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| 226 |  | Gerig, Guido | Assessment of reliability of multi-site neuroimaging via traveling phantom study | This paper describes a framework for quantitative analysis of neuroimaging data of traveling human phantoms used for cross-site validation. We focus on the analysis of magnetic resonance image data including intra- and intersite comparison. Locations and magnitude of geometric deformation is studied... | 2008-01-01 | |
| 227 |  | Reitze, Arnold W. | BiofuelsSnake Oil for the Twenty-First Century | Congress should slash its subsidies for corn-based ethanol and focus its efforts on research and development efforts to advance the technologies needed to reduce our need for foreign petroleum. We should be working to lower the costs of cellulosic ethanol production as well as working on promisi... | 2008-12-01 | |
| 228 |  | Gerig, Guido | Brain lesion segmentation through physical model estimation | Segmentations of brain lesions from Magnetic Resonance (MR) images is crucial for quantitative analysis of lesion populations in neuroimaging of neurological disorders. We propose a new method for segmenting lesions in brain MRI by inferring the underlying physical models for pathology. We use the r... | Magnetic resonance (MR) images; Neurological disorders; Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). | 2008-01-01 |
| 229 |  | Huser, Vojtech | Chapter 5: RetroGuide Evaluation | This chapter presents a RetroGuide (RG) evaluation study which was conducted to assess the flowchart-based modeling approach. This study complements the previously presented case studies in an overall effort to evaluate the RG project. The evaluation was targeted at informatics users with small to m... | Retroguide, Evaluation study, Analysis of data, Structured query language, Biomedical informatics, EHR, RetroGuide | 2008-03-28 |
| 230 |  | Miller, Jan D. | Chemical utilization of sequestered carbon dioxide as a booster of hydrogen economy | For many, hydrogen in a pure hydrogen economy would be like natural gas in today's energy economy. Unfortunately, hydrogen's physical properties are unsuited to the energy market's requirements in terms of packaging, storage, transfer, and delivery. In this paper, a hybrid energy economy that packag... | dimethyl ether; liquid fuels; carbon sequestration | 2008-01-01 |
| 231 |  | Harrison, Reid R. | Design of integrated circuits to observe brain activity | The ability to monitor the simultaneous electrical activity of multiple neurons in the brain enables a wide range of scientific and clinical endeavors. Recent efforts to merge miniature multielectrode neural recording arrays with integrated electronics have revealed significant circuit design chall... | Amplifiers; Analog integrated circuits; Biomedical signal processing; Low-power circuit design; Neural recording; Subthreshold circuit design; Neural signals; Brain activity | 2008-01-01 |
| 232 |  | Fowles, Richard | Determinants of motor vehicle fatalities using classical specification testing and Bayesian sensitivity methods | This paper uses classical regression methods along with Bayesian Extreme Bounds Analysis (EBA) to addresses the effect of cell phones on motor vehicle fatality rates so as to examine the potential of net life-taking and life-saving effects. The models adjust for a time trend (YEAR), the maximum b... | Motor vehicle fatalities; motor vehicle statistical studies; cell phones | 2008-01-09 |
| 233 |  | Jaskowski, Troy D. | Diagnostic performance of phospholipid-specific assays for the evaluation of antiphospholipid syndrome | The diagnostic performance of commercially available nonstandard antiphospholipid (aPL) assays for the evaluation of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is unknown. In 62 patients with APS, 88 with recurrent pregnancy loss, 50 healthy blood donors, and 24 women with one or more successful pregnancies, w... | APS; Phospholipid-specific assays; Diagnostic performance | 2008-06-01 |
| 234 |  | Regehr, John | Edicts: implementing features with flexible binding times | In a software product line, the binding time of a feature is the time at which one decides to include or exclude a feature from a product. Typical binding site implementations are intended to support a single binding time only, e.g., compile time or run time. Sometimes, however, a product line must... | 2008-01-01 | |
| 235 | | Gerig, Guido | Evaluation of brain MRI alignment with the Robust Hausdorff Distance Measures | We present a novel automated method for assessment of image alignment, applied to non-rigid registration of brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging data (MRI) for image-guided neurosurgery. We propose a number of robust modifications to the Hausdorff distance (HD) metric, and apply it to the edges recovere... | Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) | 2008-01-01 |
| 236 |  | Gerig, Guido | Functional connectivity MR imaging reveals cortical functional connectivity in the developing brain | BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Unlike conventional functional MR imaging where external sensory/cognitive paradigms are needed to specifically activate different regions of the brain, resting functional connectivity MR imaging acquires images in the absence of cognitive demands (a resting condition) and de... | 2008-01-01 | |
| 237 |  | Khan, Faisal Habib | Generating isolated outputs in a multilevel modular capacitor clamped DC-DC converter (MMCCC) for hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicles | This paper presents a new technique to obtain isolated dc voltage outputs from a capacitor clamped dc-dc converter. The multilevel modular capacitor clamped converter (MMCCC) has several key features that make it possible to generate ac outputs (10 kHz) from a dc-dc converter circuit. Using those h... | 2008-01-01 | |
| 238 |  | Simpson, Jamesina J. | Global FDTD maxwell's equations modeling of elctromagnetic propagation from currents in the lithosphere | Electromagnetic wave propagation from electric currents within the Earth's crust is investigated using a three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) full-vector Maxwell's equations model of the global Earth-ionosphere cavity. The FDTD model employed extends from -100 km below sea level to... | 2008-01-01 | |
| 239 |  | Gerig, Guido | Group statistics of DTI fiber bundles using spatial functions of tensor measures | We present a framework for hypothesis testing of differences between groups of DTI ber tracts. An anatomical, tract-oriented coordinate system provides a basis for estimating the distribution of diffusion properties. The parametrization of sampled, smooth functions is normalized across a population ... | 2008-01-01 | |
| 240 |  | Couldwell, William T. | Hemorrhagic and nonhemorrhagic Rathke cleft cysts mimicking pituitary apoplexy | Object. Rathke cleft cysts (RCCs) are infrequently symptomatic, and apoplexy is one of the most unusual presentations. Only a few cases of apoplexy associated with RCCs have been reported, and their clinical, imaging, surgical, and pathological features are poorly understood. In the cases that have ... | 2008-01-01 | |
| 241 |  | Utz, Rebecca L.; Lund, Dale A.; Caserta, Michael | Humor, laughter, and happiness in the daily lives of recently bereaved spouses | The positive psychology movement has created more interest in examining the potential value of experiencing positive emotions (e.g., humor, laughter, and happiness) during the course of bereavement. This study of 292 recently widowed (5-24 weeks) men (39%) and women (61%) age 50 and over examined bo... | bereavement adjustment | 2008-01-01 |
| 242 |  | Harrison, Reid R. | Influence of system integration and packaging for a wireless neural interface on its wireless powering performance | In an integrated wireless neural interface based on the Utah electrode array, the implanted electronics is supplied with power through inductive coupling between two coils. This inductive power link would be affected by conductive and dielectric media surrounding the implant coil. In this study, th... | Implant coil; Wireless; Integrated Neural Interface; INI3; Utah Electrode Array | 2008-01-01 |
| 243 |  | Mower, Allyson; Gregory, Joan M.; Youngkin, Mary E. | Institutional Repository: the bridge that connects | This presentation shows how the development of an institutional repository is possible by coordinating across departments and by using a work flow system. | Institutional Repositories; Technical Services; Public Services. Workflow Management | 2008-05-20 |
| 244 |  | Arlitsch, Kenning; Morrow, Anne | IR workflow software: extending the power of CONTENTdm for Institutional Repositories | A PowerPoint presentation given as part of "OCLC CONTENTdm User Showcase: Digital Collections Delivered" at ALA Midwinter, January 13, 2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Digital technology; Digital holdings, libraries; Institutional archiving | 2008-01-13 |
| 245 |  | Sekercioglu, Cagan | Landscape constraints on functional diversity of birds and insects in tropical agroecosystems | In this paper, we analyze databases on bird and insects to assess patterns of functional diversity in human-dominated landscapes in the tropics. Perspective from developed landscapes is essential for understanding remnant natural ecosystems, because most species experience their surroundings at spat... | 2008-01-01 | |
| 246 |  | Yu, Zhou | Leaving gateway metropolitan areas in the United States: immigrants and the housing market | Immigration is no longer a phenomenon that is simply affecting gateway metropolitan areas in the United States. This analysis demonstrates that large numbers of immigrants are moving to other metropolitan areas and analyzes the housing outcomes of households who currently live in the fourteen larges... | Homeownership; Migrants; Households | 2008-05-01 |
| 247 |  | Mallat, Chibli | Legal Developments and Constitutional Structures in Iraq | In order to practice business under the rule of law, you need to have one, and the Iraqi theatre is most unusual in this respect. This is because post-dictatorship Iraq offers lawyers equally immense hopes and immense disappointments. | 2008-09-19 | |
| 248 |  | Sekercioglu, Cagan | Measuring the meltdown: drivers of global amphibian extinction and decline | Habitat loss, climate change, over-exploitation, disease and other factors have been hypothesised in the global decline of amphibian biodiversity. However, the relative importance of and synergies among different drivers are still poorly understood. We present the largest global analysis of roughly ... | 2008-01-01 | |
| 249 |  | Couldwell, William T. | Metabolic syndrome: what neurosurgeons should know | The term metabolic syndrome, first introduced in 1988, has evolved in concept since that time. While the strict definition is subject to ongoing debate, the syndrome generally involves glucose intolerance, obesity, dyslipidemia and high blood pressure, which increase the risk of developing cardiovas... | 2008-01-01 | |
| 250 |  | Agarwal, Nivedita | Microstructural thalamic changes in schizophrenia: a combined anatomic and diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging study | Objective: Several magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and postmortem studies have supported the role of the thalamus in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Interestingly, a recent small diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) study showed abnormal thalamic microstructure in patients with schizophrenia. The... | 2008-01-01 |