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Mindfulness is more than a buzz word: Towards a sustainable model of health care (2016)

In this article the health benefits of mindfulness in the workplace, in education, and in the practice of natural medicine are discussed. With reference to recent literature, mindfulness is located as a self-development tool in the context of a rapidly changing and increasingly complex social environment. Mindfulness is a much used and little understood concept. The discussion begins with a definition placing mindfulness in a contemporary health context, leading into an examination of its workplace and educational applications and its potential benefits for the sustainability of the health care system. The discussion is informed by the authors' experience of working in a College of Natural Health where weaving together the philosophy and practice of mindfulness is part of our strategic plan.
Enabling fine-grained load balancing for virtual worlds with distributed simulation engines (2014)

Virtual worlds are general-purpose real-time simulation of three-dimensional environments, and serve for several purposes, such as physics simulation, collaboration, and entertainment. Due to the real-time nature of these simulations, scaling the number of in-world entities and interacting users is challenging. In this paper we present a novel approach to scalable virtual worlds, combining two dimensions of workload partitioning: space and operations. We present this new design as the Distributed Scene Graph with microcells (DSG-M), and evaluate our approach in a distributed physics intensive evaluation aimed at testing two hypothesis: (1) the space partitioning approach improves scalability by balancing the load of an overwhelmed physics dedicated simulator; and (2) simulation precision can be maintained by assigning read-only spaces near the partition borders. Results show evidence to confirm both hypotheses, and of successfully scaling the simulation of an overwhelming workload.
Isolation and characterization of a mutant of Candida lipolytica which excretes long-chain fatty acids. (1984)

We isolated a mutant strain of Candida lipolytica which produces long-chain fatty acids in the culture medium. The procedure for the isolation of the mutant consisted of two steps: the first was the screening of strains which exhibited a low cellular density by Percoll density gradient centrifugation, and the second was the screening of strains which were capable of supporting the growth of fatty acid auxotrophic cells layered on the mutant colonies. One of the mutant strains produced more than 1 mgof fatty acids per ml of the mediumunder optimal conditions. The excreted fatty acids were mainly palmitic and stearic acids in the nonesterified form.
Facile and green synthesis of ZnO nanostructures in a room-temperature ionic liquid 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (2011)

Pure hexagonal phase of ZnO nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized via microwave assisted decomposition of zinc acetate precursor in a green solvent, the ionic liquid, 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide in a very short time scale. The ZnO nanoparticles were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and selected area electron diffraction. The effects of irradiation time and use of the surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide on the size and morphology of ZnO nanoparticles were examined. Based on the experimental observations, a possible growth mechanism was put forward to explain the formation of ZnO nanoparticles.
Wireless SOAP (2005)

We propose a set of optimization techniques, collectively called Wireless SOAP (WSOAP), to compress SOAP messages transmitted across a wireless link. The Name Space Equivalency technique rests on the observation that exact recovery of compressed messages is not required at the receiver; an equivalent form suffices. The WSDL Aware Encoding technique obtains further savings by utilizing knowledge of the underlying WSDL by means of an offline protocol we define. We summarize the design, implementation and performance of our Wireless SOAP prototype, and show that Wireless SOAP can reduce message sizes by 3x-12x compared to SOAP.
Engineering New Layered Solids from Exfoliated Inorganics: a Periodically Alternating Hydrotalcite – Montmorillonite Layered Hybrid (2013)

Two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets obtained by exfoliating inorganic layered crystals have emerged as a new class of materials with unique attributes. One of the critical challenges is to develop robust and versatile methods for creating new nanostructures from these 2D-nanosheets. Here we report the delamination of layered materials that belonging to two different classes--the cationic clay, montmorillonite, and the anionic clay, hydrotalcite--by intercalation of appropriate ionic surfactants followed by dispersion in a non-polar solvent. The solids are delaminated to single layers of atomic thickness with the ionic surfactants remaining tethered to the inorganic and consequently the nanosheets are electrically neutral. We then show that when dispersions of the two solids are mixed the exfoliated sheets self-assemble as a new layered solid with periodically alternating hydrotalcite and montmorillonite layers. The procedure outlined here is easily extended to other layered solids for creating new superstructures from 2D-nanosheets by self-assembly.
Volunteering and Social Capital in Regional Victoria. (2003)

\n\t\t\t\t\tThe link between volunteerism and social capital has received some attention in Australia in recent years. Of particular note to this paper is the work of Baum, Bush, Modra, Murray, Cox, Alexander, and Potter (2000), who described the contribution volunteers made to social capital in a metropolitan setting - the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The aim of this current study is twofold, to describe the contribution volunteers make to social capital through participation, reciprocity and social trust in a regional and rural setting; and to compare findings with those relating to a metropolitan environment. In the light of differing volunteer patterns in rural and regional environments compared to metropolitan environments, we hypothesised that the relationship between volunteerism and indicators of social capital would also be different. The results from this study support the findings of Baum, Modra, Bush, Cox, Cooke, and Potter (1999) and therefore reinforce the premise that volunteers make a substantial. contribution to social capital. While greater numbers of people who live in rural or regional areas undertake volunteer work, we found there are more similarities between the rural/regional and metropolitan sectors regarding volunteerism than there are differences.<br />\n\t\t\t\t
Structure and Function of the B Cell Antigen Receptor (1993)

Cells organize many of their biochemical reactions in non-membrane compartments. Recent evidence has shown that many of these compartments are liquids that form by phase separation from the cytoplasm. Here we discuss the basic physical concepts necessary ...Read More
Low-temperature growth of layered molybdenum disulphide with controlled clusters (2016)

Layered molybdenum disulphide was grown at a low-temperature of 350 °C using chemical vapour deposition by elaborately controlling the cluster size. The molybdenum disulphide grown under various sulphur-reaction-gas to molybdenum-precursor partial-pressure ratios were examined. Using spectroscopy and microscopy, the effect of the cluster size on the layered growth was investigated in terms of the morphology, grain size, and impurity incorporation. Triangular single-crystal domains were grown at an optimized sulphur-reaction-gas to molybdenum-precursor partial-pressure ratio. Furthermore, it is proved that the nucleation sites on the silicon-dioxide substrate were related with the grain size. A polycrystalline monolayer with the 100-nm grain size was grown on a nucleation site confined substrate by high-vacuum annealing. In addition, a field-effect transistor was fabricated with a MoS2 monolayer and exhibited a mobility and on/off ratio of 0.15 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) and 10(5), respectively.
Clinical, Radiographical, and Histological Evaluation of Porous Rooted Polymethylmethacrylate Dental Implants (1979)

Forty-three porous rooted polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) dental implants were inserted into twenty-four dogs. Successful implants were maintained for up to three years. Histological sections with the implants in situ of implants revealed a soft tissue-implant interface similar to natural teeth. Bone and fibrous tissue ingrowth into the pores attached the implant to the bone. Failures were attrabuted to mechanical weakness of the implant, thin buccal cortical bone, and excessive implant-gingiva interface.
Open source initiatives for simulation software: a web-ready HiMASS: facilitating collaborative, reusable, and distributed modeling and execution of simulation models with XML (2002)

We investigate the use of XML as an open, cross-platform, and extendable file format for the description of hierarchical simulation models, including their graphical representations, initial model conditions, and model execution algorithms. We present HiMASS-x, an XML-centered suite of software applications that allows for cross-platform, distributed modeling and execution of hierarchical, componentized, and reusable simulation models.
Part-based R-CNNs for Fine-grained Category Detection (2014)

Semantic part localization can facilitate fine-grained categorization by explicitly isolating subtle appearance differences associated with specific object parts. Methods for pose-normalized representations have been proposed, but generally presume bounding box annotations at test time due to the difficulty of object detection. We propose a model for fine-grained categorization that overcomes these limitations by leveraging deep convolutional features computed on bottom-up region proposals. Our method learns whole-object and part detectors, enforces learned geometric constraints between them, and predicts a fine-grained category from a pose-normalized representation. Experiments on the Caltech-UCSD bird dataset confirm that our method outperforms state-of-the-art fine-grained categorization methods in an end-to-end evaluation without requiring a bounding box at test time.
SECA Coal-Based Multi-MW SOFC Power Plant Development (2008)

Coal is one of the primary sources of electric power generation in the world. FuelCell Energy is developing a cost-competitive, highly efficient, multi-MW solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power system using coal-derived synthesis gas. Design of the coal-based SOFC plant is to include greater than 90 percent CO2 separation from the coal-derived syngas as a prerequisite to carbon sequestration. Focus of the coal-based SOFC power plant development is on SOFC cell and stack scale-up and optimization, stack manufacturing capacity development, and MW class module engineering design and development. Simultaneously, power plant engineering is being conducted for design of a baseline multi-MW (~400 MWe) power plant with near zero emissions. Currently, scale-up of SOFC cell area and stack size (number of cells) and fuel cell improvements for both performance and longevity in operation are being implemented in the core fuel cell technology. Also, preliminary engineering design and analysis for a 5 MW proof-of-concept SOFC power plant system is being conducted.
One-Time Programmable Memory Based on ${\rm ZrTiO}_{x}$ Antifuse for Crossbar Memory Application Featuring High Speed Operation and Low Power Consumption (2013)

TaN/ZrTiOx/Pt metal-insulator-metal structure was employed as the platform to evaluate the eligibility for antifuse one-time programmable (OTP) memory applications, and the impact of O <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub> plasma on device performance was also discussed. Owing to the oxygen radicals that enhance the dielectric integrity, the voltage for state switching increases with O <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub> plasma treatment. Memory cells without plasma treatment demonstrate promising characteristics for OTP memory applications in terms of a low dc switching voltage of 2 V, high programming speed of 60 ns, high read endurance up to 10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">6</sup> reading cycles, and desirable retention time and low switching power density of 6.4 mW/cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> . The memory cell technology not only exhibits the prominent performance which is advantageous over other dielectrics reported in the literature, but it also possesses the capability to from stackable 3-D architecture.
Evaluating indirect branch handling mechanisms in software dynamic translation systems (2011)

Software Dynamic Translation (SDT) is used for instrumentation, optimization, security, and many other uses. A major source of SDT overhead is the execution of code to translate an indirect branch's target address into the translated destination block's address. This article discusses sources of Indirect Branch (IB) overhead in SDT systems and evaluates techniques for overhead reduction. Measurements using SPEC CPU2000 show that the appropriate choice and configuration of IB translation mechanisms can significantly reduce the overhead. Further, cross-architecture evaluation of these mechanisms reveals that the most efficient implementation and configuration can be highly dependent on the architecture implementation.
Mesenchymal Stem Cell‐Mediated Reversal of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Associated Pulmonary Hypertension (2012)

Clinical trials have failed to demonstrate an effective preventative or therapeutic strategy for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a multifactorial chronic lung disease in preterm infants frequently complicated by pulmonary hypertension (PH). Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and their secreted components have been shown to prevent BPD and pulmonary fibrosis in rodent models. We hypothesized that treatment with conditioned media (CM) from cultured mouse bone marrow-derived MSCs could reverse hyperoxia-induced BPD and PH. Newborn mice were exposed to hyperoxia (FiO(2)=0.75) for two weeks, were then treated with one intravenous dose of CM from either MSCs or primary mouse lung fibroblasts (MLFs), and placed in room air for two to four weeks. Histological analysis of lungs harvested at four weeks of age was performed to determine the degree of alveolar injury, blood vessel number, and vascular remodeling. At age six weeks, pulmonary artery pressure (PA acceleration time) and right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH; RV wall thickness) were assessed by echocardiography, and pulmonary function tests were conducted. When compared to MLF-CM, a single dose of MSC-CM-treatment (1) reversed the hyperoxia-induced parenchymal fibrosis and peripheral PA devascularization (pruning), (2) partially reversed alveolar injury, (3) normalized lung function (airway resistance, dynamic lung compliance), (4) fully reversed the moderate PH and RVH, and (5) attenuated peripheral PA muscularization associated with hyperoxia-induced BPD. Reversal of key features of hyperoxia-induced BPD and its long-term adverse effects on lung function can be achieved by a single intravenous dose of MSC-CM, thereby pointing toward a new therapeutic intervention for chronic lung diseases.
High obfuscation plagiarism detection using multi-feature fusion based on Logical Regression model (2015)

The identification of high-obfuscation plagiarism seeds is one of the most difficult problems to be solved in plagiarism detection. Single feature type cannot identify the plagiarism seeds effectively because of the varied plagiarism methods used in high-obfuscation plagiarism. In this paper, a multi-features fusion method based on Logical Regression model for the high-obfuscation plagiarism seeds identification was proposed. This method used Logical Regression model to combine lexicon features, syntax features, semantics features and structure features extracted from suspicious text fragments pairs. Experiments show that the method is feasible and effective.
Laboratory Screening of Inherited Thrombotic Syndromes (1987)

The prevalence of inherited thrombotic syndromes in the general population (1 in 2,500/5,000) appears to be higher than that of inherited bleeding disorders. The problems of their laboratory diagnosis are reviewed and a screening procedure is proposed. The most important candidates for screening are patients with unexplained venous thromboembolism at ages of less than 40-45 years, particularly when thrombotic episodes are recurrent. Screening must start from the exclusion of common acquired causes of thrombophilia. A negative family history does not exclude inherited thrombophilia, because the defects have a low penetrance and fresh mutations may have occurred in the propositi. Laboratory screening is based on a two-step procedure. The first step is aimed at detecting, preferably with specific functional assays, the most frequent and well established causes of inherited thrombophilia, i.e. deficiencies or dysfunctions of antithrombin III, protein C, protein S, plasminogen and fibrinogen. The tests included in the second step of the screening are aimed at detecting the less common or less well established causes of inherited thrombophilia (low heparin cofactor II, defective release of tissue plasminogen activator, and high plasminogen activator inhibitor). The simplest, more reliable and specific assay methods to be used in laboratory practice are recommended.
AN APPLICATION OF LAGRANGIAN RELAXATION ALD SUBGRADIENT METHOD FOR A DYNAMIC UNCAPAITATED FACILITY COCATION PROBLEM (1988)

The dynamic uncapacitated facility location model is formulated by a mixed integer programming. It has the objective of minimizing total discounted costs for meeting demands specified in different time periods at various demand centers. Costs include those for operation of facilities to demand centers and a fixed cost associated with the capital investment. The problem is decomposed into two simple Lagrangian relaxed subproblems which are coordinated by Lagrangian multipliers. We explored the effect of using the subgradient optimization procedure and a viable solution approach is proposed. Computational results are presented and further research directions are discussed.
Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor Affects Bone Homeostasis by Regulating Osteoblast and Osteoclast Function (2007)

The defective proliferation and differentiation of bone cells, coincident with both aberrant expression of transcription factors and cytoskeletal organization, are typical uPAR-dependent molecular phenotypes, and we have now shown their function in osteoblasts and osteoclasts function in vivo.
Dielectrophoretic manipulation of suspended submicron particles (2000)

Planar and three-dimensiònal multi-electrode systems with dimensions of 2 - 40 microm were fabricated by IC technology and used for trapping and aggregation of microparticles. To achieve negative dielectrophoresis (repelling forces) in aqueous solution, radiofrequency (RF) electric fields were used. Experimentally, particles down to 100 nm in diameter were enriched and trapped as aggregates in field cages and dielectrophoretic microfilters and observed using confocal fluorimetry. Theoretically, single particles with an effective diameter down to about 35 nm should be trappable in micron field cages. Due to the unavoidable Ohmic heating, RF electric fields can induce liquid streaming in extremely small channels (12 microm in height). This can be used for pumping and particle enrichment but it enhances Brownian motion and counteracts dielectrophoretic trapping. Combining Brownian motion with ratchet-like dielectrophoretic forces enables the creation of Brownian pumps that could be used as sensitive separation devices for submicron particles if liquid pumping is avoided in smaller structures.
Molecular Weight of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) during Biological Polymerization in<i>Alcaligenes Eutrophus</i> (1995)

Abstract Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB)] was produced by Alcaligenes eutrophus from fructose or butyric acid in nitrogen-free media at different pHs and temperatures, and the time-dependent changes in the molecular weight of P(3HB) were studied. P(3HB) polymers were accumulated within cells in the presence of a carbon source, and the rate of P(3HB) accumulation increased with temperature in the 16–35°C range but was almost independent of the pH value (5.0−8.0) of the media. The apparent activation energy for the rate of P(3HB) accumulation was 30 kJ/mol. The number-average molecular weight ( M n) of P(3HB) polymers increased rapidly with time during the course of P(3HB) accumulation to reach a maximum value ((10 ± 2 × 105) at around 6 hours of incubation, followed by a gradual decrease in M n with time. The polydispersities ( M w/ M n) of P(3HB) polymers increased from 1.5 to 2.0 during P(3HB) accumulation. The time-dependent changes in M n have been accounted for in terms of the kinetic model in which a chain transfer agent is formed during the course of P(3HB) synthesis and reacts with a growing chain of P(3HB) on the active site of polymerase to regulate the length of P(3HB) chain.
Coat color darkening in a dog in response to a potent melanotropic peptide (1994)

Analogues of a melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) have been documented to be effective in inducing integumental melanogenesis in several species. These melanotropin analogues are more potent than the natural hormone and have prolonged biological activity, without apparent teratogenic or other toxic effects, at least in rodents. In a pilot study, a cyclic alpha-MSH analogue, Ac-[Nle4, Asp5, D-Phe7, Lys10] alpha-MSH4-10-NH2, was administered SC to a dog at a dose of 1 mg of analogue in 1 ml of 0.9% NaCl for 3 weeks, without noticeable adverse effects. There was gradual and extensive darkening of the coat, which originally was predominantly tan, with tips of black. Initially, the darkening involved face and extremities, then gradually expanded to include the trunk and tail hair. Visual pigmentation peaked approximately 2 months after injections were completed. As new hair growth continued subsequent to the injections, the original tan color appeared at the proximal end of the hair shaft, leaving a dark terminal band on all affected hairs. These observations clearly indicated that follicular melanogenesis can be induced in dogs by treatment with a melanotropic peptide.