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Innovative Production Systems at Statistics New Zealand: Overcoming the Design and Build Bottleneck (2013)

Abstract In 2011, Statistics NZ embarked on an ambitious ten-year programme of change called Statistics 2020 Te Kāpehu Whetū: Achieving the statistics system of the future. This article outlines a key component of this approach to transforming how Statistics NZ delivers its statistics. This involves modernising all aspects of statistical production - from identifying need, right through to dissemination - to ensure the organisation has the functionality and capacity to deliver now and into the future. Standardisation of processes, methods, tools, and systems to increase flexibility and efficiency is a key component of this transformation.
A Novel Reconfigurable Ankle/Foot Rehabilitation Robot (2006)

This paper presents a novel reconfigurable ankle rehabilitation robot to cover various rehabilitation exercise modes. The designed robot can allow desired ankle and foot motions including toe and heel raising as well as traditional ankle rotations since the mechanism can generate relative rotation between the fore and rear platforms as well as pitch and roll motions. In addition, the robotic device can be reconfigured from a range of motion (ROM)/strengthening exercise device to a balance/proprioception exercise device by simply incorporating additional plate. Further, the action of the device is two folded in the sense that while a patient’s foot is fastened firmly to the ROM/strengthening device for task specific training, s/he can also stand on the balance/proproception device. The suggested ankle rehabilitation robot is expected to substitute not only the traditional therapy in various exercise modes but also supply the advanced functional exercises.
Early Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction with Sensitive Cardiac Troponin Assays (2009)

The diagnostic performance of sensitive cardiac troponin assays is excellent, and these assays can substantially improve the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction, particularly in patients with a recent onset of chest pain. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00470587.)
Effect of particle size on the properties of highly-filled polymers for fused filament fabrication (2017)

Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) could replace injection molding as the shaping step in a process similar to powder injection molding (PIM). Herein after shaping by using a highly-filled polymer the part is debound and sintered to obtain a solid part of metal or ceramic. New feedstock materials have been developed that can be printed using conventional FFF equipment. And after debinding and sintering stainless steel parts can be obtained. However, there are many parameters that can affect the performance of the FFF feedstock materials. One important parameter is the particle size distribution of the filler particles. In this paper, feedstocks containing 316L steel powder with different particle size distributions were characterized in terms of viscosity and mechanical properties, and tested regarding the printability using a conventional FFF machine. It has been observed that the particle size significantly affects the properties of feedstock materials and thus their ability to be printed.
Efficient CdSe Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells Prepared by an Improved Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction Process (2009)

In pursuit of efficient quantum dot (QD)-sensitized solar cells based on mesoporous TiO(2) photoanodes, a new procedure for preparing selenide (Se(2-)) was developed and used for depositing CdSe QDs in situ over TiO(2) mesopores by the successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) process in ethanol. The sizes and density of CdSe QDs over TiO(2) were controlled by the number of SILAR cycles applied. After some optimization of these QD-sensitized TiO(2) films in regenerative photoelectrochemical cells using a cobalt redox couple [Co(o-phen)(3)(2+/3+)], including addition of a final layer of CdTe, over 4% overall efficiencies were achieved at 100 W/m(2) with about 50% IPCE at its maximum. Light-harvesting properties and transient voltage decay/impedance measurements confirmed that CdTe-terminated CdSe QD cells gave better charge-collection efficiencies and kinetic parameters than corresponding CdSe QD cells. In a preliminary study, a CdSe(Te) QD-sensitized TiO(2) film was combined with an organic hole conductor, spiro-OMeTAD, and shown to exhibit a promising efficiency of 1.6% at 100 W/m(2) in inorganic/organic hybrid all-solid-state cells.
Effects of thymectomy or androgen administration upon the autoimmune disease of MRL/Mp-<i>lpr</i>/<i>lpr</i> mice. (1980)

MRL/lpr and NZB X NZW F1 mice were neonatally thymectomized or treated with androgens from 2 weeks of age, and their natural histories were studied. Neonatal thymectomy of MRL/lpr mice led to marked reduction in the usual massive lymphadenopathy as well as significant reduction in antibodies to native DNA and prolonged survival. In contrast, neonatal thymectomy of NZB X NZW F1 mice led to accelerated disease. Androgen therapy of both mice led to reduced anti-DNA and prolonged survival. This occurred in the MRL/lpr mice without significant reduction in lymphadenopathy. Taken together, these studies suggest that different T cell abnormalities may underlie the development of autoimmunity in MRL/lpr and NZB X NZW F1 mice, but that disease may be expressed through a common androgen-sensitive pathway.
Single proximity feed microstrip Archimedean spiral antennas (2002)

Circularly polarized antennas with large bandwidth, small size and which are compatible with microwave and millimeter, MIC, and monolithic, MMIC, integrated circuits are desired qualities for many current and future civilian/military applications. This article presents the theoretical results of a microstrip circular Archimedean spiral antenna fed by proximity coupling from an embedded microstrip feedline within the substrate. The antenna system design produces a completely planar antenna system.
Mutually Orthogonal Golay Complementary Sequences in Synthetic Aperture Imaging Systems (2015)

Abstract The main objective of this study is to improve the ultrasound image by employing a new algorithm based on transducer array element beam pattern correction implemented in the synthetic transmit aperture (STA) method combined with emission of mutually orthogonal complementary Golay sequences. Orthogonal Golay sequences can be transmitted and received by different transducer elements simultaneously, thereby decreasing the time of image reconstruction, which plays an important role in medical diagnostic imaging. The paper presents the preliminary results of computer simulation of the synthetic aperture method combined with the orthogonal Golay sequences in a linear transducer array. The transmission of long waveforms characterized by a particular autocorrelation function allows to increase the total energy of the transmitted signal without increasing the peak pressure. It can also improve the signal-to-noise ratio and increase the visualization depth maintaining the ultrasound image resolution. In the work, the 128-element linear transducer array with a 0.3 mm pitch excited by 8-bits Golay coded sequences as well as one cycle at nominal frequencies of 4 MHz were used. The comparison of 2D ultrasound images of the phantoms is presented to demonstrate the benefits of a coded transmission. The image reconstruction was performed using the synthetic STA algorithm with transmit and receive signals correction based on a single element directivity function.
Generation of balanced biphasic stimulus current with integrated blocking capacitor (2006)

We propose a novel technique to significantly reduce the size of the blocking capacitors required in the output stages of biomedical implantable stimulators. The approach utilizes high-frequency current-switching instead of constant current pulses with a long on-time. As a result, the value of the required blocking capacitor is reduced to the pico-Farad range, representing a reduction of over 10000 times compared to conventional values.
Order scheduling problems in make-to-order manufacturing systems (2006)

As customer requirements become various and individual, make-to-order (MTO) production is accepted by a lot of manufacturers. In a MTO company, how to fulfil customer orders on time is crucial. Determining when to deliver and what quantities to deliver is the "order scheduling (OS)" problem. Under the influence integrated by many factors, order scheduling becomes very complex. Ideally, order scheduling should be coupled with shop production scheduling (PS). In this paper, resource capacity, order priority and lead time are considered as the key factors affecting OS. Resource capacity problem is decomposed into material resource and machine resource subproblems, and bottlenecks of them are mainly discussed, including the influence on lead time. Then an integrated solution framework, regarding all of the factors above, is presented to help MTO manufactory to decide a proper order scheduling. Virtual manufacturing (VM) technology and heuristic arithmetic theory are used in this paper, and a simple but practical queuing model is explored to help solving the order scheduling problems in MTO manufacturing systems. Data from a manufactory producing belt pulleys is used to illustrate the application of the model.
Towards low-redundancy push-pull P2P live streaming (2008)

P2P live streaming systems are developed in two major approaches: tree-push versus mesh-pull. The hybrid push-pull streaming, as an emerging and promising approach, offers a good tradeoff between traffic overhead and system throughput. In this paper, we demonstrate that video redundancy is a large contributor of the traffic overhead in push-pull systems. To reduce the traffic overhead, we propose simple but effective sub-stream scheduling and re-scheduling mechanisms, implemented in a push-pull streaming prototype called Low-redundancy Streaming (LStreaming). To demonstrate its effectiveness on reducing the traffic overhead, we conduct both simulation and prototype experiments and compare the proposed LStreaming with random mesh-pull and GridMedia. The simulation results show that LStreaming significantly reduces the total traffic overhead, i.e., up to 33% and 37% reduction compared with mesh-pull and GridMedia in dynamic P2P environments, respectively. LStreaming also achieves the throughput, more close to the optimal value than the other two schemes, and sustains a better video playback quality. The prototype experiments show that LStreaming is practical and achieves the expected performance.
Host-Seeking Behavior and Management of Tsetse (1992)

With a growing world population and increasingly demanding consumers, the production of sufficient protein from livestock, poultry, and fish represents a serious challenge for the future. Approximately 1,900 insect species are eaten worldwide, mainly in ...Read More
Theory and application of radio-frequency heating (1947)

Previous work has implicated heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1) as the primary transcription factor responsible for the transcriptional response to heat stress in mammalian cells. We characterized the heat shock response of mammalian cells by measuring changes in transcript levels and assaying binding of HSF1 to promoter regions for candidate heat shock genes chosen by a combination of genome-wide computational and experimental methods. We found that many heat-inducible genes have HSF1 binding sites (heat shock elements, HSEs) in their promoters that are bound by HSF1. Surprisingly, for 24 heat-inducible genes, we detected no HSEs and no HSF1 binding. Furthermore, of 182 promoters with likely HSE sequences, we detected HSF1 binding at only 94 of these promoters. Also unexpectedly, we found 48 genes with HSEs in their promoters that are bound by HSF1 but that nevertheless did not show induction after heat shock in the cell types we examined. We also studied the transcriptional response to heat shock in fibroblasts from mice lacking the HSF1 gene. We found 36 genes in these cells that are induced by heat as well as they are in wild-type cells. These results provide evidence that HSF1 does not regulate the induction of every transcript that accumulates after heat shock, and our results suggest that an independent posttranscriptional mechanism regulates the accumulation of a significant number of transcripts.
Transport properties of quantum dot arrays (2008)

The model of crystalline arrays of quantum dots is studied with dynamical mean-field theory. Low-temperature transport coefficients are calculated. The material is found to be metallic with a large Seebeck coefficient, which has a good promise for thermoelectric applications.
Efficiency of Clearwelding Technology for Polyamides (2004)

Many industrial applications require optically transparent thermoplastic components, and structural joints almost invisible to the human vision. Traditional transmission laser welding of plastics joining is limited by the process conditions when one thermoplastic is optically transparent and the second absorbing laser energy. Advanced Clearweld® (clearwelding) 1 laser technology may satisfy these specific requirements in joining various similar and dissimilar optically transparent thermoplastics. These innovative design-joining technology considerations require the following conditions at the interface between the joined surfaces: (1) laser absorbing material; (2) optimized laser energy for heat generation between joined thermoplastics. The analysis of representative test results shows that Clearweld technology is highly efficient also for use with various transparent nylon grades. The tensile strength of the Clearweld butt joint is similar to the results achieved for nylon with other advanced plastics joining methods such as linear, orbital, hot plate and regular infrared (laser through-transmission) technologies. The developed comprehensive recommendations will help designers and technologists with welded parts design, material(s) and process selection and optimization for laser welding applications when the joined thermoplastic part requires optical transparency, as well as flash and particle free conditions.
The canine cemented modular total hip prosthesis (1995)

Total hip replacement (THR) is well established as a treatment modality for dogs with noninfectious, nonneoplastic, disabling conditions of the coxofemoral joint. Since the mid 1970s, a fixed-head prosthesis has been used in this procedure. A modular prosthesis, which is based on many of the technical advances found in human prostheses, now is available for use in veterinary medicine. The prosthesis, surgical instrumentation, surgical technique, and clinical results have been evaluated in a prospective study conducted at The Ohio State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. The modular prosthesis provides results equal to or better than the fixed-head prosthesis.
Antiviral Effects of Geranylgeranylacetone: Enhancement of MxA Expression and Phosphorylation of PKR during Influenza Virus Infection (2003)

A cyclic polyisoprenoid compound, geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), has been used as antiulcer drug. GGA is also a potent inducer of heat shock proteins (HSPs). HSPs are considered to induce an antiviral effect; however, the detailed mechanism is unknown. To determine whether GGA might show antiviral activity and what the mechanism is, the effect of GGA against influenza virus (strain PR8) infection in vivo and in vitro was investigated. The results demonstrated that GGA treatment strongly suppressed the deleterious consequences of PR8 replication and was accompanied by an increase in HSP70 gene expression in mice. Results from in vitro analyses demonstrated that GGA significantly inhibited the synthesis of PR8-associated proteins and prominently enhanced expression of human myxovirus resistance 1 (MxA) followed by increased HSP70 transcription. Moreover, GGA augmented the expression of an interferon-inducible double-strand RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR) gene and promoted PKR autophosphorylation and concomitantly alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 phosphorylation during PR8 infection. It is proposed that GGA-induced HSP70 has potent antiviral activity by enhancement of antiviral factors and can clinically achieve protection from influenza virus infection.
Caveats in BerEP4 staining to differentiate basal and squamous cell carcinoma (2009)

BerEP4 labeling is not reliable in superficial biopsies of BCC with squamoid features. It is important to be aware of this caveat in interpreting BerEP4 staining for BCC and SCC.
Symmetry breaking in individual plasmonic nanoparticles (2006)

The plasmon resonances of a concentric metallic nanoshell arise from the hybridization of primitive plasmon modes of the same angular momentum on its inner and outer surfaces. For a nanoshell with an offset core, the reduction in symmetry relaxes these selection rules, allowing for an admixture of dipolar components in all plasmon modes of the particle. This metallodielectric nanostructure with reduced symmetry exhibits a core offset-dependent multipeaked spectrum, seen in single-particle spectroscopic measurements, and exhibits significantly larger local-field enhancements on its external surface than the equivalent concentric spherical nanostructure.
Iodine‐Catalyzed Facile Synthesis of Pyrrolo‐ and Indolo[1,2‐<i>a</i>]quinoxalines (2015)

Abstract A practical and green approach to pyrrolo‐ and indolo[1,2‐ a ]quinoxalines has been developed based upon an oxidative reaction of 1‐(2‐aminophenyl)pyrroles or 2‐(3‐methyl‐1 H ‐1‐indolyl)aniline with benzylamines in the presence of O 2 as the environmentally friendly oxidant and iodine as an economical and effective catalyst.
An Improved Texture Mapping Model Based on Mesh Parameterization in 3D Garments (2014)

3D garment has complex and flexible shape. In order to obtain realistic texture mapping results with various garment models, an efficient and simple mesh parameterization method is presented in this paper. The key idea in this work is to partition the garment model using geometrical feature line that is composed of several mesh edges and to parameterize the mesh facet after partitioning. We achieve this by first developing a direct geometrical measurement method for discovering the structural lines of garment model. Next we use Shortest-Path method to formulate the cutting line and partition the mesh surface into facets. Then, we roughly parameterize the partitioned mesh parts using modified uniform area method. The experiments show that our method captures distinctive mapping effects and obtains more shape-preserving results than other state-of-the-art approaches.
High fill factor MEMS mirror array (2012)

The design, fabrication, and quasi-static testing of a high fill factor electrostatically actuated MEMS mirror array with application to spectrometry are presented. Mirror inclination with applied voltage is demonstrated by optical profilometry.
Visible‐Light‐Triggered Release of Nitric Oxide from N‐Pyramidal Nitrosamines (2011)

Although many organic/inorganic compounds that release nitric oxide (NO) upon photoirradiation (phototriggered caged-NOs) have been reported, their photoabsorption wavelengths mostly lie in the UV region, because X-NO bonds (X=heteroatom and metal) generally have rather strong π-bond character. Thus, it is intrinsically difficult to generate organic compounds that release NO under visible light irradiation. Herein, the structures and properties of N-pyramidal nitrosamine derivatives of 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes that release NO under visible light irradiation are described. Bathochromic shifts of the absorptions of these nitrosamines, attributed to HOMO (n)-LUMO (π*) transitions associated with the nonplanar structure of the N-NO moiety, enable the molecules to absorb visible light, which results in N-NO bond cleavage. Thus, these compounds are innate organic caged-NOs that are uncaged by visible light.
Effects of Oral ATP Supplementation on Anaerobic Power and Muscular Strength (2004)

We conclude that enterically coated oral ATP supplementation may provide small ergogenic effects on muscular strength under some treatment conditions.
Numerical Analysis of Droplet Breakup Behavior using Particle Method (2001)

The numerical method used in this study is Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method which is based on moving particles and their interactions. Grids are not necessary. Large deformation of fluids can be calculated without grid tangling. A surface tension calculation model is developed to analyze droplet breakup. This model is verified by the simulation of vibration of an ethanol droplet. Two-dimensional numerical analyses of droplet breakup in liquid-liquid and gas-liquid systems are carried out. The correlation between the Weber number and the breakup mode observed in the calculations agrees with that in the experiments. Breakup behavior of a droplet surrounded by a vapor film is analyzed. Flow in the vapor film is considered, though boiling of water and solidification of the melt droplets are ignored. It is found that the breakup of a droplet is suppressed by the vapor film. The critical Weber number in the vapor film is obtained as 50. Molten core coolability is considered by using this result. The median diameter of stable droplets of the molten core is expected as 5 mm in a typical condition, which is consistent with FARO experiment. This result shows that in Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) the debris bed up to 40% of the core can be cooled down in the lower head of the reactor pressure vessel.
Ordering phenomena of star polymer solutions approaching the Θ state (1998)

The liquid-state ordering phenomena of a semidilute polybutadiene 64-arm star polymer solution were investigated by small-angle neutron scattering. For this purpose, we used deuterated 1,4-dioxane, which is a \ensuremath{\Theta} solvent for the star at $31.5\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}\mathrm{C}.$ Its quality was modified by varying the temperature in the range between $40\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}\mathrm{C}$ and $80\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}\mathrm{C}.$ Besides a swelling of the star, with increasing temperature the development of a strong correlation peak was observed in the experiment. The experimental data were described theoretically by employing an effective pair potential between stars which was introduced earlier by Mewis et al. [J. Mewis, W. J. Frith, T. A. Strivens, and W. B. Russel, AIChE J. 35, 415 (1989)].
Classification of multispectral remote sensing data using a back-propagation neural network (1992)

The suitability of a back-propagation neural network for classification of multispectral image data is explored. A methodology is developed for selection of both training parameters and data sets for the training phase. A new technique is also developed to accelerate the learning phase. To benchmark the network, the results are compared to those obtained using three other algorithms: a statistical contextual technique, a supervised piecewise linear classifier, and an unsupervised multispectral clustering algorithm. All three techniques were applied to simulated and real satellite imagery. Results from the classification of both Monte Carlo simulation and real imagery are summarized.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Client-server metadata management for the delivery of movies in a video-on-demand system (2002)

Describes a metadata mechanism for location, identification, and delivery of continuous media in the form of digital motion pictures and in the context of a distributed system. The metadata mechanism and supporting protocols are based on the client-server model. The mechanism can be applied to numerous application domains including multimedia-based home entertainment, catalog shopping, distance learning, and distributed-interactive classrooms. We demonstrate the practicality of our the mechanisms through a prototype application based on home entertainment.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>