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Keeping Therapy White?: Psychotherapy Trainings and Equal Opportunities (1993)

SUMMARY. This paper looks at the issue of equal opportunities for ethnic minorities as it relates to psychoanalytic psychotherapy trainings. It reports on a survey of trainings and equal opportunity policies and argues that all training organisations should examine their practices in this area and consider the adoption of formal policies aimed at the elimination of possible discrimination against ethnic minority candidates who are otherwise well qualified to train as psychotherapists.
Bullying and what to do about it, Ken Rigby, Australian Council for Educational Research, 1996, Camberwell, 299 pp. (1998)

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In pursuit of disillusion (1993)

The long-term results were the same as those of previous reports on surgery performed superiorly, including the frequency of visual disturbance. However the removal of Schlemm's canal endothelium is necessary in XFG for better IOP control.
C-type Lectins L-SIGN and DC-SIGN Capture and Transmit Infectious Hepatitis C Virus Pseudotype Particles (2004)

The molecular mechanisms involved in the hepatic tropism of hepatitis C virus (HCV) have not been identified. We have shown previously that liver-expressed C-type lectins L-SIGN and DC-SIGN bind the HCV E2 glycoprotein with high affinity (Lozach, P. Y., Lortat-Jacob, H., de Lacroix de Lavalette, A., Staropoli, I., Foung, S., Amara, A., Houles, C., Fieschi, F., Schwartz, O., Virelizier, J. L., Arenzana-Seisdedos, F., and Altmeyer, R. (2003) J. Biol. Chem. 278, 20358-20366). To analyze the functional relevance of this interaction, we generated pseudotyped lentivirus particles presenting HCV glycoproteins E1 and E2 at the virion surface (HCV-pp). High mannose N-glycans are present on E1 and, to a lesser extent, on E2 proteins of mature infectious HCV-pp. Such particles bind to both L-SIGN and DC-SIGN, but they cannot use these receptors for entry into cells. However, infectious virus is transmitted efficiently when permissive Huh-7 cells are cocultured with HCV-pp bound to L-SIGN or to DC-SIGN-positive cell lines. HCV-pp transmission via L-SIGN or DC-SIGN is inhibited by characteristic inhibitors such as the calcium chelator EGTA and monoclonal antibodies directed against lectin carbohydrate recognition domains of both lectins. In support of the biological relevance of this phenomenon, dendritic cells expressing endogenous DC-SIGN transmitted HCV-pp with high efficiency in a DC-SIGN-dependent manner. Our results support the hypothesis that C-type lectins such as the liver sinusoidal endothelial cell-expressed L-SIGN could act as a capture receptor for HCV in the liver and transmit infectious virions to neighboring hepatocytes.
Hough-Transform and Extended RANSAC Algorithms for Automatic Detection of 3D Building Roof Planes from Lidar Data (2007)

Airborne laser scanner technique is broadly the most appropriate way to acquire rapidly and with high density 3D data over a city. Once the 3D Lidar data are available, the next task is the automatic data processing, with major aim to construct 3D building models. Among the numerous automatic reconstruction methods, the techniques allowing the detection of 3D building roof planes are of crucial importance. Three main methods arise from the literature: region growing, Hough-transform and Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC) paradigm. Since region growing algorithms are sometimes not very transparent and not homogenously applied, this paper focuses only on the Hough-transform and the RANSAC algorithm. Their principles, their pseudocode- rarely detailed in the related literature- as well as their complete analyses are presented in this paper. An analytic comparison of both algorithms, in terms of processing time and sensitivity to cloud characteristics, shows that despite the limitation encountered in both methods, RANSAC algorithm is still more efficient than the first one. Under other advantages, its processing time is negligible even when the input data size is very large. On the other hand, Hough-transform is very sensitive to the segmentation parameters values. Therefore, RANSAC algorithm has been chosen and extended to exceed its limitations. Its major limitation is that it searches to detect the best mathematical plane among 3D building point cloud even if this plane does not always represent a roof plane. So the proposed extension allows harmonizing the mathematical aspect of the algorithm with the geometry of a roof. At last, it is shown that the extended approach provides very satisfying results, even in the case of very weak point density and for different levels of building
Concentration of carbon dioxide by electrodialysis with the use of the alkanolamines as sorbents (1982)

The concentration of carbon dioxide by electrodialysis with the use of alkanolamines was studied. Results show the dependence of the solubility of CO/sub 2/ in alkanolamines, and the conductivity of aqueous solutions of monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA), triethanolamine (TEA), and polyethylene polyamine (PEPA), on the composition of the aqueous-organic mixtures. For comparison, corresponding data for MEA, DEA, TEA, and PEPA not containing CO/sub 2/ is also given. In subsequent experiments on regeneration of the absorbents the compositions of the aqueous-organic solvents were chosen to correspond to the region of maximum conductivities of solutions saturated with CO/sub 2/; the concentrations (%) were: MEA and DEA, 15; TEA, 25; PEPA, 10. A schematic diagram of the apparatus used for investigating electrodialytic regeneration of alkanolamines is shown.
LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLY OF NANOZEOLITE BASED ON POLYMERIC MICROSPHERE: ZEOLITE COATED SPHERE AND HOLLOW ZEOLITE SPHERE (2002)

ABSTRACT Zeolite β, silicalite-1, ZSM-5, and TS-1 coated spheres have been prepared successfully through layer-by-layer assembly of nanozeolite/polymer multilayers on polystyrene (PS) microspheres, and hollow zeolite spheres have been obtained by removal of the core by calcination. In the adsorption process of nanozeolites onto the polyelectrolyte-modified template spheres, it has been found that zeta potential of the zeolite colloidal solution that determines the electrostatic interaction has important effects on the zeolite adsorption procedure. The charge on the original sphere template is not necessary, because proper polyelectrolyte modification could change the surface property of the template and make it suitable for layer-by-layer adsorption. The influences of zeolite type and/or size (40–120 nm), the number of zeolite/poly(diallyl-dimethyl-ammonium) layer pairs, and the template sphere size (0.53–10.3 µm) on the preparation of the hollow zeolite spheres were also discussed. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS S. W. Yang thanks Dr. A. Elaissari (CNRS, Lyon) for helpful discussions. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 29874010).
Survival of human pre-antral follicles after cryopreservation of ovarian tissue, follicular isolation and in vitro culture in a calcium alginate matrix (2008)

Our preliminary results indicate that alginate hydrogels may be a suitable system for in vitro culture of isolated human pre-antral follicles. However, more studies are required to establish whether follicular morphology and functionality can be maintained using this matrix.
Renormalization effects near the vortex-unbinding transition of two-dimensional superconductors (1982)

The theory of topological phase transitions predicts a universal relation between the vortex-unbinding temperature ${T}_{c}$ and the areal superelectron density ${n}_{s}({T}_{c})$ in two-dimensional superconductors. Evaluating ${n}_{s}({T}_{c})$ with the theory of dirty superconductors leads to a relation between ${T}_{c}$ and the normal-state sheet resistance ${R}_{N}^{\ensuremath{\square}}$. This latter relation, however, must be modified to account for the distinction between the unrenormalized ${{n}_{s}}^{0}$ and the renormalized value ${{n}_{s}}^{R}$, in the critical region near ${T}_{c}$. This can be expressed via a nonuniversal parameter ${\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{c}=\frac{{{n}_{s}}^{0}({T}_{c})}{{{n}_{s}}^{R}({T}_{c})}$, which depends in turn for homogeneous films on ${N}_{0}$, the density of statistically independent vortices within an area ${\ensuremath{\xi}}^{2}$. For the Hg-Xe thin films studied earlier, we find that ${\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{c}=1.2\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.1$ and ${N}_{0}=0.05\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.03$.
Optimal Global Approximation to Spatially Varying Tone Mapping Operators (2012)

Compared with spatially-varying tone-mapping operators, global tone maps have the advantage that the input is mapped to an output image without introducing spatial artifacts common to spatially-varying tone-mapping operators (e.g. halos and intensity inversions). However some local detail can be compressed (visually lost). In this work, we propose a global tone-mapping operator that optimally, in a sum of least-squares sense, approximates spatially-varying tone-mapping operators.Our method is based on a modification of the simple but elegant constrained optimization technique called Pool-Adjacent- Violators-Algorithm (PAVA). In a second step, we show how any lost local detail can be brought back through copying, in an edge sensitive manner, detail from the original input (an approach already developed in the literature).Our new global tone-curve approach has a specific advantage: we show it suffices to learn the tone-curve by processing a small thumbnail and then produce the final output by applying the tone-curve to the full resolution input. Not only does processing on thumbnails deliver excellent results we can, using this approach, significantly increase the speed of tone-mapping operators.To evaluate our method we carried out a paired comparison psychophysical experiment. Preference scores resulting from the experiment show that in general the perceived quality of our proposed operator is similar (equally preferred) to a range of spatially-varying tone-mapping operators.
Monomer Functionality Effects in the Formation of Thiol−Ene Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals (2007)

Holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals (HPDLCs) are a polymer/liquid crystal (LC) composite with wavelength selective diffraction that can be switched in microseconds with electric field. As such, HPDLCs are widely applicable in optical and photonic devices. Recently, replacing acrylate polymer with thiol−ene polymer as host for HPDLCs has improved the stability and electrooptic performance of these materials. This work examines the electrooptic performance and morphology of thiol−ene-based HPDLC reflection gratings. To further understand the relationships between the formation and performance of thiol−ene HPDLCs, electrooptic performance was characterized as a function of polymerization rate, gel point conversion, and the presence of excess monomer (stoichiometry). To this end, HPDLC formulations were examined to isolate the contribution of ene monomer functionality, thiol monomer functionality, and thiol−ene stoichiometry. In all formulations, the performance of HPDLC reflection gratings is correlated to the generation of morphology typified by well-defined polymer/LC lamellae and small LC droplet size. Increasing the rate of polymerization through increasing laser intensity, increasing ene monomer functionality, or thiol−ene stoichiometry improves the diffraction efficiency (DE) of HPDLCs by reducing LC droplet size. Gel point conversion is also critical to producing well-performing HPDLC reflection gratings. HPDLCs based on thiol−ene polymer with gel points from 40 to 60% monomer conversion show optimal optical behavior. This increase in performance is related to the impact of gel point on morphology, as low gel point conversion leads to the formation of small droplets and poorly defined grating structures while high conversion gel points lead to the formation of large LC droplets. Therefore, optimal HPDLC materials are formed with moderate conversion gel points that allow both well-defined grating structure and small droplet formation.
Long‐term trial with the oral iron chelator 1,2‐dimethyl‐3‐hydroxypyrid‐4‐one (L<sub>1</sub>) I. IRON CHELATION AND METABOLIC STUDIES (1990)

A long-term clinical trial of 1-15 months has been carried out with the oral iron chelator 1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxypyrid-4-one (L1) in 13 transfusion-dependent iron-loaded patients. Urinary iron excretion was greatest in patients with thalassaemia major and was related to the number of previous transfusions but not to the serum ferritin level. Substantial increases of urinary iron were observed in all the patients when the frequency of the daily dose was doubled and in response to 2 x 3 g L1 daily 11 of 12 patients tested excreted greater than 25 mg iron daily, the mean daily intake of iron from transfusion. Serum ferritin levels have fluctuated but overall have remained unchanged. Pharmacological studies in five patients have indicated rapid absorption probably from the stomach and variable plasma half life of 77 +/- 35 min (X +/- SD). Glucuronation was identified as a major route of L1 metabolism. Short-term intensive chelation studies using repeated administration of L1 resulted in further increases of urinary iron excretion by comparison to a single dose. In one case 325 mg of iron were excreted in the urine following the administration of 16 g (5 x 2 g + 2 x 3 g) within 24 h. Iron excretion studies were carried out in six transfusional iron-loaded patients who were maintained on a low iron diet before and during chelation. No significant increases of faecal iron excretion were observed with L1 using daily doses of up to 3 x 3 g and 4 x 2 g. The high level of compliance during treatment with L1 and the levels of urine iron excretion that can be achieved increase the prospects for oral chelation in transfusional iron-loaded patients.
The fate of acetanilide in man. (1948)

The route of metabolism of acetanilide in man was shown to be as follows: a minor fraction of the drug deacetylates to form aniline; this compound was shown to be the precursor of the substance which oxidizes hemoglobin to methemoglobin; the major fraction of the drug is oxidized to N-acetyl p-aminophenol; this compound is excreted in a conjugated form. The analgesic action of acetanilide is exerted mainly through N-acetyl p-aminophenol which is an active analgesic. The oxidation of acetanilide occurs mainly in the liver.
Gas Thermometer for Automatic Control of Low Temperatures (1948)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTGas Thermometer for Automatic Control of Low TemperaturesD. D. TunnicliffCite this: Anal. Chem. 1948, 20, 10, 962–964Publication Date (Print):October 1, 1948Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 October 1948https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac60022a031https://doi.org/10.1021/ac60022a031research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views46Altmetric-Citations1LEARN 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
Employee monitoring &amp; HR management using RFID (2011)

RFID is a term which designates a system where people or objects transmit their identification over radio frequencies. In earlier technologies, the labels or tags had to be scanned manually to capture the identity of the person/object. RFID, however, doesn't require manual scanning. An RFID system is generally made up of several readers with antennas which emit radio signals and capture back the signals emitted by tag. The context of our employee tracking application is we will provide each employee with RFID tag which correlates with two or more RFID reader which is placed inside the campus/office premises. The tag is activated with RF energy from the antennas that are placed in the chair of employees and it extracts information from the tag. Each tag has a unique ID. RFID reader converts the radio waves returned from the tag into a form that can be passed on to the controller. The data is updated at regular intervals in the host computer using wireless zigbee protocol (802.15.4). The delay is programmed using microcontroller. The performance of each employee is determined with the help of application software Visual Basic.
Central Nervous System Prostaglandins and Ethanol (1987)

There is growing interest in the effect of ethanol on cellular membranes, generally, and neuronal membrane systems, in particular. Perturbations of membranes have led to numerous enzymatically mediated processes, one of which is prostaglandin production. This paper reviews the nature and role of prostaglandins in the central nervous system, and what is known about the effect of ethanol on prostaglandin production in brain. Areas of central nervous system physiological function in which prostaglandins may mediate the actions of ethanol are discussed. Methodological considerations and future directions for research in the area of ethanol and prostaglandins are highlighted.
Comparison between a vector multiport network analyzer and the national S-parameter: measurement system (2002)

A multiport vector network analyzer based on a new calibration concept, has been compared with the P-port S-parameter National measurement system at IENGF. The measurements were performed on precision 7 mm standard components and exhibited an optimum agreement. These results open the possibility to use the new multiport network analyzer for certification measurements of multiport devices.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Antidiabetic Principles of Natural Medicines. II. Aldose Reductase and .ALPHA.-Glucosidase Inhibitors from Brazilian Natural Medicine, the Leaves of Myrcia multiflora DC. (Myrtaceae): Structures of Myrciacitrins I and II and Myrciaphenones A and B. (1998)

The methanolic extract and ethyl acetate-soluble portion from a Brazilian natural medicine, the leaves of Myrcia multiflora DC., which has been used as a specific medicine against diabetes, were found to show inhibitory activities on aldose reductase and alpha-glucosidase and on the increase of serum glucose level in sucrose-loaded rats and in alloxan-induced diabetic mice. From the ethyl acetate-soluble portion, new flavanone glucosides, myrciacitrins I and II, and new acetophenone glucosides, myrciaphenones A and B, were isolated together with several known compounds such as five flavonol glycosides, myricitrin, mearnsitrin, quercitrin, desmanthin-1, and guaijaverin. The structures of new compounds were determined on the basis of physicochemical and chemical evidence. The principal components of this natural medicine including new glucosides, myrciacitrin I and myrciaphenone B, were found to show potent inhibitory activities on aldose reductase and alpha-glucosidase.
PaaS-Independent Approach to Provision Appropriate Cloud Resources for SCA-based Applications Deployment (2013)

The adoption of Cloud Computing as a new business model has induced the proliferation of platform providers. However, the platform as-a-service (PaaS) concept still has several drawbacks to address before it can become widely used. In fact, PaaS involves some risks of vendor lock-in and compatibility restrictions if applications to deploy require proprietary or specific hosting frameworks such as applications based on Service Component Architecture (SCA) specifications. In this paper, we introduce a new approach to provision appropriate platform resources in order to host and deploy SCA-based applications on Cloud platforms. Our approach consists of slicing SCA-based applications to different services and then deploying them on our already developed service micro-containers. Our approach is a PaaS-independent approach that allows developers to deploy SCA-based applications on the target PaaS regardless of the platform capabilities. We motivate our solution with real use case scenario to show its feasibility.
Quantum Homodyne Detection Based on Polarization Diversity Technique (2008)

A polarization diversity receiver scheme is presented for improving efficiency of balance homodyne detection. The proposed scheme may mitigate polarization fluctuation between signal and local oscillator field. With simple linear optical component and electronic processing circuit, the noise caused by differential phase and polarization mode between signal and local oscillators may be significantly decreased. To track the polarization fluctuation, a novel algorithm based on polarization diversity receiver which can achieve better performance in terms of linear quantum optics principle is proposed.
Nano‐Structured Phosphorus Composite as High‐Capacity Anode Materials for Lithium Batteries (2012)

More than LiP service: The adsorption of red phosphorus into porous carbon provides a composite anode material for lithium-ion batteries. The amorphous nano phosphorus, in the carbon matrix, shows highly reversible lithium storage with high coulombic efficiencies and stable cycling capacity of 750 mAh per gram composite.
PREPARATION OF HYDROTALCITE (1995)

The characteristics and method of preparation of a antacid hydrotalcite are described. The structure of the hydrotalcite was well establishedthrough IR spectrum, X-ray diffraction spectrum,differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetric analysis.
Prevention of bone loss by aqueous extract of Epimedii sagittatum in an ovariectomized rat model of osteoporosis (2006)

The findings assessed on the basis of biochemical test, bone mineral density and histomorphometric parameters show that aqueous extract of Epimedii sagittatum has a definite antiosteoporotic effect and can prevent the OVX-induced bone loss in rats.
Nonviral genetic modification mediates effective transgene expression and functional RNA interference in human mesenchymal stem cells (2005)

This is the first demonstration of efficient nonviral transfer of both nucleic acids (DNA and siRNA) into hMSC, exhibiting the potential of targeted modification of hMSC. In particular, the combination of these techniques represents a powerful gene transfer/silencing strategy, thus facilitating detailed genetic approaches to study regulatory networks in stem cell differentiation processes.