Semi-stable reduction

1973 ◽  
pp. 53-108
Author(s):  
G. Kempf ◽  
F. Knudsen ◽  
D. Mumford ◽  
B. Saint-Donat
Keyword(s):  
Stable Reduction

Strategic Scripts and Nuclear Disarmament

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Harries ◽  
Benedict Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
The Other ◽  
Nuclear Disarmament ◽  
Stable Reduction ◽  
The Way

This chapter spans Freedman’s earliest focus on nuclear weapons and his development of strategic scripts as an analytical tool over three decades later. It discusses the way in which opposing logics of disarmament and armament co-existed in relation to nuclear weapons. It deploys the notion of strategic scripts to explain the contradictions inherent in approaches to nuclear disarmament, developing the concept of strategic scripts as it does so. The notion of scripts can be used to explore and even to promote nuclear disarmament. Two scripts, one of ‘stable reduction’, the other of ‘disarmament’, each serve to frame thinking. These scripts and the interactions they generate facilitate understanding of the way in which opposite instinctive reactions and, stemming from these, scripts about nuclear weapons co-exist, but are fragile as either an analytical or a strategic tool.

Long-term stable reduction of low-density lipoprotein in nonhuman primates following in vivo genome editing of PCSK9

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Wang ◽  
Camilo Breton ◽  
Claude C. Warzecha ◽  
Peter Bell ◽  
Hanying Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genome Editing ◽  
Nonhuman Primates ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Stable Reduction

scholarly journals Influence of Ulnar Bow Sign on Surgical Treatment of Missed Bado Type I Monteggia Fracture in Children

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shijie Liao ◽  
Tiantian Wang ◽  
Qian Huang ◽  
Yun Liu ◽  
Rongbin Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Radial Head ◽  
Monteggia Fracture ◽  
Type I ◽  
Ulnar Osteotomy ◽  
Group A ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Group B ◽  
Stable Reduction

Abstract PurposeThe present study aimed to explore the influence of ulnar bow on the surgical treatment of Bado type I missed Monteggia fracture in children.MethodsThis study is a retrospective review of 24 patients between November 2010 and March 2019. All patients were treated with open reduction of the radial head and ulnar opening wedge osteotomy without annular ligament reconstruction. The mean interval between injury onset and surgery was five months (range: 2–12 months). The average age of participants at the time of surgery was 6.4 years (range: 3–10 years). We evaluated the maximum ulnar bow (MUB) and MUB position (P-MUB) via radiography. The patients were divided into middle group (group A: 14 cases, MUB located at 40% to 60% of the distal ulna) and distal group (group B: 10 cases, MUB located at 20% to 40% from the distal end of the ulna) based on P-MUB. The mean period of follow-up was 37 months (range: 6–102 months).ResultsAt the last follow-up, all the children showed stable reduction of the radial head, and the flexion function of elbow joint improved after operation (P<0.05). Group A presented a larger the ratio of maximum ulnar bow(R-MUB) and angle of ulnar osteotomy(OA) than group B (P<0.05). There was statistically significant difference between group A and Group B in the P-MUB (P < 0.05). The osteotomy angle was positively correlated with the R-MUB (R2 =0.497,P=0.013), The osteotomy angle was positively correlated with the P-MUB (R2=0.731,P=0.000), The R-MUB is proportional to the P-MUB (R2 =0.597,P=0.002). The regression equation of P-MUB and osteotomy angle: Angle=7.064+33.227* P-MUB (R2=0.459, P =0.000).ConclusionWhen the ulnar bow is positioned at the middle ulna, a stable reduction of radial head need to be achieved through a larger angle in the ulnar osteotomy. If the position of maximum ulnar bow (P-MUB) is closer to the middle of the ulna or the ratio of maximum ulnar bow (R-MUB) is larger, the osteotomy angle is larger.

A Stable Reduction of the Number of Brain Functional Connectivity Patterns Determines Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries

BIOPHYSICS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 671-680
Author(s):  
L. B. Oknina ◽  
O. S. Zaitsev ◽  
E. L. Masherov ◽  
E. L. Pogosbekyan ◽  
A. S. Zigmantovich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injuries ◽  
Disorders Of Consciousness ◽  
Connectivity Patterns ◽  
Brain Functional Connectivity ◽  
Stable Reduction

scholarly journals Ordinary K3 surfaces over a finite field

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (761) ◽  
pp. 141-161
Author(s):  
Lenny Taelman
Keyword(s):  
Finite Field ◽  
Linear Algebra ◽  
Abelian Varieties ◽  
K3 Surfaces ◽  
Small Degree ◽  
Stable Reduction

AbstractWe give a description of the category of ordinary K3 surfaces over a finite field in terms of linear algebra data over {{\mathbf{Z}}}. This gives an analogue for K3 surfaces of Deligne’s description of the category of ordinary abelian varieties over a finite field, and refines earlier work by N.O. Nygaard and J.-D. Yu. Our main result is conditional on a conjecture on potential semi-stable reduction of K3 surfaces over p-adic fields. We give unconditional versions for K3 surfaces of large Picard rank and for K3 surfaces of small degree.

scholarly journals SV40 transformation of Swiss 3T3 cells can cause a stable reduction in the calcium requirement for growth.

1984 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 2314-2321 ◽  
Author(s):  
N B Nicholson ◽  
S Chen ◽  
G Blanck ◽  
R Pollack
Keyword(s):  
T Antigen ◽  
Dna Interactions ◽  
3T3 Cells ◽  
T Antigens ◽  
New Class ◽  
Calcium Requirement ◽  
Sv40 Transformation ◽  
Swiss 3T3 ◽  
Sv40 Dna ◽  
Stable Reduction

A well-characterized SV40-transformed Swiss 3T3 line, SV101, and its revertants were tested for the ability to grow in reduced Ca++ (0.01 mM). Transformants and revertants did not differ from the parent 3T3 line in their Ca++ requirements. All three classes of cells grew less well in low Ca++ than in regular Ca++ (2.0 mM). SV40 transformants were then selected for the ability to grow in reduced Ca++. This new class of transformants was found to grow in 1% serum, grow in soft agarose, have a reorganized actin cytoskeleton, and express viral T antigens, as well as grow well in low Ca++. One of the selected clones was found to be T antigen-negative, yet was transformed in the serum, anchorage, actin, and Ca++ assays. It is possible that this clone was a spontaneous transformant. However, Southern blot analysis revealed the presence of integrated SV40 DNA. In addition, this analysis revealed the absence of an intact early region fragment, which codes for the viral T antigens. One explanation of this result may be that the mechanism of viral transformation for growth in low Ca++ involves viral-host DNA interactions that may not require a fully functional T antigen. In this case SV40 integration may be acting as a nonspecific cellular mutagen.

scholarly journals Pregnant Aboriginal women self-assess health risks from smoking and efficacy to quit over time using an adapted Risk Behaviour Diagnosis (RBD) Scale

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-205
Author(s):  
Gillian Sandra Gould ◽  
Simon Chiu ◽  
Christopher Oldmeadow ◽  
Yael Bar-Zeev ◽  
Michelle Bovill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Risk Behaviour ◽  
Perceived Threat ◽  
Aboriginal Women ◽  
Stop Smoking ◽  
Intentions To Quit ◽  
Stable Reduction ◽  
Over Time

AbstractIntroductionDuring pregnancy, the imperative to stop smoking becomes urgent due to health risks for mother and baby.AimExplore responses to a smoking-related, pregnancy-focused Risk Behaviour Diagnosis (RBD) Scale over time with Aboriginal1 pregnant women.MethodsSix Aboriginal Medical Services in three states recruited 22 eligible women: ⩽28 weeks' gestation, ⩾16 years old, smoked tobacco, pregnant with an Aboriginal baby. Surveys were completed at baseline (n = 22), 4-weeks (n = 16) and 12-weeks (n = 17). RBD Scale outcome measures included: perceived threat (susceptibility and severity), perceived efficacy (response and self-efficacy), fear control (avoidance), danger control (intentions to quit) and protection responses (protecting babies).ResultsAt baseline, the total mean threat scores at 4.2 (95% CI: 3.9–4.4) were higher than total mean efficacy scores at 3.9 (95% CI: 3.6–4.1). Over time there was a non-significant reduction in total mean threat and efficacy; fear control increased; danger control and protection responses remained stable. Reduction of threat and efficacy perceptions, with raised fear control responses, may indicate a blunting effect (a coping style which involves avoidance of risks).ConclusionIn 22 Aboriginal pregnant women, risk perception changed over time. A larger study is warranted to understand how Aboriginal women perceive smoking risks as the pregnancy progresses so that health messages are delivered accordingly.

scholarly journals A CO2-stable reduction-tolerant Nd-containing dual phase membrane for oxyfuel CO2 capture

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (21) ◽  
pp. 7780-7787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huixia Luo ◽  
Tobias Klande ◽  
Zhengwen Cao ◽  
Fangyi Liang ◽  
Haihui Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Partial Oxidation ◽  
Co2 Capture ◽  
Oxygen Transport ◽  
Synthesis Gas ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Membrane Material ◽  
Oxidation Of Methane ◽  
Oxygen Transport Membrane ◽  
Stable Reduction ◽  
Harsh Conditions

We report a novel CO2-stable reduction-tolerant dual-phase oxygen transport membrane 40 wt% Nd0.6Sr0.4FeO3−δ–60 wt% Ce0.9Nd0.1O2−δ. This membrane material shows good reversibility of the oxygen permeation fluxes, good stability in a CO2 atmosphere and under the harsh conditions of partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas up to 950 °C.

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