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Backpropagation (BP) algorithm is the most popular supervised learning algorithm that is extensively applied in training feed-forward neural networks. Many BP modifications have been proposed to increase the convergence rate of the standard BP algorithm, and Quickprop is one the most popular fast learning algorithms. T... |
pean colonists other than the English, but the lack of a rich secondary literature to draw from ultimately hinders this effort. Russo’s discussion of Spanish colonial town foundings, for example, is limited to four paragraphs, and French settlement in North America over the course of two centuries is relegated to only ... |
A 51-year-old woman with dermatomyositis (DM) on chronic immunosuppressive therapy was hospitalised for evaluation of haematuria. Surprisingly, abdominal imaging demonstrated pneumoperitoneum and pneumatosis intestinalis (PI). Her abdominal examination and white cell count were normal, but she subsequently developed na... |
The 2008 and 2016 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) recommendations for the management of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV)1,2 have supported clinicians with recommendations for the accurate diagnosis, monitoring and for the management of the long-term complications of patients with ANCA-associa... |
In contrast to the properties of the symmetry of the nucleus under consideration the information contained in the crystal symmetry is rarely used for the determination of EFG-tensors from NMR-NQR rotation patterns. This information is, however, extremely useful since already the presence of a single symmetry different ... |
The apparent volume of neutrophils, as measured electronically with the Coulter counter, has been reported to increase upon treatment with chemotactic factors. The occurrence of a volume change was confirmed by forward angle light scattering and by isotopic measurements of intracellular water space in cells treated wit... |
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided radiotherapy (RT) (MRIgRT) falls outside the scope of existing high energy photon therapy dosimetry protocols, because those protocols do not consider the effects of the magnetic field on detector response and on absorbed dose to water. The aim of this study is to evaluate and de... |
Abstract Amyloidosis is an extremely rare event in rats. In this study, we report that lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) is the most likely amyloidogenic protein in rat mammary amyloidosis. Histologically, corpora amylacea (CA) and stromal amyloid (SA) were observed in rat mammary glands, and needle-shaped amylo... |
For the past several years a research approach has been developed in the area of program testing; this automated testing approach is called the Domain Testing Strategy. This paper examines broader implications of that research, together with several new testing research approaches which have been motivated by this work... |
The significance of line width control in mask production has become greater with the lessening of defect size. There are two conventional methods used for controlling line widths dimensions which employed in the manufacturing of masks for sub micron devices. These two methods are the critical dimensions (CD) measureme... |
Though much research has been conducted regarding traction of tires in soft granular terrain, little empirical data exist on the motion of soil particles beneath a tire. A novel experimentation and analysis technique has been developed to enable investigation of terramechanics fundamentals in great detail. This techniq... |
In this study two autoptic cases of right ventricular dysplasia, observed in young and asymptomatic subjects who died suddenly are reported. In these patients, the "primary" myocardial atrophy involved the right ventricle, the right atrium and the conduction system: the sinoatrial node and the internodal pathways (in b... |
Social convergence has been an objective since the Treaty of Rome in 1957, but it was only in 1997 and 2000 that social and labour market policies were formulated at the European Union level. To what extent have national social and labour market policies in EU member states converged over time? What is the influence of... |
This paper uses the founding of the University of Lugano in the Swiss Canton of Ticino as a natural experiment to estimate the effect of distance to a university with a limited major offer on individual major choice. Our results clearly show that the effect of distance on major choice is significant and quantitatively ... |
BACKGROUND |
The Resonance ureteral stent is a newly developed all-metallic double-pigtail ureteral stent allowing a palliative diversion on a patient with malignant ureteral obstruction. |
AIM |
To define selection criteria of good candidates for Resonance stent. |
CASE |
A 62-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department with complaining of severe right flank pain and anuria. Twelve days earlier, we had placed retrogradely a ureteral metallic Resonance stent (Resonance; Cook Ireland Ltd,Limerick, Ireland) for the treatment of a ureteral compression from pelvic recurrence of a... |
CONCLUSION |
The risk of subsequent obstruction after Resonance metallic ureteral stent placement is real. Patients with intra-ureteral tumour extension are presumably not good candidates for Resonance stent management.A clutter removal method for the Doppler ultrasound signal based on a nonlinear diffusion equation |
Strong clutter components produced by stationary and slow-moving tissue structures render the lower frequency part of the spectrogram useless and degrade the accuracy of clinical ultrasound indices. An adaptive method based on the nonlinear forward-and-backward diffusion equation (FAB-DE) is proposed to remove strong c... |
In this letter, a underlay cognitive radio inspired non-orthogonal multiple access (CR-NOMA) network assisted by the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technique is conceived to maximize the energy efficiency (EE), while all the cognitive users (CUs) are located in the “dead zone”. In particular, the CUs could on... |
Two series of hydrogen-bonded side-chain liquid crystal polymers have been prepared by mixing components containing carboxyl acid and pyridyl-based fragments. We have focused our attention on the effect that the position of the hydrogen bond donor or acceptor site attached to the side-chain backbone has on the hydrogen... |
A special high viscosity preparation of water soluble radiopaque contrast media was explored in animals for its suitability in selective coronary angiography. The high viscosity required power injection to accomplish adequate filling during selective coronary arteriography. The anticipated angiographic advantages, such... |
The notion of fluctuation-induced forces is generalized to the cases where the fluctuations have nonequilibrium origin. It is shown that a net force is exerted on a single flat plate that restricts scale-free fluctuations of a scalar field in a temperature gradient. This force tends to push the object to the colder reg... |
TSP problem optimization is a combinatorial optimization model studied which is NP hard, and it has been solved by a lot of algorithms. A new improved cuckoo optimization algorithm (KF-CS) has been put forward to solve the routing optimization problem of logistics distribution vehicle. Kalman Filter Cuckoo search (KF-C... |
Intra-alveolar fibrin is formed following lung injury and inflammation and may contribute to the development of pulmonary fibrosis. Fibrin turnover is altered in patients with pulmonary fibrosis, resulting in intra-alveolar fibrin accumulation, mainly due to decreased fibrinolysis. Alveolar type II epithelial cells (AE... |
We have investigated some properties of the acid stable, 2′-arafluoro-substituted congeners of dideoxyadenosine (ddA) and dideoxyinosine (ddl) in order to understand their potential for in vivo utility as anti-HIV agents. Activities of 2′-fluoro-2′,3′-dideoxyarabinosyl-adenine (FddA) and hypoxanthine (Fddl) against hum... |
We developed a method to make GEM foils with a spherical geometry. Tests of this procedure and with the resulting spherical GEMs are presented. Together with a spherical drift electrode, a spherical conversion gap for x-rays can be formed. This would eliminate the parallax error in an x-ray diffraction setup, which lim... |
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), defined as TB caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin (the core anti-TB drugs currently in use), and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), defined as MDR-TB caused by strains resistant to at least one fluoroquinolone and o... |
Conventional Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) is a promising candidate in high-voltage high-power applications. Unfortunately, operating the conventional MMC with DC output voltage results in unbalanced capacitors' voltages. In literature, Dual Half Bridge (DHB)-based Energy Equalization Modules (EEMs) concept was pr... |
This chapter suggests how transnational legal theory provides a relevant analytical frame to capture the norms and processes of international arbitration. I first examine the longstanding academic debates over lex mercatoria before turning to the dominant socio-legal analysis of international arbitration brought by Yve... |
In human internal mammary artery (IMA), testosterone induces vasodilation that shows marked variability among patients. We aimed to investigate the relationship of this variability with cardiovascular risk factors. Cumulative relaxations to testosterone after precontraction with KCl were examined in IMA segments from p... |
External fixation of the forearm may be indicated for Gustilo grade 3B-C open fractures or in unstable polytraumatized patients as part of a damage-control orthopedics (DCO) strategy to prepare secondary conversion to internal fixation by plates. Because conventional forearm frames with separate stabilization of the ra... |
This chapter discusses the poem “Afa ZaŋunpaƔ Nyu BuƔli,” which covers witches, witch hunters, and exorcism that assumed the name of nana. It retells the story of an elderly Ashanti woman who arrived in Tamale claiming to hunt down witches and exorcise them. It also mentions how witch hunters and their supporters would... |
Quantum mechanics describes the physical world around us with exquisite precision, with no known violations of the theory. Ironically, this precision comes with some additional baggage: the theory allows for a host of complex, delicate states of the physical world, many of which are yet to be produced or observed. The ... |
A general stage theory of lesbian identity development was compiled on the basis of six theories of lesbian or gay identity development. The general theory and the six specific theories were then examined empirically, using repeated interviews with 14 women who were currently experiencing changes with respect to their ... |
In this paper, design of an optical sensor is proposed which can be used for detection of vitiligo due to pigment loss. To do this, a couple of 2D photonic crystal structure i.e., L3 and L7 resonator is considered. The analysis of both the resonator structures is done with the help of finite difference time domain (FDT... |
The primary concern of this research study is the acceptance of a course managing system and its significant effect on students’ learning in the graduate school. This study used the descriptive correlational method that make use of validated questionnaire as a source of data-gathering tool, demonstrated by extensive do... |
a Department of Psychiatry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA; b Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; c Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany; d Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherap... |
The field dependence of the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in Mn<sub>1.22</sub>Fe<sub>0.73</sub>P<sub>0.47</sub>Si<sub>0.53</sub> is studied in terms of the entropy change (ΔS) and the temperature change (ΔT) for applied magnetic fields up to 5 and 14 T, respectively. The magnetic fields required to saturate the MCE in th... |
Hepatic uptake of albumin-bound amphipathic organic cations has been suggested to be mediated by multispecific bile salt and organic anion transport systems. Therefore, we investigated whether the recently cloned rat organic anion transporting polypeptides 1 and 2 as well as the human organic anion transporting polypep... |
PLA-knitted fabric was scoured in the presence of sodium carbonate and a non-ionic detergent through an exhaust technique. The scoured fabric was washed in the presence of three tailor-made formulations. Formulation I comprised of non-ionic detergent, formulation II comprised of detergent, sodium perborate and tetra-ac... |
ABSTRACT The beliefs of pre-service teachers in initial teacher education (ITE) in Catalonia about plurilingualism and teaching in diverse classrooms are analysed and tensions in their discourse are observed. Following the analysis of discourse in interaction (e.g. Heller [2005]. Discourse and interaction. In D. Schiff... |
This paper addresses the design of a fuzzy observer for unknown input Takagi-Sugeno (T?S) fuzzy model. The main contribution of this paper is the development of a robust fuzzy observer in the presence of disturbances. Based on Lyapunov function, it is shown how to determine the observers gains in Linear Matrix Inequali... |
The re-use of existing and official data has a very long and largely honourable history in education and social science. The principal change in the sixty years since the first issue of the British Journal of Educational Studies has been the increasing range, availability, and quality of existing numeric datasets. New ... |
This note estimates the costs and benefits of a nationwide COVID-19 screening testing program in the presence of vaccine distribution. Even for an optimistic vaccine rollout scenario, a well-designed federally-funded screening testing program, coupled with self-isolation of those who test positive, pays for itself in t... |
A stereo vision system is presented. Having felt strongly the necessity of providing robots with a visual system, the authors have first developed a visual sensing system for obstacle detection. Experiments to detect obstacles are shown. The visual system used in the experiments is LDM (laminated difference method) sys... |
Hypothesis: The author hypothesized that keratinocyte growth factor may play a role in mucosal epithelial repair in large conducting airway, and that the nature of the injury, denudation with disruption of the basement membrane by either mechanical or chemical means, versus exfoliation (loss of suprabasal cells only), ... |
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