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Determining a model of marine vehicles for the control purposes can be a very time-consuming process. Much faster identification method has been proposed based on the use of self-oscillation identification method. In this article we demonstrate the use of the proposed method for heading controller tuning of the autonom... |
In order to investigate anthracosis of the human lung, especially its causal relationship with atmospheric pollution and the occurrence of lung cancer, intrapulmonary particulate pollutants (IPP) from autopsy cases and patients lobectomized because of lung cancer were separated by alkali digestion of the lung tissue, a... |
This column has posed the issues and identified resources that home care nurses can use in an attempt to resolve the moral, social, economic, and professional factors that are confronted each day. Ethical dilemmas have been presented. The editor and I invite you to share your success (or lack of it) in resolving the is... |
Opioids potentiate HIV-1 infection in vitro at least partly by suppressing immunoresponsive processes in human lymphocytes and monocytes. For example, it appears that morphine inhibits the interferon (IFN)-alpha, -beta, and -gamma-mediated natural antiviral defense pathways in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (... |
Immunization of mice with a pure preparation of the ganglioside adsorbed on Salmonella typhimurium and hybridization of splenocytes with myeloma P3‐X63‐Ag 8.653 have resulted in hybridomas producing monoclonal antibodies against ganglioside Fuc GM1, a marker of human small cell lung carcinoma. Characterization of four ... |
Programming by demonstration is an End-user development technique for teaching a computer or a robot new behavior by demonstrating the task to transfer directly instead of programming it through machine commands. In this paper we propose two new techniques to obtain the control code for a mobile robot through "programm... |
Sticky traps can provide large numbers of spatially referenced samples for use in molecular ecological studies of insects. However, the adhesives used on these traps, and the methods used to clean adhesive off trapped individuals, could potentially interfere with downstream molecular analyses. Specimens captured on sti... |
Density functional theory has been used to study an alternative mechanism for the ruthenium(II)-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition between 1,6-diynes and tricarbonyl compounds, proposing a multistep-pathway different from that which we previously reported. The dimerization mechanism to obtain the minority product of t... |
Synopsis Erythrocyte sodium and potassium concentrations, erythrocyte membrane ATPase (Na–K specific and non-specific) and the rate of potassium influx into erythrocytes (ouabainsensitive and insensitive) were estimated in a group of female patients suffering from mania and repeated on about two thirds of them when the... |
Czech Wordnet represents one of the national wordnets created |
during the EuroWordNet and Balkanet projects. However, the data |
contains various issues that affects the use of Czech Wordnet |
in NLP applications. Due to lack of resources, it was not |
possible to update Czech Wordnet thoroughly since the |
publication of the first version. In 2017, we have started a |
project to evaluate and update Czech Wordnet, followed by the |
connection to Collaborative Interlingual Index. This paper |
provides overview of various updates and extensions of the |
Czech Wordnet data, and presents the roadmap to publish revised |
version of Czech Wordnet under open license.Frontal alpha asymmetry and emotional processing in youth with psychopathic traits. |
Emotional processing deficits are often considered central to psychopathy. There is evidence that those high in psychopathy pay less attention to emotional stimuli, and it is possible that these individuals experience diminished withdrawal motivation or heightened approach motivation in response to emotional stimuli. S... |
The Health Ethics Network of Northern Oregon (HENNO) (formerly Health Ethics Network of Oregon) began in 1986 as a means of sharing common ethical experiences in healthcare institutions. It has evolved from a few interested individuals to a multidisciplinary group of approximately 200 healthcare professionals. Approxim... |
BACKGROUND & AIMS |
Infected necrotizing pancreatitis is a highly morbid disease with poor outcomes. Intervention strategies have progressed from open necrosectomy to minimally invasive approaches. We compared outcomes of minimally invasive surgery vs endoscopic approaches for patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis. |
METHODS |
We performed a single-center, randomized trial of 66 patients with confirmed or suspected infected necrotizing pancreatitis who required intervention from May 12, 2014, through March 24, 2017. Patients were randomly assigned to groups that received minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic or video-assisted retroperiton... |
RESULTS |
The primary endpoint occurred in 11.8% of patients who received the endoscopic procedure and 40.6% of patients who received the minimally invasive surgery (risk ratio 0.29; 95% confidence interval 0.11-0.80; P = .007). Although there was no significant difference in mortality (endoscopy 8.8% vs surgery 6.3%; P = .999),... |
CONCLUSIONS |
In a randomized trial of 66 patients, an endoscopic transluminal approach for infected necrotizing pancreatitis, compared with minimally invasive surgery, significantly reduced major complications, lowered costs, and increased quality of life. Clinicaltrials.gov no: NCT02084537.Approximation by Polynomials with Coeffic... |
Abstract In response to a question of R. Kenyon, we prove that the set of polynomials with coefficients ±1, evaluated at a fixed real number θ, is dense in R for a.e. θ∈( 2 , 2). For θ∈(1, 2 ], a more complete result can be obtained by elementary methods.Unity in the face of threat? Exploring the empirical relationshi... |
ABSTRACT Perceptions of threat from Russia’s military activities in Ukraine and President Trump’s critical attitude towards NATO have put the idea of a common European army on the agenda of European politics. Do these strategic threat perceptions also influence public support for the creation of a common European army?... |
Heterogeneous catalysis is inseparable from interfacial mass transfer and chemical reaction processes determined by the structure and microenvironment. Different from high‐temperature thermochemical processes, photo‐ and electrocatalysis operated at mild conditions often involve both gas and liquid phases, making it im... |
Playing musical instruments such as chordophones, percussions and keyboard types accompany with harmonic interaction of player's hand with the instruments. In this work, we present a novel approach that enables the user to imitate the music playing gestures around mobile devices. In our approach, touch-less gestures, w... |
There has been little cross-national comparison of perceived discrimination, and few studies have considered how intersectional identities shape perception of discriminatory treatment in different societies. Using data from the ELSA-Brasil, a study of Brazilian civil servants, and the Americans' Changing Lives Study, a... |
The use of foot impression evidence in criminal investigations dates back to 1862 when Jessie McLachlan’s footprint placed her at the scene of a woman’s murder for which McLachlan was subsequently convicted [1]. Statistical analysis of footprint data collected Sergeant Kennedy has found “the odds of a chance match” for... |
The fractal structures of a green broccoli and a white cauliflower are investigated by box-counting method of their cross-sections. The capacity dimensions of the cross-sections are $1.78 \pm 0.02$ for a green broccoli and $1.88 \pm 0.02$ for a white cauliflower, and both are independent of their directions. From the r... |
The vertical cross-sections of the two plants are modeled into self-similar sets of triangular and rectangular trees. |
We discuss the conditions of the fractal objects in the model trees.Space Station Freedom solar array H/sub infinity / control |
Solar array control of the Space Station Freedom is formulated within the framework of the standard H/sub infinity / control problem in an attempt to account for plant model uncertainties. The overriding concern for this type of design is finding a low-order controller that meets the performance criteria. A stepwise ap... |
Lightweight flow setup (LFS) is a proposed reservation mechanism for use in the Internet that requires no complex signaling protocols and is simple enough to be implemented in the datapath of high performance routers. It can provide significant benefits even when partially deployed and incorporates mechanisms to suppor... |
Contemporary theatre sometimes uses religious language, symbols and poses, including elements derived from the Christian tradition. The question is what these references mean: how serious is the courtship with religion? I have selected four productions with unmistakable religious elements. I used the tools of the anthr... |
Although hybridization between closely related species is a natural phenomenon that can operate as an important evolutionary force, it has nevertheless contributed to the extinction of numerous species. Where the causes of hybridization are largely anthropogenic, therefore, its consequences need to be carefully assesse... |
Non-intrusive load monitoring is an important means to monitor the power consumption of end-user equipment in real time and timely. At present, there are still some problems in non-invasive load identification, such as the analysis of feature quantity is not detailed enough, the subjectivity of feature selection is str... |
In the paper, the causes, clinic and treatment in 15 patients with recurrent peptic ulcer after repeated operative procedures for duodenal ulcer are described. The main causes of the recurrence were as follows: the remaining of the mucous membrane of the antral gastric portion in Finsterer gastric resection for ulcer e... |
Synthetic chocolate colourant, flavourant and the mixture of both were administered to healthy adult male albino rats to evaluate their effect on the nucleic acids metabolism, i.e. deoxyribonucleic and ribonucleic acids (DNA and RNA), total serum protein, thyroid hormones (T4 and T3) and nuclease enzymes, i.e. cytoplas... |
Broadband horn antennae are presented that efficiently couple terahertz radiation between sub-wavelength metal-metal waveguides and free space. Sub-picosecond terahertz pulses were coupled into and out from sub-wavelength parallel-plate waveguides by using the horn antennae in a terahertz time-domain spectrometer. Mono... |
With the rapidly aging workforce worldwide, the need to retain healthy older workers is greater than ever. To promote health among older workers, a better understanding of the factors that contribute to their health is crucial. With this in mind, we investigated the impact of work–family conflict and work–family enrich... |
Through it is possible to the of as well as the problem of water shortage. As a circular or closed loop economy solution, the organic waste such as biomass can be renewed in biochar, a carbon rich product by means of thermochemical conversion methods. Biochar demonstrates an incredible potential in water treatment for ... |
To support the flexibility and the different protocol operations and applications provided by today's internet, modern routers rely on high-performance reliable general-purpose multi-core packet processing systems. Such processing systems are programmable and have replaced the traditional fixed-logic hardware in the da... |
to natural law is tolerance to nontraditional sexual orientations. In other words, if local legislation is not harsh on gays and lesbians, then the country evinces signs of successful transition. If domestic legislation is influenced by clerics, conservatives or former communists and, as a result, is unsympathetic to g... |
Smell is one of the last senses still not completely replicated. Artificial gas sensors do manage to reach enough sensitivity but selectivity is still an issue. However, it is essential to several industries and smart cities. In this work, the selectivity of a previously reported optical gas sensor is demonstrated usin... |
Four newly established mammary hyperplastic outgrowth lines were analyzed for their tumorigenic, morphological, and ovarian hormone-dependent growth properties in BALB/cMed mice. The mammary outgrowth lines were designated DIM-1, DIM-2, DIM-3, and DIM-4 to indicate their origin from the mammary cell line COMMA-D. DIM-1... |
Also known as the second derivative, the Gradient-Based Laplacian, that is used for geometrical edge magnitude detection in point clouds, is still an important problem that can form a basis for a wide range of applications such as object recognition and detection. Typically, the Laplacian, of a field of scalars are use... |
The purpose of the present investigation was to study the clinical symptoms of agalactic sows post partum in randomly selected swine herds. The study comprised 71 sows affected with agalactia post partum and 71 healthy sows from the same herds used as controls. Average morbidity of the disease in these 50 herds, consis... |
X-ray computed microtomography provides a high-resolution, noninvasive method to evaluate vulnerability to drought-induced embolism in living, intact plants. Hydraulic failure induced by xylem embolism is one of the primary mechanisms of plant dieback during drought. However, many of the methods used to evaluate the vu... |
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