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It has been suggested that naive immunoglobulins encoded by the V(H)3 gene family interact aberrantly with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gp120 via a superantigenic epitope, causing initial expansion and eventual depletion of V(H)3-expressing B cells. However, this possibility has not been prospectively as... |
Semantics-preserving dimensionality reduction refers to the problem of selecting those input features that are most predictive of a given outcome; a problem encountered in many areas such as machine learning, pattern recognition, and signal processing. This has found successful application in tasks that involve data se... |
Cholesterol-rich caveolar microdomains and associated caveolins influence sarcolemmal ion channel and receptor function and protective stress signaling. However, the importance of membrane cholesterol content to cardiovascular function and myocardial responses to ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) and cardioprotective stimuli ... |
This article documents the selection priorities and production processes of overseas news at a major Australian commercial network Channel 7 Sydney and Brisbane. It analyses the total overseas news vision input into the Channel 7 Sydney newsroom over a five-day period in terms of quantity, sources, country references a... |
The current literature on SME loan underwriting assumes that banks use just one of two lending technologies: relationship lending for opaque SMEs and transactions-based lending for relatively transparent SMEs. Recent work has departed from this view and hypothesizes that banks use a variety of distinctly different lend... |
The aim of this paper is to analyse one paradox of creativity that involves balancing novelty and conformity. Using a social identity perspective, we differentiate between organizational and expertise identities to understand how different types of identities impact the creative process in terms of novelty generation a... |
Objectives: 1) Assess general health condition and anthropological parameters of the working women. 2) Identify prevalence of Type-II Diabetes among them. 3) Assess risk factors associated with development of diabetes. 4) Educate them about Life Style Modifications. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was ca... |
Dynamic Movement Primitives (DMPs) have been used extensively for trajectory planning due to robust against perturbations and excellent generalization performance. However, canonical discrete DMP could not generate right trajectories in three cases: the goal point is same as the start point, the goal point is close to ... |
An X-band four-way combined GaN solid-state power amplifier module is fabricated based on a self-developed AlGaN/GaN HEMT with 2.5-mm gate width technology on SiC substrate. The module consists of an AlGaN/GaN HEMT, Wilkinson power hybrids, a DC-bias circuit and microstrip matching circuits. For the stability of the am... |
Third-order synthetic sentences were aligned to make them suitable for dichotic presentation. These dichotic sentence materials were then administered to 14 normal listeners and 48 hearing-impaired subjects to determine the influence of peripheral hearing loss on test performance. Results suggest that the Dichotic Sent... |
This study examined the effect of having a safe person present on artificially induced anxiety following a biological challenge among panic-disordered patients. Anxiety symptoms were induced using a 5.5% CO2-inhalation procedure. Panic patients underwent the inhalation procedure either in the presence or absence of the... |
Background—We tested the hypothesis that real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can guide coronary artery catheterization in swine via a percutaneous femoral artery approach. Methods and Results—In 12 pigs, we accessed femoral arteries percutaneously. We used 6- or 7-French coronary Judkins catheters filled with di... |
A resource allocation model (RAM) for not-for-profit organization in the framework of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was introduced by Zhang and Cui ([1]). The model is an inverse formulation to the DEA model , as pointed in paper [2], and can be transformed into a parametric linear programming problem. Also a multi-o... |
Within the myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) work package of the European LeukemiaNet, an Expert Panel was selected according to the framework elements of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Program. A systematic review of the literature was performed that included indexed original papers, indexed revi... |
A new mutually pumped phase conjugator with a photorefractive copper-doped potassium sodium strontium barium niobate crystal is demonstrated, in which the beams travel along a geometric path similar to the outline of a sickle. The maximum reflectivity is as high as 168%. Phase-conjugate images are obtained. The two-int... |
Monolayer films from polystyrene asymmetric dimer colloidal particles were formed on a silicon substrate using a heat assisted vertical deposition technique. In dilute particle suspensions of systematically varied concentrations, the system maximizes the packing efficiency within a thin meniscus region. Structures with... |
This study introduces a novel DNA sampling method in amphibians using skin swabs. We assessed the relevancy of skin swabs relevancy for genetic studies by amplifying a set of 17 microsatellite markers in the alpine newt Ichthyosaura alpestris, including 14 new polymorphic loci, and a set of 11 microsatellite markers in... |
Previous studies have indicated that early pregnancy factor (EPF) produced in the pre- and peri-implantation stage of pregnancy appears to consist of inactive components which combine to produce the active species. This is in contrast with EPF produced later in gestation which appears to consist of a single active spec... |
<p>Our Space Our Future – Space Careers for everyone!</p> |
<p>Our Space our Future (OurSpace), an H2020 Project, visions a society that enables and empowers all students, regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability or socio-economic background, to consider a career related to space science as a relevant, attainable and exciting aspiration for their future.</p> |
<p>The OurSpace project is designing and running sustainable education and outreach activities, and taking these out into communities, ensuring that underserved audiences are embraced and integrated into the project. These actions aim to foster the interest of young students in space-related topics and show them h... |
<p>The project encompasses space science, industry and careers globally, but there is a strong focus on planetary sciences since it is one of the first space topics in primary school and is also easily related to the curriculum later on.</p> |
<p>There are three main lines of action: school activities, family and community events, and teacher training. Strategies have been outlined by the consortium to make sure we reach students/families/communities that have less opportunities to be exposed to this theme.</p> |
<p>Schools are being chosen taking into account indicators of disadvantage status such as FSM, geographical isolation, number of immigrants. Activities are planned to be interdisciplinary,  interactive and inquiry-based, such as doing workshops on space subjects with non-science teachers, having students designing... |
<p>Events are being prepared to make space relevant to family/community daily life - getting role models from the local school or community,  that challenge gender and other stereotypes; having students co-creating activities with family and community; preparing events that explore space science but does not menti... |
<p>Teachers are the key link to students, families and community, so there is a big emphasis on teacher training. Working closely with teachers, we can support them, prioritize inclusion, co-create inspirational activities, and open a door to the future.</p> |
<p>Space is a stable growing sector, that provides many career opportunities for young students. However, few young people consider pursuing a career in a space-related field. We want to inspire our students, families and communities, guiding them towards new paths they didn’t know were available.</p> |
<p>OurSpace will engage over 60,000 people across the programme, with a longitudinal evaluation study that explores improved scientific literacy, interest and confidence in space science themes and assesses the impact on space-related and STEM choices and career aspirations of 5,000 directly-participating students acro... |
The number of organ transplantations in France is constantly and impressively increasing, but this progress remains insufficient. Compared with other European countries, France ranks first as regards the number of heart transplantations performed in 1984 but is lagging behind as regards kidney transplantations. Since p... |
abstract:In 1803 the colonist and amateur linguist Baudry des Lozières published Vocabulaire Congo, designed to teach his fellow planters useful phrases to manage their slaves from west Central Africa. This article examines the mobilization of Kikongo across the French colonial empire during the Age of Revolution to ma... |
Abstract The way consumers get and seek health information reflects the current information landscape. To gather updated insights on consumer experiences with and attitudes towards direct-to-consumer (DTC) promotion of prescription drugs, we conducted a nationally representative survey of 1,744 US adults using a mail-p... |
The ASEAN India FTA and the possible phasing out of some export incentives may have profound implications on cost competitiveness of the Indian coffee sector. Observations in this paper are based on extensive discussions with the major coffee exporters, traders, logistics service providers and officials at the ports (C... |
This study examined the extent to which collectivist attitudes predict preference for the basic models of social relations. According to Fiske (1991), all social relations can be reduced to four basic forms – communal sharing (CS), authority ranking (AR), equality matching (EM), and market pricing (MP) – that guide peo... |
The purpose of this study was to describe the behaviors that caregivers report carrying out to maintain their own health, and to compare the health-promoting behaviors of Black and White caregivers. Although many studies have examined health-promoting behaviors, few have examined health promotion among caregivers. Repo... |
Photocatalytic oxidation has been widely acknowledged as an economical and effective technology for the treatment of lowconcentration NO. Three-dimensional (3D) BiOI microspheres, which are typical visible-light responsive semiconductor photocatalysts, often suffer from quick recombination of photogenerated carriers an... |
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry is a geophysical method widely used in borehole and laboratory applications to nondestructively infer transport and storage properties of rocks and soils as it is directly sensitive to the water/oil content and pore sizes. However, for inferring pore sizes, NMR relaxometry d... |
This paper presents an improved approach to a newly suggested design procedure of an innovative Hybrid Coupled Wall (HCW) system. This system consists of a reinforced concrete (RC) shear wall with dissipative steel links and steel side columns, where the RC wall carries almost all the horizontal shear force while the o... |
Both visible and infrared (IR) spectroscopic ellipsometry have been employed to study the structure of thin layers of bovine submaxillary mucin (BSM) adsorbed on poly(acrylic acid-block-methyl methacrylate) (PAA-b-PMMA) copolymer and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) surfaces at three pH values (3, 7, and 10). The adsor... |
This is the first study reporting the relationship between the development of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) in patients with bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The HLA B35 was significantly higher in patients with BOOP than in patients without BOOP after BMT (P =... |
BACKGROUND |
Adjuvant treatment in early ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) is not yet standardized. The objective of this population-based study was to compare the outcome of patients with early OCCC treated with adjuvant chemotherapy versus chemoradiotherapy (chemoRT) and evaluate the association of adjuvant radiotherapy regimen... |
PATIENTS AND METHODS |
Chart review was conducted to identify patients with stage I and II OCCC with complete information on staging. Patients with stage IA, IB, or IC OCCC purely resulting from capsular rupture were excluded because the provincial protocol does not recommend adjuvant treatment. |
RESULTS |
Overall, 403 patients were identified and 343 received adjuvant treatment, of whom 255 had stage IC or II OCCC and 153 were eligible for final analysis. On Cox multivariable regression, receipt of chemoRT (n=90) was associated with an improvement in failure-free survival (FFS) (hazard ratio [HR], 0.57; 95% CI, 0.34-0.9... |
CONCLUSIONS |
Adjuvant chemoRT was associated with a lower risk of failure compared with chemotherapy alone. However, there was no difference in OS between the adjuvant chemotherapy and chemoRT regimens. Additionally, no significant difference in terms of FFS or OS was found between the chemo-WART and chemo-PRT groups.Reconfigurable... |
Because of immutable frequency, bandwidth and polarization, antenna has become one of the key limit factors for cognitive radio until reconfigurable antenna technology presents itself. According to the application need of reconfigurable antenna technology for cognitive radio, this article puts its emphasis on the desig... |
Modulation of epithelial cell proliferation by the dissolved oxygen concentration (PO2) of the growth medium was assessed with primary human foreskin epithelium and a continuous monkey kidney epithelial cell line (LLC‐MK2). Direct measurement of the growth medium PO2 provides the first quantitative evaluation of epithe... |
Introduction: |
African American adults with uncontrolled hypertension may have structural inequities in access to, intensity of, as well as greater challenges using antihypertensive medications, all of which may contribute to inadequate blood pressure (BP) control. Traditional self-reported measures of adherence suffer from social d... |
Hypothesis: |
African Americans with higher systolic BP (SBP) experience more medication challenges (access, med taking) that are correlated with BP. |
Methods: |
Data at baseline are from a cluster randomized trial of patient-level coaching vs. practice level facilitation and the combination of the two interventions in 1596 adult African American patients (39% male; mean age 57 ± 12 yrs.) seen in rural primary care practices with a history of uncontrolled hypertension (average... |
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