An ideal sensor network would minimize communication by routing information only to those nodes requiring the information. We are exploring the use of a content-based network for this purpose, where messages containing sensor readings and associated metadata are relayed from source nodes to destination nodes based solely on the fact that the destination nodes have expressed interest in specific...

1. The development of cortical responses to somatic stimulation was studied in kittens 2-5 wk of age using the 2-deoxyglucose (2DG) technique. During the 2DG experiment each kitten received an innocuous intermittent vertical displacement stimulus to the forepaw. 2. The pattern of metabolic activity was substantially different in young animals compared with adults. In the individual autoradiogra...

Diabetes mellitus patients often suffer from diabetic retinopathy (DRP), a disease that reduces vision significantly. The main cause of this disease is probably hypoxia, lack of oxygen. In this paper a precision analysis of a non-invasive method to calculate the oxygen saturation in the retina in order to diagnose DRP is presented. Simulations show that this approach is promising.

The methods of (14)C-2-deoxyglucose ((14)C-2DG) metabolic mapping and optical intrinsic signal (OIS) imaging were used to evaluate the response evoked in the contralateral primary somatosensory receiving areas (SI and SII) of anesthetized cats by either 25 Hz ("flutter") or 200 Hz ("vibration") sinusoidal vertical skin displacement stimulation of the central pad on the distal forepaw. Unilatera...

We address the distribution regression problem (DRP): regressing on the (possibly infinite dimensional) domain of probability measures, in the two-stage sampled setup when only samples from the distributions are observable. The DRP formulation offers a unified framework for several important tasks in statistics and machine learning including for example, drug activity prediction, aerosol optica...

This Biomedicine Select explores a cluster of recent papers that highlight traditional and new approaches to treating a variety of diseases—from a small-molecule inhibitor to treat temporal lobe epilepsy to cell replacement therapy for diabetes to a unique way to generate tumor-specific antigens. Epilepsy affects more than 50 million people worldwide and about 40% of those with the disease cont...

Shifts in manure phosphorus (P) chemical forms and pool sizes induced by water treatment residuals and industrial mineral by-products are largely undefined. We conducted a manure P fractionation study to determine mechanisms of reduction of dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) in poultry manure upon mineral by-product additions. The effects of composting on the P immobilization efficacy of the b...

PURPOSE To investigate whether there is a difference in patient and tumor characteristics in cases with single receptor positive (SRP) (ER-/PR+ and ER+/PR-) breast carcinoma in comparison with the double receptor positive (DRP) (ER+/PR+) and double receptor negative (DRN) (ER-/PR-) tumors. METHODS A total of 255 breast cancer patients were categorized on the basis of their tumor hormonal rece...

Ammonium polyphosphate (APP) was substituted for 0, 50 and 100% of the P supplied by defluorinated rock phosphate (DRP) in corn-soybean meal diets for growing rats and growing-finishing (G-F) pigs. The diets were formulated to contain 10% protein, .75% Ca and .60% P. Two-thirds of the P in the control diet was supplied by DRP. Replacement of 50 or 100% of the DRP with APP increased the dietary ...

The aim of the review was to investigate whether an assessment of clinical significance can be related to specific drug-related problems (DRPs) and hence may assist in prioritizing individual categories of DRP categorization systems. The literature search using Google Scholar was performed for the period 1990 to 2013 and comprised primary research studies of clinical pharmacy interventions incl...