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The Data Processing Unit (DPU) for the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) instrument on the ESA Solar Orbiter mission will use Xilinx Virtex-4 XQR4VSX55 FPGAs for high data rate acquisition and processing tasks. This paper discusses the feasibility of using this type of SRAM based FPGAs for these high data rate... |
Aim and Methodology: The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KCOT) and orthokeratinized odontogenic cyst (OOC), to identify their clinicopathological features among the patients by studying the biopsy specimens obtained from the archives of the Department of Oral and ... |
Computer systems often lack the ability to associate similar concepts. Compensating for the semantic ignorance of the system requires the modeling of the concept space of the application domain. A representation of the concept space as a network of fuzzy relationships is given. In the concept knowledge model, four type... |
Sleep problems are germane to the majority of adolescents, but stigmatized youth may experience poorer sleep than those who have not experienced stigma. However, no prior studies have examined sleep among transgender adolescents (TGAs). Investigating these sleep disparities is critical, since low sleep duration and po... |
Adolescents (n=1784) ages 14-18 completed an anonymous survey including measures of sleep, sexual and gender identity, depressive symptoms, and demographic variables. Participants were grouped as TGA or CGA. Unadjusted associations between gender identity and sleep outcomes were examined, followed by multivariate regr... |
TGAs reported sleeping fewer hours, higher odds of being a ‘poor sleeper’, and lower odds of getting the right amount of sleep and getting ‘enough sleep’ than CGAs. After adjusting for key demographic variables, TGAs were still more likely to report that they were poor sleepers and less likely to report getting enough... |
Transgender adolescents reported receiving poorer sleep than cisgender adolescents. Future studies should focus on longitudinally examining the emergence of sleep problems among TGAs and CGAs, which may also serve to identify specific biopsychosocial pathways that contribute to heightened risk for sleep problems among... |
This study was funded by the University of Pittsburgh Central Research Development Fund through an award to Drs. Salk, Choukas-Bradley, and Thoma. Dr. Levenson was supported by grant K23HD087433. Dr. Thoma was supported by grants T32MH018951 and K01MH117142, Dr. Salk was supported by grant T32MH018269, and Dr. Hamilto... |
Hydroxyapatite-magnetite-MWCNT nanocomposite as a biocompatible multifunctional drug delivery system for bone tissue engineering |
New magnetic hydroxyapatite-based nanomaterials as bone-specific systems for controlled drug delivery have been synthesized. The synthesized hydroxyapatite, HA, decorated with magnetite nanoparticles by a deposition method (HA/Fe3O4) and the nanocomposite system obtained using magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotubes (HA... |
ABSTRACT: Surgical site infections can have a significant effect on quality of life for the patient. They are associated with considerable morbidity and extended hospital stay. In addition, they result in a significant financial and emotional burden to owners. This article will focus on the preparation of the patient f... |
Some know-how techniques of virtual reality rehabilitation vehicles are discussed in this paper after a brief introduction of the application background and the structure and functions of the vehicles. This kind of vehicles can be used for psychological treatment during rehabilitation. Pateints can select different mod... |
We investigated the relaxant mechanisms of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in endothelium-denuded porcine coronary arteries. Intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca++]i) was measured simultaneously with force by the fura-2 microfluorimetric method. CGRP (10(-9) to 10(-7) M) or isoproterenol (10(-8) to 10(-... |
Multivariate time-series forecasting is one of the crucial and persistent challenges in time-series forecasting tasks. As a kind of data with multivariate correlation and volatility, multivariate time series impose highly nonlinear time characteristics on the forecasting model. In this paper, a new multivariate time-se... |
We have been developing CNT emitter to aim a high current density of a couple of 100A/cm2 and a high total current up to 100mA. A current density over 300 A/cm2 at 9.6MV/m and a total current of 15 mA was already achieved in a continuous DC mode. Such a high current density is attributed to so called rooting technique ... |
Two adolescent boys with histories of rapidly increasing obesity participated in a behavioral weight-reduction program. The multi-dimensional treatment included those behavioral techniques most'often shown to be effective in treating obese adults. While the program was not effective in reversing their increase in obesi... |
Background/Aims: The ET system might be involved in the pathogenesis of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. The objective is to analyse the impact of ET-1 in hypertensive pregnant women by a strict meta-analysis of published human clinical studies. Methods: Based on the principle of Cochrane systematic reviews, Co... |
Handling the lack of coordination while designing efficient algorithms in distributed systems has been a major topic of study in the past decade. Coordination mechanisms have been proposed as a tool to deal with the issue as well as lack of access to global information in settings such as distributed systems. In the co... |
This paper presents the equivalence between a Fibonacci sequence weighted Successive Approximation Register type A-D converter (SAR ADC) and an SAR ADC based on the golden section search algorithm using the unimodal function obtained by the absolute value of the difference between the input voltage and the output of th... |
Multifunction capabilities and constant volume requirements for airborne systems constantly push microwave technologies towards higher densities and lower costs. The best examples of this evolution are the active arrays, which offer ultimate operational flexibility. We will show that this expected shift towards sophist... |
This chapter reports on integrating a self-developed interactive courseware of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) into a self-study and elective course “English Reading for Technology” offered for sophomore students in the Applied Foreign Languages Department (AFLD) of a vocational university in Taiwan two hours per w... |
This paper describes the experience of a hospital which has introduced a system of computerized management of letters of authorization for healthcare workers to access sensitive health data, through the use of open source software. A new corporate intranet portal was created with access given only to the privacy contac... |
In order to solve the problems of unstable training and texture blurring of generated images, we proposed a generative adversarial network combining residual and attention block. The attention module is added to the network, which reduces the dependence on the network depth and reduces the depth of the model. The dense... |
AIM |
In the present study, we defined the state of pre-dehydration (PD) as the suspected loss of body fluids, not accompanied by subjective symptoms (serum osmotic pressure: 292-300 mOsm/kg・H2O). The goal of this study was to develop a non-invasive PD check sheet for independent home care for the elderly. |
METHODS |
We evaluated the serum osmotic pressure of 222 independent community dwelling elderly individuals who were >65 years of age. We then determined the association between the serum osmotic pressure and various dehydration-related diagnostic factors that we identified in a previous study. We performed a logistic regression... |
RESULTS |
PD was confirmed in 46 subjects (20.7%) based on their serum osmotic pressure. We developed a PD assessment sheet which consisted of 6 items, (1) Dislike rehydrating before sleeping, as it induces the need to use the toilet (3 points), (2) Using diuretics (8 points), (3) Casual blood sugar ≥126 mg/dl (9 points), (4) Ag... |
CONCLUSION |
In the present study, we found that 20.7% of elderly subjects had PD. Based on these data, we developed an effective noninvasive tool for detecting PD among independent community dwelling elderly.Case of cutaneous malignant melanoma surviving 16 years with late recurrence |
Late recurrence, defined as that occurring 10 or more years after diagnosis, is an unusual event in cutaneous malignant melanoma (MM). A 59‐year‐old woman presented with a black nodule measuring 10 mm × 9 mm on the sole of her right foot. She was diagnosed with MM and the tumor was totally excised with 5 cm of the norm... |
ABSTRACT One way of understanding calls for ‘multispecies justice’ is to interpret them as utopian demands for a desirable future in which the structural anthropocentrism of conventional forms of morality, including environmental ethics, has been thoroughly abolished. I hope to clarify what kind of utopia multispecies ... |
OBJECTIVES |
The objective of this study was to compare atazanavir pharmacokinetics in genetically determined CYP3A5 expressors versus non-expressors. |
METHODS |
HIV-negative adult volunteers were pre-screened for CYP3A5 *3, *6 and *7 polymorphisms and enrollment was balanced for CYP3A5 expressor status, gender and race (African-American versus non-African-American). Participants received atazanavir 400 mg daily for 7 days followed by atazanavir/ritonavir 300 mg/100 mg daily fo... |
RESULTS |
Fifteen CYP3A5 expressors and 16 non-expressors participated. The day 7 atazanavir oral clearance (CL/F) was 1.39-fold faster (0.25 versus 0.18 L/h/kg; P = 0.045) and the C(min) was half (87 versus 171 ng/mL; P = 0.044) in CYP3A5 expressors versus non-expressors. Non-African-American CYP3A5 expressor males had 2.1-fold... |
CONCLUSIONS |
CYP3A5 expressors had faster atazanavir CL/F and lower C(min) than non-expressors. The effect was most pronounced in non-African-American men. Ritonavir lessened CYP3A5 expressor effects. The wild-type ABCB1 CGC haplotype was associated with slower CL/F and the UGT1A1 *28 genotype was associated with increased bilirubi... |
Previous studies of the biodegradation of nonpolar nitroaromatic compounds have suggested that microorganisms can reduce the nitro groups but cannot cleave the aromatic ring. We report here the initial steps in a pathway for complete biodegradation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT) by a Pseudomonas sp. isolated from a four-m... |
Resonant phOtopumping is an attractive and potentially very efficient technique for achieving x-ray lasing in plasmas. At the Naval Research Laboratory we are pursuing the realization of one of the most promising photopumped schemes wherein heliumlike sodium pumps heliumlike neon. The theoretical side of this research ... |
The concept of therapeutic alliance is examined in relation to treatment outcomes in youth psychotherapy. The first section of the article develops an intuitive account wherein the relationship between the therapist and youth client is purported to hold great significance for treatment effectiveness in psychological in... |
We present a Bayesian approach for estimating the relative frequencies of multi‐single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) haplotypes in populations of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum by using microarray SNP data from human blood samples. Each sample comes from a malaria patient and contains one or several parasit... |
Previous studies evaluating the efficacy and tolerance of tropisetron for the treatment of fibromyalgia (FM) used the drug either intravenously or orally, and at different dosage levels ranging from 2 mg to 15 mg daily. The shortest treatment was a single dose and the longest treatment period covered 28 days. A signifi... |
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