SocioPedia+: a visual analytics system for social knowledge graph-based event exploration.

In the recent era of information explosion, exploring event from social networks has recently been a crucial task for many applications. To derive valuable comprehensive and thorough insights on social events, visual analytics (VA) system have been broadly used as a promising solution. However, due to the enormous social data volume with highly diversity and complexity, the number of event exploration tasks which can be enabled in a conventional real-time visual analytics systems has been limited.

Prospective classification of Alzheimer's disease conversion from mild cognitive impairment.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is emerging as a serious problem with the rapid aging of the population, but due to the unclear cause of the disease and the absence of therapy, appropriate preventive measures are the next best thing. For this reason, it is important to early detect whether the disease converts from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) which is a prodromal phase of AD. With the advance in brain imaging techniques, various machine learning algorithms have become able to predict the conversion from MCI to AD by learning brain atrophy patterns.

Direct interspecies electron transfer via conductive materials: A perspective for anaerobic digestion applications.

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a microbial process that produces renewable energy in the form of methane by treating organic waste and high-strength wastewater. Recent studies have demonstrated that conductive materials can promote direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) between exoelectrogenic bacteria and methanogenic archaea. DIET via conductive materials is more effective for methane production than interspecies electron transfer using electron carriers such as hydrogen, a principal route of methane production in conventional AD.

Inhibition of biofouling by modification of forward osmosis membrane using quaternary ammonium cation.

In the operation of the forward osmosis (FO) process, biofouling of the membrane is a potentially serious problem. Development of an FO membrane with antibacterial properties could contribute to a reduction in biofouling. In this study, quaternary ammonium cation (QAC), a widely used biocidal material, was conjugated with a silane coupling agent (3-(trimethoxysilyl)-propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride) and used to modify an FO membrane to confer antibacterial properties.

Sesamoidectomy and volar plate repair using suture anchor for hyperextension injury of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb.

A retrospective study for the combination of suture anchor and selective sesamoidectomy for treating volar instability of the metacarpophalangeal joint (MCPJ) of the thumb. Eleven patients with hyperextension of the MCPJ of the thumb underwent volar plate repair using a volar or voloradial approach. All the patients were reviewed radiologically and clinically using both objective and subjective criteria.

Synthesis of new late transition metal P,P-, P,N-, and P,O- complexes using phosphonium dimers as convenient ligand precursors.

The phosphonium dimer [-Cy2PCH(OH)CH2-]2(X)2, X = Cl(-), Br(-) was used to synthesize and characterize a variety of late transition metal complexes containing chelating phosphino-enolate (PCy2CH═CHO(-)), imine (PCy2CH2CH═NR, R = Ph, (S)-CHMePh), and oxime (PCy2CH2CH═NOH) ligands. The phosphonium dimer, when deprotected with base, generates the phosphine aldehyde PCy2CH2CHO in situ, which, in the presence of [M(COD)Cl]2, M = Rh, Ir, and a PF6(-) salt, or [Ni(H2O)6][BF4]2, facilitates a condensation reaction with an amine or hydroxylamine to form phosphino-imine or phosphino-oxime metal complexes [M(COD)(P-N)][PF6] or [Ni(P-N)2][X]2, X = ClO4(-), BF4(-), respectively. In the absence of an amine, phosphino-enolate containing complexes are formed.

Subluxation of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon associated with the extensor digitorum tendon subluxation of the long finger.

A twenty-year-old male visited our clinic with wrist and long finger metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint pain. Dynamic ultrasonography revealed sagittal band (SB) ulnar subluxation and extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) volar subluxation. Magnetic resonance imaging showed longitudinal splitting and dislocation of the volar half slip of the ECU tendon.