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A fully synthetic four-component antitumor vaccine consisting of a mucin glycopeptide antigen combined with three different T-helper-cell epitopes.
In a new concept of fully synthetic vaccines, the role of T-helper cells is emphasized. Here, a synthetic antitumor vaccine consisting of a diglycosylated tumor-associated... |
The effect of intra-articular gadolinium-DTPA on synovial membrane and cartilage.
This investigation evaluated the potential effect of gadolinium (Gd)-DTPA-dimeglumine on synovial membrane and joint cartilage, using macroscopic, microscopic, and x-ray fluorescent spectroscopic techniques. Thirteen New Zealand white ra... |
A new age or just the same old cycle of extirpation? Massacre and the 1798 Irish rebellion
Although the 1798 rebellion seldom figures prominently in histories of the Revolutionary Wars, it was probably the bloodiest political upheaval to occur in Ireland between the 1640s and the 1910s. The rebellion was largely inspi... |
Voice onset time versus articulatory modeling for stop consonants
Abstract Voice onset time (VOT) was developed as a parameter for the pattern-playback speech synthesizer developed approximately 50 years ago, in order to generate the acoustic effects of voiced-unvoiced differences in English stop consonants. However, ... |
Elucidating Comminution Steps to Enhance the Value of Surimi from Tropical Fish
Biochemical and rheological properties of surimi were examined based on: (a) salting time (from 18 to 3 min) while maintaining 21 min for total chopping time; and (b) total chopping time (from 6 to 21 min) while salting during the final 3 ... |
A 10GHz Reconfigurable UWB LNA in 130nm CMOS
A 10 GHz reconfigurable CMOS LNA for UWB receiver is presented. The LNA is fabricated with the 0.13 mum standard CMOS process. Measurement of the chip is performed on a ADS simulator. In the UWB low-band (3 to 5.15 GHz), the broadband LNA exhibit a gain of 17.5-18.2 dB, noi... |
SHM With Low-Cost, Low-Energy, and Low-Rate IoT Devices: Reducing Transmission Burden With Compressive Sensing
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is a process aimed at studying variations in the expected behavior of a structure in order to locate damage, material deterioration and other abnormalities. To this aim, SHM... |
Regeneration of Articular Cartilage Surface: Morphogens, Cells, and Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds.
The articular cartilage is a well-organized tissue for smooth and friction-free joint movement for locomotion in animals and humans. Adult articular cartilage has a very low self-regeneration capacity due to its avascul... |
One year of court referrals to Tayside Area Forensic Psychiatry Service: A retrospective audit
This study seeks to describe the demographic details, offence details, and psychiatric details and outcomes of individuals referred for court reports to the Tayside Area Forensic Psychiatry Service between January 1, 2001 an... |
Abstract LB301: Molecular pharmacology and broad synergy of the novel ATR inhibitor M1774 with DNA damaging anticancer agents
Ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related (ATR) checkpoint kinase orchestrates DNA damage response and repair pathways stimulated by replicative stresses. Recent studies have established that ph... |
An inverse problem for Schrödinger equations with discontinuous main coefficient
This article concerns the inverse problem of retrieving a stationary potential for the Schrödinger evolution equation in a bounded domain of ℝ N with Dirichlet data and discontinuous principal coefficient a(x) from a single time-dependent... |
Delegation in Hard Times: The Financial Management of Arm's Length Bodies in the UK
This paper explores the effectiveness of financial management tools in regulating the use of resources by arm’s length bodies (ALBs) in a period of fiscal stress. The paper presents research undertaken into the implementation of a new ... |
Frailty and Sarcopenia: Impact on Outcomes Following Elective Degenerative Lumbar Spine Surgery
Study Design. This is a retrospective review of prospectively collected data. Objective. The aim was to evaluate the impact of frailty and sarcopenia on outcomes after lumbar spine surgery. Summary of Background Data. Elder... |
Effect of Obesity on Sympathovagal Activities in Hypertensive Indian Population.
Decreased physical activity, increased psychosocial stress and work stress have contributed to the increased prevalence of obesity and Hypertension (HTN). Irrespective of the aetiology, sympathetic over activity has been recognized as the... |
Spinning Reserve Constrained Static and Dynamic Economic Dispatch
One of the recurring problems facing energy control center dispatchers each day is how to operate the system during the periods of high load pickup, such that there is sufflcient generation to follow the load pickup, while still maintaining reasonable r... |
Reproducing inequity: the role of race in the business school faculty search
ABSTRACT Despite an increase in students of colour in higher education, a concomitant rise in faculty diversity is not evident. The present research focuses on faculty composition in business schools, which prepare students to lead across wor... |
Hierarchical Design of Distributed Fault Tolerant Control Systems
This work deals with the description of a design procedure for hierarchical fault tolerant control (FTC) of large, distributed system. Following a functional perspective, a procedure for the modular design of the diagnostic and reconfiguration algorithm... |
Synthesis of benzobisoxazole-based D-π-A-π-D organic chromophores with variable optical and electronic properties
A series of symmetrical D-π-A-π-D molecules comprised of benzo[1,2-d;4,5-d']bisoxazole (BBO) and various arylenevinylenes was synthesized via a Knoevenagel condensation of 2,6-dimethyl BBO and the correspo... |
Bending Bearing Capacity of Steel Tubular Columns Filled with Steel-Reinforced High-Strength Concrete
Steel tubular column filled with steel-reinforced high-strength concrete (STSRHC) has higher bearing capacity and seismic performance, so STSRHC has a good application prospect in Engineering. So far, it is in the sta... |
Two-state pattern-recognition handoffs for corner-turning situations
Handoff algorithms are used in wireless cellular systems to decide when and to which base station to handoff. Traditional handoff algorithms generally cannot keep both the average number of unnecessary handoffs and the handoff decision delay low. The... |
Childhood stress, behavioural symptoms and mother-daughter pubertal development.
Belsky, Steinberg and Draper (Child Development 1991, 62, 647-670) predicted that early childhood stress or conflict in the family environment would be associated with childhood behavioural symptoms, early puberty and early, less discrimi... |
A Potential New Chalcopyrite Reference Material for LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS Copper Isotope Ratio Measurement
A new natural chalcopyrite reference material TC1725 is prepared for in situ Cu isotope measurement by femtosecond laser ablation multi‐collector inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry (fsLA‐MC‐ICP‐MS). Detailed tex... |
Nonlinear Deposition: a New Approach
We introduce a new method for dealing with nonlinear stochastic systems. The method is based on a direct solution of coupled nonlinear integral equations for the static structure factor and the characteristic frequency. As an example we apply the new technique in its lowest order t... |
Tailoring Mechanical Properties of a-C:H:Cr Coatings
The development of coatings with tunable performances is critical to meet a wide range of technological applications each one with different requirements. Using the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process, scientists can create hydrogenated amorpho... |
The synergistic ratio of carbaryl with piperonyl butoxide as an indicator of the distribution of multifunction oxidases in the insecta.
The synergistic ratio of carbaryl with piperonyl butoxide has been evaluated from LD50values with 54 species of insects from 8 orders and 37 families. The topical LD50 for carbaryl in... |
Chronic tendon pain: no signs of chemical inflammation but high concentrations of the neurotransmitter glutamate. Implications for treatment?
Chronic musculo-tendinous pain syndromes are relatively common and associated with very high socio-economic costs. Their aetiology and pathogenesis are still unknown. In the ath... |
A compact, low-power 40 Gbit/s differential laser driver in SiGe BiCMOS technology
A differential laser driver for 40 Gbit/s optical communications delivering a 10 mA current swing to a laser modeled as a 50 Ω resistance in parallel to a 100 fF capacitance is presented. The circuit employs multiple frequency compensat... |
[Pericardial effusion and aortitis: unusual main manifestations of giant cell arteritis].
Giant cell arteritis is a systemic vasculitis with segmentary vascular localisation, usually manifesting as temporal arteritis (Horton's disease). The predominant localisation in different vascular districts leads to clinical het... |
Spillover Effects of stock markets volatility, and Financial Contagion: Evidence from European sovereign debt crisis
This study investigates the impact of sovereign rating announcements on stock market volatility and spillover effects. We focus on the main known fragile European countries of the past few years: Portug... |
Application of a novel thermostable NAD(P)H oxidase from hyperthermophilic archaeon for the regeneration of both NAD+ and NADP+
A novel thermostable NAD(P)H oxidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis KOD1 (TkNOX) catalyzes oxidation of NADH and NADPH with oxygen from atmospheric air as an el... |
Asymmetric Dimers of Chiral Azobenzene Dopants Exhibiting Unusual Helical Twisting Power upon Photoswitching in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals.
In this study, we synthesized asymmetric dimeric chiral molecules as photon-mode chiral switches for reversible tuning of self-assembled helical superstructures. The chiral switc... |
Molecular cytogenetic characterization of a constitutional, highly complex intrachromosomal rearrangement of chromosome 1, with 14 breakpoints and a 0.5 Mb submicroscopic deletion
Complex chromosome rearrangements (CCR) have been considered to be very rare, however, recent studies suggest that they might be considerab... |
Physician supply and medical education in California. A comparison with national trends.
Concerns have been voiced about an impending oversupply of physicians in the United States. Do these concerns also apply to California, a state with many unique demographic characteristics? We examined trends in physician supply a... |
[Bullying: Prevention and intervention strategies].
Bullying can be defined as when one (or more) individual engages in aggressive behaviour against another individual who seem to be unable to defend himself. This action is intentional and persistent and creates great distress and fear. There are not specific statisti... |
Supporting user interaction of social network mobile application with multimodal interaction
Developing commercial multimodal interfaces to date has been accommodation of the practical aspect of usability of the application. The advent of advanced mobile devices in combination with new interaction modalities and metho... |
Dynamics and Coarsening of Interfaces for the Viscous Cahn—Hilliard Equation in One Spatial Dimension
In one spatial dimension, the metastable dynamics and coarsening process of an n‐layer pattern of internal layers is studied for the Cahn–Hilliard equation, the viscous Cahn–Hilliard equation, and the constrained Alle... |
Constraints and Negotiation Processes in a Women's Recreational Sport Group
Abstract Although research has found that people prefer to participate in recreation with others, work examining constraints to participation have primarily taken an individual perspective. Thus, this study examined constraints and negotiation... |
Impacts of Chemical Beauty
Cosmetics are the group of products, including sun-cream, moisturizers, powders, perfumes, lipsticks, nail polishes, hair colors, shampoo, deodorants, baby products, and others. The use of cosmetic products is increasing day by day throughout the world. Both men and women are using cosmetics... |
Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans from pigeon droppings collected throughout Turkey.
The six hundred and thirty-four samples of pigeon droppings were collected throughout Turkey, from 54 of 80 provinces. Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated from 29 (4.6%, overall) of 634 samples and 29 isolates were... |
Controlled Release of Mangiferin Using Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Matrix for Antioxidant Packaging
This study investigated the use of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) matrix in controlled release packaging. Mangiferin, having high antioxidant activity, was incorporated into the EVA matrix with different vinyl acetate (VA) con... |
The understanding and experience of falls among community-dwelling adults aged 50 and over living with mental illness: A qualitative study
Abstract Objectives Compared to the general older population, older adults living with mental illness are at greater risk of falling and these risks can be present from middle age.... |
Is supply chain finance an antidote to SMEs in the economic crisis? - A qualitative inquiry
PurposeThis exploratory study aims to explore the operational and financial constraints faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper highlights the role of supply chain finance (... |
Trend in cases of gestational and congenital syphilis in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2009-2019: an ecological study.
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the trend of notifications of gestational and congenital syphilis in Minas Gerais, Brazil, from 2009 to 2019.
METHODS
This was an ecological time series study which took the state of Mi... |
Application of faecal metabonomics on an experimental model of tubulointerstitial fibrosis by ultra performance liquid chromatography/high-sensitivity mass spectrometry with MSE data collection technique
Chronic renal failure (CRF) is a major challenge for the public healthcare problem. A novel UPLC Q-TOF/MS method wi... |
Multimedia Transmission over Optic, DSL and PLC Systems
This work presents an analysis based on an multimedia transmission generated on optical fiber backbone and two combined access technologies, PLC (Power Line Communications) and ADSL2+ (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), called of pDSL. This paper points a case ... |
Data, information, knowledge, understanding: computing up the meaning hierarchy
This paper discusses computational approaches to computing meaning, arguing that the following four steps are necessary intermediates between the appearance of words in natural language, in whatever medium, and the meaning we want to compu... |
A novel dimensioning method for high throughput satellite design
This work describes a novel methodology for the dimensioning of a Ka-Band high throughput satellite (HTS) for broadband communications. The method is based on the optimization of performance for a forward link, as a function of a set of input criteria an... |
Apes Unlike Us: Human-Ingroup Protection Against Encroaching Simianity in UK Newspapers
We often pigeonhole our surroundings into dualistic categories. This capacity to function as reductionists may help us problem-solve when pressed in terms of survival or reproduction. Alternatively, binary categories may be reflec... |
Application of Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Models for Assessing Drug Disposition in Space
Exposure to weightlessness induces physiologic changes that may lead to pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic alterations of drugs administered to crew members in flight. Preliminary data from flight and ground‐based stud... |
Single-Channel Recording of Ligand-Gated Ion Channels.
Single-channel recordings reveal the microscopic properties of individual ligand-gated ion channels. Such recordings contain much more information than measurements of ensemble behavior and can yield structural and functional information about the receptors that p... |
Conversion of biomass hydrolysates and other substrates to ethanol and other chemicals by Lactobacillus buchneri *
Aims: A Lactobacillus buchneri strain NRRL B‐30929 can convert xylose and glucose into ethanol and chemicals. The aims of the study were to survey three strains (NRRL B‐30929, NRRL 1837 and DSM 5987) for... |
Evaluation of Interventions for Individuals with Special Needs After an Earthquake: Teacher Perspective
Türkiye is in a geography where many large and small-scale earthquakes occur due to its location in the earthquake zone. The Kahramanmaraş earthquake on February 6, 2023, and the Hatay earthquake on February 20, 202... |
Analysis of differences in opinion and perception between home and apartment users based on residential satisfaction
This study analyzed the differences of opinion about architectural characteristics and perception of satisfaction with housing among Brazilian users who live in houses and apartments. Through a question... |
Optimal Taxation in a Limited Commitment Economy
This paper studies optimal Ramsey taxation when risk sharing in private insurance markets is imperfect due to limited enforcement. In a limited commitment economy, there are externalities associated with capital and labor because individuals do not take into account tha... |
Trilattice-Based Access Control Models: How to Secure Current Computer Network Mikhail
Designing security, from the hardware level, is essential to ensure the integrity of the intelligent cyberphysical infrastructure that is the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). If intelligent cyber-physical infrastructure fails t... |
Experiencing breast cancer in the context of mental illness in New Zealand
ABSTRACT This study aimed to explore the experiences of women with mental illness who had also experienced breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, in particular, to identify barriers and facilitators to cancer treatment. Semi-structured intervie... |
Designing External Aids That Support Older Pilots' Communication
Voice communication with air traffic control (ATC) taxes pilots' cognitive abilities, contributing to errors that reduce safety. External aids such as note-taking help pilots manage communication demands, and may especially benefit older pilots. Emerging... |
Atrial pressure gradients in isolated secundum atrial septal defect and partial anomalous pulmonary venous return.
The left and right atrial pressures were studied with highly amplified withdrawal pressure tracings in 57 patients: 44 with isolated secundum atrial septal defect (ASD), eight with partial anomalous pulmo... |
Development of a track in global and humanitarian health for neurology residents
Neurology trainee interest in global health is rapidly increasing, but few neurology residency programs have formal opportunities for residents to pursue training in global health.1 Residents who participate in rotations abroad are at tim... |
Computational Tool for Estimating Pumped Hydropower Generation a MATLAB GUI
This research aims to create a user-friendly Matlab Graphic User Interface (GUI) platform that can be used to design a Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity (PHS). The research highlights these systems' eco-friendly and effective nature, which are c... |
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AND RECOVERY OF DRUG-IMPAIRED HOST RESISTANCE AGAINST CANDIDA ALBICANS INFECTION BY OXOGLAUCINE.
The immunosuppressive action of aporphinoid alkaloid oxoglaucine was studied in experimental Candida albicans (C. albicans) infection in mice. The alkaloid augmented host resistance to pathogen applied to... |
Excretion of free and conjugated steroids in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): evidence for branchial excretion of the maturation-inducing steroid, 17,20 beta-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one.
The goal of this study was to identify excretory routes of three main steroids produced by sexually mature male and female rainbow... |
AB0027 ARE RHEUMATOID FACTORS AND ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES ASSOCIATED WITH FRAILTY IN ELDERLY TUNISIAN POPULATION?
Background: An emerging concept is the ‘frailty syndrome’, which may explain diversity in clinical outcomes in the elderly population. Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the possible associ... |
Willowbank to Zaire: The Doing of Theology
he Congress on World Evangelism at Lausanne in 1974 introduced many evangelicals to the concept of contextualization. The T Willowbank Consultation on the Gospel and Culture (1978) provided a giant step forward in examining its multi-faceted dimensions. It was my privilege to... |
The Bacterial Degradation of Lignin—A Review
Microbial degradation of lignin, a natural complex biopolymer, a renewable raw material with a wide range of applications, has been mainly directed at fungal systems, nevertheless, recent studies have proposed the bacterial role in lignin degradation and modification since ... |
Inequality, geographic situation, and meanings of action in the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.
This Essay reflects on how socio-spatial inequalities and geographic situations condition the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, as well as actions to deal with the pandemic, with arguments backed by the literature. Socio-spatial in... |
Mohists and Daoists on the Attitude of the Creator towards Creations: Love vs. Freedom
This article describes two types of relationship between the first cause of the universe and its creation in ancient Chinese philosophy – the Mohist and Daoist proper. Mohists describe the relationship between the personal supreme d... |
Reflection: Behavioral Strategies to Structure and Accelerate Learning from Experience.
Engaging in and benefiting from systematic reflection may be one of the most effective strategies for leaders to foster and develop learning agility. In this chapter, we first address the question, "What do we know?" by reviewing t... |
Cross-pol InSAR coherence degradation due to wave penetration into layered, anisotropic media
We numerically study degradation in the cross-polarized, complex-valued Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) coherence's magnitude (correlation) and phase due to electromagnetic (EM) wave penetration and guidance ... |
Feasibility of Assam Bora rice starch as a compression coat of 5-fluorouracil core tablet for colorectal cancer.
The colon and rectum are the parts of digestive system of human beings. Cancer affecting either of these organs may be called colorectal cancers. Conventional cancer chemotherapy is not very effective for t... |
Enhanced Branch and Price and Cut for Vehicle Routing with Split Deliveries and Time Windows
In this paper, we study the split delivery vehicle routing problem with time windows (SDVRPTW) that is a variant of the well-known vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW), where each customer can be served by more th... |
Giant 4p-Quadrupole Resonances in the Rare Earths
X-ray absorption of Ce, obtained by partial secondary yield, is compared with previously obtained electron-energy loss measurements in reflection mode. The absence of a strong feature below 4p3/2 threshold in photon absorption provides confirmation that the peak in EEL... |
Data Augmentation Strategies for Human Activity Data Using Generative Adversarial Neural Networks
Previous studies have shown that available benchmark datasets from the field of Human Activity Recognition are of limited use for Deep Learning applications. This can be traced back to issues in the quality, the scope, as... |
Simultaneous multipoint strain measurement using cascaded long period fiber gratings
A fiber-optic strain sensor array using long period fiber gratings (LPGs) is proposed and demonstrated, in which cascaded LPGs (C-LPGs) are employed as the sensing elements and a Fourier transform technique is applied to their periodi... |
Particle swarm optimization based on an improved diversity mechanism
Particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm has shown fast and good0020search abilities in many unimoal and simple multimodal problems. However, PSO as well as other evolutionary algorithms (EAs) also suffers from the problem of premature convergence... |
Inversion of self‐potential source based on particle swarm optimization
Particle swarm optimization is widely applied in self‐potential inversion, but most of these applications are limited to simple polarized bodies like inclined sheets and spheres. In this paper, two variants of particle swarm optimization are forme... |
Research and Realization of a New Label Switch Clustering Routing Algorithm
Research on ad hoc network routing protocol for railway emergency communication problems, the popular CBRP routing protocol is chosen as the network protocol. And then, A New Label Switch Clustering Routing Algorithm(LSCRA), which combining MP... |
L51493 Sizing of Girth Weld Defects Using Focused Ultrasonic Beams Phases I and II
A large amount of inspection data was generated from the inspection of 36 weld defects included in Phases I and II of PRCI Project number PR-166-177. For convenience of reporting and because most readers till not require it, this data w... |
The Use of Non-ASCII Characters in RFCs
In order to support the internationalization of protocols and a more
diverse Internet community, the RFC Series must evolve to allow for
the use of non-ASCII characters in RFCs. While English remains the
required language of the Series, the encoding of future RFCs will be
in UTF... |
Conjunctive Representations in Contingent Planning: Prime Implicates Versus Minimal CNF Formula
This paper compares in depth the effectiveness of two conjunctive belief state representations in contingent planning: prime implicates and minimal CNF, a compact form of CNF formulae, which were initially proposed in c... |
Weak lensing analysis in three dimensions
We present a comprehensive full-sky 3-dimensional analysis of the weak lensing fields and their corresponding power spectra. Using the formalism of spin-weight spherical harmonics and spherical Bessel functions, we relate the two-point statistics of the harmonic expansion coef... |
The Mesenchyme-Like Layer of the Fiber Cells of Trichoplax adhaerens (Placozoa), a Syncytium
Abstract The fiber cells of the middle layer of Trichoplax adhaerens are interconnected by slender extensions. Newly formed connections after mechanical disruption of the tissue studied in ultrathin sections revealed cytoplasm... |
Experiment and Field Application of Inhibitior Liquid in Spontaneous Combustion Process of Coal Based on Thermogravimetric Analysis
An effective way to slow down the process of coal spontaneous combustion (CSC) is by injecting inhibitor liquid into the coal body. Research on inhibitors has achieved good effects, but... |
Frequency response and bandwidth in low-numerical-aperture step-index plastic optical fibers.
By experimental measurement and from a numerical solution to the time-dependent power flow equation, the frequency response, bandwidth, mode coupling, and mode-dependent attenuation are determined for a low-numerical-aperture... |
Diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary CT angiography at low tube voltage: intraindividual comparison of a normal-dose protocol at 120 kVp and a low-dose protocol at 80 kVp using reduced amount of contrast medium in a simulation study.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to simulate pulmonary emboli (PE) and image quali... |
Technique and outcomes about a new laparoscopic procedure: the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Suspension (POPS).
Pelvic organ prolapse suspension (POPS) is a recent surgical procedure for one-stage treatment of multiorgan female pelvic prolapse. This study evaluates the preliminary results of laparoscopic POPS in 54 women with... |
Exploiting Spectral and Spatial Correlations for Single Sensor Acquisition and Demosaicing of Multispectral Images
Multispectral images are successfully used in many applications, such as satellite imaging, remote sensing, and medical imaging. Capturing multispectral images is one of the main challenges in these appli... |
A new speech processing strategy for cochlear implants-separated time stimulation (STS)
In this paper we presented a new speech processing strategy for cochlear implants based on Chinese tonal information. It was a modified CIS (continuous interleaved sampling) strategy that stimulated certain channels for a certain p... |
Comparing data accuracy between structured abstracts and full-text journal articles: implications in their use for informing clinical decisions
Background The abstract is the most frequently read section of a research article. The use of ‘Consensus Abstracts’, a clinician-oriented web application formatted for mobile ... |
Optical intensity-modulated direct detection channels: signal space and lattice codes
Traditional approaches to constructing constellations for electrical channels cannot be applied directly to the optical intensity channel. This work presents a structured signal space model for optical intensity channels where the no... |
Integrating LMINET with TAAM and SIMMOD---A Feasibility Study
LMINET is a queuing network air traffic simulation model implemented at 64 large airports and the entire National Airspace System in the United States. TAAM and SIMMOD are two widely used air traffic event-driven simulation models mostly for airports. Based... |
Spliceosomic dysregulation unveils NOVA1 as an actionable therapeutic target in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Dysregulation of the splicing machinery is emerging as a hallmark in cancer due to its association with multiple dysfunctions in tumor cells. Inappropriate function of this machinery can generate tumor-driv... |
External Networking and Internal Firm Governance
We use panel data on S&P 1500 companies to identify external network connections between directors and CEOs. We find that firms with more powerful CEOs are more likely to appoint directors with ties to the CEO. Using changes in board composition due to director death an... |
The Effect of Clustering in the Apriori Data Mining Algorithm: A Case Study
— Many organizations collect and store data about their customers, suppliers and business partners. However, much of the useful marketing insights are hidden in that enormous amount of data. Data mining is the process of searching and analyzin... |
A Case of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Kawasaki Disease: Concurrent or Overlapping Diagnoses?
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is not always suspected at the time of presentation. It is often mistaken for other diagnoses; complicated by the fact that it is often associated with an inciting event that... |
Church, Regime, and Society in Russia (1880-1895)
The fifteen years near the end of the nineteenth century, before the period of wars and revolutions at the beginning of the twentieth, turned out to be the last part of the long "lull" that gave the Russian Empire the chance to solve many of the problems caused by mode... |
Cryoablation vs. radiofrequency ablation of the atrioventricular node in patients with His-bundle pacing.
AIMS
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of the atrioventricular node (AVN) with His-bundle pacing (HBP) can cause rise in capture thresholds. Cryoablation (CRYO) may offer reversibility in case of threshold rise but ha... |
A GLOBAL EQUATION OF STATE FOR HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS
IntroductionHigh energy density physics deals with behavior of matterunder extreme conditions of pressure and temperature.Several fields of research involve high energy density:astrophysics, geophysics, inertial confinement fusion(ICF), explosive and impact lo... |
Payments Innovation and Interchange Fees Regulation: How Inverting the Merchant-Pays Business Model Would Affect the Extent and Direction of Innovation
This paper examines the possible impact on innovation involving payment cards as a result of price caps that lead to the drastic reduction in interchange fees. Such re... |
Whisker-Based Tactile Navigation Algorithm For Underground Robots
This work explores the use of artificial whiskers as tactile sensors for enhancing the perception and navigation capabilities of mobile robots in challenging settings such as caves and underground mines. These environments exhibit inconsistent lighting ... |
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