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Covenant and Promise: The Prophetic Understanding of the Future in Pre-Exilic Israel (1978)

Book Review| December 01 1978 Covenant and Promise: The Prophetic Understanding of the Future in Pre-Exilic Israel Covenant and Promise: The Prophetic Understanding of the Future in Pre-Exilic Israel, John Bright. Conrad E. L’Heureux Conrad E. L’Heureux Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Biblical Literature (1978) 97 (4): 582–583. https://doi.org/10.2307/3265407 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Conrad E. L’Heureux; Covenant and Promise: The Prophetic Understanding of the Future in Pre-Exilic Israel. Journal of Biblical Literature 1 December 1978; 97 (4): 582–583. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/3265407 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveSBL PressJournal of Biblical Literature Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 1978 Society of Biblical Literature1978 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
Upper aerodigestive tract cancers (1995)

Because many of the cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract are caused by alcohol and tobacco use, the potential for prevention is considerable.
A 6bit, 1.2GSps low-power flash-ADC in 0.13μm digital CMOS (2004)

A 6 bit flash-ADC with 1.2 GSps, wide analog bandwidth and low power, realized in a standard digital 0.13 /spl mu/m CMOS copper technology is presented. Employing capacitive interpolation gives various advantages when designing for low power: no need for a reference resistor ladder, implicit sample-and-hold operation, no edge effects in the interpolation network (as compared to resistive interpolation), and a very low input capacitance of only 400 fF, which leads to an easily drivable analog converter interface. Operating at 1.2 GSps, the ADC achieves an effective resolution bandwidth (ERBW) of 700 MHz, while consuming 160 mW of power. At 600 MSps we achieve an ERBW of 600 MHz with only 90 mW power consumption, both from a 1.5 V supply. This corresponds to outstanding figure-of-merit numbers (FoM) of 2.2 and 1.5 pJ/convstep, respectively. The module area is 0.12 mm/sup 2/.
Conversion of carbohydrates and lignocellulosic biomass into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using AlCl<sub>3</sub>·6H<sub>2</sub>O catalyst in a biphasic solvent system (2011)

AlCl3·6H2O in a biphasic medium of water/tetrahydrofuran (THF) is effective for the synthesis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from glucose-based carbohydrates. For glucose, an HMF yield of 61% was achieved in 10 min at 160 °C under microwave heating. The reaction time profile revealed the intermediacy of fructose en route to HMF with a dehydration rate constant that is approximately 4 times that of glucose isomerization to fructose. Addition of NaCl did not increase HMF yields significantly but it diminished lactic acid formation. Disaccharides (maltose and cellobiose) and starch gave good yields of HMF. However, cellulose required a higher temperature (180 °C) and longer reaction time (30 min) to give a modest yield of 37%. Several lignocellulosic biomass variants (corn stover, pine wood, grass, and poplar) were investigated with the AlCl3·6H2O biphasic system. The yields of HMF were modest (20–35%) but high concurrent yields of furfural were observed (51–66%). The described AlCl3·6H2O–NaCl–H2O/THF biphasic medium has potential because it is economic, nontoxic, and it exhibits fast kinetics (10 min) under microwave heating.
Estimation of polyacrylamide gel pore size from Ferguson plots of linear DNA fragments. II. Comparison of gels with different crosslinker concentrations, added agarose and added linear polyacrylamide (1991)

The mobilities of various DNA fragments in two normally migrating molecular weight ladders were studied in polyacrylamide gels containing different concentrations of the crosslinker N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide (Bis). The acrylamide concentration ranged from 2.5-10.5%T (w/v); the Bis concentration ranged from 0.5-10%C (w/w), with respect to total acrylamide. Ferguson plots were constructed for each of the DNA fragments in gels of each composition. The Ferguson plots of the different multimers in each molecular weight ladder were nearly parallel in gels containing 0.5-3%C, converged close to a common intercept at zero gel concentration in gels containing 4%C, and crossed at approximately 1.5%T in gels containing 5 and 10%C. If the mobilities observed for the different DNA fragments at zero gel concentration were also extrapolated to zero DNA molecular weight, a common limiting mobility was observed in gels of all crosslinker concentrations. This limiting mobility was approximately equal to the free solution mobility of DNA. The effective pore radius of each gel was estimated from Ferguson plots based on relative mobilities, using the mobility of the smallest DNA fragment in each molecular weight ladder as the reference mobility. The calculated gel pore radii ranged from 142 nm to 19 nm, respectively, for gels containing 4.6%T, 1.5%C, and 10.5%T, 5 or 10%C. These pore radii are an order of magnitude larger than previously accepted values, but are consistent with scanning electron microscope measurements (Rüchel, R., et al., J. Chromatogr. 1978, 42, 77-90).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
The Number of Alveoli in the Human Lung (2003)

The number of alveoli is a key structural determinant of lung architecture. A design-based stereologic approach was used for the direct and unbiased estimation of alveolar number in the human lung. The principle is based on two-dimensional topology in three-dimensional space and is free of assumptions on the shape, size, or spatial orientation of alveoli. Alveolar number is estimated by counting their openings at the level of the free septal edges, where they form a two-dimensional network. Mathematically, the Euler number of this network is estimated using physical disectors at a light microscopic level. In six adult human lungs, the mean alveolar number was 480 million (range: 274-790 million; coefficient of variation: 37%). Alveolar number was closely related to total lung volume, with larger lungs having considerably more alveoli. The mean size of a single alveolus was rather constant with 4.2 x 10(6) microm3 (range: 3.3-4.8 x 10(6) microm3; coefficient of variation: 10%), irrespective of the lung size. One cubic millimeter lung parenchyma would then contain around 170 alveoli. The method proved to be very efficient and easy to apply in practice. Future applications will show this approach to be an important addition to design-based stereologic methods for the quantitative analysis of lung structure.
Exploiting Disambiguation and Discrimination in Information Retrieval Systems (2009)

Polysemous words have more than one possible meaning, thus word ambiguity is a key issue for the systems which access textual information. Computational linguistics proposes two main methods to cope with word ambiguity: sense disambiguation and sense discrimination. (Word) Sense Disambiguation is the task of selecting a sense for a word from a set of predefined possibilities, while (Word) Sense Discrimination is the task of dividing the usages of a word into different meanings, discriminating among word meanings based on information found in unannotated corpora. This paper proposes a strategy to compare disambiguation and discrimination systems by adopting an "in vivo" evaluation in an Information Retrieval scenario. The goal of the evaluation is to establish how disambiguation and discrimination bias the retrieval performance.
Transport of Gold Nanoparticles through Plasmodesmata and Precipitation of Gold Ions in Woody Poplar (2014)

Poplar plants (<i>Populus deltoides × nigra, DN-34</i>) were used as a model to explore vegetative uptake of commercially available gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and their subsequent translocation and transport into plant cells. AuNPs were directly taken up and translocated from hydroponic solution to poplar roots, stems and leaves. Total gold concentrations in leaves of plants treated with 15, 25 and 50 nm AuNPs at exposure concentrations of 498±50.5, 247±94.5 and 263±157 ng/mL in solutions were: 0.023±0.006, 0.0218±0.004 and 0.005±0.0003 µg/g dry weight, respectively, which accounted for 0.05, 0.10 and 0.03%, respectively, of the total gold mass added. The presence of total gold in plant tissues was measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, while AuNPs were observed by transmission electron microscopy in plant tissues. In solution, AuNPs were distinguished from Au(III) ions by membrane separation and centrifugation. AuNPs behaved conservatively inside the plants and were not dissolved into gold ions. On the other hand, Au(III) ions were taken up and reduced into AuNPs inside whole plants. AuNPs were observed in the cytoplasm and various organelles of root and leaf cells. A distinct change in color from yellow to pink was observed as Au(III) ions were reduced and precipitated in hydroponic solution. The accumulation of AuNPs in the plasmodesma of the phloem complex in root cells clearly suggests ease of transport between cells and translocation throughout the whole plant, inferring the potential for entry and transfer in food webs.
Acrolein polymerization: Monodisperse, homo, and hybrido microspheres, synthesis, mechanism, and reactions (1984)

Abstract Monodisperse polyacrolien (PA) microspheres were obtained by a single step process via two mechanisms: (a) aqueous polymerization of acrolein under alkaline conditions and (b) aqueous radical polymerization of acrolein by irradiation with a cobalt source. The diameter of the former microspheres can be varied from 0.04 up to 8 μm. The monodispersity of the system is also discussed. The diameter of the latter microspheres can be varied up to 0.2 μm. Hybrido PA microspheres were formed by grafting PA microspheres of average diameter of 0.1 μm obtained by irradiation onto the surface of PA microspheres produced by the alkaline mechanism. The aldehyde content of the microspheres prepared by irradiation is much higher than those of the microspheres formed under alkaline conditions. The aldehyde groups were used for the covalent binding of ligands containing primary amino groups, such as proteins and drugs, in a single step under physiological pH.
Simultaneous observation and analysis of sedimentation and floating motions of microspheres investigated by phase mode–dynamic ultrasound scattering (2009)

A high frequency dynamic ultrasound scattering technique was developed to evaluate the mean velocity and the velocity fluctuations of micron-sized beads in highly turbid suspensions. In contrast to the previous study, scattering phase was fully utilized to investigate the dynamics of mixtures consisting of settling and floating microspheres. The velocities of the particles moving upward and downward with respect to gravity were simultaneously measured by a single acquisition. Instantaneous velocities determined by the time derivative of the scattering phase were evaluated as functions of the evolution time and position of the scatterer. (1) The velocity analysis in the time domain, (2) the phase analysis without phase unwrapping, and (3) the effects of noise filtering were discussed. The results were compared with those derived from amplitude mode–dynamic ultrasound scattering.
Secreted forms of DELTA and SERRATE define antagonists of Notch signaling in <i>Drosophila</i> (1997)

We examined the function of secreted forms of the two known Drosophila Notch ligands, DELTA and SERRATE, by expressing them under various promoters in the Drosophila developing eye and wing. The phenotypes associated with the expression of secreted Delta (DlS) or secreted Serrate (SerS) forms mimic loss-of-function mutations in the Notch pathway. Both genetic interactions between DlS or SerS transgenics and duplications or loss-of-function mutations of Delta or Serrate indicate that DlS and SerS behave as dominant negative mutations. These observations were extended to the molecular level by demonstrating that the expression of Enhancer of split mdelta, a target of Notch signaling, is down-regulated by SERS. The antagonistic nature of the two mutant secreted ligand forms in the eye is consistent with their behavior in the wing, where they are capable of down-regulating wing margin specific genes opposite to the effects of the endogenous ligands. This analysis uncovers secreted molecular antagonists of Notch signaling and provides evidence of qualitative differences in the actions of the two ligands DLS and SERS.
Ultrastructural and Immunocytochemical Characterization of Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes from Gingival Crevice in Man (1987)

Polymorphonuclear leukocytes from the gingival crevicular fluid (CF-PMNs) of patients with generalized severe periodontitis were examined using electron microscopy and immunocytochemical techniques. CF-PMNs were found to contain numerous phagocytic vacuoles. This suggests that CF-PMNs actively phagocytized various substances from the environment. Immunocytochemical staining with FITC-conjugated IgG, IgM, and IgA reagents and TRITC-conjugated C3 reagent was applied to CF-PMNs as well as peripheral blood PMNs incubated with cell-free crevicular fluid. The cytoplasm of PMNs exhibited numerous granular foci of immunofluorescence. This finding suggests that these proteins were acquired from the environment by PMNs. The coincidental appearances of immunoglobulins and C3 in a single cell were considered to be immune complexes phagocytized by CF-PMNs in generalized severe periodontitis.
PROSTATE CANCER DETECTION IN MEN WITH PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN 4 TO 10 NG/ML USING A COMBINED APPROACH OF CONTRAST ENHANCED COLOR DOPPLER TARGETED AND SYSTEMATIC BIOPSY (2005)

CECD allows for the detection of lesions that cannot be found on gray scale ultrasound or SB. CECD allows for assessment of neovascularity associated with PC. However, the combined use of CECD and SB allows for maximal detection of PC with a detection rate of 37.6% in our patients with PSA 4 to 10 ng/ml.
Simple DNA Extraction Method for Dried Blood Spots and Comparison of Two PCR Assays for Diagnosis of Vertical Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Transmission in Rwanda (2004)

Dried blood spots (DBS) on filter paper facilitate the collection, transport, and storage of blood samples for laboratory use. A rapid and simple DNA extraction procedure from DBS was developed and evaluated for the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in children by an in-house nested-PCR assay on three genome regions and by the Amplicor HIV-1 DNA prototype assay version 1.5 (Roche Molecular Systems). A total of 150 samples from children born to HIV-1-infected mothers were collected in Kigali, Rwanda, in parallel as DBS and as peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) pellets. The results obtained on DBS by the two PCR assays were compared to the results of nested PCR on PBMCs. Of 150 PBMC samples, 10 were positive, 117 were negative, and 23 were indeterminate for HIV-1 infection. In DNA extracted from filter papers and amplified by using the in-house nested PCR, 9 of these 10 positive samples (90%) were found to be positive, and 1 was found to be indeterminate (only the pol region could be amplified). All of the negative samples and all of the 23 indeterminate samples tested negative for HIV-1 infection. When we used the Amplicor DNA test on DBS, all of the 10 PBMC-positive samples were found to be positive and all of the 23 indeterminate samples were found to be negative. Of the PBMC-negative samples, 115 were found to be negative and 2 were found to be indeterminate. We conclude that this simple rapid DNA extraction method on DBS in combination with both detection methods gave a reliable molecular diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in children born to HIV-infected mothers.
Non-mating connector for USB a quality waterproof connection (2013)

This paper presents the design of a Non-Mating Connector (NMC) based on capacitive coupling. Proof of concept USB 3.0 connectors are presented with excellent performance. NMCs hold great promise as waterproof high speed connectors.
(<i>Z</i>)-2-Thiophen-3-ylmethylene-1-aza-bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-3-one (2003)

The crystal structure of C12H13NOS, which was obtained in a base-catalysed condensation reaction of thio­phene-3-carbox­aldehyde with 1-aza-bi­cyclo­[2.2.2]­octan-3-one, is presented. The title compound, which contains a double bond connecting an aza­bicyclic ring system to a thio­phen-3-yl­methyl­ene moiety, crystallizes from solution in methanol and has a thienyl ring-flip disorder.
A Quiet Digitally Assisted Auto-Zero-Stabilized Voltage Buffer with 0.6pA Input Current and 0.6μV Offset (2018)

The readout of high impedance sensors and sampled voltage references [1] requires amplifiers with both low offset and low input current. Chopper amplifiers can achieve low offset, but the switching of their input chopper gives rise to significant input current (40 to 110pA) [2-4]. Auto-zero (AZ) amplifiers require less input switching, but exhibit more voltage noise. However, ping-pong amplifiers continuously swap two auto-zeroed input stages, leading to more switching [5,7]. In this work, an AZ stabilized topology is proposed, in which a single amplifier is always present in the signal path. Only one input switch is required, resulting in an input current of 0.6pA (max), a 66x improvement on the state-of-the art [4]. Furthermore, a digitally assisted offset-reduction scheme reduces its low-frequency (LF) noise to the theoretical V5x limit. It also achieves a state-of-the-art maximum offset of 0.6μΥ.
Endocytic Internalization of Adenovirus, Nonspecific Phagocytosis, and Cytoskeletal Organization Are Coordinately Regulated in Alveolar Macrophages by GM-CSF and PU.1 (2002)

GM-CSF gene-targeted (GM(-/-)) mice have impaired pulmonary clearance of bacterial and fungal pathogens by alveolar macrophages (AMs). Because AMs also clear adenovirus from the lung, the role of GM-CSF in endocytic internalization of adenovirus by AMs was evaluated. Pulmonary clearance of adenovirus was severely impaired in GM(-/-) mice compared to wild-type (GM(+/+)) mice as determined by Southern analysis of viral DNA. Internalization of adenovirus by AMs was deficient in GM(-/-) mice in vivo and in vitro as determined by uptake of fluorescently labeled adenovirus or by PCR quantification of adenoviral DNA internalized within AMs. An AM cell line previously established from GM(-/-) mice (mAM) had impaired internalization of adenovirus and transferrin-coated 100-nm latex beads compared to MH-S, a GM(+/+) AM cell line. Phagocytosis of 4- micro m latex beads was also impaired in mAM cells as determined by confocal and fluorescence microscopy. Retroviral vector-mediated reconstitution of PU.1 expression in cultured GM(-/-) AMs restored phagocytosis of 4- micro m beads, endocytosis of adenovirus, and transferrin-coated 100-nm beads (independent of integrin alpha(V) and transferrin receptors, respectively), and restored normal cytoskeletal organization, filamentous actin distribution, and stimulated formation of filopodia. Interestingly, mRNA for the phosphoinositide 3 kinase p110gamma isoform, important in macrophage phagocytic function, was absent in GM(-/-) AMs and was restored by PU.1 expression. These data show that GM-CSF, via PU.1, regulates endocytosis of small ( approximately 100 nm) pathogens/inert particles and phagocytosis of very large inert particles and suggests regulation of cytoskeletal organization by GM-CSF/PU.1 as the molecular basis of this control.
Usher: Improving Data Quality with Dynamic Forms (2011)

Data quality is a critical problem in modern databases. data-entry forms present the first and arguably best opportunity for detecting and mitigating errors, but there has been little research into automatic methods for improving data quality at entry time. In this paper, we propose Usher, an end-to-end system for form design, entry, and data quality assurance. Using previous form submissions, Usher learns a probabilistic model over the questions of the form. Usher then applies this model at every step of the data-entry process to improve data quality. Before entry, it induces a form layout that captures the most important data values of a form instance as quickly as possible and reduces the complexity of error-prone questions. During entry, it dynamically adapts the form to the values being entered by providing real-time interface feedback, reasking questions with dubious responses, and simplifying questions by reformulating them. After entry, it revisits question responses that it deems likely to have been entered incorrectly by reasking the question or a reformulation thereof. We evaluate these components of Usher using two real-world data sets. Our results demonstrate that Usher can improve data quality considerably at a reduced cost when compared to current practice.
Nitrite levels in breath condensate of patients with cystic fibrosis is elevated in contrast to exhaled nitric oxide (1998)

Nitrite levels in breath condensate were raised in stable patients with cystic fibrosis in contrast to exhaled NO. This suggests that nitrite levels may be a more useful measure of NO production and possibly airways inflammation in suppurative airways and that exhaled NO may not reflect total NO production.
Gene Expression of Aromatic l‐Amino Acid Decarboxylase in Cultured Rat Glial Cells (1992)

Northern blot hybridization was performed to detect aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) mRNA in primary cultures of astrocytes and C6 glioma cells. The cDNA probe for rat AADC was generated by reverse transcription from rat adrenal gland total RNA and was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction method. AADC mRNA from cultured astrocytes and C6 glioma cells was present as a single band, 2.2 kbp in size, that comigrated with the RNA from rat kidney. Western immunoblot showed a single protein band at 52 kDa for AADC enzyme protein. These findings demonstrate that AADC is expressed in rat glial cells.
Tensor-based multiuser detection and intra-cell interference mitigation in LTE PUCCH (2013)

Since Release 8 Long-Term Evolution (LTE) by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), the uplink control channel called the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is specified. In this paper, we propose a new multi-user joint receiver processing for LTE PUCCH that counteracts the intra-cell interference (ICI). Using the fact that the received signal in PUCCH signaling follows a constrained tensor model, a multi-user receiver based on an iterative joint channel/code estimation and symbol detection is proposed. The interest in such a challenging setting relies on the overhead reduction synchronization errors defined by time offset and inaccuracies of timing align. Simulation results show remarkable performance gains of the proposed receiver compared to the conventional time-frequency decorrelator based receiver under the same conditions.
Highly Efficient FRET from a Single Nitrogen-Vacancy Center in Nanodiamonds to a Single Organic Molecule (2011)

We show highly efficient fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond as donor and dye molecules as acceptor, respectively. The energy transfer efficiency is 86% with particles of 20 nm in size. Calculated and experimentally measured energy transfer efficiencies are in excellent agreement. Owing to the small size of the nanocrystals and careful surface preparation, energy transfer between a single nitrogen-vacancy center and a single quencher was identified by the stepwise change of energy transfer efficiencies due to bleaching of single acceptor molecules. Our studies pave the way toward FRET-based scanning probe techniques using single NV donors.