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In this article we derive a closed form expression for the incompatibility condition in multi-parameter quantum metrology when the reference states are Fermionic Gaussian states. Together with the quantum Fisher information, the knowledge of the compatibility condition provides a way of designing optimal measurement st... |
While face recognition technology has made significant progress in recent years, practical pose invariant face recognition remains a challenge. This paper describes a reference-based framework for solving this problem. The similarity between a face image and a set of reference individuals defines the reference-based de... |
Based on 40Ar-39Ar results of hornblendes and biotites and fission track dating results of apatites separated from the same rock samples, cooling history of rocks from Dabie orogen is discussed. Rocks from both Southern Dabie Terrain (SDT) and Northern Dabie Terrain (NDT) have an early fast cooling followed by a more r... |
The dynamics of molecular chains of hydrogen-bonded p-nitroaniline (pNA), confined in the one-dimensional pore system of AlPO4-5, was studied by broadband dielectric spectroscopy (10−2–106 Hz). Two relaxation processes were observed. A fast process (the α process) shows above 72 °C a Vogel–Fulcher–Tammann behavior typi... |
The quality of governance crucially affects corporate outcomes, and may be particularly important for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) not disciplined by market competition forces. We examine the impact of board composition on the performance of companies controlled by public entities in Italy. For this purpose, we explo... |
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of interactions between memory modulatory systems on inhibitory avoidance retention in rats. Adult female Wistar rats were trained and tested in a step-down inhibitory avoidance task (0.3 mA footshock). The training–test interval was 24 h. The animals received an intrap... |
Theoretical and experimental analyses of second-harmonic generation (SHG) with a high-index-clad waveguide are reported. It was found that confinement of the propagation modes and the overlap between the fields of fundamental and second-harmonic waves could be increased in this waveguide. This structure was achieved in... |
MOTIVATION |
Microarrays are increasingly used in cancer research. When gene transcription data from microarray experiments also contains patient survival information, it is often of interest to predict the survival times based on the gene expression. In this paper we consider the well-known proportional hazard (PH) regression mode... |
RESULTS |
For a given vector of response values which are survival times and p gene expressions (covariates) we examine the problem of how to predict the survival probabilities, when N << p. The approach taken to cope with the high dimensionality is to reduce the dimension using partial least squares with the response variable a... |
We conducted a study of the acceptability and feasibility of a web application which was designed to empower people living with HIV to manage their daily antiretroviral therapies. The application (VIH-TAVIE) consists of four interactive computer sessions with a virtual nurse who guides the user through a learning proce... |
INTRODUCTION |
Udenafil is a potent selective phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor newly developed for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). |
AIM |
This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of udenafil therapy in patients with ED. |
METHODS |
In this multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose, parallel-group phase III trial, 167 patients with ED of diverse origin and severity were randomized to take placebo or udenafil at fixed doses of 100 or 200 mg as needed for 12 weeks. |
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES |
Primary efficacy variable was change from baseline in erectile function (EF) domain scores of the International Index of Erectile Dysfunction (IIEF) questionnaire. Secondary efficacy variables include change from baseline in scores on the IIEF Questions 3 and 4 (IIEF Q3 and Q4), change from baseline in all domain score... |
RESULTS |
After 12 weeks of treatment, the patients treated with udenafil showed significantly greater change from baseline in the IIEF-EF domain score compared with placebo (placebo, 0.20; 100-mg udenafil, 7.52; and 200-mg udenafil, 9.93, respectively) (P < 0.0001). Compared with placebo, udenafil significantly enhanced the rat... |
CONCLUSIONS |
Udenafil is an effective and well-tolerated therapy for ED of broad-spectrum etiology and severity.The metavirome of a hypersaline environment. |
Hypersaline environments harbour the highest number of virus-like particles reported for planktonic systems. However, very little is known about the genomic diversity of these virus assemblages since most of the knowledge on halophages is based on the analysis of a few isolates infecting strains of hyperhalophilic Arch... |
The metabolic pathways of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and polyphosphate in the microorganism Alcaligenes eutrophus H16 were studied by 1H, 13C, and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and by conventional analytical techniques. A. eutrophus cells accumulated two storage polymers of PHB and polyphosphate ... |
The mechanical properties of Al-Zn-Mg aluminum alloy were improved by deformation strengthening and transformations strengthening adopting thermomechanical treatment, whose process are solution treatment, preageing treatment, deformation treatment and ageing treatment in turn. The paper focuses on the influences of def... |
Abstract Research on the representation of emotion in human memory has focused on the ways in which words that label an emotion (e.g., love, joy) or represent emotional components (e.g., death, butterfly) are learned, stored, and retrieved from memory. The current work reviews the ways in which these types of words hav... |
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) can influence local brain perfusion, possibly via direct relationships with the microvascular bed. To evaluate this possibility, the authors quantitatively analyzed by light and electron microscopy the morphological associations between immunostained NPY neuronal elements and intraparenchymal micro... |
Network processors (NP), originally developed for applications in high-end network routers, have a great potential as building blocks for a high-speed networked data acquisition (DAQ)-Trigger system. After an introduction to NP, we will present several applications which illustrate their power in coping with high event... |
S 01 the 11th World Congress of ISAO / xxth Congress 01 ESAO Amsterdam, July 4-8, 1993 427 ALPHA-AMINO OLEIC ACID(AOA) AS AN ANTIMINERALIZATION TREATMENT IN NON STBNTBD AORTIC ROOT BIOPROSTHBSIS. M.W.Torrianni. M.S., Dave Myers, M.A.,Medtrooic Inc. Irvine, CA; N. Girardot, Ph.D. & J.M. Girardot, Ph. D., Biomedical Desi... |
PRAF proteins are present in all plants, but their functions remain unclear. We investigated the role of one member of the PRAF family, MtZR1, on the development of roots and nitrogen-fixing nodules in Medicago truncatula. We found that MtZR1 was expressed in all M. truncatula organs. Spatiotemporal analysis showed tha... |
Mistletoes of the Loranthaceae and Viscaceae are hemiparasitic plants and their preparations in the form of injectable extracts, infusions, tinctures, fluid extracts or tea bags are widely used in various cultures in almost every continent to treat or manage various health problems including hypertension, diabetes mell... |
Early in 1869, when the flags of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay were unfurled from the turrets of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, an end to the horrors of the Paraguayan War was at last in sight. The conflict between Paraguay on the one hand, and Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay on the other, had raged for five years, s... |
Abstract Diagnostic markers that discriminate between two classes, such as healthy and diseased subjects in medical diagnostics, are useful in virtually all fields of applied research. ROC curve analysis is widely used in order to establish the utility of novel diagnostic markers (the single marker case) or for the com... |
We have investigated two models of virally-induced autoimmune myocarditis in mice using widely different infectious agents. Infection of susceptible BALB/c mice with either Coxsackievirus or murine cytomegalovirus results in the development of acute myocarditis from day 7-14 after infection, and chronic myocarditis fro... |
The fall 2016 drought in the southeastern United States (SE U.S.) appeared exceptional based on its widespread impacts, but the current monitoring framework that only extends from 1979 to present does not readily facilitate evaluation of soil‐moisture anomalies in a centennial context. A new method to extend monthly gr... |
The perilipin family of lipid droplet proteins consists of five members. The most recently discovered protein, perilipin 5, also referred to as OXPAT, is primarily found in oxidative tissue and is believed to participate in lipid storage and trafficking within cells. While the protein structures of other proteins in th... |
PURPOSE |
To evaluate the usefulness of the high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) visual score in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and its correlation with respiratory function tests. |
MATERIAL AND METHODS |
We studied the pulmonary function tests and HRCT scans of 42 IPF patients, at presentation (T0) and follow-up (T1: mean 13.7 months post-diagnosis). Of the 42 patients, 21 had been treated with steroid and immunosuppresion therapy. The pulmonary function tests considered were vital capacity (VC), diffusion lung capacit... |
RESULTS |
Between T0 and T1, both mean HRCT score (from 43.57% to 50.64%) and lung function tests worsened (VC from 68.43% to 64.18%; D(L)CO from 36.31% to 28.97%; PaO(2) from 76.31 to 68.89 mmHg), without considerable differences between treated and untreated patients. At presentation (T0), the HRCT visual score had a significa... |
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS |
IPF exhibited a progressive deterioration both in HRCT extent of disease and lung function impairment. There is a significant correlation between HRCT visual score and lung function tests both at diagnosis and at follow-up. The HRCT study is able to identify and quantify anatomic IPF and also to evaluate the progressio... |
While trading is hazardous to most individual investors’ wealth, some investors with well-functioning informational networks may be able to turn a profit. Indeed, data from the Chinese stock market show that wealthy investors with portfolio values above the 99.5th percentile (“super” investors) benefit from trading. Su... |
The kinetic-thermodynamic switching point of a multistep process, whose reaction mechanism has been elucidated by DFT calculations, can be calculated by means of an efficient model based on the Network Simulation Method (NSM). This method can solve, fast and effectively, a difficult system of differential equations der... |
This paper discusses 3D visualization and interactive exploration of large relational data sets through the integration of several well-chosen multidimensional data visualization techniques and for the purpose of visual data mining and exploratory data analysis. The basic idea is to combine the techniques of grand tour... |
Research Findings: This article is about computer use in 3 Swedish preschools with a specific focus on the preschool teacher's way of managing this use. Data were collected in 3 preschools serving children from 3 to 5 years of age. The data consisted of approximately 13 hr of video-documented observations and interview... |
Over the past decade and a half, considerable work has been done on distributive justice. However, it is somewhat surprising that philosophers have paid little attention to distribution theory in economics. The latter explains how and why people earn what they do in a market economy. On the face of it, it seems that th... |
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