An information-theoretic framework known as integrated information theory (IIT) has been introduced recently for the study of the emergence of consciousness in the brain [D. Balduzzi and G. Tononi, PLoS Comput. Biol. 4, e1000091 (2008)]. IIT purports that this phenomenon is to be equated with the generation of information by the brain surpassing the information that the brain's constituents alr...

Investigator-initiated trials (IIT) are important aspects of medical research and have contributed substantially to modern oncology. IIT using post-approval drugs have been conducted by domestic institutions in Japan. Data from the present study were obtained by all IIT registered clinical trials for five cancers (lung, colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, and breast cancer) using d...

BACKGROUND Since Van den Berghe et al published their study on tight glucose control in 2001, intensive insulin therapy (IIT) has been increasingly used for critically ill patients worldwide. However, recent studies reported a significantly increased risk of hypoglycemia without a significant reduction in mortality. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article was to evaluate the effect of IIT with ...

The CLIA (Cross Lingual Information Access) Project is a mission mode project funded by Government of India, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Department of Information Technology vide its approval No. 14(5)/2006 – HCC (TDIL), Dated 29-08-2006. It is being executed by a consortium of 11 academic and research institutions and industry partners, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIIT ...

Dr. Mathieu Joerger obtained a Master in Mechatronics from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Strasbourg, France, in 2002, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), in 2002 and 2009 respectively. He is the 2009 recipient of the Institute of Navigation (ION) Bradford Parkinson award, which honors outstanding graduat...

Abstract Instrumented indentation test (IIT) is a depth-sensing hardness allowing nano- to macro-mechanical characterisation of surface mechanical properties. Indenter tip geometry calibration allows nano-scale characterisation, overcoming the limits conventional tests. Calibration critical ensure IIT traceability and applicability for quality verification in manufacturing processes. The accura...