This report validates a technique of separating and labeling canine platelets using indium-1 1 llabeled 8-hydroxyquinoline (Yn-8-HQ). Platelet survival time in six normal dogs was 6.3 ? 0.7 (SD) days. Labeling effisiency using this technique was 51.8 + 9.2% (SEM) and elution loss of 11LIn-8-HQ label from platelets was consistently less than 4%. Vn label offers no observable advantages over the ...

Let γ2 be a standard Gaussian measure in R. For a given measurable set Q in R, let HQ be a half space in R such that γ2(Q) = γ2(HQ). The classical Gaussian concentration inequality states that for all measurable sets Q ⊂ R and for all h > 0, γ2(Q+ hB n 2 ) ≥ γ2(HQ + hB 2 ). Under some minor constrains on the set Q we obtain an improvement of the latter inequality in a certain range of h, depend...

In this paper, we prove a trace formula for finite upper half planes Hq. A brief outline is as follows: Fix a subgroup Γ ⊂ GL(2, Fq). The adjacency operators Aa act on functions in L(Γ\Hq); thus, we may consider Aa = Aa|L2(Γ\Hq). We prove a trace formula which is an equality between a weighted sum of the traces of the operators Aa and a sum over the conjugacy classes of Γ. The trace formula all...

Viewing knowledge as rooted in individuals, this study investigates knowledge transfer in multinational corporations (MNCs) from an individual-level perspective. Specifically, I focus on inpatriates as a particular group of knowledge actors in MNCs and examine the role of inpatriates’ boundary spanning between their home unit and the headquarters for their knowledge transfer to headquarters sta...

There are currently two approaches to providing Byzantine-fault-tolerant state machine replication: a replica-based approach, e.g., BFT, that uses communication between replicas to agree on a proposed ordering of requests, and a quorum-based approach, such as Q/U, in which clients contact replicas directly to optimistically execute operations. Both approaches have shortcomings: the quadratic co...

Treatment of melasma, a hyperpigmentation disorder, remains a challenge. The primary objective of two 8-week, multicenter, randomized, investigator-blind studies was to compare the efficacy and safety of a hydrophilic cream formulation containing tretinoin 0.05%, hydroquinone 4.0%, and fluocinolone acetonide 0.01% (RA+HQ+FA) with the dual-combination agents tretinoin plus hydroquinone (RA+HQ), ...

The microcanonical transfer matrix is used to study the distribution of the Fisher zeros of the Q > 2 Potts models in the complex temperature plane with nonzero external magnetic field Hq. Unlike the Ising model for Hq 6= 0 which has only a non-physical critical point (the Fisher edge singularity), the Q > 2 Potts models have physical critical points forHq < 0 as well as the Fisher edge singula...

Large-scale datasets have played indispensable roles in the recent success of face generation/editing and significantly facilitated advances emerging research fields. However, academic community still lacks a video dataset with diverse facial attribute annotations, which is crucial for on face-related videos. In this work, we propose large-scale, high-quality, rich named High-Quality Celebrity ...

Hydrologic and water quality (H/WQ) models are widely used to support site-specific environmental assessment, design, planning, and decision making. Calibration and validation (C/V) are fundamental processes used to demonstrate that an H/WQ model can produce suitable results in a particular application. However, the lack of comprehensive guidelines has led to the use of ad hoc, inconsistent, an...

A novel bis-lipoyl derivative containing 8-hydroxyquinoline scaffold (LA-HQ-LA, 5) was synthesized as a new multifunctional drug candidate with antioxidant, chelant, and neuroprotective properties for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. We have investigated the potential effectiveness of LA-HQ-LA against the cytotoxicity induced by 6-OHDA and H2O2 on human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell li...