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Nelson, Jason M. "The Roles of Natural and Semi-Natural Habitat in the Provisioning of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of Beneficial Insects in Agricultural Landscapes." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1344485293.

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McClure, Vanessa. "Evaluation of serum C-reactive protein levels as a predictor of outcome in puppies infected with parvovirus." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25847.

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Canine Parvovirus remains a leading cause of enteritis in dogs in South Africa and many other countries despite the wide availability of effective vaccines. The virus does not affect all dogs equally and the course of the disease depends on the age, immune status and breed of the puppies as well as the viral dose, route of exposure and the virulence of the strain. Although aggressive supportive treatment can be successful, the treatment and convalescent periods may be prolonged and consequently expensive and the mortality rate relatively high, causing many clients to forego treatment and elect for euthanasia of their pet. Acute phase proteins (APP) are proteins that change in concentration by at least 25% in animals subjected to external or internal inflammatory challenges, such as infection, inflammation or surgical trauma. Increased concentrations are associated with poor outcome in certain diseases. C-reactive protein (CRP) is the most sensitive APP in dogs. Its normal physiological concentration is low but increases rapidly with inflammation or tissue destruction. Due to the fact that CRP has a relatively short half life in serum (6-8 hours) and a high response in diseased animals, it can be used as a valid measure of a systemic response to an initiating stimulus at the time of blood sampling. By taking serial measurements, objective information about the extent of the ongoing lesions in the patient can be obtained and therefore may be used as a prognostic indicator. The objective of this prospective observational study was to evaluate the association of serum CRP concentrations in puppies suffering from canine parvoviral enteritis with morbidity and mortality, and to determine the usefulness of CRP to predict duration of hospitalisation time. Seventy-nine client owned puppies naturally infected with canine parvovirus were included. Parvovirus infection was diagnosed on electron microscopic examination of faeces from the puppies. CRP was measured using an automated human C-Reactive Protein Turbidimetric Immunoassay (TIA), which has been validated for use in dogs. Serum CRP measurements were performed at admission, twice daily for the first 48 hours, then once daily until death or discharge. There was a positive association between odds of mortality and CRP concentration on admission, as well as 12 and 24 hours after admission (P=0.04,P=0.005 and P=0.003, respectively). Survival time was negatively associated with CRP concentration at 12 and 24 hours after admission (P=0.002and P=0.001, respectively). Among the survivors, length of hospitalisation was positively associated with CRP concentration at 12, 24 and 36 hours after admission (P=0.012, P=0.001 and P=0.002, respectively). Utility for CRP concentration to correctly differentiate between survivors and non-survivors at 24 hours after admission had a sensitivity and specificity of 78.7% and 86.7% respectively. Although serum CRP concentration is associated with outcome in puppies infected with canine parvovirus, when used alone it did not prove to be a good predictor of survival.<br>Dissertation (MMedVet)--University of Pretoria, 2012.<br>Companion Animal Clinical Studies<br>unrestricted

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Cheng, Zhang. "Use of food waste feeds for culturing low trophic level fish (grass carp, bighead carp and mud carp): persistent toxic substances." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2014. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/76.

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This study aimed at using different types of food wastes as major sources of protein to replace the fish meal used in fish feeds to produce quality fish. The major objectives were to (1) investigate the variations of metalloid/metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in the fish ponds (pond mud and water), and food wastes used as fish feeds; (2) analyze bioaccumulation and biomagnification of pollutants in the food chains; and (3) evaluate the potential health risks of exposure (to these pollutants) via dietary intake of fish fed with food waste feeds. The traditional fish farming model was used to culture low trophic level fish: a filter feeder (bighead, Aristichthys nobilis), a herbivore (grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idellus) and a bottom feeder (mud carp, Cirrhina molitorella), which are more environmental friendly as they can utilize more solar energy. Furthermore, low-trophic level fish are less susceptible to the accumulation of toxic chemicals. Two types of food wastes (mainly containing cereal (Food Waste A) and meat waste meal (Food Waste B)) were used as the major source of protein to replace the fish meal in fish feed to culture fish. The concentrations of metalloid (arsenic (As)), metals (mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu) and nickel (Ni)) in water, suspended particulate matter and sediment of the 3 experimental fish ponds located in Sha Tau Kok Organic Farm were monitored (bi-monthly during the first half year and tri-monthly during the second half year) and the results were similar to or lower than those in the commercial fish ponds around the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region. Results of the health risk assessments indicated that human consumption of grass carp (a herbivore) which fed food waste feed pellets would be safer than other fish species (mud carp, bighead carp and largemouth bass). There were no or lower magnifications, and low concentrations of metalloid/metals contained in the ponds indicated that the practice of traditional pond management by draining pond water regularly can provide a better fish pond habitat for birds and other wildlife. Furthermore, the use of food waste instead of fish meal (mainly consisted of contaminated trash fish) further reduced Hg accumulation in the cultured fish. During October 2011 - December 2012, the concentrations of PAHs and OCPs in three experimental fish ponds were monitored (bi-monthly during the first half year and tri-monthly during the second half year). The results were similar to or lower than those obtained in commercial fish ponds around the PRD region. The mean concentrations of .PAHs and .OCPs in sediment and fish collected from the experimental fish ponds during the 2nd half year (May 2012 to December 2012) were significantly higher (p<0.05) than those in the 1st half year (October 2011 to April, 2012). .PAHs and .DDTs in the two species of fish (grass carp and bighead carp) were significantly increased (p<0.05) with time, and PAHs and DDTs in grass carp and bighead carp fed with commercial fish feed pellets (control group) were significantly higher (p<0.05) than the fish fed with food waste pellets (Food Waste A and Food Waste B). Fruit, vegetables, bone meal and meat products were the major sources of PAHs and OCPs contamination for producing Food Waste A and Food Waste B. No significant increases in PAHs and DDTs concentrations with trophic levels were observed in the experimental ponds, showing that PAHs were not biomagnifed in the omnivorous food chains (plankton, grass carp, bighead carp and mud carp). DDTs were lower magnifications than those predatory food chains (plankton, trash fish, and largemouth bass) in farmed ponds. There was a very low cancer risk for PAHs and DDTs exerted on humans via consumption of bighead carp, grass carp and mud carp (fed with food waste and commercial pellets). Furthermore, the use of food waste instead of fish meal (mainly consisted of contaminated trash fish) further reduced accumulation of PAHs and DDTs in the cultured fish.PAHs and DDTs exerted on humans via consumption of bighead carp, grass carp and mud carp (fed with food waste and commercial pellets). Furthermore, the use of food waste instead of fish meal (mainly consisted of contaminated trash fish) further reduced accumulation of PAHs and DDTs in the cultured fish. The present results revealed that recycling of food waste for cultivating low trophic level fish (mainly bighead carp and grass carp) is feasible, which will also ease the disposal pressure of the large volume of food waste, a common problem encountered in densely populated cites such as Hong Kong.

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Holme, E. R. "C3b receptors (CR1) on peripheral human blood cells." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.381473.

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Oglethorpe, David Richard. "Farm level land use and environmental management decisions : a modelling approach to the analysis of policy change." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318518.

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Nord, Anette. "Bystander CPR : New aspects of CPR training among students and the importance of bystander education level on survival." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Avdelningen för kardiovaskulär medicin, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-142460.

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Background: It has been proved that bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) saves lives; however, which training method in CPR is most instructive and whether survival is affected by the training level of the bystander have not yet been fully described. Aim: To identify the factors that may affect 7th grade students’ acquisition of CPR skills during CPR training and their willingness to act, and to describe 30-day survival from outof- hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) after bystander CPR and the actions performed by laymen versus off-duty medically educated personnel. Methods: Studies I–III investigate a CPR training intervention given to students in 7th grade during 2013–2014. The classes were randomized to the main intervention: the mobile phone application (app) or DVD-based training. Some of the classes were randomized to one or several additional interventions: a practical test with feedback, reflection, a web course, a visit from elite athletes and automated external defibrillator (AED) training. The students’ practical skills, willingness to act and knowledge of stroke symptoms, symptoms of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and lifestyle factors were assessed directly after training and at 6 months using the Laerdal PC SkillReporting system (and entered into a modified version of the Cardiff test scoring sheet) and a questionnaire. The Cardiff test resulted in a total score of 12–48 points, and the questionnaire resulted in a total score of 0–7 points for stroke symptoms, 0–9 points for symptoms of AMI and 0– 6 points on lifestyle factors. Study IV is based on retrospective data from the national quality register, the Swedish registry of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 2010-2014. Results: A total of 1339 students were included in the CPR training intervention. The DVD-based group was superior to the app-based group in CPR skills, with a total score of 35 (SD 4.o) vs 33 (SD 4.2) points directly after training (p<0.001) and 33 (SD 4.0) vs 31 (SD 4.2) points at six months (p<0.001). Of the additional interventions, the practical test with feedback had the greatest influence regarding practical skills: at six months the intervention group scored 32 (SD 3.9) points and the control group (CPR only) scored 30 (SD 4.0) points (p<0.001). Reflection, the web course, visits from elite athletes and AED training did not further increase the students’ acquisition of practical CPR skills. The students who completed the web course Help-Brain-Heart received a higher total score for theoretical knowledge in comparison with the control group, directly after training: stroke 3.8 (SD 1.8) vs 2.7 (SD 2.0) points (p<0.001); AMI 4.0 (SD 2.0) vs 2.5 (SD 2.0) points (p<0.001); lifestyle factors 5.4 (SD 1.2) vs 4.5 (SD 2.0) points p<0.001. Most of the students (77% at 6 months), regardless of the intervention applied, expressed that they would perform both chest compressions and ventilations in a cardiac arrest (CA) situation involving a relative. If a stranger had CA, a significantly lower proportion of students (32%; p<0.001) would perform both compressions and ventilations. In this case, however, many would perform compressions only. In most cases of bystander-witnessed OHCA, CPR was performed by laymen. Off-duty health care personnel bystanders initiated CPR within 1 minute vs 2 minutes for laymen (p<0.0001). Thirty-day survival was 14.7% among patients who received CPR from laymen and 17.2% (p=0.02) among patients who received bystander CPR from off-duty health care personnel. Conclusions: The DVD-based method was superior to the app-based method in terms of teaching practical CPR skills to 7th grade students. Of the additional interventions, a practical test with feedback was the most efficient intervention to increase learning outcome. The additional interventions, reflection, web course, visit from elite athletes and AED did not increase CPR skills further. However, the web course Help-Brain-Heart improved the students’ acquisition of theoretical knowledge regarding stroke, AMI and lifestyle factors. For OHCA, off-duty health care personnel bystanders initiated CPR earlier and 30-day survival was higher compared with laymen bystanders.

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Yakova, D., M. Hristov, N. Stancheva, T. Rashev, and S. Tisheva. "Frequency of C > T polymorphism in fourth chromosome and levels of crp in patients with atrial." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/45055.

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Introduction. Atrial fibrillation is a heart rhythm disorder, characterized by rapid and uncoordinated atrial activation which is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice. Atrial fibrillation is observed in 1.5 - 2% of the general population and its incidence increases with age reaching more than 8-15% by 80 years of age. Atrial fibrillation is traditionally considered as a non genetic disorder. The cause of atrial fibrillation in 10-20% of cases is unknown and it is diagnosed as idiopathic.

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Yamamoto, Shungo. "Prognostic utility of serum CRP levels in combination with CURB-65 in patients with clinically suspected sepsis: a decision curve analysis." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/215465.

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Lucena, Norka Beatriz. "Application-level protocol steganography." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.

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Fu, Guodong, and 傅國棟. "Grass carp CREB: molecular cloning, regulation of gene expression and functional implications at thepituitary level." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3843751X.

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Yu, Qingnian. "Cultivated land protection (CLP) in China : national policy implementation at local levels." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.425465.

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Fu, Guodong. "Grass carp CREB molecular cloning, regulation of gene expression and functional implications at the pituitary level /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3843751X.

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Sweeney, Aaron DePaul. "Estimating centimeter-level seafloor deformation /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3022212.

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Xiao, Jia. "Novel mechanisms for SOCS-3 regulation in grass carp synergistic actions of growth hormone and glucagon at the hepatic level /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43224180.

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Park, Byung-Goo. "A system-level testability allocation model /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9842588.

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Kundu, Sudipta. "High-level verification of system designs." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3360416.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed August 20, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-157).

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Xiao, Jia, and 肖佳. "Novel mechanisms for SOCS-3 regulation in grass carp: synergistic actions of growth hormone and glucagon at thehepatic level." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43224180.

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Coffey, Brian K. "Micro-level analysis of consumer meat demand /." Search for this dissertation online, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ksu/main.

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McCarthy, Molly M. "Explaining community-level variation in police use of force: The influence of community characteristics and community-oriented policing on Australian officers use of force." Thesis, Griffith University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/387408.

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Extant research on police use of force has established that force is not distributed evenly across communities. However, this body of research is limited compared to the attention afforded to the influence of individual and situational factors on police use of force. Further, findings on the influence of community characteristics have been inconsistent and the overwhelming majority of this research has been generated out of policing jurisdictions in the United States (U.S.), so the transferability of these findings to other jurisdictions, such as Australia, is unclear. There is also a dearth of rigorous translational research that can inform police agency responses that might reduce police use of force across communities. While community-oriented policing (COP) has been associated with reduced police use of force (theoretically and, recently, at the policy level), to date there is no empirical evidence to support the association. This thesis aims to address these critical evidence gaps: to explain variations in police use of force across communities by examining the influence of community characteristics and COP on police use of force in Australia. The thesis comprises four empirical studies to address the research aim. Study 1 aimed to determine the influence of community characteristics on the distribution of police use of force across communities, examining the most commonly applied theories and community characteristics used to explain community-level distribution of police use of force from the extant literature – minority threat theory, ecological contamination theory, social disorganisation and socio-economic disadvantage. This study utilised data from police use of force reports from a three-and-a-half-year period (comprising 18,322 police use of force events) in combination with recorded crime data and census data. Findings from a negative binomial regression analysis indicated support for ecological contamination theory (violent crime rates), social disorganisation and partial support for socio-economic disadvantage in predicting the frequency of serious police use of force events across communities, while minority threat theory was not supported. In contrast, results from a multilevel ordered logistic regression analysis suggested that individual and situational factors are more influential than community characteristics in predicting force severity. Study 2 examined the extent to which the distribution of citizen behaviours and risks across communities may be a driver for some of the variation in the frequency of police use of force across communities that were found in Study 1. This study drew on the same data sources as Study 1 and used Latent Class Analysis (LCA) to identify a typology of citizen behaviours in police use of force events, drawing on citizen behaviours and risks reported in police use of force reports. A five-class typology demonstrated best fit, comprising the following classes: ‘violent, unstable and drug or alcohol affected’; ‘apparent mental disorder and possessing a weapon’; ‘alcohol-related violence’; ‘suspicious and fleeing’; and ‘violent behaviour and threatening a weapon’. Additionally, these citizen presentation classes were associated with distinct offence types, contexts for use of force, and citizen characteristics. Multilevel logistic regression determined that the five citizen presentation classes were differentially distributed across communities, with three of the most prevalent classes showing the most significant associations with community characteristics. This indicates that the distribution of citizen behaviours and risk factors in police use of force events are also influenced at least to some extent by community factors. Study 3 examined whether a policing approach, specifically COP, may be able to impact on the frequency with which police and citizen encounters result in the use of force by police, focussing in particular on communities where the propensity for police use of force may be higher. This study drew on a sample of 64 socially challenged communities in an Australian policing jurisdiction. It examines the association between Officer-in-Charge (OIC) reports of formal and informal community consultation in a problem-solving context (elicited through an online survey), and the frequency of police use of force (drawn from police use of force reports). This study found that higher levels of COP were associated with lower rates of police use of force in high violent crime communities, but not low violent crime communities. The findings of this study support the contention that COP may reduce the use of coercive policing tactics. Study 4 further examined the impact of COP on police use of force, this time focussing on how higher levels of community engagement by officers may influence their attitudes towards coercive policing responses. Additionally, this study tested one pathway through which community engagement may influence police use of force: through the reduction of officer perceptions of social distance from the community. Study 4 drew on the same sub-sample of socially challenged communities in Australia as used in Study 3. Survey responses from 300 officers from 55 Divisions were used in the study, along with a number of other publicly available data sources. Regression analyses supported the contention that COP is associated with a reduced propensity for coercive policing at the officer level, and an increased propensity for non-coercive policing, aligning to the findings of Study 3. The findings also indicate that social distance mediates the relationship between officers’ community engagement and their endorsement of non-coercive policing responses but not coercive policing responses. Overall, the collective findings of this thesis suggest that community matters when it comes to police use of force in Australia. A number of characteristics of communities, such as violent crime, social disorganisation and socio-economic disadvantage, increase the frequency with which police use force. The influence of these community characteristics is likely to be driven by both tangible and intangible factors. In terms of tangible factors, these community conditions can drive concentrations of particular types of social problems, offending and disorderly behaviour, which may elicit more assertive or coercive policing responses. However, officers’ perception of social distance is an intangible factor that is also affected by community conditions and which is associated with the propensity to use non-coercive policing. COP approaches were found to be a policing approach that can reduce police use of force in high violent crime communities, at least in part by reducing officers’ experience of social distance from the community.<br>Thesis (PhD Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>School of Crim & Crim Justice<br>Arts, Education and Law<br>Full Text

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Zhu, Zhengyong. "Efficient large-scale transistor-level transient analysis." Diss., Connected to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3169829.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2005.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed January 11, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-91).

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Hill, Jenna Catherine. "Continental margin architecture sea level and climate /." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2007. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3258373.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2007.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed May 29, 2007). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Chandra, Saumya. "Variability-aware system-level design and analysis." Diss., [La Jolla, Calif.] : University of California, San Diego, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3344744.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed April 3, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-154).

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Pamperien, Kelvin C. "Student academic achievement in middle level schools /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9841357.

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Chen, Ru. "Promoter-level transcriptome identifies stemness associated with relatively high proliferation in pancreatic cancer cells." Kyoto University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/259015.

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付記する学位プログラム名: 充実した健康長寿社会を築く総合医療開発リーダー育成プログラム<br>Kyoto University (京都大学)<br>0048<br>新制・課程博士<br>博士(医科学)<br>甲第22747号<br>医科博第116号<br>新制||医科||8(附属図書館)<br>京都大学大学院医学研究科医科学専攻<br>(主査)教授長船健二, 教授武藤学, 教授小川誠司<br>学位規則第4条第1項該当

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Brito, Ágata Graziele dos Santos. "A influência das coalizões domésticas de China e Estados Unidos no resultado da COP 21 - Paris." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8131/tde-26062018-093204/.

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Esta dissertação analisa o resultado da COP 21, que aconteceu em Paris no ano de 2015, através da capacidade que as coalizões domésticas, dentro de China e Estados Unidos, tiveram em influenciar a política climática durante o período que vai de 1992 até 2015. É através da identificação das coalizões domésticas (ambiental e pó-desenvolvimento econômico) que buscamos explicar como o processo político doméstico, nos dois países, foi moldado a partir das articulações e interações entre os grupos que compõe as coalizões. Até a COP 21, a política climática global parecia não avançar em vistas a uma solução do aquecimento global, a COP 15 é referenciada neste trabalho como o fracasso dos acordos climáticos, no entanto, 5 anos mais tarde, em 2015, juntos EUA e China, o dois maiores emissores da atualidade, anunciam suas metas de redução dos gases de efeito estufa. O que explica essa mudança de posicionamento, segundo a hipótese deste trabalho, é o amadurecimento e a articulação das coalizões doméstica dentro dos dois países, em primeiro lugar, e os acordos bilaterais que ambos promoveram entre os anos de 2009 e 2015 para trata das questões climáticas fora do sistema ONU de tomada d decisão. O resultado encontrado é que de fato, até 2009, a coalizão pró-desenvolvimento econômico conseguiu que sua influencia no processo político da condução da politica climática prevalecesse, no entanto, do período posterior a 2009 até 2015, pudemos ver que a coalizão ambiental conseguiu que sua influencia causasse, inclusive, um transbordamento para a arena internacional.<br>This essay analyze the COP 21 outcomes, that was held in Paris in 2015, through the domestic coalitions capacity, inside China and USA, had to influence the climate policy during the period that goes from 1992 until 2015. It is through the identification of domestic (environmental and economic development) coalitions that we seek to explain how the domestic political process, in both countries, was shaped by the articulations and interactions between the groups that make up the coalitions. Until COP 21, global climate policy did not seem to advance towards a solution to global warming, COP 15 is referred to, in this paper, as the failure of climate agreements, however, 5 years later in 2015, U.S and China together, the two largest emitters today, announce their targets for reducing greenhouse gases. What explains this change of position, according to the hypothesis of this work, is that the maturation and articulation of domestic coalitions within both countries, first, and the bilateral agreements that both promoted between the years of 2009 and 2015 to deal with the climate change issues outside of the UN system of decision-making. The result was that in fact, until 2009, the economic development coalition had its influence on the political process of climate policy prevailing, however, from the period after 2009 until 2015, we could see that the environmental coalition succeeded in its influence would even cause an overflow to the international arena.

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Ahamed, Mohamed Imran. "Fire performance and design of CFRP strengthened and insulated cold-formed steel tubular columns." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2019. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127142/1/Mohamed%20Imran_Ahamed_Thesis.pdf.

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This research study investigated the fire performance of steel columns strengthened with Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP). Using thermal and mechanical property tests, full scale fire tests and numerical analyses, it showed that suitable insulation layers can be successfully used to increase their fire resistance to required levels. It then developed new design guidelines to determine the fire resistance of CFRP strengthened and insulated steel columns.

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Pan, Jingfei, and 潘竞飞. "Novel mechanisms for STAT regulation in grass carp: signal transduction for glucagon and insulin induction ofSTAT gene expression at the hepatic level." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47869756.

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Glucagon and insulin play important roles in controlling blood glucose and energy metabolism in vertebrate species. Recent studies have identified large cohorts of genes that could be regulated by glucagon and insulin. Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) is a group of signal mediators/inducible transcription factors functionally coupled to class I cytokine receptors through JAK activation. Although the involvement of JAK/STAT pathway has been reported in the physiological actions of insulin and glucagon, the effects of these pancreatic hormones on STAT expression have not been examined. Using grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) as an animal model, we have cloned the cDNAs for STAT1, STAT3 and STAT5 and confirmed that they are single copy genes in the carp genome. Tissue expression profiling using RT-PCR revealed that the three members of STATs were ubiquitously expressed in various tissues of the grass carp including the liver. Function expression of grass carp STAT1, STAT3 and STAT5 in mammalian cell lines also demonstrated that the STAT proteins of fish origin were all effective in transactivating the target promoters with STAT-binding sites. In grass carp, hepatocyte culture, glucagon and insulin treatment were both effective in increasing STAT1, STAT3 and STAT5 mRNA expression. Using a pharmacological approach, the stimulatory effect of glucagon on transcripts expression of the three forms of STATs were shown to be mediated through activation of the cAMP/PKA, PI3K/AKT and MAPK ( Erk1/2 and JNK) pathways. In the case of insulin stimulation, the PI3K/AKT and p38 MAPK but not JNK pathways were involved in STAT1, STAT3 and STAT5 mRNA up-regulation. Furthermore, insulin-induced STAT3 and STAT5, but not STAT1 mRNA expression, could be blocked by Erk1/2 inactivation, suggesting that the MEK1/2/Erk1/2 pathway might be differentially coupled to gene expression of the individual members of STAT family. These findings provide evidence for first time that glucagon and insulin can regulate STAT1, STAT3 and STAT5 gene expression at the hepatic level in fish model via overlapping and yet distinct signaling mechanisms.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Biological Sciences<br>Master<br>Master of Philosophy

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Dindyal, Jaguthsing Presmeg Norma C. "Algebraic thinking in geometry at high school level." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p3087865.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2003.<br>Title from title page screen, viewed November 15, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Norma C. Presmeg (chair), Nerida F. Ellerton, Beverly S. Rich, Sharon S. McCrone. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 208-219) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Hoffman, Barak Daniel. "Political accountability at the local level in Tanzania." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3229904.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2006.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed October 11, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232).

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Pereira, Cristiano. "Reproducible user-level simulation of multi-threaded workloads." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2007. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3274933.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2007.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed October 10, 2007). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153).

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Loukissas, Alexander. "Implementation and simulation of the two-level lookup." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p1453654.

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Yates, Marissa L. "Seasonal sand level changes on southern california beaches." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3342173.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009.<br>Title from first page of PDF file (viewed February 13, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-133).

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Chen, Wen-Tsong. "Word level training of handwritten word recognition systems /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9974612.

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Ozev, Sule. "High level test approaches for mixed-signal systems /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3070993.

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McCoy, Jan D. "Animated, interactive maps in middle level social studies /." view abstract or download file of text, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3113017.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-86). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Park, Youn Jung. "The political economy of country code top level domains." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available, full text:, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.

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Masada, Kristen S. "Chord Recognition in Symbolic Music: A Segmental CRF Model, Segment-Level Features, and Comparative Evaluations on Classical and Popular Music." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1524847168750137.

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Bourcin, Guillaume. "Spincavitronics : repulsive and attractive energy levels in YIG bulk-microwave cavity coupled systems." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Ecole nationale supérieure Mines-Télécom Atlantique Bretagne Pays de la Loire, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024IMTA0447.

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Cette thèse explore le domaine de la spincavitronique, en se concentrant sur le couplage fort entre les magnons et les photons dans des cavités tridimensionnelles (3D), conduisant à la formation de polaritons magnons-cavité (CMPs). Nous étudions la transition entre les régimes de couplage fort et ultra-fort, atteignant des forces de couplage de 12 % à 58 % de la fréquence de la cavité à température ambiante. Les magnons, avec leurs fréquences ajustables et leurs longs temps de cohérence, sont des candidats prometteurs pour la mémoire quantique et d'autres technologies quantiques, avec des applications dans le calcul et la communication quantiques. Nos recherches approfondissent la compréhension des interactions magnon-photon, avec des implications pour l’optimisation des systèmes hybrides quantiques. Ce travail présente également une étude du phénomène d'attraction de niveaux entre magnons et modes photoniques d'antirésonance dans des cavités 3D. Ce phénomène permet la transmission non réciproque des photons, essentielle pour des dispositifs tels que les circulateurs et les systèmes de mémoire quantique. Nous développons un modèle physique pour expliquer ces antirésonances, validé par des mesures expérimentales et des simulations. Ces résultats ouvrent de nouvelles perspectives pour l’utilisation des mécanismes d'attraction de niveaux dans les technologies de détection et d'information quantique<br>This thesis investigates the field of spincavitronics, focusing on the strong coupling between magnons and photons in three-dimensional (3D) cavities, leading to the formation of cavity magnon polaritons (CMPs). We explore the transition between the strong coupling and ultra-strong coupling regimes, achieving coupling strengths between 12% and 58% of the cavity frequency at room temperature. Magnons, with their tunable frequencies and long coherence times, are promising candidates for quantum memory and other quantum technologies, offering applications in quantum computing and long-distance quantum communication. Our research contributes to the development of a deeper understanding of magnon-photon interactions, with implications for improving the coupling strength and optimizing hybrid quantum systems. Additionally, this work presents a detailed study of the level attraction phenomenon between magnons and antiresonant photonic modes in 3D cavities. This phenomenon enables non-reciprocal photon transmission, which is essential for the design of advanced communication devices such as circulators and quantum memory systems. We develop a physical model to explain the emergence of these antiresonances, supported by experimental validation and simulations. These insights open new pathways for applying level attraction mechanisms in sensing technologies and quantum information processing, demonstrating the versatility of spincavitronics for future advancements in both quantum technologies and radiofrequency applications

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Frost, Gregory D. "The effects of grade level retention on academic performance /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9841198.

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Barría, Lilian A. "Negotiating economic stabilization measures : the two-level debt game /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9988646.

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Huston, Sandra J. "Resource-constraint factors influencing individual level global life satisfaction /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3012979.

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Dailey, Matthew N. "Computational models of high-level visual perception and recognition /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3055782.

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Gaba, Vibha. "Corporate venture investing : a multi-level organizational change perspective /." view abstract or download file of text, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3061945.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-240). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Lahiri, Kanishka. "On-chip communication : system-level architectures and design methodologies /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3091346.

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King, Brad O. "Personal characteristics and level of effectiveness of agriculture teachers /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3091936.

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Ganahl, Gina Veri. "Relationship between the level and source of support and encouragement employees receive and level of employee participation in deliberately and secondarily educative activities /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9841352.

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Mustafa, Sanaa A. "An integrated approach to assess impact of environmental stress in carp, Cyprinus carpio L. : biochemical, genotoxic, histopathological and individual level effects." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1029.

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Studies were undertaken to determine toxicological effects in a model species, Cyprinus carpio L. following hypoxic exposure either alone or in combination with representative heavy metal (i.e. copper; Cu) via a dietary route, at different levels of biological organisation (viz. biochemical, histological and individual level effects). Initially, the validation study of biological responses using a range of concentrations of dietary Cu as a relevant environmental contaminant was carried out (Chapter 3). The results showed a range of biological responses in exposed fish including significant genotoxic response as determined by induction of DNA strand breaks (i.e. the Comet assay) with bacterial enzymes Fpg and Endo-III (for detection of oxidative DNA damage) and reduction in growth rate suggesting the robustness of selected biomarkers. Subsequently, this approach was used initially to determine the biological responses following chronic hypoxic and hyperoxic exposure (Chapter 4). The results suggested that both hypoxic and hyperoxic conditions lead to a range of comparable biological responses. Following relative evaluation of chronic hypoxic and hyperoxic exposures, experiments were carried out to elucidate potential interactive effect of hypoxia in combination with dietary Cu (Chapter 5). The combined exposure of hypoxia and Cu induced a significantly higher level of DNA damage suggesting that DNA damage in fish can serve as a sensitive biomarker for changes in water quality as well as presence of genotoxic chemicals. The final sets of experiment were carried out to determine the biological responses in C. carpio following exposure to chronic hypoxic stress and subsequent recovery in normoxic condition for 7 days. Real-time PCR (qPCR) technology was used to examine the hypoxia inducible Factor-1 α (HIF-1α) gene expression pattern (Chapter 6). The results suggested that the expression levels of HIF-1α in response to hypoxia were significantly higher compared to normoxic controls, a high level of oxidative DNA damage under hypoxia and re-exposure to normoxic condition (i.e. recovery period). This will shed lights for development of adaptive response in higher vertebrates, which could also have significant clinical implications in human health.

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Andrade, Guidson Coelho de. "Semantic enrichment of American English corpora through automatic semantic annotation based on top-level ontologies using the CRF clas- sification model." Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 2018. http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/21639.

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Submitted by MARCOS LEANDRO TEIXEIRA DE OLIVEIRA (marcosteixeira@ufv.br) on 2018-09-05T12:51:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 1357733 bytes, checksum: 0b0fc46e7358bfaa6996ea4bcbd760d0 (MD5)<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-05T12:51:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 1357733 bytes, checksum: 0b0fc46e7358bfaa6996ea4bcbd760d0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-26<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior<br>O significado de bases de dados textuais é de fácil percepção para as pessoas, mas de difícil interpretação por parte dos computadores. Para que as máquinas possam compreender a semântica associada aos textos e não somente a sintaxe, é necessário a adição de informações extras a esses corpora. A anotação semântica é a tarefa que incorpora essas informações por meio da adição de metadados aos itens lex- icais. Essas informações podem ser conceitos ontológicos que ajudam a definir a natureza da palavra a fim de atribuir-lhe algum significado. No entanto, anotar textos segundo uma determinada ontologia ainda é uma tarefa que demanda tempo e esforço de anotadores treinados para esse fim. Outra abordagem a ser consid- erada é o desenvolvimento de ferramentas de anotação semântica automática que utilizem técnicas de aprendizado de máquina para classificar os termos anotados. Essa abordagem demanda uma base de dados para treinamento dos algoritmos que nesse caso são corpora pré-anotados segundo a dimensão semântica a ser explorada. Entretanto, essa linhagem metodológica dispõe de recursos limitados para suprir as necessidades dos métodos de aprendizado. Existe uma grande carência de corpora anotados semanticamente e, particularmente, uma ausência ainda maior de corpora ontologicamente anotados, dificultando o avanço da área de anotação semântica au- tomática. O objetivo do presente trabalho é auxiliar no enriquecimento semântico de textos do Inglês americano, anotando-os de forma automática baseando-se em ontologia de nível topo através do modelo de aprendizagem supervisionada Condi- tional Random Fields (CRF). Após a seleção do Open American National Corpus como base de dados linguística e da Schema.org como ontologia, o trabalho teve sua estrutura dividida em duas etapas. Primeiramente, o corpus pré-processado e corrigido foi submetido a uma anotação híbrida, com um anotador baseado em re- gras e, posteriormente, uma anotação complementar manual. Ambas as tarefas de anotação foram dirigidas pelos conceitos e definições das oito classes provenientes do nível topo da ontologia selecionada. De posse do corpus anotado ontologicamente, iniciou-se o processo de anotação automática via uso do método de aprendizagem CRF. O modelo de predição levou em consideração as características linguísticas e estruturais dos termos para classificá-los sob os oito tipos ontológicos. Os resulta- dos obtidos durante a avaliação do modelo foram muito satisfatórios e atingiram o objetivo da pesquisa. O trabalho, embora seja uma nova abordagem de anotação semântica e com pouca margem de comparação, apresentou resultados promissores para o avanço da pesquisa na área de enriquecimento semântico automático baseado em ontologias de nível topo.<br>Textual databases carry with them human-perceived meanings, but those meanings are difficult to be interpreted by computers. In order for the machines to understand the semantics attached to texts, and not only their syntax, it is necessary to add extra information to these corpora. Semantic annotation is the task of incorporat- ing this information by adding metadata to lexical items. This information can be ontological concepts that help define the nature of the word in order to give it some meaning. However, annotating texts according to an ontology is still a task that requires time and effort from annotators trained for this purpose. Another approach to be considered is the use of automatic semantic annotation tools that use machine learning techniques to classify annotated terms. This approach demands a database for training the algorithms that in this case are corpora pre-annotated according to the semantic dimension to be explored. However, this methodological lineage has limited resources to meet the needs of learning methods. There is a large lack of semantically annotated corpora and an even larger absence of ontologically anno- tated corpora, hindering the advance of the area of automatic semantic annotation. The purpose of the present work is to assist in the semantic enrichment of Amer- ican English texts by automatically annotating them based on top-level ontology through the Conditional Random Fields (CRF) supervised learning model. After the selection of the Open American National Corpus as a linguistic database and Schema.org as an ontology, the work had its structure divided into two stages. First, the pre-processed and corrected corpus was submitted to a hybrid annotation, with a rule-based annotator, and later manually. Both annotation tasks were driven by the concepts and definitions of the eight classes from the top-level of the selected ontology. Once the corpus was written ontologically, the automatic annotation pro- cess was started using the CRF learning method. The prediction model took into account the linguistic and structural features of the terms to classify them under the eight ontological types. The results obtained during the evaluation of the model were very satisfactory and reached the objective of the research. The work, although it is a new approach of semantic annotation and with little margin of comparison, presented promising results for the advance of the research in the area of automatic semantic enrichment based on top-level ontologies.

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Whitacre, Brynne E. "Restoration of Lung Sphingosine Levels Improves the Immune Response to Infection in a Murine Two-hit Sepsis/Pneumonia Model." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1504794762765183.

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Liu, Chia-pin Robin. "Transistor level synthesis and hierarchical timing optimization for CMOS combinational circuits /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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