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Compression of Ultrasonic NDT Image by Wavelet Based Local Quantization (2004)

Compression on ultrasonic image that is always corrupted by noise will cause ‘over‐smoothness’ or much distortion. To solve this problem to meet the need of real time inspection and tele‐inspection, a compression method based on Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) that can also suppress the noise without losing much flaw‐relevant information, is presented in this work. Exploiting the multi‐resolution and interscale correlation property of DWT, a simple way named DWCs classification, is introduced first to classify detail wavelet coefficients (DWCs) as dominated by noise, signal or bi‐effected. A better denoising can be realized by selective thresholding DWCs. While in ‘Local quantization’, different quantization strategies are applied to the DWCs according to their classification and the local image property. It allocates the bit rate more efficiently to the DWCs thus achieve a higher compression rate. Meanwhile, the decompressed image shows the effects of noise suppressed and flaw characters preserved.
Pathology in a tube: Step 1. Fixing, staining, and transporting pancreatic core biopsies in a microfluidic device for 3D imaging (2014)

A minimally-invasive diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is accomplished by obtaining a fine needle aspirate and observing the cell preparations under conventional optical microscopy. As an unavoidable artifact, native tissue architecture is lost, making definite diagnosis of malignancy, or invasive neoplasm, impossible. One solution is the preparation of core biopsies (CBs) within a microfluidic device that are subsequently imaged in 3D. In this paper, porcine pancreas CBs (L = 1-2 cm, D = 0.4-2.0 mm) were formalin-fixed, stained and optically cleared (FocusClear®). In brightfield at 40x, light transmission through the ordinarily opaque CBs was increased 5-15x, and internal islet structures were easily identified 250-300 μm beneath the tissue surface. Typically, specimen preparation is time intensive and requires precise handling since CBs are delicate; thus, fixative, absorptive stain and FocusClear® diffusion were done slowly and manually. To significantly speed up tissue processing, we developed a microfluidic device consisting of both a main channel (L = 12.5 cm, D = 1.415 mm) with a circular cross section used for fixing and transporting the CB and an intersecting U-channel employed for staining. Space between the CB and channel wall provided a key feature not traditionally employed in microfluidic devices, such that at low flow rates (5-10 mL/min) CBs were fixed and stained while the specimen remained stationary. By switching quickly to higher flow rates (15-20 mL/min), we could precisely overcome adhesion and transport the specimen within the channel towards the imaging platform for 3D pathology.
Genomic and Epigenomic Insights into Nutrition and Brain Disorders (2013)

Considerable evidence links many neuropsychiatric, neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders with multiple complex interactions between genetics and environmental factors such as nutrition. Mental health problems, autism, eating disorders, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and brain tumours are related to individual variability in numerous protein-coding and non-coding regions of the genome. However, genotype does not necessarily determine neurological phenotype because the epigenome modulates gene expression in response to endogenous and exogenous regulators, throughout the life-cycle. Studies using both genome-wide analysis of multiple genes and comprehensive analysis of specific genes are providing new insights into genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying nutrition and neuroscience. This review provides a critical evaluation of the following related areas: (1) recent advances in genomic and epigenomic technologies, and their relevance to brain disorders; (2) the emerging role of non-coding RNAs as key regulators of transcription, epigenetic processes and gene silencing; (3) novel approaches to nutrition, epigenetics and neuroscience; (4) gene-environment interactions, especially in the serotonergic system, as a paradigm of the multiple signalling pathways affected in neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders. Current and future advances in these four areas should contribute significantly to the prevention, amelioration and treatment of multiple devastating brain disorders.
Grazing incidence in-plane X-ray diffraction in the laboratory (2004)

The laboratory implementation of grazing incidence in-plane X-ray diffraction, using an unmodified commercial diffractometer, is described. Low resolution, high intensity measurements are illustrated in the study of the in-plane lattice parameters and texture of a thin polycrystalline ZnO film on glass, the in-plane order in Cd arachidate Langmuir–Blodgett films, and the depth dependence of the lattice parameter in graded Si–Ge epilayers. Use of an asymmetrically cut Ge crystal to compress and monochromate the beam provides a high resolution setting, appropriate to measurement of the in-plane mosaic of mismatched epilayers such as GaN on sapphire.
Clinical and Therapeutic Profile and Quality of Life of Patients With Seborrheic Dermatitis (2007)

The most common clinical profile of seborrheic dermatitis is a 40-year-old patient with facial/scalp involvement of mild to moderate intensity with a history of stress/depression/fatigue prior to the outbreak. The most common treatments in the daily clinical practice are topical steroids and imidazole antifungals. The impact of seborrheic dermatitis in the quality of life is low.
Alcohol-bicarbonate-water system. Structure-reactivity studies on the equilibriums for formation of alkyl monocarbonates and on the rates of their decomposition in aqueous alkali (1975)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTAlcohol-bicarbonate-water system. Structure-reactivity studies on the equilibriums for formation of alkyl monocarbonates and on the rates of their decomposition in aqueous alkaliCarol K. Sauers, William P. Jencks, and Susan GrohCite this: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1975, 97, 19, 5546–5553Publication Date (Print):September 1, 1975Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 September 1975https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja00852a038https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00852a038research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views542Altmetric-Citations81LEARN 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 optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate: a possible marker of atherosclerosis and a strong predictor of coronary heart disease mortality (2000)

The erythrocyte sedimentation rate is a strong predictor of coronary heart disease mortality, and appears to be a marker of aggressive forms of coronary heart disease. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate probably gives substantial information in addition to that given by fibrinogen on the risk of coronary heart disease death.
Resource allocation scheme for device-to-device communication for maximizing spatial reuse (2013)

Recently, device-to-device (D2D) communication in cellular networks has gained much attention for enabling a base station (BS) to offload traffic to direct D2D links and for facilitating new network services. In this paper, we propose a semi-distributed resource allocation scheme for the D2D communication where the BS allocates radio resources for cellular user links and D2D links in a centralized manner while the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level and the transmission power of D2D links are distributively decided by the device of each D2D link. We first formulate a resource allocation problem of which the objective is to maximize the spatial reuse of radio resources by allowing the simultaneous transmission of D2D links on the same resources. To solve the problem, we present a suboptimal greedy algorithm. By simulation, we show that the cellular networks with the proposed scheme achieve a higher network throughput by maximizing the spatial reuse of radio resources.
Masked Face Recognition for Secure Authentication (2020)

With the recent world-wide COVID-19 pandemic, using face masks have become an important part of our lives. People are encouraged to cover their faces when in public area to avoid the spread of infection. The use of these face masks has raised a serious question on the accuracy of the facial recognition system used for tracking school/office attendance and to unlock phones. Many organizations use facial recognition as a means of authentication and have already developed the necessary datasets in-house to be able to deploy such a system. Unfortunately, masked faces make it difficult to be detected and recognized, thereby threatening to make the in-house datasets invalid and making such facial recognition systems inoperable. This paper addresses a methodology to use the current facial datasets by augmenting it with tools that enable masked faces to be recognized with low false-positive rates and high overall accuracy, without requiring the user dataset to be recreated by taking new pictures for authentication. We present an open-source tool, MaskTheFace to mask faces effectively creating a large dataset of masked faces. The dataset generated with this tool is then used towards training an effective facial recognition system with target accuracy for masked faces. We report an increase of 38% in the true positive rate for the Facenet system. We also test the accuracy of re-trained system on a custom real-world dataset MFR2 and report similar accuracy.
The PIO2 vs. SpO2 diagram: a non-invasive measure of pulmonary oxygen exchange. (1995)

A non-invasive method for measuring pulmonary oxygen exchange is described using a plot of inspired oxygen partial pressure (PIO2) vs. oxygen saturation (SpO2). This method was assessed using nine normal subjects and 35 patients undergoing major surgery, including five thoracotomies. In each patient PIO2 was varied to produce a range of values of SpO2 between 85% and 99%. A model based on the inspired to arterial oxygen difference involving the shunt equation, solved by simultaneous numerical methods, was used to show how the PIO2 vs. SaO2 relationship could be used to derive two parameters of oxygen exchange, the PIO2-Pco2 difference and the Virtual Shunt. The model allows the inspired to arterial difference in PO2 to be divided into (a) an inspired to 'ideal' alveolar difference attributable to the balance between alveolar ventilation and oxygen uptake; (b) an 'ideal' alveolar to end-capillary difference attributable to inhomogeneity in ventilation/perfusion ratios; and (c) end-capillary to arterial difference attributable to true shunt, which was termed 'virtual shunt' because of the uncertainties of assuming fixed values for haemoglobin concentration and arteriovenous oxygen content difference. The coefficient of determination showed that there was a good fit of the model to the data. Because the method is model-based it enables extrapolation to different PIO2 values as well as the study of the evolution of changes in gas exchange under varying conditions.
Codes of binary length for LEO/MEO CDMA systems (2002)

In LEO/MEO systems there can be significant interference between overlapping spot beams from several satellites. New codes are proposed which are interference resistant and attractive in this application. These codes, named TCH codes, are of binary length, possess near optimum cross-correlation properties and have significant advantages from the implementation point of view. The derivation of these codes is explained. Their potentialities for use in CDMA are also presented and the error rate performance is compared with other schemes in a typical LEO/MEO system application.
Mechanical behavior of metallic glasses (1975)

This is a review of the present knowledge of the mechanical behavior of metallic glasses. It begins with a brief discussion of their structures and how these relate to the small change (about 1%) in mass density that occurs when a metallic glass is crystallized. Then the elastic, anelastic, plastic, and strength properties are reviewed. Mechanisms of plastic flow are discussed. A quantitative dislocation model that successfully predicts the observed yield stresses is presented. Needs for producing future understanding are outlined.
Thermal Sprayed Coatings in High-Performance Agricultural Machinery: Properties and Wear-Behaviour Test Routine (2006)

Abstract Cutting tools in agricultural machines have to withstand high wear demands. Longer maintenance cycle intervals of these tools can be achieved using coatings reinforced with hard particles, applied onto tool substrates. This work was done to establish the qualified test procedure to characterize carbide containing spray & fuse coatings for agricultural demands under abrasion and impact. Simulating these field conditions in lab-scale, tests were performed with a standard ASTM G65 dry-sand rubber-wheel tester (3-body abrasion) and a special impeller-tumbler apparatus (combined impact and abrasion wear). The interaction of hardphase content and matrix composition was investigated to assess their response varying impact energy effects. The test procedure described is suited to optimize coatings by combining quantitative mass loss measurement with results of surface profilometry. It is shown, that crucial material criteria of carbide coatings, such as edge stability and wear progress, can be characterized in a way which is able to tailor coatings for targeted wear regimes in agriculture.
Production of Sophorolipids from Non-edible Jatropha Oil by Stamerella bombicola NBRC 10243 and Evaluation of their Interfacial Properties (2013)

To facilitate the development of bio-based chemicals from renewable and inexpensive natural resources, we sought to produce biosurfactants using non-edible jatropha oil. Twenty yeasts known to produce biosurfactants were tested in this study, and Stamerella bombicola NBRC 10243 was found to use jatropha oil efficiently to produce sophorolipids (SLs) as a mixture of lactone-form SL (L-SL) and acid-form SL (A-SL). Under culture conditions using rice bran as the source of organic nutrients, the yield of SLs reached 122.6 g/L in 5-L jar fermentors after 9 d in culture. HPLC analysis of the culture medium showed that the levels of phorbol esters (PEs), major toxic components of the oil, decreased markedly with an increase in culture time, suggesting that the yeast degrades PEs. Although the SLs obtained by solvent extraction of the culture medium contained a small amount of PEs, the sodium salt of A-SL (A-SL-Na) obtained by alkaline treatment (5N NaOH, 80°C) showed no PE peaks upon HPLC analysis. A-SL-Na had excellent surface activity with low CMC (9.0×10⁻⁴ M) and γ(CMC) (29.6 mN/m), which are lower than that of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The solubilizing ability of A-SL-Na toward for octanoic acid ([octanoic acid]/[A-SL-Na]) was found to be 2.0, which is half that of SDS. Our findings should help improve SL production from non-edible feedstock and broaden the use of promising bio-based surfactants.
Real-Time Analytics: Techniques to Analyze and Visualize Streaming Data (2014)

Construct a robust end-to-end solution for analyzing and visualizing streaming data Real-time analytics is the hottest topic in data analytics today. In Real-Time Analytics: Techniques to Analyze and Visualize Streaming Data, expert Byron Ellis teaches data analysts technologies to build an effective real-time analytics platform. This platform can then be used to make sense of the constantly changing data that is beginning to outpace traditional batch-based analysis platforms. The author is among a very few leading experts in the field. He has a prestigious background in research, development,
Chapitre III. La césure et la rime (1991)

I Elles existent déjà dans la poésie liturgique, et elles sont, dans l’état où nous les y trouvons, la conséquence directe du syllabisme. Elles doivent être examinées à divers points de vue. Jusqu’à une époque relativement récente, elles ont eu en français un caractère musical très net, la césure consistant en une suspension, la rime en un abaissement de la voix qui marque l’unité du vers. Cette modulation est grégorienne. Elle a même une origine beaucoup plus lointaine et remonte aux plus an...
An anti-CD3/anti–CLL-1 bispecific antibody for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (2016)

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a major unmet medical need. Most patients have poor long-term survival, and treatment has not significantly changed in 40 years. Recently, bispecific antibodies that redirect the cytotoxic activity of effector T cells by binding to CD3, the signaling component of the T-cell receptor, and a tumor target have shown clinical activity. Notably, blinatumomab is approved to treat relapsed/refractory acute lymphoid leukemia. Here we describe the design, discovery, pharmacologic activity, pharmacokinetics, and safety of a CD3 T cell-dependent bispecific (TDB) full-length human IgG1 therapeutic antibody targeting CLL-1 that could potentially be used in humans to treat AML. CLL-1 is prevalent in AML and, unlike other targets such as CD33 and CD123, is not expressed on hematopoietic stem cells providing potential hematopoietic recovery. We selected a high-affinity monkey cross-reactive anti-CLL-1 arm and tested several anti-CD3 arms that varied in affinity, and determined that the high-affinity CD3 arms were up to 100-fold more potent in vitro. However, in mouse models, the efficacy differences were less pronounced, probably because of prolonged exposure to TDB found with lower-affinity CD3 TDBs. In monkeys, assessment of safety and target cell depletion by the high- and low-affinity TDBs revealed that only the low-affinity CD3/CLL1 TDB was well tolerated and able to deplete target cells. Our data suggest that an appropriately engineered CLL-1 TDB could be effective in the treatment of AML.
Los posibles futuros de la Ciencia y la Tecnología en Iberoamérica (2018)

Hace mas de un al ano se me invito a formar parte del comite
cientifico de la revista de la Facultad Ciencias de la Universidad
Nacional de Colombia. Seguidamente propuse una serie de tres
ensayos que seran publicados hasta finales de 2018. Aproveche
la ocasion para desempolvar mis antiguos conocimientos de
bibliometria o cienciometria, y asi conocer mejor la ciencia de ese
continente que adoro.
Estimation of the Electrode-Fiber Bioelectrical Coupling From Extracellularly Recorded Single Fiber Action Potentials (2015)

Selective peripheral neural interfaces are currently capable of detecting minute electrical signals from nearby nerve fibers as single fiber action potential (SFAP) waveforms. Each detected single unit has a distinct shape originating from the unique bioelectrical coupling that exists between the neuroprosthetic electrode, the nerve fiber and the extracellular milieu. The bioelectrical coupling manifests itself as a series of low-pass Bessel filters acting on the action currents along the nerve fiber. Here, we present a method to estimate the electrode-fiber bioelectrical coupling through a quantitative analysis of the spectral distribution of the single units extracellularly recorded with the thin-film longitudinal intrafascicular electrode (tfLIFE) in an in vivo mammalian peripheral nerve animal model. The bioelectrical coupling estimate is an estimate of the electrode sensitivity function traversed by the nerve fiber, suggesting that it is as a means to directly measure the spatial relationship between the nerve fiber and electrode. It not only reflects a shape change to the SFAP, but has implications for in situ nerve fiber location tracking, in situ diagnostics of nerves and neuroproshetic electrodes, and assessment of the biocompatibility of neural interfaces and the health of the reporting nerve fibers.
Volumetric <scp>MRI</scp> of the lungs during forced expiration (2015)

Dynamic lung imaging during forced expiration is made possible by compressed sensing accelerated dynamic three-dimensional radial magnetic resonance imaging. Magn Reson Med 75:2295-2302, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
High‐resolution MRI of cardiac function with projection reconstruction and steady‐state free precession (2002)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the trabecular structure of the endocardial wall of the living human heart, and the effect of that structure on the measurement of myocardial function using MRI. High-resolution MR images (0.8 x 0.8 x 8 mm voxels) of cardiac function were obtained in five volunteers using a combination of undersampled projection reconstruction (PR) and steady-state free precession (SSFP) contrast in ECG-gated breath-held scans. These images provide movies of cardiac function with new levels of endocardial detail. The trabecular-papillary muscle complex, consisting of a mixture of blood and endocardial structures, is measured to constitute as much as 50% of the myocardial wall in some sectors. Myocardial wall strain measurements derived from tagged MR images show correlation between regions of trabeculae and papillary muscles and regions of high strain, leading to an overestimation of function in the lateral wall.
Retracted: Is Hippocampus Susceptible to Antinociceptive Tolerance to NSAIDs Like the Periaqueductal Grey? (2015)

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1155/2014/654578.].
Diversity‐Oriented Production of Metabolites Derived from Chorismate and Their Use in Organic Synthesis (2011)

Biosynthesis as a model: Based on the branched structure of biosynthetic pathways, such as the shikimate pathway, the selective bioproduction of a set of diverse metabolites has been achieved by means of metabolic engineering (see scheme). A scale-up for preparative purposes was performed, resulting in high product titers and yields from renewable resources.
Effect of tip shape and dihedral on lateral-stability characteristics (1937)

This report presents the results of wind tunnel tests to determine the effect of wing-tip shape and dihedral on some of the aerodynamic characteristics of Clark Y wings that affect the performance and lateral stability of airplanes. Force tests at several angles of yaw and rotation tests at zero yaw were made. From these tests the rates of change of rolling moment, yawing moment, and cross-wind force coefficients with angle of yaw and the rate of change of rolling moment coefficient with rolling were determined.
Characterization of the Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Methylome Identifies Aberrant Disruption of Key Signaling Pathways and Methylated Tumor Suppressor Genes (2014)

The NPC methylome shows a special high-degree CpG methylation epigenotype, similar to the Epstein-Barr virus-infected gastric cancer, indicating a critical epigenetic etiology for NPC pathogenesis.
Wavelength switching in multicavity lasers (1997)

By controlling optical loss in a multiple cavity laser, it is possible to sequentially switch the lasing wavelength with a mode suppression ratio greater than −35 dB. Our experiments use an antireflection coated semiconductor laser diode with optical feedback from Bragg gratings embedded in a single mode fiber. Residual reflectivity from the antireflection coating plays a critical role in determining device operation.