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Comparison of minimum detectable crack size in a geared system from three different vibration transducer types
Acoustic and vibration signals contain distinctive patterns useful for detecting defects in machinery. A number of signal processing strategies have been proposed for detecting and quantifying incipient defect...
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Assessment of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships in Asparagus species related to Asparagus officinalis
Eight species of the genus Asparagus, members of the group of European species closely related to A. officinalis, were analysed using internal transcribed spacer (ITS), and expressed sequence tag-derived simple s...
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Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticulate Sols of TiO2 Doped with Erbium (III) for Photoinduced Applications
Colloidal sol-gel is a common method used for the preparation of stable and homogeneous nanoparticulate sols. In this work, TiO2 and Er3+ doped-TiO2 sols (1, 2 and 3 mole % Er3+) have been prepared. The peptizati...
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Synthesis and characterization of TiO2/Rh3+ nanoparticulate sols, xerogels and cryogels for photocatalytic applications
Nanoparticulate TiO2/Rh3+ sols have been synthesized by the colloidal sol–gel route. The combination of the data measured with optical techniques such as laser diffraction, dynamic light scattering and multiple l...
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Regulation of NF-κB activity by competition between RelA acetylation and ubiquitination
The nuclear factor (NF)-κB transcription factor has essential roles in inflammation and oncogenesis. Its ubiquitous RelA subunit is regulated by several post-translational modifications, including phosphorylat...
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Time course of organ failure in patients with septic shock treated with hydrocortisone: results of the Corticus study
Introduction: Corticosteroids have been proposed to decrease morbidity and mortality in patients with septic shock. An impact on morbidity should be anticipated to be earlier and more easily detect...
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Time course of organ failure in patients with septic shock treated with hydrocortisone: results of the Corticus study
Corticosteroids have been proposed to decrease morbidity and mortality in patients with septic shock. An impact on morbidity should be anticipated to be earlier and more easily detected than the impact on mort...
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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: a very unusual complication of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT)
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Model selection and averaging in the estimation of population parameters of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) from stage frequency data in sweet pepper plants
Bemisia tabaci is a significant pest for many crops, but there are few population studies of this insect on sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum). In this study, stage frequency data were generated with B. tabaci in swe...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Hybrid Color Distance for Image Segmentation
Our hybrid color distance is inspired in the human vision system, simulating the sensitivity to intensity and chromaticity of the the retina’s cells: cones and rods. This approach provides excellent edge detec...
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Imagerie des flux aortiques par IRM et mécanique des fuides: applications cliniques sur la pathologie aortique thoracique
L’évaluation du risque de rupture d’une pathologie de l’aorte uniquement sur la base du diamètre maximum est tout à fait insufsante et les critères doivent tenir compte de deux paramètres essentiels, l’augment...
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Development of triploid hybrids in asparagus breeding employing a tetraploid landrace
The development of triploid cultivars from crosses between the tetraploid landrace ‘Morado de Huetor’ and diploid commercial cultivars was studied in this work. Fertility of both 4x × 2x and 2x × 4x crosses, a...
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Zirconia-MWCNT nanocomposites for biomedical applications obtained by colloidal processing
Zirconia ceramics are widely used as femoral heads, but case studies show that delayed failure can occur in vivo due to crack propagation. The addition of carbon nanotubes (CNT) is aimed to avoid the slow crac...
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Alveolar recruitment with non-invasive mechanical ventilation (C-PAP) in patients with nonobstructive respiratory failure
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Tissue engineering of heart valve leaflet by self-assembly of tissue spheroids biofabricated from human fat tissue derived stem cells
Bioengineering of living heart valve substitute suitable for implantation into pediatric patients with heart valve diseases is an unsolved challenge in cardiovascular tissue engineering. In order to identify d...
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Present and Future Cometary Science with the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer
Interferometric observations are essential to probe the molecular emission in the inner cometary atmospheres and study the outgassing from the nucleus. Map** the continuum emission can provide information ab...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Chemical Composition of 9P/Tempel 1 from Radio Observations
In 2005, as part of a world-wide multi-wavelength investigation of comet 9P/Tempel 1 in support to the Deep Impact mission, we conducted radio spectroscopic observations with the Nançay radio telescope, the Odin ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Radio Monitoring of 9P/Tempel 1 Outgassing and Gas Released by the Impact
As part of the international observing campaign in support of the NASA Deep Impact mission to comet 9P/Tempel 1, we conducted a monitoring of its outgassing at radio wavelengths. OH observations conducted at t...
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Imagerie des flux aortiques par IRM Application clinique sur la pathologie aortique thoracique
La rupture, complication majeure des lésions de l’aorte thoracique, peut être prévenue si une surveillance correcte est pratiquée et si des critères objectifs sont utilisés pour savoir quels sont les patients ...
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Collection and conservation of ‘Morado de Huetor’ Spanish tetraploid asparagus landrace
A cultivated tetraploid asparagus landrace ‘Morado de Huetor’ growing in the South of Spain has been collected and conserved ex situ in two experimental plots. This landrace has been reported to have an interspec...
