In this paper we propose Re-Transport Media (RTM), a peer-to-peer streaming architecture which amortizes the bandwidth costs of serving internet media by cooperatively distributing the streaming load among connected clients. Conventional media streaming architectures typically impose significant bandwidth load on the server’s Internet uplink, requiring the content provider to serve the stream t...

In the pathogenesis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), reductions in the enzyme activity of ADAMTS13, which cuts ultralarge von Willebrand multimers, generates shear stress on the microvascular endothelium, leading to platelet aggregation and the formation of a thrombus. ADAMTS13 activity is markedly decreased in typical TTP, but is only mildly reduced in secondary TTP, which concomi...

Recombinant thrombomodulin (rTM) is widely used for septic disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in Japan. Tagami and colleagues performed an analysis using a nationwide administrative database in Japan and reported that rTM did not reduce the mortality in pneumonia-associated DIC (37.6 % in the rTM group vs 37.0 % in the control group, odds ratio: 1.01 (95 % confidence interval: 0.93 to...

CONTEXT The present study of current telemedicine users is a unique attempt to understand the barriers and motivational factors related to the utilization of telemedicine. OBJECTIVE A survey of emergency and critical care remote presence telemedicine users was conducted to determine the factors that motivate and the barriers that impede the acceptance and maintenance of a robotic telemedicine...

Representational theory of mind (RTM) development follows a universal developmental timetable whereby major advances in reasoning about mental representations occur between the ages of 3 and 5 years old. This progression appears to be only absent in the case of specific neurodevelopmental impairments, such as autism. Taken together, this suggests that neuromaturational factors may play a role i...

The potential for real-time PCR (RTm-PCR) detection of the genetically engineered strain Pseudomonas putida GN2 was studied during 2-chlorobenzoate (2-CB) degradation in three different soils. The strain contained the constructed plasmid pGN2 which encoded genes for 2-CB oxidation (cbdA) and the green fluorescent protein (gfp). P. putida GN2 numbers were assessed by plating onto 2-CB minimal me...

Reverse-time de-migration (RTDM) is formulated as the adjoint operator of reverse-time migration (RTM). In acoustic medium, RTM provides a good approximation to the inverse of RTDM, and can be used to iteratively invert for the reflectivity image in least-squares RTM (LSRTM). In viscoelastic medium, however, the adjoint of the RTDM operator is far from its inverse because of amplitude attenuati...

Rectal temperature measurement (RTM) can promote stress and defensive behaviour in hospitalised cats. The aim of this study was to assess if axillary temperature measurement (ATM) could be a reliable and less stressful alternative for these animals. In this prospective study, paired rectal and axillary temperatures were measured in 42 cats, either by a veterinarian or a student. To assess the i...

This paper introduces a next generation software-based GPS receiver technology that is capable of providing meters level accuracy, independent raw measurements and PVT (position, velocity, time) solutions using as little as 1-2ms (millisecond) of I/Q samples. This unprecedented performance is based on a revolutionary patent pending technology called Deep-RTM. Unlike conventional software based ...

During the preschool years, children across all cultures that have been tested seem to come to an explicit understanding of the fact that mental states are related to but ultimately separate from the reality that they are meant to represent. This understanding is sometimes called a representational theory of mind (RTM). I hypothesized that the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) would be associated ...