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The recent Southeast Asia tsunami confronted countries with the challenge to provide mental healthcare to children and adolescents who experienced loss, displacement and disruption of daily lives. The region that was affected is resource poor, however a great deal could be learned about the needed approaches to care, a... |
The Röntgen quantum phase shift is exhibited by the interference of point particles endowed with an electric dipole moment due to their motion relative to a source of the magnetic field. Here we show, using arguments involving the classical concepts of force and its impulse, that the Röntgen phase shift arises within a... |
The helix length dependence of the stability of antiparallel four‐chain coiled coils is investigated using eight synthetic peptides (Lac21–Lac28) whose sequences are derived from the tetramerization domain of the Lac repressor protein. Previous studies using analytical ultracentrifugation sedimentation equilibrium expe... |
Objective—Motivated by the central roles that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β play in the assembly and maintenance of the vasculature, we examined the impact of systemic VEGF or TGF-β signal inhibition on endothelial activation as detected by leukocyte-endothelial intera... |
Summary This study investigates the effectiveness of a robot-mediated strategy aimed at promoting balance recovery after multidirectional slippages. Six older adults were asked to manage anteroposterior and mediolateral slippages while donning an active pelvis orthosis (APO). The APO was set up either to assist volunte... |
This Geological Society Special Publication is dedicated to heritage stone: those natural stones that have special significance in human culture. Some stones that have had important uses in the past are now neglected because they are no longer extracted. Others are still commercially important, but their heritage uses ... |
When Old Dominion University created a summer institute to allow adult distance learning students to enroll in accelerated on-campus courses, typical college transition issues were, at first, left off the schedule. Over the years, the institute has evolved to provide these students with the same kind of personal and ac... |
A robust image watermarking scheme based on angle quantization index modulation (AQIM) is proposed. The original AQIM method employs a fixed quantization step-size, which results in poor robustness of the algorithm. In this paper, the quantization step-size in AQIM scheme is adaptively selected using an exponential fun... |
Writing has been increasingly regarded by the testers of language tests as an important indicator to assess the language skill of testees. As such tests become more and more popular and the number of testees becomes larger, it is a huge task to score so many essays by raters. So far, many methods have been used to solv... |
Emotion in the brain generated by subcortical brain circuits provides the foundation for creativity. Creativity is ultimately a higher brain process that is grounded in a variety of primal affective states of mind, mainly of the emotional variety. Of these emotional systems, the brain’s SEEKING system, arises from the ... |
In this paper, we study different types of non-additive set multifunctions (such as: uniformly autocontinuous, null-additive, null-null-additive), presenting relationships among them and some of their properties regarding atoms and pseudo-atoms. We also study non-atomicity and non-pseudo-atomicity of regular null-addit... |
The goal of this chapter is to present some of the interesting and important aspects of cross-linguistic comparisons which can be made between the acquisition of Japanese and of English. We d o not attempt an exhaustive review of the literature (see, for example, Clancy, in press; Iwata, 1979; Murata , 1968, 1972; Sato... |
This paper attempts to examine the impact of state taxation and expenditure activities on Canadian labor and non-labor. Using state expenditure and revenue data for the period 1955-1986, the Canadian transfer ratio is estimated and then it is compared and contrasted with the transfer ratio for the United States. This i... |
During an 18-month period, a prospective study comparing the findings at computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was conducted on 35 patients who satisfied the following criteria: prior surgery for rectal cancer (11 curative resections, 24 rectal amputations), perineal pain and/or elevated carcinoe... |
Three human rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines (Rh10, Rh18, and Rh28) have been established from three independently derived xenografts. These lines have been characterized as mesenchymal in origin (reactivity to desmin and vimentin antibodies) and as expressing a human fetal muscle surface antigen recognized by monoclonal an... |
Abstract We consider the interaction of vortices of different size and strength (vorticity) and a diffusion flame of N2-diluted H2 and air stabilized on an opposed-jet burner. In our direct numerical simulations, which take into account the effects of detailed chemistry and transport, we demonstrate the effects of flam... |
This paper focuses on the operating behavior of journal bearings for industrial machinery application during run-ups. For this purpose, a numerical simulation code that is based on a two-dimensional extended and generalized Reynolds equation and a full three-dimensional energy equation, was advanced by a theoretical mo... |
Basing her arguments on a modern recreation of women’s elaborate hairstyles worn in ancient Rome, Janet Stephens proposed that such styles were sewn into place, and therefore were durable and comfortable enough to potentially sleep in and wear for successive days. What has been lacking is an ancient attestation to this... |
Current literature about organizational adoption of social media mainly focuses on how organizations are using these technologies to interact with customers and other stakeholders. In this paper, we expand this line of research by exploring the internal processes that organizations put in place to support their social ... |
Regional land use change has been and will continue to be one of the hugest human impacts on the environment. Based on eight remotely sensed images of Guiyang city from 1973 to 2001, this paper studies the effect of urban sprawl on the land use and land cover of Guiyang in recent three decades. The process and characte... |
The results of studies of the kinetics and thermodynamics of the formation, and the structure and properties, of epoxide cross-linked polymers, carried out in the last 7–8 years in the Institute of Chemical Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, have been reviewed. The molecular, topological, and supermolecula... |
To reduce the intestinal toxicity of orally administered 5'-deoxy-5-fluorouridine (5'-DFUR) in mice, we co-administered 5'-DFUR with acyclothymidine [AcyT, 5-methyl-(2'-hydroxyethoxymethyl) uracil], a potent inhibitor of pyrimidine nucleoside phosphorylase (PyNPase). Orally administered 5'-DFUR alone caused intestinal ... |
When the government issues its own nonconvertible currency--also known as a flexible exchange rate policy--the central bank, as monopoly supplier of net reserves to its member banks, is the (exogenous) source of the risk-free yield curve. Furthermore, in the case of government member bank deposit insurance, the banking... |
Adulteration of petrol and diesel fuel with kerosene is very common in Nigeria. It increases the tailpipe emissions of harmful pollutants from vehicles. These leads to this study, which tends to show the rate of emission of CO (carbon II oxide) and PM (Particulate matters) from engines when they are run on adulterated ... |
Degradation of reinforced concrete (RC) element could lead to a reduction of its strength and serviceability. The degradation may be identified in the form of spalling of concrete cover. For the case of RC beam, spalling of concrete cover could occur at the web of the shear span due to corrosion of the web reinfocement... |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have proven to be highly capable in reconnaissance and intelligence gathering, as well as a possible future operation platform for weapons. Currently UAVs are supervised or piloted remotely, meaning that their behavior is not autonomous throughout the flight [1]. Consequently, instructio... |
Abstract A cavity-hollow cathode was investigated as low-cost sputtering source for titanium. An argon discharge is produced inside a hollow cathode consisting of two specifically formed disks of titanium. An additional cavity further enhances the pendulum effect of the electrons. Measurements with small Langmuir probe... |
Direct secretory expression of active microbial transglutaminase (MTG) using heterologous hosts is a promising strategy, although its production level still needs to be improved for industrial production. Pichia pastoris is one of the most efficient expression systems developed in recent years. In this study, secretory... |
Orally-administered steroids often induce osteonecrosis of the femoral head. In cases of Perthes disease, osteonecrosis of the femoral head occurs in children due to an unknown cause. Our subject was a 4-year-old boy who had to be given large amounts of steroids because of frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome (FRNS)... |
Background and Aims: Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids (e.g., fentanyl), increased 10-fold in the United States from 2013-2018, despite 88% of deaths occurring east of the Mississippi River. Public health professionals have long feared that further spread of fentanyl could greatly exacerbate the opioid epidemic. W... |
If the geographic domain is defined as the surface and near-surface of the Earth, then geographic dynamics describes all time-dependent aspects of that domain, including the results of processes that transform and modify it. This is a vast field, encompassing both social and physical phenomena. GIScience traditionally ... |
Spam mail is one of the most general mail dysfunctions, which may cause psychological damage to internet users. As internet usage increases, the amount of spam mail has also gradually increased. Indiscriminate sending, in particular, occurs when spam mail is sent using smart phones or tablets connected to wireless netw... |
Family physicians are frequently asked to complete disability certification forms for workers. The certification process can be contentious because of the number of stakeholders, the varying definitions of disability and the nature of the administrative systems. Insufficient training on disability during medical school... |
ABSTRACT The Glasgow Jewish Institute Players was an innovative community theatre group whose work explored the many facets of Jewish identity in inter- and post-war Britain. This essay provides an overview of the company’s production history and repertoire, including plays by its inspirational founder, the playwright ... |
OBJECTIVES |
The relative roles of liver resection (LR) and liver transplantation (LT) in the treatment of a solitary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain unclear. This study was conducted to provide a retrospective intention-to-treat comparison of these two curative therapies. |
METHODS |
Records maintained at the study centre for all patients treated with LR or listed for LT for hepatitis C-associated HCC between January 2002 and December 2007 were reviewed. Inclusion criteria required: (i) an initial diagnosis of a solitary HCC lesion measuring ≤ 5 cm, and (ii) Child-Pugh class A or B cirrhosis. The p... |
RESULTS |
A total of 75 patients were listed for transplant (LT-listed group) and 56 were resected (LR group). Of the 75 LT-listed patients, 23 (30.7%) were never transplanted because they were either removed from the waiting list (n = 13) or died (n = 10). Intention-to-treat median survival was superior in the LR group compared... |
CONCLUSIONS |
In the context of limited donor organ availability, partial hepatectomy represents an efficacious primary approach in properly selected patients with hepatitis C-associated HCC.Technological Literacy: A Framework for Teaching Technical Communication Software Tools |
ABSTRACT Understanding technological literacy for technical communicators is crucial for effective pedagogy in technical and professional communication. Challenges of teaching technical communication students the functions and concepts of workplace software include the number of rapidly changing applications, a desire ... |
Most discrete optimization problems belong to the NP-complete or NP-hard classes. A benchmark problem to assess the performance of new heuristics to solve these classes of problems is the traveling salesman problem (TSP). This paper proposes some modifications on a self-organizing network, named RABNET- TSP, to solve T... |
With the advent of Internet of Things (IoT) Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) seem to play key a role in the connectivity of smart objects. The limited resources of WSN devices and the increased demand for new and more sophisticated services call for new and more efficient architectures. The new architectures should ensur... |
Abstract Indirect interactions among species can strongly influence population dynamics and community structure but are often overlooked in management of large mammals. We estimated survival of Dall's sheep (Ovis dalli) in the central Alaska Range, USA, during years of differing snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) abundan... |
This paper considers the statistical and economic justification for one widely-used method of adjusting data from social experiments to account for dropping-out behavior due to Bloom (1984). We generalize the method to apply to distributions not just means, and present tests of the key identifying assumption in this co... |
Software architects have techniques to deal with many quality attributes such as performance, reliability, and maintainability. Usability, however, has traditionally been concerned primarily with presentation and not been a concern of software architects beyond separating the user interface from the remainder of the ap... |
Abstract Yealands Wine Group Holdings Limited has an exciting future and Peter Yealands (founder) and Jason Judkins (CEO) were celebrating. They felt that Yealands was in a strong position going forward and the new partnership with Marlborough Lines offered exciting future possibilities. However, they knew that the com... |
McDade, DO, assistant professor in the department of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. “It would have been nice to see more information on the age effect of these findings — specifically, did the associations between exercise level and dementia show different effects at different age l... |
Deriving from basis of the social identity theory and its development, the research aimed to explore the points of exclusion and how individuals and groups perceived themselves as experiencing victimhood of social injustice. The rise of intolerance in Indonesia was alarming and threatened the diversity and inclusivity ... |
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