We provide an overview of the design of PSI (“a Private data Sharing Interface”), a system we are developing to enable researchers in the social sciences and other fields to share and explore privacy-sensitive datasets with the strong privacy protections of differential privacy. ∗This work is part of the “Privacy Tools for Sharing Research Data” project at Harvard, supported by NSF grant CNS-12...

Abstract Contamination with Cd, Cu and Pb is a major environmental issue. Cations of those metals may adsorb on negatively charged surfaces polymeric silicic acid (pSi), altering their fate. Aiming to elucidate the underlying mechanisms extent adsorption, we conducted batch adsorption experiments at pH 4 6 concentrations that excluded precipitation solid phases. Zeta-potential measurements were...

Cellular forces generated in the apical domain of epithelial cells reshape tissues. Recent studies highlighted an important role for dynamic actomyosin contractions, called pulses, that change cell and tissue shape. Net cell shape change depends on whether cell shape is stabilized, or ratcheted, between pulses. Whether there are different classes of contractile pulses in wild-type embryos and h...

A commuting row contraction is a d-tuple of commuting operators T1, . . . , Td such that ∑d i=1 TiT ∗ i ≤ I. Such operators have a polynomial functional calculus which extends to a norm closed algebra of multipliers Ad on Drury-Arveson space. We characterize those row contractions which admit an extension of this map to a weak-∗ continuous functional calculus on the full multiplier algebra. In ...

BACKGROUND Heat exposure among construction workers in the Persian Gulf region is a serious hazard for health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) Index for estimation of heat strain in hot/humid conditions by the use of Physiological Strain Index (PSI) as the gold standard. MATERIAL AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out ...

In this article, we introduce the concept of weak F?m,?-contractions on relation-theoretic m-metric spaces and establish related fixed point theorems, where ? is a control function ? relation. Then, detail some results for cyclic-type F?m,?-contraction mappings. Finally, demonstrate illustrative examples discuss upper lower solutions Volterra-type integral equations form ??=?0?A?,?,??m?+??,??0,1.

The present study sought to examine the psychometric properties of new German, Portuguese, and Spanish versions Revised Short Form Physical Self-Inventory (PSI-S-R), contrast these against those from original French version this instrument. Participants (n = 1802) were 288 youth, 177 German 848 Portuguese youths 489 youth. Results exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) analyses support...

let $g$ be a finite group‎. ‎we denote by $psi(g)$ the integer $sum_{gin g}o(g)$‎, ‎where $o(g)$ denotes the order of $g in g$‎. ‎here we show that‎ ‎$psi(a_5)< psi(g)$ for every non-simple group $g$ of order $60$‎, ‎where $a_5$ is the alternating group of degree $5$‎. ‎also we prove that $psi(psl(2,7))

Motoneurons often fire repetitively and for long periods. In sustained voluntary contractions the excitability of motoneurons declines. We provide the first detailed description of the time course of human motoneuron recovery after sustained activity at a constant discharge rate. We recorded the discharge of single motor units (MUs, n = 30) with intramuscular wire electrodes inserted in triceps...

RATIONALE With the current state-of-the-art detection of ions only taking place under vacuum conditions, active pixel detectors that operate under ambient conditions are of particular interest. These detectors are ideally suited to study and characterize the charge distributions generated by ambient ionization sources. METHODS The direct imaging capabilities of the active pixel detector are u...