Graph-based applications are essential in emerging domains such as data analytics or machine learning. Data gathering a knowledge-based society requires great processing efficiency. High-throughput GPGPU architectures key to enable efficient graph processing. Nonetheless, irregular and sparse memory access patterns present graph-based induce high divergence contention, which result poor efficie...

Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies with a high mortality rate world. This study intends to make clear role and mechanism Scutellarin (Scu), flavonoid isolated from Erigeron breviscapus (Vant.) Hand.-Mazz, in regulating evolvement gastric cancer. We selected different doses Scu treat cells (MGC-803 AGS). Then, cell counting kit-8 (CCK8) assay was conducted verify proliferation...

Carbon Flux Phenology (CFP) can affect the interannual variation in Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) of carbon between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. In this study, we proposed a methodology to estimate CFP metrics with satellite-derived Land Surface Phenology (LSP) metrics and climate drivers for 4 biomes (i.e., deciduous broadleaf forest, evergreen needleleaf forest, grasslands and cr...

At the 16 AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, researchers at Santa Clara University (SCU) proposed a distributed computing architecture for small or multi-spacecraft missions. This architecture extended existing IC, Dallas 1-wire and RS232 data protocols and was adaptable to a number of microcontrollers. Since then, that architecture has been implemented on six university-class space missi...

In recent years, hollow fan blades have been widely used to meet the requirements of aeroengines for lightweight and better performance. However, blade will change from manufacture shape operating with large deformations during operation. This deviation, if neglected, lead deceptive results structural aerodynamic analysis. existing methods low prediction accuracy or require a lot calculation in...

This quantitative, retrospective study aimed to characterize adverse events (AE) in Intensive Care Units (ICU), Semi-Intensive Care Units (SCU) and Inpatient Units (IU), regarding nature, type, day of the week and nursing professionals / patient ratio at the moment of occurrence; as well as to identify nursing interventions after the event and AE rates. The study was performed at a private hosp...

Hepatoblastoma (HBL), the most common childhood liver cancer is cured with surgical resection after chemotherapy or with liver transplantation if local invasion and multifocality preclude resection. However, variable survival rates of 60-80% and debilitating chemotherapy sequelae argue for more informed treatment selection, which is not possible by grading the Wnt-β-catenin over activity presen...

OBJECTIVES Iatrogenic spinal cord injuries (SCIs) caused by invasive procedures or surgical interventions have previously been reported as case studies. The primary objective of this study was to investigate and analyze the incidence, etiology, and prognosis of iatrogenic SCI in Western Norway. METHODS Medical records of all 183 patients admitted to the SCU between 01.01.2004 and 31.12.2013 w...

Reiteration is an important process in the maintenance of tree crowns and in plant longevity. We use a geometric simulation model of branch growth to explore differences in longevity between old-growth Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco and Abies grandis (D. Don ex Lamb.) Lindl. branches. Reiteration is defined through rules that reflect apical dominance relationships, and these rules are use...

A new porphyrin-based microporous MOF, {Mn(II)0.5[Mn(II)4Cl(Mn(III)Cl-ttzpp)2(H2O)4]}·(DEF)20·(CH3OH)18·(H2O)12 (UTSA-57), has been constructed from {5,10,15,20-tetrakis[4-(2,3,4,5-tetrazolyl)phenyl]porphyrinato} manganese(III) chloride as the metalloligand. The MOF adopts the rare scu topology with one-dimensional square nanotube-like channels of about 20 Å. UTSA-57a exhibits permanent porosit...