For at least the past decade, an unusual decline of black walnut (Juglans nigra) has been observed in several western states. Initial symptoms involve a yellowing and thinning of the upper crown, which progresses to include death of progressively larger branches (Figure 1). During the final stages large areas of foliage may rapidly wilt. Trees often are killed within three years after initial s...

At present, alert correlation techniques do not make full use of the information that is available. We propose a data model for IDS alert correlation called M2D2. It supplies four information types: information related to the characteristics of the monitored information system, information about the vulnerabilities, information about the security tools used for the monitoring, and information a...

Alert correlation is a process that analyzes the alerts produced by one or more intrusion detection systems and provides a more succinct and high-level view of occurring or attempted intrusions. Even though the correlation process is often presented as a single step, the analysis is actually carried out by a number of components, each of which has a specific goal. Unfortunately, most approaches...

PREVIOUS STUDIES HAVE EXAMINED THE INFLUENCE OF MEDITATION ON THREE FUNCTIONALLY DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF ATTENTION: executive control, alerting, and orienting. These studies have consistently found that meditation training improves both executive attention and alerting, but there has not been a consistent and clear effect of meditation training on orienting. In addition, while previous studies ...

Citation: Dalmaijer ES, Nijenhuis BG and Van der Stigchel S (2016) Commentary: Life is unfair, and so are racing sports: some athletes can randomly benefit from alerting effects due to inconsistent starting procedures. Front. Psychol. 7:119. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00119 Commentary: Life is unfair, and so are racing sports: some athletes can randomly benefit from alerting effects due to inconsi...

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This is the initial edition of Paper Alert in Bladder Cancer. Because of two recent shortages of BCG for treating non-muscle invasive (NMI) bladder cancer, (two to three years ago of the Connaught strain, and within the past year of the Tice strain), and with strains used in other countries not available in the United States, urologists have been faced with several problems in managing patients...

s. One author identified eligible articles, and performed quality appraisal and data extraction. RESULTS: Of 12 180 records identified, 43 articles were included. Among 5 walk tests described, the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) was most frequently evaluated (n = 36). Only 5 articles included participants in the acute phase (<1 month) poststroke. Within tests, protocols varied. Walkway length and wal...

BACKGROUND: Capacity building strategies are widely used to increase the use of research in policy development. However, a lack of wellvalidated measures for policy contexts has hampered efforts to identify priorities for capacity building and to evaluate the impact of strategies. We aimed to address this gap by developing SEER (Seeking, Engaging with and Evaluating Research), a self-report mea...

Meningococcal disease is an acute bacterial disease caused by meningococcus (Neisseria meningitidis), a gram negative capsulated coffee bean shaped bacteria seen usually in pairs. The disease was first described in 1805, when an outbreak occurred in Geneva, Switzerland and the causative organism was identified in 1887. The disease is manifested by sudden onset of fever, severe headache, nausea ...