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Geodata for Song Dynasty Chan Abbots with Heirs - v. 1.0
No full textGeodata for members of the Chan Lineage who propagated heirs during Northern and Southern Song dynasties (as described in "Lamp Records") combined with numeric value for generation in the family tree and total number of heirs. This data is meant to study spatial distribution of Chan monks. Information compiled from a comparison of five Song dynasty Lamp Records and one Ming dynasty record (Xu chuandenglu). The geodata is from "Buddhist Studies Authority Database" digital atlas of historical places. Several records in the dataset are incomplete, reflecting unresolvable ambiguity in a few place-names in Lamp Records. Chinese characters encoded UTF8. Please use data responsibly, kindly send corrections and suggestions, and contact the author to share your results
Geodata for Song Dynasty Chan Abbots with Heirs - v. 1.0
No full textGeodata for members of the Chan Lineage who propagated heirs during Northern and Southern Song dynasties (as described in "Lamp Records") combined with numeric value for generation in the family tree and total number of heirs. This data is meant to study spatial distribution of Chan monks. Information compiled from a comparison of five Song dynasty Lamp Records and one Ming dynasty record (Xu chuandenglu). The geodata is from "Buddhist Studies Authority Database" digital atlas of historical places. Several records in the dataset are incomplete, reflecting unresolvable ambiguity in a few place-names in Lamp Records. Chinese characters encoded UTF8. Please use data responsibly, kindly send corrections and suggestions, and contact the author to share your results
DOC, POC, d13C-POC, PN from a diffuse vent in West Mata sampled in May 2009 using ROV Jason II deployed from R/V Thomas Thompson.
No full textDataset: West Mata 2009 DOC,13C-POC, DONDOC, POC, d13C-POC, PN from a diffuse vent in West Mata sampled in May 2009 using ROV Jason II deployed from R/V Thomas Thompson.
For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/844580NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-092988
The AORTA Architecture: Integrating Organizational Reasoning in Jason
No full textOpen systems are characterized by a diversity of heterogeneous and autonomous agents that act according to private goals, and with a behavior that is hard to predict. They can be regulated through organizations similar to human organizations, which regulate the agents' behavior space and describe the expected behavior of the agents. Agents need to be able to reason about the regulations, so that they can act within the expected boundaries and work towards the objectives of the organization. In this paper, we propose the AORTA1 architecture for making agents organization-aware. It is designed such that it provides organizational reasoning capabilities to agents implemented in existing agent programming languages without being tied to a specific organizational model. We show how it can be integrated in the Jason agent programming language, and discuss how the agents can coordinate their organizational tasks using AORTA.Engineering, Systems and ServicesTechnology, Policy and Managemen
Physiological responses to diesel exhaust exposure are modified by cycling intensity
No full textBackground
Outdoor exercisers are frequently exposed to diesel exhaust (DE) that contains particulate matter (PM) air pollution. How the respiratory and metabolic responses to exercise are affected by DE exposure and how these responses change with exercise intensity are unknown.
Purpose
This study aimed to determine the respiratory and metabolic responses to low- and high-intensity cycling with DE exposure containing high levels of PM.
Methods
Eighteen males age 24.5 ± 6.2 yr performed 30-min trials of low-intensity (30% of power at V˙O2peak) and high-intensity (60% of power at V˙O2peak) cycling as well as rest. Each trial was performed once while breathing filtered air (FA) and once while breathing DE (300 μg·m−3 of PM2.5) for a total of six trials, each separated by 7 d. During the trials, minute ventilation (V˙E), oxygen consumption (V˙O2), CO2 production (V˙CO2), RER, and perceived exertion for lungs (RPELungs) and legs (RPELegs) were measured. Work of breathing, respiratory muscle V˙O2, ratio of O2 consumption to power output, and gross efficiency were estimated.
Results
The RER was significantly lower (0.02 lower, P = 0.008), and the RPELungs (0.9 greater, P = 0.001) and the RPELegs (0.6 greater, P = 0.017) were significantly greater, in DE compared with FA. During low-intensity exercise, V˙E (44.5 ± 8.9 vs 40.5 ± 8.0 L·min−1, P < 0.001), V˙O2 (27.9 ± 5.4 vs 24.9 ± 4.4 mL·kg−1·min−1, P = 0.001), and V˙CO2 (25.9 ± 5.3 vs 23.5 ± 4.5 mL·kg−1·min−1, P = 0.006) were significantly greater in DE. This pattern was not seen during high-intensity cycling.
Conclusions
Respiratory and metabolic responses to low-intensity, but not high-intensity, cycling in DE exceed FA. Practically, the greater responses during low-intensity exercise in DE could have implications for individuals with cardiopulmonary disease. Also, the elevated RPE during DE could impair performance in self-paced exercise.Peer reviewedFinal article publishedRespiratory metabolicAir pollutionExerciseParticular matte
Author self-citation in the general medicine literature.
No full textAuthor self-citation contributes to the overall citation count of an article and the impact factor of the journal in which it appears. Little is known, however, about the extent of self-citation in the general clinical medicine literature. The objective of this study was to determine the extent and temporal pattern of author self-citation and the article characteristics associated with author self-citation.We performed a retrospective cohort study of articles published in three high impact general medical journals (JAMA, Lancet, and New England Journal of Medicine) between October 1, 1999 and March 31, 2000. We retrieved the number and percentage of author self-citations received by the article since publication, as of June 2008, from the Scopus citation database. Several article characteristics were extracted by two blinded, independent reviewers for each article in the cohort and analyzed in multivariable linear regression analyses. Since publication, author self-citations accounted for 6.5% (95% confidence interval 6.3-6.7%) of all citations received by the 328 articles in our sample. Self-citation peaked in 2002, declining annually thereafter. Studies with more authors, in cardiovascular medicine or infectious disease, and with smaller sample size were associated with more author self-citations and higher percentage of author self-citation (all p≤0.01).Approximately 1 in 15 citations of articles in high-profile general medicine journals are author self-citations. Self-citation peaks within about 2 years of publication and disproportionately affects impact factor. Studies most vulnerable to this effect are those with more authors, small sample size, and in cardiovascular medicine or infectious disease
Tomorrow's living room: poems
No full textTomorrow's Living Room offers a pleasantly disorienting verbal territory. The collection is alternately wry and dark, hopeful and bleak, full of unexpected light and laugh-out-loud incongruities. We begin to see that the shape and the furniture of Jason Whitmarsh's world reflect our own (they may in fact be universal), but we're considering them through completely new terms of engagement. Selected by, and with a foreword by, Billy Collins.Foreword / Billy Collins -- Forecasts -- He Said These Things, Not Even I Could Forgive Him -- Of Arc -- Anniversary -- Department Store Fictions -- Tomorrow's Living Room -- One Art -- Two Parts Water -- The Ever Inconstancy -- Two, Couchbound -- After Archilochos -- Change -- Missing IOU -- Curse -- Japanese Watermelon -- Administration -- Three Days In and Already It's Come to This -- Fasted and Loosed -- Triolet -- Anniversary -- Capitalism as Comeuppance -- Ask Anyone, They'll Tell You -- Regret -- Praise -- There but for the Grace -- There's an Old Man -- Not a Demon -- And Quartered -- Anniversary -- The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations: 10 -- The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations: 11 -- The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations: 31 -- The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations: 1-36 -- On the Take -- Anniversary -- One on the Heels of the Other -- Things That Still Scare Me -- He Dreams of the Diner of The Damned -- Apology -- Twenty Questions, the Advanced Edition -- Self-Portrait -- Anniversary -- Sonnet -- What We Said Then, That Wasn't Nice -- Anniversary -- Why Poetry? Because -- Dear Morbid in Malaysia -- Three Curses -- Anniversary -- Last Bit -- Nightmare -- The Story You're Telling -- We're a Rerun -- I Thought That -- Faith -- Anniversary -- Ghazal -- Having At It -- Perfect Forecasting, Found on eBay -- Finnish Rabbit -- Anniversary -- Disappearing Act
THE ) TRANSITION IN XeBr
No full text Jason O. Clevenger and Joel Tellinghuisen, Chem. Phys. Lett. 231, 515 December 1994. Jason O. Clevenger and Joel Tellinghuisen, J. Chem. Phys. 103(22), 9611 December 1995.Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, MIT; Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt UniversityThe ) transition in XeBr was recorded in high resolution, using a CCD array detector to record spectra from Tesla discharge sources containing isotopically pure Xe with or . The high signal/noise capabilities of the detector permitted the measurement of discrete vibrational structure in this system, which has normally been treated as a purely bound-free transition. The assingments comprised 119 bands for and 86 for , spanning =0.33 and =0.16. The van der Waals ground state was analyzed through fits to the customary polynomials and to near-dissociation expansions. Franck-Condon calculations were used to locate the X-state potential on the internuclear axis relative to the state, which was modeled as Rittner potential. The following fundamental spectroscopic constants (units for ) were obtained from the analysis: . The ground state has dissociation energy cm and supports 24 bound vibrational levels
Four days of blueberry powder supplementation lowers the blood lactate response to running but has no effect on time-trial
No full textBlueberries are abundant with anthocyanins possessing antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. As these properties combat fatigue and promote recovery, blueberry supplementation may enhance performance and recovery. Thus, the objectives were to examine the effects of two blueberry supplementation protocols on running performance, physiological responses, and shortterm recovery. Using a randomized, double-blind, placebo (PLA)-controlled crossover design, 14 runners completed an 8-km time trial (TT) after supplementation with 4 days of blueberries (4DAY), 4 days of a PLA, or 2 days of placebo followed by 2 days of blueberries (2DAY). Heart rate and ratings of perceived exertion were monitored during the TT. Blood lactate, vertical jump, reactive strength index, and salivary markers were assessed before and after. No significant differences were observed for time to complete the TT (PLA: 3,010 ± 459 s; 2DAY: 3,014 ± 488 s; 4DAY: 3,011 ± 423 s), heart rate, ratings of perceived exertion, or any of the salivary markers. An interaction effect (p = .027) was observed for blood lactate, with lower post-TT concentrations in 4DAY (5.4 ± 2.0 mmol/L) than PLA (6.6 ± 2.5 mmol/L; p = .038) and 2DAY (7.4 ± 3.4 mmol/L; p = .034). Post-TT decreases in vertical jump height were not different, whereas the decline in reactive strength index was less following 4DAY (-6.1% ± 13.5%) than the other conditions (PLA: -12.6% ± 10.1%; 2DAY: -11.6% ± 11.5%; p = .038). Two days of supplementation did not influence performance or physiological stress. Although 4 days of supplementation did not alter performance, it blunted the increase in blood lactate, perhaps reflecting altered lactate production and/or clearance, and offset the decrease in dynamic muscle function post-TT, as indicated by the reactive strength index differences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]Peer reviewedFinal article published.time trialpolyphenolexercise performanceanthocyani
Perceptions of intellectual property: a review
No full textIn “The right to good ideas: patents and the poor”, The Economist depicts two driving forces in the contemporary discourse on IP and globalization. The one is interested in advancing the knowledge economy, an approach based on the belief that knowledge is the driving factor behind economic growth. The other resides on a belief that IP is a major means to advance the process of globalization. While the former is strongly motivated by new economic growth theory, as for example advanced by Stanford professor Paul Romer, the latter is based on typical anti-globalization arguments, such as for example the position that the IP system helps multinational companies to build up monopolies to the detriment of the poor, drives small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and local business in developing countries out of business and increases prices for consumer products, be they pharmaceuticals or software. The purpose of this review is to help understand the current discourse on intellectual property, to grasp underlying themes, assumptions and connotations associated with the term “IP”, so as to identify paths leading to a more comprehensive understanding of IP and the opportunities and pitfalls it may provide
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