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Polyimides (PI) are well-known materials used as passivation and insulating layers in microelectronics or power electronics. Though the electric field and temperature withstanding of polyimides have been investigated for long, little information is available on the space charge behavior in relatively thin polyimide fil... |
Abstract The outcome of penalty shoot-outs is often referred to as a “lottery”, suggesting that luck, rather than the skill level of the player, predetermines outcome success. Throughout this article, we hope to show why such attitudes towards physical and psychological preparation can increase anxiety, diminish percep... |
-Using a probabilistic model with parameters from four radiotherapy protocols used in Mexican hospitals for the treatment of cervical cancer, we have calculated the distribution of dose to cells in peripheral blood of patients. Values of the mean dose to the lymphocytes during and after a 6oCo treatment are compared to... |
In order to improve the fusion quality of multispectral (MS) and panchromatic (PAN) images, a pansharpening method with a gradient domain guided image filter (GIF) that is based on non-subsampled shearlet transform (NSST) is proposed. First, multi-scale decomposition of MS and PAN images is performed by NSST. Second, d... |
Lower back pain (LBP) is a common condition with profound economic and social consequences. A conservative, symptomatic, goal-oriented management program is advocated by most, emphasizing pain relief and restoration of functional capacity. Still, LBP is recurrent in approximately 50% of patients and up to 5-10% experie... |
The characteristics of plasmonic resonance in a dielectric‐sandwiched metamaterial film at visible wavelengths of 650 and 568 nm have been investigated (for both p‐ and s‐polarized light). Our calculated results demonstrate that each mode of plasmonic resonance has maximum resonance strength at a particular film thickn... |
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important and underreported infectious disease, causing chronic infection in ∼71 million people worldwide. The limited host range of HCV, which robustly infects only humans and chimpanzees, has made studying this virus in vivo challenging and hampered the development of a desperately neede... |
This study was performed to observe the characteristics of microclimate for a sugar apple orchard at a reclaimed land of Taitung area. The selected sugar apple orchard (22°44’36” N, 121°4’56” E) had a size of 1.8 ha and was located at suburb of Taitung City, Taitung Hsien, Taiwan, within a gradual topography. The facto... |
Cytotoxicity to renal tubular epithelial cells (RTE) is dependent on the relative response of cell survival and cell death signals triggered by the injury. Forkhead transcription factors, Bcl-2 family member Bad, and mitogen-activated protein kinases are regulated by phosphorylation that plays crucial roles in determin... |
The effects of smoke inhalation on the pulmonary surfactant system were examined in mice exposed for 30 minutes to smoke generated from the burning of polyurethane foam. At 8 or 12 hours after exposure, surfactants were isolated separately from lung lavage (extracellular surfactant) and residual lung tissue (intracellu... |
In the last decade there has been an increasing emphasis on providing equal access to health care for all citizens of the United States.1 2 Rural dwellers have been identified as a population group who experience significant barriers to gaining access to the traditional health care delivery system. The problem becomes ... |
Chapter 9 concerns contexts in which two parties, A and B, have either entered into a contract or taken significant steps to form a contractual relationship, and B is at risk of incurring an unbargained-for loss that A could prevent by taking an action that would not require her to forgo a bargaining advantage, underta... |
Present understanding of the formation of die drool is reported in light of current developments in materials for blown film polyethylene (PE). Two series of samples were collected from a blown film line, and the material from the die drool and the die channel, or blown film, were analysed separately. The techniques us... |
The estimates of equivalent circuit parameters of a piezoelectric transducer, observed from the admittance circle near resonance in a conventional manner, are improved on two types of lumped-parameter circuits, namely, L- and T-type circuits, which are consistent with Marutake's approximation formula for estimating ele... |
Abstract The nucleic acid activity of taxol and paclitaxel was investigated with synthetic and natural oligo- and polynucleotides. The polynucleotides poly(dA)·poly(dT), poly(dG)·poly(dC), poly [d(A-T)]·poly[d(A-T)], poly[d(G-C)]·poly[d(G-C)] and calf thymus DNA were used. The oligonucleotides are 24-mers with d(purine... |
The purpose of this investigation was to measure cardiovascular and metabolic responses to 20 min continuous bouts of "choreographed" bench stepping exercise in healthy females. Four frequently used bench heights were employed in a cross-over design: 15.2 cm (6 inches, B-6), 20.3 cm (8 inches, B-8), 25.4 cm (10 inches,... |
The calibration of natural aquifer model parameters in real world cases is a challenging goal that requires a careful tuning work, whose complexity increases with the number of available data. Paradoxically, instead of making easier the subsurface model numerical assessment, a high spatial density of data highlights th... |
Topic models such as Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) are used extensively for modelling multi-object behaviour and anomaly detection in busy scenes. However, existing topic models suffer from the sensitivity problem, where they are unable to detect anomalies that are mixed in with large numbers of co-occurring normal... |
Consequentially, abnormality is detected per-region rather than for the entire scene, resolving both the sensitivity and localisation issues. Experiments conducted on busy real world scenes demonstrate the superiority of the proposed model.Countering Walter Block's "Heroic" Private Counterfeiter |
IN HIS PROVOCATIVE BOOK, Defending the Undefendable, Walter Block (1976) presents a cast of seemingly nefarious characters, such as the slumlord, the prostitute, and the moneylender, whose actions, he shows, are harmless and even beneficial when looked at from a free-market and natural law perspective. There is, howeve... |
colouring, cadmium for yellow, magnesium for purple. cobalt for blue and chrome for green. Although reactions to red mercuric sulphide or red cinnabar are well described, allergic reactions to green tattoo pigments are rare. Patients with cement dermatitis developing green tattoo reactions have previously been reported... |
Deep Learning, refers to large set of neural network based algorithms, have emerged as promising machine- learning tools in the general imaging and computer vision domains. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs), a specific class of deep learning algorithms, have been extremely effective in object recognition and localiz... |
Optical components at the nanoscale are crucial for developing photonics and integrated optics. Device with ultrasmall dimensions is of particular importance for nanoscience and electronic technology. Among all the manufacturing tools, the focused ion beam is a critical candidate for machining and processing optical de... |
Abstract The aim of the study was to characterize atherosclerotic changes in African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) and Amazon parrots (Amazona spp.) by histochemical and immunohistochemical methods. Samples of the aorta ascendens and trunci brachiocephalici from 62 African grey parrots and 35 Amazon parrots were s... |
We present results from the analysis of a multiphase O VI - broad Ly-alpha absorber at z = 0.19236 in the HST/COS spectrum of PG 1121+422. The low and intermediate ionization metal lines in this absorber have a single narrow component, whereas the Ly-alpha has a possible broad component with b(HI) $\sim 71$ km/s. Ioniz... |
In any e-learning system, students are required to study some course materials normally prepared in the form of textbooks. However it is not an easy task for many students to understand these textbooks. When some doubts and/or questions arise as to descriptions within textbooks, they usually tend to solve this difficul... |
It is generally understood that the teeth of pre-school-aged children are healthy, but the improvement in the dmft index has halted in the industrialized countries. Those few children who have caries have more of it than before. Little is known of the family-related factors which are associated with this polarization o... |
Summary: Seven members of two generations experienced benign familial neonatal convulsions (BFNC) in the neonatal period and/or early infancy. All but 1 family member had a good prognosis. One family member with infantile spasms (IS) was delivered by cesarean section at 37 weeks gestation. Birth weight (2,562 g) was sl... |
Though existing cross-domain action recognition methods successfully improve the performance on videos of one view (e.g., egocentric videos) by transferring the knowledge from videos of another view (e.g., exocentric videos), they have limitations in generality because the source and target domains need to be fixed afo... |
Dielectric polymer films are energy storage materials that are used in pulse power operations, power electronics and sustainable energy applications. This paper reviews energy storage devices with focus on dielectric film capacitors. Two prominent examples of polymer dielectrics Polyetherimide (PEI) and Poly (tetrafluo... |
Quinoline heterocycle is a useful scaffold to develop bioactive molecules used as anticancer, antimalaria, and antimicrobials. Inspired by their numerous biological activities, an attempt was made to synthesize a series of novel 7-chloroquinoline derivatives, including 2,7-dichloroquinoline-3-carbonitrile (5), 2,7-dich... |
Cadmium (Cd) is a scarce, but not an extremely rare element in the Earth's crust (crustal average: 0.2 ppm Cd). Geochemically, Cd exhibits thiophile, lithophile, and volatile behavior in different geologic processes. Biologically, it is a nutrient‐like element that is closely related to P and Zn and is toxic element to... |
We present the status of the forward-backward charge asymmetry measurement for W boson production using early Run 2 data collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). Tracking for forward electrons is a critical component of this measurement, and we describe a new technique which combines the position and ene... |
Purpose: Polymerization shrinkage stress is determined by shrinkage as well as elastic modulus. Elastic modulus develops during polymerization. This study evaluated how elastic modulus affects shrinkage stresses in a primary molar for three types of restorative materials. Methods: Elastic modulus of resin composite, co... |
625 Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), defined by lack of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, accounts for 15-20% of all breast cancers and is associated with poor prognosis. There is no consensus regarding optimal CT for treatment of such patients. Pre... |
METHODS |
We identified 674 patients with LABC who received neoadjuvant CT between January 1999 and June 2008 at University of Miami. Of these, 125 (18.5%) had histopathologic confirmation of TNBC. All patients received neoadjuvant platinum salts + docetaxel. 76 (61%) also received neoadjuvant AC, while 42 (34%) received adjuvan... |
RESULTS |
Demographics: median age 50 (28-86 years). 60% premenopausal. TNM stage distribution: T1 0.9%, T2 5.2%, T3 53.4%, T4 40.5%, N0 25.0%, N1 36.2%, N2 35.4%, N3 3.4%, M0 100%, inflammatory 11%, median tumor size = 9.5 cm. Follow up duration ranged from 0.3 to 8.9 years. pCR was observed in 42 of 125 patients (34%; 95% CI 2... |
CONCLUSIONS |
To date, this is the largest single institution cohort of locally advanced TNBC uniformly treated with platinum+docetaxel-based CT regimens. Platinum/docetaxel-based neoadjuvant CT provided high rates of pCR and excellent OS for women with locally advanced TNBC. No significant financial relationships to disclose.QoS gu... |
Current research in wireless ATM networks focuses on its design, its protocol stack, data link layers, and issues related to mobility management functions but QoS guarantees during handoff has received limited attention. We present a new framework in this paper to allocate resources to both new calls and handoff calls ... |
Stroke is thought to be a multifactorial disease that is affected by several environmental factors and genetic variants. In 2002, a candidate locus for stroke (STRK1) was identified with a significant logarithm of odds (LOD) score at 5q12 in Caucasians, and in 2003, the PDE4D gene was subsequently identified as a susce... |
David Orr’s wise words give us a wonderful example of the ways and means a great leader causes change. Abraham Lincoln is a superb example because the magnitude of his issue was nation threatening and dramatic. Slavery was not just another issue that happened to cause a war, like the assassination in Sarajevo in 1914, ... |
Organizations increasingly rely on teams to solve problems creatively or design new products and services. Research to date has mostly focused on individual creativity, rather than team creativity. This paper introduces the Team Creativity Model (TCM) to understand the antecedents of team creativity. TCM posits that bo... |
In late 2010, the WikiLeaks organization made thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables public. It subsequently lost its web hosting company and the wikileaks.org domain. A new wave of interest in creating a competing root-server, able to rival the one administered by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Nu... |
Concerning the business enterprise finance management target,have most the representative's a few standpoints are a profits to maximize,the each interest on shares is smooth to maximize,business enterprise the value maximize.This text manages the target to carry on to this a few finances more analytical,the aim is choo... |
As an important foundation for image-guided technology, image matching technique is the key technology of modern war. This paper proposes a new algorithm of affine invariant detector and descriptor of local invariant feature points, starting from feature point detection and description point of view, making up the trad... |
Information technology (IT) services have become more complex and diversified. The service desk establishes a single channel of communication between the internal IT provider and its users, through which incidents and problems are analyzed, escalated and resolved. Managers need to analyze different operating scenarios ... |
Dry reverse micelles of AOT in isooctane spontaneously undergo a microstructural transition to an organogel upon the addition of a phenolic dopant, p-chlorophenol. This microstructural evolution has been studied through a combination of light scattering, small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), NMR, and rheology. Several... |
The Moscow Teatr “Romen,” dating back to 1931, is famous throughout the Soviet Union, and its performers have been some of the country's best-known. The Teatr “Romen” connects Roma from all over the country, and many who work there are related; three generations of a family may appear on the stage at one time. These fa... |
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