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Demonstration tests of new burner diagnostic system on a 650 MW coal-fired utility boiler (1997)

Forney Corporation, MK Engineering (MKE) and NYSEG jointly conducted extensive testing of a new Burner Diagnostic System (BDS) based on analysis of flame turbulence in the burner ignition zone. Tests were conducted on the 700 MW coal-fired unit at NYSEG Kintigh Station with the objective to evaluate the new system`s capabilities and its potential for improvements in combustion efficiency and NO{sub x} reduction. The overall objectives in creating this new product included the following: develop and test a set of advanced algorithms correlating flame signatures with combustion parameters, such as air-fuel ratio, combustion efficiency, flame stability, CO and NO{sub x} emissions; develop a new generation of flame sensors with improved flame detection and burner management capabilities; develop new advanced combustion optimization strategies and systems, and to equip the operator with an effective new tool to improve combustion performance; and evaluate the new system feasibility and to compare the data with results of the NYSEG`s SMG-10 application (which provides precision measurements of coal and primary air flows to each burner).
Microlepidoptera Species Composition in Michigan Apple Orchards (1985)

Over 36 species of foliage-feeding Microlepidoptera and 13 species of Macrolepidoptera were found during 2 years of sampling in 17 southern Michigan apple orchards. Most of these were in the family Tortricidae. Among the most abundant and widely distributed species, especially in abandoned orchards, were the tortricids Pseudexentera mali Freeman, Spilonota ocellana (Denis & Schiffermüller), and Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris). The choreutid Choreutis pariana (Clerck) was abundant in some abandoned orchards, but was virtually absent from commercial orchards. The species sampled in commercial orchards tended to be those that were most widely distributed and abundant in abandoned orchards. Microlepidoptera found in commercial orchards were a subsample of the species in abandoned orchards. Thus, an understanding of the factors that control Microlepidoptera distribution and abundance in abandoned orchards, along with information on responses to pesticides, will help predict future species trends in commercial orchards.
Synthesis of Isoprenyl Chalcone “Sophoradin” Isolated from<i>Sophora subprostrata</i> (1975)

Journal Article Synthesis of Isoprenyl Chalcone “Sophoradin” Isolated from Sophora subprostrata Get access Kazuaki Kyogoku, Kazuaki Kyogoku Research Laboratory, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., No. 34–1, Takada 3-chome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Katsuo Hatayama, Katsuo Hatayama Research Laboratory, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., No. 34–1, Takada 3-chome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sadakazu Yokomori, Sadakazu Yokomori Research Laboratory, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., No. 34–1, Takada 3-chome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Teruya Seki, Teruya Seki Research Laboratory, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., No. 34–1, Takada 3-chome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Ichiro Tanaka Ichiro Tanaka Research Laboratory, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., No. 34–1, Takada 3-chome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, Volume 39, Issue 1, 1 January 1975, Pages 133–138, https://doi.org/10.1080/00021369.1975.10861552 Published: 01 January 1975 Article history Received: 10 July 1974 Published: 01 January 1975
An approach to model-based 3-D recognition of vehicles in real time by machine vision (2002)

An object recognition system for autonomous vehicle guidance applications is presented for interpreting monocular image sequences of motorway scenes in real time. The image sequences are taken by a camera mounted behind the windscreen of a test vehicle (VaMoRs) moving relative to the environment on a motorway. The approach described is based on an integrated spatio-temporal 4-D model for object tracking and relative state estimation and on knowledge based methods for feature matching and hypotheses testing. The recognition task is solved by combining a fast obstacle detection and classification algorithm using only 2-D image information with a module for 3-D object tracking. The vehicles are internally represented as 3-D polygonal models. They may be even recognized in the case of partial occlusion. The classification algorithm processes three different object classes: trucks or buses, vans and hatchback passenger cars. Within these classes the most relevant shape parameters are automatically adjusted during runtime. Up to two independently moving objects in the perceived scene can be processed simultaneously in real time, that means a cycle time of 200 ms. The system implemented on a transputer cluster has been tested by using noise corrupted measurements of synthetic and real images of German motorways.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
On the Quantitative Analysis of Decoder-Based Generative Models (2016)

The past several years have seen remarkable progress in generative models which produce convincing samples of images and other modalities. A shared component of many powerful generative models is a decoder network, a parametric deep neural net that defines a generative distribution. Examples include variational autoencoders, generative adversarial networks, and generative moment matching networks. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to quantify the performance of these models because of the intractability of log-likelihood estimation, and inspecting samples can be misleading. We propose to use Annealed Importance Sampling for evaluating log-likelihoods for decoder-based models and validate its accuracy using bidirectional Monte Carlo. The evaluation code is provided at https://github.com/tonywu95/eval_gen. Using this technique, we analyze the performance of decoder-based models, the effectiveness of existing log-likelihood estimators, the degree of overfitting, and the degree to which these models miss important modes of the data distribution.
AC-cycloconverter drives for cold and hot rolling mill applications (2002)

It is pointed out that there are several possibilities to realize an AC variable speed drive with cycloconverters. The motor can be an asynchronous or a synchronous type and the cycloconverter can be operated with or without circulating current. The author presents the characteristics of the different solutions and compares their performance in rolling mill main drive applications. The comparison is based on real applications in hot and cold rolling mills and on additional simulations. It is shown that the decision for the optimal configurations depends on the individual requirements of the technological process. For example, the required peak load and constant power range may have a remarkable influence on the design of the drive system, depending on the motor type. A short report about practical applications in hot and cold, reversing and finishing rolling mills is given.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
PALM: Security Preserving VM Live Migration for Systems with VMM-enforced Protection (2008)

Live migration of virtual machine (VM) is a desirable feature for distributed computing such as grid computing and recent cloud computing by facilitating fault tolerance, load balance, and hardware maintenance. Virtual machine monitor (VMM) enforced process protection is a newly advocated approach to provide a trustworthy execution environment for processes running on commodity operating systems.While VMM-enforced protection systems extend protection to the processes in the virtual machine (VM), it also breaks the mobility of VMs since a VM is more closely bound to the VMM. Furthermore, several security vulnerabilities exists in migration, especially live migration of such systems that may degrade the protection strength or even break the protection.In this paper, we propose a secure migration system that provides live migration capability to VMs in VMM-enforced process protection systems, while not degrading the protection level. We implemented a prototype system base on Xen and GNU Linux to evaluate the design. The results shows that no serious performance degradation is incurred comparing to Xen live migration system.
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Een 50-jarige vrouw wordt op de polikliniek gezien vanwege misselijkheid en diarree 6 tot 7 keer per dag. Zij heeft minder eetlust, is enkele kilo’s afgevallen, is snel duizelig bij overeind komen en voelt zich chronisch moe. Vijf weken tevoren is de diarree begonnen tijdens een vakantie in Egypte. Na een intraveneus infuus op haar hotelkamer voelde zij zich beter. Bij terugkomst in Nederland zijn de klachten echter weer teruggekomen.
Pharmacokinetics of Oral Taurine in Healthy Volunteers (2010)

Taurine, a sulfur-containing amino acid, is a normal constituent of the human diet. Little is known of the pharmacokinetics of taurine in man after oral administration. We studied the pharmacokinetics of 4 g taurine in eight healthy male volunteers (median age 27.5, range 22-45) following orally administration in the fasting state in the morning. Blood samples were taken at regular intervals and plasma taurine concentration was measured by a modified HPLC method. Data were subjected to noncompartmental analysis. Maximum plasma taurine concentration (C(max)) was measured at 1.5 ± 0.6 hr after administration as 86.1 ± 19.0 mg/L (0.69 ± 0.15 mmol). Plasma elimination half-life (T(1/2)) and the ratio of clearance/bioavailability (Cl/F) were 1.0 ± 0.3 hr and 21.1 ± 7.8 L/hr, respectively. Since taurine is occasionally used in therapeutics as a medicine, the pharmacokinetics and effects of oral taurine in healthy volunteers would be useful in the future studies of taurine in pharmacology and nutrition.
Integration of Partial Differential Equation for Transient Radial Flow of Gas-Condensate Fluids in Porous Structures (1965)

Abstract The second-order, nonlinear, partial-differential equation representing the transient radial flow of gas-condensate fluids in reservoirs has been integrated by using finite-difference equations and electronic computers. Effect was given to pressure-dependent permeability, viscosity, and compressibility and to distance-dependent permeability. The influence of a second-degree velocity term in the Darcy equation was investigated. Implicit methods were used and practical, convergent solutions were obtained with material balance to less than 6 x 10 for recovery of one-half the reserve at constant flow rate. Integration results provide the productive period of a reservoir for a given constant rate and the fraction of the fluid initially in place that can be recovered in that period. The properties of a lean and a rich fluid are represented in a set of integrations designed to demonstrate the effect of different constant-recovery rates and significant variables emphasized one at a time. Introduction A method is needed for computing the availability or reserve of a gas in a formation, making use of all technical and engineering information that is pertinent. As a step in this direction, a program for computing transient linear flow was developed that utilizes principles of earlier finite-difference computing for a similar purpose and gives effect to significant pressure- and distance-dependent properties of reservoirs and their contents. The present paper pertains to transient, radial flow of gas-condensate fluids. In the partial-differential equation of flow, effect is given to the variables viscosity and compressibility, and also to permeability. Included in the study is the quadratic form of the Darcy equation of flow that has been the subject of field tests and that has been applied to a gas with constant properties in transient flow computing. Inclusion in the differential equation of variable coefficients to represent properties greatly complicates the higher derivatives of the equation. Because it was impractical to make a required improvement in certain of the finite-difference derivatives by Taylor-series expansion, five-term derivatives were used in the implicit computing. Related methods were developed that can improve general facility in manipulating finite-difference equations. BASIC EQUATIONS PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION The basic partial differential equation for transient radial flow in the direction of decreasing radius is (1) where r radius, Lv = apparent velocity along radius, L/tp = density, M/L3t = time, tphi = porosity, dimensionless. In this equation, only the porosity is regarded constant. The density is (2) where p = pressure, m/LtM = molecular weight of fluid, mT = constant temperature of fluid, Tz(p)= pressure- dependent compressibilityfactor, dimensionlessR = gas constant, mL2/t2T. SPEJ P. 141ˆ
Adult-Derived Stem Cells from the Liver Become Myocytes in the Heart in Vivo (2020)

Recent evidence suggests that adult-derived stem cells, like their embryonic counterparts, are pluripotent. These simple, undifferentiated and uncommitted cells are able to respond to signals from their host tissue microenvironment and differentiate, producing progeny that display a phenotype characteristic of the mature cells of that tissue. We used a clonal stem cell line (termed WB-F344) that was derived from an adult male rat liver to investigate the possibility that uncommitted stem cells from a nonmyogenic tissue source would respond to the tissue microenvironment of the heart in vivo and differentiate into cardiac myocytes. Male WB-F344 cells that carry the Escherichia coli β-galactosidase gene were identified in the left ventricular myocardium of adult female nude mice 6 weeks after transplantation. We confirmed the presence of a rat Y-chromosome-specific repetitive DNA sequence exclusively in the β-galactosidase-positive myocytes by polymerase chain reaction and fluorescence in situ hybridization. Immunohistochemistry, using a cardiac troponin T-specific monoclonal antibody, and ultrastructural analysis confirmed a cardiac myocyte phenotype of the stem cell-derived myocytes. The β-galactosidase-positive myocytes ranged from <20 μm to 110 μm in length. The longer of these cells contained well-organized sarcomeres and myofibrils, and formed intercalated disks and gap junctions with endogenous (host-derived) myocytes, suggesting that WB-F344-derived myocytes participate in the function of the cardiac syncytium. These results demonstrate that adult liver-derived stem cells respond to the tissue microenvironment of the adult heart in vivo and differentiate into mature cardiac myocytes.
MIST: Accurate and Scalable Microscopy Image Stitching Tool with Stage Modeling and Error Minimization (2017)

Automated microscopy can image specimens larger than the microscope's field of view (FOV) by stitching overlapping image tiles. It also enables time-lapse studies of entire cell cultures in multiple imaging modalities. We created MIST (Microscopy Image Stitching Tool) for rapid and accurate stitching of large 2D time-lapse mosaics. MIST estimates the mechanical stage model parameters (actuator backlash, and stage repeatability 'r') from computed pairwise translations and then minimizes stitching errors by optimizing the translations within a (4r)<sup>2</sup> square area. MIST has a performance-oriented implementation utilizing multicore hybrid CPU/GPU computing resources, which can process terabytes of time-lapse multi-channel mosaics 15 to 100 times faster than existing tools. We created 15 reference datasets to quantify MIST's stitching accuracy. The datasets consist of three preparations of stem cell colonies seeded at low density and imaged with varying overlap (10 to 50%). The location and size of 1150 colonies are measured to quantify stitching accuracy. MIST generated stitched images with an average centroid distance error that is less than 2% of a FOV. The sources of these errors include mechanical uncertainties, specimen photobleaching, segmentation, and stitching inaccuracies. MIST produced higher stitching accuracy than three open-source tools. MIST is available in ImageJ at isg.nist.gov.
[Cytogenetic effects of hyperbaric oxygenation]. (1990)

This paper presents cytogenetic data obtained from peripheral blood of patients who were treated with hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) at 0.15-0.2 MPa for 40 min daily during 10 days. The patients showed a significant increase of chromosome aberrations mainly caused by chromatid and chromosome breaks. The level of induced aberrations showed individual variations. These results suggest that HBO may have an indirect effect on the genetic apparatus of human somatic cells.
<title>Bandwidth- and angle-selective holographic films for solar energy applications</title> (1999)

The objective of this research program is the development of the technology for the industrial fabrication of large format holographic optical elements (HOEs) with predetermined spectral characteristics and angular selectivity. HOEs of this type are used in a variety of technical applications, such as: holographic concentrators for photo-voltaic energy conversion and solar photo- chemistry or as integrated holographic stacks compromising several holograms operating in different ranges of the solar spectrum for daylighting, glazing and shading in buildings. The latter are required for the effective control of the transmission of solar radiation through the windows or the glass curtain wall envelopes of buildings. The HOEs (reflective or transmissive) are recorded in dichromated gelatin layers deposited on glass or plastic substrates. This material and the corresponding thermochemical development process facilitate the achievement of bandwidths, spectral ranges and angular selectivity that match accurately the design spectral and geometrical properties of a particular application.
Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase and Ischemia-Induced Neurogenesis (2005)

Nitric oxide (NO) influences infarct size after focal cerebral ischemia and also regulates neurogenesis in the adult brain. These observations suggest that therapeutic approaches to stroke that target NO signaling may provide neuroprotection and also enhance brain repair through cell replacement. However, ischemic injury and neurogenesis are both affected differently depending on which isoform of NO synthase is the source of NO. In addition, ischemia itself stimulates neurogenesis, and ischemia-induced neurogenesis may be regulated differently than neurogenesis in nonischemic brain. To determine how neuronal NO synthase affects ischemia-induced neurogenesis, transient focal cerebral ischemia was produced in wild-type mice and in knockout mice lacking neuronal NO synthase, and BrdU incorporation and doublecortin immunoreactivity were measured in the principal neuroproliferative regions of the adult brain. Knockout of neuronal NO synthase reduced infarct size and increased both basal and ischemia-induced neurogenesis, suggesting that NO from this source is an inhibitory regulator of neurogenesis in the ischemic brain. 7-Nitroindazole, an NO synthase inhibitor that preferentially affects the neuronal isoform, also increased neurogenesis in rats when administered by the intracerebroventricular route. Selective inhibition of neuronal NO synthase may have the potential to both reduce infarct size and enhance neurogenesis in stroke.
Presence of a coordinated metal ion in a trans-acting antigenomic delta ribozyme (1999)

We have investigated the cleavage induced by metal ions in an antigenomic form of a trans-acting delta ribozyme. A specific Mg(2+)-induced cleavage at position G(52)at the bottom of the P2 stem was observed to occur solely within catalytically active ribozyme-substrate complexes (i.e. those that performed the essential conformational transition step). Only the divalent cations which support catalytic activity permitted the detection of specific induced cleavages in this region. Using various mutant ribozymes and substrates, we demonstrated a correlation between enzymatic activity and the Mg(2+)-induced cleavage pattern. We show that the efficiency of the coordination of the magnesium to its binding site is related to the nature of the base pair in the middle of the P1 stem (i.e. Rz(23)-S(8)). Together with additional evidence from nuclease probing experiments that indicates the occurrence of a structural rearrangement involving the bottom of the P2 stem upon formation of the P1 helix, these results show that an intimate relationship exists between the folding and the catalytic activity of the delta ribozyme.
Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ-regulated ABCG2 Expression Confers Cytoprotection to Human Dendritic Cells (2006)

ABCG2, a member of the ATP-binding cassette transporters has been identified as a protective pump against endogenous and exogenous toxic agents. ABCG2 was shown to be expressed at high levels in stem cells and variably regulated during cell differentiation. Here we demonstrate that functional ABCG2 is expressed in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells by the activation of a nuclear hormone receptor, PPARgamma. We identified and characterized a 150-base pair long conserved enhancer region, containing three functional PPAR response elements (PPARE), upstream of the human ABCG2 gene. We confirmed the binding of the PPARgamma x RXR heterodimer to this enhancer region, suggesting that PPARgamma directly regulates the transcription of ABCG2. Consistent with these results, elevated expression of ABCG2 mRNA was coupled to enhanced protein production, resulting in increased xenobiotic extrusion capacity via ABCG2 in PPARgamma-activated cells. Furthermore PPARgamma instructed dendritic cells showed increased Hoechst dye extrusion and resistance to mitoxantrone. Collectively, these results uncovered a mechanism by which up-regulation of functional ABCG2 expression can be achieved via exogenous or endogenous activation of the lipid-activated transcription factor, PPARgamma. The increased expression of the promiscuous ABCG2 transporter can significantly modify the xenobiotic and drug resistance of human myeloid dendritic cells.
Converting interpreters into compilers (1988)

Abstract There is an effective and quite general method of manually deriving compilers from programming‐language interpreters without dealing directly with machine language. The method is an implementation of the largely theoretical and under‐appreciated concept of partial computation, but can be understood on its own terms. It involves the translation of a source program's intermediate form into the interpreter's implementation language. This paper shows how the method can be used to transform both a sample iterative interpreter and a sample recursive interpreter into compilers. The result can be a large gain in program execution speed. Other advantages of the method, including the ease and practicality of applying it, are discussed.
An autonomous agent-based infrastructure for inter-LAN systems management (2002)

Along with the growth of distributed services and applications in a networked system, to monitor, interpret, and control the behavior of the distributed resources become relatively complicated. A centralized management could be efficient in a privilege owned LAN system. However, without a privileged owner, to manage multiple LANs requires self determined management within a LAN, and cooperating operations between LANs. The paper presents an agent based architecture distributed framework which has the advantages of centralized control. This approach relies upon several well established technologies including objected resources, intelligent agents, and cooperative communication. The framework addresses the hierarchical domain management and functionalities of layered modules within a domain agency. A simplified application of printer management is also presented.