The f luor imetr ic quantitation of nanogram amounts of es t r io l extracted f rom plasma is somet imes impaired by impuri t ies which in ter fere with f luorescence. Instant th inlayer chromatography on sil ica gel impregnated glass fiber sheets (ITLC-SG) removes such impuri t ies originating from extracts as well as from solvents used in the course of analysis . This convenient, rapid and ef...

BACKGROUND A man-made chemical disaster occurred in the Amur River, leading to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Nanai people indigenous to the river's surrounding area. PTSD severity measured by the total scores of Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) (Total-I) and Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) (Total-C) were not always identical in terms of demographic and ethnocultural ...

Integral equation techniques are often used to extract models of integrated circuit structures. This extraction involves solving a dense system of linear equations, and using direct solution methods is prohibitive for large problems. In this paper, we present IES (pronounced \ice cube"), a fast Integral Equation Solver for three-dimensional problems with arbitrary kernels. Extraction methods ba...

Spontaneous, informal gatherings among colleagues often spur greater exchanges of ideas than formal meetings. The K22 project aims to support these spontaneous collaborative interactions by embedding intelligent kiosks, small networked Intelligent Environments (IEs), in hallways, break rooms, and other informal meeting spaces. These kiosks will enable private capture and indexing of casual meet...

Abstract Democratic systems are currently facing multiple challenges. A central component of this is the disintegrating relationship between citizens and political actors; simply do not feel represented by actors any longer. As a result, we seeing decline in trust politicians, increasing questioning whether democracy still best system, question also developing changed understanding democracy. R...

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Intelligent Environments (IEs) have specific computational properties that generally distinguish them from other computational systems. They have large numbers of hardware and software components that need to be interconnected. Their infrastructures tend to be highly distributed, reflecting both the distributed nature of the real world and the IEs’ need for large amounts of computational power....