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About: University of Alberta is a education organization based out in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 65403 authors who have published 154847 publications receiving 5358338 citations. The organization is also known as: Ualberta & UAlberta.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the Karoo basins sensu stricto of south-central Africa, synthesizing their sedimentological and stratigraphic features in relation to the tectonic and climatic controls on accommodation and sedimentation.
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09 May 2013TL;DR: Granular Computing: Analysis and Design of Intelligent Systems as mentioned in this paper presents the unified principles of granular computing along with its comprehensive algorithmic framework and design practices, and highlights the need to look at information granularity as an important design asset that helps construct more realistic models of real-world systems.
Abstract: Information granules, as encountered in natural language, are implicit in nature. To make them fully operational so they can be effectively used to analyze and design intelligent systems, information granules need to be made explicit. An emerging discipline, granular computing focuses on formalizing information granules and unifying them to create a coherent methodological and developmental environment for intelligent system design and analysis. Granular Computing: Analysis and Design of Intelligent Systems presents the unified principles of granular computing along with its comprehensive algorithmic framework and design practices.
Introduces the concepts of information granules, information granularity, and granular computing
Presents the key formalisms of information granules
Builds on the concepts of information granules with discussion of higher-order and higher-type information granules
Discusses the operational concept of information granulation and degranulation by highlighting the essence of this tandem and its quantification in terms of the associated reconstruction error
Examines the principle of justifiable granularity
Stresses the need to look at information granularity as an important design asset that helps construct more realistic models of real-world systems or facilitate collaborative pursuits of system modeling
Highlights the concepts, architectures, and design algorithms of granular models
Explores application domains where granular computing and granular models play a visible role, including pattern recognition, time series, and decision making
Written by an internationally renowned authority in the field, this innovative book introduces readers to granular computing as a new paradigm for the analysis and synthesis of intelligent systems. It is a valuable resource for those engaged in research and practical developments in computer, electrical, industrial, manufacturing, and biomedical engineering. Building from fundamentals, the book is also suitable for readers from nontechnical disciplines where information granules assume a visible position.
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University of Leeds1, University of Western Australia2, The Chinese University of Hong Kong3, University of Missouri4, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics5, University of Sydney6, John Innes Centre7, University of Pretoria8, Case Western Reserve University9, University of Alberta10, Monash University11, Zhejiang University12
TL;DR: The United Nations declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (grain legumes) under the banner ‘nutritious seeds for a sustainable future’, but the current lack of coordinated focus on grain legumes has compromised human health, nutritional security and sustainable food production.
Abstract: The United Nations declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (grain legumes) under the banner ‘nutritious seeds for a sustainable future’. A second green revolution is required to ensure food and nutritional security in the face of global climate change. Grain legumes provide an unparalleled solution to this problem because of their inherent capacity for symbiotic atmospheric nitrogen fixation, which provides economically sustainable advantages for farming. In addition, a legume-rich diet has health benefits for humans and livestock alike. However, grain legumes form only a minor part of most current human diets, and legume crops are greatly under-used. Food security and soil fertility could be significantly improved by greater grain legume usage and increased improvement of a range of grain legumes. The current lack of coordinated focus on grain legumes has compromised human health, nutritional security and sustainable food production.
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TL;DR: This review describes barrier function of the intestine, the structure of the tight junction, methods to evaluate intestinal permeability, and most importantly the relevance of abnormal permeability to disease.
Abstract: The goal of this review is to describe barrier function of the intestine, the structure of the tight junction, methods to evaluate intestinal permeability, and most importantly the relevance of abnormal permeability to disease. In this context, we will also present an emerging paradigm regarding the genesis of autoimmune diseases and describe the data that supports this from the perspective of both human disease and animal models. While this is a complicated area there are several points worth remembering:
From the lower oesophageal sphincter to the anus, the gastrointestinal tract has a single contiguous layer of cells that separates the inside of the body from the external environment. Separation is important as there are a wide variety of environmental agents in the lumen of the bowel that can initiate or perpetuate mucosal inflammation if they cross the epithelial barrier. While the epithelial lining of the intestine plays a critical role in preventing access of these agents, it is not the only component of what is termed barrier function. Also important are secreted products such as immunoglobulin, mucous, defensins, and other antimicrobial products.
The importance of epithelial barrier function in normal homeostasis can be appreciated from experiments performed in the early 1990s where cell wall extracts from luminal bacteria were injected into the colonic wall of rats.1 This simple manoeuvre of bypassing the epithelial barrier and placing luminal compounds directly into the colonic wall initiated an …
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Brown University1, Indiana University2, University of Minnesota3, University of Washington4, Yeshiva University5, California Pacific Medical Center6, Virginia Mason Medical Center7, Harvard University8, University of Alberta9, University of Michigan10, Tufts University11, Integris Baptist Medical Center12, Ochsner Medical Center13, Boston Children's Hospital14
TL;DR: This series demonstrates the effective use of FMT for CDI in IC patients with few SAEs or related AEs, and there were no related infectious complications in these high-risk patients.
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Salim Yusuf | 231 | 1439 | 252912 |
Yi Chen | 217 | 4342 | 293080 |
Robert M. Califf | 196 | 1561 | 167961 |
Douglas R. Green | 182 | 661 | 145944 |
Russel J. Reiter | 169 | 1646 | 121010 |
Jiawei Han | 168 | 1233 | 143427 |
Jaakko Kaprio | 163 | 1532 | 126320 |
Tobin J. Marks | 159 | 1621 | 111604 |
Josef M. Penninger | 154 | 700 | 107295 |
Subir Sarkar | 149 | 1542 | 144614 |
Gerald M. Edelman | 147 | 545 | 69091 |
Rinaldo Bellomo | 147 | 1714 | 120052 |
P. Sinervo | 138 | 1516 | 99215 |
David A. Jackson | 136 | 1095 | 68352 |
Andreas Warburton | 135 | 1578 | 97496 |