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A Privacy Preserving Technique to Prevent Sensitive Behavior Exposure in Semantic Location-based Service (2014)

Abstract The increasing number of mobile device users indicates the expansion of personalized location-based services (LBS). Despite their proliferation, the risk of violating users’ privacy by exposing user's location information remains. For this reason, many studies have researched to prevent privacy violation in LBS. However, previous researches only focused on protecting users’ location information without considering semantic location privacy violation through contextual information. In this paper, we explain the process of inferring a user's behavior using semantic information which includes spatial and temporal information. We also suggest a privacy preserving technique to prevent exposure of sensitive behavior in semantic LBS. We implement an android application to validate the proposed technique. In accordance with the experimental results, the proposed b-diversity technique is validated to prevent exposure of sensitive behavior and also minimizing data utilization degradation.
A Reduced Order Constitutive Modeling Approach for a Material Subjected to Combined Cycle Fatigue (2018)

As the plans of next generation hypersonic vehicles are drafted, material selection for key components is a critical step in the design process. The service conditions, however, are expected to be more aggressive than those to which many materials have been exposed to in laboratory conditions. For example, key fuselage panels will experience super-imposed thermal, mechanical, and acoustical loading. Despite the more recent efforts to characterize materials under these so-called combined extreme environments (CEEs), the temperature- and rate-dependent cylic hardening/softening responses are still relatively under-characterized. A method to develop first approximations of constitutive model/parameters for materials under extreme service conditions is presented. The method is exercised on IN617 a Ni-base alloy often employed for high temperature applications. The approach shows that a minimal collection of tensile, creep, and LCF data are needed to develop predictions of materials under thermos-acousto-mechanical fatigue loading.
Solid-state bonding using metallic cone layer for interconnection (2012)

This paper describes the feasibility of using metallic cone layer in solid-state bonding with Sn-based solder. At temperature below the melting point of Sn, both Ni cones and Cu cones were found successful in forming robust joints with good bonding strength and compact interfaces. This method is also compatible with high-density micro bump interconnecting. Studies have also been carried out in combination with surface activation bonding. Mechanical insertion and controllable interfacial reactions functioning as key factors for realization of the bonding method were emphasized through theoretical study. This bonding method is expected to be potential for the applications in 3D integration.
The legal battle for reproductive rights in Europe. (1980)

Thanks largely to medical progress, restrictive family planning laws have been increasingly viewed as an intolerable limitation of individual freedom and as intolerable state interference in private life. Most European countries have reformed their legislation to take both medical improvements, e.g. vacuum suction abortion, and the needs of society into account. In France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, Napoleonic Code sanctioned the segregation of sexes in conjugal and family relations. Due to this legal background and the Catholic culture, very strong taboos developed concerning sexual life. It has taken a long time and a tough fight to establish modern legislation. In France, the family planning debate began in 1965. In December, 1974, a new law made contraceptives widely available, even to minors, and reimbursable by the Social Security system. Abortion was legalized in January, 1975, after the election of Giscard d'Estaing. Sterilization is not illegal. In 1975 the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe recommended that member governments make voluntary sterilization available. Scandinavian countries are in the forefront of fertility control. Both Denmark and Sweden have liberal abortion laws allowing the operation up to the 12th week. Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, and the German Democratic Republic adopted liberal abortion laws from 1950 to 1960. In most Eastern European countries voluntary sterilization is not practiced.
Ethanol exposure induces differential microRNA and target gene expression and teratogenic effects which can be suppressed by folic acid supplementation (2008)

The study provided new insights into the role of miRNAs and their target genes in the pathogenesis of fetal alcohol syndrome.
Automated visual inspection for the quality control of pad printing (2002)

Pad printing is used to decorate consumer goods largely because of its unique ability to apply graphics to doubly curved surfaces. The Intelpadrint project was conceived to develop a better understanding of the process and new printing pads, inks and printers. The thesis deals primarily with the research of a printer control system including machine vision. At present printing is manually controlled. Operator knowledge was gathered for use by an expert system to control the process. A novel local corner- matching algorithm was conceived to effect image segmentation, and neuro-fuzzy techniques were used to recognise patterns in printing errors. Non-linear Finite Element Analysis of the rubber printing-pad led to a method for pre-distorting artwork so that it would print undistorted on a curved product. A flexible, more automated printer was developed that achieves a higher printing rate. Ultraviolet-cured inks with improved printability were developed. The image normalisation/ error-signalling stage in inspection was proven in isolation, as was the pattern recognition system.
Acetyl-CoA carboxylase   gene and breast cancer susceptibility (2004)

The identification of an interaction between BRCA1 and acetyl-CoA carboxylase alpha (ACCalpha), a key enzyme in lipid synthesis, led us to investigate the role of ACCalpha in breast cancer development, where it might contribute to the energy-sensing mechanisms of malignant transformation. In order to investigate if certain ACCalpha alleles may be high-risk breast cancer susceptibility alleles, 37 extended breast and breast/ovarian cancer families negative for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations were exhaustively screened for sequence variations in the entire coding sequence, intron-exon junctions, 5'UTR, 3'UTR (untranslated regions) and the promoter regions of the ACCalpha gene. Two possibly disease-associated ACCalpha variants were each identified in a single family and were not present in 137 controls. Multiple polymorphisms were detected in breast cancer families, including 12 single nucleotide polymorphisms where the frequency of the rare allele estimated in controls was >0.10. The observed lack of variation in the ACCalpha coding region along with the presence of extended areas of linkage disequilibrium and low haplotype diversity indicates an overall high preservation of this gene. The prevalence of the ACCalpha haplotypes composed of common polymorphisms was determined in 453 breast cancer cases and 469 female controls. One haplotype was found to be associated with a substantial and highly significant increase in breast cancer risk (odds ratio = 3.10, 95% confidence interval 1.87-5.14, P < 0.0001), whereas three other haplotypes were found to have a protective effect. Our results indicate that mutations in the ACCalpha gene are unlikely to be a major cause of high-risk breast cancer susceptibility; however, certain common ACCalpha alleles may influence breast cancer risk. This study provides the first insight into the involvement of the ACCalpha gene in breast cancer predisposition and calls for further, large-scale studies that will be needed to understand the role of ACCalpha in tumour susceptibility and development.
Incubator-baby side shows (Dr. Martin A. Couney). (1979)

On the morning of Thursday, March 2, 1950, I read the following obituary in the New York Times: MARTIN A. COUNEY, "INCUBATOR DOCTOR" Dr. Martin A. Couney, a specialist in the care of prematurely born infants, who had shown such babies to the public for an admission price at fairs and other exhibitions throughout the United States and in Europe for more than fifty years, died last night at his home, 3728 Surf Avenue, Sea Gate, Coney Island. He was 80 years old. "The Incubator Doctor" as Dr. Couney was informally known, was born in Germany, studied medicine in Breslau, Berlin and Leipzig, receiving an M.D., and later in Paris under Dr. Pierre C. Budin, noted pediatrician, who developed a method of saving the prematurely born. At the Berlin Exposition in 1896, Dr. Couney operated an exhibit of prematurely born babies to show the Budin technique. The exhibit was a financial success, as was a second one at Earl's Court in London. In 1898 Dr. Couney paid his first visit to the United States and staged an exhibit at the Omaha Trans-Mississippi Exposition. He returned to Paris for the exposition of 1900, but was back in this country for the Buffalo Exposition the next year, and then decided to remain here for good. For years he had shows at both Dreamland and Luna Park, and the night Dreamland was destroyed by fire the babies were saved by a quick transfer to the Luna Park incubators, some of the lodgers doubling up.
Complete nucleotide sequence of the gene for human heparin cofactor II and mapping to chromosomal band 22q11 (1991)

Heparin cofactor II (HCII) is a 66-kDa plasma glycoprotein that inhibits thrombin rapidly in the presence of dermatan sulfate or heparin. Clones comprising the entire HCII gene were isolated from a human leukocyte genomic library in EMBL-3 lambda phage. The sequence of the gene was determined on both strands of DNA (15,849 bp) and included 1749 bp of 5'-flanking sequence, five exons, four introns, and 476 bp of DNA 3' to the polyadenylation site. Ten complete and one partial Alu repeats were identified in the introns and 5'-flanking region. The HCII gene was regionally mapped on chromosome 22 using rodent-human somatic cell hybrids, carrying only parts of human chromosome 22, and the chronic myelogenous leukemia cell line K562. With the cDNA probe HCII7.2, containing the entire coding region of the gene, the HCII gene was shown to be amplified 10-20-fold in K562 cells by Southern analysis and in situ hybridization. From these data, we concluded that the HCII gene is localized on the chromosomal band 22q11 proximal to the breakpoint cluster region (BCR). Analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis indicated that the amplified HCII gene in K562 cells maps at least 2 Mbp proximal to BCR-1. Furthermore, the HCII7.2 cDNA probe detected two frequent restriction fragment length polymorphisms with the restriction enzymes BamHI and HindIII.
Factored adaptation for separable compensation of speaker and environmental variability (2011)

While many algorithms for speaker or environment adaptation have been proposed, far less attention has been paid to approaches which address both factors. We recently proposed a method called factored adaptation that can jointly compensate for speaker and environmental mismatch using a cascade of CMLLR transforms that separately compensate for the environment and speaker variability. Performing adaptation in this manner enables a speaker transform estimated in one environment to be be applied when the same user is in different environments. While this algorithm performed well, it relied on knowledge of the operating environment in both training and test. In this paper, we show how unsupervised environment clustering can be used to eliminate this requirement. The improved factored adaptation algorithm achieves relative improvements of 10-18% over conventional CMLLR when applying speaker transforms across environments without needing any additional a priori knowledge.
The Plague Virulence Protein YopM Targets the Innate Immune Response by Causing a Global Depletion of NK Cells (2004)

Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent of plague, delivers six Yersinia outer proteins (Yops) into host cells upon direct bacterial contact. One of these, YopM, is necessary for virulence in a mouse model of septicemic plague, but its pathogenic function is unknown. We report here the immune processes affected by YopM during infection. To test whether the innate or adaptive immune system is targeted by YopM, C57BL/6 (B6) and B6 SCID mice were infected with either the conditionally virulent Y. pestis KIM5 or a yopM deletion mutant and evaluated for bacterial growth in spleen and liver. Both B6 and SCID mice succumbed to infection with Y. pestis KIM5, whereas both mouse strains survived infection by the YopM(-) mutant. These data showed that YopM counteracts innate defenses present in SCID mice. The YopM(-) strain grew more slowly than the parent Y. pestis during the first 4 days of infection in both mouse strains, indicating an early pathogenic role for YopM. In B6 mice, populations of cells of the immune system were not differentially affected by the two Y. pestis strains, with one major exception: the parent Y. pestis KIM5 but not the YopM(-) mutant caused a significant global decrease in NK cell numbers (blood, spleen, and liver), beginning early in infection. NK cells and macrophages isolated early (day 2) from livers and spleens of mice infected with either Y. pestis strain contained comparable levels of cytokine mRNA: interleukin (IL)-1 beta, IL-12, IL-15, IL-18, and tumor necrosis factor alpha in macrophages and gamma interferon in NK cells. However, by day 4 postinfection, cells from mice infected with the parent Y. pestis expressed lower levels of these messages, while those from mice infected with the mutant retained strong expression. Significantly, mRNA for the IL-15 receptor alpha chain was not expressed in NK cells from Y. pestis KIM5-infected mice as early as day 2 postinfection. These findings suggest that YopM interferes with innate immunity by causing depletion of NK cells, possibly by affecting the expression of IL-15 receptor alpha and IL-15.
A novel stopping criterion for turbo codes based on the average a posteriori entropy (2004)

We treat the turbo decoding algorithm as a dynamical system parameterized by a single parameter that closely approximates the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). A whole range of phenomena known to occur in nonlinear systems, like the existence of multiple fixed points, oscillatory behavior, bifurcations, chaos and transient chaos are found in the turbo decoding algorithm. As an application, we have developed a novel stopping criterion based on the average entropy of an information block and propose an adaptive strategy as a function of the SNR.
Piezoresistive mechanical detector for magnetic resonance force microscopy (2005)

We describe the design and performance of a detection unit for magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM) based on commercially available piezoresistive cantilevers. The magnetic tip attached to the cantilever acts as a field gradient source. The adjustable microstrip-line radio-frequency (rf) circuit, which is placed above the cantilever, enables to use a wide range of frequencies between 2.3 and 4.3GHz, and to fully benefit from a frequency sweep of the rf magnetic field. The integration of the necessary field gradient source and broadband microstrip-line rf excitation circuit into the MRFM detector allows us to investigate samples of arbitrary size and shape. The integrated system can also be operated as a conventional magnetic force microscope (MFM) detection unit. Performance of our mechanical detector is demonstrated with ferromagnetic resonance and MFM data obtained on CoO∕Co exchange biased microstructures. Spatial variations of the MRFM signal, which are induced by a spatially modulated exchange bias, are monitored with a lateral resolution of about 5μm.
Acoustic characterisation of “virtual” musical instruments: Using MLS technique on ancient violins* (1998)

Abstract In this paper the realisation of “virtual” musical instruments, in which the instruments are treated as linear systems characterised by their impulse response, are analysed. The impulse response is treated as a numerical filter, which is convolved with the force excitation signal coming from the chords, producing a signal containing all the acoustic characteristics of the instruments, and avoiding all nonacoustic phenomena. The aim of this work is multiple: the “virtual” instruments can be used in subjective listening tests for the evaluation of the “sound quality” of different instruments, as reported in this paper. Other possible uses are for the (real or virtual) restoration of ancient instruments, and for preliminary listening tests on newly designed instruments. Various measurement techniques of the impulse response have been tested, employing different transducers and numerical analysis. For validating the accuracy of the new technique, a subjective listening test has been conducted. Some original music samples have been played by Maestro Marco Fornaciari, on three different violins and a viola in an anechoic chamber; both the acoustic‐radiated signal and the excitation of the chords on the bridge have been digitally recorded. The results of the listening tests confirmed the excellent degree of similarity between the direct acoustic recording and the convolution technique.
Horizontal Well Applications in the Guymon-Hugoton Field: A Case Study (1996)

Abstract Horizontal well activity has increased in the United States and has proven successful in numerous applications. This paper presents the steps undertaken to optimize the application of fractured horizontal technology in a shallow, low pressure gas reservoir. An application of limited entry technology to create a longitudinal propped fracture through a predrilled liner was developed. Available data for fracture direction, acoustic logs, and mechanical property measurements were used in designing the fracture treatment. Tagging the pad, sand, and resin coated sand with isotopes was used to verify the fracture extended along the entire horizontal lateral.
Humoral and Cellular Immunity to an Encoded Protein Induced by Direct DNA Injection (1994)

An immunization procedure with naked DNA that generates both humoral and cellular immune responses is described. A mammalian expression vector encoding human factor IX as an example of immunogen was injected into mice three times at 10-day intervals. Three of the 4 mice in which the DNA was injected intramuscularly and 5 of the 9 mice injected subcutaneously produced antibodies to human factor IX. Spleen cells from inoculated mice also showed significant cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to target cells expressing human factor IX. The titers of anti-single-stranded (ss)DNA antibodies were significantly higher in the subsets of genetically inoculated mice than in the control mice, but anti-double-stranded (ds)DNA antibodies were not detected in any serum samples. Thus, intramuscular and subcutaneous injection of plasmid DNA can induce immune responses against the encoded protein without an exposure to virus particles, and this approach may serve as the basis for immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases in humans.
Mark Rothko and the Development of American Modernism 1998 1948 (1988)

Mark Rothko and the Development of American Modernism 1998–1948 JONATHAN HARRIS JONATHAN HARRIS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Oxford Art Journal, Volume 11, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 40–50, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxartj/11.1.40 Published: 01 March 1988
Formation of High-Density Etch Pits on a Si Surface after Low-Temperature Heating in an Ultrahigh Vacuum (1992)

The effects of heat treatment in an ultrahigh vacuum on (111)Si crystallinity are investigated using Si substrates and molecular beam epitaxy films. On the heated substrates, a high density of etch pits is observed following Secco etching. The etch pit densities of specimens heated at 600°C, 700°C and over 800°C for 100 min are 6×10 7 cm -2 , 1.4×10 8 cm -2 and 3-5×10 -9 cm -2 , respectively. However, if over 5 nm of the surface is removed by etching, no etch pits are formed. These defects affect the crystal quality of epitaxial layers. Films grown below 700°C on a substrate preheated to 850°C have defects in all regions. On the other hand, films grown above 700°C only have defects within 8 nm of the surface.
Psoriasis associated with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. (1993)

Since the prevalence of psoriasis is between 1.5 to 2 percent, it would be expected to occur by chance in a person infected with HIV who is genetically predisposed to psoriasis. Several studies in the literature on HIV/AIDS-associated psoriasis have reported such percentages of frequency. Although psoriasis is a low priority for a patient with HIV/AIDS who is coping with many other cutaneous conditions and cancers, when treating the HIV/AIDS-infected psoriatic patient, immunosuppressive drugs are contraindicated because of their serious impact on an already immunodeficient person.
Electrospray Quadrupole Travelling Wave Ion Mobility Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Plasma Metabolome Changes Caused by Xanthohumol in Obese Zucker (fa/fa) Rats (2013)

This study reports on the use of traveling wave ion mobility quadrupole time-of-flight (ToF) mass spectrometry for plasma metabolomics. Plasma metabolite profiles of obese Zucker fa/fa rats were obtained after the administration of different oral doses of Xanthohumol; a hop-derived dietary supplement. Liquid chromatography coupled data independent tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MSE) and LC-ion mobility spectrometry (IMS)-MSE acquisitions were conducted in both positive and negative modes using a Synapt G2 High Definition Mass Spectrometry (HDMS) instrument. This method provides identification of metabolite classes in rat plasma using parallel alternating low energy and high energy collision spectral acquisition modes. Data sets were analyzed using pattern recognition methods. Statistically significant (p < 0.05 and fold change (FC) threshold > 1.5) features were selected to identify the up-/down-regulated metabolite classes. Ion mobility data visualized using drift scope software provided a graphical read-out of differences in metabolite classes.
The prevention of hair loss from chemotherapy by the use of cold-air scalp-cooling (1992)

The use of a cold-air scalp-cooling system to prevent alopecia following administration of anthracycline chemotherapy is described. The unit used is mounted on a four-wheeled trolley and is highly mobile. Twenty-four patients with advanced breast cancer received epirubicin chemotherapy, 14 at a dose of 50 mg/m2, and 10 at a dose of 100 mg/m2. All 10 patients receiving 100 mg/m2 developed total alopecia; by contrast, only two out of 14 receiving 50 mg/m2 had alopecia, while the remaining 12 retained their hair. Patients not receiving scalp-cooling inevitably developed total alopecia after three pulses of epirubicin.
Sparse and structured decompositions of signals with the molecular matching pursuit (2006)

This paper describes the Molecular Matching Pursuit (MMP), an extension of the popular Matching Pursuit (MP) algorithm for the decomposition of signals. The MMP is a practical solution which introduces the notion of structures within the framework of sparse overcomplete representations; these structures are based on the local dependency of significant time-frequency or time-scale atoms. We show that this algorithm is well adapted to the representation of real signals such as percussive audio signals. This is at the cost of a slight sub-optimality in terms of the rate of convergence for the approximation error, but the benefits are numerous, most notably a significant reduction in the computational cost, which facilitates the processing of long signals. Results show that this algorithm is very promising for high-quality adaptive coding of audio signals