BACKGROUND Results from previous ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) analyses indicate that soluble intercellular adhesive molecule-1 (sICAM) and soluble thrombomodulin (sTM) levels are associated with risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in an opposite direction. A high sICAM level increases the risk of CHD, whereas a high level of sTM has a lower risk of CHD. It was unclear whether the...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the expression of thrombomodulin in scleroderma associated pulmonary hypertension. METHODS Soluble thrombomodulin (sTM), was measured in plasma samples from 34 scleroderma patients shown to have pulmonary hypertension at echocardiogram, and comparison drawn against samples from 38 scleroderma control patients, and 20 healthy controls. Serial measurements of sTM were p...

Software Transactional Memory Systems (STM) are a promising alternative for concurrency control in shared memory systems. Multiversion STM systems maintain multiple versions for each t-object. The advantage of storing multiple versions is that it facilitates successful execution of higher number of read operations than otherwise. Multi-Version permissiveness (mv-permissiveness) is a progress co...

Verbal short-term memory (STM) impairment is one of the most consistent associated deficits observed in developmental reading disorders such as dyslexia. Few studies have addressed the nature of this STM impairment, especially as regards the ability to temporarily store serial order information. This question is important as studies in typically developing children have shown that serial order ...

Abstract The past few decades have seen the rapid development of topic modeling. So far, research has been more concerned with determining ideal number topics or meaningful clustering words than applying modeling techniques to evaluate linguistic theories. This study proposes Structural Topic Model (STM)-led framework facilitate interpretation results and standardize text analysis. STM encompas...

Scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is one of the most important instruments in field two-dimensional(2D) materials science while STM tip parts STM. Thus, we exhibit a new automated preparation process by electrochemical corrosion tungsten(W) tips based on analog circuit technology this paper. And easy and reliable can save time researchers. Here, will elaborate how system works. In all, open u...

Since the end of the megahertz race in the processor industry and the switch to multicore processors, Software Transactional Memory (STM) has sparked ample interest as a programming model for the now mainstream parallel processing systems. Unfortunately, STM systems still exhibit significant performance overhead over the more traditional, lock-based programming models. A large part of this over...

Experimental data demonstrated that a direct current (DC) bias between the tip and sample in a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) could be induced by a radio frequency (RF) signal passed through a copper coil placed around the tip of the STM. A resonant response to the RF signal, indicated by an increase in the measured current, was discovered at certain frequencies, including 800MHz, 1.3GHz, ...

The structural theory of metaphor (STM) uses techniques from possible worlds semantics to generate and interpret metaphors. STM is presented in detail in The Logic of Metaphor: Analogous Parts of Possible Worlds (Steinhart, 2001). STM is based on Kittay’s semantic field theory of metaphor (1987) and ultimately on Black’s interactionist theory (1962, 1979). STM uses an intensional calculus to sp...

Theoretical understanding of scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) measurements involve electronic structure details the STM tip and sample being measured. Conventionally, focus has been on accuracy of...