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- Polymers, Vol. 4, Pages 1416-1442: Simulating Controlled Radical Polymerizations with mcPolymer—A Monte Carlo Approach
- Energies, Vol. 5, Pages 2745-2758: Exergy Analysis of Overspray Process in Gas Turbine Systems
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10326-10338: Multi-Sensor Fusion of Infrared and Electro-Optic Signals for High Resolution Night Images
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10309-10325: Detection of Formaldehyde in Water: A Shape-Effect on the Plasmonic Sensing Properties of the Gold Nanoparticles
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10292-10308: A Wireless Magnetic Resonance Energy Transfer System for Micro Implantable Medical Sensors
- Nutrients, Vol. 4, Pages 875-903: Cellular Mechanisms of Zinc Dysregulation: A Perspective on Zinc Homeostasis as an Etiological Factor in the Development and Progression of Breast Cancer
- Genes, Vol. 3, Pages 481-491: Transgenic Models of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 10: Modeling a Repeat Expansion Disorder
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10259-10291: FunBlocks. A Modular Framework for AmI System Development
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10248-10258: Harvesting Energy from the Counterbalancing (Weaving) Movement in Bicycle Riding
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10228-10247: Mosaicing of Hyperspectral Images: The Application of a Spectrograph Imaging Device
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10208-10227: A Distributed Reasoning Engine Ecosystem for Semantic Context-Management in Smart Environments
- Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10196-10207: Behavior-Based Cleaning for Unreliable RFID Data Sets
- Molecules, Vol. 17, Pages 9023-9042: Synthesis, Antigenicity Against Human Sera and Structure-Activity Relationships of Carbohydrate Moieties from Toxocara larvae and Their Analogues
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:10 AM PDT FEATURES -60 Monstrous Levels! -Three cool worlds: Monster School, Ghost Graveyard, and Evil Lab! -Regular Updates -Cute monster characters, all with their own unique powers! -Creative Levels with crazy obstacles -SECRET Levels, unlockable by collecting brains! -Beautiful Backgrounds and Cinema Scenes -Twitter show-off messages to your friends when you beat a level! -Game Center leaderboards -iPhone Retina graphics |
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| Out With the New, In With The Old: Video Game Rage Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:25 AM PDT Everyone gets frustrated with video games sometimes. Some people just get extra frustrated. Gareth Robinson talks about his video game rage and thinks about the games and mechanics that cause it.
Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Out With the New, In With The Old: Video Game Rage" was posted by edmondt on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:25:18 -0700 |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:55 PM PDT Join Jonathan and Randy from GameSpot Asia as they show off the extreme over-the-top action of PlatinumGames' Anarchy Reigns.
Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Now Playing: Anarchy Reigns" was posted by edmondt on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:55:24 -0700 |
| PS All-Stars Battle Royale roster leaked? Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:30 PM PDT Files posted on NeoGAF and GameFAQs by users supposedly show previously unknown characters and stages of Sony's upcoming brawler; Sony has refused to comment.
A number of user-posted files have appeared on both NeoGAF and GameFAQs claiming to have uncovered screenshots of unannounced levels and characters from Sony's upcoming four-player brawler PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, supposedly obtained from a private beta of the game.
The data files and screenshots show what is supposed to be a previously unveiled list of characters, stages, minions, items, and game modes. To date, the game's confirmed roster includes God of War's Kratos, Parappa the Rappa, Sly Cooper, Killzone's Colonel Radec, Twisted Metal's Sweet Tooth, the Fat Princess, Uncharted's Nathan Drake, and BioShock's Big Daddy. According to the supposed leak, the game will also include Dante from Devil May Cry, Spike from Ape Escape, Raiden from Metal Gear Solid, and Nariko from Heavenly Sword, as well as a BioShock Infinite stage and a Twisted Metal stage. Neither the screenshots nor the data files have been confirmed as real. When asked for comment, Sony told GameSpot: "This story is based on rumour and speculation, which is not something we comment on." All-Stars Battle Royale will feature a number of single-player and multiplayer game modes, as well as cross-platform online play, complete with tournaments. The full list of supposed leaks from the game is below: Characters: Items: Minions: Stages: Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "PS All-Stars Battle Royale roster leaked?" was posted by Laura Parker on Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:30:17 -0700 |
| DesktopUtility 1.2.6 - Quickly access useful system tasks.. (Free) Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:38 AM PDT  DesktopUtility is a tiny application that allows you to hide your desktop, toggle file visibility, show your User Library (OS X 10.7) or force empty the trash, easily and conveniently from the system menu bar. Version 1.2.6:
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| Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:10 PM PDT Platform: iOS —  Bub is dead, but like any good dog, he's not letting that keep him down. In this free iOS advergame for the upcoming ParaNorman movie, you control the ghostly pooch as he jumps, chomps, and swings his way through levels trying to retrieve the zombie bones he's lost so that their owners don't come looking for them when the sun goes down. Simple and straightforward but absolutely gorgeous, 2-Bit Bub is a ghoulishly good time. Tagged as: action, advergame, free, game, ios, ipad, iphone, laika, mobile, physics, platform, puzzle, rating-y, tablet |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Utilizing model calculations may lead to a better understanding of the complex kinetics of the controlled radical polymerization. We developed a universal simulation tool (mcPolymer), which is based on the widely used Monte Carlo simulation technique. This article focuses on the software architecture of the program, including its data management and optimization approaches. We were able to simulate polymer chains as individual objects, allowing us to gain more detailed microstructural information of the polymeric products. For all given examples of controlled radical polymerization (nitroxide mediated radical polymerization (NMRP) homo- and copolymerization, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT)), we present detailed performance analyses demonstrating the influence of the system size, concentrations of reactants, and the peculiarities of data. Different possibilities were exemplarily illustrated for finding an adequate balance between precision, memory consumption, and computation time of the simulation. Due to its flexible software architecture, the application of mcPolymer is not limited to the controlled radical polymerization, but can be adjusted in a straightforward manner to further polymerization models. |
| Energies, Vol. 5, Pages 2745-2758: Exergy Analysis of Overspray Process in Gas Turbine Systems Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Gas turbine power can be augmented by overspray process which consists of inlet fogging and wet compression. In this study exergy analysis of the overspray process in gas turbine system is carried out with a non-equilibrium analytical modeling based on droplet evaporation and the second law of thermodynamics. This work focuses on the effects of system parameters such as pressure ratio, water injection ratio, and initial droplet diameter on exergetical performances including irreversibility and exergy efficiency of the process. The process performances are also estimated under the condition of saturated water injection ratio above which complete evaporation of injected water droplets within a compressor is not possible. The results show that the irreversibility increases but the saturated irreversibility decreases with increasing initial droplet diameter for a specified pressure ratio. |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Electro-optic (EO) image sensors exhibit the properties of high resolution and low noise level at daytime, but they do not work in dark environments. Infrared (IR) image sensors exhibit poor resolution and cannot separate objects with similar temperature. Therefore, we propose a novel framework of IR image enhancement based on the information (e.g., edge) from EO images, which improves the resolution of IR images and helps us distinguish objects at night. Our framework superimposing/blending the edges of the EO image onto the corresponding transformed IR image improves their resolution. In this framework, we adopt the theoretical point spread function (PSF) proposed by Hardie et al. for the IR image, which has the modulation transfer function (MTF) of a uniform detector array and the incoherent optical transfer function (OTF) of diffraction-limited optics. In addition, we design an inverse filter for the proposed PSF and use it for the IR image transformation. The framework requires four main steps: (1) inverse filter-based IR image transformation; (2) EO image edge detection; (3) registration; and (4) blending/superimposing of the obtained image pair. Simulation results show both blended and superimposed IR images, and demonstrate that blended IR images have better quality over the superimposed images. Additionally, based on the same steps, simulation result shows a blended IR image of better quality when only the original IR image is available. |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT The effect of morphology on the plasmonic sensing of the presence of formaldehyde in water by gold nanostructures has been investigated. The gold nanostructures with two different morphologies, namely spherical and rod, were prepared using a seed-mediated method. In typical results, it was found that the plasmonic properties of gold nanostructures were very sensitive to the presence of formaldehyde in their surrounding medium by showing the change in both the plasmonic peaks position and the intensity. Spherical nanoparticles (GNS), for example, indicated an increase in the sensitivity when the size was increased from 25 to 35 nm and dramatically decreased when the size was further increased. An m value, the ratio between plasmonic peak shift and refractive index change, as high as 36.5 nm/RIU (refractive index unit) was obtained so far. An expanded sensing mode to FD was obtained when gold nanostructures with nanorods morphology (GNR) were used because of the presence of two plasmonic modes for response probing. However, in the present study, effective plasmonic peak shift was not observed due to the intense plasmonic coupling of closely packed nanorod structures on the surface. Nevertheless, the present results at least provide a potential strategy for response enhancement via shape-effects. High performance plasmonic sensors could be obtained if controlled arrays of nanorods can be prepared on the surface. |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Based on the magnetic resonance coupling principle, in this paper a wireless energy transfer system is designed and implemented for the power supply of micro-implantable medical sensors. The entire system is composed of the in vitro part, including the energy transmitting circuit and resonant transmitter coils, and in vivo part, including the micro resonant receiver coils and signal shaping chip which includes the rectifier module and LDO voltage regulator module. Transmitter and receiver coils are wound by Litz wire, and the diameter of the receiver coils is just 1.9 cm. The energy transfer efficiency of the four-coil system is greatly improved compared to the conventional two-coil system. When the distance between the transmitter coils and the receiver coils is 1.5 cm, the transfer efficiency is 85% at the frequency of 742 kHz. The power transfer efficiency can be optimized by adding magnetic enhanced resonators. The receiving voltage signal is converted to a stable output voltage of 3.3 V and a current of 10 mA at the distance of 2 cm. In addition, the output current varies with changes in the distance. The whole implanted part is packaged with PDMS of excellent biocompatibility and the volume of it is about 1 cm3. |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Worldwide, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women and is the leading cause of female cancer deaths. Zinc (Zn) functions as an antioxidant and plays a role in maintaining genomic stability. Zn deficiency results in oxidative DNA damage and increased cancer risk. Studies suggest an inverse association between dietary and plasma Zn levels and the risk for developing breast cancer. In contrast, breast tumor biopsies display significantly higher Zn levels compared with normal tissue. Zn accumulation in tumor tissue also correlates with increased levels of Zn importing proteins. Further, aberrant expression of Zn transporters in tumors correlates with malignancy, suggesting that altered metal homeostasis in the breast could contribute to malignant transformation and the severity of cancer. However, studies have yet to link dysregulated Zn transport and abnormal Zn-dependent functions in breast cancer development. Herein, we summarize studies that address the multi-modal role of Zn dyshomeostasis in breast cancer with respect to the role of Zn in modulating oxidative stress, DNA damage response/repair pathways and cell proliferation/apoptosis, and the relationship to aberrant regulation of Zn transporters. We also compare Zn dysregulation in breast tissue to that of prostate, pancreatic and ovarian cancer where possible. |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease with a spectrum of phenotypes. SCA10 is caused by a pentanucleotide repeat expansion of the ATTCT motif within intron 9 of ATAXIN 10 (ATXN10). Patients present with cerebellar ataxia; however, a subset also develops epileptic seizures which significantly contribute to the morbidity and mortality of the disease. Past research from our lab has demonstrated that epileptic SCA10 patients predominantly originate from or have ancestral ties to Mexico. In addition, a large proportion of epileptic SCA10 patients carry repeat interruptions within their SCA10 expansion. This paper outlines the variability in SCA10 phenotypes and our attempts to model these phenotypes using transgenic mouse models and highlights the benefits of using a transgenic model organism to understand the pathological mechanisms of a human disease. |
| Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10259-10291: FunBlocks. A Modular Framework for AmI System Development Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT The last decade has seen explosive growth in the technologies required to implement Ambient Intelligence (AmI) systems. Technologies such as facial and speech recognition, home networks, household cleaning robots, to name a few, have become commonplace. However, due to the multidisciplinary nature of AmI systems and the distinct requirements of different user groups, integrating these developments into full-scale systems is not an easy task. In this paper we propose FunBlocks, a minimalist modular framework for the development of AmI systems based on the function module abstraction used in the IEC 61499 standard for distributed control systems. FunBlocks provides a framework for the development of AmI systems through the integration of modules loosely joined by means of an event-driven middleware and a module and sensor/actuator catalog. The modular design of the FunBlocks framework allows the development of AmI systems which can be customized to a wide variety of usage scenarios. |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Bicycles are known to be rich source of kinetic energy, some of which is available for harvesting during speedy and balanced maneuvers by the user. A conventional dynamo attached to the rim can generate a large amount of output power at an expense of extra energy input from the user. However, when applying energy conversion technology to human powered equipments, it is important to minimize the increase in extra muscular activity and to maximize the efficiency of human movements. This study proposes a novel energy harvesting methodology that utilizes lateral oscillation of bicycle frame (weaving) caused by user weight shifting movements in order to increase the pedaling force in uphill riding or during quick speed-up. Based on the 3D motion analysis, we designed and implemented the prototype of an electro-dynamic energy harvester that can be mounted on the bicycle's handlebar to collect energy from the side-to-side movement. The harvester was found to generate substantial electric output power of 6.6 mW from normal road riding. It was able to generate power even during uphill riding which has never been shown with other approaches. Moreover, harvesting of energy from weaving motion seems to increase the economy of cycling by helping efficient usage of human power. |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Hyperspectral monitoring of large areas (more than 10 km2) can be achieved via the use of a system employing spectrometers and CMOS cameras. A robust and efficient algorithm for automatically combining multiple, overlapping images of a scene to form a single composition (i.e., for the estimation of the point-to-point mapping between views), which uses only the information contained within the images themselves is described here. The algorithm, together with the 2D fast Fourier transform, provides an estimate of the displacement between pairs of images by accounting for rotations and changes of scale. The resulting mosaic was successively georeferenced within the WGS-84 geographic coordinate system. This paper also addresses how this information can be transferred to a push broom type spectral imaging device to build the hyperspectral cube of the area prior to land classification. The performances of the algorithm were evaluated using sample images and image sequences acquired during a proximal sensing field campaign conducted in San Teodoro (Olbia-Tempio—Sardinia). The hyperspectral cube closely corresponds to the mosaic. Mapping allows for the identification of objects within the image and agrees well with ground-truth measurements. |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT To be able to react adequately a smart environment must be aware of the context and its changes. Modeling the context allows applications to better understand it and to adapt to its changes. In order to do this an appropriate formal representation method is needed. Ontologies have proven themselves to be one of the best tools to do it. Semantic inference provides a powerful framework to reason over the context data. But there are some problems with this approach. The inference over semantic context information can be cumbersome when working with a large amount of data. This situation has become more common in modern smart environments where there are a lot sensors and devices available. In order to tackle this problem we have developed a mechanism to distribute the context reasoning problem into smaller parts in order to reduce the inference time. In this paper we describe a distributed peer-to-peer agent architecture of context consumers and context providers. We explain how this inference sharing process works, partitioning the context information according to the interests of the agents, location and a certainty factor. We also discuss the system architecture, analyzing the negotiation process between the agents. Finally we compare the distributed reasoning with the centralized one, analyzing in which situations is more suitable each approach. |
| Sensors, Vol. 12, Pages 10196-10207: Behavior-Based Cleaning for Unreliable RFID Data Sets Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology promises to revolutionize the way we track items and assets, but in RFID systems, missreading is a common phenomenon and it poses an enormous challenge to RFID data management, so accurate data cleaning becomes an essential task for the successful deployment of systems. In this paper, we present the design and development of a RFID data cleaning system, the first declarative, behavior-based unreliable RFID data smoothing system. We take advantage of kinematic characteristics of tags to assist in RFID data cleaning. In order to establish the conversion relationship between RFID data and kinematic parameters of the tags, we propose a movement behavior detection model. Moreover, a Reverse Order Filling Mechanism is proposed to ensure a more complete access to get the movement behavior characteristics of tag. Finally, we validate our solution with a common RFID application and demonstrate the advantages of our approach through extensive simulations. |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT Stereocontrolled syntheses of biotin-labeled oligosaccharide portions containing the Galβ1-3GalNAc core of the TES-glycoprotein antigen obtained from larvae of the parasite Toxocara and their analogues have been accomplished. Trisaccharides Fuc2Meα1-2Gal4Meβ1-3GalNAcα1-OR (A), Fucα1-2Gal4Meβ1-3GalNAcα1-OR (B), Fuc2Meα1-2Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-OR (C), Fucα1-2Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-OR (D) and a disaccharide Fuc2Meα1-2Gal4Meβ1-OR (E) (R = biotinylated probe) were synthesized by block synthesis using 5-(methoxycarbonyl)pentyl-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1®3)-2-azide-4-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-α-D-galactopyranoside as a common glycosyl acceptor. We examined the antigenicity of these five oligosaccharides by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Our results demonstrate that the O-methyl groups in these oligosaccharides are important for their antigenicity and the biotinylated oligosaccharides A, B, C and E have high serodiagnostic potential to detect infections caused by Toxocara larvae. |
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