Outdoor and indoor noise levels resulting from aircraft flyovers and certain nonaircraft events were recorded at eight homesites and a school along with the associated vibration levels in the walls, windows, and floors at these test sites. Limited subjective tests were conducted to examine the human detection and annoyance thresholds for building vibration and rattle caused by aircraft noise. Both ...
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... Title : A METHODOLOGY FOR ACCURATELY PREDICTING DEMAND FOR AIRLIFT OF MILITARY CARGO TO OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS,. ...
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ObjectivesTo describe temporal trends in concordance, sensitivity, and specificity and to explore demographic trends in concordance in two outpatient treatment studies for cocaine dependence.MethodsWe obtained 2229 urine drug screens from 129 individuals, along with accompanying self-use reports. Paired self-use reports and urine drug screens were ...
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The task force of the Japanese Breast Cancer Society was assembled to examine variable factors related to the immunohistochemical evaluation of hormone receptors in breast cancer, and to provide recommendations for adequate handling of specimens and accurate evaluations for hormone receptors. The various factors examined were: i) the adequate handling of breast cancer tissue ...
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Big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) and the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have a long history together in the standard cosmology. BBN accurately predicts the primordial light element abundances of deuterium, helium and lithium. The general concordance between the predicted and observed light element abundances ...
The new Concorde flight corridors will be at approximately the same height as the debris cloud trajectories of recent high yield Chinese weapons tests. In response to this perception, the FAA with other U.S. agencies is formulating a concept for a Stratospheric Environmental Assessment Capability (SEAC) whose objective is to furnish timely and accurate ...
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Dark energy and the accelerated expansion of the universe have been the direct predictions of the distant supernovae Ia observations which are also supported, indirectly, by the observations of the CMB anisotropies, gravitational lensing and the studies of galaxy clusters. Today these results are accommodated in what has become the concordance cosmology: a ...
OBJECTIVE: To externally validate and assess the impact of radiotherapy on the accuracy of a nomogram for predicting overall survival of women with endometrial cancer. METHODS: Using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER), we assessed the concordance indexes, the discrimination and the calibration provided by a nomogram for ...
Cosmic topology has entered a new era of experimental tests since accurate maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation (CMB) are available. Various deviations from the concordance ?-CDM flat infinite universe model hint at a possible non-trivial topology for the shape of space. A finite universe with the topology of the Poincar� dodecahedral ...
... Title : Fast and Accurate Prediction of Windborne Contaminant Plumes for Civil Defense in Cities. Descriptive Note : Conference paper. ...
... Accession Number : ADD200835. Title : An Accurate Prediction of Natural Frequencies of Laminated Plates by a Higher Order Theory. ...
BackgroundThe ecological niche occupied by a fungal species, its pathogenicity and its usefulness as a microbial cell factory to a large degree depends on its secretome. Protein secretion usually requires the presence of a N-terminal signal peptide (SP) and by scanning for this feature using available highly accurate SP-prediction tools, the fraction of ...
We have developed an integrated, multidisciplinary methodology, termed systems pathology, to generate highly accurate predictive tools for complex diseases, using prostate cancer for the prototype. To predict the recurrence of prostate cancer following radical prostatectomy, defined by rising serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA), we ...
The key to weather prediction lies in accurately measuring these variables and feeding the data into numerical models that can predict changes in the ...
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There are no accurate, noninvasive tests to diagnose BK polyomavirus nephropathy, a common infectious complication after renal transplantation. This study evaluated whether the qualitative detection of cast-like, three-dimensional polyomavirus aggregates (�Haufen�) in the urine accurately predicts BK polyomavirus nephropathy. Using ...
Big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) and the cosmic microwave background (CMB) are two major pillars of cosmology. Standard BBN accurately predicts the primordial light element abundances (4He, D, 3He and 7Li), depending on one parameter, the baryon density. Light element observations are used as a baryometer. The CMB anisotropies also contain information about ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the pathologic concordance rates in patients with bilateral synchronous sporadic renal tumors (BSSRT) and to determine factors predictive of concordance. METHODS: A retrospective chart review from 1985 to 2008 was completed with search criteria of all patients diagnosed with bilateral renal tumors. We included ...
Skin irritation is a common occupational hazard for employees engaged in the manufacture, transport, and use of industrial chemicals. The most common method used to evaluate dermal irritation and/or corrosion has typically been in vivo tests using rabbits (Draize method). Several in vitro test methods have been developed, with Corrositex being the first to gain approval by a regulatory agency ...
The method presented in the report was inspired by two findings: (1) There is a relationship between the water depth and the current; (2) The longterm tide measurements are more easily implemented, in addition, since they are less noisy and longer, they l...
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to develop accurate models and nomograms to predict local recurrence, distant metastases, and survival for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with long-course chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by surgery and to allow for a selection of patients who may benefit most from postoperative adjuvant ...
This study used data from a community survey of 826 older adults to examine the level of concordance of substance use among married couples and the extent to which demographic, social and health factors were associated with concordant drinking patterns. Results showed significant concordance for use of alcohol, caffeine, tobacco and ...
The terrain that theorists cover in this CMB golden age is described. We ponder early universe physics in quest of the fluctuation generator. We extol the virtues of inflation and defects. We transport fields, matter and radiation into the linear (primary anisotropies) and nonlinear (secondary anisotropies) regimes. We validate our linear codes to deliver accurate ...
Iron-induced cardiac dysfunction is a leading cause of death in transfusion-dependent anemia. MRI relaxation rates R2(1/T2) and R2?(1?T2?) accurately predict liver iron concentration, but their ability to predict cardiac iron has been challenged by some investigators. Studies in animal ...
Plasticity of gene regulatory encryption can permit DNA sequence divergence without loss of function. Functional information is preserved through conservation of the composition of transcription factor binding sites (TFBS) in a regulatory element. We have developed a method that can accurately identify pairs of functional noncoding orthologs at evolutionarily diverged loci by ...
Purpose: To test the accuracy of life tables (LTs) in predicting survival in men treated with radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. Methods and Materials: We selected the records of 3,176 patients treated with radiotherapy and who had no clinical evidence of disease relapse. Life table-derived life expectancy (LE) was defined for every individual using a ...
Purpose: We examined the potential association between African couples' concordance on attitudes toward violence (ATV) and risk for intimate partner violence (IPV). Method: Analyses included 13,837 couples from Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 2003 and 2007, from six African countries. Concordance on ATV was defined as both spouses ...
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Resting energy expenditure (REE) is often used to estimate total energy needs. The Schofield equation based on weight and height has been reported to underestimate REE in female children with phenylketonuria (PKU). The objective of this observational, cross-sectional study was to evaluate the agreement of measured REE with predicted REE for female adolescents with PKU. A total ...
BackgroundHIV-1 infected patients for whom standard gp160 phenotypic tropism testing failed are currently excluded from co-receptor antagonist treatment. To provide patients with maximal treatment options, massively parallel sequencing of the envelope V3 domain, in combination with tropism prediction tools, was evaluated as an alternative tropism determination strategy. Plasma ...
OBJECTIVE: The objective was to determine the role of arcitumomab (CEA-Scan; Immunomedics, Morris Plains, NJ), an anticarcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) Fab' labeled with technetium-99m, in the presurgical evaluation of patients with recurrent or metastatic colorectal carcinoma. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Surgical resection is the only method known to cure recurrent or metastatic colorectal carcinoma. ...
... Title: An Efficient and Accurate Method of Estimating Substrate ... This thesis presents a Z-parameter based model to predict the substrate ...
The present study examined delinquency concordance and the moderating effects of younger sibling perceptions of older sibling popularity in a sample of 587 adolescent sibling pairs. Using a social learning framework, and taking dyad composition into account, perceptions of popularity were hypothesized to strengthen siblings� concordance for delinquency. ...
The present study examined delinquency concordance and the moderating effects of younger sibling perceptions of older sibling popularity in a sample of 587 adolescent sibling pairs. Using a social learning framework and taking dyad composition into account, perceptions of popularity were hypothesized to strengthen siblings' concordance for delinquency. ...
This study compares two methods commonly used (concordance and prediction) to establish linkages between scores from tests of similar content given in different languages. Score linkages between the Verbal and Math sections of the SAT I and the corresponding sections of the Spanish-language admissions test, the Prueba de Aptitud Academica (PAA), are used ...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of various allometric and in vitro-in vivo extrapolation (IVIVE) methodologies with and without plasma protein binding corrections for the prediction of human intravenous (i.v.) clearance (CL). The objective was also to evaluate the IVIVE prediction methods with animal data. Methodologies were ...
ObjectiveTo determine the concordance of patient recall compared to chart abstraction for distant intrapartum variables and to evaluate predictors of concordance.MethodsA random sample from a population-representative cohort of 2,109 ethnically diverse women aged 40�74 years. Intrapartum variables reported by participants were compared to data abstracted ...
BackgroundInferring viral tropism from genotype is a fast and inexpensive alternative to phenotypic testing. While being highly predictive when performed on clonal samples, sensitivity of predicting CXCR4-using (X4) variants drops substantially in clinical isolates. This is mainly attributed to minor variants not detected by standard bulk-sequencing. ...
BackgroundFor rectal cancer patients who have already survived a period of time after diagnosis, survival probability changes and is more accurately depicted by conditional survival. The specific aim of this study was to develop an interactive tool for individualized estimation of changing prognosis for rectal cancer patients.MethodsA multivariate Cox proportional hazards ...
BackgroundPhysical activity (PA) adoption is essential for obesity prevention and control, yet ethnic minority women report lower levels of PA and are at higher risk for obesity and its comorbidities compared to Caucasians. Epidemiological studies and ecologic models of health behavior suggest that built environmental factors are associated with health behaviors like PA, but few studies have ...
Three different minor groove binder (MGB) probe assays have been developed for rapid and accurate identification of the species commonly used for production of canned tuna, i.e. yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), bluefin (Thunnus thynnus) and albacore (Thunnus alalunga) tunas. The assays targeting the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene were able to discriminate efficiently between ...
We hypothesized that, based on greyscale imaging and color Doppler capabilities, a new pocket ultrasound device (PUD) could accurately record cardiologic diagnostic findings. One hundred patients referred for conventional clinical indications underwent a standard echocardiography. Subsequently, a second physician blinded to the results performed an evaluation using the PUD on ...
... Predictions of the California Current System via Accurate Light ... ECOSYSTEMS, OCEAN CURRENTS, CALIFORNIA, VISIBILITY, COMPUTATIONS ...
... Ecosystem Predictions of the California Current System via Accurate Light ... Descriptors : *ECOSYSTEMS, OCEAN CURRENTS, OCEAN MODELS ...
Accurate life prediction is critical to successful use of ceramic matrix composites (CMC). The tools
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... Density Prediction Herman L. Ammon (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ... The work- horse refinement code WMIN, developed in the late ...
BACKGROUND: Measurement of urinary albumin excretion (UAE) shows important intra-individual variability suggesting the need for multiple assessments. This study aimed at investigating the reproducibility of UAE in type 2 diabetes. METHODS: UAE was obtained from two to three samples collected in a 3- to 6-month period from 4062 of the 15?773 type 2 diabetic subjects participating in the Renal ...
Currently, core biopsies are routinely used for diagnosis of breast cancer and they are often the only sample for providing prognostic and predictive markers before treatment. However, biopsies may not accurately reflect protein expression profiles from the whole tumor. In the last few years, reverse phase protein arrays (RPPA) have become a very promising ...
ER, PR and HER2 status in breast cancer are important markers for the selection of drug therapy. By immunohistochemistry (IHC), three major breast cancer subtypes can be distinguished: Triple negative (TN(IHC)), HER2+(IHC) and Luminal(IHC) (ER+(IHC)/HER2-(IHC)). By using the intrinsic gene set defined by Hu et al. five molecular subtypes (Basal(mRNA), HER2+(mRNA), Luminal A(mRNA), Luminal B(mRNA) ...
Background:Patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer are a heterogeneous group, and it is not possible to accurately predict the progression-free survival (PFS) in these patients. We developed and validated a nomogram to help improve prediction of PFS in patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy.Methods:The ...
BackgroundTo facilitate decision-making about treatment options for patients with end-stage renal disease considering kidney transplantation, we sought to develop an index for clinical prediction of risk for death.MethodsWe derived and validated a multivariable survival model predicting time to death in 169 393 patients with end-stage renal disease who ...
Interspecies extrapolation in carcinogenesis is studied by evaluating prediction from rats to mice and from mice to rats. The Carcinogenic Potency Database, which includes 3500 cancer tests conducted in rats or mice on 955 compounds, is used for the analysis. About half of the chemicals tested for carcinogenicity are positive in at least one test, and this proportion is ...
Social characteristics (e.g. race, gender, age, education) are associated with health care disparities. We introduce social concordance, a composite measure of shared social characteristics between patients and physicians. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether social concordance predicts differences in medical visit communication and ...
Abstract Background. Currently, only Kirsten rat sarcoma 2 viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) mutational status is used as a decisional marker for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor therapy in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. Concordance of KRAS status between primary tumors and metastases has always been considered to be close to perfect; however, cases of ...
... communities). However, RIVPACS is used to classify unpolluted running waters, and to compare new samples against these model ... prediction of the macro-invertebrate fauna of unpolluted running water site...
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... is good concordance between fine-scale and coarse-scale model predictions, then coarse-scale models may be preferred. If, however, fine and coarse scales of aggregation lead to different, conflicting predi...
The concordance model of cosmology and structure formation predicts the formation of isolated very massive stars at high redshifts in dark matter dominated halos of 10(sup 5) to 10(sup 6) Msun. These stars photo-ionize their host primordial molecular clou...
Oct 16, 2006 ... The thermochemistry of the volatilization reactions is not well characterized, preventing accurate understanding and prediction of the ...
... the Commando Brigade and Submarine Parachute Assistance ... accurately predict the birth of the ... modelling work primarily based on Computational ...
Accurate prediction of gust stress being out of the question because of the multiplicity of the free
Understand the phenomenology and have the models predict the trends ... Phenomenology Gaps. "Lack of Accurate Measurements ...
The capability of models and theories to accurately predict and describe the behavior of low gravity
Package consisting of three separate programs used to accurately predict temperature distribution of
Sublimation of inorganic materials in the vacuum of space can be predicted accurately from knowledge
... NSLOT: Optical turbulence effects on laser beam propagation can be accurately predicted using incoherent scintillometers. ...
... Descriptors : *ENERGETIC PROPERTIES, QUANTUM ... MOLECULAR DYNAMICS, CHEMICAL REACTIONS ... THRUST, QUANTUM CHEMISTRY ...
Orbit Determination. Generation of accurate reconstructed and predicted trajectories using a combination of tracking data types. ...
... TO ACCURATE FAILURE STRENGTH ESTIMATION IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ULTIMATE STRENGTH PREDICTION CURVE ...
