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The tutorial track received 14 proposals of which 8 (57%) were accepted. The track was chaired by Fernando Diaz and Adam Jatowt. |
The workshop track received 12 proposals of which 8 (67%) were accepted. The track was chaired by Jaap Kamps and Grace Hui Yang.Estimating multiple-membership logit models with mixed effects: indirect inference versus data cloning |
ABSTRACT Multiple-membership logit models with random effects are models for clustered binary data, where each statistical unit can belong to more than one group. The likelihood function of these models is analytically intractable. We propose two different approaches for parameter estimation: indirect inference and dat... |
InP Q ua nt um E ff ic ie nc y R ef le ct an ce , T ra ns m itt an ce High-speed and efficient photodetectors are key devices in high-bit-rate optical communication systems. Metal-semiconductor-metal photodiodes (MSM-PDs) with submicron finger spacing are promising because they have very fast response. However, a gener... |
After massive enterectomy, the remnant bowel must undergo both morphologic and physiologic adaptation if the patient is to wean to volitional enteral support. Those patients who are unable to adapt require long-term total parenteral nutrition (TPN) with its concomitant high cost and metabolic anomalies. Previously, it ... |
Malaria continues to be imported into Japan. To better assess the risk of imported malaria, we describe malaria species, suspected country/area of infection (accounting for the number of travelers), demographic characteristics, clinical manifestation, and healthcare access, based on the national surveillance data from ... |
The civil-military relations literature on Turkey focuses predominantly on the guardianship role of the Turkish military, its interventions, and the role of the National Security Council as the main institutional mechanism of military tutelage. Yet, the existing studies lack a much-needed focus on the law enforcement o... |
Favre-Racouchot disease (FRD), also known as solar comedo, is a disorder of cosmetic concern relatively common in middle-aged adults1 . It is characterized by the presence of multiple open and closed comedones in an actinically-damaged skin, with preferential localization to periorbital and temporal areas. Major risk f... |
Binary alumina-rare-earth oxide glasses with high alumina content have been reported recently to have excellent mechanical properties, especially hardness, which is comparable to that of single crystal sapphire. The use of such glasses can be envisaged in transparent ballistic protection, or other applications, which a... |
To the Editor: |
As a student of the circulation, of aging, and of heart failure in the elderly, I was flabbergasted to read1 that the NIH “Special Emphasis Panel on Heart Failure Research” described priorities without mentioning the physical properties of the circulation and of left ventricular load in the aged. Priorities were cellul... |
In the last several years’ material handling has become a new, complex, and rapidly evolving science. Material handling system (MHS) design has a direct influence on the logistics cost. This work is to locates and identifies the wasteful activities regarding the material handling, and to streamline the activities to re... |
SAR data gathered from forested areas collect contributions coming from the vegetation layer, from the ground below and from other scattering mechanisms (SMs). Multi-baseline data allow a tomographic analysis thus retrieving information about the vertical structure of the target. Multi-polarimetric acquisitions enrich ... |
In a recent paper, Cavaliere et al., develop bootstrap implementations of the popular likelihood‐based co‐integration rank tests and associated sequential rank determination procedures of Johansen . By using estimates of the parameters of the underlying co‐integrated VAR model obtained under the restriction of the null... |
In this study, according to whether the receiver has the channel state information (CSI) and knows the co-user's codebook or not, different maximum-likelihood (ML)-decoders are designed for a two user interference channel with slow flat fading. For each of the proposed ML-decoders, performance analysis based on pair-wi... |
: The financial services industry of Bangladesh has achieved phenomenal success and advancing day by day for the growth of technology. Bangladesh has long been considered a role model for financial inclusion, first with the emergence of proliferation and prominence of microfinance institutions, especially in rural area... |
The treatment of advanced non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has made substantial progress due to the rapid development of small molecule targeted therapy, with dramatically prolonged survival. As an effective drug for the treatment of NSCLC, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors are currently experiencing... |
We previously prepared 2-hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HPbetaCD) solutions containing disulfiram (DSF) and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC, DSF solutions), and found the instillation of this DSF solutions delayed lens opacification in ICR/f rats, a recessive-type hereditary cataractous strain. In this study, we d... |
Introduction: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most prevalent inherited blood disorder worldwide andestimated 18 million Indians have sickle cell trait1 and 4 million have sickle cell disease2. The study aimsto find out the prevalence of sickle cell disease among university students and to identify coping strategies,th... |
This research is aimed at the preparation of biopolymeric skimmed milk powder (SMP) and pectin coated dual layer solid lipid nanoparticles loaded with soluble curcumin (CMN) to enhance the cytotoxicity of the drug delivered to the colon for colorectal cancer (CRC). The curcumin (C‐) and curcumin solid dispersion (C‐SD)... |
Porphyrin-based photodynamic processes have been used for the inactivation of microorganisms and treatment of tumors. The virucidal activity of porphyrins 3-PtTPyP and 4-PtTPyP was investigated against bovine viruses representative of the main structural groups (enveloped/non-enveloped, DNA/RNA: BVDV, BoHV-1, BAV and B... |
In this study we aim to assess the optimal successive group decoder (OSGD) considering different scenarios and in a wide range of testing metrics. We investigate the OSGD in the K user interference channel (IC) and evaluate its capability to mitigate interference. We inspect OSGD performance in terms of its (ergodic an... |
49 Background: Randomized "early intervention" or "fast-track" trials (also sometimes called delayed intervention, delayed-start, or wait list designs) have been proposed as an alternative to traditional RCTs comparing palliative care interventions to non-palliative or other supportive care groups. The fast-track arm r... |
METHODS |
We have developed a terminal decline model (Li et al. 2013) for jointly modeling quality of life and survival in palliative care studies. This model can be implemented on an intention to treat basis for the overall comparison in fast track design. For time periods beyond the delayed start period, we modify the model to... |
RESULTS |
ENABLE III is a recently completed fast-track trial in our institution at Dartmouth. After applied to ENABLE III study, the novel statistical joint modeling approach indicates that the effect of the ENABLE intervention on the terminal decline increases when combined with intervention effect seen for fast track arm. |
CONCLUSIONS |
The terminal decline joint modeling approach is an efficient and interpretable method for fast-track study designs.Initiating collaboration among organ transplant professionals through Web portals and mobile applications. |
The knowledge base for healthcare providers working in the field of organ transplantation has grown exponentially. However, the field has no centralized 'space' dedicated to efficient access and sharing of information. The ease of use and portability of mobile applications (apps) make them ideal for subspecialists work... |
More and more research have been developed very recently for automatic hand recognition. This paper proposes a new method for contactless hand authentication in complex images with low cost devices. Our system uses skin color and hand shape information for hand detection process. Next, the palm is extracted and charact... |
Abstract A new extinct rove beetle, Palaeomesoporus electiricus gen. et sp.n., is described from a single specimen of Eocene Baltic amber. This fossil beetle is placed in the tribe Mesoporini, a ‘basal’ group of the mega-diverse subfamily Aleocharinae. Palaeomesoporus is easily discriminated from other mesoporine gener... |
This paper presents the design and implementation of a novel wireless sensor network system using the device Freescale MC1321X. The proposed network management system consists of two different modules: the first one performs network formation and maintenance under a policy of power consumption reduction, and the second... |
According to the results of in vitro experiments, Fas(CD95) ligand expression by cancer cells might induce apoptosis of activated T cells and contribute to immune tolerance. However, Fas ligand expression had never been explored in vivo in tumor cell models yielding either immune response or tolerance. In the present s... |
The “IEEE ComSoc Young Researcher Award for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region” is sponsored by the IEEE Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region. This award honors researchers who have been very active in the IEEE through ComSoc publication and conference activities over the last three years. The upper ag... |
OBJECTIVE |
Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 5 (CCL5) has been shown to play an important role in antimycobacterial immune responses. Previous studies have extensively reported that the CCL5 -28C>G gene polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB). However, the results of these studies have been inconsistent. To... |
METHODS |
We searched articles published before June 6, 2014 from PubMed, CNKI, and Wanfang databases. Data were extracted from all eligible publications independently by two investigators and statistically analyzed. Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated to assess the strength of the association bet... |
RESULTS |
Four case-control studies including 647 TB cases and 726 controls were involved in the meta-analysis. Our meta-analysis indicated the CCL5 -28C>G gene polymorphism was significantly associated with increased risk of TB (G vs. C: 3.75, 95% CI = 1.76-7.99; GG vs. CC: OR = 30.26, 95% CI = 14.28-64.12). |
CONCLUSION |
Our results suggested that the -28C>G polymorphism is significantly associated with higher TB risk, which is opposite from previously published reports. However, the number of the study is limited, additional well-designed studies are required to elucidate the association between the CCL5 -28C>G gene polymorphism and T... |
White Galloway cattle exhibit three different white coat colour phenotypes, that is, well marked, strongly marked and mismarked. However, mating of individuals with the preferred well or strongly marked phenotype also results in offspring with the undesired mismarked and/or even fully black coat colour. To elucidate th... |
In order to drive switched reluctance motor (SRM) with higher performance, several control parameters must be tuned at the several operating conditions in consideration of the constraint condition. For that reason, in order to derive control parameters efficiently, a previous research has used Strength Pareto Evolution... |
AIM |
This study aimed to evaluate changes in the optical density of dentin in primary molars with deep caries three to six months after they were subjected to partial carious dentin removal. |
STUDY DESIGN |
This was a blind controlled, clinical therapy study. Standardized digitalized bitewing radiographs of 42 teeth were analyzed using Adobe Photoshop(®) to quantitatively determine the gray scale of the affected dentin beneath the restoration, in comparison with healthy dentin. A mixed-effects model was used for statistic... |
RESULTS |
During the interval between time zero and three months, the gray tone levels of affected dentin varied from 80.99 ± 3.17 to 98.57 ± 3.17; i.e., an estimated increase of 18 (p < 0.0001). The values for healthy dentin ranged from 118.22 ± 3.17 to 122.02 ± 3.17; i.e., a mean increase of four in the gray tone levels (p = 0... |
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