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Showing 1 to 20 of 306 for “"Augments"”.
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The Deaf Community and Accessible Website Design: How User-Friendliness Augments Organizational Legitimacy
This study examines the accessibility of the Internet for members of the deaf/hard-of-hearing (D/HH) community, an overlooked population in mainstream society. Fifty adult participants, with and without documented hearing loss, were recruited from several audiology and otolaryngology practices in …
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Immune Checkpoint Blockade Induces Gut Microbiota Translocation That Augments Extraintestinal Anti-Tumor Immunity
Gut microbiota are critical for effective immune checkpoint blockade therapy (ICT) for cancer. The mechanisms by which gut microbiota augment extraintestinal anti-cancer immune responses, however, are largely unknown. Here, we find that ICT induces the translocation of specific endogenous gut …
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Mild traumatic brain injury augments innate immune responses through neurokinin and cholinergic signaling
… NK1R showed that mTBI-induced release of SP augments pulmonary neutrophil recruitment and microbicidal activity to pulmonary bacterial pathogens. In TT mice, NK1R agonism enhanced the same neutrophil functions, further supporting the hypothesis. No differences were found between mTBI and TT …
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Mechanisms by which hypoxia augments Leydig cell viability and differentiated cell function in vitro
The 1980's heralded the discovery and identification of extra-pituitary sources of the neurohypophysial hormone oxytocin in non-neural tissues of several animal species. The presence, location and biosynthesis of significant amounts of oxytocin in the ovarian corpus luteum was followed by the …
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Dietary nitrate supplementation augments nitric oxide synthase-dependent and independent reflex cutaneous vasodilation in healthy humans
… 6 %CVCmax; p<0.05). These data suggest that BRJ augments the NOS-dependent and NOS-independent component of reflex cutaneous vasodilation.
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MHC Class I Tyrosine Phosphorylation Site Y320 Augments CD8+ T Cell Priming, Effector Function, and Memory Response
<p>The cytoplasmic domain of MHC class I (MHC-I) molecules contains a single, highly conserved tyrosine residue (Y320). In previous work, we found that mice expressing a Y320F-mutated form of H-2K<sup>b</sup> had reduced capacity to generate K<sup>b</sup>-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) …
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The Fc Orth (SA) final examination The short-term outcome of hip revision arthroplasty with Trabecular Metal™ components and augments
… with Trabecular Metal™ components and augments. 2) the total number of hip arthroplasty surgeries over five years, and indications for revision. Methods: A retrospective folder and radiograph review of all patients who had revision total hip arthroplasty (THA) at a tertiary level …
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Variable reality : interacting with the virtual book
… in the way they are displayed as the former augments virtual pages onto an actual book whereas the latter virtually augments a 3-D book on the palm of the user's hand. Designed to take the physical form of a book, Variable Reality books make use of human cognitive ability in storing and …
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Advances in NLP Algorithms on Unstructured Medical Notes Data and Approaches to Handling Class Imbalance Issues
… For highly imbalanced tasks, the strategy that augments the minority class until balanced improved model performance by the largest margin. For other tasks, the best-performing strategy was the one that augments the minority class until balanced and then augments both classes by an additional …
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The macrophage activating properties of growth hormone in vitro and in vivo: Comparison to interferon-gamma (IF N-gamma)
… known to be produced by mammalian cells that augments the production of reactive oxygen metabolites, including O$\sb2\sp-$, by M$\Phi$. Other MAF-like molecules such as Interleukin-4 and Granulocyte/Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor are thought to exist. Growth hormone (GH) is synthesized …
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Human machine collaborative decision making in a complex optimization system
… either starts with a human approach and augments it with decision-support or starts with an automated approach and augments it with operator input. We provide an alternative design process by presenting an 1HMCDM methodology that addresses collaboration from the outset of the design of …
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The authoring of optical videodiscs with digital data
… form, it can also reference the video that it augments. Publishing requires an author to create the publishable material, and this thesis addresses the problem of authoring digitally augmented videodiscs.
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Foraging ecology of the African Penguin Spheniscus demersus in relation to ocean physical processes.
… disciplinary platform for research. The thesis augments our knowledge base of the African Penguins foraging ecology. African Penguins show flexibility in their foraging behaviour by adjusting their dive behaviour to subsurface thermal structures. Penguins also demonstrated foraging optimization …
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Generative design algorithms in topology optimization of passive heat spreaders
… methods. The generative design methodology augments the existing topology optimization methods using evolutionary algorithms in hybrid optimization. The results presented in this thesis are the first steps in creating a rich and generalizable design optimization methodology.
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Hyperaudience : designing performance systems for audience inclusion
… systems encourages audience participation and augments the experience of audience members through interconnected networks. In doing so, it embraces concepts found in ubiquitous computing, affective computing, interactive arts, music, theatrical tradition, and pervasive gaming. In addition, five …
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The role of the DEAD box Helicase DDX3X in Anti-‐Viral Signalling Pathways Mediated by the Kinase IKKα.
… the activation of IKKα and subsequently, augments the activation of pathways that IKKα regulates. We show that DDX3 is involved in two important signalling pathways that are mediated by IKKα – the alternative NF-κB pathway and the TLR7 signalling pathway to type I IFN induction. We propose …
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Positioning the subject : a social psychoanalytical analysis of aggressive behaviour
… It posits that a psychoanalytic perspective augments the social constructionist exploration of the emotional investments which secure a subject's positioning in discourse. The theoretical argument is illustrated with clinical material which examines the subject's positioning within …
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Unsupervised Workflow Discovery in Provenance Graphs
… methods, we also suggest a novel approach that augments standard motif detection. Our research shows weak precision and recall numbers for almost all considered approaches, but provides a promising basis for future experimentation using more multifaceted methods.
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Optimization of slender space trusses utilizing a continuum model
… decomposition of optimization problems and augments the scope and applicability of the multilevel decomposition method. This new concept is demonstrated by the optimization of slender, multi-bay, beam-like trusses with large numbers of members. An algorithm for the continuum model …
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