We previously reported a new approach for culturing difficult-to-preserve primary patient-derived multiple myeloma cells (MMC) using an osteoblast (OSB)-derived 3D tissue scaffold constructed in a perfused microfluidic environment and a culture medium supplemented with patient plasma. In the current study, we used this biomimetic model to show, for the first time, that the long-term survival of...

For the TREC 2007 conference, the CRM114 team considered three non­Bayesian methods of spam filtration in the CRM114 framework – an SVM based on the " hyperspace " feature==document paradigm, a bit­entropy matcher, and substring compression based on LZ77. As a calibration yardstick, we used the well­tested and widely used CRM114 OSB markov random field system (basically unchanged since 2003). T...

In this study OSB strands produced by a CAE 6/36 disk flaker from resaturated moso and guadua bamboo tissue were classified by surface quality and compared with industrial aspen OSB strands. Strands were first classified into three groups based on surface appearance and texture. The topographic features that characterize the surface were then measured using a laser surface profiler to give two ...

In this study, an artificial neural network (ANN) approach was employed for modeling the moisture absorption (MA) and thickness swelling (TS) properties of oriented strand board (OSB) in various applications. A series of ANN models were developed for the analysis and prediction of correlations between processing parameters and MA and TS of OSB. An ANN model was found for modeling the effects of...

Adjuvants have been used to improve pesticide application efficiency and effectiveness for many years. However, knowledge on quantitative reactions of adjuvant-amended pesticide droplets on Article Request Page http://asae.frymulti.com/azdez.asp?JID=5&AID=29662&CID=pitt2010&T=1[12/28/2010 12:43:57 PM] foliage is lacking. Evaporation rate and wetted area of 500 μm droplets with four different ad...

To enhance the decay resistance of bamboo oriented strand board (OSB) products, the strands were dipped in solutions of alkaline copper quat (ACQ) and copper azole (CA) and bonded with phenol formaldehyde resin into two types of OSB panels, i.e., panels with 100% treated strands and those with treated strands only in the face layers. The results indicated that the decay resistance of treated pa...

The focus of this paper is to develop a technique of solving a combined problem of determining Optimum Strata Boundaries (OSB) and Optimum Sample Size (OSS) of each stratum, when the population under study is skewed and the study variable has a Pareto frequency distribution. The problem of determining the OSB is formulated as a Mathematical Programming Problem (MPP) which is then solved by dyna...