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Shared decision making for people with severe mental illness.
Mentally ill -- Care -- Decision making. Mental illness -- Treatment -- Decision making. Mental health services -- Decision making. Mental health -- Information services. Medical informatics. Mental Disorders -- drug therapy.
Objective. We explored preferences and perceptions about treatment decision-making roles among persons with severe mental illness and evaluated two computer-based medication values clarification tools. Methods. In this study we conducted a pilot...
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OPEC1 : a long-term model of world oil supplies and prices.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. ; Petroleum industry and trade -- Mathematical models.
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Strategies for technological change in housing production.
Housing. ; Building -- Cost control. ; Building -- Mathematical models.
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Acquisition and registration of 3D optical surface scanning, MRI, and microwave tomographic imaging for improved clinical breast imaging and surgical planning / by Matthew John Pallone.
Continual improvements to clinical breast imaging technologies have led to ever earlier detections and increasingly accurate localizations of female breast cancers. While these advancements have certainly improved the prognoses of many patients,...
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Optical spectroscopy guided by structural and functional MRI for breast cancer imaging.
Optical spectroscopy. Magnetic resonance imaging. Breast -- Cancer -- Imaging.
Magnetic Resonance (MR)-guided Diffuse Optical Imaging is an emerging technique to improve breast cancer imaging. This modality combines the high sensitivity of breast MR with images of tissue physiology, including blood content, oxygen saturation,...
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The upland forest vegetation of the Second College Grant, New Hampshire.
Trees -- New Hampshire. ; Forest ecology -- New Hampshire.
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Implications of motion planning : optimality and K-survivability / by Yu-Han Lyu
We study motion planning problems, finding trajectories that connect two configurations of a system, from two different perspectives: optimality and survivability. For the problem of finding optimal trajectories, we provide a model in which the...
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Hydrogen and carbon isotopic variations in tree rings and their environmental significance.
Dendroclimatology -- Washington (State) -- Olympic Mountains. ; Dendroclimatology -- New Hampshire -- Hanover. ; Dendroclimatology -- White Mountains (California and Nevada). ; Deuterium -- Environmental aspects. ; Hydrogen -- Isotopes --...
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Studies on the regulation of synthesis and activity of NADP- and NAD- specific glutamate dehydrogenases from Neurospora crassa.
Enzymes. ; Metabolism. ; Ascomycetes.
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The mechanical properties and strain-induced ferromagnetism in B2-structured FeAl single crystals.
Iron-aluminum alloys -- Testing. ; Iron-aluminum alloys -- Mechanical properties. ; Ferromagnetism. ; Strains and stresses.
An investigation of the mechanical properties of Fe-Al single crystals by tensile testing both at different strain rates (10 -7 s -1 to 1 s -1 ) and in different environments (air, vacuum, or oxygen), showed that moisture-produced hydrogen in Fe-Al...
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Inter-specialty differences in outcomes associated with adult primary care physician supply.
Primary care (Medicine) -- United States -- Evaluation. ; Medicine -- Specialties and specialists. ; Physicians -- Supply and demand -- United States.
Background. Strengthening the role of primary care is considered a key element in improving the outcomes and efficiency of health care delivery. Previous studies of the benefits of primary care have primarily examined the association of primary...
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Geology and eruptive mechanisms of Masaya Caldera Complex, Nicaragua.
Geology -- Nicaragua. ; Masaya (Nicaragua : Caldera). ; Calderas -- Nicaragua -- Masaya.
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Hydrothermal pretreatment of cellulosic biomass for bioconversion to ethanol.
Alcohol as fuel. ; Cellulose -- Biotechnology. ; Hot water. ; Steam. ; Biomass energy.
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The role of tocopherol (vitamin E) in rotifer ecology.
Rotifera. ; Vitamin E.
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Statistical analysis and empirical modeling of large- and small-scale plasma drifts in Earth''s high-latitude ionosphere.
Electric fields in the high-latitude regions of Earth's ionosphere are an important component of the coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere system. Characterizing the average behavior of these fields (or the corresponding drifts) is useful...
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Computer analysis and design of building frames.
Structural design. ; Airplanes -- Design and construction. ; Airplanes -- Data processing.
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Arginine vasopressin and pulmonary hypertension induced by hypoxi.
Pulmonary hypertension. ; Vasopressin. ; Anoxemia. ; Oxygen -- Physiological effect.
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C.O.A.L.1: a dynamic model for the analysis of United States energy policy.
Energy policy -- United States -- Mathematical models.
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Accurate verification of five-axis numerically controlled machining.
Milling-machines -- Numerical control. ; Computer programming.
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Consolidated bioprocessing and liquid hot water pretreatment for the production of ethanol from cellulosic substrates.
Cellulose -- Biotechnology. ; Alcohol as fuel. ; Compressed water.
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Does continuity matter?: measuring the quality of ambulatory care among chronically ill elders in the United States.
Older people -- Medical care -- United States -- Evaluation. Chronically ill -- Medical care -- United States -- Evaluation. Ambulatory medical care -- United States -- Evaluation.
Objective . To examine how continuity is related to quality measures for chronically ill elderly patients; to the specialty and caseload of the physicians they predominantly visit; and to the regional context of where their ambulatory care is...
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Emergent coherent structures in nonequilibrium field theory.
Coherent states. Quantum field theory. Nonlinear theories.
In this thesis we study the properties of time-dependent, nontopological configurations and their effect on the macroscopic properties of a system described by a nonlinear field theory. These structures seem to be ubiquitous in relativistic field...
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Reconstructed near infrared diffusion imaging for breast cancer detection.
Infrared imaging. Image reconstruction. Optical images -- Mathematical models. Breast -- Imaging. Infrared radiation in medicine.
Finite element based reconstruction algorithms for optical property profiling in biological tissues have been developed, implemented and evaluated using simulated data and laboratory measurements obtained with near infrared continuous wave (cw) and...
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The ecology and bioenergetics of the northern black-throated blue warbler.
Wood warblers.
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Access control in and for the real world / by Sara Sinclair.
Access control is a core component of any information-security strategy. Researchers have spent tremendous energy over the past forty years defining abstract access-control models and proving various properties about them. However, surprisingly...
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Approximation algorithms for the shortest superstring problem.
Algorithms. Pattern recognition systems.
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Mesh-Mon: a monitoring and management system for wireless mesh networks.
Wireless communication systems. Computer networks. Routers (Computer networks).
A mesh network is a network of wireless routers that employ multi-hop routing and can be used to provide network access for mobile clients. Mobile mesh networks can be deployed rapidly to provide an alternate communication infrastructure for...
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Naming and sharing resources across administrative boundaries.
Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing. ; Computer network architectures. ; Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Semantics. ; Database management.
I tackle the problem of naming and sharing resources across administrative boundaries. Conventional systems manifest the hierarchy of typical administrative structure in the structure of their own mechanism. While natural for communication that...
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Burial and contact metamorphism in the Mancos shale.
Shale -- Rocky Mountains. ; Metamorphism (Geology).
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Isotopic evolution of a seasonal snowpack and its melt.
Snow -- Composition. ; Snow -- Mathematical models. ; Snow -- California. ; Snow -- Vermont. ; Stream measurements -- Mathematical models. ; Thawing -- Mathematical models. ; Oxygen -- Isotopes.
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Catalytic asymmetric P-C bond formation with Pt-phosphido complexes.
Organoplatinum compounds -- Synthesis. Organoplatinum compounds -- Reactivity. Organophosphorus compounds -- Synthesis. Organophosphorus compounds -- Reactivity. Asymmetric synthesis. Phosphate carbon. Platinum catalysts.
Chapter One. Synthesis and Structure of Chiral Pt(Duphos) Terminal Phosphido Complexes. Treatment of Pt halide precursors with a secondary phosphine in the presence of the base NaOSiMe 3 gave the terminal phosphido complexes Pt(Duphos)(Ph)(PMeIs)....
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Temporal variability in the abundance and species composition of forest hervibores.
Forest ecology -- New Hampshire -- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Lepidoptera -- New Hampshire -- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Forest insects -- New Hampshire -- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Insect populations -- New Hampshire --...
One of the principle aims of ecology is to understand variations in organism abundance over time. Some species and species assemblages exhibit exceptionally dynamic changes in abundance or biomass, while other species and species assemblages are...
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Origin of epithermal Ag-Au-Cu-Pb-Zn mineralization on the Veta Madre, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Hydrothermal deposits -- Mexico -- Guanajuato (State). Ore deposits -- Mexico -- Guanajuato (State). Las Rayas Mine (Mexico).
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Chronology of Neogene tectonics in the Central Andes (27°-33° S) of western Argentina based on the magnetic polarity stratigraphy of foreland basin sediments.
Geology, Stratigraphic -- Neogene. ; Plate tectonics -- Argentina. Geology -- Argentina.
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Age-specific predation and predation risk of Chaoborus punctipennis.
Chaoborus. Predation (Biology). Freshwater ecology.
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Food limitation for forest passerines: effects of natural and experimental food reductions.
Passeriformes. ; Birds -- Food. ; Birds -- Breeding.
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Quality control of solid dielectric cable.
Electric cables. ; Dielectrics.
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5-AMINOLEVULINIC-INDUCED PROTOPORPHYRIN.
Brain tumors account for ~2% of all cancers, with gliomas accounting for ~70% of all brain tumors. Evidence suggests that extent of resection provides both a quality of life and survival benefit to patients. Recent work has shown the utility of...
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Geometric methods for NMR structure determination of symmetric homo-oligomers.
Oligomers -- Structure -- Mathematical models. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Medical Term: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular.
Protein complexes play vital roles in the fundamental processes of life. In particular, homo-oligomers are involved in cell signaling, regulation, and transport. To make detailed studies of these symmetric proteins, they need to be discovered, and...
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Partial acid hydrolysis pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose : a process development study for ethanol production.
Cellulose. ; Hydrolysis. ; Refuse as fuel.
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The identification of molecular targets of synthetic oleanane triterpenoids
Terpenes -- Mechanism of action. ; Protein kinases -- Inhibitors. ; Oleanolic Acid.
Synthetic oleanane triterpenoids (SO) are a novel class of therapeutic compounds based on the structure of oleanolic acid. These synthetic oleanane triterpenoids which include 2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)-dien-28-oic acid (CDDO), CDDO-methyl...
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Monitoring late radiation damage in normal muscle tissue with electrical impedance spectroscopy.
Muscle cells -- Effect of radiation on. ; Radiation -- Physiological effect. ; Electrical impedance tomography. ; Spectroscopic imaging.
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A thermodynamic study of essential and toxic metals binding to proteins, peptides and small molecules involved in detoxification, storage, and gene regulation.
Metals -- Physiological effect. Binding sites (Biochemistry) -- Thermodynamics. Thiols. Thermometric titration. Zinc. Metallothionein. Genetic transcription -- Regulation.
Bioinorganic chemistry, a discipline that bridges chemistry and biology, has become increasingly popular as new techniques and analytical methods have emerged to study metals in biological systems. One such technique that has become increasingly...
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Combining near infrared tomography and magnetic resonance imaging to improve breast tissue chromophore and scattering assessment.
Breast -- Magnetic resonance imaging. Breast -- Tomography. Near infrared spectroscopy. Optical tomography. Imaging systems -- Design and construction. Diagnostic imaging -- Mathematical models.
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Provenance of some Mesozoic terrigenous clastic strata in the western interior of North America: a mineralogical and geochemical approach.
Clay minerals -- West (U.S.). ; Geology Stratigraphic -- Mesozoic.
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Spectroscopy-based quantification of chromophores and scattering in near infrared tomography.
Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy. Breast -- Cancer -- Tomography. Breast -- Cancer -- Imaging. Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis. Image reconstruction. Diagnostic imaging. Image Processing
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Studies on the mechanism of the cortisol inhibition of hexose uptake in rat thymocytes in vitro and the effect of anaerobiosis and temperature on the expression of this inhibition.
Glucose -- Metabolism. ; Hydrocortisone. ; Biochemistry.
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Development and application of a genetically-structured simulation for bacteriophage T7.
Viral genetics -- Mathematical models. ; Bacteriophages -- Growth -- Computer simulation. ; Recombinant viruses. ; Bacteriophage T7.
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