SAS v9 provides many new features of interest to users with large data sets. Many of the commonly used procedures are multi-treaded. This allows users to harness the full power of multi-processor architectures to enhance the efficiency of some tasks. In addition, SAS/Connect allows users to spawn multiple independent processes to execute custom parallel processing solutions. SAS/Connect also en...

One common programming task in the pharmaceutical industry is to transfer external data such as lab, ECG, PK, and other non-casereport-form data to SAS from Excel. Spreadsheets can be read with the SAS import wizard or procedures such as PROC ACCESS and PROC IMPORT, but often must be modified by adding or editing column names, formatting cells, deleting blank columns or rows, or moving to diffe...

INTRODUCTION StartReact is the acceleration of reaction time by a startling acoustic stimulus (SAS). The SAS is thought to release a pre-prepared motor program. Here, we investigated whether the StartReact effect is applicable to the very first trial in a series of repeated unpractised single-joint movements. METHODS Twenty healthy young subjects were instructed to perform a rapid ankle dorsi...

Herein, balanced intermixed and pure crystalline phases in N,N'-bis(1-ethylpropyl)-perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide (EP-PDI)-based non-fullerene organic solar cells (OSCs) were achieved via selective solvent additives (SAs). Poly[[4,8-bis[(2-ethylhexyl)oxy]benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene-2,6-diyl][3-fluoro-2-[(2-ethylhexyl)carbonyl]thieno[3,4-b]thiophenediyl]] (PTB7) and 7,7'-(4,4-bis(2...

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of intravaginal ejaculation latency time (IELT) and erectile function on anxiety and depression among patients with PE in general and according to the four types of PE. Methods: Between September 2011 and September 2012, we conducted a cross-sectional study in the Anhui province of China. We enrolled 4,000 men aged over 18 years, each of who...

Aortoiliac arterial steno-occlusions in young or middle-aged patients are relatively rare and have been reported in the literature as small aorta syndrome (SAS) or hypoplastic aortoiliac syndrome. We report the case of a 48-year-old Japanese woman with intermittent claudication caused by SAS. We performed left iliofemoral bypass grafting with a Dacron graft via a retroperitoneal approach. Bypas...

SAS Visual Analytics Explorer is an advanced data visualization and exploratory data analysis application that is a component of the SAS Visual Analytics solution. It excels at handling big data problems like the VAST challenge. With a wide range of visual analytics features and the ability to scale to massive datasets, SAS Visual Analytics Explorer enables analysts to find patterns and relatio...

TAMA300 has been upgraded to improve the sensitivity at low frequencies after the last observation run in 2004. To avoid the noise caused by seismic activities, we installed a new seismic isolation system—the TAMA seismic attenuation system (SAS). Four SAS towers for the test-mass mirrors were sequentially installed from 2005 to 2006. The recycled Fabry–Perot Michelson interferometer was succes...