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f-treeGC: a questionnaire-based family tree-creation software for genetic counseling and genome cohort studies.
(BMC medical genetics, 2017-07-14)The Tohoku Medical Megabank project aims to create a next-generation personalized healthcare system by conducting large-scale genome-cohort studies involving three generations of local residents in the areas affected by ... -
Facebook Account Misuse Detection -- A Statistical Approach
(2013-06-30)Privacy of personal information on social networking websites has become an important issue, because when a social networking website account is used by a person other than the owner, all personal data stored on the website ... -
Faces evoke spatially differentiated patterns of BOLD activation and deactivation.
(Neuroreport, 2003-05-23)Using fMRI techniques sensitive to blood oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) contrast, we measured brain activity in participants (n=8) as they viewed images of faces presented periodically within a continuously changing montage ... -
Facet-embedded thin-film III-V edge-emitting lasers integrated with SU-8 waveguides on silicon.
(Opt Lett, 2010-10-15)A thin-film InGaAs/GaAs edge-emitting single-quantum-well laser has been integrated with a tapered multimode SU-8 waveguide onto an Si substrate. The SU-8 waveguide is passively aligned to the laser using mask-based ... -
Facets of personality and the phenomenology of autobiographical memory
(Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2004-11-01)The relationship between individual differences in autobiographical memory and personality was examined by having 118 undergraduates complete the NEO Personality Inventory after rating 15 word-cued autobiographical memories ... -
Facilitating Coastal Stormwater Management in North Carolina: Runoff Estimation and Institutional Education
(2014-04-18)In coastal North Carolina, increased surface runoff from urban, agricultural, and forestry development contaminates coastal waters and has led to extensive shellfishing area closures. Coastal communities looking to restore ... -
Facilitation of Psychiatric Advance Directives by Peers and Clinicians on Assertive Community Treatment Teams.
(Psychiatr Serv, 2017-04-03)OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) provide a legal mechanism for competent adults to document care preferences and authorize a surrogate to make treatment decisions. In a controlled research setting, ... -
Facilitation of Stakeholder Input in the National Environmental Policy Act Process
(2015-04-01)Use of effective communication techniques can greatly facilitate the process of receiving stakeholder input. Section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA) offers a chance for members ... -
Facilitation shifts paradigms and can amplify coastal Restoration efforts
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015-11-17)Restoration has been elevated as an important strategy to reverse the decline of coastal wetlands worldwide. Current practice in restoration science emphasizes minimizing competition between outplanted propagules to maximize ... -
Facilitative glucose transporter Glut1 is actively excluded from rod outer segments.
(J Cell Sci, 2010-11-01)Photoreceptors are among the most metabolically active cells in the body, relying on both oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis to satisfy their high energy needs. Local glycolysis is thought to be particularly crucial ... -
Facilitators and barriers to hypertension self-management in urban African Americans: perspectives of patients and family members.
(Patient Prefer Adherence, 2013)INTRODUCTION: We aimed to inform the design of behavioral interventions by identifying patients' and their family members' perceived facilitators and barriers to hypertension self-management. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted ... -
Facilitators and Barriers to Naloxone Kit Use Among Opioid-Dependent Patients Seeking Treatment at Medication Assisted Therapy Clinics in North Carolina, USA
(2016)Naloxone – an opioid antagonist that reverses the effects of opioids, including potential death from overdose – is increasingly being distributed in non-medical settings. We conducted a mixed methods study administering ... -
Facility-Level Factors Affecting Implementation of the Option B+ Protocol for Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
(2018)Background: In 2013, Tanzania adopted the Option B+ protocol for prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, whereby all HIV-positive pregnant women initiate lifetime antiretroviral therapy (ART). Option B+ ... -
Facing Our Flesh: A Theological Analysis of Body Formation in Lent and Easter
(2016)In this dissertation, I develop a theological account of human embodiment by exploring the relationship between the liturgical practices of an Episcopal parish during Lent and Easter and church members’ bodies. My objective ... -
Fact-Checking in Buenos Aires & the Modern Journalistic Struggle Over Knowledge
(2019-04-15)In news environments all around the world, journalists are frazzled about what they consider to be a deplorable state of the media. With large demographics of consumers having access to digital technologies and new methods ... -
Factor Intensity and Site Geology as Determinants of Returns to Scale in Coal Mining
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Factor Models to Describe Linear and Non-linear Structure in High Dimensional Gene Expression Data
(2011)An important problem in the analysis of gene expression data is the identification of groups of features that are coherently expressed. For example, one often wishes to know whether a group of genes, clustered because of ... -
Factor-Hoarding and the Propagation of Business-Cycle Shocks
(American Economic Review, 1996-12-01)This paper analyzes the role of variable capital-utilization rates in propagating shocks over the business cycle. The model on which our analysis is based treats variable capital-utilization rates as a form of factor-hoarding. ... -
Factors Affecting Glucose Uptake in Tissue-engineered Human Skeletal Muscle
(2019)Tissue-engineered skeletal muscle myobundles offer a promising approach for developing a human in vitro model of healthy and diseased muscle for drug development and testing. Their three-dimensional structure offers a better ... -
Factors affecting pitch discrimination performance in a cohort of extensively phenotyped healthy volunteers.
(Scientific reports, 2017-11-28)Despite efforts to characterize the different aspects of musical abilities in humans, many elements of this complex area remain unknown. Musical abilities are known to be associated with factors like intelligence, training, ...
