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ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic is a global, collective, traumatic experience. Trauma-aware museum educators can play a therapeutic role in helping visitors reengage with life as the world reopens. This article explores the dynamics of what a trauma-aware approach to engaging with art may be, specifically detailing meth... |
We describe the full temporal and spatial characterization of polarization-entangled photons produced by Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversions using an intensified high-speed optical camera, Tpx3Cam. This novel technique allows for precise determination of Bell inequality parameters and for new characterization metho... |
A Heavy Met that is 95% tungsten, 3% nickel and 2% iron and sintered to 100% density and is Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) compatible is proposed for use as the X-ray slit in the Front End Enclosure and the Fixed Mask for the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). The Heavy Met was tested in the LLNL Vacuum Sciences and Engineer... |
Crowdsourcing Software Development (CSD) has existed and developed for many years. Over the years, CSD has made new progress and changes. The original intention of CSD is to reduce the cost of software development. However, the crowdsourcing approach encountered difficulties in software development, so it turned to sof... |
Condition-based maintenance (CBM) is proved to be effective in reducing the long-run operational cost for a system subject to degradation failure. Most existing research on CBM focuses on single-unit systems where the whole system is treated as a black box. However, a system usually consists of a number of components a... |
Background: Subclavian steal syndrome (SSS) is quite rare; the prevalence is estimated to be between 0.6%–6%. As much as 80% of patients may present as asymptomatic. It is important to diagnose SSS promptly, as further management including vascular surgical treatment may be planned early on. Carotid Doppler (CD) ultras... |
We evaluated the effect of fibronectin (an adhesive protein) and aprotinin (a protease inhibitor) as single or combined topical therapies for primary healing and prevention of recurrent corneal epithelial defects in the rabbit keratectomy wound model. The biological activity of the prepared solutions of rabbit plasma f... |
The audio system requires a large amount of power to transmit sound energy to all areas both inside and outside the room. Sound waves can propagate in the air and undergo great absorption in their propagation. Often people or audiences only exist in areas with a certain distance and direction, so much of the sound ener... |
Data compression is long studied and well researched discipline. Many useful techniques for data compression already exist. The paper presents a novel data compression technique; which, out performs, well established techniques, (i.e., Huffman, Run Length or LZ78 coding techniques) in terms of compression efficiency. U... |
The synthesis of controllers with robust performance is addressed. Tracking specifications are defined by a family of reference models describing the desired frequency response. The synthesis problem is then formulated as a set inclusion problem in the frequency domain. It is shown that the problem can be cast as a con... |
The length of the molten zone determines the length of pulled optical fibre tips. Tips produced by laser or filament heating are rather lengthy. By using a foil heater the taper length can be shortened and cone angles in the order of 30° can reproducibly be obtained. For varying the drawing force there is an optimum te... |
This article is intended for students of science education, science teachers and observers of science education. The article aims to discuss about authentic assessment in science teaching in schools. In addition, this article is associated with the implementation of the curriculum of 2013 in schools. Aspects reviewed i... |
oping a coherent and effective school policy in which teachers (and parents) genuinely share ideas and collaborative practice through team preparation and team teaching. His emphasis is not only on the more able learners but on generating a school approach which creates opportunities for all learners to function at per... |
A fusion algorithm based on multi SVM classifiers is presented in order to improve the performance of SVMs (support vector machines). Different SVM classifiers are trained with special instances. A gradual method based on distance estimation is utilized to combine different SVM classifiers into a sole learner. Instance... |
OBJECTIVE |
To estimate rates of completion of CD4+ lymphocyte testing (CD4 testing) within 12 weeks of testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) at a large HIV/AIDS clinic in South Africa, and to identify clinical and demographic predictors for completion. |
METHODS |
In our study, CD4 testing was considered complete once a patient had retrieved the test results. To determine the rate of CD4 testing completion, we reviewed the records of all clinic patients who tested positive for HIV between January 2008 and February 2009. We identified predictors for completion through multivariat... |
FINDINGS |
Of the 416 patients who tested positive for HIV, 84.6% initiated CD4 testing within the study timeframe. Of these patients, 54.3% were immediately eligible for antiretroviral therapy (ART) because of a CD4 cell count ≤ 200/µl, but only 51.3% of the patients in this category completed CD4 testing within 12 weeks of HIV ... |
CONCLUSION |
Patient losses between HIV testing, baseline CD4 cell count and the start of care and ART are high. As a result, many patients receive ART too late. Health information systems that link testing programmes with care and treatment programmes are needed.Genetic Variation and Relatedness of Juvenile Red Snapper Sampled fro... |
Abstract We studied genetic variation and genetic relatedness among young-of-the-year (age-0) Gulf of Mexico red snapper Lutjanus campechanus sampled as bycatch in two separate shrimp trawl tows offshore of Galveston, Texas, and in a reference (control) group composed of multiple samples from within the same geographic... |
Maximum likelihood estimates of parameters in continuous time Markov chains are obtained when the observation plan is Poisson sampling. Furthermore, for birth and death processes, variance-covariance matrix of parameters is obtained. Especially, for queueing model M/M/I, the variance·covariance matrix by Poisson sampli... |
In the diagnosis of human brucellosis, PCR could be a more sensitive technique than blood cultures and more specific than conventional serological tests. We compared three different PCR methods for the detection of Brucella spp. and we studied whether human genomic DNA affect the sensitivity of three primer pairs for t... |
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Radical trachelectomy (RT) has been reported for almost 20 years. This case report describes and addresses the issue of the clinical management of early-missed abortion in a patient after RT with a cerclage. |
CASE |
A 35-year-old woman who had a RT 2 years ago due to cervical carcinoma stage IB1 presented with a missed abortion of an 8-week gestational age. At the end of the RT, a cerclage suture was inserted in the remaining internal oss of the cervix. The patient went through a cervical dilatation followed by suction curettage g... |
Thirty-three patients complaining of a burning mouth were investigated for deficiencies which might cause the symptoms. No deficiencies could be demonstrated. They were also questioned on their state of mind in the preceding period and their daily intake of medicine. More than half described their state of mind as norm... |
Oscillating chemiluminescence (CL) was reported for the first time about 30 years ago. Since then several systems based on addition of a chemiluminescent reagent to a known oscillator system or based on the light emitting features of one component of the oscillating system, have been described. This information, scatte... |
This is a retrospective longitudinal follow-up study of 25 HIV/HCV positive cirrhotic patients not responding to peg-IFN plus ribavirin, and 25 untreated controls matched for age (+/-5 years), gender and Child-Pugh score. The primary endpoint of the study was the incidence of cirrhosis progression (CP) defined as the o... |
Introduction: The cataloging of craters on Enceladus will be a useful tool in the further study of this enigmatic moon. Enceladus has a unique history in that there is little potential for tidal heating and little radiogenic heating, yet there is much geologic activity [1]. Craters are a very important tool in decipher... |
For any HCI system, it would be a great advantage if it was aware of the attentional state of its user: Is he or she paying attention to external stimuli provided by the user's environment or is the user focusing his or her attention on internal mental tasks? In this paper, we propose a model for the discrimination of ... |
Models of metabolic regulation show how the stability of specific components is maintained within a varying environment. A fundamental characteristic of many biological control networksis the capacity to maintain the concentration of a particular component at steady state within a narrow range despite variations in the... |
In the cutting mapping research, B+ tree algorithm was used based on the idea of edge detection in cutting mapping and drawing in advance. This algorithm excavates geometry information of object outline and makes the triangle slice choice according to the crossing information between dot and line, and present cutting s... |
Commercial lipase, glycerol kinase (GK), glycerol-3-phosphate oxidase (GPO) and peroxidase (POD) have been co-immobilized covalently on to arylamine glass beads affixed on a plastic strip through diazotization with a conjugation yield of 89.1 mg/g support and 64.1% retention of specific activity. The co-immobilized enz... |
Nondialyzable glucose−lysine (Glu−Lys) and fructose−lysine (Fru−Lys) Maillard reaction products (MRPs) were synthesized by reacting 0.8 M l-lysine with 0.8M d-glucose or 0.8 M d-fructose using 14 different combinations of reaction time, temperature, initial pH, and initial water activity. The extent of browning in each... |
A method has been developed for preparing essentially pure primary cultures of neurons from 10-12 week old fetal human brain. This method is based on the 1) capacity of neurons to form multicellular aggregates, 2) cultivation in chemically defined medium, and 3) treatment with cytosine arabinoside as antimitotic agent.... |
The decision of the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) is the result of the assessment of the Commission Council read out in an open session to the public regarding whether a violation has occurred and the imposition of sanctions or the absence of a violation. The formulation of the KPPU's decision cons... |
Millions of Americans suffer hearing loss resulting in immense social and economic consequences. Hearing loss is merely a symptom or sign and the evaluation and management of afflicted individuals requires a thorough knowledge of etiologic factors and understanding of the underlying pathophysiology. Hearing loss is eit... |
Study Objectives: To compare the efficacy of two different types of Heat and Moisture Exchangers (HME filters) in reducing transmission of infection from the patient to ventilator and vice versa and also its cost effectiveness. Design: Randomized, controlled, double blind, prospective study. Patients and Methods: 60 pa... |
We have synthesized by the hydrophobic effect a new hybrid polymer material (HP) composed of segments of different solubility: polystyrene (hydrophobic) and sodium metaphosphate (hydrophilic). The structure and thermal stability of these hybrid materials were investigated and compared to the starting materials using X-... |
We present what is believed to be the first microstructured polymer optical fiber (mPOF) fabricated from Topas cyclic olefin copolymer, which has attractive material and biochemical properties. This polymer allows for a novel type of fiber-optic biosensor, where localized sensor layers may be activated on the inner sid... |
The assembly of any product or machine is highly complex. The order of sequence affects the make span time of assembly and thus the throughput. Which part should come in what order and what tasks will be performed together, how many work stations are required etc. are very crucial in obtaining the optimal line. The num... |
Some of appropriate 7-alkyl-8-piperazine derivatives of 3-methylxanthine were tested for their effect oncirculatory system, protection against adrenaline-, strophanthin-, and calcium chloride-induced arrhythmias, as wellascatecholamine metabolism in the heart of experimental animals. The most prominent antiarrhythmicac... |
Exact closed-form performance metrics for mixed free-space optical/radio frequency (FSO/RF) communication systems are not available in the literature. This paper presents novel results for the performance analysis of a dual-hop FSO/RF transmission system where the FSO link is modeled by the Gamma-Gamma distribution wit... |
There has been much controversy in the scientific literature and lay press about the potential for increased relative risks (RRs) of venous thromboembolism associated with certain contraceptives over others. This commentary reviews the conflicting data on drospirenone's relative venous and arterial risks and summarizes... |
Objectives The objective of this study was to record the oral health of professional football players of 3 different football teams and reveal its relation with their overall health and performance. Methods Three (3) different football teams players were examined during the period 2012–2016. The examination of their or... |
This study aimed to determine the usefulness of a combination of 3 immunohistochemical markers, 34/betaE12, p63 and alpha-methylacyl coenzyme A racemase (AMACR), for the diagnosis of prostate cancer using tissue microarrays (TMAs) constructed from 91 archival radical prostatectomy specimens derived from the Pathology D... |
Organizing legislative texts into a hierarchy of legal topics enhances the access to legislation. Manually placing every part of new legislative texts in the correct place of the hierarchy, however, is expensive and slow, and therefore naturally calls for automation. In this paper, we assess the ability of machine lear... |
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