The present research sought to develop new tests of cognitive abilities that would be related to later flight situation awareness (SA) performance, to relate the new measures to existing measures of cognitive ability, to examine the effects of pilot stres...
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. The Difference. October Edition 2009 - UniSA Links 1 Inside this edition 4UniSA's Podiatry degree � a step in Australia and internationally. UniSA's Bachelor of Podiatry program is a four year degree and contains for understanding the practice of podiatry and gives members of the community the ability to ...
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Situation awareness (SA), or the ability to assess situations and prepare timely responses, has long been acknowledged as an important aspect of theater operations for defensive purposes. Likewise, SA is critical in the cyber world. The focus of this pape...
and SA 349/2 with the rolled-up wake. The calculated airloads differ significantly from the ... The ability to predict the rotor aerodynamic loading for these .... structural loads, vibration, and noise calculations. The formation of ..... and Performance Measurements of an SA349/2 Helicopter with an Advanced ...
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The anti-endotoxic effect of syringic acid (SA) isolated from Radix Isatidis (Banlangen, BLG) was studied. SA was extracted and isolated from BLG and diluted into 1% solution. The content of SA-pretreated endotoxin (ET) was quantitatively determined using Limulus test. The ability of fever induction of ET ...
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... to include their ability to launch many of ... Moammar Gadhafi's regime has not launched aircraft, and the ... as well as thousands of shoulder-fired SA-7 ...
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Int. J. Web Based Communities, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2006 183 Influence of spatial ability in navigation visual mediators that improve navigation for people with lower Spatial Ability (SA) seems to have the opposite effect for other people. Results from our experiment indicate that spatial ability influenced
Salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA), ethylene (ET), and their interactions mediate plant responses to pathogen and herbivore attack. JA-SA and JA-ET cross-signaling are well studied, but little is known about SA-ET cross-signaling in plant-herbivore interactions. When the specialist herbivore tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) ...
Full Spectrum Dominance, or as defined by Joint Vision 2020, the ability to be persuasive in peace, decisive in war and preeminent in any form of conflict, cannot be accomplished without the ability to know what the adversary is currently doing as well as the capacity to correctly anticipate the adversary's future actions. A key component in the ...
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Moniliophthora perniciosa is the causative agent of witches' broom disease in Theobroma cacao. Exogenously provided abscisic acid (ABA), indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), jasmonic acid (JA), and salicylic acid (SA) promoted mycelial growth, suggesting the ability of the pathogen to metabolize plant hormones. ABA, IAA, JA, and SA were found ...
It is commonly accepted that avian influenza viruses (AIVs) bind to terminal ?2,3 sialic acid (SA) residues whereas human influenza viruses bind to ?2,6 SA residues. By a series of amino acid changes on the HA surface protein, AIVs can switch receptor specificity and recognize ?2,6 SA positive cells, including human respiratory ...
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The ability of streptavidin (SA) to simultaneously bind four biotins is often used in linker layers, where a biotinylated molecule is linked to a biotin-functionalized surface via SA. For biosensor and array applications, it is desirable that the SA linker layer be stable to drying and rehydration. In this study it ...
The perceptions of veterinarians and small animal (SA) clients on what attributes constitute 'a good veterinarian' were examined by a questionnaire survey. The respondents were asked to record how important they considered 20 attributes for a veterinary surgeon to have on a five-point scale from 'not at all important' to 'very important'. In addition, they were asked to list ...
Salicylic acid (SA) is a phenolic metabolite produced by plants and is known to play an important role in several physiological processes, such as the induction of plant defense responses against pathogen attack. Here, using the Arabidopsis thaliana-Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathosystem, we provide evidence that SA acts directly on the pathogen, down ...
The goal of this effort was to begin extending the Cooperative Intelligent Real-Time Control Architecture (CIRCA) with abilities to automatically monitor its own performance and adapt in real-time, forming Self- Adaptive CIRCA (SA-CIRCA). CIRCA is a coars...
Communications in current railroad operations rely heavily on voice communications. Radio congestion impairs roadway workers' ability to communicate effectively with dispatchers at the Central Traffic Control Center and has adverse consequences for the sa...
Cellulase preparations from various sources such as the fungi trichoderma viride, aspergillus sp. and the cochlea helix pomatia were compared in their ability to decompose cotton fiber, crystalline cellulose (hydrocellulose), amorphic cellulose, the Na-sa...
Simian adenovirus 7 (SA7) is a highly oncogenic virus, capable of causing tumors in hamsters upon the direct injection of viral DNA. We determined the transcriptional organization of the transforming region and compared it with that of the human adenoviruses. This analysis demonstrated that there are two independently promoted transcription units similar to the E1a and E1b ...
The abilities of multifunctional polyelectrolytes to enhance aluminum hydroxide dispersion and inhibit silica scale formation were examined in a pilot cooling water system. The following multifunctional polyelectrolytes were studied: a terpolymer of acrylic acid (AA), 2-acrylamide-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid (SA) and N-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) ...
The phytohormone jasmonic acid (JA) is known to mediate herbivore resistance, while salicylic acid (SA) and non-expressor of PR-1 (NPR1) mediate pathogen resistance in many plants. Herbivore attack on Nicotiana attenuata elicits increases in JA and JA-mediated defenses, but also increases SA levels and Na-NPR1 transcripts from the plant's single genomic ...
INTRODUCTION: Nanocarriers are considered to be one of the most innovative drug delivery systems, owing to their high potential in drug protection, delivery and targeting to the diseased site. Unfortunately, their applicability is hampered mainly by their uptake, due to macrophagic recognition and lack of specificity, if not properly engineered. AREAS COVERED: Sialic acid (SA) ...
SA1 and RA afferent fibers differ both in their ability to convey information about the fine spatial structure of tactile stimuli and in their frequency sensitivity profiles. In the present study, we investigated the extent to which the spatial resolution of the signal conveyed by SA1 and RA fibers depends on the temporal properties of ...
Background: Schizophrenia (SZ) and schizoaffective disorders (SA) are associated with cognitive deficits. Generally, a schizoaffective diagnosis is associated with better prognosis on the level of social integration. It is also well established that cognition is an important factor for good social outcome in schizophrenia. We hypothesized that, although patients suffering from ...
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... "* P-SA: SA with cutoff criterion. "* B-SA: SA with cutoff and Maximum Cost Reduction Rate restart criteria. "* R-SA: SA with ...
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Sorbic acid (SA) is a PUFA with a conjugated double bond. The conjugated fatty acids, including CLA, are multifunctional bioactive fatty acids with the ability to improve growth performance. The effect of SA on pig growth performance was examined to determine its mechanism of action. The ADG, ADFI, and serum IGF-I concentration were ...
BackgroundThe cell-penetrating peptide derived from the Human immunodeficiency virus-1 transactivator protein Tat possesses the capacity to promote the effective uptake of various cargo molecules across the plasma membrane in vitro and in vivo. The objective of this study was to characterize the uptake and delivery mechanisms of a novel streptavidin fusion construct, ...
Scleredema adultorum (SA) is a rare sclerotic disorder characterized by non-pitting induration of the neck with acral progression, sparing hands and feet. We report on a 57-year-old male with severe SA associated with paraproteinemia, treated with methotrexate. Such widespread skin thickening followed by severe movement restriction and inability to ...
Successful aging (SA) is a multidimensional phenotype involving preservation of cognitive ability, physical function, and social engagement throughout life. Multiple components of SA are heritable, supporting a genetic component. The Amish are genetically and socially isolated with homogeneous lifestyles, making them a suitable ...
A simple method for fabrication of sialic acid surface-decorated selenium nanoparticles (SA-Se-NPs) with enhanced cancer-targeting and cell-penetrating abilities has been demonstrated in the present study. Monodisperse and homogeneous spherical SA-Se-NPs with striking stability were prepared under the optimized conditions. ...
Salicylic acid (SA)-mediated resistance and RNA silencing are both important plant antiviral defence mechanisms. To investigate overlap between these resistance phenomena, we examined the ability of mutant Arabidopsis thaliana plants lacking DICER-like (DCL) endoribonucleases 2, 3 and 4 to exhibit SA-induced defence. We found that in ...
Guy's 13 is a mouse monoclonal antibody which recognizes streptococcal antigen I/II (SA I/II), a major cell surface glycoprotein of Streptococcus mutans. In a number of clinical trials, this antibody has been shown to prevent colonization in the human oral cavity. The aim of this study was to identify the SA I/II epitope recognized by Guy's 13. The data ...
Situated Attainment (SA) is a within-class concept that allows the exploration of why teachers award some students higher or lower grades than their intelligence might warrant. A student's SA is operationally defined as the difference in ranks between the grade awarded by the teacher and the student's intelligence quotient (IQ). For this initial ...
In dynamic environments (e.g. an Air Operations Center (AOC)), effective real-time monitoring of mission execution is highly dependent on situation awareness (SA). But whereas an individual's perception of mission progress is biased by his or her immediate tasks and environment, the combined perspectives of key individuals provides an effects-based assessment of the mission ...
Activation induced cell death (AICD) via Fas/FasL is the primary homeostatic molecular mechanism employed by the immune system to control activated T-cell responses and promote tolerance to self-antigens. We herein investigated the ability of a novel multimeric form of FasL chimeric with streptavidin (SA-FasL) having potent apoptotic activity to induce ...
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... A state machine A is a triple (SA,�A,�A), where SA is a nonempty set of states, �A � SA is a nonempty set of initial states, and �A � SA �SA is a ...
Potentiation of the delayed (Glu)-induced neurotoxicity by serum albumin (SA) was studied in experiments with cultured cerebellar granule cells. The delayed neuronal death (DND) was evaluated by counting neurons containing or excluding Trypan Blue 4 h after treatment with Glu. Cytoplasmic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) was measured in individual Fura-2-loaded neurons. It was shown that a ...
Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) causes human encephalitis in North America (NA), but in South America (SA) it has rarely been associated with human disease, suggesting that SA strains are less virulent. To evaluate the hypothesis that this virulence difference is due to a greater ability of NA strains to evade innate immunity, ...
Background The ability of medical teams to develop and maintain team situation awareness (team SA) is crucial for patient safety. Limited research has investigated team SA within clinical environments. This study reports the development of a method for investigating team SA during the intensive care unit (ICU) ...
Jasmonates (JAs) and salicylic acid (SA) are plant hormones that play pivotal roles in the regulation of induced defenses against microbial pathogens and insect herbivores. Their signaling pathways cross-communicate providing the plant with a regulatory potential to finely tune its defense response to the attacker(s) encountered. In Arabidopsis thaliana, ...
To know about the effect of major nutrient elements on various forms of Pb and metal extraction, a greenhouse experiment was conducted to assess the effects of various major nutrient elements on Pb accumulation in two crops (Spinacia oleracea, SO and Sonchus arvensis, SA) in Changchun, China. Results indicated that, for SO, the Pb concentrations in both shoots and roots had no ...
Brantmeier [Brantmeier, C., 2006. "Advanced L2 learners and reading placement: self-assessment, computer-based testing, and subsequent performance." 'System 34" (1), 15-35] found that self-assessment (SA) of second language (L2) reading ability is not an accurate predictor for computer-based testing or subsequent classroom performance. With 359 advanced L2 ...
Given the modeling and predictive abilities of quantitative structure activity relationships (QSARs) for genotoxic carcinogens or mutagens that directly affect DNA, the present research investigates structural alert (SA) intermediate-predicted correlations ASA of electrophilic molecular structures with observed ...
High amylose corn starch was used to obtain substituted amylose (SA) polymers by chemically modifying hydroxyl groups by an etherification process using 1,2-epoxypropanol. Tablets for drug-controlled release were prepared by direct compression and their release properties assessed by an in vitro dissolution test (USP XXIII no 2). The polymer swelling was characterized by ...
The interrelationship between senior high school students' science achievement (SA) and their self-confidence and interest in science (SCIS) was explored with a representative sample of approximately 1,044 11th-grade students from 30 classes attending four high schools throughout Taiwan. Statistical analyses indicated that a statistically significant correlation existed ...
This study investigated the overall intelligibility of speech produced during simultaneous communication (SC). Four hearing, experienced sign language users were recorded under SC and speech alone (SA) conditions speaking Boothroyd's (1985) forced-choice phonetic contrast material designed for measurement of speech intelligibility. Twelve hearing-impaired listeners ...
Delayed alternation and object alternation are classic spatial and non-spatial delayed response tasks. We tested 632 middle-aged male veteran twins on variants of these tasks in order to compare test difficulty, measure their inter-correlation, test order effects, and estimate heritabilities (proportion of observed variance due to genetic influences). Non-spatial alternation (NSA), which may ...
BackgroundCommunity-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has traditionally been related to skin and soft tissue infections in healthy young patients. However, it has now emerged as responsible for severe infections worldwide, for which vancomycin is one of the mainstays of treatment. Infective endocarditis (IE) due to CA-MRSA with heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate ...
Multilinear subspace analysis (MSA) is a promising methodology for pattern-recognition problems due to its ability in decomposing the data formed from the interaction of multiple factors. The MSA requires a large training set, which is well organized in a single tensor, which consists of data samples with all possible combinations of the contributory factors. However, such a ...
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of three instructional methods on students' technological literacy (TL) and argumentation ability. Participants were 285 seventh grade Israeli boys and girls (12-13-year-old) who studied in 18 technology classes in four junior high schools. The three teaching methods were: (a) teaching technology by exposing students ...
The interactive effects of ambient acidity and salinity on thyroid function are less understood in fish particularly in air-breathing fish. We, therefore, examined the thyroid function particularly the osmotic and metabolic competences of freshwater (FW) and salinity-adapted (SA; 20ppt) air-breathing fish (Anabas testudineus) during acidic and post-acidic acclimation, i.e., ...
Avian influenza viruses are considered to be key contributors to the emergence of human influenza pandemics. A major determinant of infection is the presence of virus receptors on susceptible cells to which the viral haemagglutinin is able to bind. Avian viruses preferentially bind to sialic acid ?2,3-galactose (SA?2,3-Gal) linked receptors, whereas human strains bind to ...
BackgroundThe ability to evaluate geographic heterogeneity of cancer incidence and mortality is important in cancer surveillance. Many statistical methods for evaluating global clustering and local cluster patterns are developed and have been examined by many simulation studies. However, the performance of these methods on two extreme cases (global clustering evaluation and ...
-stranded RNA specifically disrupts gene expression during planarian regeneration ALEJANDRO SA�NCHEZ ALVARADO that introduction of double-stranded RNA selectively abrogates gene function in planarians, a classic model of regeneration. The ability to eliminate gene function in a regenerating organism such as the planarian overcomes
A redesigned continuous flow passenger oxygen mask was tested for its ability to deliver an adequate supply of oxygen at an altitude of 40,000 feet above sea level. Four male subjects participated in the study. Blood oxygen saturation (SaO2) baseline leve...
The cross-flow fan has an inherent ability to provide thrust to an airfoil as well as provide boundary layer control. The thrust can be easily vectored and usually the cross-flow fan is fully embedded within the airfoil, making its operation relatively sa...
An often cited advantage of MALDI-MS is the ability to archive and reuse sample plates after the initial analysis is complete. However, experience demonstrates that the peptide ion signals decay rapidly as the number of laser shots becomes large. Thus, the signal level obtainable from an archived sa...
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Presently, the ability to rapidly collect reliable information about the detailed condition of a functionally suspect printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) is marginal. This data is necessary, to assure rapid and reliable PCBA repair, thereby maximizing u...
protein families, non-receptor tyrosine kinases and RhoGEFs. q 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved containing protein tyrosine kinases) and the Rho- GEFs (Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factors). Evolution pathways for its ability to bind phos- phorylated tyrosine residues, and is found in proteins of highly
This dataset holds the observations recorded during the GEO Biodiversity Day ''Schlechteberg' Ebersbach/Sa.' in Ebersbach/Sa....
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Plants possess multiple resistance mechanisms that guard against pathogen attack. Among these are inducible systems such as systemic acquired resistance (SAR). SAR is activated by pathogen exposure and leads to an increase in salicylic acid (SA), high-level expression of SAR-related genes, and resistance to a spectrum of pathogens. To identify components of the signal ...
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