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Self-calibrating 3D context for retrieving people with luggage (2011)

We outline the retrieval of images from a network of security cameras by means of an attribute-based query. Our approach is based on detectors for several object classes which enable combined queries to retrieve people based on characteristic pieces of luggage. The approach works independently of camera recording frame rates since it does not rely on tracking or background assumptions, and it requires neither real training images nor manual annotations since it is entirely trained on synthetic data. By performing an approximate 3D auto-calibration for each camera from a few detected humans and exploiting object-level context in a 3D coordinate system, we can significantly improve the precision of otherwise weakly performing detectors for inconspicuous object classes. We evaluate our approach on data from an airport security camera network and demonstrate the system's ability to respond to combined appearance and 3D metric contextual attribute queries over multiple cameras.
Future generations of cathode materials: an automotive industry perspective (2015)

The potential application in the automotive field of several future cathode materials is evaluated based on their energy density, power capability and lifetime expectation.
A distributed object-oriented system with multi-threads of services (2002)

Distributed computing systems are becoming more and more popular. Most developing tools and environments for distributed systems were developed with structured programming languages and remote procedure calls (RPCs). The authors present an approach to construct a network-based distributed system, of which each subsystem is object-oriented and supports multiple threads of control. The remote services in the system are based on a client/server paradigm: a server site consists of a group of serving objects and a proxy is generated in a client site to represent a distinct remote serving object. Each serving object may serve (remote) requests concurrently, since it may have one serving thread for each request. With a library of (remote) serving classes, the system can be built in popular object-oriented languages and is allowed to reuse existing components directly. A prototype system is constructed using C++ language and Sun RPCs.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
THRILLERS (1964)

Journal Article THRILLERS Get access ALAN S. C. ROSS ALAN S. C. ROSS Department of Linguistics, The University of BirminghamBirmingham 15 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume 11, Issue 10, October 1964, Pages 390-a–390, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/11-10-390a Published: 01 October 1964
The subunit structure and active site sequence of porcine spleen deoxyribonuclease. (1985)

An acid DNase (DNase II) from porcine spleen was purified by sequential chromatography over carboxymethyl-cellulose, blue dextran-Sepharose, hydroxylapatite, and sulfoxyethyl-cellulose. The purified enzyme shows two polypeptide bands on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis at Mr 35,000 (alpha chain) and 10,000 (beta chain). The sum of the two molecular weights is that of the native enzyme (45,000). Thus, the DNase II molecule is an alpha,beta dimer. The two polypeptides are not joined by disulfide bonds, but can be cross-linked chemically with dimethyl suberimidate. They are dissociable in 8 M urea, after which they can be isolated by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, eluting with 1 M acetic acid. Once dissociated, the two polypeptides cannot be reassociated to regenerate DNase II activity. The sum of the amino acid compositions of the two polypeptides is that of the native enzyme, and both contain carbohydrate. The beta chain is devoid of histidine, half-cystine, valine, and methionine. The NH2-terminal amino acid of the alpha chain is leucine, while that of the beta chain cannot be identified by either dansylation or Edman degradation. Alkylation of an essential histidine residue of DNase II occurs on incubation of the enzyme with [2-14C] ICH2COOH (Oshima, R. G., and Price, P. A. (1973) J. Biol. Chem. 248, 7522-7526). Radioactivity is found only in the alpha chain. After hydrolysis of the alpha chain with trypsin, chymotrypsin, and thermolysin, radioactive peptides were isolated by gel filtration on Sephadex G-25 and reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. Sequence analyses of the radioactive peptides show alkylation of 1 of 9 histidines in the entire amino acid sequence of DNase II. The sequence around this histidine, determined by manual microsequencing and by the release of amino acids with carboxypeptidases A and B, is Ala-Thr-Glu-Asp-His-Ser-Lys-Trp.
Intranet-based management of satellite control center operations (2002)

Operational management of a multi-vendor fleet of satellites requires the ability for satellite controllers and subsystem engineers to be thoroughly trained in each unique spacecraft as well as having the ability to quickly access accurate operational procedures and technical data. This challenge is especially critical within the Satellite Control Center at INTELSAT. INTELSAT owns and operates a global communications satellite system providing capacity for voice, video, corporate/private networks and Internet services to more than 200 countries and territories. INTELSAT owns 17 geosynchronous satellites, and currently operates another six for other companies. The INTELSAT Satellite Control Center (SCC) operates satellites made by five different manufacturers, creating a unique environment in the management of day-to-day and launch operations. The Satellite Control Center Training and Intranet Services group is responsible for information management and operational system solutions to support the specific needs of both operations and engineering personnel. Utilizing state-of-the-art Instructional Systems Design models and taking advantage of the significant improvements in Internet browser capabilities, HTML, Java Script, C++, and other web-development tools, we provide services, tools, and configurable software to simplify the management of satellite operations. Consistent with the INTELSAT Concept of Operations, the Training and Intranet Services department has provided Intranet access over the past five years to support the following key operational areas: Control Segment Operations, Space Segment Operations, and Launch Operations.
High-performance ultrafast fiber laser systems (2004)

For emerging real world applications the availability of high repetition rate and high energy ultrashort pulse laser systems is of significant importance. Ytterbium-doped fiber laser systems have established themselves as a very attractive gain medium for pulsed amplification. We discuss the feasibility of high average power (>100 W) and high energy (~100 μJ) femtosecond fiber CPA systems. Novel fiber geometries based on microstructured large-core air-clad fibers are introduced, which allow for a significant performance scaling. Furthermore, an all-fiber CPA system including an air-core photonic band-gap fiber compressor is presented. This approach opens the avenue to a completely fiber integrated high performance short pulse laser system.
ABNORMALITIES OF BONE AND OROFACIAL CHANGES FROM ANTICONVULSANT DRUGS (1974)

Dr. Israel, from his experience at the Fels Research Institute, presents an earnest plea for a critical consideration of the orofacial changes from medication with anticonvulsants.
Delay analysis for packet trains over computer communication networks (2003)

A model for traffic arrival in a computer network is analyzed. This model is based on a train arrival process in which the traffic between each node pair consists of a certain number of trains, each having a random number of packets. With this scheme, the number of overhead bits per packet is reduced. The processing time at each node is reduced, because each node needs to make only one routing decision per train and does not need to make a separate routing decision for each packet. The scheme described can cope with the ever increasing amount of data being transferred over computer networks by decreasing processing times while maintaining maximum packet size restrictions. The model accurately describes the dependence suggested by observed correlation between successive arrivals of a train. The aggregate arrival process that results from multiplexing N sources to a multiplexer is characterized in detail. The relation of the proposed model to delay congestion and buffer sizes is described.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Thrombopoietin Protects Against In Vitro and In Vivo Cardiotoxicity Induced by Doxorubicin (2006)

These data have provided the first evidence that TPO is a protective agent against DOX-induced cardiac injury. We propose to further explore an integrated program, incorporating TPO with other protocols, for treatment of DOX-induced cardiotoxicity and other forms of cardiomyopathy.
Evaluation and prospects of F2 genotypes of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) for yield and yield components. (2008)

The heterosis is a tool to increase cotton (G. hirsutum L.) yield but due to difficulties in producing F1 seed, the use of heterosis in cotton has been limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential F2 hybrids by comparing them with parents, commercial varieties and F1s for yield, yield components and fiber quality. The genetic design was half diallel, consisting five parents (CIM-496, MNH-554, FH-901, FH-945, LRA5166, 10 F1 & 10 F2). The differences among genotypes were determined. The highest yielding parent was CIM-496 3521kg ha followed by MNH-554 with 3268 kg ha. While the variety FH-901 with 2391 kg ha yielded minimum among the parents. With cross combinations MNH-786 × VH-144, MNH-554 × LRA-5166, and CIM–499 × LRA 5166 showed minimum inbreeding depression i.e., –39.72, -27.85 and -22.72 for seed cotton yield, yield components and fiber traits than expected inbreeding depression i.e., 50.0%. General combing ability mean squares were significant for all traits and specific combing ability mean squares were also significant for all traits. ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) mean squares were significant, while the GCA effects were higher than SCA effects for all traits. This showed that additive gene action is prevailing with dominant gene action for expression of these traits. The variety FH-901 was the best general combiner for the yield and yield components. It is concluded that F2 can be used for availing the heterosis after evaluating the proper cross combination; parents and the cost of seed production will also be reduced.
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PREVALENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION IN THE MULTICENTER AIDS COHORT STUDY (1987)

Interviews regarding medical history, life-style, specific drug taking and sexual activities, and physical examinations were administered to 4,955 homosexual men who volunteered for the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study in Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh. Overall, the prevalence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in these men was 38.0%. The factor most strongly associated with prevalent HIV infection according to a multiple logistic regression model was rectal trauma, a composite variable which included receptive anal fisting, enemas before sex, reporting of blood around the rectum, and the observation of scarring, fissures or fistulas on rectal examination. Receptive anal intercourse also was strongly associated with HIV infection in the model. The multivariate relative odds for HIV antibody positivity was 7.72 for the highest level of rectal trauma and 3.04 for receptive anal intercourse. Symptoms reported to occur in some persons who subsequently develop acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were frequent among HIV seropositive men (12.9%) but were reported in 8.4% of seronegative men as well. Generalized lymphadenopathy was observed significantly more often in seropositive men (48.8%) compared with seronegative men (11.4%). The prevalence of HIV antibodies was inversely related to the number of T-helper cells and directly related (to a lesser extent) to the number of T-suppressor cells. The results suggest that disruption of the rectal mucosa provides access by HIV to the blood stream and to specific immunologic cells. Since symptoms and generalized lymphadenopathy were often reported among seronegative men, they probably also occur among some seropositive men not currently progressing to AIDS.
For a Marxism Without Guarantees (1983)

In his address to the ALR Marx Centenary Symposium in Sydney and Melbourne in April 1983, Stuart Hall asked the audience to accept that there isn't any lost page of Marx's notebooks which will tell us where to go next. Hall finished his address by saying the only Marx worth celebrating is the Marx which is interested in thinking and struggling on an open terrain, a Marx who offers a marxism without guarantees, and without answers. The following article is based on his addresses at Sydney and Melbourne.
Effect of normal endometrial stroma on growth and differentiation in Ishikawa endometrial adenocarcinoma cells. (2002)

Endometrial cancer is characterized by alterations in the stromal cells and the supporting extracellular matrix in addition to the intrinsic alterations of the malignant epithelial cells. We have developed a cell culture model that demonstrates the role of stromal cells in the regulation of proliferation, hormone responsiveness, and differentiation of an endometrial adenocarcinoma cell line (Ishikawa). Conditioned medium (CM) was collected from normal primary human endometrial stromal cells grown on plastic or within the basement membrane extract, Matrigel. The CM produced by stromal cells cultured in contact with Matrigel markedly inhibited Ishikawa cell proliferation compared with CM from stromal cells cultured on plastic. Ishikawa cell proliferation varied with steroid hormone treatment in the presence of CM from stromal cells embedded in Matrigel. When the Ishikawa cells were placed in coculture in contact with stromal cells in Matrigel, production of a differentiated epithelial secretory product, glycodelin, was induced. Gene expression of stromal cell hormone receptors, growth factors, and integrins was analyzed by reverse transcription-PCR in the presence of Matrigel to determine the potential factors involved in stromal regulatory function. These combined studies imply that the phenotype of the Ishikawa cells can be induced to differentiate to more closely resemble normal endometrial epithelium by reintroduction of stromal factors and appropriate extracellular matrix. Additionally, the study shows that basement membrane proteins influence the regulatory function of stromal cells as they mediate epithelial cell growth.
An experimental study: Fiber Bragg grating–hydrothermal cycling integration system for seepage monitoring of rockfill dams (2016)

In order to make up defects liable for the conventional monitoring of rockfill dam seepage in spatial inconsequence and low efficiency, a new monitoring system is proposed based on the heating technique incorporated in the temperature tracer method, that is, the integrated system of fiber Bragg grating temperature sensing and hydrothermal cycling. The system has a boiler as its heating device, and heated water from boiler is admitted through redistributor and circular warm pipelines, in which fiber Bragg grating sensors are embedded in advance for measuring the water temperature, thereby the seepage behavior is identified from the correlative fields of temperature and seepage. A coefficient ζ v , according to Newton’s law of cooling, is then fitted out by pipeline cooling curves and used as a new way to identify the seepage state. The temperature–time–travel curves for the cooling period have proved by calibration tests to be, in general, consistent with the mathematical model of temperature variations under Newton’s law of cooling, thereby to inverting the seepage velocity through the fitting formula of it with ζ v . With the test model of concentrative leakage established in regard to the location, amount of leakage passages, and leakage rate, multi-condition tests have been conducted which conclude that the proposed method is capable of positioning leakage and quantifying seepage velocity; therefore, it is valid for seepage monitoring and identification.
LECTURA SEMIO-ESTÉTICA DE PRODUCTO (2006)

El grupo de investigacion Theratos de la Universidad Autonoma de Colombia en la carrera de Diseno Industrial esta realizando una investigacion en la linea de profundizacion en desarrollo de Producto titulada “Lectura Semio-estetica de producto” la cual se establece desde el area de teorica y de concepto.
Psychometrics and normative data for the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite: replacing the PASAT with the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (2009)

The MS Functional Composite (MSFC) is a continuous scale of neurological disability for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Cognition is represented by the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT), although the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) has been proposed as a promising alternative. MSFC scores were calculated using either the PASAT or the SDMT with the following reference populations: National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) Task Force, 400 MS patients, and 100 normal controls. A subgroup of 115 patients was followed longitudinally, with a test-retest interval of 2.3 +/- 1.2 years. Pearson correlations were calculated and analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were used to assess relationships among the MSFC components and composite scores, and differences in performance between patients and controls. Longitudinal changes were also assessed. Logistic regression was performed to determine which MSFC scores are most predictive of diagnosis, course, and work disability. All MSFCs had similar test-retest reliability and correlations with other measures including neurological disability, depression, and fatigue. The SDMT showed slightly better validity with respect to predicting diagnosis, course, and work disability, although the amount of variance accounted for was similar for each version of the MSFC. Our data, derived from a large sample of MS patients and normal controls, supports the validity of both PASAT and SDMT versions of the MSFC. Because the SDMT has slightly better predictive validity and has a relatively easier administration procedure, some clinicians and researchers may wish to replace the PASAT with the SDMT in future calculations of the MSFC using the calculation methods provided in this manuscript.
Improved Element-Based Lattice Reduction Algorithms for Wireless Communications (2013)

Lattice-reduction (LR)-aided linear detectors (LDs) have shown great potentials for wireless communications due to their low complexity and high performance. However, most of the existing LR algorithms do not directly aim at minimizing the asymptotic error performance of LDs, which is dominated by the shortest longest vector (SLV) in the dual space. To find sub-optimal solutions to the SLV reduction, element-based lattice reduction (ELR) algorithms were recently proposed by performing column-addition operations. In this paper, we propose improved ELR algorithms (called ELR <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">+</sup> ) by performing generalized column-addition operations. We find that the problem that minimizes a basis vector by a generalized column-addition operation can be formulated as a closest vector problem (CVP). By solving the CVP that minimizes the longest basis vector for each basis update, the proposed ELR <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">+</sup> algorithms find sub-optimal solutions to the SLV reduction problem with high performance. Simulations illustrate that the proposed ELR <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">+</sup> algorithms show superior performance relative to the state-of-the-art LRs for linear detection, including Korkin-Zolotarev reductions.
The varicella-zoster virus immediate-early protein IE62 is a major component of virus particles (1992)

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) open reading frame (ORF) 62 potentially encodes a protein with considerable amino acid homology to the herpes simplex virus (HSV) immediate-early regulatory polypeptide ICP4 (or IE3). To identify and characterize its protein product(s) (IE62), we used a rabbit antiserum prepared against a synthetic peptide corresponding to the C-terminal 13 amino acids of the predicted protein. This antiserum reacted with phosphorylated polypeptides of 175 to 180 kDa that were made in VZV-infected cells and in cells infected with a vaccinia virus recombinant expressing IE62, but not in control-infected cells, confirming its specificity and reactivity to the IE62 protein. The antiserum recognized a 175-kDa polypeptide in purified virions that comigrated with a major structural protein. Comparison of this reactivity with that of an antipeptide antiserum directed against the VZV ORF 10 product (homologous to the HSV major structural protein VP16) indicates similar levels of ORF 62 and ORF 10 polypeptides in VZV virions. In contrast, antipeptide antiserum directed against the VZV ORF 29 product, the homolog of the HSV major DNA-binding protein, failed to recognize any protein in our virion preparations. Treatment of virions with detergents that disrupt the virion envelope did not dissociate IE62 from the nucleocapsid-tegument structure of the virion. Differential sensitivity of VZV virion IE62 to trypsin digestion in the presence or absence of Triton X-100 indicates that IE62 is protected from trypsin degradation by the virus envelope; since it is not a nucleocapsid protein, we conclude that it is part of the tegument. Finally, we show that the virion 175-kDa protein either can autophosphorylate or is a major substrate in vitro for virion-associated protein kinase activity.
Effect of diameter and surface treatment of fiber on interfacial shear strength in glass fiber/epoxy and HDPE (1992)

Abstract The effect of fiber diameter and the surface treatment of fiber on the interfacial shear strength between glass fiber and matrix (epoxy and high‐density polyethylene) has been investigated. Pullout experiments for measuring the interfacial shear strength have been carried out through use of microbonding and the solution microbond test methods for the epoxy and HDPE composite systems, respectively. From this study, it has been found that the interfacial shear strength decreased with the increasing fiber diameter regardless of the type of fiber surface treatment for both resin systems.