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- Evans, Michael J., et al.
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Structural properties and superconductivity in the ternary intermetallic compoundsMAB (M=Ca, Sr, Ba; A=Al, Ga, In; B=Si, Ge, Sn)
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In: Physical Review B. - 2469-9950 .- 2469-9969. ; 80
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The ternary intermetallic compounds MAB=CaAlSi, SrAlSi, BaAlSi, CaGaSi, SrGaSi, BaGaSi, SrAlGe, BaAlGe, CaGaGe, SrGaGe, BaGaGe, BaInGe, BaAlSn, CaGaSn, SrGaSn, and BaGaSn have been prepared by arc-melting stoichiometric elemental mixtures and structurally characterized by a combination of x-ray powder and electron diffraction. They crystallize as variants of the simple hexagonal AlB2 structure type where trivalent and tetravalent A- and B-type atoms, respectively, form commonly a planar hexagon layer, and structural variations arise from A/B ordering and/or puckering of hexagon layers. The silicides (B=Si) were previously investigated for their superconducting properties. By dc magnetization measurements it is demonstrated that also the germanides SrAlGe, BaAlGe, SrGaGe, and BaGaGe and the stannide BaAlSn are superconductors above 2 K.
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- Garcia-Fernandez, Javier, et al.
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Programming pressure support ventilation in pediatric patients in ambulatory surgery with a laryngeal mask airway.
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In: Anesthesia and Analgesia. - : Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). - 0003-2999 .- 1526-7598. ; 105:6, s. 1585-1591
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Anesthesia workstations with pressure support ventilation (PSV) are available, but there are few studies published on how to program flow-triggered PSV using a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) under general anesthesia in pediatric patients. METHODS: We studied 60 ASA I and II patients, from 2 mo to 14 yr, scheduled for ambulatory surgery under combined general and regional anesthesia with a LMA. Patients were classified according to their body weight as follows: Group A ≤10 kg, Group B 11–20 kg, and Group C >20 kg. All were ventilated in PSV using the following settings: positive end-expiratory pressure of 4 cm H2O, the minimum flow-trigger without provoking auto-triggering, and the minimum level of pressure support to obtain 10 mL/kg of tidal volume. RESULTS: The flow-trigger most frequently used in our study was 0.4 L/min, ranging from 0.2 to 0.6 L/min. We found no correlation between the flow-trigger setting and the patient’s age, weight, compliance, resistance, or respiratory rate. There was a good correlation between the level of pressure support (Group A = 15 cm H2O, Group B = 10 cm H2O and Group C = 9 cm H2O) and age (P < 0.001), weight (P < 0.001), dynamic compliance (P < 0.001), and airway resistances (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: PSV with a Proseal™ LMA in outpatient pediatric anesthesia can be programmed simply using the common clinical noninvasive variables studied. However, more studies are needed to estimate the level of pressure support that may be required in other clinical situations (respiratory pathology, endotracheal tubes, or other types of surgeries) or with other anesthesia workstations. IMPLICATIONS: This study evaluates the ability to administer positive pressure support ventilation through a laryngeal mask airway to anesthetized, spontaneously breathing children.
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- Liu, Kui, et al.
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Kallikrein genes are associated with lupus and glomerular basement membrane-specific antibody-induced nephritis in mice and humans
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In: Journal of Clinical Investigation. - 0021-9738 .- 1558-8238. ; 119:4, s. 911-923
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- Immune-mediated nephritis contributes to disease in systemic lupus erythematosus, Goodpasture syndrome (caused by antibodies specific for glomerular basement membrane [anti-GBM antibodies]), and spontaneous lupus nephritis. Inbred mouse strains differ in susceptibility to anti-GBM antibody-induced and spontaneous lupus nephritis. This study sought to clarify the genetic and molecular factors that maybe responsible for enhanced immune-mediated renal disease in these models. When the kidneys of 3 mouse strains sensitive to anti-GBM antibody-induced nephritis were compared with those of 2 control strains using microarray analysis, one-fifth of the underexpressed genes belonged to the kallikrein gene family,which encodes serine esterases. Mouse strains that upregulated renal and urinary kallikreins exhibited less evidence of disease. Antagonizing the kallikrein pathway augmented disease, while agonists dampened the severity of anti-GBM antibody-induced nephritis. In addition, nephritis-sensitive mouse strains had kallikrein haplotypes that were distinct from those of control strains, including several regulatory polymorphisms,some of which were associated with functional consequences. Indeed, increased susceptibility to anti-GBM antibody-induced nephritis and spontaneous lupus nephritis was achieved by breeding mice with a genetic interval harboring the kallikrein genes onto a disease-resistant background. Finally, both human SLE and spontaneous lupus nephritis were found to be associated with kallikrein genes, particularly KLK1 and the KLK3 promoter, when DNA SNPs from independent cohorts of SLE patients and controls were compared. Collectively, these studies suggest that kallikreins are protective disease-associated genes in anti-GBM antibody-induced nephritis and lupus.
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- Tengå, Andreas, et al.
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Metal–nonmetal transition in the sphalerite-type solid solution [ZnSnSb2]1-x[2(InSb)]x
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In: Journal of Solid State Chemistry. - : Elsevier. - 0022-4596 .- 1095-726X. ; 182:6, s. 1438-1442
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- Samples of the solid solution [ZnSnSb2]1-x[2(InSb)]x have been prepared over the whole range of composition by tin flux synthesis. The lattice parameter of the sphalerite-type average structure varies linearly between that of the end members ZnSnSb2 and InSb, a = 6.2849(2) and 6.4776(15), respectively. Electron diffraction shows different kinds of structured diffuse scattering for Zn and In rich samples, respectively. The former is attributed to compositional short range ordering, the latter to thermally excited phonon modes. A metal-nonmetal transition takes place between the compositions x = 0.8 and x = 0.9.
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- Alonso-Fernandez, Fernando, 1978-, et al.
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A Review Of Schemes For Fingerprint Image Quality Computation
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In: COST Action 275. - Luxembourg : EU Publications Office (OPOCE). - 9789289800198 ; , s. 3-6
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- Fingerprint image quality affects heavily the performance of fingerprint recognition systems. This paper reviews existing approaches for fingerprint image quality computation. We also implement, test and compare a selection of them using the MCYT database including 9000 fingerprint images. Experimental results show that most of the algorithms behave similarly.
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- Alonso-Fernandez, Fernando, 1978-, et al.
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Combining multiple matchers for fingerprint verification : A case study in biosecure network of excellence
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In: Annales des télécommunications. - Paris, France : Springer. - 0003-4347 .- 1958-9395. ; 62:1-2, s. 62-82
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- We report on experiments for the fingerprint modality conducted during the First BioSecure Residential Workshop. Two reference systems for fingerprint verification have been tested together with two additional non-reference systems. These systems follow different approaches of fingerprint processing and are discussed in detail. Fusion experiments involving different combinations of the available systems are presented. The experimental results show that the best recognition strategy involves both minutiae-based and correlation-based measurements. Regarding the fusion experiments, the best relative improvement is obtained when fusing systems that are based on heterogeneous strategies for feature extraction and/or matching. The best combinations of two/three/four systems always include the best individual systems whereas the best verification performance is obtained when combining all the available systems.
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- Alonso-Fernandez, Fernando, 1978-, et al.
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Fingerprint Recognition
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In: Guide to Biometric Reference Systems and Performance Evaluation. - London : Springer London. - 9781848002913 - 9781848002920 ; , s. 51-88
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- First, an overview of the state of the art in fingerprint recognition is presented, including current issues and challenges. Fingerprint databases and evaluation campaigns, are also summarized. This is followed by the description of the BioSecure Benchmarking Framework for Fingerprints, using the NIST Fingerpint Image Software (NFIS2), the publicly available MCYT-100 database, and two evaluation protocols. Two research systems are compared within the proposed framework. The evaluated systems follow different approaches for fingerprint processing and are discussed in detail. Fusion experiments involving different combinations of the presented systems are also given. The NFIS2 software is also used to obtain the fingerprint scores for the multimodal experiments conducted within the BioSecure Multimodal Evaluation Campaign(BMEC’2007) reported in Chap.11.
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