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RDLS-SS-DWT v. 0.9
No full textThis fileset contains the implementation of RDLS-DWT and SS-DWT in JPEG 2000 (RDLS-SS-DWT v. 0.9), which was used in a research described in: R. Starosolski, “Application of reversible denoising and lifting steps to DWT in lossless JPEG 2000 for improved bitrates,” Signal Processing: Image Communication, Vol. 39, Part A, pp. 249-63, DOI: 10.1016/j.image.2015.09.013, 2015 and R. Starosolski, “Skipping selected steps of DWT computation in lossless JPEG 2000 for improved bitrates,” submitted. This software is intended for research purposes only; it is provided "as is"; author makes no warranty of any kind, either express or implied, with respect to this software. <br
In Situ EXAFS-Based Nanothermometry of Heterodimer Nanocrystals under Induction Heating
No full textThe ability to heat nanocrystalline materials through magnetic
induction has been used in the fields of catalysis, biomedical sciences, and polymer
degradation. However, the working temperature to which the inductively coupled
material rises is still poorly understood. Herein, we use extended X-ray absorption
fine structure spectroscopy in conjunction with thermal imaging to improve the
understanding of heating in inductively coupled systems. After extraction of the
Debye−Waller factor from the spectroscopy, we obtain the temperature of
inductively heated nanocrystals from the correlated Debye model. We combine
carbon-supported iron oxide nanocrystals as induction heating agents with platinum
nanocrystals as thermal probes. By testing these nanocrystal species as both
unattached nanocrystals and heterodimers, we report that nanostructured systems
show a significant temperature difference of up to 73.60 °C when compared to their local support environment. This result has
implications for inductively heated catalysis, magnetic hyperthermia for targeted cell death, and polymer synthesis
SS Northland Echo
No full textPhotograph - A view of the steamboat, SS Northland Echo on the Athabasca River. Athabasca, Albert
SS Athabasca River - 02
No full textPhotograph - A view of the SS Athabasca River paddle steamer on the river, Athabasca, Albert
RIC-HSCT for MF/SS
Get PDFAdvanced-stage mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome (MF/SS) have a poor prognosis. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), particularly using a reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimen, is a promising treatment for advanced-stage MF/SS. We performed RIC-HSCT in nine patients with advanced MF/SS. With a median follow-up period of 954days after HSCT, the estimated 3-year overall survival was 85.7% (95% confidence interval, 33.4-97.9%) with no non-relapse mortality. Five patients relapsed after RIC-HSCT; however, in four patients whose relapse was detected only from the skin, persistent complete response was achieved in one patient, and the disease was manageable in other three patients by the tapering of immunosuppressants and donor lymphocyte infusion, suggesting that graft-versus-lymphoma effect and "down-staging" effect from advanced stage to early stage by HSCT improve the prognosis of advanced-stage MF/SS. These results suggest that RIC-HSCT is an effective treatment for advanced MF/SS
Finite groups with some SS-supplemented subgroups
Get PDFsummary:A subgroup of a finite group is said to be SS-supplemented in if there exists a subgroup of such that and is S-quasinormal in . We analyze how certain properties of SS-supplemented subgroups influence the structure of finite groups. Our results improve and generalize several recent results
A novel approach of multi-hazard integrated zonation on the ancient Silk Road
Get PDFHazard identification is crucial for disaster risk reduction in areas featuring multiple co-occurring hazards and active internal and external dynamic geographical processes. Coupling the elements of external hazard-forming environments and the internal mechanisms inducing hazards, a novel multi-hazard integration zonation (MIZ) method has been developed in which a segmented multi-hazard identification function was constructed to identify the dominant hazard types and their boundaries in a region. Taking the ancient Silk Road as a case study, the major types and spatial zonation of multiple hazards have been identified, which are in accordance with the ac-tual disaster situation. These sympatric multiple hazards present a widely spatial scattered distri-bution of individual hazards and a more concentrated distribution of multiple hazards in the an-cient Silk Road area. These results, combined with the geomorphological features and the cli-matic zones of the analyzed area, reveal the spatial boundaries among these major hazards at the macro-and microscales. These findings suggest that the proposed MIZ methodology can provide scientific support for rational engineering layouts and regional planning and may serve as perti-nent guidance for multi-hazard identification in ancient Silk Road area and beyond
Proteus mirabilis pmrI orthologue, an RppA-regulated gene necessary for polymyxin B resistance, biofilm formation and urothelial cell invasion.
No full textCharacterization of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase and UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase mutants of Proteus mirabilis: defectiveness in polymyxin B resistance, swarming and virulence
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