text stringlengths 0 10.1k |
|---|
Author(s): Reedy, D; Williams, JB; Gaire, B; Gatton, A; Weller, M; Menssen, A; Bauer, T; Henrichs, K; Burzynski, P; Berry, B; Streeter, ZL; Sartor, J; Ben-Itzhak, I; Jahnke, T; Dorner, R; Weber, T; Landers, AL | Abstract: © 2018 American Physical Society. We demonstrate the use of cold target recoil ion momentum spectr... |
Mammalian brown adipose tissue provides a means of non‐shivering thermogenesis to defend normothermia in the cold by uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) mediated uncoupling of mitochondrial respiration from ATP production. Apart from brown adipose tissue, thermogenic beige/brite adipocytes reside interspersed within white adip... |
We studied the stress hormone response to surgery in 42 infants and children. Plasma levels of the stress hormones ACTH, cortisol, beta-endorphin and arginine-vasopressin (AVP) were determined on three occasions, i.e., one day before surgery, 60 to 90 minutes after skin closure and on the day after surgery (anesthesia ... |
The primary reason for patients to visit hospital is pain. They don't necessarily know the reason of the pain however, they can precisely describe when the pain started, it’s evolution, location and intensity. The motivation to be free of this painful condition is clear. In fact, it is generally the importance of the p... |
Background: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images have favorable quality and are more valuable in the evaluation of the dimensions and density of the alveolar bone. In the present study, CBCT images were used to compare the height and density of the alveolar bone and the width of the inferior cortex of the mandib... |
In this contribution we present a topological analysis of metamaterials, which can describe one-, two-, and three-dimensional structures. Using this approach a novel three-dimensional metamaterial scalar structure is deduced, i.e., it supports one polarisation having left-handed operation. Its physical realisation has ... |
Super-resolution microscopy methods (e.g. STORM or PALM imaging) have become essential tools in biology, opening up a variety of new questions that were previously inaccessible with standard light microscopy methods. In this paper we develop new Bayesian image processing methods that extend the reach of super-resolutio... |
Glioblastoma is the most lethal brain tumor. The poor prognosis results from lack of defined tumor margins, critical location of the tumor mass and presence of chemo- and radio-resistant tumor stem cells. The current treatment for glioblastoma consists of neurosurgery, followed by radiotherapy and temozolomide chemothe... |
As a center of mobile multimedia of the 21st century, it is very much looking forward to explosion of R&D and business of various wireless communication systems. In order to maintain advancement of communications and its related industries in Japan, there is a demand to keep creating new high technologies and theories ... |
By using optical image processing techniques, a novel text encryption and hiding method applied by double-random phase-encoding technique is proposed in the paper. The first step is that the secret message is transformed into a 2- dimension array. The higher bits of the elements in the array are used to fill with the b... |
ABSTRACT Arbitrarily primed PCR with three primers and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis were used to characterize a set of 75 clinicalLegionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates, with no apparent epidemiological link, obtained from 24 hospitals in Paris, France, from 1987 to 1997. Unexpectedly, 25 clinical isolates fro... |
Friday 28 th The Cootamundra Bulldogs will have their first run for the season when they take on the Hay magpies in the first round of the West Wyalong Knockout. Friday 28 th Local residents have until 5pm today February 28 th to make submissions into a government discussion paper for poor mobile phone coverage. The di... |
Power/temperature constraints are among the most important design considerations for today's high performance processors. Many dynamic power or thermal management (DPM/DTM) techniques have been proposed to maintain reliable chip operation and meet power constraints. These techniques rely on runtime estimation schemes t... |
This paper considers the difference between the development of the concept of vector that is met as force and acceleration in physics, but as translation in mathematics. It studies cognitive problems that arise and tests an approach to the concept of free vector that focuses on the effect of the physical action of tran... |
Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is one of a number of well described hereditary periodic febrile syndromes. We report a case in an infant, with a strong family history of this disorder, who presented on day-of-life 4 with high fever, irritability, diarrhea, lethargy, and raised acute... |
Marine carbonates are widely used archives for paleoceanographic and climatic reconstructions. The cold-water carbonates investigated in this study are skeletal remains of the two cold-water coral (CWC) species Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata. These framework-building scleractinian coral species are widespread o... |
The aim of tthis study is to examine the CWC growth in the St. Nazaire canyon, determine how long CWCs have been growing in this setting and reconstruct under which environmental conditions they lived. |
For this purpose the coral samples were mechanically and chemically cleaned, dated via the U/Th-decay chain and analyzed for their skeletal stable isotope and element ratios. The measurement of these ratios was carried out on a Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (Q ICP-MS). |
The dating of the samples revealed coral ages from 12,5 kyBP to present-day ages. This shows that since the end of the last glacial the St. Nazaire canyon represented a suitable setting for CWC growth. While other CWC ecosystems further south, e.g. in the Gulf of Cadiz, seem to have thrived only during glacial times, t... |
Given the time frame, some of the measured element ratios could be used as proxies to reconstruct environmental parameters that characterized the CWC ecosystem in former times: Paleotemperature reconstruction, based on a Mg/Li-proxy calibrated for L. pertusa, showed that seawater temperatures throughout the Holocene we... |
Physical and geochemical boundary conditions of CWC growth are a topic of ongoing research. The reconstructed environmental parameters are important factors, but only in the context with other parameters like current velocities and sedimentation rates that influence and constrain CWC distribution too. Hence, along with... |
The planet detection challenges have been formulated based on the radiometric, distance, and technology issues as a signal detection problem, under very unfavorable conditions. We would like to find a simplest solar system defined as having one star, similar or identical to our sun, and one planet, likewise similar or ... |
background. Laser resurfacing for rhytides and dermatoheliosis is becoming more popular. As more procedures are performed, new side effects and complications are reported. methods. We report two cases of transepidermal elimination of elastic fibers after laser resurfacing with the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser for rhytide... |
This appeal was submitted to the political parties prior to the general elections of 1996 by seven women's organisations. This loose-knit network has been lobbying for a number of years with the government and other agencies on several women's issues. The appeal articulates what women really want and illustrates the ex... |
The paper uses computational fluid dynamics software FLUENT to build a single-channel numerical simulation model of the mine ventilation gas Thermal Flow-Reversal Reactor (TFRR). Combining with the analysis of orthogonal test, the influences that four factors (Initial temperature distribution, Ventilation gas flow velo... |
Abstract Magnetic nanoparticles were synthesized by co-precipitation under hydrothermal conditions. The average diameter of the magnetic nanoparticles was found to be in the range of 15 ± 5 nm with an average surface area of 112.15 m2 g−1. Immobilization of lipase on magnetite nanoparticles was confirmed by FTIR, diffe... |
The article focusses on how the body is constructed for immunology. Specifically, the complex and tangled bio-political genealogy of immunity is analysed in detail as the understanding of it hovers between social and biological discourses. In addition, the controversy between different models of the immune system is ex... |
Emily Martin’s ethnography of immune systems and Donna Haraway’s feminist anthropology provide the means for understanding how the immune system, as both academics and non-academics explain it, can be juxtaposed to and also coincide with the body and even the self,but nevertheless conform to the scale, concepts, laws a... |
The research aims at the acquisition of knowledge and its application in the practice. The knowledge which most interests the nurses is the one pertaining to the improvement of nursing practice. Before initiating a change in the clinical practice on the basis of the research results, it is important to consider some ri... |
A System-on-Chip (SoC) is a complete system that has been integrated onto a single chip. An SoC is often designed by embedding reusable blocks called cores. With shrinking device sizes, SoC cores are growing in number and complexity, which has led to high volumes of test data and resulted in long test times. Therefore,... |
Whole brain radiotherapy remains standard in the management of breast cancer patients with brain metastases. It allows for symptomatic improvement and good local control in most patients. However, its results remain suboptimal in terms of both efficacy and toxicity. In highly selected patients, stereotactic radiotherap... |
CONTEXT |
Despite decades of evidence-based advocacy for family planning in developing countries, research on how decision makers perceive and respond to such efforts is lacking. |
METHODS |
A literature review yielded 10 peer-reviewed journal articles published between 1999 and 2012 on decision makers' needs for and experiences with health advocacy and evidence. Two sets of questions about family planning research and advocacy-one for decision makers and another for advocates-were developed from emerging ... |
RESULTS |
Decision makers reported understanding family planning's value and confirmed that advocacy had helped to spur recent favorable shifts in government support of family planning. Key informants stressed that advocacy messages and formats must be tailored to the needs and interests of particular audiences to be effective. ... |
CONCLUSIONS |
According to decision makers, sustained and strategic family planning advocacy developed and delivered by culturally attuned national actors, with support from international actors, can diminish barriers to government support for family planning.Implementation of polycarbonate material mechanical properties of rapid pr... |
The article deals with specification and subsequent implementation of mechanical properties of a polycarbonate material used for functional prototypes produced by Rapid Prototyping based on input data from 3D models designed in CAD system CREO 2.0. The implementation of specific properties of material PC-10 for the pri... |
A number of products that display positive network effects are used in variable quantities by heterogeneous customers. Examples include corporate operating systems, infrastructure software, web services and networking equipment. In many of these contexts, the magnitude of network effects are influ- enced by gross consu... |
Conclusions and perspectives The pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases is attributed to the death of specific neurons, for example the dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Mitochondrial dysfunction and excessive Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) generation may play an important role in the development ... |
The impact of directional antennas and multiantenna beamformers on radio transmission is formulated in terms of the gain of the Rician -factor, the reduction of the root-mean-squared delay spread, and the gain of the signal-to-noise ratio at the receiver for Rician fading channels in multipath environments. The analysi... |
The difference in 201Tl-chloride (201Tl) accumulation on single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) between 58 benign (58 cases) and 48 malignant (46 cases) thoracic lesions, each of more than 20 mm in diameter was investigated. In the 34 benign and 48 malignant lesions depicted in both early (15 min) and delay... |
Model transformation plays an important role in current MDD (Model Driven Development). Combined with direct model manipulation, relational algebra and template theory, this paper presents a formalizing hybrid model transformation for the design in universal collaborative system. Furthermore, it implements an extendibl... |
Switchable surfactants can be reversibly converted between surface active and inactive forms by induced triggers including pH, ozone, ultraviolet light, CO2, N2 and heat. Examples of the CO2 triggered switchable surfactants are guanidines, imidazoles and amidines. In a typical process using CO2 triggered switchable su... |
"Good" relationships between nurses and physicians are important to high-quality patient care. Five different types of nurse-physician relationships exist on clinical units. What are the differences in the nurse-physician climate between magnet and comparison hospitals? What are the organizational structures and best l... |
In the treatment of recurrent subluxation and dislocation of the patella in adolescents and young adults, the authors describe a method consisting of: --a modified Roux procedure for internal transposition and advancement of the anterior tibial tuberosity; --the Lecène technic for over-the-top reinsertion of the vastus... |
Computationalism says that brains are computing mechanisms, that is, mechanisms that perform computations. At present, there is no consensus on how to formulate computationalism precisely or adjudicate the dispute between computationalism and its foes, or between different versions of computationalism. An important rea... |
Hemodynamic and oxygen transport variables were studied in a series of 60 patients who sustained adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) from hemorrhage and trauma; measurements were made during the period of their ARDS and in survivors after their recovery from ARDS. In general, cardiac index (CI) and myocardial pe... |
Four groups of characters were used to evaluate phylogenetic relationships among 50 species of the genus Dolichopus: 810 nucleotide characters (for cytochrome oxidase I), 18 continuous characters generated from a geometric morphometric analysis of wing shape, 12 relative characters of the leg morphometry and 42 traditi... |
OBJECTIVES |
This report describes the history, true goals, and effects of tobacco industry-sponsored youth smoking prevention programs. |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.