Early intervention for spelling problems: Teaching functional spelling units of varying size with a multiple-connections framework.

Poor spellers in 2nd grade (n?=?128) participated in 24 20-min sessions that included (a) direct instruction in the alphabet principle (most frequent phoneme-spelling connections); (b) modeling of different approaches, singly and in combination, for developing connections between spoken and written words for 48 words ordered by sound-spelling predictability; and (c) practice in composing. Results of this multilayered intervention showed that (a) more than 1 way of developing sound-spelling connections is effective in teaching spelling but that after training in the alphabet principle, combining whole word and onset-rime training is most effective in achieving transfer of the alphabet principle across word contexts; (b) functional spelling units of not only a single letter but also 2 or more letters are important in beginning spelling; and (c) training in spelling transfers to composition and word recognition. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Kinetic Basicities of Aqueous Binary Mixtures: A Surprisingly Good Linear Correlation with the Gas Phase Basicity of the Organic Cosolvent

A remarkably good correlation between the rate of proton transfer from excited protonated 1-aminopyrene and the gas phase basicities of the organic component in water: organic solvent binary mixtures has been found. We suggest that use of anilinium acids minimizes the effect of anion solvation and Coulomb interactions and enables the influence of the organic cosolvent on the proton transfer to be clearly observed. The model proposed is one in which the proton is always transferred to a water molecule and a concerted proton transfer to a water molecule solvated by the organic cosolvent also occurs. The cosolvent influence is then on this latter species via hydrogen bond interactions. The correlation holds in pure water but not in pure organic solvents where, clearly, the proton must be transferred to the organic molecule.     

The right of dentists to take extra precautions when treating patients known to carry the human immunodeficiency virus

Oral health care providers have taken various positions toward the concept of correct behavior toward and management of patients who are seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus. Several tribunal judgments and articles have discussed and analyzed this subject. This article presents a new detailed report and analysis and decision issued by a dental profession panel (tribunal) in Ontario, Canada. The concepts of universal precautions and antidiscriminatory acts are discussed.     

Intestinal metaplasia with adherent Helicobacter pylori: a hybrid epithelium with both gastric and intestinal features

Helicobacter pylori seem to avoid areas of intestinal metaplasia in the gastric mucosa, but attachment of these bacteria to epithelium with the appearance of incomplete intestinal metaplasia has been documented. To characterize the nature of the epithelium to which H pylori was attached, we carried out an immunohistochemical study using monoclonal antibodies against gastric surface mucous cell mucins (M1), blood group-related carbohydrates antigens (Le(a), sialyl Le(a), Le(b), type 1H, and type 2H) and sialyl Tn antigen. The results of this study suggest that these areas of H pylori attachment represent a hybrid epithelium whose cells share characteristics of both gastric surface mucous cells and intestinal metaplastic cells. Whether all areas of incomplete intestinal metaplasia represent an intermediate stage between the normal gastric epithelium and the fully developed complete type of metaplasia remains to be determined.     

High throughput VLSI DSP using replicated finite rings

This paper discusses strategies for implementing DSP systems using residue replication. The theory, recently introduced by two of the authors, uses formal polynomial ring mappings, from binary representations, to direct product ring implementation of integer processing arrays. The mapping produces completely independent computational arrays each computing over the same ring. This paper describes an architecture and processing array to implement, and take advantage of, the special computational ring structures that result from the mapping. A brief review of the theory and mapping techniques, is followed by the discussion of the architecture and VLSI design of an efficient inner product processing array using Fermat Primes.     

锂离子电池正极材料锂锰氧化物的固相合成研究进展

阐述了固相合成反应的原理，综述了锂锰氧化物的几种固相合成方法，并着重介绍了熔融渍法，多步加热法，机械化学法和微波化学法等在锂锰氧化物合成中的研究进展。     

存储媒体的媒体内同步反馈控制算法

本文提出了一种存储媒体的媒体内同步反馈控制算法，该方案是建立在缓冲区占用率控制基础上，通过周期性地检查缓冲区的占用情况来检测失步，并将其反馈给发送方，由发送方对发送帧速率进行调整。文章给出了接收方所需缓冲区的设计准则及发送帧速率的调整方法，并分析了算法中各参数对同步性能的影响。实验表明该方案能够处理由于网络传输时延特性变化引起的失步，与其它反馈控制方案相比具有更低的数据丢弃率，从而使接收端播放平滑连续，具有良好的视频播放质量。     

Glyconanoparticle-DNA interactions: an atomic force microscopy study.

Glyconanoparticles which present carbohydrate and amino groups motifs at their surface were produced. These particles were highly stable and soluble in aqueous solutions. The presence of the carbohydrate groups also allowed the inclusion of more strongly binding groups, without affecting solubility. The binding of a model DNA, plasmid by these nanoparticles was studied by atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and gel electrophoresis. Significant differences between the nanoparticles based on their affinities for the DNA were found, with implications for their potential use as nonviral gene delivery agents.