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Conservation in the 5' region of the long interspersed mouse L1 repeat: implications of comparative sequence analysis (1986)

A clone of 7.1kb corresponding to the mouse L1 interspersed repeat family was selected for homology to a human interspersed repeat. This clone fairly represents mouse genomic members. Mapping of the clone revealed one common element at both the 5' and 3' ends in a head to tail arrangement, suggesting that at least some long L1 family members are tandemly arranged; genomic studies confirmed the unexpected tandem arrangement of a minor proportion of L1 members. A short SmaI tandem repeat appears to define the 5' end of most L1 family members. SmaI repeats may maintain, via a recursive regulatory function, the transcriptional viability of L1 members after retroposition events. A 2.5kb portion of the mouse L1 repeat that has not been previously sequenced is presented. It is 55-70% homologous to a corresponding portion of the human KpnI repeat family. Comparative sequence analysis revealed that one common open reading frame may conserve potential coding function across species. A second open reading frame bears an asymmetric distribution of codon replacements unlike both genes and pseudogenes. This latter feature could be consistent with a proposed chromosome organization function that is unrelated to peptide expression.
Laser capture microdissection: a novel approach to microanalysis of plant–microbe interactions (2006)

SUMMARY Gene expression studies are often carried out at the whole organism, organ or tissue levels. The different cell types present in most tissue exhibit different patterns of gene expression. This limits analyses because results obtained represent an average of the activities of the different cell types, and may lead to masking of genes of interest that are specifically expressed in a particular cell type. The recent development of laser capture microdissection (LCM) now enables target cells to be isolated from complex tissues and allows analysis of specific cell types that represent the in vivo state at the time of sample extraction. LCM has been applied to analyse plant tissues in a number of studies. This review illustrates the application of LCM in studies on gene expression profiling and proteomics, and also in research on plant-microbe interactions.
Enhanced dielectric properties from barium strontium titanate films with strontium titanate buffer layers (2013)

In order to enhance the permittivity and tunability of the dielectric component, a thin film dielectric composite consisting of a radio frequency sputtered SrTiO3 (STO) buffer layer and metalorganic solution deposited Mg-doped BaxSr1−xTiO3 (Mg-BST) thin film overgrowth was developed using affordable industry standard processes and materials. The effect of the STO buffer layer thickness on the dielectric response of the heterostructure was investigated. Our results demonstrate that the composite film heterostructure, evaluated in the metal-insulator-metal configuration Pt/STO/Mg-BST/Pt on sapphire substrate, with the thinner (9–17 nm) STO buffer layers possessed enhanced permittivity (εr ∼ 491) with respect to the thicker 41 nm buffer layer (εr ∼ 360) and that of a control Mg-BST film without a STO buffer layer (εr ∼ 380). Additionally, the composite film with the thinner buffer layers were shown to have low losses (tan δ ∼ 0.02), low leakage characteristics (J = 7.0 × 10−9 A/cm2), high breakdown voltage (VBR &gt; 10 V), a large grain microstructure (∼125 nm), and smooth pin-hole free surfaces. The enhanced permittivity of the composite dielectric film resulted from three major factors: (i) the template-effect of the thin STO buffer layer on the thicker Mg-BST over-layer film to achieve a large grain microstructure, (ii) the low viscosity of the metallo-organic solution deposition (MOSD) solution, which ensured heterogeneous nucleation of the Mg-BST overgrowth film on the surface of the STO buffer layer, and (iii) minimization of the low permittivity grain boundary phase (TiO2−x phase). The dielectric response of the BST can be explained using a thermodynamic model taking into account interlayer electrostatic and electromechanical interactions. Additionally, Mg doping of the BST enabled low loss and low leakage characteristics of the heterostructure. The large permittivity, low loss, low leakage characteristics, and defect free surfaces of the composite dielectric heterostructure promote tunable device miniaturization and hold the potential to enable enhanced electromagnetic coupling in ferromagnetic/high permittivity dielectric heterostructures, which in turn would facilitate the realization of integrated charge mediated voltage controlled magnetic radio frequency/microwave communication devices.
REVIEWS OF MUSIC (1978)

Journal Article REVIEWS OF MUSIC Get access Mauricio Kagel, Atem; Charakteistück; Kantrimusik; Mare nostrum; Die Mutation; Phantasie für Orgel mit Obbligat; Phonophonie; Siegfriedp'. ( Universal, London, 1976 £6.50; 1976, £2.50; 1975, £17.50; 1975, £12.50; 1976, £3.00; 1977, £4.20; 1976, £9.00; 1976, £2.50.) PETER EVANS PETER EVANS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume 59, Issue 2, April 1978, Pages 236–237, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/59.2.236 Published: 01 April 1978
Integrating recognition confidence scoring with language understanding and dialogue modeling (2000)

In this paper we present a method for integrating confidence scores into the understanding and dialogue components of a speech understanding system. The understanding component of our system receives an n-best list of recognition hypotheses augmented with word-level confidence scores. The confidence scores are used by the understanding component to hypothesize when words in a recognizer’s n-best list have been misrecognized. The understanding component has the ability to predict the semantic class of misrecognized words based on the surrounding context and also to suggest when key words which may have been misunderstood should be re-confirmed by the user. The output of the understanding component is passed onto a dialogue control component which can act on various suggestions made by the understanding component. To evaluate the system, experiments were conducted using the JUPITER weather information system. Evaluation was performed at the understanding level using key-value pair concept error rate as the evaluation metric. When word confidence scores were integrated into the understanding component, the concept error rate was reduced by 35%.
Compact Multi-Band PIFAs on a Semi-Populated Mobile Handset With Tunable Isolation (2013)

In this communication, miniaturized tunable two-antenna systems composed of printed inverted-F antennas (PIFAs) are developed for a semi-populated mobile phone handset. The PIFAs are loaded with a series combination of an inductor and a varactor to simultaneously achieve miniaturization and tunability. The compact 32 mm-long PIFAs demonstrate tuning range of more than 240 MHz covering personal telecommunication bands from LTE-band13 to GSM900 MHz. As well a miniaturized tunable parasitic element is integrated in the handset to efficiently suppress coupling between the PIFAs to below <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex Notation="TeX">$-$</tex></formula> 28 dB across the entire operational bandwidth of the antennas. Simulation and measurement results demonstrate the successful implementation of a tunable MIMO system with passive adjustable coupling reduction mechanism for mobile handsets and achievement of a channel capacity profile close to that of an un-correlated system.
Understanding sheet extensibility (2005)

Sheet extensibility or stretch depends primarily on two factors — the stretch-potential of fibres, and the degree of bonding between them; better bonding allows greater use of the stretch- potential. The fibre's stretch-potential is controlled by the extent of misalignment of the cellulose fibrils in the fibre wall with respect to the fibre axis. The misalignment may be either natural, as in the case of fibres with high fibril angle, or induced by axial compression of the fibre wall. The mis- alignment is drawn out when the fibre is strained in tension. Axial compression is induced mostly by mechanical treatment of the pulp, and by shrinkage forces during sheet drying. For a given fibre furnish, the control of these two papermaking processes — mechanical treatment and shrinkage — allows control of the sheet stretch.
Photoinitiated, inverse emulsion polymerization of acrylamide: Some mechanistic and kinetic aspects (2004)

Abstract The kinetics of photoinitiated, inverse emulsion polymerization of acrylamide with 2,2‐dimethoxy‐2‐phenylacetophenone (DMPA) as a photoinitiator was investigated under three different cases. First, in a quartz reactor transparent to full UV light, the polymerization rate ( R p ) increased and then decreased with the change of initiator order from 0.27 to a negative value when the DMPA concentration was increased, and it was particularly unusual that monomer orders at different DMPA concentrations were lower than the first. Second, for polymerization without DMPA in a quartz reactor, the dependence of R p on monomer concentration was similar to that of R p on initiator concentration in the aforementioned case. Third, when polymerization was carried out in a Pyrex reactor where the far UV light was filtered, a peak rate was also observed, and initiator orders varied from 0.24 to a negative value; however, under this case monomer orders at different initiator concentrations were greater than the first. These results indicated that the effect of absorbance often observed in bulk or solution photopolymerization also existed in this system, and the self‐initiation of monomer had some influence on polymerization, and the role of primary radical termination could not be neglected, as evidenced by kinetic analysis. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 846–852, 2004
Vocal Chords Control Pitch Only and Not Vocal or Vowel Quality Demonstration (1933)

Vibrating columns of air associated with wind instruments are seldom simple or even single. In a typical instrument, especially of the “reed” or “brass” classification, besides the air column that is usually considered, there is a second column or cavity on the air supply side of the “check-valve” or member which by opening and closing, releases air intermittently from bellows or lungs. This check-valve may be recognized as reed, tongue, lips, membranes or vocal cords. This air-column or cavity back of the check-valve has some control over the time of vibration, as was demonstrated by the author at Cleveland meeting of the Society, December 1st, 1931. Usually the vibrations of the supply-side air column are heard not at all or but faintly, because of restricted opportunity for sound emission. But special devices may be employed (the stethoscope is an example) to hear sound in supply side air column and reduce or effectively suppress sound from external air column (the only one ordinarily considered). With a microphone in close contact with an individual's chest, an amplifier and loudspeaker will make audible the sounds picked up from internal air column, and with sufficient amplification, the normal sounds of speech and singing are faint in comparison with the other. This set-up demonstrates that while the individual has pitch control on vibrations of the internal air column, he does not and cannot change the character or quality of the supply-side tone by any of the vocal speech or musical efforts. This result is taken to indicate that the vocal cords have but one mode of opening and dosing (at a given pitch) and play no part in determining the character or quality of vowels and other “vocalized” sounds.
<i>Salmonella enterica</i> Serovar Typhimurium Response Involved in Attenuation of Pathogen Intracellular Proliferation (2001)

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium proliferates within cultured epithelial and macrophage cells. Intracellular bacterial proliferation is, however, restricted within normal fibroblast cells. To characterize this phenomenon in detail, we investigated the possibility that the pathogen itself might contribute to attenuating the intracellular growth rate. S. enterica serovar Typhimurium mutants were selected in normal rat kidney fibroblasts displaying an increased intracellular proliferation rate. These mutants harbored loss-of-function mutations in the virulence-related regulatory genes phoQ, rpoS, slyA, and spvR. Lack of a functional PhoP-PhoQ system caused the most dramatic change in the intracellular growth rate. phoP- and phoQ-null mutants exhibited an intracellular growth rate 20- to 30-fold higher than that of the wild-type strain. This result showed that the PhoP-PhoQ system exerts a master regulatory function for preventing bacterial overgrowth within fibroblasts. In addition, an overgrowing clone was isolated harboring a mutation in a previously unknown serovar Typhimurium open reading frame, named igaA for intracellular growth attenuator. Mutations in other serovar Typhimurium virulence genes, such as ompR, dam, crp, cya, mviA, spiR (ssrA), spiA, and rpoE, did not result in pathogen intracellular overgrowth. Nonetheless, lack of either SpiA or the alternate sigma factor RpoE led to a substantial decrease in intracellular bacterial viability. These results prove for the first time that specific serovar Typhimurium virulence regulators are involved in a response designed to attenuate the intracellular growth rate within a nonphagocytic host cell. This growth-attenuating response is accompanied by functions that ensure the viability of intracellular bacteria.
Alienation: a cause of juvenile delinquency. (1990)

This research investigated differences in levels of alienation between incarcerated (n = 157) and nonincarcerated (n = 1,318) adolescents. It was hypothesized that incarcerated adolescents would have significantly higher levels of isolation, normlessness, powerlessness, and total alienation than would nonincarcerated adolescents. The Dean Alienation Scale, a global measure of alienation, was administered to all subjects. Results indicated that incarcerated adolescents had significantly higher levels of total alienation, isolation, and powerlessness. Given the high rates of recidivism, these results suggest that the reduction of both alienation and rejection of societal norms should be a major component of rehabilitation programs for incarcerated juvenile delinquents.
Magnetic field effects on plant growth, development, and evolution (2014)

The geomagnetic field (GMF) is a natural component of our environment. Plants, which are known to sense different wavelengths of light, respond to gravity, react to touch and electrical signaling, cannot escape the effect of GMF. While phototropism, gravitropism, and tigmotropism have been thoroughly studied, the impact of GMF on plant growth and development is not well-understood. This review describes the effects of altering magnetic field (MF) conditions on plants by considering plant responses to MF values either lower or higher than those of the GMF. The possible role of GMF on plant evolution and the nature of the magnetoreceptor is also discussed.
Fairness in an Unfair World: Fair Multiparty Computation from public Bulletin Boards. (2017)

Secure multiparty computation allows mutually distrusting parties to compute a function on their private inputs such that nothing but the function output is revealed. Achieving fairness --- that all parties learn the output or no one does -- is a long studied problem with known impossibility results in the standard model if a majority of parties are dishonest. We present a new model for achieving fairness in MPC against dishonest majority by using public bulletin boards implemented via existing infrastructure such as blockchains or Google's certificate transparency logs. We present both theoretical and practical constructions using either witness encryption or trusted hardware (such as Intel SGX). Unlike previous works that either penalize an aborting party or achieve weaker notions such as $\Delta$-fairness, we achieve complete fairness using existing infrastructure.
Research on the Giant Magnetostrictive Flow Control Valve (2011)

A giant magnetostrictive microdrive flow valve combined with the flexible magnifying machine is designed in this paper which dwells on the structure and control mathematic model of the giant magnetostrictive microdrive flow valve.
Temperature Rise and Welding Characteristics of Various-Frequency Ultrasonic Plastic Welding Systems (2006)

Welding characteristics and temperature increases of ultrasonic plastic welding parts over a frequency range from 27 to 94 kHz are studied. Using 27, 40, 67, and 94 kHz ultrasonic plastic welding systems, temperature increases at welding surfaces of lapped 1.0-, 2.0-, and 3.0-mm-thick polypropylene plates and polymethyl methacrylate plates are measured using 0.1- and 0.2-mm-diameter thermocouples inserted between plates, and temperature distributions at cross sections of lapped plate specimens are measured using a thermotracer. The 94 kHz vibration system used for ultrasonic plastic welding consists of a bolt-clamped Langevin-type longitudinal vibration source using four 30-mm-diameter piezoelectric ceramic (PZT) rings, a stepped horn (vibration velocity transform ratio N=3.0) and a catenoidal horn (N=3.13) with an 8-mm-diameter welding tip. The other vibration systems have similar configurations. In the case of using a higher-frequency system, increases in temperature measured at the welding parts are larger. Temperature rises are larger for lapped plate specimens than that for a one-piece specimen owing to the vibration loss of welding surfaces.
Fast Erasure Coding for Data Storage: A Comprehensive Study of the Acceleration Techniques (2019)

Various techniques have been proposed in the literature to improve erasure code computation efficiency, including optimizing bitmatrix design and computation schedule, common XOR (exclusive-OR) operation reduction, caching management techniques, and vectorization techniques. These techniques were largely proposed individually, and, in this work, we seek to use them jointly. To accomplish this task, these techniques need to be thoroughly evaluated individually and their relation better understood. Building on extensive testing, we develop methods to systematically optimize the computation chain together with the underlying bitmatrix. This led to a simple design approach of optimizing the bitmatrix by minimizing a weighted computation cost function, and also a straightforward coding procedure—follow a computation schedule produced from the optimized bitmatrix to apply XOR-level vectorization. This procedure provides better performances than most existing techniques (e.g., those used in ISA-L and Jerasure libraries), and sometimes can even compete against well-known but less general codes such as EVENODD, RDP, and STAR codes. One particularly important observation is that vectorizing the XOR operations is a better choice than directly vectorizing finite field operations, not only because of the flexibility in choosing finite field size and the better encoding throughput, but also its minimal migration efforts onto newer CPUs.
Characterization and Expression of a New Class of Zinc Finger Protein that Binds to Silencer Region of Ascorbate Oxidase Gene (1998)

A unique A/T-rich sequence (5'-AAAAAGTAAAAA-GTAAAAAAGTAAAAAG-3), referred to as the AGTA repeat, is found in the silencer region of the pumpkin ascorbate oxidase gene. A cDNA for protein (AOBP) that binds to the AGTA repeat was isolated from pumpkin by the southwestern method. The AOBP protein has a new class of zinc/DNA-binding domain named Dof/MOA domain that is highly conserved in many plant proteins and is significantly related to those of steroid hormone receptors and GATA1. Gel retardation analysis indicated that AOBP bound to the AGTA repeat through the Dof/MOA domain. Metal chelators, 1,10-phenanthroline and EDTA, specifically inhibited the DNA binding of AOBP, indicating that metal coordination plays an important role in DNA binding of AOBP. Thus, the Dof/MOA domain acts as a zinc/DNA-binding domain in AOBP. Gel retardation analysis with mutated oligonucleotides suggested that the Dof/MOA domain recognized the AGTA core sequence. AOBP mRNA was expressed in mature tissues of pumpkin, but was expressed only in small amounts or was not expressed in growing tissues. Furthermore, the expression was auxin-independent. The expression pattern of AOBP and that of ascorbate oxidase did not show a positive correlation.
Chemistry and structure of Hg-based superconducting Cu mixed oxides (2002)

The most relevant aspects of thermodynamics, preparation, crystal structure and superconducting properties under ambient and high pressure of HgBa2Can−1CunO2n+2+δ superconductors are reviewed in this contribution. The ideas which inspired authors to search for the new superconductors among Hg-based complex cuprates are discussed as an example illustrating the benefit of the concept of intergrowth structure formation for the design of new layered materials. Recent results on solid–gas equilibriums useful for reproducible syntheses of different homologues are summarized. The crystal structures are discussed with main attention focused on features such as concentration and location of extra oxygen atoms, static atomic displacements due to partial occupation of oxygen site in a Hg-layer, substitution in a Hg position and a presence of stacking faults. It is shown that these factors have to be taken into account for a correct structure description. The relationships between Tc, doping level, amount and formal charge of extra anions and external pressure are outlined to predict possible paths for enhancement of the superconducting properties in complex cuprates.
Heart rate variability in left ventricular hypertrophy. (1995)

Heart rate variability is significantly reduced in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy secondary to hypertension or aortic valve disease. A continuous inverse relation exists between heart rate variability and left ventricular mass index. Impaired cardiac autonomic function in left ventricular hypertrophy may contribute to the mechanism of sudden death.
Mining Massive Fine-Grained Behavior Data to Improve Predictive Analytics1 (2016)

Organizations increasingly have access to massive, fine-grained data on consumer behavior. Despite the hype over “big data,” and the success of predictive analytics, only a few organizations have incorporated such fine-grained data in a non-aggregated manner into their predictive analytics. This paper examines the use of massive, fine-grained data on consumer behavior—specifically payments to a very large set of particular merchants—to improve predictive models for targeted marketing. The paper details how using this different sort of data can substantially improve predictive performance, even in an application for which predictive analytics has been applied for years. One of the most striking results has important implications for managers considering the value of big data. Using a real-life data set of 21 million transactions by 1.2 million customers, as well as 289 other variables describing these customers, the results show that there is no appreciable improvement from moving to big data when using traditional structured data. However, in contrast, when using fine-grained behavior data, there continues to be substantial value to increasing the data size across the entire range of the analyses. This suggests that larger firms may have substantially more valuable data assets than smaller firms, when using their transaction data for targeted marketing.