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Smart Parking Systems Design and Integration Into IoT
This paper looks at two smart parking reservation algorithms, and examines the ongoing efforts to connect smart systems of different domains in a city\u27s infrastructure. The reservation algorithms are designed to improve the performance of smart parking systems. The first algorithm considers the distance between parking areas and the number of free parking spaces in determining a parking space. The second algorithm uses distance between parking areas and driver destination, parking price, and the number of unoccupied spaces for each parking area. Neither of these smart parking systems cover how they could fit into a larger scale smart system. As a result, we also look at how interconnection of smart systems is a big priority in the European Union. The researchers there aim to avoid vertical silos of information. Sharing smart system information between different domains can be used to create new or improved services
Safety and efficacy of eculizumab in adult and pediatric patients with aHUS, with or without baseline dialysis
Seismoelectric measurements on artifical porous media and Berea sandstone
Seismic to electromagnetic wave conversion has been proposed
as a possible exploration method. We present laboratory measurements
of the conversion of an acoustic wave into electric potential,
which occurs at a fluid/porous-medium interface. The
conversion is measured for artificial porous media and Berea
sandstone. Recorded electric potentials are smaller for large grain
samples. We also show variability of the conversion over
a time span of 120 hours.Shell Refining Compan
Density-clustering of continuous gravitational wave candidates from large surveys
Searches for continuous gravitational waves target nearly monochromaticgravitational wave emission from e.g. non-axysmmetric fast-spinning neutronstars. Broad surveys often require to explicitly search for a very large numberof different waveforms, easily exceeding templates. In suchcases, for practical reasons, only the top, say , results aresaved and followed-up through a hierarchy of stages. Most of these candidatesare not completely independent of neighbouring ones, but arise due to somecommon cause: a fluctuation, a signal or a disturbance. By judiciouslyclustering together candidates stemming from the same root cause, thesubsequent follow-ups become more effective. A number of clustering algorithmshave been employed in past searches based on iteratively finding symmetric andcompact over-densities around candidates with high detection statistic values.The new clustering method presented in this paper is a significant improvementover previous methods: it is agnostic about the shape of the over-densities, isvery efficient and it is effective: at a very high detection efficiency, it hasa noise rejection of , is capable of clustering two orders ofmagnitude more candidates than attainable before and, at fixed sensitivity itenables more than a factor of 30 faster follow-ups. We also demonstrate how tooptimally choose the clustering parameters.<br
Eculizumab treatment of atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome: results from the largest prospective clinical trial to date
Effect on gastric function and symptoms of drinking wine, black tea, or schnapps with a Swiss cheese fondue: randomised controlled crossover trial
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of drinking white wine or black tea with Swiss cheese fondue followed by a shot of cherry schnapps on gastric emptying, appetite, and abdominal symptoms.
DESIGN: Randomised controlled crossover study.
PARTICIPANTS: 20 healthy adults (14 men) aged 23-58.
INTERVENTIONS: Cheese fondue (3260 kJ, 32% fat) labelled with 150 mg sodium (13)Carbon-octanoate was consumed with 300 ml of white wine (13%, 40 g alcohol) or black tea in randomised order, followed by 20 ml schnapps (40%, 8 g alcohol) or water in randomised order.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Cumulative percentage dose of (13)C substrate recovered over four hours (higher values indicate faster gastric emptying) and appetite and dyspeptic symptoms (visual analogue scales).
RESULTS: Gastric emptying was significantly faster when fondue was consumed with tea or water than with wine or schnapps (cumulative percentage dose of (13)C recovered 18.1%, 95% confidence interval 15.2% to 20.9% v 7.4%, 4.6% to 10.3%; P<0.001). An inverse dose-response relation between alcohol intake and gastric emptying was evident. Appetite was similar with consumption of wine or tea (difference 0.11, -0.12 to 0.34; P=0.35), but reduced if both wine and schnapps were consumed (difference -0.40, -0.01 to -0.79; P<0.046). No difference in dyspeptic symptoms was present.
CONCLUSIONS: Gastric emptying after a Swiss cheese fondue is noticeably slower and appetite suppressed if consumed with higher doses of alcohol. This effect was not associated with dyspeptic symptoms.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00943696
Hemispheric and large-scale land surface air temperature variations: An extensive revision and an update to 2010
Magnetoresistance of a two-dimensional electron gas with spatially periodic lateral modulations: Exact consequences of Boltzmann's equation
On the basis of Boltzmann's equation, and including anisotropic scattering in
the collision operator, we investigate the effect of one-dimensional
superlattices on two-dimensional electron systems. In addition to superlattices
defined by static electric and magnetic fields, we consider mobility
superlattices describing a spatially modulated density of scattering centers.
We prove that magnetic and electric superlattices in -direction affect only
the resistivity component if the mobility is homogeneous, whereas a
mobility lattice in -direction in the absence of electric and magnetic
modulations affects only . Solving Boltzmann's equation numerically,
we calculate the positive magnetoresistance in weak magnetic fields and the
Weiss oscillations in stronger fields within a unified approach.Comment: submitted to PR
A Phase I trial of talazoparib in patients with advanced hematologic malignancies
Aim: The objective of this study was to establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), safety, pharmacokinetics, and anti-leukemic activity of talazoparib. Patients & methods: This Phase I, two-cohort, dose-escalation trial evaluated talazoparib monotherapy in advanced hematologic malignancies (cohort 1: acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome; cohort 2: chronic lymphocytic leukemia/mantle cell lymphoma). Results: Thirty-three (cohort 1: n = 25; cohort 2: n = 8) patients received talazoparib (0.1-2.0 mg once daily). The MTD was exceeded at 2.0 mg/day in cohort 1 and at 0.9 mg/day in cohort 2. Grade ≥3 adverse events were primarily hematologic. Eighteen (54.5%) patients reported stable disease. Conclusion: Talazoparib is relatively well tolerated in hematologic malignancies, with a similar MTD as in solid tumors, and shows preliminary anti leukemic activity.Clinical trial registration: NCT01399840 (ClinicalTrials.gov)
Planar cyclotron motion in unidirectional superlattices defined by strong magnetic and electric fields: Traces of classical orbits in the energy spectrum
We compare the quantum and the classical description of the two-dimensional
motion of electrons subjected to a perpendicular magnetic field and a
one-dimensional lateral superlattice defined by spatially periodic magnetic and
electric fields of large amplitudes. We explain in detail the complicated
energy spectra, consisting of superimposed branches of strong and of weak
dispersion, by the correspondence between the respective eigenstates and the
``channeled'' and ``drifting'' orbits of the classical description.Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures, to appear in Physical Review
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