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... publisher, a root ofa multicast tree, a subscriber to a topic, a node within a multicast tree, and any sensible combination ofthe above Much ofthe scalability andreliabilityof Scribe and Pastry ... May 2001 11 Shelly Q Zhuang, Ben Y Zhao, Anthony D Joseph, Randy H Katz, and John Kubiatowicz Bayeux: An Architecture for Scalable and Fault-tolerant Wide-Area Data Dissemination In Proc ofthe ... select alternative paths Both these schemes have some disadvantages The mechanisms that perform packet duplication consume additional bandwidth, andthe mechanisms that select alternative paths...
... Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada The band shapes ofthe single components are superpositions of Gaussian and Lorentzian band shapes Best ts were obtained by assuming a Gauss fraction of 0.550.6 The curfit ... for each sample, absorbance spectra were produced For these spectra, water bands were subtracted, andthe evaluation of peptide band parameters (peak position, band width and intensity) Antimicrobial ... plot analysis of AP1 (m), the known anionic a- AMP, maximin H5 (d), and peptides ofthe a- AMP dataset (http://www.uclan.ac.uk/biology/bru/amp_data.htm), all as described in the text AP1, maximin...
... interact with membrane via the formation of an oblique-orientated a- helix [26], a class of a- helices [29– 35] that penetrate membranes at a shallow angle because ofa hydrophobicity gradient along ... hydrophobicity gradient along the a- helical long axis [27,28] It was suggested by Daman et al [26] that the formation of such an a- helix may feature in the membrane interactions of m-calpain domain V Here, ... fitting was applied using a modified version ofthe CURFIT procedure written by D Moffat (National Research Council, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada) An estimation ofthe number of band components was obtained...
... labels marking the arcs, or, as in this paper, by notating the sets of label/value pairs in square brackets, with the labels separated from their values by a colon; e.g., a DAG associated with the ... set of DAGs The root of each DAG will have an arc labeled eat aTechnically, these are rooted, directed, acyclic graphs with labeled arcs Formal definition of these and other technical notions can ... have as its value the same node as the V's agr, and hence the same values for the person and number features Similarly, by virtue ofthe unification associated with the S rule, the NP will have...
... side-chain deprotection and cleavage ofthe q FEBS 2001 peptide fromthe resin, RP-HPLC analysis revealed the occurrence ofa new major peak eluting at 18.6 andthe disappearance ofthe linear precursor ... support andthe headto-tail cyclization was achieved using orthogonal allyl protection for the a- carboxylic function of aspartic acid (Fig 1) After the last coupling cycle and removal ofthe allyl ... Some ofthe spectral data are illustrated in Fig 13B, that show a region ofthe NOESY spectrum containing the sequential daa(Arg1, Pro2) and dadd0 (Arg1, Pro2) connectivities, characteristic of the...
... mixed in the cell measuring compartment and lM CYP1 1A1 was placed in the second compartment After the samples were made anaerobic, an excess of NADPH was added to the FNR/Adx mixture to allow Adx ... WT FNR/Fdb AdR/Adxc 0.77 FNRrd + Fdox Fdrd + FNRox AdRred + Adxox a Standard deviation for all shown Kd values is ± 15% b Data from [10] c Data from [34] d Data at ratio : e Data at [Adxrd(4–108)]/ ... Kinetic parameters for the anaerobic reaction between FNRrd and Adxox Data calculated from steady-state spectra recorded in Fig 2A at 414 nm Adx concentration dependence of (A) kobs1, kobs2 and V0...
... kinematic data is used for computational assessment and generates the interactive feedback Based on observation andthe computational assessment, the clinician may adapt the system extension ofthe ... during a reach andthe reference curve derived from non-impaired reaching data that is scaled to the start and end reference angle of each participant Consistency ofthe angular profile The average ... ofthe hand ofthe affected arm These kinematic features, which describe the end-point’s temporal and spatial behavior during a reach and grasp action, are grouped into four activity level categories:...
... signal or the output of an actual switch Such signals can be used to label the brain signals and to evaluate the performance ofa BI The data analysis of individuals with motor disabilities was ... as the feature classifier A moving average anda debounce algorithm are employed to improve the performance ofthe system by reducing the number of false activations The parameter values ofthe ... proposed the method, carried out the data analysis and drafted the manuscript GEB and RKW critically revised the proposed scheme, and were involved in drafting the manuscript All authors read and approved...
... each block are permitted A burst in this context means that the standard deviations of all components in a block are raised to 10% ofthe maximum standard deviation On the other hand, when a ... parity generating function to provide one set of parity values The k is the basic block size ofthe input data, and n is the block size ofthe output data, new data samples are accepted and (n - ... syndromes and comparing against thresholds five times the standard deviation of syndrome values when only low levels of round-off error appear The simulation program randomly selects the line in a magnitude...
... in the passband but also in the transition band The mean value ofthe group delay ranges below that of linear-phase filters ofthe same length The observed overall signal delay lies within the ... except for the region next to the transition band The group delay in the passband and transition band is depicted in Figure 4(b) The group delay is again approximately constant with the mean value ... filters’ magnitude responses are matched in the passbands andthe transition bands without further consideration ofthe overall FBP group delay, aiming at minimum, possibly differing AFB and SFB...
... Editor ofthe IEEE Transactions on Image Processing He is a Member ofthe Yugoslav Engineering Academy, anda Member ofthe National Academy of Science and Art of Montenegro (CANU) Professor Stankovi´ ... MCI design is much shorter Finally, the ability to realize almost all commonly used TFDs by the same hardware represents a major advantage ofthe proposed MCI design On the other hand, the fastest ... to take different number of clock cycles andthe ability to share functional units within the execution ofa single TFD are the major advantages ofthe proposed designThe paper is organized as...
... CV2), and maximum RMSE during maneuver (PV) Thedesignofa tracking filter aims at attaining a satisfactory trade-off among all specifications The quality ofthedesign will be evaluated by means of ... groundspeed, range, orientation ofthe trajectory with respect to the radar (radial and tangential projection of velocity heading), magnitude ofthe transversal acceleration, and magnitude ofthe groundspeed ... the accuracy and quality of available data, while target conditions are the distance and orientation ofthe flight with respect to radar, motion state of aircraft (uniform velocity, turning, accelerating),...
... palpation Equal on all limbs standing and walking Normal standing; favors affected limb when walking Partial weight-bearing standing and walking Partial weight-bearing standing; non-weight-bearing ... Takahashi [28] Radiographs were taken for each animal at enrollment and at and months after treatment by the same technician using a usual X-ray machine (Kelex, Thailand) Ventrodorsal radiographs ... 0.05) hyaluronan or other polyanions, such as DNA, RNA or dextran sulfate The standard used in the assay was shark cartilage aggrecan (A1 fraction) (Sigma-Aldrich, USA) at concentrations of 19∼10,000...
... the study PD and AW abstracted data from paper PD wrote first draft of paper AW and JG commented on drafts of paper All authors read and approved the final manuscript Davies et al Implementation ... article as: Davies et al.: A systematic review ofthe use of theory in thedesignof guideline dissemination and implementation strategies and interpretation ofthe results of rigorous evaluations ... mediating pathways and moderators has been advocated to advance ofthe science of implementation research [1] This study highlights the lack of use of theory until at least 1998 It is recommended that...
... the study PD and AW abstracted data from paper PD wrote first draft of paper AW and JG commented on drafts of paper All authors read and approved the final manuscript Davies et al Implementation ... article as: Davies et al.: A systematic review ofthe use of theory in thedesignof guideline dissemination and implementation strategies and interpretation ofthe results of rigorous evaluations ... mediating pathways and moderators has been advocated to advance ofthe science of implementation research [1] This study highlights the lack of use of theory until at least 1998 It is recommended that...
... lower than the full form PTGI, andthereliabilityofthe total score was generally in the range of 90 across a variety of samples [42] In the present study, the Italian translation ofthe PTGY-SF ... appropriate and reasonable empirical data are available for calculating the necessary sample size that would allow a high chance to detect a significant difference across conditions Because of ... rehabilitation (CR) and who will meet inclusion criteria of having had a medical diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and being affected by major cardiovascular risk factors will be asked and...
... missing data [25] Sample size calculations To calculate the sample size, we used the means of 23.9, 18.9 and 13.9 and assumed a standard deviation of 12.1 ofthe ODI (primary outcome measure) derived ... "no pain" at one end and "pain as bad as it could be" at the other Participants are asked to indicate which point along the line best represents their pain intensity The distance fromthe no-pain ... treatment delivery) and placed in a secure box to be assessed only by the research co-ordinator A statistician blinded to group allocation will analyse the data At the first consultation a package...
... of patients in the treatment and placebo arms that were included in the final data analysis, andthe mortality rate in each arm We recorded unadjusted results and those pertaining to the overall ... conceived the idea for the article, performed the data abstraction and analysis and wrote the manuscript JMOB assisted with conception ofthe article and with writing and editing ofthe manuscript ... delta, the expected baseline (placebo or standard care) mortality rate, thea priori sample size, whether the study was terminated early, and any modifications made to the sample size in the...