized mice. Maximal 64% and 41% inhibitions of uterine weight were achieved in intact and ovariectomized animals, respectively. Similar inhibitory effects of EM-800 were observed on vaginal weight with maximal inhibitions of 71% and 35%, in intact and ovariectomized animals, respectively. The pure antiestrogenic activity of EM-800 on the hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian axis is illustrated by the 76-91% increases in ovarian weight observed in intact animals treated with the 10-100 microg doses of the antiestrogen. Serum 17beta-estradiol was 93% increased at the 100 microg daily dose of EM-800, whereas serum androstenedione, testosterone, and dihydrotestosterone were 141-713% increased over control at the same dose of the antiestrogen. Serum LH was increased by treatment with EM-800 in intact animals, whereas no effect was observed on the elevated gonadotropin levels in ovariectomized animals. At all doses used in intact animals, the antiestrogen caused a complete disappearance of the glandular elements of the mammary gland, the atrophy being comparable with that observed in ovariectomized mice. The mammary gland of EM-800-treated animals was exclusively composed of an atrophied ductal system lined by atrophied epithelial cells with an absence of lobulo-glandular elements. No effect of the compound was observed on the histology of the mammary gland in ovariectomized animals, thus showing the pure antiestrogenic effect of EM-800 on the mammary gland, as shown also for the uterus, vagina, and hypothalamo-pituitary axis. At histopathology, all doses of EM-800 in intact animals led to a moderate to severe uterine and vaginal atrophy. The uterine atrophy affected both the myometrium and the endometrium. Interestingly, the uterine atrophy achieved in intact animals treated with EM-800 was greater than that observed after ovariectomy alone, thus clearly demonstrating the pure antiestrogenic activity of EM-800. The present data show the highly potent and pure antiestrogenic activity of EM-800 on all parameters measured after 6 months of treatment in both intact and ovariectomized mice, a maximal effect being reached at the daily 10 microg dose of the antiestrogen in intact animals.
OCLI-023, a Novel Pyrimidine Compound, Suppresses Osteoclastogenesis In Vitro and Alveolar Bone Resorption In Vivo (2017)

An abnormal increase in osteoclast differentiation and activation results in various bone-resorptive diseases, including periodontitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoporosis. Chemical compounds containing pyrimidine ring have been shown to regulate a variety of biological processes. Therefore, in order to identify an antiresorptive agent, we synthesized a series of pyrimidine ring-containing chemical compounds, and found that OCLI-023 suppressed the differentiation and activation of osteoclasts in vitro. OCLI-023 directly inhibited receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL)-induced differentiation of bone marrow macrophages into osteoclasts, without a cytotoxic response. OCLI-023 also downregulated the RANKL-induced mRNA expression of osteoclast markers as well as inhibited the formation of actin rings and resorption pits. OCLI-023 attenuated the RANKL-induced activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cell signaling pathways. In a mouse model of periodontitis, ligature induced an increase of distance between cementoenamel junction (CEJ) and alveolar bone crest (ABC) in the second molar, and OCLI-023 significantly reduced it. Histological analysis showed ligature-induced increase of osteoclast numbers was also significantly reduced by OCLI-023. These data demonstrated the inhibitory effect of OCLI-023 on osteoclast differentiation and activity of osteoclasts in vitro, as well as on ligature-induced bone loss in vivo, and OCLI-023 can be proposed as a novel anti-resorptive compound.
Long-wavelength silicon photonic integrated circuits (2014)

In this paper we elaborate on our development of silicon photonic integrated circuits operating at wavelengths beyond the telecommunication wavelength window. Silicon-on-insulator waveguide circuits up to 3.8 μm wavelength are demonstrated as well as germanium-on-silicon waveguide circuits operating in the 5-5 μm wavelength range. The heterogeneous integration of III-V semiconductors and IV-VI semiconductors on this platform is described for the integration of lasers and photodetectors operating in the 2-3 μm wavelength range. GeSn is proposed as an appealing approach to monolithically integrated long-wavelength detectors. Finally, nonlinear optics in silicon waveguide circuits beyond the two-photon absorption threshold is explored.
Beyond Pairwise Clustering (2005)

We consider the problem of clustering in domains where the affinity relations are not dyadic (pairwise), but rather triadic, tetradic or higher. The problem is an instance of the hypergraph partitioning problem. We propose a two-step algorithm for solving this problem. In the first step we use a novel scheme to approximate the hypergraph using a weighted graph. In the second step a spectral partitioning algorithm is used to partition the vertices of this graph. The algorithm is capable of handling hyperedges of all orders including order two, thus incorporating information of all orders simultaneously. We present a theoretical analysis that relates our algorithm to an existing hypergraph partitioning algorithm and explain the reasons for its superior performance. We report the performance of our algorithm on a variety of computer vision problems and compare it to several existing hypergraph partitioning algorithms.