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Hans Lofgren (ed.), Food, Agriculture, and Economic Policy in the Middle East and North Africa, Oxford, Elsevier, 2003
No full textThabet Boubaker. Hans Lofgren (ed.), Food, Agriculture, and Economic Policy in the Middle East and North Africa, Oxford, Elsevier, 2003. In: Cahiers d'Economie et sociologie rurales, N°70, 1er trimestre 2004. pp. 113-116
A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law
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The use of software is ubiquitous in the creation of many copyright works, yet the requirement in copyright law that every work have a human author who engages in independent intellectual effort means that its use may prevent copyright subsistence. Several recent Australian cases have refocused attention on authorship as an essential criterion of copyright subsistence, and these cases suggest that much computer-produced output may be authorless and thus lack copyright protection. This article, the first in a two-part series, analyses how each case deals with the question of authorship of computer-produced works and why the use of software diminishes copyright protection for a significant number of computer-generated works. The article critiques the application of conventional notions of human authorship developed in the pre-computer age to modern productions and suggests alternative approaches to authorship that satisfy both the major objectives of copyright policy and the need to adapt to the computer age. The article argues that, without a broader judicial approach to authorship of computer-generated works, Parliament must remedy the lacuna in protection for these ‘authorless’ works. Possible solutions for reform are suggested. In a forthcoming article, the author comprehensively examines those reform proposals
Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
Surface cleaning of optics by plasma (scope) with atomic hydrogen
No full textA major obstacle in the implementation of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light photolithography in production tools is the accumulation of fuel debris on the collector optics near the pinch region. Specifically, removal of deposited tin from the source onto the collector optics is needed to improve the lifetime of these optics and lower the cost of ownership. Most cleaning processes investigated thus far have had trouble with selectivity; they require highly reactive gases that will degrade the optics in the removal process. In addition, the current cleaning gases have low transmission for the EUV light, eliminating in-situ operation as an option. An investigation into a new approach is researched by the Center for Plasma Material’s Interactions (CPMI) at University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois. This unique non-invasive background process selectively etches tin from the collector optics surface at room temperature without damage to the underlying collector optics composition. A computer model of the plasma system used and of the etching process of the tin film is shown in correlation to experimental results. Created using collisional cross sections of input gas particles in a helical-resonated plasma and assumed surface interactions at a sample substrate, a clear indication of how the plasma system behaves with the desired substrate is found from the model (approximate etch rates of 80 nm/min). The cross sections are developed from past research data on particle-particle interactions and are numerically integrated into the computer model. Surface interactions are initially set to related material specifications as this process is relatively new and unexplored. Comparison to experimental data allows for changes to the surface interaction inputs in the model. The developed procedure has selected etching of tin ranging from 20-160 nm/min experimentally. A variation in inputs causes alterations in the etch rate. Mainly, gas pressure and plasma input creates a difference in the reactive species created in the plasma system. Gas flowrate and surface temperature affects the surface interactions. These variances are explored as to optimize the cleaning process. With these results, the hope is to input this new process as an in-situ cleaning process or a quick cleaning cycle in the EUV lithography process.Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf ([email protected]) on 2010-07-19T19:43:21Z
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Abstract P1-08-02: Mutant GATA3 actively promotes the growth of normal and malignant mammary cells
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GATA3 is a transcription factor expressed in luminal breast epithelial cells and is required for mammary gland development. Analysis of TCGA data reveals that somatic heterozygous mutations in GATA3 occur in up to 15% of estrogen receptor positive breast tumors, and that these tumors are diagnosed a median of eight years earlier than other estrogen receptor positive tumors, suggesting a more aggressive phenotype. These mutants have been proposed to be null alleles resulting in haploinsufficiency, however the mutation spectrum of GATA3 in breast cancer is in sharp contrast to that found in HDR syndrome, a true GATA3 haploinsufficiency disease. Based on this disparity, we propose that there is a selective pressure to mutate and retain a portion of the GATA3 in breast cancer. Here we focus on the GATA3 mutants which lack the second zinc finger which is responsible for GATA motif binding. Expression of these mutants accelerated xenograft tumor growth by ZR751 cells, and transgenic expression in mouse mammary glands promoted precocious lobuloalveolar development. We have used integrated gene expression and ChIP-Seq profiling to demonstrate that these zinc-finger deleted proteins retain the ability to associate with the genome by tethering to complexes associated with FOXA1 and AP-2gamma recognition motifs, where they modulate the expression of adjacent genes. These data support a model in which the GATA3 mutations recently observed in breast cancer encode for active transcription factors which elicit proliferative phenotypes in normal mammary epithelium and promote the growth of estrogen receptor positive breast cancer cell lines.
Citation Format: Kenny PA, Chandiramani N, Lofgren KA. Mutant GATA3 actively promotes the growth of normal and malignant mammary cells [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2016 Dec 6-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P1-08-02.</jats:p
Dissipative Range Scaling of Higher Order Structure Functions for Velocity and Passive Scalars
No full textDifferently to Kolmogorov's second similarity hypothesis, we find that the 2n-th order velocity and scalar structure functions scale with n-th order moment of the energy dissipation and the scalar dissipation, respectively. The origins of this scaling are analyzed by the transport equations of the fourth order velocity and scalar increment moments and by direct numerical simulations
Fast implementation of iterative adaptive approach for wideband unambiguous radar detection
No full textAccepted author manuscriptMicrowave Sensing, Signals & System
Ratio of n-6/n-3 in the diets of beef cattle
No full textEffects of feeding heat-treated canola (C), soybean (S) and flax (F) or mixtures on growth and slaughter characteristics, taste and fatty acid (FA) composition of beef tissue were investigated using 128 crossbred steers to determine the potential of improving the nutritional quality of beef for humans. For Trial 1 (48 steers), dietary treatments were: roasted C, extruded C, roasted S, extruded S, roasted F and extruded F. For Trial 2 (80 steers), the dietary treatments were: S:F (1:1), S:C (1:1), C:F (1:1) and S:F:C (1:1:1), and the oilseeds were processed either by roasting or extruding before mixing. Soybean meal and soybean oil were used to give equivalent lipid and protein contents to each experimental diet. The basal diet consisted of grass silage, barley grain, vitamins and minerals. Steers were fed for a minimum of 100d then slaughtered at a uniform degree of finish. Growth and slaughter characteristics of the steers were only slightly affected by dietary treatment in that the soybean-fed steers consumed more feed and had a higher average daily gain than the canola or flax-fed animals in Trial 1. There was no difference in taste panel parameters for any of the treatments. Inclusion of flax in the diet increased the total n-3 content of meat. Similar results were found for canola and C18:1n-9 although this was not the case for soybean and the n-6 FA. For the n-6 FA in the PL and neutral lipid fractions of the meat samples, levels were correlated with high dietary levels of n-6 or n-9 with low levels of n-3 while for the n-3 FA, levels were correlated with high dietary n-3 levels and low n-6 levels. Oilseed processing method did not have an effect on any fatty acid levels. It is possible to modify the FA composition of beef meat toward a healthier profile by including heat-treated oilseeds in the diet to influence the degree of lipid metabolism in the rumen.ID: S0377840111004007; M3: Article; Accession Number: S0377840111004007; Author: M.A. McNiven (a, ⁎); Author: J.L. Duynisveld (b); Author: T. Turner (a); Author: A.W. Mitchell (a); Affiliation: Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of PEI, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada C1A 4P3; Affiliation: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Nappan, NS, Canada B0L 1C0; Keyword: Oilseeds; Keyword: Roasted; Keyword: Extruded; Keyword: Fatty acids; Keyword: Healthy fat; Number of Pages: 11; Language: English
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