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Fred D. Behringer portrait, 1980 September 28
No full textBlack-and-white photograph of Fred D. Behringer. The captions on the reverse of the image read, "N-FP 9/28/80, p. 6-4", "A 9_5", and "Fred D. Behringer; Assoc. Prof., and Head; Theatre & Speech.
Fred D. Behringer portrait, 1980 September 28
No full textBlack-and-white photograph of Fred D. Behringer. The captions on the reverse of the image read, "N-FP 9/28/80, p. 6-4", "A 9_5", and "Fred D. Behringer; Assoc. Prof., and Head; Theatre & Speech.
Spectroscopic diagnostics of glow discharge plasmas with non-Maxwellian electron energy distributions
No full textSpectroscopic diagnostics of glow discharge plasmas with non-Maxwellian electron energy distributions / K. Behringer ; U. Fantz. - In: Journal of physics. D. 27. 1994. S. 2128-213
Urinary neopterin of wild chimpanzees indicates that cell-mediated immune activity varies by age, sex, and female reproductive status
No full textAbstract
The study of free-living animal populations is necessary to understand life history trade-offs associated with immune investment. To investigate the role of life history strategies in shaping proinflammatory cell-mediated immune function, we analyzed age, sex, and reproductive status as predictors of urinary neopterin in 70 sexually mature chimpanzees (
Pan troglodytes
) at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda. In the absence of clinical signs of acute infectious disease, neopterin levels significantly increased with age in both male and female chimpanzees, as observed in humans and several other vertebrate species. Furthermore, males exhibited higher neopterin levels than females across adulthood. Finally, females with full sexual swellings, pregnant females, and post-reproductive females, the oldest individuals in our sample, exhibited higher neopterin levels than lactating females and cycling females without full swellings. Variation in females’ neopterin levels by reproductive status is consistent with post-ovulatory and pregnancy-related immune patterns documented in humans. Together, our results provide evidence of ample variation in chimpanzee immune activity corresponding to biodemographic and physiological variation. Future studies comparing immune activity across ecological conditions and social systems are essential for understanding the life histories of primates and other mammals.National Science Board http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100005716Wenner-Gren Foundation 100001388National Geographic Society http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100006363Nacey Maggioncalda Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009687Boston University 100007161Max-Planck-SocietyNational Institute on Aging http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000049Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology 50110000776
Synergy between quantum computing and semiconductor technology
No full textAs part of the National Agenda for Quantum Technology, QuTech (TU Delft and TNO) has agreed to make quantum technology accessible to society and industry via its full-stack prototype: Quantum Inspire. This system includes two different types of programmable quantum chips: circuits made from superconducting materials (transmons), and circuits made from silicon-based materials that localize and control single-electron spins (spin qubits). Silicon-based spin qubits are a natural match to the semiconductor manufacturing community, and several industrial fabrication facilities are already producing spin-qubit chips. Here, we discuss our latest results in spin-qubit technology and highlight where the semiconducting community has opportunities to drive the field forward. Specifically, developments in the following areas would enable fabrication of more powerful spin-qubit based quantum computing devices: circuit design rules implementing cryogenic device physics models, high-fidelity gate patterning of low resistance or superconducting metals, gate-oxide defect mitigation in relevant materials, silicon-germanium heterostructure optimization, and accurate magnetic field generation from on-chip micromagnets.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.BUS/TNO STAF
MeSH term explosion and author rank improve expert recommendations
No full textInformation overload is an often-cited phenomenon that reduces the productivity, efficiency and efficacy of scientists. One challenge for scientists is to find appropriate collaborators in their research. The literature describes various solutions to the problem of expertise location, but most current approaches do not appear to be very suitable for expert recommendations in biomedical research. In this study, we present the development and initial evaluation of a vector space model-based algorithm to calculate researcher similarity using four inputs: 1) MeSH terms of publications; 2) MeSH terms and author rank; 3) exploded MeSH terms; and 4) exploded MeSH terms and author rank. We developed and evaluated the algorithm using a data set of 17,525 authors and their 22,542 papers. On average, our algorithms correctly predicted 2.5 of the top 5/10 coauthors of individual scientists. Exploded MeSH and author rank outperformed all other algorithms in accuracy, followed closely by MeSH and author rank. Our results show that the accuracy of MeSH term-based matching can be enhanced with other metadata such as author rank
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Pollution can drive marine diseases
No full textHumans pollute the marine environment biologically, chemically, and physically, which can potentially drive or facilitate the emergence, proliferation, or impact of disease. This chapter synthesizes what is known about the effects of biological (e.g., wastewater), chemical (e.g., pharmaceuticals), and physical (e.g., sound/light) pollution on marine disease dynamics. The presence of these pollutants has been found to alter disease prevalence, increase host susceptibility to infection, and alter the spread and host range of different diseases. Despite the importance of the marine environment as a primary food source for humans, many complexities linking disease ecology and pollution are yet to be explored. Future investigation of these connections would benefit from an integrated approach using experimental, environmental, molecular, and pathological methods
"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
No full textBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
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