7 This paper describes OPC-SMS gateway, a platform that integrates IP networks with the Short Message Service (SMS), in 8 order to deliver an integrated service for access to data sources conforming to Object Linking and Embedding for Process 9 Control (OPC) standard specifications, through SMS-enabled mobile devices. The gateway supports pull and push services in 10 order to support both reque...

As technology node shrinks down, hotspots, i.e. patterning failures on wafer after etching process, become an inevitable problem. The main cause of such hotspots is low contrast of aerial image. There are several methods that can improve aerial image contrast such as SRAF insertion and OPC. However, it is difficult to fix all hotspots by applying only SRAF and OPC in advanced technology node. T...

Optical phase conjugation (OPC) of a polarization-multiplexed comb of 10x114Gb/s DP-QPSK signals has been demonstrated for the first time, occupying a spectral bandwidth of >1 THz (~9 nm). The nonlinear element employed for the OPC was highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) optimized for the suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) and configured in a bi-directional loop offering polarizatio...

BACKGROUND Increases in the incidence of squamous cell oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) have been reported from some countries, but have not been assessed in Australia or New Zealand. This study examines trends for squamous cell OPC and squamous cell oral cavity cancer (OCC) in two similarly sized populations, New Zealand and Queensland, Australia. METHODS Incidence data for 1982-2010 were obtained...

The acute effect of treatment with the vasopressin V2-receptor antagonist OPC-31260 (OPC) on aquaporin-2 (AQP2) distribution and expression in rat kidney was examined. Immunofluorescence and semi-quantitative immunoelectron microscopy revealed that 15 and 30 min of OPC treatment resulted in significant reduction in apical plasma membrane labeling of AQP2, with a concomitant increase in labeling...

An orally effective, nonpeptide vasopressin V1 receptor antagonist, OPC-21268 was produced for possible human use. We investigated the effects of OPC-21268 on the vascular effects of intra-arterially infused arginine vasopressin in human forearm vessels. The brachial artery was cannulated for drug infusions and direct measurement of arterial pressure. Forearm blood flow was measured by a strain...

This study examines self-reported coercion in subjects with severe mental illness who were randomly assigned in an experimental study to continue under, or be released from, involuntary outpatient commitment (OPC) subsequent to hospital discharge. After review of bivariate relationships, multivariable analyses demonstrated significantly higher levels of reported coercion among subjects who expe...

This paper introduces new control system aspects used for designing and implementing a distributed data acquisition and monitoring software system. These aspects are proposed according to OPC technologies and XML as standards for interfaces, functionalities, and architectures. The proposed system allows us to easily aggregate existing OPC Data Access (DA) servers and new OPC XML-DA servers into...

In this work, we report a novel high capacity (number of degrees of freedom) open loop adaptive optics method, termed digital optical phase conjugation (DOPC), which provides a robust optoelectronic optical phase conjugation (OPC) solution. We showed that our prototype can phase conjugate light fields with approximately 3.9 x 10(-3) degree accuracy over a range of approximately 3 degrees and ca...

This study aimed to evaluate the transporter-mediated renal excretion mechanism for cilostazol and to characterize the mechanism of drug–drug interaction (DDI) between cilostazol and aspirin or probenecid. Concentrations of cilostazol and its metabolites OPC-13015 [6-[4-(1-cyclohexyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)butoxy]-2(1H)quinolinone] and OPC-13213 [3,4-dihydro-6-[4-[1-(trans-4-hydroxycyclohexyl)-1H-tet...