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Ailion, David Charles | 31P NMR spin-lattice relaxation: structural glass dynamics in Rb1-x(ND4)xD2PO4 | We performed 3 1P NMR measurements of the temperature-dependent spin-lattice relaxation time in several mixed single crystals of Rbi_x(ND4 ) xD2P04 [DRADP] having different ammonium concentration x (x =0.22, 0.44, 0.78) as well as in three pure single crystals (ND4)D2P04 [DADP], (NH4)H2P04 [ADP], an... | NMR; Spin-lattice; Relaxation; Crystals; Glass; Spin-glass | 1993 |
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Lindstrom, Gary E. | A framework for module-based language processors | A system composed of interconnected modules is a module-based system. We present an object-oriented (0-0) framework for the development of processors for module-based systems, such as compilers for 0-0 languages, linkers/loaders, and tools for user/system libraries. We claim t h a t this framework,... | Language processors; Jigsaw; Module-based | 1993 |
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Michell, Nick | A gallium arsenide mutual exclusion element | A mutual exclusion element is a key component in building asynchronous and self-timed circuits. As part of our effort to design high performance self-timed circuits, we have designed a mutual exclusion element in gallium arsenide. This circuit has been fabricated in a 1.2? process and tested. A test... | Mutual exclusion element; Self-timed circuits | 1993 |
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Mathews, V. John | A stochastic gradient adaptive filter with gradient adaptive step size | Abstract-This paper presents an adaptive step-size gradient adaptive filter. The step size of the adaptive filter is changed according to a gradient descent algorithm designed to reduce the squared estimation error during each iteration. An approximate analysis of the performance of the adaptive fil... | | 1993 |
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Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh | A transformational approach to asynchronous high-level synthesis | Asynchronous high-level synthesis is aimed at transforming high level descriptions of algorithms into efficient asynchronous circuit implementations. This approach is attractive from the point of view of the flexibility it affords in performing high level program transformations on users' initial d... | High level synthesis tool; SHILPA | 1993 |
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Warner, Homer R. | A View of Medical Informatics as an Academic Disipline (Editorial) | Biomedical Informatics | | 1993 |
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Acquiring minds want to know: [readers' survey] | In preparation for a discussion at the Charleston Conference, I am asking librarians, vendors, publishers, and system vendors who read Against the Grain to answer a survey about how services and products that support information delivery and dissemination are developed and change over time. For exa... | Reader surveys; Libraries; Acquisitions; Vendors | 1993 |
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Sobh, Tarek M. | Active inspection and reverse engineering | We propose a new design for inspection and reverse engineering environments. In particular, we investigate the use of discrete event dynamic systems (DEDS) to guide and control the active exploration and sensing of mechanical parts for industrial inspection and reverse engineering. We introduce dyn... | Discrete event dynamic systems; DEDS; Industrial inspection | 1993 |
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Mathews, V. John | Adaptive lattice bilinear filters | Abstract-This paper presents two fast least squares lattice algorithms for adaptive nonlinear filters equipped with bilinear system models. Bilinear models are attractive for adaptive filtering applications because they can approximate a large class of nonlinear systems adequately, and usually with... | | 1993 |
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Mathews, V. John | Adaptive phase transform processors for time delay estimation | This paper introduces two recursive realizations of the phase transform (PHAT) processor for time-delay estimation (TDE), using a simple one-pole low-pass filter and the least-mean-square (LMS) adaptive filter, respectively. It is shown that these adaptive methods are capable of tracking time-varyin... | | 1993 |
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Battin, Margaret P. | Aging and ethics: philosophical problems in gerontology | Aging and Ethics addresses a crucial issue: In order to address the dilemmas aging poses concerning distributive justice in health care, don't we need to rethink both the personal and social significance of old age? | | 1993 |
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Khoche, Ajay | An extended cell set of self-timed designs | The high level synthesis approach described in [1] uses hopCP[2] language for behavioral descriptions. The behavioral specifications are then translated into Hop Flow Graphs (HFGs). The actions in the graph are then refined such that refined actions can be directly mapped onto asynchronous circuit b... | Self-timed designs; hopCP; Hop Flow Graphs; Asynchronous circuit blocks; Action-blocks | 1993 |
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Sobh, Tarek M. | Analysis of tolerance for manufacturing geometric objects from sense data | In this work we address the problem of manufacturing machine parts from sense data. Constructing geometric models for the objects from sense data is the intermediate step in a reverse engineering manufacturing system. Sensors are usually inaccurate, providing uncertain sense information. We constr... | Manufacture | 1993 |
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Miller, Joel Steven; Epstein, Arthur J. | Anomalous charge transport phenomena in the molecular-based magnet V(TCNE)x.y(solvent) | We present charge transport studies on recently developed molecular-based magnets V(TCNE)x. y(solvent) (TCNE= tetracyanoethylene) which show local magnetic ordering at temperatures, T, as high as 400 K. V(TCNE), .y(solvent) prepared from the solvent CH2Cl2 has o(300 K) - 10-3 S/cm, and that prepar... | Frequency; Conductivity; Spin | 1993 |
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Davidson, Diane W. | Ant-plant symbioses in Africa and the neotropics : history, biogeography and diversity | Symbiotic ant-plant relationships afford an excellent opportunity to analyze the effects of both historical and ecological factors on the evolution of mutualisms. Occurring in tropical forests throughout the world, all myrmecophytic plants provide food and permanent housing to ants; the ants, in t... | Ant-plant symbiosis; Africa; Neotropics; Myrmecophytes; Plant-ants | 1993 |
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Pryor, T. Allan | The Arden Syntax for Medical Logic Modules | Biomedical Informatics | | 1993 |
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Stevens, Kenneth; Davis, Alan L. | Automatic synthesis of fast compact self-timed control circuits | We present a tool called MEAT which has been designed to automatically synthesize transistor level. CMOS, self-timed control circuits. MEAT has been used to specify and synthesize self-timed circuits for a fully self-timed 300,000 transistor communication coprocessor. The design is specified using f... | | 1993 |
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Riloff, Ellen M. | Automatically constructing a dictionary for information extraction tasks | Knowledge-based natural language processing systems have achieved good success with certain tasks but they are often criticized because they depend on a domain-specific dictionary that requires a great deal of manual knowledge engineering. This knowledge engineering bottleneck makes knowledge-based ... | Information extraction; Dictionary construction; Knowledge-based systems; AutoSlog; Domain-specific dictionary | 1993 |
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Bastiani, Michael | Cell-cell interactions during the migration of an identified commissural growth cone in the embryonic grasshopper | One of the fascicles of the posterior commissure of the embryonic grasshopper is pioneered by an individually identifiable neuron named Q1. Q1 initially grows along a longitudinal pathway established by another pioneer neuron, MPl, and then crosses to the midline, where it meets and fasciculates wi... | Commissure; Pathfinding; Filopodia | 1993 |
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McDaniel, Susan | Challenges to mental health promotion among working women in Canada | Health promotion efforts have concentrated on promoting physical well-being with psychological benefits perhaps most often among men. With greater proportions of women now working, the workplace provides excellent opportunities for health promotion and education for women. Given increasing recognit... | Working women; Canada | 1993 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Clinical and radiographic response in a minority of patients with recurrent malignant gliomas treated with high-dose tamoxifen | PREVIOUS WORK HAS demonstrated the importance of the Protein Kinase C (PKC) signal transduction system in regulating the growth rate of malignant gliomas in vitro. Tamoxifen inhibits PKC in a minority of malignant gliomas within the micromolar concentration range in vitro, a property distinct from... | Tamoxifen; Protein kinase C; Glioma; Brain neoplasm; Chemotherapy; Glioma | 1993 |
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Coley, Phyllis D.; Kursar, Thomas A. | Colonization of tropical rain forest leaves by epiphylls: effects of site and host plant leaf lifetime | In humid tropical regions, leaves are frequently colonized by epiphylls (Richards 1954, Pocs 1978, 1982). Lichens and liverworts usually dominate, although mosses, algae, and cyanobacteria can also occur (Winkler 1971, Smith 1982). The interactions between epiphylls and host leaves have not been wel... | Tropical forest; Epiphylls; Panama; Hybanthus prunifolius; Light interception | 1993 |
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Clayton, Dale H. | Common grackle anting with lime fruit and its effect on ectoparasites | Anting is stereotyped behavior in which birds ex- pose themselves to fluid-secreting ants or other pun- gent substances. During "active" anting a bird crush- es an ant in the bill and rubs it frenetically through its plumage (Rothschild and Clay 1952). During "passive" anting a bird entices ants to ... | Quiscalus quiscala; Columbicola columbae; Anting; Ectoparasites | 1993 |
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Christensen, Douglas A.; Herron, James N. | Comparison of robust coupling techniques for planar waveguide immunosensors | We have analyzed and fabricated two different coupling schemes to meet the requirements for a convenient means of coupling into a planar waveguide immunosensor that is relatively insensitive to beam alignment. These are the "launch" coupler and the grating coupler. Each possesses advantages and dis... | Planar waveguide immunosensors; Fluorescence; Launch coupler; Grating coupler | 1993 |
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Miller, Joel Steven; Epstein, Arthur J. | Complex ac susceptibility studies of the disordered molecular based magnets V(TCNE)x: role of spinless solvent | The effect of different spinless solvents on the magnetism of V(TCNE)x . y(solvent) (TCNE= tetracyanoethylene) is studied by temperature (T) dependent ac susceptibility above 2.3 K. Though V(TCNE)x.y(CH2Cl2) has a critical temperature Tc -400 K, for V(TCNEx.y(C4H8O), Tc -205 K and the coercive field... | Magnetization; Spin; Temperature | 1993 |
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Stringfellow, Gerald B. | Compositional ordering in semiconductor alloys | Compositional ordering has been observed in a wide variety of III/V semiconductor alloys as well as in SiGe alloys. The thermodynamic driving force is now understood in terms of minimization of the microscopic strain energy of the bonds in the solid. However, the mechanism leading to the specific o... | Semiconductor alloys; Transmission-electron-diffraction pattern; Organometallic Vaper-phase epitaxy; Cathodoluminescence | 1993 |
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Gardner, Reed M. | The Computer for Charting and Monitoring | Biomedical Informatics | | 1993 |
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Sobh, Tarek M.; Henderson, Thomas C. | Concurrent engineering and robot prototyping | This report addresses the theoretical basis for building a prototyping environment for electromechanical systems using concurrent engineering approach. In Designing a robot manipulator, as an example of electro-mechanical systems, the interaction between several modules (S/W, VLSI, CAD, CAM, Robotic... | Robot prototyping | 1993 |
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Bruderlin, Beat | Constraint objects - integrating constraint definition and interaction | This paper describes the implementation of a new constraint-based technique for direct manipulation in interactive CAD. We introduce so called Constraint Objects and Parameter Objects which constitute an object-oriented view on constraints. A graph algorithm is employed to analyze the relative degr... | Constraint objects | 1993 |
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Olivera, Baldomero M.; McIntosh, J. Michael | Conus peptides as tools for the neuroscientist | Recombinant DNA technology has had a powerful impact on understanding receptors and ion channels, the key components in the nervous system that are involved in intercellular communication. Cloning genes encoding these proteins has revealed that for every receptor and ion channel type, multiple molec... | Conus peptides; Conotoxins | 1993 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Cosmetic mastoidectomy for the combined supra/infratentorial transtemporal approach | The authors describe a cosmetic mastoidectomy technique for use when performing a combined supra/ infratentorial craniotomy and transtemporal exposure. The technique involves a single temporal suboccipital bone flap and cosmetic mastoidectomy, removing the outer table of bone for later replacement... | Surgical approach; Supratentorial approach; Infratentorial approach; Petroclival meningiomas | 1993 |
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Caserta, Michael | Course of spousal bereavement in later life | The overall purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the major findings from our research over the past 11 years on spousal bereavement among older adults in the United States. We began in 1980 with a longitudinal study funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) designed to describ... | Senior citizens; Support groups; Death; Bereavement | 1993 |
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Bohs, Lynn A. | Cyphomandra (Solanaceae) | Cyphomandra betacea (Cavanilles) Sendtner Syn. Cyphomandra crassifotia (Ortega) Kuntze, Solanum betacea Cavanilles, Solanwn crassifolium Ortega. Ref. FB 13(5B/1) 1962: 12; Bohs, 1986: 170. Cultivated tree. Andean II. 1000-3000 m. Voucher: Nunez et al. 8257 (MO!) Depts.: AM, CU, HU, SM | Cyphomandra; Solanum | 1993 |
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Hansen, Charles D. | Data distributed, parallel algorithm for ray-traced volume rendering | This paper presents a divide-and-conquer ray-traced volume rendering algorithm and a parallel image compositing method, along with their implementation and performance on the connection Machine CM-5, and networked workstations. This algorithm distributes both the data and the computations to individ... | Volume rendering; Ray tracing; ; Computer algorithms; Scientific visualization; Network computing; Massively parallel processing | 1993 |
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Hansen, Charles D. | Data distributed, parallel algorithm for ray-traced volume rendering | This paper presents a divide-and-conquer ray-traced volume rendering algorithm and a parallel image compositing method, along with their implementation and performance on the Connection Machine CM-5, and networked workstations. This algorithm distributes both the data and the computations to individ... | Volume rendering; Ray tracing; ; Computer algorithms; Scientific visualization; Network computing; Massively parallel processing | 1993 |
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Miller, Joel Steven; Epstein, Arthur J. | Decamethylchromocenium tetracyanoethenide, + [Cr(C5Me5)2]:.+[TCNE].-: a molecular ferromagnet with Tc=3.65 K | The electron-transfer salt 4[Cr(C5Me5)2] + [TCNE].-(TCNE = tetracyanoethylene) has been prepared and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. It possesses a solid-state motif of parallel 1D chains of alternating radical cations and anions similar to, but not isostructural to, ... | Magnetic; Electron transfer; Coupling | 1993 |
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Stevens, Kenneth | Designing parallel specifications in CCS | We describe a style of specifying concurrent systems based upon the parallel composition operatorof CCS and apply it to several asynchronous hardware examples. | | 1993 |
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Johnston, Susan S. | Developing an initial communicative repertoire: applications and issues for persons with severe disabilities | Researchers and practitioners are increasingly aware of the extent of communicative relationships very early in development. Advances in understanding how communication develops and how it can be taught have made earlier communication intervention a viable undertaking for infants and toddlers who ex... | Intervention; Context; Communicative functions | 1993 |
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Fogel, Alan Dale | Developing through relationships origins of communication, self, and culture | I began to consider the study of relationships as an intellectual vocation in 1970, the result of two years of college teaching that was part of my work as a United States Peace Corps volunteer in Bogota, Colombia. After another year I began my doctoral training in the Department of Education at th... | | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Development of a PC, image-based, on-line particle size analyzer | A PC, image-based, on-line instrument for measuring coarse particle size on a conveyor belt is under development. The hardware and software required to implement such a system are discussed, including the interface for the special image-acquisition hardware. The system concept is given with exampl... | | 1993 |
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Gardner, Reed M. | Development of an Effective User Interface for a Computerized Laboratory Alerting System | Biomedical Informatics | | 1993 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Development of neurosurgery in Southern California and the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center | The Los Angeles County General Hospital has played an integral role in the development of medicine and neurosurgery in Southern California. From its fledgling beginnings, the University of Southern California School of Medicine has been closely affiliated with the hospital, providing the predomina... | Historical vignette; Los Angeles County General Hospital; University of Southern California School of Medicine; Neurosurgical history | 1993 |
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Lepreau, Jay | DRAFT: work in progress - - - comments solicited evolving Mach 3.0 to use migrating threads | Like most operating systems, Mach 3.0 views threads as statically associated with a single task. An alternative model is that of migrating threads, in which a single thread abstraction moves between tasks with the logical flow of control, and "server" code is passively executed. We have compatibly r... | DRAFT | 1993 |
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Morse, Michael David | Electron spin resonance investigation of Sc?+ in neon matrices and assignment of its ground electronic state as X ???. comparison with theoretical calculations | The discandium radical cation, Sc+2 , has been isolated in neon matrices at 4 K and studied by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy and theoretical methods. It was produced by the x-irradiation of neon matrix samples containing neutral ScZ which was formed by trapping the products generated fr... | | 1993 |
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Dailey, Andrew T. | Emergent aneurysm clipping without angiography in the moribund patient with intracerebral hemorrhage: the use of infusion computed tomography scans | THE AUTHORS REPORT their experience with 25 patients (mean age, 44.3 ± 12.1 years) with an intracerebral hematoma (ICH) from a ruptured aneurysm who were emergently operated on without angiography. Instead, preoperative high-resolution infusion computed tomography (CT) scans were used to identify... | Ruptured aneurysms; Computed tomography; Infusion computed tomography; Aneurysm clipping | 1993 |
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McDaniel, Susan | Emotional support and family contacts of older Canadians | Elderly people can no longer expect to spend their senior years living with their families. This is particularly true for older women, who as widows are more and more likely to be living alone. With more seniors living on their own, emotional support from family may not be as easy to come by as i... | | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Evaluation of a PC image-based on-line coarse particle size analyzer | A PC image-based, on-line coarse particle size analysis system is being developed for the control of crushing and grinding circuits. Initial results had indicated that the system is accurate when tested with irregularly shaped particles which are stationary and do not overlap with each other. Now th... | Sampling; Measurements; Analysis | 1993 |
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Beckerle, Mary C. | Evidence for the selective association of a subpopulation of GPIIb-IIIa with the actin cytoskeletons of thrombin-activated platelets | Activation of blood platelets triggers a series of responses leading to the formation and retraction of blood clots. Among these responses is the establishment of integrin-mediated transmembrane connections between extracellular matrix components and the actin cytoskeleton of the platelet. | Actin; GPIIb-IIIa | 1993 |
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Davidson, Diane W. | Evolutionary ecology of symbiotic ant-plant relationships | Abstract.--A tabular survey of ant-plant symbioses worldwide summarizes aspects of the evolutionary ecology of these associations. Remarkable similarities between ant-plant symbioses in disjunct tropical regions result from convergent and parallel evolution of similarly preadapted ants and plants. ... | Symbioses; Evolution; Taxonomic | 1993 |
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Hansen, Charles D. | Fast data parallel polygon rendering | This paper describes a data parallel method for polygon rendering on a massively parallel machine. This method, based on a simple shading model, is targeted for applications which require very fast rendering for extremely large sets of polygons. Such sets are found in many scienti c visualization ap... | | 1993 |
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Mathews, V. John | Fast recursive least squares adaptive second-order volterra filter and its performance analysis | Abstract-This paper presents a fast, recursive least squares (RLS) adaptive nonlinear filter. The nonlinearity is modeled using a second-order Volterra series expansion. The structure presented in the paper makes use of the ideas of fast RLS multichannel filters and has a computational complexity of... | | 1993 |
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Miller, Joel Steven; Epstein, Arthur J. | Ferromagnetic behavior of decamethylchromocenium tetracyanoethenide, [CrCp*2][TCNE] | Studies on the magnetic properties of decamethylchromocenium tetracyanoethanide, [CrCp*2][TCNE] are reported herein. Near-zero field (H= 150 mG) data indicates a ferromagnetic transition with T(c)=3.65 K. The temperature dependence below T(c) can be fit to a mean-field result M=M(o)(1 - T(o))(1/2)... | Magnetic; Magnetization; Transition | 1993 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | First word in lasting impressions | The creaking lever-action of a Columbian letterpress printing damped, handmade paper with cast metal type is an anomaly in the modern age. What now can be achieved within minutes on an offset press requires hours of meticulous setting, locking up, inking, and proofing to print on a Columbian powered... | Columbian letterpress; Clymer; Red Butte Press | 1993 |
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Gardner, Reed M. | Fundamentals of Physiologic Monitoring | Biomedical Informatics | | 1993 |
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Pounder, Diana G. | Gender-related biases in admission decisions | The competitive admission process for educational programs in health sciences usually begins with a screening phase. Raters, who are often the same people who later interview the applicants, screen candidates based on information on their application forms. Only the applicants who survive the scree... | Attractiveness; Attributions; Evaluation | 1993 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Geometry of Pleistocene facies on the Great Barrier Reef outer shelf and upper slope - seismic stratigraphy of sites 819, 820, and 821 | Seismic stratigraphic analysis of the sedimentary succession intersected in Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Sites 819, 820, and 821, on the outer shelf and upper slope seaward of the Great Barrier Reef, provides a clear indication of the importance of sediment supply and depositional base-level as two ... | | 1993 |
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Bastiani, Michael | Growth cone dynamics during the migration of an identified commissural growth cone | We have used time-lapse video microscopy to study the behavior of a neuron, 01, that pioneers the posterior commissure of the embryonic grasshopper. Our goal is to use time-lapse video as a tool to acquire a precise picture of normal development over time, and thereby identify stereotypic activities... | Time-lapse video; Commissure; Grasshopper; Pathfinding; Filopodia; Confocal microscopy; Adhesion | 1993 |
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Warner, Homer R. | Implementation of Practice in a Clinical Setting Using a Computerized Knowledge Base (ILIAD) | Biomedical Informatics | | 1993 |
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Sobh, Tarek M.; Henderson, Thomas C. | Intermediate results in active inspection and reverse engineering | In previous work [18], we have proposed a new design for inspection and reverse engineering environments. We have investigated the use of the dynamic recursive context of discrete event dynamic systems (DRFSM DEDS) to guide and control the active exploration and sensing of mechanical parts for indu... | Industrial inspection; Discrete event dynamic systems; DRFSM; DEDS | 1993 |
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Morse, Michael David | Laser vaporization generation of the SiB and SiAi radicals for matrix isolation electron spin resonance studies: comparison with theoretical calculations and assignment of their electronic ground states as X ?? | The first experimental spectroscopic study of the SiB and SiAl diatomic radicals is reported. Electron spin resonance results indicate that both molecules have X 4? ground electronic states, in agreement with earlier theoretical calculations. The SIB and SiAl radicals were generated in neon matrices... | | 1993 |
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Francis, Leslie | Law and Philosophy;: from skepticism to value theory | To write about Philosophy; and law is both odd and daunting. It is odd because the topic seems to presuppose that the two fields are separate and that Philosophy; may be unfamiliar to legal practice and legal practitioners. Yet, recognized or not, Philosophy; is part of the ordinary life of law sch... | | 1993 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Life-threatening reactions to propofol | To the Editor: Propofol (2,6-diisopropyl phenol; Diprivan; Stuart Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, DE) has been advocated as a titratable continuous infusion anesthetic agent associated with fast and smooth recovery (2, 7). The anesthetic properties of a smooth induction, short half-life, and rapid eme... | Propofol; Diprivan | 1993 |
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Liu, Feng | Liu et al reply | In our Letter [1], we have demonstrated the plausibility of a structure for ?-cristobalite SiC2 consisting of domains of I Aid symmetry, and provided strong evidence against other proposed models, based on first-principles total energy and lattice dynamics calculations. We are pleased that the Auth... | beta-Cristobalite SiO2; Rigid unit modes; RUM; Transient domain formation | 1993 |
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Olivera, Baldomero M.; ; McIntosh, J. Michael | Localization of [125I] ω-conotoxin GVIA binding in human hippocampus and cerebellum | THE peptide toxin ω-conotoxin GVIA (ω-CgTx) has been shown to be a high affinity ligand for N-type calcium channels in the brain. We have employed [125I]ω-CgTx to localize N-type channels in human hippocampus and cerebellum using autoradiography. Ten micron thick slidemounted tissue sections of... | Conotoxins; Peptide toxins | 1993 |
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Miller, Joel Steven | Magnetization and static scaling of high-Tc disordered molecular-based magnet V(tetracyanoethylene)x¢y(CH3CN) with x ~ 1.5 and y ~ 2) | We report field (H) and temperature (T) -dependent magnetization (M) of a member of the new class of high-Tc molecular-based magnets V(tetracyanoethylene)x .y(solvent) with Tc in an accessible range (solvent =CH3CN). The M (H) at low T saturates slowly with increasing H. The random magnetic anisotro... | Temperature; Magnetic; Random | 1993 |
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Williams, Clayton C. | Mapping of mobile charges on insulator surfaces with the electrostatic force microscope | Migration of surface ions in lateral fields on insulator surfaces may modify the electrical characteristics of underlying semiconductor structures causing device instabilities. A high sensitivity electrostatic force microscope is used to image the movement and spatial distribution of surface ions on... | Insulator surfaces; Surface ions; Electrostatic force microscope | 1993 |
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Adler, Frederick R. | Migration alone can produce persistence of host-parasitoid models | It has long been recognized that the unstable equilibrium of a single-patch predator-prey model cannot be stabilized by diffusive coupling with identical patches, since the coupled system acts exactly like the single-patch system if the patches are synchronized (Maynard Smith 1974; Allen 1975; Reeve... | Heterogeneity; Nicholson-Bailey; migration rates | 1993 |
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Lindstrom, Gary E. | Modular language processors as framework completions | The conceptual and specificational power of denotational semantics for programming language design has been amply demonstrated. We report here on a language implementation method that is similarly semantically motivated, but is based upon object-oriented design principles, and results in flexible an... | Modular language processors; Denotational semantics; Framework completions | 1993 |
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Lindstrom, Gary E. | Modules as values in a persistent object store | We report on an object manager (OM) providing persistent implementations for C ++ classes. Our OM generalizes this problem to that of managing persistent modules, where the module concept is an abstract data type (ADT). This approach permits a powerful suite of module manipulation operations to be ... | Object manager; OM; Persistent object store | 1993 |
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Kestle, John R. W. | Moyamoya phenomenon after radiation for optic glioma | The role of radiotherapy in the management of patients with optic pathway glioma is controversial. In a series of patients with optic pathway glioma treated at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, five children were encountered who developed moyamoya phenomenon after radiotherapy. A retrospec... | Optic pathway glioma | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Multiphase flow characteristics of gas sparged hydrocyclone flotation deinking | A new high-efficiency technology has been developed for flotation deinking of various wastepaper grades. The GSC gas sparged hydrocyclone is a centrifugal device that operates at consistencies of 1 to 3 percent and uses conventional flotation chemistry. Research and development efforts have continue... | Wastepaper; Deinking; Gas sparged hydrocyclone flotation deinking | 1993 |
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Battin, Margaret P. | Nicole: suicide and terminal illness | The terminally ill person who plans suicide poses a clinical dilemma in suicidology. Issues of rational suicide are complicated. Although experts (Battin, 1991; Hoff, 1989; Motto, 1972; Pretzel, 1984; Saunders & Valente, 1988) recognize rational suicide, the prevailing paradigm of suicide preventio... | Terminal illness; Suicidology | 1993 |
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Hibler, Michael J. | Notes on thread models in Mach 3.0 | During the Mach In-Kernel Servers work, we explored two alternate thread models that could be used to support traps to in-kernel servers. In the "migrating threads" model we used, the client's thread temporarily moves into the server's task for the duration of the call. In t h e "thread switching" ... | Thread models; In-kernel servers; Thread switching; Mach 3.0 | 1993 |
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Brunvand, Erik L. | The NSR processor | The NSR (Non-Synchronous RISC) processor is a general-purpose computer structured (IS U collection of self-timed blocks that operate concurrently and communicate over bundled data channels in the style of micropipelines [3, 16]. These blocks correspond to standard synchronous pipeline stages such ... | | 1993 |
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Gardner, Reed M. | Omar Prakash MD PhD, 1936-1993 | Biomedical Informatics | | 1993 |
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Wu, Yong-Shi | On the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili hierarchy, Ŵ∞ algebra, and conformal SL(2,R)/U(1) model. II. The quantum case | This article is devoted to constructing a quantum version of the famous Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) hierarchy by deforming its second Hamiltonian structure, namely, the nonlinear W, algebra. This is achieved bx quantizing the conformal noncompact SL(2,R) k/ U(1) coset model, in which W, appears as ... | Kadomtsev-Petviashvili hierarchy; Quantum charges; W-algebras | 1993 |
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Pounder, Diana G. | Organizational orientation in public and private elementary schools | In this study, we investigated the relationship between organizational value orientation and tow variables, organizational commitment and job satisfaction, among teachers from private and public elementary schools. | Organizational commitment; Job satisfaction; Value orientation | 1993 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Origin of seismic reflectors within carbonate-rich sediments from northeastern Australian margin | We use continuous velocity records from 12 sites and continuous density records from 9 sites from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 133 to examine both direct and indirect controls on seismic reflectors and depth-to-time conversion for the northeastern Australian margin. In these carbonate-rich sedim... | | 1993 |
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Dailey, Andrew T. | Paragangliomas of the sellar region: report of two cases | TWO CASES OF paraganglioma arising from the parasellar region are presented. Both occurred in middle-aged women who sought treatment of headaches but who had no endocrinological dysfunction; one case was associated with ophthalmoplegia from cavernous sinus involvement. Diagnosis in both cases was ... | Paragangliomas; Sellar region; Parasellar region; Chemodectoma; Pituitary tumor | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh; Yu, Qiang | PC image-based analysis system for particle characterization of deinked pulps | A low cost PC image-based particle analysis system is being developed for particle characterization of deinked pulps at the University of Utah. Initial R&D efforts of such an image analysis system were made for on-line particle characterization in the mineral processing field but now it has been fo... | Deinking; Paper pulp; Wastepaper; Image-based particle analysis | 1993 |
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Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh | Peephole optimization of asynchronous networks through process composition and burst-mode machine generation | In this paper we discuss the problem of improving the e ciency of macromodule networks generated through asynchronous high level synthesis We compose the behaviors of the modules in the sub network being optimized using Dill s trace theoretic operators to get a single behavioral description for ... | Macromodule networks; Peephole; Asynchronous networks | 1993 |
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Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh | Peephole optimization of asynchronous networks through process composition and burst-mode machine generation | In this paper, we discuss the problem of improving the efficiency of macromodule networks generated through asynchronous high level synthesis. We compose the behaviors of the modules in the sub-network being optimized using Dill's trace-theoretic operators to get a single behavioral description for ... | Peephole optimization; Macromodule networks; Process composition; Burst-mode | 1993 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Penetrating craniocerebral injury resultant from gunshot wounds: gang-related injury in children and adolescents | WE PROSPECTIVELY AND retrospectively reviewed a series of 780 patients who presented to the University of Southern California/Los Angeles County Medical Center with a diagnosis of gunshot wound to the brain during an 8-year period. Of these, 105 were children ranging in age from 6 months to 17 yea... | Craniocerebral injury; Los Angeles County General Hospital; University of Southern California School of Medicine | 1993 |
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Morse, Michael David | Photodissociation measurements of bond dissociation energies: Ti?+, V?+, Co?+, and Co?+ | The bond dissociation energies of Ti2+, V+2 , Co+2, and Co: have been measured from the sudden onset of predissociation in the photodissociation spectra of these molecules, yielding values of D?(Ti+2)=2.435+0.002 eV, D?(V+2)=3.140?0.002 eV, D?(Co+2)=2.7651?0.001 eV, and D?(Co+3)=2.086?0.002 eV. Thes... | | 1993 |
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Millgram, Elijah | Pleasure in practical reasoning | Practical reasoning often strikes philosophers as ungrounded. It seems to them that desires are to be justified by reasoning that proceeds from, inter alia, further desires, and these further desires are to be justified by reference to still further desires. Avoiding circularity and infinite regres... | | 1993 |
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Stevens, Kenneth | The post office experience: designing a large asynchronous chip | The Post Office is an asynchronous, 300,000 transistor, full-custom CMOS chip designed as the communication component for the Mayfly scalable parallel processor. Performance requirements led to the development of a design style which permits the design of sequential circuits operating under a rest... | | 1993 |
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Michell, Nick | PPL 1.2mu gallium arsenide cell set | The purpose of this note is to describe the 1.2/i gallium arsenide PPL cell set - not only what is included, but design decisions made along the way. The first section is an overview of the Umitations imposed by the use of gallium arsenide technology, the next section describes the trade-offs in des... | Gallium arsenide cells; PPL cell set | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Preliminary evaluation of air-sparged hydrocyclone technology for scavenger flotation of Western phosphates | The sedimentary western phosphate deposits of Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming tend to be calcareous and generally carry a significant amount of dolomite along with collophanite. In some cases, such as the Smokey Canyon Mine, Afton, Wyoming, the ore will also contain mudstone, and in this case the ... | Collophanite; hydrosizer; scavenger concentrate | 1993 |
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Miller, Joel Steven | Pressure dependence of magnetic ordering temperature for decamethylferrocenium tetracyanoethenide | It has been demonstrated that the linear-chain charge-transfer salt, decamethylferrocenium tetracyanoethanide (DMeFc) (TCNE), is a ferromagnet with a transition temperature of -4.8 K. This low-temperature 3D ordering has been attributed to a strong intrachain and a weak interchain interaction. To... | Ferromagnetic; Transition; Antiferromagnetic | 1993 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Protein kinase C inhibitors suppress cell growth in established and low-passage glioma cell lines. a comparison between staurosporine and tamoxifen | WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY demonstrated that the proliferation of established human glioma cell lines correlated with protein kinase C (PKC) activity and that a relatively selective PKC inhibitor, staurosporine, inhibits glioma cell proliferation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether low-passa... | Staurosporin; Tamoxifen; Protein kinase C; Glioma; Brain neoplasm; Glioma cell lines | 1993 |
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Sobh, Tarek M. | Prototyping a robotic manipulator and controller | Building a robot and its environment (control, software, hardware, simulation, etc) is a complex task that requires the efforts of an experienced engineering team. Once a robot model has been chosen and a design has been agreed upon, it becomes difficult to make design changes without affecting the ... | Robotic manipulator; Robotic controller; Prototyping | 1993 |
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Sobh, Tarek M.; Henderson, Thomas C. | Prototyping environment for robot manipulators | Prototyping is an important activity in engineering. Prototype development is a good test for checking the viability of a proposed system. Prototypes can also help in determining system parameters, ranges, or in designing better systems. We are proposing a prototyping environment for electro-mechani... | Prototyping; Robot manipulators | 1993 |
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Mathews, V. John | QR-decomposition based algorithms for adaptive volterra filtering | A QR-RLS adaptive algorithm for nonlinear filtering in presented. The algorithm is based solely on Givens rotation. Hence the algorithm is numerically stable and highly amenable to parallel implementations. The computational complexity of the algorithm is comparable to that of the fast transversal V... | | 1993 |
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Painter, James S. | Radioptimization - Goal based rendering | This paper presents a method for designing the illumination in an environment using optimization techniques applied to a radiosity based image synthesis system. An optimization of lighting parameters is performed based on user specified constraints and objectives for the illumination of t h e envir... | Radioptimization; Illumination; Optimization; Lighting parameters; Radiosity based image synthesis | 1993 |
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| Reconstruction of sculptured surface using coordinate measuring machines | This paper presents a strategy for reverse engineering that uses a coordinate measur ing machine to reconstruct three dimensional sculptured surfaces. A rough initial model of the surface is generated manually. An iterative method is then used to refine the surface model until the error is within a ... | Reconstruction; Sculptured surface; Coordinate measuring machines | 1993 |
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Zachary, Joseph L. | Reflections on metaprogramming | The spread of object-oriented technology has led to object-oriented programming languages with object-oriented implementations. By encapsulating part of t h e semantics of a language within a set of default classes and empowering the programmer to derive new versions of these base classes, a designe... | Metaprogramming | 1993 |
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Newton, Maria | Relationship of task and ego orientation to performance: cognitive content, affect, and attributions in bowling | The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship of individual differences in goal orientation to mid-activity cognitive content and affect and post-performance attributions across three games of bowling. Forty-seven undergraduate students enrolled in bowling activity classes were r... | Goal-directed behavior; Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire; Sport psychology | 1993 |
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Brunvand, Erik L.; Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh; Hurdle, John Franklin | Reliable interface design for combining asynchronous and synchronous circuits | Abstract: In order to successfully integrate asynchronous and synchronous designs, great care must be taken at the interface between the two types of systems. Synchronizing asynchronous inputs with a free running clock can cause well-known problems with metastability in the synchronization circuits... | | 1993 |
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Johnston, Susan S. | Replacing challenging behavior: the role of communication intervention | IT IS WIDELY accepted that all individuals communicate (National Joint Committee, 1992). Along with this acceptance, however, comes the acknowledgment that specific communication strategies emitted by learners may vary extensively. Although conventional forms of communication, including spoken lan... | | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Wan, Rong Yu | Research and development activities for the recovery of gold from noncyanide solutions | Although most gold production from primary resources is achieved by cyanidation, many research activities have focused on alternative processes using noncyanide lixiviants. Such research has been prompted by environmental concerns and problems associated with the processing of refractory gold ores. ... | Activated carbon adsorption; Cementation; Solvent extraction; Ion exchange; Reduction-precipitation; Halide solutions; Thiourea solutions; Lixiviants | 1993 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Resistivity/porosity/velocity relationships from downhole logs: an aid for evaluating pore morphology | Relationships between downhole resistivity/velocity logs and porosity styles, controlled by cementation/dissolution/recrystallization, are investigated using core and downhole logging data from the carbonate-rich sediments encountered during Leg 133 of the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP), northeastern ... | | 1993 |
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Dailey, Andrew T. | Resolution of an actinomycotic abscess with nonsurgical treatment: case report | A CASE OF actinomycotic brain abscess is presented. Conservative treatment by prolonged administration of antibiotics after needle biopsy showed complete resolution of the abscess. Previously reported cases suggest that definitive treatment requires excision or open surgical drainage of the abscess... | Actinomycotic abscess; Brain abscess; Actinomyces israelii; Nonsurgical treatment | 1993 |
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Bruderlin, Beat | Robust solid modeling by avoiding redundancy for manifold objects in boundary representation | This paper describes a new approach to the robustness problem in solid modeling. We identify as t h e main cause of t h e lack of robustness that interdependent topological relations are derived from approximate data. Disregarding the interdependencies very likely violates basic properties, such as... | Robust solid modeling; Manifold objects; Boundary representation; Robustness problem | 1993 |
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Kriesel, John D.; Spruance, Spotswood L. | Rocky Mountain spotted fever following cardiac transplantation. | ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER was first recognized in the early 1 900s in the Snake River Valley of Idaho and the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana.t In 1909, Howard Taylor Ricketts established the ixodid tick as the vector for the disease.2 Following the tick bite, the incubation period aver... | Male; Adult; Humans | 1993 |
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Kestle, John R. W. | Role of angiography following aneurysm surgery | The postoperative angiograms in 66 patients who underwent craniotomy for clipping of 78 cerebral aneurysms were reviewed. Indications for urgent postoperative angiography included neurological deficit or repeat subarachnoid hemorrhage. Routine postoperative angiograms were carried out in the remai... | Postoperative angiography; Aneurysm rest; Cerebral angiography; Vascular occlusion | 1993 |
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Schmidt, Meic H. | Role of photodynamic therapy in posterior fossa brain tumors: a preclinical study in a canine glioma model | Photodynamic therapy was studied in dogs with and without posterior fossa glioblastomas. This mode of therapy consisted of intravenous administration of Photofrin-II at doses ranging from 0.75 to 4 mg/kg 24 hours prior to laser light irradiation in the posterior fossa. Tissue levels of Photofrin-l... | Brain neoplasm; Posterior fossa; Photodynamic therapy; Glioblastomas; Dog; Photofrin-II; Canine glioma model | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Scientific visualization in mineral and material processing | Scientific visualization is an ideal methodology for investigating complex phenomena that are characterized by large amounts of data. Furthermore, it is invaluable in the study of processes that evolve in time. Scientific visualization relies heavily on computer graphics, image processing and video... | Air sparged hydrocyclone flotation; Ball mill grinding; Tomography; Computer graphics | 1993 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Sedimentology and downhole log analysis of Site 820, central Great Barrier Reef outer shelf: the factors controlling Pleistocene progradational and aggradational seismic geometry | The textural and compositional characteristics of the 400 m sequence of Pleistocene wackestones and packstones intersected at Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 820 reflect deposition controlled by fluctuations in sea-level, and by variations in the rate of sediment supply. The development of an effe... | | 1993 |
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Ehleringer, James R. | Seedling size and survival for Chrysothamnus nauseosus | Seedling size and survival in relation to summer drought were examined for Chrysothamnus nauseosus growing under field and greenhouse conditions. In the field, summer survival rates were less than 2% annually for the three years monitored. The effect of initial seedling height on subsequent survival... | Chrysothamnus nauseosus; Seedling size; Seedling survival | 1993 |
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Horch, Kenneth W. | Selective activation of functional muscle groups through stimulation of spinal motor pools | A microelectrode was used to stimulate motor neurons in the lumbo-sacral spinal cord of adult cats. Consistent with spinal cord anatomical studies, we found that the motor neurons responsible for activation of individual muscle groups are situated together in specific areas of the cord, forming mot... | Spinal motor pools | 1993 |
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Horch, Kenneth W. | Selective stimulation of peripheral nerve fibers using dual intrafascicular electrodes | We have studied activation of newe fibers by pairs of Pt-Ir wire electrodes implanted within single fascicles of the nerve innervating the gastrocnemius muscle in cats. The purpose of this study was to determine if these intrafascicular electrodes can activate nerve fibers in different fascicles... | Functional electrical stimulation; Intrafascicular stimulation; Silicon electrode array | 1993 |
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Gardner, Reed M. | Sensors and Transducers | Biomedical Informatics | | 1993 |
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Battin, Margaret P. | Seven (more) caveats concerning the discussion of euthanasia in the Netherlands | Discussion in the U.S. about euthanasia in the Netherlands is characterized by profound disagreement, both about what the practice actually is and what risks it involves. Some time ago, I put together a little list1 of seven warnings for bioethicists embroiled in this discussion-things one ought to... | | 1993 |
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Pryor, T. Allan | Sharing MLM's: An Experiment between Columbia-Presbyterian and LDS Hospital | Biomedical Informatics | | 1993 |
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McDaniel, Susan | Single parenthood: policy apartheid in Canada | Policy discussions regarding single parents often move to income maintenance issues. While the risk of poverty for single mothers with dependent children is high, attention devoted largely to the policy challenges of income maintenance for single mothers may have two unfortunate consequences. Firs... | Single mothers; Social policy; Canada | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Solvent extraction reagents for gold recovery from alkaline cyanide solutions | Three different solvent extraction systems for the recovery of gold from alkaline cyanide solutions are reviewed. These include the modified amine extractants in which the basicity of simple alkyl amines, with respect to the aurocyanide anion, is controlled by the addition of alkyl phosphorous ester... | Solvents; Extraction; Gold; Alkaline cyanide; Amine extractants; Solvating extractants; Substituted guanidines | 1993 |
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Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh | Some unusual micropipeline circuits | We present a few unusual Micropipelines (Sutherland, CACM, September 1989) that employ the Muller C-ELEMENT or an extension of the C-ELEMENT called LOCKC (Liebchen and Gopalakrishnan, ICCD, 1992). We first describe two variations of the two-dimensional Micropipeline structure realized using ordinary... | Micropipeline circuits; Micropipelines | 1993 |
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Morse, Michael David | Spectroscopic analysis of jet-cooled AICu | Diatomic AlCu has been interrogated using resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy in a supersonic expansion of helium. The ground state is shown to be X l?+, deriving from the 3&3dgd configuration, in agreement with theoretical predictions. The closed-shell nature of this molecule results in a l... | | 1993 |
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Morse, Michael David | Spectroscopic studies of jet-cooled AINi | Resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy has been used to interrogate diatomic AlNi produced by laser vaporization of a 1:l alloy target in a supersonic molecular beam of helium. Although a large density of states in this molecule prohibits a concise elucidation of its electronic structure, the p... | | 1993 |
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Brunvand, Erik L. | Speed without fear: composable self-timed GaAs circuits | We have designed a set of self-timed gallium arsenide building blocks that are suitable for composing into larger systems. Systems designed using these modules can be easier to design and modify than their globally clocked counterparts, while maintaining high performance. The modules are suitable ... | Gallium arsenide circuits; Self-timed | 1993 |
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Miller, Joel Steven; Epstein, Arthur J. | Spin frustration and metamagnetic behavior in a molecular-based quasi 1-D-ferrimagnetic chain: (MnTPP)(TCNE) | We report an experimental observation of spin frustration and metamagnetic behavior in a quasi-1D ferrimagnetic chain, (MnTPP) + (TCNE) -. Metastability, hysteresis effects, and irreversibility of thermal and magnetic histories are observed in magnetization measurements. The "memory" phenomenon is ... | Magnetic; Magnetization; Anisotropy | 1993 |
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Warner, Homer R. | Stepping Down as Editor of Computers and Biomedical Research (Editorial) | Biomedical Informatics | | 1993 |
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Mecklenburg, Robert | STORY: A hierarchical animation and storyboarding system for alpha-1 | We introduce an integrated animation and storyboarding system that simplifies the creation and refinement of computer generated animations. The framework models both the process and product of an animated sequence, making animation more accessible for communication and as an art form. The system a... | STORY; storyboarding system; animation system; computer generated animations | 1993 |
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Warner, Homer R. | Student Paper Finalists: SCAMC 1992 (Editorial) | Biomedical Informatics | | 1993 |
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Battin, Margaret P. | Suicidology and the right to die | As suicidology reflects on the issue of the right to die, it can make no bigger mistake than by seeing suicide and suicidal behavior in short-sighted isolation, without reference to the cultural context within which it occurs. Two kinds of myopia currently afflict us in particularly constricting way... | | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Surface phase transitions of adsorbed collector molecules as revealed by in-situ FT-IR/IRS spectroscopy | It has been shown by inspection of FT-IR/IRS spectra that the alkyl conformation of adsorbed collectors can be determined. The conformations of adsorbed collectors were interpreted in terms of bulk solution phases of the collectors. Such analysis was performed on the CaF2/oleate, A1203/SDS and KC1/... | Oleates; Micellar; In situ analysis; Adsorption | 1993 |
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Myers, Chris J. | Synthesis of timed asynchronous circuits | In this paper we present a systematic procedure to synthesize timed asynchronous circuits using timing constraints dictated by system integration, thereby facilitating natural interaction between synchronous and asynchronous circuits. In addition, our timed circuits also tend to be more &dent, in b... | | 1993 |
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Myers, Chris J. | Synthesis of timed asynchronous circuits | Abstract-In this paper we present a systematic procedure to synthesize timed asynchronous circuits using timing constraints dictated by system integration, thereby facilitating natural interaction between synchronous and asynchronous circuits. In addition, our timed circuits also tend to be more & d... | | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Tar sand pretreatment with diluent | Important aspects of kerosene penetration into tar sand have been investigated. The natural tar sand porosity was measured and used to analyze the performance of the hot water process. Subsequently, pretreatment experiments, using 20-kg tar sand samples (Asphalt Ridge and Whiterocks, Utah) and ker... | Tar sand; Kerosene; Porosity; Temperature | 1993 |
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Mathews, V. John | Techniques for bilinear time series analysis | This paper reviews the general problem of nonlinear time series analysis. The special case of bilinear time series analysis is discussed in detail. The stability of the estimated nonlinear system models is of particular importance. We discuss a simple sufficient condition for the stability of s... | | 1993 |
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Stevens, Kenneth | Testing the consequences of specifications in modal µ | In a companion paper in these proceedings [6], we introduced the CCS notation and explained how to write specifications succinctly in CCS using the composition operator. In this paper we explain how one may associate a process logic with CCS and use it to resolve deadlock, safety, liveness, and fai... | | 1993 |
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Akella, Venkatesh | Testing two-phase transition signaling based self-timed circuits in a synthesis environment | The problem of testing self-timed circuits generated by an automatic synthesis system is studied. Two-phase transition signalling is assumed and the circuits are targetted for an asynchronous macromodule based implementation as in [?, ?, ?, ?]. The partitioning of the circuits into control blocks, ... | Testing; two-phase; transition signaling; self-timed circuits | 1993 |
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Zachary, Joseph L. | Using metaprogramming to add persistence to CLOS | The need to "open up" languages and the spread of object-oriented technology have led to object-oriented programming languages with object-oriented implementations. By encapsulating the fundamental aspects of language semantics within a set of default classes and giving the programmer the flexibilit... | metaprogramming; CLOS; Common Lisp Object System | 1993 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Velocity and density of carbonate-rich sediments from northeastern Australian margin: integration of core and log data | During Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 133, shipboard scientists obtained a remarkable quantity of both core and log measurements of the physical properties of carbonate-rich sediments. This suite of measurements provides a unique opportunity to evaluate the robustness of each measurement technique... | | 1993 |
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Landesman, Bruce M. | Violence, terrorism and justice eds. Frey, R. G., & Morris, C., Christopher W. (Review) | Consider two views about terrorism. The first, the conventional view, is that terrorism is an outrage. It involves, typically, the kidnapping, killing, and intimidation of innocent people who simply happen to be in the wrong place. Terrorists are fanatics, thugs, criminals, deranged individuals, wh... | Kill; Assault; terrorist | 1993 |
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Mathews, V. John | Volterra and general polynomial related filtering | This paper presents a review of polynomial filtering and, in particular, of tlie truncated Volterra filters. Following the introduction of the general properties of such filters, issues such as eficieiit realizations, design, adaptive algoritlims and stability are discussed. | | 1993 |
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McDaniel, Susan | Where the contradictions meet: women and family security in Canada in the 1990s | Family and security are both contested ground in Canada in the 1990s. The family and family values are lauded sentimentally on both sides of the 49th parallel. Yet, more and more families, Canadian and American - families with children, aging couples and the working poor - are lining up at food bank... | Values; Responsibilities; Opportunities | 1993 |
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Sperry, John S. | Winter xylem embolism and spring recovery in Betula cordifolia, Fagus grandifolia, Abies balsamea, and Picea rubens | Xylem embolism was monitored from mid-winter to mid-summer in four co-occurring species: Betula cordifolia (Reg.) Fern., Fagus grandifolia Ehrh., Abies balsamea (L.) Mill., Picea rubens Sarg. The study site was a west-facing slope in the northern Green Mountains of Vermont, U.S.A.; Betula and conife... | Conductivity; Hydraulic; Trees | 1993 |