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The complex dielectric constant of human, primate, canine, ovine, and swine brain tissues at 37°C was measured in S band using a slotted waveguide section. The in vitro measurements indicate that mammalian brains exhibit very little dispersion within the frequency range of 2.25 to 3.95 GHz. The dielectric constant was ... |
In this paper, we address the problem of planning the textual organization of instructions. We take the view that natural language generation (NLG) is a mapping process of diierent levels of conceptual and textual representations. Within this framework , we consider the mapping between the text's semantic representatio... |
The major demand need of wireless communication are less weight, optimization in cost and antennas with Small height that are adequate of obtaining high efficient performance over a frequencies of wide range. Micro-strip patch antennas are widely used for the range of 2 to 4 GHz (S-band) frequencies. Antenna design and... |
The X-band pulsed 1kW SSPA for XFEL has been designed and manufactured. Amplifier modules were combined by a 20-way Hybrid Radial combiner in order to reduce output loss. The manufactured 20-Way Hybrid Radial Combiner is capable of high output with a combining efficiency of 95%. The entire system is driven by Pulse and... |
Transmembrane signaling adaptor DAP12 has increasingly been recognized for its important role in innate responses. However, its role in the regulation of antimicrobial T cell responses has remained unknown. In our current study, we have examined host defense, T cell responses, and tissue immunopathology in models of in... |
A hydraulic actuated inverted pendulum with controller is designed, built, and tested. There are several objectives behind the device development. The first objective is to create an apparatus that can be used for class exercises for upper level control courses. Specifically, the device can be used to illustrate the co... |
The excellent finite wordlength property of the lattice digital filter is well known. The four-multiplier normalized lattice, with signal power at all delay elements normalized to unity, has particular advantage in its overflow property. However, when used to implement an Nth order digital filter, the normalized lattic... |
Neonates are highly susceptible to bacterial meningitis as compared to children and adults. Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of neonatal meningitis. Neonatal meningitis can result from GBS intestinal colonization and translocation across the intestinal barrier (IB). Here, we show that the immaturity of the ... |
What is a mediation analysis? Simply put, it is a powerful statistical modelling approach to determine if a third factor helps explain the association between an exposure and an outcome. The approach to mediation analysis rests on a few key assumptions, but importantly provides estimates for a few interesting parameter... |
Infrared spectra have been obtained for laboratory residues of photoprocessed low-temperature ices which have been exposed to long-term solar ultraviolet radiation on the EURECA satellite. This is an analog to the ultraviolet processing of interstellar dust mantles in diffuse clouds after leaving molecular clouds. The ... |
Solid-state 13C NMR has been important to overcome analysis difficulties arising from the low solubility of carbonaceous materials. Its use provides accurate information about these materials. In this work, resonance techniques involving magic angle spinning with cross-polarisation (CP/MAS) or single pulse (SP/MAS) are... |
A female infant presented with poor feeding, hypotonia, prolonged jaundice, seizure and wandering nystagmus. A case of septo-optic dysplasia was proved by demonstrating the absence of septum pellucidum, small optic discs and hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction at the age of three months. It is stressed that a diagnosis ... |
Bounameaux for reemphasizing some of the points of our paper. We agreethatD-dimerresults,whetherdeterminedby latexag glutinationor by ELISA, shoulddefinitely not be interpretedin a vacuum. To quote ourselves, “Ideally, the D-D latex agglutina tionassaywouldbeused. . . inadditiontoclinicalevaluationand yb scanning.―... |
Background and Purpose— Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is one of the most lethal stroke types. In December 2003, a National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) workshop was convened to develop a consensus for ICH research priorities. The focus was clinical research aimed at acute ICH in p... |
The effect of different home industry materials on the growth of Chinese hamster cells in culture has been studied. The plating efficiency of the culture and the ability to produce a monolayer were used as criteria. The materials under study can be divided into three groups: indifferent materials, those partially inhib... |
ABSTRACT Background: Narrative research shows that identity change is key to recovery from substance misuse. Theories have focused on either personal or social factors in this process. A framework encompassing Agency and Communion has been useful in understanding narratives in similar populations. Objectives: The study... |
For the problem of picking path planning in automatic storage, the traditional artificial fish swarm algorithm is improved to be used to optimize the picking system. In the algorithm, the calculation of dynamic parameters is added, so that the field of view and step size of the algorithm are dynamically changed to adap... |
As a new member of the two-dimensional material family, borophene exhibits extremely low thermal conductivity which is beneficial to the efficiency of the Seebeck effect in thermoelectric devices. We have investigated the spin-dependent thermoelectric transport in a Co-salophene molecule sandwiched between two semi-inf... |
DOI: 10.30919/es8d805 Instead of using traditional external heating treatment methods, a facile heating equipment-free method is developed for one-pot synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) via exothermic crosslinking reaction enabled“self-heating” and further induced high degree of carbonization. The obtained CDs ... |
Visual acuity, the character of fixation, the angle of deviation, refraction, monocular determination of accommodation and blood supply of the ciliary body have been studied in 50 schoolchildren (100 eyes) with convergent strabismus and amblyopia of various degree. Children with amblyopia of high and moderate degrees h... |
Recent successes of deep learning methods in various applications have inspired BCI researchers for their use in EEG classification. However, data insufficiency and high intra- and inter-subject variabilities hinder from taking their advantage of discovering complex patterns inherent in data, which can be potentially u... |
Calls for reform in the structured settlement factoring industry have recently grown louder across the nation. However, those calls ring hollow and many recipients of structured settlements are suffering abuses at the hands of the structured settlement factoring industry. Structured settlements substitute a lump-sum aw... |
OBJECTIVE |
Accumulation of eosinophils (Eo) is one of the most characteristic feature of nasal polyps. However, the question remains why eosinophils accumulate into the nasal polyp tissue. RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and presumably secreted) is a recently described chemokine that is said to play a r... |
METHODS |
Fibroblast lines were established from human nasal polyp biopsy tissues taken from patients with chronic sinusitis who had no other associated diseases. Cultured nasal polyp fibroblasts were stimulated with TNF-alpha or IL-1 beta at various doses (0.1, 1.0, 1 ng/ml) or for various times (l, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72 h). To det... |
RESULTS |
We demonstrated that TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta induced the gene expression and protein production of RANTES in nasal polyp fibroblasts. This responsiveness to TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta was time and dose-dependent. |
CONCLUSION |
These findings suggest that nasal polypfibroblasts may also play an important role in the recruitment of Eo through the production of RANTES.Gender, Empire, Global Capitalism: Colonial and Corporate Expatriate Wives |
This paper takes as a starting-point the striking disjunct between the wealth of historical studies on ‘gender and empire’, and a comparative lack of work that examines corresponding issues in the present. I suggest that discussions of gender and global capitalism are shaped by a focus on poor women, producing limited ... |
Mechanisms that prevent accidental degradation of healthy mitochondria by the PINK1/Parkin mitophagy pathway are poorly understood. On the surface of damaged mitochondria, PINK1 accumulates and acts as the input signal to a positive feedback loop of Parkin recruitment, which in turn promotes mitochondrial degradation v... |
The clinical course of two baby girls who died following accidental inhalation of baby powder is described. Frequent tracheobroncheal lavage was not effective therapy. An experiment using eight mice revealed that the inhalation of baby powder was fatal. Possible treatments, including tracheobroncheal lavage with saline... |
Two cell lines (EH and HK) were derived from two patients with hairy cell leukemia (HCL). Both patients exhibited a clinical picture characteristic of HCL, including splenomegaly, cytopenias, and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)-positive "hairy" lymphocytes in blood and marrow. EH and HK were demonstrably of ... |
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True or false: multiple choice questions have always been commonly used in medical examinations. However, there has been a change in the format of the MRCS examination since the introduction of the intercollegiate exam, which utilises EMQs (extended matching questions). Unfortunately, few people have had experience of ... |
5G will make the world a better place by allowing blazing connections for mobile devices, flexible networks to manage a new wide range of applications, and novel business models for the ecosystem; or so the pundits will have you believe. The radio interface is only one facet of this grand vision and yet is has created ... |
Pregnancy upregulated non-ubiquitous calmodulin kinase (Pnck), a novel calmodulin kinase, is significantly overexpressed in breast and renal cancers. We present evidence that at high cell density, overexpression of Pnck in HEK 293 cells inhibits serum-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/ERK2) activation... |
The finding of microscopic haematuria in patients with non-specific symptoms, signs and laboratory findings may point to a multisystem disorder A normal plasma creatinine concentration does not exclude significant renal disease Kidney involvement is common in small vessel vasculitis and provides an accessible organ fro... |
ion itself may do little to simplify the problem. The "pipeline virtual machine" is a complex mechanism, and the overhead of maintaining this complex abstraction often weighs on interactivity. While current architectures "cry out" for this abstraction, the unpredictable state of hardware advancement means that future a... |
This report describes the gross, histopathological, immunocytochemical and electron microscopic findings in a cat with systemic cryptococcosis and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection. Lymphadenopathy and cloudiness of leptomeninges were the major gross findings. Numerous cryptococcal yeasts were found in lymp... |
The extreme properties of the gamma-ray flares in the Crab nebula present a clear challenge to our ideas on the nature of particle acceleration in relativistic astrophysical plasma. It seems highly unlikely that standard mechanisms of stochastic type are at work here and hence the attention of theorists has switched to... |
Using organometallic compounds and an electron beam of high power density, novel nano-granular compound materials were fabricated with nm precision in a slow step deposition process. We investigate the electrical characteristics of the compound-material and found out that the measured resistivity can only be explained ... |
Ultrasonic Pulse Echo Technique has been used successfully as a practical modality for nondestructive testing of concrete to localize defects which cause critical infrastructure problems. However, in this highly attenuating medium, only limited penetration can be obtained using high frequency ultrasonic signals. Furthe... |
Abstract Children with coeliac disease (CD) following the gluten-free diet may experience ongoing gastrointestinal symptoms despite strict adherence. The study objective was to evaluate the association between foods high in fermentable oligo/di/monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAP) and gastrointestinal symptoms, and th... |
A biographical essay on Dr. José María Benítez to commemorate 200 years of his birthday. His professional practice for 31 years in La Victoria (Aragua State) and his fight against malaria and cholera are highlighted. He was the scientific discoverer of the cinchona (peruvian bark). Dr. Benítez affirmed that "cholera wa... |
The study of antiferromagnets (AFMs) has become one of the hotspots of spintronics because of their strong environmental adaptability; however, their magnetic ordering structure limits their practical application. The compensated ferrimagnet Mn3Al has the characteristics of an AFM and the magnetic moment can be control... |
ABSTRACT Tachaea spongillicola Stebbing, 1907 has not been widely reported and no case is recorded of its potential predation of freshwater fish. The present study reports the occurrence of T. spongillicola preying on freshwater fish Pangasius silasi Dwivedi et al., 2017 (Pangasiidae) and causing detectable mortalities... |
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