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Although we have far from solved the issues in porting speech translation systems to new languages, we have gathered sufficient experience by now to identify a number of major challenges in the process. Although well-defined processes exist for building speech recognition, speech synthesis and statistical machine trans... |
We have systematically studied the effect of transition metal valence electron concentration (VEC) of amorphous T0.75Y0.75B14 (a-T0.75Y0.75B14, T = Sc, Ti, V, Y, Zr, Nb) on the elastic properties, bonding, density and electronic structure using ab initio molecular dynamics. As the transition metal VEC is increased in... |
Beta-2-microglobulin (beta2m) self-associates into fibrillar amyloid deposits in the musculoskeletal system of patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment. Previous studies have shown that stoichiometric amounts of Cu(II) at near physiological conditions can cause beta2m to organize into native-like dimers prior to form... |
This study surveys professional niche sports sponsors in an effort to empirically understand what selection criteria these companies deem important when evaluating professional niche sports sponsorship proposals. Findings suggest that professional niche sports properties may possess unique attributes on which sponsors ... |
Real-world data have shown that clozapine and long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics (LAIAs) were more effective than oral antipsychotics in preventing relapse in schizophrenia.1 A treatment dilemma emerges when managing patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) refusing oral antipsychotics, as the tre... |
Passive earth pressure calculations in geotechnical analysis are usually performed with the aid of the Rankine or Coulomb theories of earth pressure based on uniform soil properties. These traditional earth pressure theories assume that the soil is uniform. The fact that soils are spatially variable leads to two potent... |
Short-time solid-state reaction and spark plasma sintering method (SS-SPS) were combined to prepare single-phase polycrystalline Ca/sub 3/Co/sub 2/O/sub 6/ ceramic bulk, and effects of preparation condition and sintering technology were investigated in detail. Single-phase polycrystalline Ca/sub 3/Co/sub 2/O/sub 6/ pow... |
The amendment of the Basel Accord with the market-risk-based capital requirements, introduced in 1996 and officially implemented in the U.S. in 1998, can be considered as an additional capital constraint for banking organizations, which, everything else equal, could make a balance-sheet amplification mechanism more pro... |
In this paper, we show how existing notions of temporal data have to be modified because of the transition from the relational to the object model. In particular, we focus on the semantics of time in the context of object databases, and on the identification and definition of a set of generic temporal modeling concepts... |
OBJECTIVE |
To study the image data and clinicopathologic features of myoepithelial carcinoma in parapharyngeal space. |
METHOD |
Based on one patient with myoepithelial carcinoma of parapharyngeal space treated in our hospital, image data and clinicopathologic findings were analyzed. The clinical characteristics of myoepithelial carcinoma in head and neck region were discussed. |
RESULT |
CT obviously showed the mass in parapharyngeal space with destruction of temporal bone. Immunohistochemical stain showed positive staining for S-100 protein, Smooth muscle actin, Cytokeratin and Vimentin. There were otalgia, bloody pus, headache and signs of cranial nerve lesion. |
CONCLUSION |
Myoepithelial carcinoma was a rare malignant epithelial neoplasm and had a poor prognosis. Myoepithelial carcinoma often occurrence in salivary gland of maxillofacial region. The clinical signs were otalgia and headache in patient with myoepithelial carcinoma in parapharyngeal space. CT image showed malignant neoplasm ... |
Abstract As the population ages, heart failure will continue to be a growing public health problem. Metabolic homeostasis in the heart requires a fine-tuning of metabolism of different substrates. Notwithstanding a retro control of fatty acid and glucose utilization, the heart functions best when it oxidizes both subst... |
Abnormal host detection is a critical issue in an enterprise intranet data center. The traditional anomaly host detection method mainly focuses on detecting anomaly behavior, and the abnormality determination for a single behavior point often has certain limitations. For example, the entire attack process cannot be com... |
Bulgaria is a culturally rich country which has been kept unexplored for years. Modern information and communication technologies can shrink the gap between tourists and its rich historical heritage. A digital tourist guide has been in development that offers its users a tailored experience and guides them through thei... |
This paper investigates how firms responded to standardized nutrition labels on food products required by the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA). Using a longitudinal quasi-experimental design, we test our predictions using two large-scale samples that span 30 product categories. Results indicate that the NLEA... |
Entomological surveillance was conducted in Asir, Jizan, and Makkah regions, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during December 2000 in response to an outbreak of Rift Valley fever. Aedes (Stegomyia) unilineatus was collected in CO2-baited Centers for Disease Control miniature light traps at 4 widely spaced sites. This represent... |
We sought to verify whether variation in the promoter of the gene encoding placental anticoagulant protein annexin A5 (ANXA5) represents a risk factor for recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). Sequence analysis of 70 German RPL patients, all known to carry neither factor V Leiden nor a prothrombin mutation, revealed four con... |
New Zealand has over 1000 anaerobic wastewater stabilisation ponds used for the treatment of wastewater from farms and industry. Traditional anaerobic ponds were not designed to optimise anaerobic digestion of wastewater biomass to produce biogas and these uncovered ponds allowed biogas to escape to the atmosphere. Thi... |
A novel multi-reference capacitor switching scheme for ultralow power successive approximation register (SAR) ADCs is proposed. By using 5 references, the proposed switching scheme only dissipates 10.6 CVREF average energy and requires 256 unit capacitors, which are reduced by 99.2% and 87.5%, compared to the conventio... |
As the use of commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) components becomes ever more prevalent in the creation of large software systems, the need for the ability to reasonably predict the true lifetime cost of using such software components grows accordingly. This paper presents empirically-based findings about the effort associ... |
Can agile approaches be used successfully in large organizations, where traditional methods and high levels of governance are the norm? Although the iterative, agile approaches have been seen to work well in small, flexible organizations, or on smaller projects, they frequently fall foul of the larger organization's ne... |
Green's comments' regarding my research on driver education2 reflect a position of educational advocacy rather than an objective view of the facts. He characterizes the effect of driver education as "leading to an interest and often an attempt to experiment with driving." It is doubtful that driver education motivates ... |
The EGFR-targeted antibody cetuximab is effective against head and neck cancer (HNSCC), but in only 15% to 20% of patients, and the variability and extent of cetuximab-mediated cellular immunity is not fully understood. We hypothesized that regulatory T cells (Treg) may exert a functional and clinical impact on antitum... |
Objective: The objective of this study was to prepare bufadienolides-loaded liposome (BU-lipo). Methods: The BU-lipo was prepared by a thin-film hydration method involving sonication and lyophilization procedures. The lyophilized BU-lipo was characterized with regard to the appearance and particle size by scanning elec... |
In this paper, we investigate active brain regions for motor execution and motor imagination tasks after training with a rehabilitation robot. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is used to measure the hemodynamic responses in the motor cortices of five subjects. An assistive robot (IMT 2.0, connected to the ... |
I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND On June 12, 2000, a unanimous Supreme Court quietly rendered what will almost certainly become a landmark decision in healthcare law relative to the interpretation and application of fiduciary duties in an Employer Sponsored Benefit Plan [hereinafter "ESBP"] as regulated by the Employee R... |
The mechanical impedance and the piezoelectric coupling impedance response spectrum, the resonant vibration mode and he resonance frequency of the cantilever beam was analyzed by means of FEA for getting the relationship between mechanical impedance and piezoelectric impedance. The results showed that: Through the comp... |
Buildup of plant-parasitic nematode populations on corn (Zea mays), soybean (Glycine max), and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) were compared in 1991 and 1992. Final population densities (Pf) of Meloidogyne incognita were lower following sorghum than after soybean in both seasons, and Pf after sorghum was lower than Pf after ... |
In the United States, healthcare expenditures are tracked by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). In 1960, 5% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was spent on healthcare [1]. Spending has steadily increased, and in 2014 it was 17.5%. Roughly $9500 was spent for each person in the U.S. for a total of over $3 tril... |
BACKGROUND |
Chlamydia pneumoniae and the herpes viruses cytomegalovirus (CMV) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) have been associated with human atherosclerosis in seroepidemiological and separate histopathological studies. We investigated the concurrent presence of these microorganisms in patients undergoing carotid endarter... |
METHODS AND RESULTS |
Endarterectomy specimens from 76 patients with carotid artery stenosis were stained for C. pneumoniae, CMV, and HSV-1 particles with specific IgG monoclonal antibodies by the avidin-biotin-peroxidase method. IgG antibodies to CMV and C. pneumoniae were also measured in the serum. These were correlated with plaque morph... |
CONCLUSIONS |
C. pneumoniae and CMV are commonly detected in atherosclerotic plaques of the carotid arteries, but their presence cannot be predicted by measuring serum antibodies. The presence of these microorganisms may predispose to a greater risk of thrombosis in the plaques, but further studies are needed to confirm this observa... |
The soil moisture characteristic may be modeled as a power curve combined with a short parabolic section near saturation to represent gradual air entry. This two-part function—together with a power function relating soil moisture and hydraulic conductivity—is used to derive a formula for the wetting front suction requi... |
In this paper, a novel Thermal-Hardware-in-the-Loop (T-HIL) cooling system evaluating platform is proposed. The platform consists of a physical cooling system, which is used to be evaluated or characterized, hardware-software interfaces, and real-time simulation models for a power semiconductor. The hardware and softwa... |
Nowadays our life is becoming smart and simple with the help of smart and intelligent systems. The Internet of Things concept is enabling most digital devices to work cooperatively. In this article, we proposed a Library Management Automation system that is based on the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.... |
Reorientation of the cell axis induced by cyclic stretching is an early response to mechanical forces in vitro. However, quantitative assay for this phenomenon has been difficult due to lack of robust methods. We hypothesized that cell orientation may be redefined by the orientation of actin fibers. We developed image ... |
It is important to have a wide perspective to provide appropriate medical care for the oldest-old individuals. In terms of daily clinical practice, polypharmacy is an important factor that affects cognitive decline in older adults. The neuropathologic changes of dementia in the oldest-old individuals are associated wit... |
We report an electrocatalyst, Co bases (metallic Co and Co(OH)2) with fluoride-incorporated CoO coating on the surface of (CoO-F/Co), was synthesized by the electro-deposition method. The porous network architecture of CoO-F/Co on the glassy carbon electrode exhibited an ultra-low overpotential of 15 mV, achieving the ... |
We present a sampling-based motion planner that improves the performance of the probabilistically optimal RRT* planning algorithm. Experiments demonstrate that our planner finds a fast initial path and decreases the cost of this path iteratively. We identify and address the limitations of RRT* in high-dimensional confi... |
The rapidly changing world does not provide a man with a sense of stability; he intensifies confusion in fundamental matters related to everyday life. Evolving in directions that are difficult to predict, this is not conducive to the process of maturing into a responsible experience of humanity. Various “religious” org... |
Abstract This randomized pilot study aimed to determine whether a single session of psychoeducation improved mental health outcomes, attitudes toward treatment, and service engagement among urban, impoverished, culturally diverse, trauma-exposed adults. Sixty-seven individuals were randomly assigned to a single-session... |
A rapid (30-min) semiautomated continuous-flow procedure is described for use in assessing the phospholipids of the particulate ("lamellar body") fraction of human amniotic fluid. The method is based on measuring the difference in fluorescence of 1,6,-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene added to amniotic fluid before and after m... |
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