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• W100031585 abstract "This paper presents the ``techniques of correcting for spelling errors, orthographical errors, and grammatical errors in computer-based text. And this paper addresses an extension that goes beyond normal checking of isolated single word by taking multi-words as well as a sentence. The candidate words for spelling errors are created by applying function of rules and correction rule table that contains heuristic information of collocation. To prevent excessive creation of candidate words and improve accuracy, we use the high frequency word dictionary that contains 300,000 words derived from corpus. For constituent errors, by applying grammar based partialparsing rules, collocation words errors between the words can be found. We make an experiment with correction techniques on corpora that are the final result of SERI``s research, texts, newspaper materials, and public materials. The system has 98% accuracy rate when the 8.5% errors caused by unregistered words were excluded. The average number of prospective candidates suggested by the system is 1.12." @default.
• W100031595 abstract "On the 4th of January 2008, two giant sized female blackbanded trevally Seriolina nigrofasciata Ruppell caught by hooks and line were landed at Bhidiya, Veraval (Fig. 1). This is the first report on the landing of black banded trevally at Veraval. The hooks hook no. 6) were suspended at a depth of 80 - 90 m from the trawler having overall length of 14 m and powered with 105 HP engine." @default.
• W100031619 abstract "La documentazione proposta indica inequivocabilmente come lo scenario economico nazionale ed internazionale non offra motivi di ottimismo. I risultati dell’indagine ALMALAUREA sulla condizione occupazionale dei laureati registra il disagio vissuto dai giovani italiani. Non solo, all’interno di un quadro complessivamente difficile, la crisi ha accentuato le differenze di genere e territoriali nelle perfomance occupazionali. Solo segnali recenti di riportare al centro del dibattito pubblico il valore della cultura, della ricerca scientifica, dell’innovazione e dell’educazione a vantaggio del progresso nel nostro Paese, conducono ad una auspicabile inversione di tendenza. Il paper si sviluppa presentando i principali risultati dell’indagine 2011 sulla condizione occupazionale dei laureati che ha coinvolto quasi 400 mila laureati di 57 universita italiane1: il disegno di ricerca, inevitabilmente articolato, rispecchia la complessa composizione dei collettivi in esame, nonche le scelte occupazionali compiute al termine degli studi universitari. La rilevazione ha riguardato l’insieme dei laureati post-riforma di primo e di secondo livello e specialistici a ciclo unico dell’anno solare 2010, intervistati a circa un anno dalla laurea. Per la seconda volta sono stati intervistati anche i laureati di secondo livello del 2008, contattati a tre anni dal conseguimento del titolo. Tre specifiche indagini pilota hanno inoltre riguardato, rispettivamente, i laureati di primo livello del 2008 e del 2006, rispettivamente a tre anni e cinque anni dalla laurea e i laureati pre-riforma degli anni 2000, 2001 e 2002, a circa dieci anni dal conseguimento del titolo. Coinvolti anche i laureati pre-riforma della sessione estiva del 2006, intervistati a cinque anni dal titolo. L’elevato numero di laureati analizzati, come confermano gli elevatissimi tassi di risposta raggiunti, consente di disporre di elaborazioni fino a livello di corso di laurea, cosi da garantire risposta alle richieste avanzate dal Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Universita e della Ricerca2 ed alle crescenti esigenze conoscitive degli atenei." @default.
• W100031634 abstract "This paper presents the architecture of a multiuser distributed virtual environment (VE) software system currently used in the Virtual Perception Laboratory at the SRI International. It shows how the Linda parallel language helped in the realization of that system. An unusual interface used to fly through this shared VE is also presented: a hand-held display (HHD)." @default.
• W1000316575 abstract "Kondisi permodalan, kualitas aktiva, Rentabilitas dan likuiditas akan mempengaruhi kinerja keuangan perusahaan perbankan seperti bank perkreditan rakyat. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji secara empiris kinerja PD BPR BKD kabupaten Karanganyar tahun 2003-2007.Dalam penelitian ini digunakan rasio CAMEL yang terdiri dari rasio permodalan (CAR dan PR), aset (RORA dan OR), managemen (NPM), laba (ROA dan BOPO), dan liquiditas (LDR dan QR). Penelitian ini menggunakan data sekunder berupa laporan keuangan tahun 2003 - 2007. Analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini menggunakan analisis rasio keuangan.Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa dari hasil analisis rasio pada PD. BPR BKD Kabupaten Karanganyar menunjukkan bahwa rasio kecukupan modal (CAR) termasuk kategori sehat dengan rata-rata 30,10%, Rasio permodalan (PR) termasuk kategori sehat dengan rata-rata 30,11%, Rasio Return On Risk Asset (RORA) termasuk kategori sehat dengan rata-rata 3,86%. Operating Ratio (OR) termasuk kategori sehat dengan rata-rata 81,41%, rasio Net Profit Margin (NPM) termasuk kategori sehat dengan rata-rata 16,35%. Rasio Return On Asset (ROA) termasuk kategori sehat dengan rata-rata 3,62%. Rasio Biaya Operasional terhadap Pendapatan Operasional (BOPO) termasuk kategori sehat dengan rata-rata 75,61%. Loan to Deposit Ratio (LDR) termasuk kategori sehat dengan rata-rata 90,95%. Quick Ratio (QR) termasuk kategori sehat dengan rata-rata 29,27%. Hasil penelitian secara keseluruhan menunjukkan bahwa analisis CAMEL dapat digunakan untuk mengukur tingkat kesehatan bank. Financial Distress (kondisi kesehatan) PD BPR BKD Kabupaten Karanganyar tahun 2003-2007 termasuk dalam kategori sehat." @default.
• W1000316626 abstract "Radionuclides^186,188Re,suitable for tumor therapy and with high specific activity,are prepared through irradiating natural metallic rhenium,instead of costly enriched target,Complexation of rhenium with HEDP(1-hydroxy ethylidene diphosphonate)is mainly dependent on pH values and the reductant concentrations in the medium,and the yield is not less than 0.95 in pH2.0-4.0 and SnⅡconcentration of 0.012-0.018mol/L.The 186,188ReHEDP complex has high stability in vitro and in vivo in the presence of protecting agent,and gives superior biological properties in small animals,similar to those of ^153Sm-EDTMP including faster blood clearance,lower soft tissue residue and higher skeletal uptake with the peak of 0.2576 ID/g at 1h post injection(overseas report 0.0101 ID/g)comparable to that of 153m-EDTMP(0.2644ID/g) at 3h post injection." @default.
• W1000316819 abstract "Basic block is the foundation of clothing construction design because it is the media between body and clothes and the fitness of clothes should be based on the accuracy of basic block. That needs us to recognize body not to record it. This paper reports the Algorithm of woman body fuzzy pattern recognition. It is organized in three sections:(i) extracting woman body feature; (ii) establishing membership functions of feature indexes;(iii) presenting an Algorithm for woman body fuzzy pattern recognition by example." @default.
• W1000316879 abstract "A hybrid magnetostrictive-piezoelectric barrel-stave projector is designed and developed, the new type transducer is consists of rare-earth giant magnetostrictive material Terfenol-D and PZT piezoelectric ceramic as union driving elements. Combining the advantage of low frequency performance with a compact size, it proves that the hybrid projector has a much broader band and higher sound power than thta of single magnetostrictive or piezoelectric driver by the simulated and measured results. The prototype of the hybrid projector has a size of 88 mm in outside diameter and 316 mm in length, with an underwater resonant frequency of 1.30 kHz, Q factor of 1.43 for -3 dB bandwidth, and transmitting voltage response level of 135.1 dB at the resonant frequency." @default.
• W100031719 abstract "Sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps) are popular pockets pets in Japan, Canada and United States and now gaining popularity in Malaysia. The close relationship between humans and pets may lead to possible health hazards if the animals are infected with zoonotic pathogens. To date, not much is known about the potential health hazard of keeping sugar gliders as pet. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the microbiological profile of oral mucosa in sugar gliders, to determine the occurrence of Salmonella spp. in sugar gliders and to determine the antibiotic resistance of the isolates against six types of antibiotics namely enrofloxacin, trimethoprim-sulfamethazole, tetracycline, ceftiofur, penicillin G and neomycin. Thirty-seven oral swabs and 37 faecal samples were collected from 18 individual owners and a breeder. Nine species of bacteria isolated were Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Escherichia coli, Pasteurella spp., Staphylococcus spp., Klebsiella pneumonia, Staphylococcus delphini and Streptococcus viridans. Most of the isolates were normal microflora in other pet animals, such as cats, dogs, and parrots. Eight (22.9%) faecal samples were positive for Salmonella spp of which only 1 (12.5%) was from individual owner, while the other seven (87.5%) were from the breeder. Two serovars of Salmonella spp. isolated were Salmonella Albany (62.5%) and Salmonella London (37.5%). The high occurrence of Salmonella in the animals suggested that they are of potential risk in disease transmission to humans. All the Salmonella spp. isolates were susceptible to three types of antibiotic, Enrofloxacin, Trimethoprim-Sulfamethazole, and Tetracycline. Of these isolates, 33.3% were sensitive to Ceftiofur and the rest were intermediately sensitive. However, all were resistant to Penicillin G and Neomycin. The presence of Salmonella spp. in these pet animals poses a health risk to the owners. Owners are advised to their wash their hands thoroughly after handling these animals, clean the cages frequently, bring these animals for regular veterinarian check-ups, and for immunocompromised people, to avoid handling these animals." @default.
• W100031737 abstract "In this Chapter, we examine the general properties of the Poincar´e group, i.e.the group of inhomogeneous Lorentz transformations, which are space-time coordinate transformations between any two inertial frames of reference. Then we consider those unitary irreducible representations of this group which are the most suitable for the description of the quantum mechanical states of one or more particles." @default.
• W1000317592 abstract "This chapter discusses the radioassay for dihydropteroate-synthesizing enzyme activity. Dihydropteroate-synthesizing enzyme catalyzes the coupling reaction of hydroxymethyldihydropterin or its pyrophosphate ester and p-AB to form dihydropteroic acid in the presence of both adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and Mg 2+ or Mg 2+ alone as cofactor. Because dihydropteroic acid has folic acid activity for microorganisms, the activity of this enzyme has been measured, by microbiological assay, with Streptococcus faecalis R . The enzyme is widely distributed in higher plants and high enzyme activity is also found in green leaves. The simple and rapid radioassay procedure discussed is based on the direct measurement of the formation of 14 C-labeled dihydropteroic acid from 14 C-labeled p-AB and pyrophosphorylmethyldihydropterin. The labeled dihydropteroic acid, produced by the enzymic reaction, is separated easily and satisfactorily from the labeled substrate by paper chromatography and the radioactivity of the paper section, containing the labeled product, is counted in a liquid scintillation counting system. By applying the radioassay procedure, the distribution of dihydropteroate-synthesizing enzyme in several higher plants has been investigated and the results are described in the chapter." @default.
• W100031841 abstract "An unresolved complication of the use of totally implantable central venous access ports (e.g., Mediport, Infusa-port) is persistent withdrawal occlusion (PWO), i.e. the unimpeded capacity for infusion of fluids accompanied by the inability to withdraw blood. This study demonstrates the mechanism of persistent withdrawal occlusion and describes a method for resolving this complication. Of 42 cancer patients with totally implantable central venous access ports, 8 (19%) patients developed 11 episodes of PWO. Venograms demonstrated a sheath around the catheter beginning at the catheter entrance to the central vein and extending 1-5 cm beyond the catheter tip. Each episode of PWO was treated with 250,000 units of urokinase dissolved in 150cc D5/W infused through the port over 90 minutes. Venograms were obtained immediately after each urokinase infusion. Follow-up ranged from 13-130 days. After urokinase infusion the venogram showed no change in the sheath in 1 episode of PWO and complete dissolution of the sheath in 10 episodes of PWO. PWO recurred once in one patient and twice in another patient. PWO resolved only in the 10 episodes in which sheath dissolution was demonstrated. Urokinase infusion, as described, is effective in resolving persistent withdrawal occlusion. The method is repeatable and safe. That resolution of PWO by urokinase infusion was accompanied by dissolution of the sheath suggests that the sheath is composed primarily of fibrin and that flap action of the sheath is the mechanism causing PWO." @default.
• W100031855 abstract "Uno de los hechos mas conocidos de la evolucion historica del reino de Castilla en la Baja Edad Media es el escaso desarrollo de la burguesia y el predominio politico y economico de la nobleza. Esa circunstancia es especialmente valida para Andalucia '. Duenos de sus campos y de sus ciudades, los nobles desempenaron un papel insustituible escasamente contrapesado por otros grupos sociales. El caso representado por el reino de Cordoba puede resultar particularmente ejemplificador. Desde el siglo XIII, pero mucho mas aun a partir del XIV, las tierras cordobesas experimentaron una senorializacion muy profunda 2 . Pero ese dominio fue tanto o mas efectivo sobre el ambito urbano, en el seno del cual, la nobleza acaparo los principales puestos del gobierno municipal y extendio su influencia sobre todos aquellos aquellos aspectos que podian proporcionarle riqueza y poder.' Poco a poco empezamos a tener un buen conocimiento sobre la actuacion de la nobleza urbana, a traves de las aproximaciones parciales que se han hecho al tema. Hasta no hace muchos anos se sabia mas de la alta y media nobleza, titulares de grandes senorios, pues estos ultimos habian suscitado, en general, mayor interes. Pero en el ultimo decenio el estudio de la nobleza se ha ligado, cada vez mas, a su actuacion en el ambito urbano, aunque sin perder nunca de vista la otra dimension senorial que era, en definitiva, la que les proporcionaba la mayor parte de los medios de fortuna en los que se basaba su poder. En" @default.
• W100031856 abstract "In balanced variance component models asymptotic X 2-tests are considered for general linear hypotheses on variance components. Further, using Scheffé’S-method, also asymptotic simultaneous confidence intervals can be stated. A Monte Carlo simulation is used to compare the fractiles of the test statistics for finite sample sizes and the fractiles of the X 2-distribution. As an example, the balanced two-way classification model with random effects is discussed in more detail and is applied numerically to a pilot study on video-tracking." @default.
• W1000318598 abstract "Abstract This work presents the results of the fit of three bivariate models to twelve years of significant wave height and mean zero-crossing period data of swell, wind sea components, and combined sea states from Australia. The Conditional Modelling Approach defines the joint distribution from a marginal distribution of significant wave height and a set of distributions of mean zero-crossing period conditional on significant wave height. The second model fits the Plackett model to the data, and the last one applies the Box–Cox transformations to the data with the aim of making it approximately normal to fit a bivariate normal distribution to the transformed data. The conditional model with a lognormal distribution for the significant wave height and lognormal distributions for the zero-crossing period gave the best fit for the total sea states and for the wind component. In case of the swell component the conditional model with a Weibull distribution to the significant wave height and a lognormal distribution to the mean zero-crossing period gave a relatively close fit to the data." @default.
• W1000319332 abstract "This paper attempts to point up the use of shadow prices in capital rationing problem and the use of linear programming to transfer funds from earlier to later periods ,there is a relation ship between amount transferred , the period shadow prices and the changing the objective function . the method of transferring funds has two advantage , an increase in the objective function without using external resources and the problem of accepting fractional projects can be overcome (...)" @default.
• W100032043 abstract "In this chapter we shall be concerned with the introduction of the catalytically active metal site on to the support. Whilst the first supported catalysts involved ion-exchange resins in which a cationic metal complex ion was linked electrostatically to the support, the majority of supported metal complex catalysts involve covalent bonds between the metal and the support. Accordingly, after a brief look at ion-exchange based catalysts, this chapter will consider the coordination of metal complexes by functionalised supports, then the polymerisation of functionalised monomers, before examining the reactions between organometallic and metal-carbonyl complexes with metal oxide supports. The chapter concludes with a brief consideration of supported Ziegler-Natta catalysts, surface supported metal salts and finally complexes formed by transition metal oxides with main Group metal oxides." @default.
• W1000320539 abstract "Significant progress has been achieved in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) by the introduction of modern chemotherapeutic strategies [1]. However, disease relapse following successful remission induction still poses a major clinical challenge. The quantity and kinetic behavior of residual leukemic cells remains largely enigmatic due to the limitation of most currently available techniques to identify less than 1%–5% neoplastic cells in the population being examined [2]. The use of double-color immunofluorescence has markedly improved the sensitivity with which persisting disease can be detected in distinct leukemias characterized by phenotypic features that are extremely rare or absent on normal hematopoietic counterparts [3]. More recently the development of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) strategies has opened a new era in the analysis of minimal residual disease by allowing the identification of neoplastic cells at a 10−4 to 10−6 level [4]. In the following we will summarize our experience with the application of PCR techniques in monitoring ALL patients during the course of the disease." @default.
• W1000321808 abstract "In 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study of pH trends in the Yampa River from near its headwaters to its mouth. The study was prompted by an apparent historical increase in measured pH at the Yampa River near Maybell, from an average of about 7.6 in the 1950's and 1960's to about 8.3 in the 1980's and 1990's. If real, further increase could cause more frequent exceedances of the Colorado water-quality standard of 9.0 and adversely affect aquatic life in the Yampa River Basin, including Dinosaur National Monument. The principal conclusion of this study is that this apparent historical increase in measured pH was caused mostly by changes in measurement protocol. Synoptic sampling during August 16-19, 1999, a period of relatively warm weather and base flow, showed that late afternoon pH of the Yampa River ranged from 8.46 to 9.20. The largest pH (9.20) exceeded the Colorado water-quality standard and was measured at Yampa River above Elk River, about 1.8 miles downstream from the Steamboat Springs Regional Waste Water Treatment Plant outfall, where nutrient enrichment caused photosynthesis by algae to dominate. Here, the dissolved oxygen concentration was 161 percent of saturation and carbon dioxide (CO2 was at 26 percent of saturation. At Yampa River downstream from a diversion near Hayden, 16.3 miles downstream, the effects of photosynthesis were still dominant, though attenuated by reaeration and dilution with freshwater from the Elk River. About 37.2 miles farther downstream, at Yampa River below Craig, which is about 6.2 miles downstream from the Craig Waste Water Treatment Plant, the effects of photosynthesis increased slightly, and pH rose to 8.80. Respiration plus oxidation of organic matter became dominant at Yampa River at Deerlodge Park in Dinosaur National Monument, where pH was 8.51, dissolved oxygen concentration was at 109 percent of saturation, and CO2 was at 189 percent of saturation. Respiration plus oxidation of organic matter, though diminished, apparently extended to the mouth of the Yampa River. Diurnal measurements on the Yampa River during August 23-26, 1999, show that the effects of photosynthesis and respiration plus oxidation of organic matter decreased downstream with distance from the developed urban area in the eastern part of the basin. Larger night-time values of pH in Dinosaur National Monument at Deerlodge Park and at the mouth of the Yampa River indicate that source waters varied with respect to capacity for respiration plus oxidation and photo-synthesis, that photosynthesis was minor, and that pH was largely controlled by respiration plus oxidation of organic matter. Synoptic sampling was repeated during March 13-16, 2000, when discharge was larger in response to late-winter melting of snow and ice at lower altitudes in the basin. Concentrations of nitrite plus nitrate were about 9 times greater in the Yampa River during March 2000 than during August 1999, and the largest increase (greater than 1,200 percent) was at Yampa River below Craig. At and downstream from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, pH at Yampa River sites averaged 8.85 during synoptic sampling in March 2000 compared to 8.70 in August 1999, with the partial pressure of carbon dioxide gas (PCO2) averaging 67 percent of saturation (compared to 99 percent during August 1999). The apparently larger effects of photosynthesis on pH and dissolved oxygen concentrations during March 2000 compared to August 1999 probably were caused by (1) slower rates of exchange of CO2 into and dissolved oxygen out of the river because of colder and deeper water and (2) slower rates of CO2 production and oxygen consumption resulting from slower rates of respiration by organisms and from slower rates of aerobic decomposition of organic matter in the colder river water and streambed sediment. Hypothetical thermodynamic simulations were done for samples collected in the lower Yampa River Basin to simulate the same amount of photosynthesis th" @default.
• W1000322361 abstract "En 2006, à l’issue d’un concours, le Gouvernement Régional de Loreto (Pérou), publia une sélection d’auteurs contemporains, nés ou vivant en Amazonie. Intégrée à une stratégie de développement régional, cette politique culturelle visait à faire connaître au plan national et international les écrivains amazoniens, et plus particulièrement, ceux du Département de Loreto. Après avoir rappelé les conditions d’émergence d’une littérature régionale, qui compte à peine plus d’un siècle, la réflexion portera sur l’auto-représentation à l’œuvre dans les dix-sept titres sélectionnés." @default.
• W1000322497 abstract "Besides core project partners, the SCI-BUS project also supported several external user communities in developing and setting up customized science gateways. The focus was on large communities typically represented by other European research projects. However, smaller local efforts with the potential of generalizing the solution to wider communities were also supported. This chapter gives an overview of support activities related to user communities external to the SCI-BUS project. A generic overview of such activities is provided, followed by the detailed description of three gateways developed in collaboration with European projects: the agINFRA Science Gateway for Workflows for agricultural research, the VERCE Science Gateway for seismology, and the DRIHM Science Gateway for weather research and forecasting." @default.
• W100032260 abstract "To appear in: Issues in Science & Theology 3, London: T&T Clark, 2005. Abstract: The modernist paradigm sees a dualism between mind and world, and, hence, between humans and the objective world. However, recent philosophical and neuroscientific developments are challenging the modernist assumptions. These developments suggest the image that humans are principally cyborgs. This paper gives a small outline of those developments and some philosophical and theological reflections as to their consequences." @default.
• W1000322778 abstract "Major factors of efficiency of the economy of Ukraine, which influence is formalized in the form of valid regression models, are revealed. On the basis of the constructed models the forecast of dynamics of the basic parameters of efficiency of the economy of Ukraine for 2006-2007 is carried out. The features and tendencies of dynamics of the basic parameters of efficiency of economy of Ukraine are revealed." @default.
• W1000322910 abstract "Protein self-assemblies are ubiquitous biological systems involved in many cellular processes, ranging from bacterial and viral infection to the propagation of neurodegenerative disorders. Studying the atomic three-dimensional structures of protein self-assemblies is a particularly demanding task, as these systems are usually insoluble, non-crystalline and of large size. Solid-state NMR (ssNMR) is an emerging method that can provide atomic-level structural data on intact macromolecular assemblies. We here present recent progress in magic-angle spinning ssNMR to study protein assemblies and give an overview on its combination with complementary techniques such as cryo-EM, mass-per-length measurements, SAXS and X-ray diffraction. Applications of ssNMR on its own and in hybrid approaches have revealed precious atomic details and first high-resolution structures of complex biological assemblies, including amyloid fibrils, bacterial filaments, phages or virus capsids." @default.
• W1000323201 abstract "[Objective]The study aimed to discuss the influence of light and temperature factors on biomass accumulation of winter wheat at each growth stage and changes in biomass of each organ.[Method]Based on the observation data from Xifeng Agrometeorological Experiment Station of Gansu Province,including phenophase and yield factors of winter wheat in 1981-2008,biomass at three-leaves,overwintering,jointing,heading,milky maturity,and maturity stages in 1995-2008,and meteorological data in 1995-2008,the variation patterns of the biomass accumulation and the influence of TEP(thermal effectiveness photosynthetically active radiation)on the biomass of winter wheat at every growth stage were analyzed.[Result]The biomass accumulation of winter wheat in the whole growth period presentedScurve,with the maximum value from heading to milky maturity stage.Since 1981,TEP from heading to milky maturity stage increased with a rate of 3.314 MJ/(m2·a),and the changing curves of TEP at other stages were like parable curves.TEP from turning green to jointing stage and from milky maturity to maturity stage had a higher value in the 1990s and a lower value in the 1980s and early 21stcentury,while that from jointing to heading stage had a lower value in the1990s but a higher value in the 1980s and early 21stcentury.There was a significant correlation between TEP at each growth stage and the actual yield.LAI(leaf area index)at each development stage also had a significant correlation with the utilization rate of TEP at corresponding stage.When LAI at jointing and heading stages increased by 1,the utilization rate of TEP correspondingly increased by 0.049 and 0.259 g/MJ respectively.[Conclusion]The research could provide theoretical references for the scientific planting and management of winter wheat in future." @default.
• W1000323284 abstract "On 30 May 2013, a forest fire occurred in Izmir, Turkey causing damage to both forest and fruit trees within the region. In this research, pre- and post-fire SPOT-6 images obtained on 30 April 2013 and 31 May 2013 were used to identify the extent of forest fire within the region. SPOT-6 images of the study region were orthorectified and classified using pixel and object-based classification (OBC) algorithms to accurately delineate the boundaries of burned areas. The present results show that for OBC using only normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) thresholds is not sufficient enough to map the burn scars; however, creating a new and simple rule set that included mean brightness values of near infrared and red channels in addition to mean NDVI values of segments considerably improved the accuracy of classification. According to the accuracy assessment results, the burned area was mapped with a 0.9322 kappa value in OBC, while a 0.7433 kappa value was observed in pixel-based classification. Lastly, classification results were integrated with the forest management map to determine the effected forest types after the fire to be used by the National Forest Directorate for their operational activities to effectively manage the fire, response and recovery processes." @default.
• W100032379 abstract "Introduction: Good care of congenital heart disease (CHD) allows patients to survive until a later adulthood, facing challenges for adjustment throughout life. Hypothesis: Quality of Life (QOL) and..." @default.
• W1000324073 abstract "The Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka publishes the results of research in all aspects of Science and Technology. The journal also has a website at http://www.nsf.gov.lk/. 2021 Impact Factor: 0.682The JNSF provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge." @default.
• W100032486 abstract "En este articulo se propone una «renta de participacion», financiada a traves de los impuestos, a pagar por el Estado a cada joven en el momento de alcanzar su mayoria de edad como parte de sus derechos de ciudadano. Planteado en el contexto norteamericano, el autor contrasta su propuesta con la de la «renta basica» defendida por autores europeos como Claus Qffe o Philippe van Parijs." @default.
• W100032523 abstract "The physico-chemical properties of metal alkoxides M(OR)x depend on the valence x of the metal M, the coordination number of M, and the nature of the alkyl group R. When Ris a primary aliphatic alkyl group the metal alkoxides are usually polymers [M(OR)xln;. It is believed that the formation of these coordination polymers is caused by the tendency of the metal to expand its coordination number with oxygen by means of alkoxide bridges. An interesting feature of these coordination polymers is their low degrees of polymerization. An attempt is made to rationalize these low degrees of polymerization in terms of a structural theory involving a knowledge of the stereochemistry of the metal M. It appears that the alkoxide polymers achieve their small sizes by assuming the maximum number of alkoxide bridges between adjacent metals in the polymer." @default.
• W100032572 abstract "Reliability of the transport system shall be defined as the ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time. It is often reported in terms of a probability. Transport system, in theory defined as a „ system” is a complex of a few jointly working parts, which is intended to perform its required functions. Single part of the system is called unit. Margin of system reliability is probability of failure-free operation. Providing of transport system reliability means spend preventive and corrective maintenance costs." @default.
• W1000325916 abstract "Ⅰ. INTRODUCTIONRecently, Zheng suggested a new model potential to describe the electronic motion in a multi-electron atom or ion in his serial papers. Applying this new version of model po-" @default.
• W1000326031 abstract "Publisher Summary This chapter summarizes the studies on the effect of climate change on the estuarine Dutch Wadden Sea. Increased concentration of carbon dioxide is expected to have a rather small effect on saltmarsh vegetation and a negligible effect on the functioning of the Wadden Sea ecosystem. Rates of sealevel rise of 60 and 85 cm per century are not expected to have a major impact on the geomorphology of tidal basins because of increased sedimentation. The saltmarsh accretion may also be able to keep pace with rates of sealevel rise of this magnitude, if erosion at the seaward edge is controlled. Shorebird population sizes, which appear related to the area of tidal flats in their winter quarters, are not expected to decline because of change in the area of tidal flats in the Wadden Sea. As reproduction of several species of bivalve shellfish may be impaired by higher winter temperatures, recruitment of these species may strongly decrease and this may affect shorebird populations. Model calculations, however, do not show a major effect of higher winter temperatures on ecosystem functioning." @default.
• W1000326165 abstract "A field experiment was conducted for 4 years from 1993-97 at New Delhi to study the effect of Sesbania aculeata green manuring and mungbean (Phaseolus radiatus L.) residue incorporation on rice-wheat cropping system. Soil chemical properties studied at the end of 1997 showed that Sesbania green manuring Ilnd mungbean residue incorporation increased soil organic C over summer fallow by 0.105-0.135 %, kjeldahl N by 0.0] % and available P by 5-5.5 kg/ha. Positive effect of fertilizer nitrogen application to rice on Kjeldahl N content of soil was observed in the Sesbania green manured and mungbean residue incorporated plots but not in summer fallow plots. Thus Sesbania green manuring and mungbean residue incorporation practices interact positively with inorganic fertilizer in building-up of soil N." @default.
• W1000327076 abstract "Publisher Summary Cardiolipin (diphosphatidylglycerol) is a specific component of the mitochondrial inner membrane and it is the only major mitochondrial phospholipid, which is not imported from extramitochondrial sites. It interacts in specific ways with cytochrome oxidase—the ADP/ATP carder protein—and serves as the membrane receptor for mitochondrial creatine phosphokinase. Mammalian cardiolipin biosynthesis has been shown to occur in rat liver mitochondria by phosphatidyl transfer from CDPdiglyceride to phosphatidylglycerol with the formation of cytidine monophosphate (CMP) in a reaction, which requires a divalent cation, such as Mg 2+ , Mn 2+ , or Co 2+ . The mammalian reaction mechanism differs from bacterial cardiolipin synthesis where two phosphatidylglycerols are converted to cardiolipin with the liberation of glycerol, whereas in yeast mitochondria the synthesis seems to follow the mammalian scheme. The chapter describes methodology for measuring the activity of cardiolipin synthase in mammalian mitochondria including preparation of radiolabeled substrates and detail assay methods. It also provides information regarding solubilization of the enzyme." @default.
• W1000327092 abstract "In this presentation we explore a recently introduced high order discontinuous Galerkin method for two dimensional incompressible flow in vorticity streamfunction formulation [8]. In this method, the momentum equation is treated explicitly, utilizing the efficiency of the discontinuous Galerkin method. The streamfunction is obtained by a standard Poisson solver using continuous finite elements. There is a natural matching between these two finite element spaces, since the normal component of the velocity field is continuous across element boundaries. This allows for a correct upwinding gluing in the discontinuous Galerkin framework, while still maintaining total energy conservation with no numerical dissipation and total enstrophy stability. The method is suitable for inviscid or high Reynolds number flows. In our previous work, optimal error estimates are proven and verified by numerical experiments. In this presentation we present one numerical example, the shear layer problem, in detail and from different angles to illustrate the resolution performance of the method.KeywordsDiscontinuous Galerkin MethodFinite Element SpaceOptimal Error EstimateContinuous Finite ElementTotal Energy ConservationThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves." @default.
• W10003273 abstract "Issues of attention “bear on every area of cognitive science” (Allport, 1989, p. 631). Attention,however, is not a unitary construct; many mechanisms have been proposed to explain how itaffects different aspects of behavior and learning. Attentional mechanisms have been invoked toexplain such diverse phenomena in second language acquisition (SLA) as variation in the accuracy,fluency and complexity of second language (L2) use in different social environments, and theeffects of pedagogic task demands on learners’ spoken and written performance in experimentaland classroom language learning settings. Availability of attentional resources has also been arguedto predict the extent to which instructional conditions manipulating the focus of learners’attention affect the quality of perception, and, as a consequence, memory for targeted aspects ofinput. Explaining variational phenomena implicates mechanisms of attention which are used tocontrol action while using the L2. Explaining perceptual, learning, and memory phenomenaimplicates mechanisms of attention which are used to select (or inhibit) and mentally rehearseinformation in the L2 input. These two broad classes of attentional mechanisms interact to affectSLA in ways that researchers have explored in both experimental and classroom settings." @default.
• W100032761 abstract "Telerehabilitation, which is the provision of rehabilitation services at a distance, hasbeen proposed as a service delivery model with the potential to address some of the issues ofequitable access and quality of care currently facing the discipline of rehabilitation. Onerehabilitation discipline which is well suited to telerehabilitation is speech-languagepathology. However, a paucity of research into the delivery of speech-language pathologyservices via telerehabilitation has limited the implementation of this mode of service delivery.In an attempt to add empirical data to the body of research and move towards thedevelopment of evidence-based guidelines for the practice of telerehabilitation in speechlanguagepathology, this series of studies aimed to determine the validity and reliability of theassessment of acquired neurogenic communication disorders in adults via telerehabilitationmethods.A total of 86 adults with an acquired neurogenic communication disorder participatedin this research. Participants were grouped according to their dominant communicationdisorder resulting in four study cohorts, dysarthria (n = 19 and 24), aphasia (n = 32) andapraxia of speech (n = 11). A series of studies investigated the validity and reliability oftelerehabilitation assessment of each cohort, in comparison to traditional face-to-faceassessment. Participants were assessed using standardised and/or informal assessment toolscommonly used in speech-language pathology clinics. A custom-built telerehabilitationsystem utilizing low bandwidth Internet Protocol (IP) connections was used during thetelerehabilitation assessments. This bandwidth was chosen as it is consistent with theminimum bandwidth connection available in Queensland Health facilities, including those inregional and remote areas.Overall, the findings presented in this thesis served to establish the validity andreliability of assessing acquired neurogenic communication disorders in adults viatelerehabilitation. The results provide evidence that the use of standardised and informalassessment tools in a telerehabilitation environment allow for the accurate description ofaphasia and apraxia of speech in adults. While high levels of agreement for the assessment ofdysarthria were also established, the low agreement between the speech-language pathologists(SLPs) for the diagnosis of type of dysarthria was unexpected. It was considered that thisdiscrepancy was a result of differences between the SLPs rather than an effect of thetelerehabilitation assessment. Reliability within the telerehabilitation assessment environmentwas established for dysarthria and aphasia; however, reliability was not confirmed for apraxiaof speech due to restricted sample size, highlighting the need for further research within thispopulation.Previous research had suggested that the severity of the presenting communicationdisorder may have implications for telerehabilitation assessment in speech pathology. Suchconcerns regarding the effects of severity of communication disorder upon the accuracy of thetelerehabilitation assessment were resolved in the case of severe aphasia. However, furtherresearch into the effects of severe apraxia of speech upon the ability to use telerehabilitationassessment methods was recommended.Continued research to firmly establish the validity and reliability of assessing acquiredneurogenic communication disorders via telerehabilitation, with the goal of developingevidence-based guidelines for the use of telerehabilitation in speech pathology was recognisedas an imperative direction for future research. Furthermore, the potential for telerehabilitationmethods to expand and inform traditional rehabilitation research and practices was suggested." @default.
• W100032787 abstract "This paper contains a description of the work being carried out at the advanced computing research facility at Argonne National Laboratory. Topics covered are upgrading of computers, networking changes, algorithms, parallel programming, programming languages, and user training." @default.
• W1000328014 abstract "Abstract This paper introduces a set of criteria that are used to establish the reputation of a social network from a business perspective. This network is populated with social Web services. Compared to regular Web services, social Web services establish and maintain networks of contacts, count on their (privileged) contacts when needed, etc. These criteria are membershipCost, demandLevel, satisfactionLevel, and retentionLevel, and assist a social Web service in selecting the best social network in which it will sign up. Similar criteria have been defined in the past with emphasis on the security perspective of a social network. A set of simulations conducted over an in-house built JAVA testbed, are also presented in the paper with focus on analyzing three aspects: profit of network, quality of network, and profit versus quality of network." @default.
• W100032833 abstract "To assess the long-term variance of several parameters of left ventricular performance, we evaluated maximum rate of pressure development (dP/dtmax), ejection fraction, mean velocity of circumferential fiber shortening (VCF), the slope and volume-axis intercept of the end-systolic pressure-volume (PES-VES) relation, the stroke-work end-diastolic volume (SW-EDV) relation, and the dP/dtmax-EDV relation in six chronically instrumented dogs. Each dog was studied five times over a period of 3 wk in the conscious autonomically intact state, after autonomic blockade, and after administration of anesthesia. For each index under each set of testing conditions, a coefficient of variation was determined, defined as (SD/mean) x 100, and expressed as a percent. In conscious autonomically intact dogs, a low day-to-day variance was present in dP/dtmax (6.4%), ejection fraction (6.8%), mean VCF (6.5%), and the slope and volume intercept of the SW-EDV relation (7.2 and 6.2%), whereas higher variance was seen in the slope and intercept of the PES-VES relation (18.1 and 36.1%). The highest variance was present in parameters of the dP/dtmax-EDV relation. Thus dP/dtmax, ejection fraction, and the slope and volume intercept of the SW-EDV relation may be the most reliable indexes for long-term evaluation of left ventricular performance." @default.
• W1000328544 abstract "The aim of this study was to investigate the residual effect of acetic and lactic acid concerning the microbial load and configuration of psychrotrophe germs from the surface of the bovine carcasses. The experiments were made during a period of 13 days, from the moment of sampling, being made determinations in day 0, 1, 5, 9 and 13." @default.
• W1000328570 abstract "The structure of polymers in the solid state, as revealed by X-rays, is usually amorphous, though in some cases it is partially crystalline. The arrangement of molecules in the amorphous region is irregular, just as in the liquid states of low molecular-weight substances. The chapter discusses that amorphous polymers usually flow, when left alone under an external force for a sufficiently long time. As the arrangement of molecules in the amorphous state is not regular, the magnitude of the Van der Waals force among molecules varies from place to place. The slightest force can cause the weak part to flow. The arrangement of the structural units along this chain direction is just as in crystals. The force that holds the structural units together is of the nature of homopolar chemical binding and is much stronger than the Van der Waals force among different molecules. The chapter develops theory of the conformation of flexible polymers, especially about the effect of the internal rotation and gives a survey of the theories of elasticity and visco-elasticity that arise from the long-range molecular motion of the backbone chain. It provides the molecular interpretation of various dispersion and absorption phenomena in mechanical, di-electrical, or nuclear magnetic properties. Finally, it discusses the glass transition to elucidate the mechanism of the freezing of molecular motion." @default.
• W1000330446 abstract "D+_A-A and (3) D+ -A-A. The electronic dephasing processes are taken into ac- count phenomenologically in terms of dephasing constants. The couplings between surfaces are effective along the intersections of pairs of surfaces in the two-dimensional coordinate space. Special situations occur in the reac- tion coordinate space when three snrfaces are nearly degenerate. The in- terplay between the sequential electron transfer processes and the superex- change process is analysed for different: reorganization energies, electronic coupling, free energies for the electron transfer, dephasing rates, and temper- ature. The time dependent contribution of the superexchange process to the charge separation in the triad system is analysed using the time dependent rate functions. It is shown that in the nonadiabatic limit of electron transfer the influence of the electronic dephasing processes for low barrier reactions can be accounted for by appropriate changes in the reorganization energies. The present model is compared with the experimental results concerning the charge separation in the bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers." @default.
• W100033051 abstract "Some economists have advocated an expansionary demand policy to reduce unemployment in Spain. This means accepting a negatively sloped short-run Phillips curve that would allow the exploitation of the celebratred trade-off between inflation and unemployment. This paper gives a qualitative characterization of the Spanish short-run Phillips curve. We argue that this curve is currently vertical and the apparent trade-off shown by the data is misleading, as it is caused by an increase in the equilibrium rate of unemployment. Consequently, the effects of an expansionary demand policy would mainly go into prices and the reduction of unemployment would be small." @default.
• W1000331249 abstract "The effect of a more realistic and extensive inclusion of first forbidden beta decay into the determination of the reactor neutrino flux is investigated. Forbidden decays make up approximately 30% of all fission product decays so their possible impact on the neutrino flux should not be neglected. Because of an incomplete knowledge of the requisite nuclear structure it is not possible to incorporate the forbidden decays in an exact fashion thus a variety of scenarios are investigated. It appears that including first forbidden decays measurably modifies the anti-neutrino spectrum, and the uncertainty on the neutrino flux should be expanded beyond 4%." @default.
• W1000331377 abstract "4 Mo Zr-0.4Fe-1.0Cr-xMo(x=0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, , ABSTRACT The possibility of using Mo as an alloying element in zirconium alloys was considered in terms of its strengthening effect and microstructure refinement effect. However, the impact of Mo addition on the corrosion resistance was not fully understood. In this work, Zr-0.4Fe-1.0Cr-xMo (x=0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, mass fraction, %) alloys with addition of different Mo contents were prepared by vacuum arc melting method and their corrosion resistance in 500 , 10.3 MPa steam was investigated. Compared with Zr-4, N18 and M5 alloys, the corrosion rate of Zr-0.4Fe-1.0Cr-xMo alloys was much lower, which was attributed to the large numbers of fine second phase particles in the matrix. Addition of Mo improved the evolution of the oxide film during growth and resulted in the degradation of corrosion resistance. The growth of the oxides remained cubic kinetics in the whole corrosion period (2000 h) for the Mo free alloy, whereas changed from cubic to linear kinetics after a corrosion time of 500—1000 h for the Mo containing alloys." @default.
• W1000331862 abstract "This paper describes investigations, carried out in Greece, on dispersion properties of clays in connection with (a) the performance of the upper layers of an earth dam prior to the complete filling of its reservoir, and (b) the selection of clay materials to be used for the construction of earth dams. Data concerning typical high sodium content soils in Greece and chemical data concerning river and lake waters are presented. Methods adapted by the author for dispersion testing are described. The effect of the chemical analysis of the eroding fluid is discussed." @default.
• W1000331936 abstract "This present research is conducted to find out the code switching phenomenon which is produced by the supporting male character named Kell in the novel Supernova: Akar. This research is aimed to investigate the types of code switching and also the reasons of code switching produced by Kell. The writer mainly bases her research on the theories from Holmes (1992), Hoffmann (1991), Stockwell (2002), and Wardhaugh (2006).This research is a descriptive one. The writer got the data from the novel Supernova: Akar page 49-89 and 163-194, and she took only Kell?s statements. The writer used some steps in analyzing the data. First, she read the novel. Second, she retyped each section. Third, she identified all utterances of the selected character, i.e. Kell. Last, she identified the code switching occurrence in each complete utterance. After the writer had analyzed all Kell?s utterances, the writer found several findings. Kell produced two types and three reasons of code switching. The types of code switching were situational code switching and metaphorical code switching. The reasons of code switching were status, topic, and affective function reasons." @default.
• W100033204 abstract "Objective To examine whether all-cause hospitalization rates for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) differ from those for patients without RA. Patients and Methods This was a retrospective population-based cohort study focused on Olmsted County, Minnesota. The RA cohort consisted of patients 18 years and older who first fulfilled 1987 American College of Rheumatology criteria for RA in the 1980 to 2007 period, and was compared with a cohort of similar age, sex, and calendar year without RA. Data on all hospitalizations were retrieved electronically for the 1987 to 2012 period. Analyses used person-year methods and rate ratios (RRs) comparing patients with and without RA. Results The 799 patients with RA experienced 2968 hospitalizations, and the 797 patients without RA experienced 2069 hospitalizations. Patients with RA were hospitalized at a greater rate than were patients without RA (RR, 1.51; 95% CI, 1.42-1.59). This increased rate of hospitalization was found in both sexes, all age groups, all calendar years studied, and throughout disease duration. Men with RA were hospitalized for depression at a greater rate than were men without RA (RR, 7.16; 95% CI, 2.78-30.67). Patients with RA were hospitalized at a greater rate for diabetes mellitus than were subjects without RA (RR, 2.45; 95% CI, 1.34-4.89). In patients with RA, the indicators of disease severity (eg, seropositivity, erosions, and nodules) in the first year after RA incidence were associated with higher rates of hospitalization. Conclusion Patients with RA were hospitalized for all causes at a greater rate than were patients without RA. Increased rates of hospitalization were true for several disease categories and patient subgroups." @default.
• W1000332346 abstract "This document contains provisions of the South African Human Tissue Act of 1983, as amended in 1984, relating to artificial insemination and gonads. After defining artificial insemination of a person, gamete, and gonad, this Act forbids the transplantation of a gonad from a deceased or living person into a living person for the purpose of procreation. Gametes from living persons are to be transplanted into another person only in accordance with a code of practice published by the Department of Health and Welfare. The Act sets the penalty of a fine or imprisonment or both for those convicted of offenses to this Act." @default.
• W1000332941 abstract "On montre que la structure utilisant un quantificateur dans la boucle de prediction permet d'obtenir une reduction du debit tout en conservant un faible bruit de codage. Cette structure que rend le predicteur non lineaire, est utilisee dans l'algorithme normalise a 32 kbit/s ou quantificateur et predicteur sont adaptatifs" @default.
• W1000332949 abstract "This chapter presents the model of psychotherapy for adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It examines psychotherapy for adults with ADHD. Stimulant medication is likely to help individuals with ADHD to make more effective use of psychological intervention. The chapter reviews the specific problems individuals with ADHD face in adulthood and the way psychological therapy may help people with these problems. The problems are not restricted to individuals with symptomatic ADHD. ADHD adults in partial remission, as well as those in total remission, may also experience relative difficulty in adaptive functioning. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is proposed as the most appropriate therapy for individuals with ADHD in adulthood. Specific CBT interventions are outlined for the development of time management and organizational skills; planning and problem-solving skills; impulse control; interpersonal skills; and the treatment of anger, anxiety, and depression. Contextual factors influence whether an individual will benefit most from individual, group, and family work. This chapter concludes that the goals are consistent with treatment model of environmental interventions to reduce the consequences of symptoms combined with strategies to reduce the symptoms." @default.
• W1000333121 abstract "The two haemoproteids parasitizing members of the avian family Laniidae are reviewed. Haemoproteus lanai de Mello, 1937 is re-descriptionbed and a neohapantotype designated; H. lanii var. nucleophilus Helmy Mohammed, 1958 is considered to be the same as H. lanii and therefore the varietal (= subspecific) designation is suppressed; it is confirmed that H. lanuidae Yakunin, 1976 is declared a nomen nudum; Haemoproteus cublae Peirce, 1984 is re-descriptionbed." @default.
• W1000333222 abstract "This chapter reviews how Martin Heidegger's interpretation of being-true is grounded in the soul's manner of being-disposed. It addresses Heidegger's appropriation of Aristotle's account of the two basic forms of pathos, namely, the tranquil mood of being-composed and the fearful mood of being-decomposed. The chapter shows how this pathology of truth de-poses one. This pathology of truth reflects how Dasein finds itself oriented toward its ownmost possibility, its possibility-to-be. It is nothing other than openness to this possibility. Dasein preserves its possibility-to-be as a possibility of being-composed by hedone and the mood of tranquility. Yet this possibility of becoming composed is always openness to becoming de-composed. Pathos embodies this movement so that Dasein in becoming-what-it-is finds itself posed with the possibility of becoming-what-it-is not. Dasein only encounters beings by first being-out-towards its nullity or absence as the most distinctive possibility of its finite existence." @default.
• W1000333493 abstract "To evaluate the association between Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).The patients were evaluated by ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration cytology. Typical cytopathological aspects and/or classical histopathological findings were taken into consideration in the diagnosis of HT, and only histopathological results were considered in the diagnosis of PTC.Among 1,049 patients with multi- or uninodular goiter (903 women and 146 men), 173 (16.5%) had cytopathological features of thyroiditis. Thirty-three (67.4%) out of the 49 operated patients had PTC, 9 (27.3%) of them with histopathological features of HT. Five (31.3%) out of the 16 patients with non-malignant disease also had HT. In the groups with HT, PTC, and PCT+HT, the female prevalence rate was 100%, 91.6%, and 77.8%, respectively. Mean age was 41.5, 43.3, and 48.5 years, respectively. No association was observed between the two diseases in the present study where HT occurred in 31.1% of the benign cases and in 27.3% of malignant cases (p = 0.8).In spite of the absence of association between HT and PCT, the possibility of malignancy in HT should always be considered because of the coexistence of the two diseases already reported in the literature.Avaliar a associação entre tireoidite de Hashimoto (TH) e carcinoma papilífero da tireoide (CPT).Pacientes foram avaliados por punção aspirativa guiada pela ultrassonografia. Para TH consideraram-se aspectos característicos da citopatologia e/ou achados histopatológicos clássicos. O diagnóstico de CPT foi considerado apenas pela histopatologia.De 1.049 pacientes portadores de bócios uni-multinodulares (903 femininos e 146 masculinos), 173 (16,5%) tinham quadro citopatológico de tireoidite. Dos 49 pacientes operados, 33 (67,4%) revelaram CPT, dos quais 9 (27,3%) tinham a glândula com quadro histopatológico de TH. Dos 16 pacientes sem malignidade, 5 (31,3%) exibiam também TH. Nos grupos TH, CPT e CPT+TH, a proporção de acometimento do gênero feminino foi, respectivamente, 100%, 91,6% e 77,8%. A distribuição da média da idade (anos) nos três grupos foi 41,5, 43,3 e 48,5. Não houve associação entre as duas doenças, neste estudo, em que a TH esteve presente em 31,3% dos casos benignos e em 27,3% dos casos malignos (p = 0,8).Não houve associação entre TH e CPT, mas a possibilidade de malignidade em TH deve ser sempre lembrada em razão da concomitância das duas doenças, já revelada na literatura." @default.
• W1000333774 abstract "Juliane Elisa Welke, Flavio Fonseca Veras, Bruna Dachery, Emili Keller Bol, Debora Senger.Estimative of Dietary Exposure To Zearalenone, Ochratoxin A and Aflatoxin B1 Through the Consume of Pasta Bakery Products. In: Anais do 12o Congresso Latinoamericano de Microbiologia e Higiene de Alimentos MICROAL 2014 [= Blucher Food Science Proceedings, num.1, vol.1]. Sao Paulo: Editora Blucher, 2014. DOI 10.5151/foodsci-microal-095 Estimative of Dietary Exposure To Zearalenone, Ochratoxin A and Aflatoxin B1 Through the Consume of Pasta Bakery Products" @default.
• W1000333795 abstract "Predicting the risk of acute severe colitis (ASC) at diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) : external validation" @default.
• W1000334113 abstract "Publisher Summary The aim of neuroethology is to learn how the nervous system organizes behavior and adapts to environmental, species-specific, and individual constraints. This chapter explains the current state of cricket neuroethology by concentrating on intra-specific acoustic communication at the behavioral and neuronal levels. In addition, multimodal and multisensory input processed simultaneously or subsequently, is considered to understand fully cricket behavior in nature that is, to explain specific adaptations to the environment and the constraints crickets are faced with in their everyday life." @default.
• W100033431 abstract "ABSTRACT: One hundred and fifty women who had abortions in Belarus (former Soviet republic) were interviewed regarding reproductive history, decision-making and psychological outcomes. Positive and negative responses (including PTSD, guilt, grief, depression, anxiety/panic and emotional numbness) were assessed during the interview with the Impact of Events-R Scale to objectively measure aspects of PTSD. It was hypothesized that a portion of the sample would evidence PTSD with recognition of life, attachment, time, number of weeks of pregnancy, coercion, supported decision-making, wantedness, and age all predictive of negative responses. Forty-six percent of the sample suffered PTSD the best predictors being recognition of the life of the fetus, attachment, time since the abortion, and number of weeks of pregnancy. INTRODUCTION Abortion in the former Soviet Union (FSU) and in Eastern Europe is extremely prevalent, even now utilized in many regions as a primary form of birth control. The psychological and health tolls of the use of abortion in this manner have never been closely examined. Indeed it is a situation of absence of freedom of choice for women, but in the reverse of what is often such a cause for concern in the United States. Women use abortion in the FSU and Eastern Europe (often against their principles and desires) due to economic pressures, housing shortages, job conditions, the need for severely limited family size, and lack of availability and information about modern contraceptives. The concept of abortion as a psychological stressor capable of causing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been described in the literature pertaining to American samples, but has only recently been examined in regard to former Soviet Union samples (Rue & Speckhard, 1996; Remennick & Segal, 2001; Mufel, 2000). Abortion turning from coping mechanism into posttraumatic stressor causing PTSD along the lines of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (APA, 1994) has been described in clinical and research writings by many authors (Bagarozzi, 1994; Barnard, 1990; Butterfield, 1988; Forst, 1992; Ney, 1982; Speckhard, 1987). When acting as a traumatic stressor, abortion is perceived as involving the death of a human being or a threat to bodily integrity. Flashbacks, strategies of avoidance and hyperarousal ensue, and when these combine to interfere significantly with life functions, causing impairment for duration of longer than 1 month, PTSD is diagnosed (Speckhard & Rue, 1992). Chronic and delayed PTSD reactions to abortion have also been described in the literature. This study set out to examine the unique psychosocial stressors reproductive conditions in the former Soviet Union create for women. One hundred and fifty anonymous, semi-structured interviews were completed in Belarus, a former soviet republic (in urban and non-urban areas). These interviews included a reproductive and sexual history, questions about contraceptive knowledge and use, emotional and psychological responses to abortion, including a measure of posttraumatic stress symptoms. The authors were interested to learn, among other things, if abortion in a context of complete availability, with extensive social acceptance and little political controversy (i.e. absence of protestors), would still act as a traumatic stressor. If so, we were interested to learn if the presentation of abortion-related PTSD would be similar to or differ from that described in American samples. Measures similar to those used in American studies of abortion acting as a traumatic stressor (i.e. Impact of Events-R Scale) were used making cross-cultural comparisons possible (Weiss & Marmar, 1995). This paper describes the results of the study in regard to post abortion trauma. METHOD Sample and Procedures One hundred and fifty women were recruited for anonymous semistructured interviews about their reproductive histories, experience with abortion and present psychological state. …" @default.
• W1000334524 abstract "In this study, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) grafted onto talc was produced using free radical polymerization. Hydrogen peroxide (H202) and ferrous ions (Fe2+) were used as a redox initiator/co-catalyst system. Grafting copolymerization was carried out under nitrogen atmospheric since it is known that oxygen presence will terminate the free radical mechanism. The PMMA homopolymer formed during the reaction was removed from the graft copolymer by Soxhlet extraction using acetone. The grafting percentage and grafting efficiency were systematically investigated. The parameter variables; reaction time, reaction temperature and concentration of ammonium ferrous sulfate directly influenced the graftina percentage. The percent grafting increased to a certain value in each variable. The optimmll conditions for reaction period, reaction temperature and initiator concentrations were 60 minutes, 52°C and 4.87 x 10-3 mol, respectively. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy was used to observe the difference between ungrafted with grafted talc. The formation of ester group peak in talc-g-PMMA spectrum has proven that the presence of PMMA onto the talc surface." @default.
• W1000334812 abstract "The whole of emotional and behavioral responses of customers does not only rely on the tangible product/service. It is found in past research that odors have the ability to evoke memories, events and emotions among customers. However, through the literature review, it has been noticed that the use of gender-congruent and incongruent ambient scents has received very little attention among researchers. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine whether there exists a cause-and-effects on consumer purchasing behavior and perceived quality using a gender-congruent and incongruent ambient scent in three fashion stores (one masculine, two feminine) located in a middle-sized town in Sweden. The study relies on the theoretical foundation of atmospherics and sense marketing, together with the S-O-R (Stimulus-Organism-Response) paradigm implemented in the Mehrabian-Russell model, with a modification for this specific study. The data was collected in three fashion stores during 12 days with 522 participants. The results of the study indicated that it is possible to affect male consumer’s purchasing behavior by emitting a gender-congruent ambient scent in the store atmosphere. Even more interesting, it seems that male consumers are even more affected by the gender-incongruent ambient scent, leading to a noticeable increase of money spent in store. Meanwhile, it was discovered that the gender-congruent and incongruent ambient scent showed effect on consumer’s quality perception of store and product quality, however the results were different depending on gender." @default.
• W1000334841 abstract "In International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). Advancements in IIMI's research 1989-91: a selection of papers presented at Internal Program Reviews. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI)." @default.
• W100033487 abstract "Personality disorders (PD) are highly prevalent and impairing stable patterns of maladaptive behavior that are associated to high health care costs. Although PD detection in clinical settings is a priority issue, it is still unknown which are the most reliable and valid screening instruments. For this purpose, 26 studies examining the diagnostic ability of 19 different screening tools that included structured interviews as the gold standard were meta-analyzed. The total median for the kappa was 0.40 (range 0.14 to 0.86), indicating poor to moderate agreement. Brief instruments created ad hoc showed the best predictive ability (Mdkappa=0.56) and are, because of their easy application, the first-line screening tools." @default.
• W100033491 abstract "The present case is a 13-year follow up of a patient in which the treatment plan involved removal of unsatisfactory auto-transplanted maxillary canines together with a bone graft to re-establish normal dento-alveolar ridge morphology. Active tooth movement occurred in the graft site. At the time, this was a new approach and there was no information in the literature as to the outcome of this treatment modality. Long-term reports regarding the success of this treatment are lacking.To assess the long-term outcome of active tooth movement into a site that required bone grafting.The upper right canine was non-vital with poor periodontal support on its buccal aspect. Examination revealed a substantial bony defect with a loss of the buccal cortical plate following extraction. To augment the ridge defect bone was taken from the maxillary tuberosity and grafted in the upper right canine extraction site and fixed with a bone screw. Protraction of the first premolar and retraction of the lateral incisor into the graft site was slow and constant.Significant closure of the upper canine extraction space was achieved. There were no significant detrimental bone changes in the interproximal areas of 14 and 12.By employing a bone graft to reestablish alveolar bone prior to tooth movement, excellent bone support, periodontal health and a long-term stable result were obtained." @default.
• W100033594 abstract "We report seven children from three families who had a set of common clinical features suggestive of Larsen-like syndrome, including unusual facies, bilateral dislocations of the knees and elbows, club foot, and short stature. All of the patients originated from the island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean. The occurrence of several affected sibs in these families and the large number of consanguineous marriages on this island are consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance of the disease. Based on this hypothesis, the pedigrees were used for linkage analysis in a candidate gene assay. Lod score calculations in a pairwise study with four different fibrillar collagen genes, COL1A1, COL1A2, COL3A1, and COL5A2, allowed us to exclude these genes as the mutant loci. Supporting this, electrophoretic analysis of collagens derived from fibroblast cultures failed to show defective molecules. We conclude that this syndrome is not a collagen disorder." @default.
• W1000337033 abstract "Moving analogy target is a key component of the performance testing system in TV tracking equipment. A new method is provided to produce the moving analogy target whose motion speed, track, contrast and size can be varied. The video signal transformed by video switching card is used to test the performances of the electronic box of TV tracking equipment. These performances include minimal tracking contrast, minimal size of tracking target, maximal tracking speed and capture time." @default.
• W1000337120 abstract "This chapter focuses on high-resolution, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) that uses ion exchange or ion-exchanging materials. “High performance” requires high resolution, high speed, and continuous detection. High speed and high resolution are achieved by the use of surface-functional exchangers and continuous detection of ionic species is accomplished through electrical conductivity. All ions conduct an electric current, and measurement of electrical conductivity is the obvious way to detect and measure ionic species as they emerge from the column. There are two ways to use electrical conductivity to detect ionic species in chromatography: (1) one is to measure the conductivity of the effluent and look for changes, keeping the background conductivity as low as possible by using dilute eluents, and choosing the eluents to give maximum conductivity changes. This method is called “nonsuppressed or single-column ion chromatography.” (2) The other way is to remove selectively the excess eluent from the solution as it leaves the column, and then measure the conductivity. This method is called “suppressed ion chromatography.” The first method is simpler and requires less equipment whereas the second promises greater sensitivity." @default.
• W100033767 abstract "Information sharing in oligopoly has been analyzed by assuming that firms behave as a sole economic agent. In this paper I assume that ownership and management are separated. Managers are allowed to falsely report their costs to owners and rivals. Under such circumstances, if owners want to achieve information sharing they must use managerial contracts that implement truthful cost reporting by managers as a dominant strategy. I show that, contrary to the classical result, without the inclusion of message-dependent payments in managerial contracts there will be no information sharing. On the other hand, with the inclusion of such publicly observable payments and credible ex-ante commitment by owners not to modify these payments, there will be perfect information sharing without the need for third parties. Keywords: Information sharing, Delegation, Managerial contracts. JEL classification numbers: D21, D82, L13, L21" @default.
• W1000337963 abstract "The aim of this paper is presentation of results of chemical composition of tap water in selected localities on South Podlasie Lowland. Samples of water were taken from water treatment station and taps situated in various parts of Lukow, Sokolow Podlaski and selected localities in Lochow, Wierzbno and Mokobody commune. Quarterly investigations covered analysis of water reaction (pH) by potentiometric method, electrical conductivity (EC) by electrochemical method and total concentration of 26 elements by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). It was found that untreated waters being the source of tap water in selected localities on South Podlasie Lowland contained excessive iron and manganese amounts, that were efficiently removed during the treatment. Concentration of analyzed elements in treated water did not exceed the permissible limits and quality of analyzed tap water changed a little during its transport due to the secondary contamination." @default.
• W100033804 abstract "This dissertation presents a new technique, based on dynamically coupled particle systems, for creating and manipulating complex three dimensional shapes in a fluid like manner. The most novel feature of this approach to shape representation is the use of self organizing primitive elements. In the simplest case, these primitive elements, or particles, each posses state variables of position and mass, and the system of elements interact through pairwise potential energy functions. More complex systems include additional state variables combined with simple heuristics to create application specific behavior. The ability of these systems to self organize provides a representation technique which exhibits dynamically changing structure, an attribute not found in popular spline and polygonally based representations. To illustrate the usefulness of this approach it is applied to the following problems: free form shape modeling, computer assisted animation, and surface reconstruction. For free-form modeling the approach supports smoothness constraints similar to those inherent in the deformation energies of popular, elastic surface models. Unlike spline patches or parameterized surface models, the model does not attempt to enforce analytical continuity conditions, such as tangent or curvature continuity over the surface. Applied to computer assisted animation the approach computes the movement and deformation of models mimicking, at a rudimentary level, the physical behavior of flexible solids and fluids. Applied to surface reconstruction, these systems can infer surface structure from sparse data sets, without a prior knowledge of the surface structure or the topological genus. In summary, dynamically coupled particle systems provide an useful alternative to traditional shape representation and manipulation techniques." @default.
• W100033814 abstract "With the emergence of physical activity programs geared specifically to senior citizens, family physicians will increasingly be called on to provide advice or approval concerning their patients' suitability for participation. In addition, family physicians have been identified as having a key role to play in the promotion of exercise for sedentary older adults. To assist the family practitioner in advising elderly patients concerning safe exercise patterns, this article discusses the documented benefits, as well as the medical considerations, associated with exercising for this target group." @default.
• W1000338611 abstract "ＴＨＥ ＥＦＦＥＣＴＯＦＨＹＰＯ－ＯＳＭＯＬＡＲ ＳＯＬＵＴＩＯＮＳ ＷＩＴＨ ＨＩＢＩＴＡＮＥＯＮ ＳＨＥＤ ＣＡＮＣＥＲ ＣＥＬＬＳ ＩＮ ＰＥＲＩＴＯＮＥＡＬ ＣＡＶＩＴＹ ＯＦ ＰＡＴＩＥＮＴＳ ＷＩＴＨ ＧＡＳＴＲＩＣ ＣＡＮＣＥＲＤａｉＤ..." @default.
• W1000338763 abstract "There are three sections that help in understanding the oscillators—that is, the frequency-determining section, the active device, and a source of D.C. power. This chapter treats the characteristics of the elements involved in the frequency-determining section. Academically and practically, the parallel LC arrangement known as a “tank” circuit is the most important element to become familiar with. In its simplest and most frequently encountered form, it is made up of a single inductor and a single capacitor. There are different losses predominate under different situations. In general, the higher the frequency, the greater the radiation loss. Magnetic hysteresis is only of consequence when a ferromagnetic core is used such as powdered iron. The losses due to eddy currents are, in reality, brought about by transformer action in which the offending material constitutes a short circuited secondary." @default.
• W100033929 abstract "Abstract : The fourth volume lists the departments and offices with a history of their background and directors. It also gives the history of the departments that have been discontinued and a description of the courses, as well as, a narrative history of the 1958-1962 time frame." @default.
• W1000339696 abstract "Teaching English and Persian translation is still dominantly based on a transmissionist approach where the teacher at the center of the class functions as a conduit for transmitting knowledge from the outside world to translator trainees – a metaphor used by Kiraly (2000). The unsuccessful results of English and Persian translation programs in Iran may originate from a number of sources such as the syllabus in use, trainees’ motivations and teaching approach among others. The present study is based on a quasi-experimental design to test the effect of customary English and Persian translation teaching while controlling a number of other influencing variables. Pearson’s Product Moment and Paired t-Test statistical procedures are used in analysis of the quantitative data. The result is congruent with some earlier qualitative research which recommends more tendencies to constructivist approaches in teaching English and Persian translation." @default.
• W100033982 abstract "In this study, the writer investigated the types of code mixing used by the male and female interviewees in one of the Indonesian magazines named Popular. In addition, the differences in the use of code mixing expressed by the male and female interviewees were also examined. The theory of types of code mixing by Kachru (1982) was used as the main theory of this research. In this study, the writer used qualitative-descriptive data. He chose two male and two female interviewees in four interview articles published in Popular magazine. Then he analyzed the answers of the interviewees to find out the answers of the research questions. The result of the analysis showed that the interviewees in the magazine used three types of code mixing namely unit insertion, unit hybridization, and sentence insertion. There were two types of code mixing that they did not use namely idiom/collocation and reduplication. It was also found that male and female used similar of code mixing with no significant differences. This implied that the aspect of gender did not influence the occurrence of code mixing." @default.
• W1000339831 abstract "Lifetimes of states in the superdeformed band in 192Hg have been measured using the Doppler-shift attenuation and the recoil-distance methods for the high-spin and the low-spin regions, respectively. Line shapes and decay curves were obtained from high-fold gamma-ray coincidence spectra measured with the EUROGAM array. The transition quadrupole moments, derived from the lifetimes, are constant with an average value of Q(t) = 18.6 b down to the bottom of the band where it decays to the normal states. This suggests that the superdeformed potential-energy minimum is still present at that point and that the decay proceeds by tunneling." @default.
• W1000339892 abstract "Intercity transportation in Malaysia is quite similar to other countries, which involve three kinds of modes, namely, bus, rail and air. Among these modes, bus transportation continues to be the top choice for intercity travelers in Malaysia. Bus offers more flexibility compared to the other transport modes. Due to its relatively cheaper fare as compared to the air transport, bus is more affordable to those with low income. However, bus transport service today is starting to face higher competition from rail and air transport due to their attractive factors. The hugechallenge faced by intercity bus transport in Malaysia is the management of its services. The intercity bus transport does not fall under one management; unlike rail transport which is managed under Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB), or air transport which is managed under Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB). This paper discusses the competitionbetween intercity buses and other modes." @default.
• W1000340018 abstract "Knock is an abnormal combustion process occurring in SI engines. To describe engine knock reliably is still challenge. Based on measured in cylinder pressure, the techniques of knock onset determination are introduced. The findings about knock intensity are discussed. Simulation of knock phenomena is mentioned. The results from model and experiment are compared." @default.
• W100034011 abstract "Para mi es un error, tratar ‘El mundo arabe’ como un bloque monolitico, ya que existen miles de particularidades entre los diferentes paises que lo conforman, alterando una realidad unica tal como Fatima Mernissi pretende tratarla. Lamentablemente no estamos en el siglo VIII, como desea fervientemente la autora, y el Islam adolece de valentia para encarar el futuro y la modernidad, sin herir sensibilidades y, sobre todo, sin desmantelar un sistema economico-social mucho mas poderoso que cualquier religion o filosofia, que se ha instalado, usurpando la verdadera esencia y mision del Islam." @default.
• W1000341327 abstract "This chapter discusses the detection-related slow potentials and time of day. The results show that in threshold detection task the relationship between decision confidence and the late positive component (LPC) is not significantly affected by the time of day at which the task is performed. The relationship between the LPC and the time of day variable, however, appears puzzling in view of the significant circadian variation of the mean LPC values only. Apparently, the observed variations of the LPC are - to different degrees - influenced by two independently acting factors: a task-specific, decision-related factor and a non-specific state factor. The latter probably can be equated with the tonic level of alertness, fluctuating circadianly, as also evidenced in other physiological indices such as the mean total “cerebral electrical output” and mean total plasma cortisol levels. Further experimentation is needed to investigate whether there is a common factor underlying the time dependency of the early contingent negative variation (CNV) and the LPC. Both slow potentials are thought to be of an endogenous nature and to reflect higher cognitive functions. This suggests the existence of a general, non-specific circadian modulation of some aspects of cognitive processing." @default.
• W1000342343 abstract "In this paper,we study the existence of periodic solutions of nonautonomous second-order differential systems with(q,p)-Laplacian.We obtain some new existence results by using the least action principle." @default.
• W100034263 abstract "Objective: Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES®; American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy [Oak Brook, IL] and Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons [Los Angeles, CA]) has generated excitement among surgeons as potentially scar-free surgery. We developed this technique while taking into consideration that it could also be applied to transoral thyroid surgery. Patient and Methods: We report the case of a 35-year-old woman with a 0.5×0.5-cm papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. We implemented a modified approach for the removal of the thyroid by using a frenotomy incision of the mouth, accompanied by an endoscope system. Results: A modified approach for the removal of the thyroid was used on the patient. The total operating time was 120 minutes, and there were no specific complications. The patient continues to be free of any diseases 12 months after the excision. Conclusions: Thyroidectomy can be performed by a transoral endoscope-assisted approach through a frenotomy incision of the mouth. We describe the detailed procedures for an endoscope-assisted transoral thyroidectomy using a frenotomy incision." @default.
• W100034283 abstract "Curcumin is a natural compound extracted from the spice tumeric, possessing both anti-inflammatory antioxidant, and anti-carcinogenic effect, is a potent stimulator of the stress-induced expression of heat shock protein 70 kd (HSP70).To study the protective effect of pretreatment with curcumin against infectious brain edema in rats, and investigate its mechanism by assessing the free radical, cytokine and HSP70 expression of the brain.An animal model of infectious brain edema induced by injecting pertussis bacilli (PB) through carotid artery was used. SD rats were randomly divided into five groups: (1) Normal control group (NS group, n = 9); (2) Infectious brain edema group (PB group, n = 12); (3) DMSO control group (DMSO group, n = 9); (4) HS pretreatment group (HS group, n = 9); (5) Curcumin pretreatment group (CUR group, n = 13). The water content (WC), Na(+) and K(+) content in brain tissue were measured. The content of malondialdehyde (MDA) and super oxide dismitase (SOD) were assessed by chemical colorimetry. The levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) were detected by ELISA. The HSP70 expression was examined by Western blot analysis.(1) The WC and Na(+), MDA, TNF-alpha and IL-1beta were increased in PB group compared with NS group (P < 0.01); they were decreased in HS and CUR groups compared with PB group (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05). (2) The content of SOD was decreased in PB group than in NS group (P < 0.05), and was increased in HS and CUR group Compared with PB group, (P < 0.05). (3) Western blot analysis showed that the band density areas of HS, CUR and PB groups were higher than those in NS and DMSO groups, especially in CUR group (P < 0.01).Pretreatment with curcumin showed a protective effect against infectious brain edema in rats. The effect might be associated with antioxidant, inhibition of the activity of cytokines and inducing expression of HSP70 by curcumin." @default.
• W1000343132 abstract "Judicial review is often thought to be an absolute veto, killing legislation with no hope of resurrection. The adoption of review, therefore, is understood to be a potentially severe qualification to democratic government. It was this understanding that once drove American progressives such as Theodore Roosevelt to endorse judicial recall that would have allowed the people to rule by overriding constitutional doctrine;' that led Canada to include notwithstanding clause in its Charter, shielding legislation from nullification;2 and that now spurs some to urge remaining Westminster systems to resist pressures to curb parliamentary sovereignty with review. But how warranted is this assumption? Creative and persistent legislators will try to reanimate these statutory corpses, and it is an open question whether disapproval really lays issue to rest. Congress is sometimes quick to try to resuscitate at federal level what Court strikes down at state level. Often these legislative exertions are serious only as political theater. The Flag Protection Act of 19894 and Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003' come to" @default.
• W10003440 abstract "Abstract : One of the fastest growing elements of weapon system support equipment which relates directly to Operating and Support (O and S) costs is Automatic Test Equipment (ATE). The importance of ATE has expanded to such a degree that it requires additional management attention. The importance is exemplified by the $600 million projected development and acquisition costs of ATE for the F-16. This amount of cost qualifies the F-16 ATE for major program status. This thesis documents the development of a model to estimate and measure O and S costs for Avionics ATE. The model will be an important addition to the tools used in ATE Life Cycle Costing (LCC) techniques. It is envisioned primarily as an evaluation tool to be used in ATE source selection, but may also be useful in various design trade-off studies. (Author)" @default.
• W1000344120 abstract "The aim of this study was to calculate geometric parameters of octahedron-based polyhedra generated according to the second method of subdivision each equilateral face into smaller triangular elements. The analysis was generated for 6 derivative polyhedra and on the basis of them the final conclusions were prepared. Some formulas were invented and algorithms were developed using MsExcel program." @default.
• W100034423 abstract "En el presente estudio, presentado por Olivier Soro Russell en junio de 2007 para la obtencion del Diploma de Estudios Avanzados en Derecho Civil, en el Dpto. de Derecho Civil de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, el autor examina en primer lugar, y desde una optica de Derecho comparado hispano-frances, los origenes historicos y la evolucion a lo largo del tiempo del principio de la autonomia de la voluntad privada en la contratacion.En la segunda parte, el autor examina el contenido actual de dicho principio (libertad de contratar, libertad contractual, libertad de forma, etc.), sus principales manifestaciones en la practica juridica asi como sus principales limites y limitaciones." @default.
• W100034470 abstract "nnnnn qA marketer would have to be blind and deaf to remain unaware of the rising importance of the over-50's marketq Although the elderly are a major market segment today, they do not get the attention or marketing effort that a good business sense would allocate. The world is ageing rapidly, and todays aged have the money to spend. The Airline Industry is today among the most competitive service industries. In such a highly dynamic environment, airlines need to develop specific marketing strategies to cater to the needs of the different market segments. nnnnn Given these powerful social and competitive trends, the purpose of this research report is:nnnnn 1. To establish the mature segment as a substantial and profitable one.nnnnn 2. To identify the basic consumer needs of the aged with regard to air travel for non business purposes. nnnnn 3. To create an awareness on the part of business management regarding the marketing implications associated with the ageing of our society, essentially with regard to the marketing mix. nnnnn 4. To identify motivations for overseas travel, basis of selection of airlines, and barriers, both real and perceived by the elderly with regard to overseas air travel. nnnnn 5. To develop recommendations regarding possible courses of action by airlines, which may prove useful in profitably meeting the needs of this major consumer segment." @default.
• W1000345249 abstract "This article reviews a new method to extract and compute coherent structures of turbulent flows, called coherent vortex simulation (CVS). It is based on the orthogonal wavelet decomposition of the vorticity field, which can be highly compressed applying wavelet filters. Here, we introduce in detail an iterative algorithm for the wavelet filtering and show results for the analysis of artificial and turbulent flow fields. Numerical simulations using CVS are performed for turbulent flows in two and three dimensions; i.e., the integration of the Navier—Stokes equations is carried out in a compressed adaptive basis. In comparison to direct numerical simulation results, we find that the nonlinear dynamics of the flow are well retained with CVS, though most of the modes are discarded. CVS appears promising as an efficient method for the simulation of turbulent flows at high Reynolds number." @default.
• W100034589 abstract "Two types of spongy polyurethane-polydimethylsiloxane blend (Cardiothane 51, Kontron Instruments, Inc., Everett, Mass.) vascular grafts with an internal diameter of 1.5 mm were fabricated by a spray, phase-inversion technique. Low-porosity grafts with hydraulic permeability of 2.7 +/- 0.4 ml/min per square centimeter and medium-porosity grafts with hydraulic permeability of 39 +/- 8 ml/min per square centimeter displayed good handling properties and suturability. Twelve straight low-porosity grafts, 17 straight medium-porosity grafts (1.5 to 2.0 cm in length), and one loop medium-porosity graft (10 cm in length) were implanted by the same surgeon end to end in the infrarenal aorta of 30 male Sprague-Dawley rats. Three months after implantation, patency was 8% for low-porosity grafts (1/12) and 76% for straight medium-porosity grafts (13/17). The loop medium-porosity graft was also patent. The sole patent low-porosity graft showed neointimal hyperplasia and incomplete endothelialization. All but one of the patent straight medium-porosity grafts showed a glistening and transparent neointima with complete endothelialization and no anastomotic hyperplasia. The loop medium-porosity graft displayed endothelialization from each anastomosis and in many islands in the middle portion of the graft, totalling 47% of the luminal surface by morphometric analysis. Thick mural thrombus, anastomotic hyperplasia, or aneurysm formation were not observed in any patent medium-porosity graft. These data indicate that in the rat aortic replacement model it is possible to achieve patency and a high degree of endothelialization in very small-diameter prostheses of appropriate porosity." @default.
• W1000346243 abstract "Cardiac involvement is the most common complication of Kawasaki disease (KD); however, the underlying mechanisms are not understood. The present study was designed to investigate changes in plasma hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) and nitric oxide (NO) levels in the acute and recovery stages of KD children and to examine their clinical significance.Thirty-five KD patients and 32 healthy children were enrolled in the study. KD patients were divided into two subgroups: a non-cardiac involvement group and a cardiac involvement group. Plasma H(2)S levels were measured using the sulfur-sensitive electrode method and plasma NO levels and NO synthase activity were determined using the nitrate reductase method both before and after intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) therapy.Plasma H(2)S levels significantly decreased in KD patients during the acute phase of the disease and NO levels were significantly increased, compared with the control group (P < 0.01). After treatment with IVIG, both plasma H(2)S and NO levels significantly increased (P < 0.01). The plasma levels of H(2)S were significantly lower in the cardiac involvement group compared with the non-cardiac involvement group (P < 0.05).H(2)S and NO may play a role in the pathophysiological process of inflammation during the acute phase of KD. Endogenous H(2)S may exert protective effects with respect to cardiac complications in KD." @default.
• W1000346294 abstract "This article has summarized the optimized measures relating to the loading of catalyst,and the sixth operating cycle of the residue hydrotreating unit at SINOPEC’s Maoming Branch Company,and made a detailed comparison on the impurities removal rate,hydrogen consumption and energy consumption of the sixth operating cycle with those achieved by the previous five cycles.Test results have revealed that the second-generation RHT series novel residue hydrotreating catalysts featured high activity,good stability,and long operating cycle and could remarkably reduce the hydrogen consumption and energy consumption of process unit.The hydrotreated AR product,having low Conradson carbon residue,low sulfur content,low metal content,high content of saturated hydrocarbons,and low content of asphaltenes and resins,is an excellent FCC feed.Judging from their overall property the second-generation RHT series of residue hydrotreating catalysts used in the sixth operating cycle have commanded a leading position among other catalysts used in previous operating cycles." @default.
• W100034678 abstract "Topology authentication for computer-aided plant design (CAPD) models features intrinsically complex topological relations. This study investigates a semi-fragile watermarking scheme for CAPD models represented by parametric solids, which offers a solution to the problem of topology authentication. We first analyze the geometrical and topological structures of CAPD models. Then, we propose an effective semi-fragile watermarking method for topology authentication, which is based on Laplacian coordinates and quantization index modulation (QIM), against several attacks. We compute the custom Laplacian coordinate vector for each marked connection point according to the topological relation among joint plant components. The topology-based watermark for each marked connection point is generated from selected attributes of its joint plant component. Watermarks are inserted into the coordinates of marked connection points by adjusting the lengths of their Laplacian coordinate vectors. Both experimental results and theoretical analysis demonstrate that our approach can not only detect and locate malicious topology attacks, such as component modification and joint ends modification, but is also robust against various non-malicious attacks, such as similarity transformations and level-of-detail (LOD). ► We propose a watermarking scheme for topology authentication of CAPD models. ► Topological information among plant components is exploited to generate watermarks. ► Watermark bits are embedded into a subset of the model's connection points. ► The scheme is semi-fragile and blind. ► It is robust against similarity transformations and simplification." @default.
• W1000347131 abstract "This chapter presents an overview of multimedia authoring considering the structuring of the temporal and spatial information that define a presentation. There are many ways to do this: by writing a conventional program that accesses the media objects from the computer's file system or by providing a declarative specification of the presentation one wishes to create. The programming-based approach often leads to highly interactive presentations that can be fine-timed to create dramatic effects. The development of declarative specifications must anticipate the features authors require for constructing a presentation. These include basic timing and synchronization relationships between objects. Another aspect of a presentation design to be considered is the spatial placement of objects relative to each other during the presentation. The method used to define such placement can be based on absolute positioning of objects or on a constraint model, in which one defines relationships among objects that must hold during the time these objects are active. The specification of the spatial and temporal relationships within a presentation should be viewed in terms of the overall activation sequencing of a presentation." @default.
• W100034739 abstract "The Supreme Court's decision in Verizon Communications Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, LLP, 540 U.S. 398 (2004), was unanimous and the principal opinion was very short. Moreover, the opinion dealt with a very limited aspect of a small and highly regulated sector of the economy. Nevertheless, the opinion may have a more general impact on Section 2 jurisprudence relating to the monopolist's so-called duty-to-deal. The basic argument in the paper is that Trinko exposed some serious problems that surround any such duty. While the opinion did not reach a definitive conclusion on how the doctrine should be reformulated (or even whether it should be reformulated at all) it planted the seed for a complete overhaul. When Trinko is taken to its logical conclusion, it may be that the duty-to-deal has either been eliminated entirely or has been confined to a very tiny pocket of exceptional situations. The key to the analysis is understanding the terms on which any duty to deal would take place. If the monopolist is not required to sacrifice profits in conforming to its duty, a court is placed in the awkward position of determining whether the price offered by the monopolist is too high to be a legitimate profit-maximizing price. It is questionable whether the courts have the institutional capacity to deal with these few pathological and therefore we may expect to see the duty eliminated altogether." @default.
• W1000347599 abstract "The paper presents experimental setup for testing of the three axis magnetoresisitive magnetometers for measurements of the magnetic field within the range of Earth's magnetic field. Measuring setup integrates three axis Helmholtz coils controlled by the specialized current source. The accuracy of magnetic field generated by the Helmholtz coils is up to 0.6% for the one direction. Presented experimental setup can be also applied for investigation and calibration of the other magnetometers utilizing magnetoresistive, Hall or fluxgate sensors." @default.
• W100034779 abstract "In this paper, system load characteristics have been modified in order to allow for the load contribution associated with three cyclic events. The adjusted time-series load data are further analyzed using classical forecasting methods. Statistical errors associated with the demand forecasts obtained by the classical methods using original and adjusted time-series are compared." @default.
• W1000347996 abstract "WDM passive optical network becomes more favorable as the required bandwidth increases, but currently few media access control algorithms adapted to WDM access network. This paper presented a new scheduling algorithm for bandwidth sharing in WDM passive optical networks, which provides per-flow delay guarantee and supports variable-length packets scheduling. Through theoretical analysis and simulation, the end-to-end delay bound and throughput fairness of the algorithm was demonstrated." @default.

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