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Wind energy at a high altitude is far more stable and stronger than that near the ground, but it is out of reach of the wind turbine. Herein, we develop an innovative freestanding woven triboelectric nanogenerator flag (WTENG-flag) that can harvest high-altitude wind energy from arbitrary directions. The wind-driven fl... |
The work describes the application of hot gas powder sintering using robotic positioning system with special equipment, designed for this new way of manufacturing technology. Material used for this type of sintering is recycled dust portion of PET plastics, which proposes potential possibility of costs reduction for th... |
Objectives:To assess the healthcare utilization of patients with intractable chronic neuropathic pain treated with spinal cord stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation and to provide a cost-benefit analysis. Methods:The case records of 222 consecutive patients who received spinal cord stimulation or peripheral nerv... |
Epithelial ovarian cancer cells metastasize by implanting onto the peritoneal mesothelial surface of the abdominal cavity. Adhesive molecules that lead to this implantation remain unclear. The aim of our study was to focus on the role of vitronectin (Vn) and its receptors, αv integrins and urokinase plasminogen activat... |
The objective of this Thesis was to strategically redesign and transform the supply chain of a series of detonators in a leading Company serving the oil and gas industry. The scope of the Thesis included data gathering and analysis, and the proposal and implementation of possible solutions. The issues addressed include... |
I read with interest the recent article published in Clinical Rehabilitation February 2009 titled ‘Risk factors for falls in stroke patients during inpatient rehabilitation’. We recently published a similar article in the journal Rehabilitation Nursing May/June 2008 titled ‘An analysis of falls occurring in patients wi... |
Accurate evaluation on development of logistics integration is conducive to the coordinated development in Beijing‐Tianjin‐Hebei region. Results of the index weight setting directly influence the accuracy of the evaluation results. Weight is cognition and evaluation of objective things made by human based on aspect of ... |
There is a prevailing notion, initiated perhaps by Edward Long, that the sources for the history of Jamaica during the 1 7th and 1 8th centuries are very thin, One hears it said for instance, that a good deal of licence is possible in writing about Juan de Bolas 'since we really know so little about him', The aim of th... |
The endothelium is an active tissue; it performs many anti-atherogenic functions and its functional efficacy is an important factor in CVD risk. Epidemiological data suggest that there is a peak incidence of cardiovascular events during the early morning (1) . The existence of a 24 h circadian rhythm in endothelial fun... |
This study examined the relation between personality and three dimensions of job performance (in-role performance, creativity, and citizenship behavior) under differing levels of job scope. The basic premise was that higher job scope would facilitate performance for those who were dispositionally inclined toward a part... |
Modern coding applications, including dirty paper coding and information hiding, hinge critically on a classical 'general decoding problem,' known to be NP hard. Various attempts to find good solutions at reasonable complexity can be traced throughout the decades, most recently with attempts to achieve the rate-distort... |
The detection of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), a newly recognized epigenetic mark, is essential to its functional study. Here, an efficient and simple two-step-amplification method to detect 5hmC mediated by glucosylation is reported, which combines rolling circle amplification (RCA) and a quantitative polymerase cha... |
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Murine models for the assessment of the contact sensitizing properties of chemicals rely on mouse ear swelling tests (Mest), which are not sensitive enough to detect weak sensitizers. The aim of the present study was to develop in mice an adjuvant‐free Mest appropriate for in vivo detection of any type of sensitizer (w... |
This study determined the residual concentration of terbinafine in cat hair after 14 days of oral treatment. Ten clinically normal cats were administered terbinafine orally at a daily dose of 34-45.7 mg kg(-1) for a total of 14 days. Areas of 15 cm(2) were shaved on the lateral thorax at day 0 and weekly for 8 weeks af... |
this paper applies the theoretical analysis result about the SFH-GMSK signal in the Part I companion paper that the differential demodulation GMSK signals and their phases both are periodic, and the period is integer multiple of symbol interval Tb during switching-frequency protecting code. Based on these, this paper a... |
In qualitative research into emotions, researchers and participants share emotion-laden interactions. Few demonstrate how the analytic value of emotions may be harnessed. In this article we provide an account of our emotional experiences conducting research with two groups: adults living with cystic fibrosis and spouse... |
Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut, Kerala 673635, India Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Taibah University, Yanbu Albahr 41911, Saudi Arabia Global Frontier R&D Center for Hybrid Interface Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 609735, Republic of Korea School of Physical Scien... |
These are difficult times! Almost every industry is facing a real risk of disruption from cutting-edge technologies in the digital world. This reality drives companies to change and adapt their business models to remain competitive. They must succeed in transforming their business through technology, or they'll face de... |
Technological methods for diagnosing brain embolism have improved. Both donor sources and recipient sites are now more readily documented. Embolism is a dynamic process. Thrombi develop and change in their cardiac or arterial 'nests', discharge into the vascular system, lodge in brain or systemic arteries, and often br... |
Cerebral blood flow was studied in nine patients with idiopathic pseudotumour and one patient with cortical vein thrombosis in Denver, Colorado using the 133Xe inhalation method. Globally elevated blood flows were found in all of the idiopathic pseudotumour patients averaging 149% of control values generated in the sam... |
Stock is one of the investment assets that has its charm for investors. It is very liquid and has a high rate of return, but it has a high risk. The strategy commonly used to minimize investment risk is to diversify through portfolio formation. A good allocation of funds must be determined in forming an optimal portfol... |
Biologically inspired design is an important emerging movement in engineering design. Finding relevant biological sources of inspiration from existing biology literature is one of the important challenges of this activity. We conjecture that annotating biology articles with lightweight Structure-Behavior-Function (SBF)... |
The purpose of this study was to determine whether gamma-hydroxybutyrate provides protection against intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury and to compare its effect with that of allopurinol and vitamin E. Thirty minutes of total regional ischemia, followed by 3 hours of reperfusion, produced intestinal damage that was... |
In this work we use ionospheric data from two low‐latitude stations located north and south of the geomagnetic equator, at approximately the same magnetic longitude, in order to study the occurrence of the F3 layer. The location of the stations being at almost geomagnetically conjugate points is such that the effects o... |
We report the development of a novel 3-terminal single element piezoresistor for ultra-miniature pressure sensor applications and compare its performance to that of a traditional half Wheatstone bridge design. The pressure sensors reported here are 0.69-French in size (1F= 333µm) and are designed and batch-fabricated u... |
The operation of an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) determines power quality disturbances in terms of voltage fluctuations and waveform distortions, due to the particular nature of the heating process and of the electric arc phenomenon. The analysis of DC EAFs and their induced power quality disturbances may be conveniently... |
Question In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, what are the efficacy and safety of rapid-acting insulin analogues compared with regular human insulin (RHI)? Review scope Included studies compared rapid-acting insulin analogues (insulin lispro, insulin aspart, insulin glulisine, or biosimilars) with RHI in adults 1... |
We present here a compilation of prokaryotic transcription terminator sequences (ref. 1-152). The compilation includes 49 independent terminators, 52 speculated independent terminators, 27 sites shown to function in vivo, and some 20 proven or speculated rho-dependent terminators. In addition to the well-known features... |
In this paper, we investigate the change in the online landscape of blogging in the Scandinavian context through a mixed methods approach. The literature on blogs has emphasized the necessity of learning about why and how people blog as it can help us understand how information is created and shared online (Chau & Xu, ... |
The main goals for sustainable water resource recovery include maximizing energy generation, minimizing adverse environmental impacts, and recovering beneficial resources. Wastewater biosolids pyrolysis is a promising technology that could help facilities reach these goals because it produces biochar that is a valuable... |
English is one of compulsory subjects in vocational high schools. It is a required school subject as students of vocational school graduates are prepared to work based on their major and skills. In addition, in the workplace context, English is the common foreign language used in and among divisions in the workplace. T... |
For the past two decades, a broad range of research development (R D) programs to establish fast breeder reactor (FBR) system and its associated fuel cycle technology have been pursued by the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC). Developmental activities for FBR fuel reprocessing technology have... |
This study used survey methodology to measure opinions of 13- to 15-year-olds (N = 176) about sedentary and active video games and the relative amount of time spent with those games, and evaluated correlations between time spent with those two types of games and the body mass index (BMI) of the respondent. Results show... |
: The need for axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in patients with invasive breast cancer (IBC) has been a topic of great debate in the last decade. The role of axillary management in patients with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) negative or micrometastatic disease is well established after multiple trials demonst... |
Experimental measurements have been made of the coupling efficiency of helical coil applicators operating under conditions simulating the regional hyperthermic heating of human extremities. We have found that for both saline and layered fat-muscle arm-size phantoms, the coupling efficiency ranged from 56 to 86 percent ... |
This essay is a preliminary attempt to explore the potential of a feminist, Pan-Arab ideology in relieving some of the tensions in feminist movement building in the Middle East and North Africa region. In its current formulation, regional feminisms suffer from compounded inefficiencies due to fragmentations in grassroo... |
In this article we employ a reinforcement learning solution called Upper Confidence Bound (UCB) over the framework of Multi-Armed Bandit (MAB) to solve User Equipment (UE) pairing problem in Full Duplex (FD) network. In the context of the total data rate maximization problem, our proposed solution is capable of learnin... |
Abstract This paper discusses the Brauer–Manin obstruction on double covers of the projective plane branched along a plane section of a Kummer surface from both the practical and the theoretical points of view. Theoretical highlights include the determination of a complete set of generators for the Brauer group; on the... |
The excessive number of cars entering university campus and limitation of parking areas have resulted in difficulty of finding parking spaces for many university staff and students. It is a typical issue occurring in most of university campuses all around the world. Carpooling or ride-sharing is viewed as the practical... |
Iron deficiency (ID) is the most common micronutrient deficiency in the world, with consequences of ID and ID anemia (IDA) in young children including behavioral and cognitive deficits. In turn, lead exposure is one of the most common environmental toxicants affecting children. Elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in youn... |
Aspergillus is an all-pervasive mold with the potential to cause severe invasive infections in the immunocompromised. A rare cutaneous manifestation of Aspergillus infection, primary cutaneous aspergillosis (PCA), occurs in just 1-5% of invasive aspergillosis cases. Prompt treatment is indicated as PCA may progress to ... |
Sustainability is increasingly becoming a core focus of geography, linking subfields such as urban, economic, and political ecology, yet strategies for achieving this goal remain illusive. Socio-technical transition theorists have made important contributions to our knowledge of the challenges and possibilities for ach... |
Abstract Among the first US railway companies to use the electric tractor and elevator in freight-handling buildings, the Chicago Junction Railway (CJR) primarily served industries in the rapidly growing Central Manufacturing District. CJR freight-handling services were initially provided in single-storey, and subseque... |
Abstract In this article, we employ multiple lenses to examine a state-funded teacher research institute designed to meld ethnographic and teacher research with anthropological and sociological studies of childhood. Planned as support for the work of teachers in reservation schools, the institute's classes, book talks,... |
On 8 October 1943, the Organization Branch of the German Army General Staff officially confirmed a remarkable division of responsibilities within the High Command.1 The branch published a notice stating that the Chief of the General Staff was responsible only for the Field Army's operations in the east. Operations in t... |
Lorenz curves and associated tools for ranking income distributions are commonly estimated on the assumption that full, unbiased samples are available. However, it is common to find income and wealth distributions that are routinely censored or trimmed. We derive the sampling distribution for a key family of statistics... |
The Lucy mission, which is part of NASA's Discovery Program, is the first reconnaissance of the Jupiter Trojans, objects that hold vital clues to deciphering the history of the Solar System. Due to an unusual and fortuitous orbital configuration, Lucy will perform a comprehensive investigation that visits seven of thes... |
Despite much debate, teething is commonly believed to include a cluster of distressing symptoms. Over the centuries various treatments have been used and fallen into disrepute. Homeopathy has a track record of consistent and effective management of teething, treating the whole child regardless of the source of the dist... |
The two‐way communication between the ECM (extracellular matrix) and the cytoplasm via the integrins has many functions in cancer cells, including the suppression of apoptosis. As cells in a 3D (three‐dimensional) architecture resemble the in vivo situation more closely than do cells in more conventional 2D cultures, w... |
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