In their comment, Janssens et al. [1] offer a critique of the Relative Citation Ratio (RCR), objecting to the construction of both the numerator and denominator of the metric. While we strongly agree that any measure used to assess the productivity of research programs should be thoughtfully designed and carefully validated, we believe that the specific concerns outlined in their correspondence...

In recognizing the importance of educating aspiring scientists in the responsible conduct of research (RCR), the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) began sponsoring the creation of instructional resources to address this pressing need in 2002. The present guide on avoiding plagiarism and other inappropriate writing practices was created to help students, as well as professionals, identify and p...

We have studied a new type of double-negative metamaterials (DNMs) composed of split ring resonators (SRRs) and wire strips with substrate teflon, suitable for generation of reversed Cherenkov radiation (RCR) which is TM radiation. We have experimentally observed a narrow pass band in a circular waveguide partially loaded with the DNMs and stop bands for SRRs-only with teflon and for wire strip...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with posttreatment pain in patients receiving root canal retreatment (RCR) and in those receiving initial root canal treatment (IRCT). STUDY DESIGN Eighty four patients scheduled for RCR or IRCT completed questionnaires on pretreatment pain levels (Visual Analogue Scale, 0-100) and demographic data. Diagnosis and orig...

We investigated the applicability of the repairable-conditionally repairable (RCR) model and the multi-target (MT) model to dose conversion in high-dose-per-fraction radiotherapy in comparison with the linear-quadratic (LQ) model. Cell survival data of V79 and EMT6 single cells receiving single doses of 2-12 Gy or 2 or 3 fractions of 4 or 5 Gy each, and that of V79 spheroids receiving single do...

Th e method of recursive coordinate reduction (RCR) off ers solutions to the forward problem of multibody dynamics at a cost in which the number of operations is linear in both the number of generalized coordinates, n, and the number of independent algebraic constraints, m (e.g., O(n + m)). However, the RCR is presently restricted in applicability (albeit broad) and susceptible to formulation s...

Respiratory variation in the intraatrial and atrioventricular conduction time and its mechanism were studied on 14 dogs under the following 3 conditions: (1) unanesthetized, (2) anesthetized with alpha-chloralose, and (3) anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium. Beautiful respiratory variation in the atrioventricular conduction time (shortening during inspiration and prolongation during expirati...

Retroviral vectors based on murine leukemia viruses (MuLV) have been used in clinical investigations for over a decade. Alternative retroviruses, most notably vectors based on HIV-1 and other lentiviruses, are now entering into clinical trials. Although vectors are designed to be replication defective, recombination events during vector production could lead to the generation of replication com...

ABSTRACT: The present study evaluated the use of red ceramic residues (RCR) as pigments in matrices based on White Portland cement. Five mortars were prepared for study: control mortar (M0), at 1:2,3 ratio (cement: sand) and water/cement 0.60, other four containing RCR 10% (M10), 20% (M20), 50% (M50), 100% (M100) volume replace to sand. Colorimetric tests indicated a significant increase colori...

This artifact contains the source code and instructions to reproduce evaluation results of article “Fuzzing Configurations Program Options.” The includes configuration grammars for six target programs, scripts generate stubs, post-process fuzzing results. README steps prepare experimental environment on a clean Ubuntu machine step-by-step commands experiments. A VirtualBox image with ConfigFuzz...