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Quantitative susceptibility mapping and susceptibility-based distortion correction of echo planar images
… that arise from changes in magnetic susceptibility throughout the object of interest. Distortion is typically corrected by acquiring an additional scan called a fieldmap. A fieldmap provides a direct measure of the magnetic perturbations, allowing distortions to be easily computed and …
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Drivers of melanoma susceptibility
… to uncover additional high-penetrance melanoma susceptibility genes. I analysed exome and genome sequence data from a total of 184 individuals that belong to 105 melanoma-prone families from the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Australia that did not have any pathogenetic variants in known …
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Corrosion susceptibility of thin films
The corrosion susceptibility of Al thin-film metallizations in an aqueous solution containing chlorine was measured. DC polarization techniques were used to determine the corrosion behavior of Al thin-film metallizations, Al-alloy thin-film metallizations and Al thin-film metallizations deposited …
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Optimalizace metody měření magnetické susceptibility
… po kterém je možné určení hodnoty magnetické susceptibility vybraného vzorku. V závěru práce je vyhodnocení přesnosti měření.
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Disinfectant Susceptibility of Mycobacterium avium
Mycobacterium avium, an opportunistic human pathogen, infects between 25 and 50% of advanced-stage acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients in the United States. M. avium has been isolated from many environmental sources including: natural waters, soils, and aerosols. M. avium has also …
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TRANSVERSE SUSCEPTIBILITY STUDIES OF RECORDING MEDIA
… of the imaginary component of the transverse susceptibility (TS) proposed by Papusoi[5]. Also, a modification was developed which allowed the investigation of the non-linear TS, proposed by Chantrell et al[7]. The work reported for the latter two techniques was the first experimental …
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Identifying Genetic Factors of BSE Susceptibility
… disease. To identify genes playing a role in BSE susceptibility in cattle, genetic analysis was carried out on cattle that were experimentally-infected with BSE and showed variable disease outcomes. Chapter 2 explores potential genetic reasons for an abnormal outcome following oral BSE challenge. …
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Rare Genetic Variants and Cancer Susceptibility
Genetic susceptibility to breast cancer is known to be conferred by common variants, identified through GWAS, together with some rarer variants conferring higher disease risks. The latter, identified through genetic linkage or targeted sequencing studies, includes protein-truncating variants and …
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Linking Environmental Toxicant Exposure To Diabetes Susceptibility
<p>An important and unresolved question in the environmental health field is whether exposure to common environmental toxicants, such as dioxin and heavy metals like Pb, increase the risk of developing diabetes, especially in combination with other common metabolic stressors such as obesity. </p> …
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Determination of scour susceptibility through rapid assessment
A need existed to efficiently predict the potential scour that could be expected at nearly 20,000 existing off-system bridges in the State of Kansas to assign a National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS) Item 113 coding. A customized methodology for scour evaluation was developed through the …
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Autoimmune Susceptibility Imposed by Public TCRβ Chains
… repertoire's diversity, how this imposes disease susceptibility on a population is not well understood. We address the hypothesis that shared or public TCR, those present in most individuals, modulate autoimmune risk. High resolution analyses of autoimmune encephalomyelitis-associated T-cell …
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KSHV Susceptibility and Transmission Within Tonsillar Specimens
… the contribution of host factors to KSHV susceptibility in B lymphocytes, we generated a library of 40 tonsillar specimens. Our results indicate that the immunological composition of tonsillar lymphocytes varies across our donor samples, and KSHV possess a diverse B lymphocyte tropism. …
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Transverse susceptibility measurements on particulate recording media
An experimental investigation of transverse susceptibility (Xi) measurements on particulate recording media has been made. The main use of this measurement is to determine the anisotropy field (Ilk) of a material which is one of its intrinsic properties. Previous theoretical modelling of Xi was …
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Perceived risk of inherited susceptibility to cancer
Perceived risk of inherited susceptibility to cancer (ISC) historically has been determined by objective measures, which neither emphasize how people with ISC perceive their risk of cancer, nor address the meaning of being at risk. The few studies of perceived risk of ISC provide sparse data …
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Microwave Transient Phenomena and Magnetic Susceptibility Calculations
Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-13T15:17:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 7606946.PDF: 6261066 bytes, checksum: 12f0084d38f5355b69238e5a98658d01 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1975
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Early-life immunity and susceptibility to Mycobacteria
… infant immune system exhibits heightened susceptibility to external factors (e.g pathogens), and is shaped by these and others, such as maternal immunity. However, we do not yet fully understand their impact on development of infant immunity. A better understanding of these effects would …
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Landslide Susceptibility Prediction Adaptive to Triggering Events
Landslide detection and susceptibility prediction are valuable tools for disaster prevention. Despite there being many various solutions to accomplish these tasks, they all generally depend on topographic features of the environment. However, there are not many solutions that can adapt to …
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Benthic Macroinvertebrate Susceptibility to Trout Farm Effluents
The direct effects of a Virginia trout farm on benthic macroinvertebrates were examined using multiple approaches. Static laboratory tests with the amphipod, Hyallela azteca, were conducted with exposures to water taken from a spring, effluent above a sedimentation basin, and effluent below a …
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