The Pioneers of Underwater Acoustics Medal is presented to an individual irrespective nationality, age, or society affi liation, who has made outstanding contribution the science underwater acoustics, as evidenced by publication research in professional journals other accomplishments fi eld. award was named honor ve pioneers eld: H. J. W. Fay, R. A. Fessenden. C. Hayes, G. Pierce, and P. Langev...

Although a large number of datasets gathered as Linked Open Data (LOD) is better for data sharing and re-using, the datasets themselves become more difficult to understand. Since each dataset has its own data structure, we need to understand datasets individually. In addition, since the entities in datasets are interconnected, we need to understand the interconnections between datasets. In othe...

Type 2 diabetes (DM2) could be reproduced in rats with alimentary obesity by using low doses of streptozotocin (LD-STZ) as well as STZ in high doses with preliminary nicotinamide (NA) administration. However, STZ could induce tubulotoxicity. Aim. To develop rat model of DN in NA-STZ-induced DM2 and compare it with LD-STZ-model in order to choose the most relevant approach for reproducing renal ...

The leaching of the herbicide isoproturon and the water tracer bromide in the pro®le of a silty loam soil at the Weiherbach Catchment area in Germany was simulated by eight different persons using the models MACRO, SIMULAT, LEACHP, WAVE, GLEAMS and PELMO (only bromide). Experimental results from different laboratory studies and from a ®eld study were available to parameterise the models. Model ...

Random eld models are able to synthesize a large variety of complex patterns with a small number of parameters. This paper discusses the use of a Gibbs random eld model as part of an image coding system. In particular, some semantic and perceptual attributes of this model are addressed.

Lung cancers, primarily caused by tobacco smoking, are the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and around the world. Screening of select high-risk patients using low-dose helical computed tomography (LD-CT) has been shown to reduce lung cancer mortality by 20% compared with chest radiography. However, because there are risks to LD-CT lung cancer screening, it should be performed...

Elotuzumab, targeting signaling lymphocytic activation molecule family 7 (SLAMF7), has been approved in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone (ELd) for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (MM) based on the findings of the phase III randomized trial ELOQUENT-2 (NCT01239797). Four-year follow-up analyses of ELOQUENT-2 have demonstrated that progression-free survival was 21% in ELd vers...