The quality of psychological studies is currently a major concern. The Many Labs Project (MLP) and the Open-Science-Collaboration (OSC) have collected key data on replicability and statistical effect sizes. We build on this work by investigating the role played by three measurement types: ratings, proportions and unbounded (measures without conceptual upper limits, e.g. time). Both replicabilit...

Oxygen storage/release (OSC) capacity is an important feature common to all three-way catalysts that enables them to efficiently remove harmful compounds such as hydrocarbons, CO and NOx in automotive exhaust gases. In this report, three types of CeO2-ZrO2 (Ce:Zr = 1:1 molar ratio) compounds with different OSC were characterized by means of XRD (X-ray diffraction) and XAFS (X-ray absorption fin...

The history and future of Open Sound Control (OSC) is discussed and the next iteration of the OSC specification is introduced with discussion of new features to support NIME community activities. The roadmap to a major revision of OSC is developed.

The aim of the present study was to determine the expression of p-Akt in ovarian serous carcinoma (OSC) and its association with proliferation and apoptosis. Paraffin-embedded tissues of patients aged between 35 and 64 years old without history of radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormone therapy prior to surgery were collected. In total, samples included 12 ovarian serous cystadenomas (OSAs), 18 ...

On the basis of epidemiological observations that nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs reduce the risk of esophageal carcinoma, we studied the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs; n = 172) and in esophageal adenocarcinomas (ADCs; n = 27). Using immunohistochemistry, we observed COX-2 expression in 91% of the SCCs and in 78% of the ADCs. Western blo...

The aim of this study was to assess the clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with either primary peritoneal carcinoma (PPC) or ovarian serous carcinoma (OSC) treated with paclitaxel plus carboplatin chemotherapy. We retrospectively identified 22 PPC patients and 55 stage III-IV OSC patients treated between 2002 and 2007. After exploratory laparotomy, all patients received paclitaxel...

OBJECTIVE Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a prognostic marker in cardiovascular disease. The use of Doppler-measured ankle-brachial pressure index (Dop-ABI) for PAD diagnosis is limited because of time, required training, and costs. We assessed automated oscillometric measurement of the ankle-brachial pressure index (Osc-ABI) by nurses and clinical staff. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Clin...

Cisplatin (CDDP) is widely used to treat oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), however, many patients exhibit acquired drug resistance. Yes-associated protein (YAP) is a transcriptional co-activator of the Hippo pathway that regulates organ size and promotes cell proliferation. YAP overexpression correlates with epithelial-mesenchymal transition and nodal metastasis, resulting in anti-tubulin dr...

The orthogonal signal correction of Wold algorithm was introduced in this thesis, which was combined with the partial least square algorithm. Calibration model of five components of benzene, methylbenzene, chlorobenzene, benzaldehyde and acetophenone in the mixed liquid samples were developed and validated by the method of independent . The result indicated that the calibration models of the co...

Accurate estimation of leaf stomatal conductance (gs) is important in predicting carbon andwater cycles of terrestrial ecosystem. To estimate gs on field-grown soybean and maize underwater-stressed condition accurately, a modified optimal stomatal conductance (OSCM) modelwas established based on the relationship between marginal water cost of carbon gain and soilwater content by introducing a w...