gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Design and characterization of single- and multiple-beam mm-wave circularly polarized substrate lens antennas for wireless communications (2001)

Single- and multiple-beam circularly polarized ellipsoidal substrate lenses suitable for millimeter-wave wireless communications have been designed, implemented, and experimentally characterized at 30 GHz. The lenses are made out of low-cost low-permittivity Rexolite material. The single-beam lens achieves a directivity of 25.9 dB, a front-to-back ratio of 30 dB, and an axial ratio of 0.5 dB is maintained within the main lobe. The measured impedance bandwidth is 12.5% within a SWR/spl les/1.8:1. The single-beam antenna is well suited for broad-band wireless point-to-point links. On the other hand, the multiple-beam lens launches 31 beams with a minimum 3-dB overlapping level among adjacent beams. The coverage of the lens antenna system has been optimized through the utilization of a hexagonal patch arrangement leading to a scan coverage of 45.4/spl deg/ with a maximum loss in directivity of 1.8 dB due to multiple reflections. The multiple-beam lens antenna is suitable for indoor point-to-multipoint wireless communications such as a broad-band local area network or as a switched beam smart antenna. During the proposed design process, some fundamental issues pertaining to substrate lens antennas are discussed and clarified. This includes the depolarization properties of the lenses, the effect of multiple internal reflections on the far-field patterns and the directivity, the nature of the far-field patterns, the estimation of the lens system F/B ratio, and the off-axis characteristics of ellipsoidal lenses.
Complement Receptor C5aR1 Inhibition Reduces Pyroptosis in hDPP4-Transgenic Mice Infected with MERS-CoV (2019)

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a highly pathogenic virus with a crude mortality rate of ~35%. Previously, we established a human DPP4 transgenic (hDPP4-Tg) mouse model in which we studied complement overactivation-induced immunopathogenesis. Here, to better understand the pathogenesis of MERS-CoV, we studied the role of pyroptosis in THP-1 cells and hDPP4 Tg mice with MERS-CoV infection. We found that MERS-CoV infection induced pyroptosis and over-activation of complement in human macrophages. The hDPP4-Tg mice infected with MERS-CoV overexpressed caspase-1 in the spleen and showed high IL-1β levels in serum, suggesting that pyroptosis occurred after infection. However, when the C5a-C5aR1 axis was blocked by an anti-C5aR1 antibody (Ab), expression of caspase-1 and IL-1β fell. These data indicate that MERS-CoV infection induces overactivation of complement, which may contribute to pyroptosis and inflammation. Pyroptosis and inflammation were suppressed by inhibiting C5aR1. These results will further our understanding of the pathogenesis of MERS-CoV infection.
A simplex method for the calibration of a MEG device (2019)

Abstract MagnetoEncephaloGraphy (MEG) devices are helmet–shaped arrays of sensors that measure the tiny magnetic fields produced by neural currents. As they operate at low temperature, they are typically immersed in liquid helium. However, during the cooling process the sensor position and shape can change, with respect to nominal values, due to thermal stress. This implies that an accurate sensor calibration is required before a MEG device is utilized in either neuroscientific research or clinical workflow. Here we describe a calibration scheme developed for the optimal use of a MEG system recently realized at the “Istituto di Cibernetica e Biofisica” of the Italian CNR. To achieve the calibration goal a dedicated magnetic source is used (calibration device) and the geometric parameters of the sensors are determined through an optimisation procedure, based on the Nelder-Mead algorithm, which maximises the correlation coefficient between the predicted and the recorded magnetic field. Then the sensitivity of the sensors is analytically estimated. The developed calibration procedure is validated with synthetic data mimicking a real scenario.
Use of the Lactococcal nisA Promoter To Regulate Gene Expression in Gram-Positive Bacteria: Comparison of Induction Level and Promoter Strength (1998)

We characterized the regulated activity of the lactococcal nisA promoter in strains of the gram-positive species Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecalis, and Bacillus subtilis. nisA promoter activity was dependent on the proteins NisR and NisK, which constitute a two-component signal transduction system that responds to the extracellular inducer nisin. The nisin sensitivity and inducer concentration required for maximal induction varied among the strains. Significant induction of the nisA promoter (10- to 60-fold induction) was obtained in all of the species studied at a nisin concentration just below the concentration at which growth is inhibited. The efficiency of the nisA promoter was compared to the efficiencies of the Spac, xylA, and lacA promoters in B. subtilis and in S. pyogenes. Because nisA promoter-driven expression is regulated in many gram-positive bacteria, we expect it to be useful for genetic studies, especially studies with pathogenic streptococci in which no other regulated promoters have been described.
Stromal cell organisation in the mouse lymph node. A light and electron microscopic investigation using the zinc iodide‐osmium technique (1997)

The organisation of the stromal cell compartment in the mouse lymph node was studied by light and electron microscopy after tissue impregnation by the zinc iodide-osmium (ZIO) method. Fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) represented the main stromal cell population. These cells were located both in the cortical region and in the medulla and exhibited various configurations. In the cortex, FRCs were fusiform in shape and came into close proximity with the floor of the subcapsular sinus. In the medulla, the FRCs were shaped like irregular dendritic cells which formed a complex 3-dimensional network. The FRCs surrounded vascular structures such as capillaries and/or high endothelial venules; in these instances they were organised in a discontinuous sheath-like fashion around the vessel wall. By light and electron microscopy, FRCs have been observed to come in close spatial relationship with a number of cells in the lymph node, including sinus endothelial cells, the endothelium of high endothelial venules and capillaries, various types of lymphocytes, follicular dendritic cells and interdigitating cells. These microanatomical features are consistent with the proposal that FRCs may be involved in the communicative networks between the different lymph node compartments. In particular, the FRCs may be involved in the transport of molecules from the sinus compartment to the high endothelial venules or to the distinct cell populations in the lymphoid parenchyma.
Nonlinear properties of gallium arsenide and silicon FET-based RF and microwave switches (2002)

An important parameter for RF and microwave system design is the prediction of distortion produced by system components. This paper presents the results of a study on modeling the distortion produced by silicon and gallium arsenide RF and microwave switches. Exact relationships for the second and third order intercept point as a function of FET parameters are presented. The results indicate that both types of FET-based switches have higher levels of distortion at low frequencies. The distortion improves at frequencies above the gate bias circuit cutoff frequency, although the distortion improvement is lower for the MOSFET-based switch.
Identification of plasma biomarker candidates in glioblastoma using an antibody-array-based proteomic approach (2014)

Antibody array analysis represents a useful tool for the screening of plasma samples for potential cancer biomarker candidates in small-scale exploratory experiments; however, clinical validation of these candidates requires their further evaluation in a larger study on an independent cohort of patients.
The Physics of Failure of MIS Devices Under Radiation (1968)

Unlike the solar cell and the NPN transistor, the MOS device does not sustain a degradation as the principal effect of exposure to nuclear radiation. Instead, the MOS device undergoes a change of operating region, the change being in the nature of a parallel shift of the characteristic curve of the device, produced by the trapping of radiation-excited holes within the 2000-Å insulator and the consequent buildup of a fixed bulk space charge in the insulator. Less significant changes under radiation are variations in the shape of the characteristic curve and increased leakage current. These are genuine degradation effects and are closely analogous to the strong effects of ionizing radiation in planar-passivated junction devices such as bipolar transistors, SCRs, diodes, etc. In the latter cases, the devices are acting as MIS devices and hole trapping in the oxide is again responsible for their degradation. A consideration of the case of simple MIS devices under radiation is thus found helpful in elucidating some other important types of failure under radiation of silicon junction devices.
VARIATIONS IN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF SEED-STORAGE LIPIDS (2001)

In many plants lipids represent up to 80% of dry weight of storage tissues. In seeds, lipids accumulate as triacylglycerols (TAGs), which are formed by an extension of the membrane-lipid biosynthetic pathway common to all plant tissues. In contrast to the conserved fatty acid (FA) composition of membrane lipids, the observed divergence in seed oil acyl chains among different species is very high. The acyl groups of seed TAGs can vary in their chain length (from 8 to 24) as well as in their degree of unsaturation. In addition to methylene-interrupted double bonds, many seeds contain TAGs that have unusual functional groups in their FAs, such as hydroxyl, oxirane, or acetylene groups. All of the major steps in the biosynthetic pathway to TAG are now known and sequence information for genes encoding most of the enzymes involved is available. Here we present the current knowledge of the metabolic mechanisms involved in the divergence from the membrane-lipid biosynthetic pathway during storage lipid formation.
Three Distinct Phases of Isoprene Formation during Growth and Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis (1999)

During growth on a glucose-tryptone medium, Bacillus subtilis 6051 (Marburg strain) exhibited three phases of isoprene (2-methyl-1, 3-butadiene) formation, corresponding to (i) glucose catabolism and secretion of acetoin, (ii) catabolism of acetoin, and (iii) the early stages of sporulation. These results establish an experimental system for studying the biological role of isoprene formation.
Hydroxyapatite promotes superior keratocyte adhesion and proliferation in comparison with current keratoprosthesis skirt materials (2005)

Keratocyte adhesion, spreading, and viability on hydroxyapatite test surfaces is superior to that seen on PTFE and HEMA. Improving the initial cell adhesion environment in the skirt element of keratoprostheses may enhance tissue integration and reduce device failure rates.
Plasmid-only rescue of influenza A virus vaccine candidates (2001)

The potential threat of another influenza virus pandemic stimulates discussion on how to prepare for such an event. The most reasonable prophylactic approach appears to be the use of effective vaccines. Since influenza and other negative-stranded RNA viruses are amenable to genetic manipulation using transfection by plasmids, it is possible to outline new reverse genetics-based approaches for vaccination against influenza viruses. We suggest three approaches. First, we use a plasmid-only rescue system that allows the rapid generation of high-yield recombinant vaccine strains. Second, we propose developing second-generation live influenza virus vaccines by constructing an attenuated master strain with deletions in the NS1 protein, which acts as an interferon antagonist. Third, we suggest the use of Newcastle disease virus recombinants expressing influenza virus haemagglutinin proteins of pandemic (epizootic) strains as novel vaccine vectors for use in animals and possibly humans.
Rigid‐Strut‐Containing Crown Ethers and [2]Catenanes for Incorporation into Metal–Organic Frameworks (2009)

To introduce crown ethers into the struts of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), general approaches have been developed for the syntheses of dicarboxylic acid dibenzo[30]crown-10 (DB30C10DA), dicarboxylic acid di-2,3-naphtho[30]crown-10 (DN30C10DA), dicarboxylic acid bisparaphenylene[34]crown-10 (BPP34C10DA), and dicarboxylic acid 1,5-naphthoparaphenylene[36]crown-10 (NPP36C10DA). These novel crown ethers not only retain the characteristics of their parent crown ethers since they can 1) bind cationic guests and 2) serve as templates for making mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs), such as catenanes and rotaxanes, but they also present coordination sites to connect with secondary building units (SBUs) in MOFs. The binding behavior of BPP34C10DA with 1,1'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium bis(hexafluorophosphate) (DMBP2.PF(6)) has been investigated by means of UV/Vis, fluorescence, and NMR spectroscopic techniques. The crystal superstructure of the complex DMBP2.PF(6) subset BPP34C10DA was determined by X-ray crystallography. The NPP36C10DA-based [2]catenane (H(2)NPP36C10DC-CAT4.PF(6)) and the BPP34C10DA-based [2]catenane (H(2)BPP34C10DC-CAT4.PF(6)) were prepared in DMF at room temperature by the template-directed clipping reactions of the planarly chiral NPP36C10DA and BPP34C10DA with 1,1'-[1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)]di-4,4'-bipyridin-1-ium bis(hexafluorophosphate) and 1,4-bis(bromomethyl)benzene, respectively. The crystal structure of the dimethyl ester (BPP34C10DE-CAT4.PF(6)) of the [2]catenane H(2)BPP34C10DC-CAT4.PF(6) was investigated by X-ray crystallography, which revealed racemic R and S isomers with planar chirality present in the crystal in a 1:1 ratio. These crown ether based struts serve as excellent organic ligands to bind with transition metal ions in the construction of MOFs: the crown ethers BPP34C10DA and NPP36C10DA in the presence of Zn(NO(3))(2)4.H(2)O afforded the MOF-1001 and MOF-1002 frameworks, respectively. The crystal structures of MOF-1001 and MOF-1002 are both cubic and display Fm3m symmetry. The unit cell parameter of the metal-organic frameworks is a=52.9345 A. Since such MOFs, containing electron-donating crown ethers are capable of docking incoming electron-accepting substrates in a stereoelectronically controlled fashion, the present work opens a new access to the preparation and application of MOFs.
Contemporary alternatives to synthetic bone grafts for spine surgery. (2008)

The goal in performing spinal fusion techniques is to achieve solid fusion, which will maximize clinical outcomes. This goal has generated enormous interest in developing bone graft alternatives or extenders that enhance or replace autologous bone graft. Autogenous bone graft from the iliac crest is still the gold standard for graft materials because it has all 3 properties essential for adequate fusion. The search for a synthetic graft as good as or better than iliac crest bone graft has recently intensified with the emphasis on minimizing the invasiveness of surgical techniques, including harvest of iliac crest autograft (such harvesting can be associated with significant donor site morbidity). Increasingly being studied are biologically active substances intended to extend, enhance, or even replace autologous graft. These substances include (a) allograft cancellous chips and (b) cortical spacers that are both osteoconductive (provide bone scaffold) and weakly osteoinductive (promote new bone formation), including demineralized bone matrix products. Human recombinant bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), including recombinant human BMP-2 (rhBMP-2) and recombinant human osteogenic protein 1 (rhOP-1 or rhBMP-7), are being investigated in human clinical trials and show promise as autologous bone graft substitutes. Synthetic bone grafts (ceramics), such as hydroxyapatite and beta-tricalcium phosphate, provide scaffolds similar to those of autologous bone, are plentiful and inexpensive, and are not associated with donor morbidity. Furthermore, adding silicon may increase the bioactivity of calcium phosphate and enhance interactions at the graft-host interface.
Cell envelope of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: relationship between autolysis in buffer and the hydrolysis of peptidoglycan (1977)

Neisseria gonorrhoeae readily underwent autolysis when suspended in N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES) buffer at alkaline pH values. Autolysis was inhibited by the addition of Mg2+ or other divalent cations. Autolysis was also suppressed at acid pH (pH 6.0). Suspension of cells in buffer was accompanied by the hydrolysis of peptidoglycan. The rate of peptidoglycan hydrolysis in HEPES buffer was maximal at pH 8.5 and was similar in the presence or absence of Mg2+. Therefore, divalent cation stabilization against autolysis is not mediated by inhibition of peptidoglycan hydrolysis. Peptidoglycan hydrolysis occurred in HEPES buffer (pH 6.0), but at a rate that was 50% of the maximum. Incubation of cells with chloramphenicol or rifampin before suspension in HEPES buffer (pH 8.5) partially prevented autolysis; under these conditions, peptidoglycan hydrolysis still occurred, but at a reduced rate. Old and new peptidoglycans were hydrolyzed at similar rates. Peptidoglycan hydrolysis results in solubilization of both the peptide and glycan moieties.
Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins: An Overview of Their Biocidal Activity (2014)

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a Gram positive, spore-forming bacterium that synthesizes parasporal crystalline inclusions containing Cry and Cyt proteins, some of which are toxic against a wide range of insect orders, nematodes and human-cancer cells. These toxins have been successfully used as bioinsecticides against caterpillars, beetles, and flies, including mosquitoes and blackflies. Bt also synthesizes insecticidal proteins during the vegetative growth phase, which are subsequently secreted into the growth medium. These proteins are commonly known as vegetative insecticidal proteins (Vips) and hold insecticidal activity against lepidopteran, coleopteran and some homopteran pests. A less well characterized secretory protein with no amino acid similarity to Vip proteins has shown insecticidal activity against coleopteran pests and is termed Sip (secreted insecticidal protein). Bin-like and ETX_MTX2-family proteins (Pfam PF03318), which share amino acid similarities with mosquitocidal binary (Bin) and Mtx2 toxins, respectively, from Lysinibacillus sphaericus, are also produced by some Bt strains. In addition, vast numbers of Bt isolates naturally present in the soil and the phylloplane also synthesize crystal proteins whose biological activity is still unknown. In this review, we provide an updated overview of the known active Bt toxins to date and discuss their activities.
Characterization of the p53-Dependent Postmitotic Checkpoint following Spindle Disruption (1998)

The p53 tumor suppressor gene product is known to act as part of a cell cycle checkpoint in G1 following DNA damage. In order to investigate a proposed novel role for p53 as a checkpoint at mitosis following disruption of the mitotic spindle, we have used time-lapse videomicroscopy to show that both p53+/+ and p53-/- murine fibroblasts treated with the spindle drug nocodazole undergo transient arrest at mitosis for the same length of time. Thus, p53 does not participate in checkpoint function at mitosis. However, p53 does play a critical role in nocodazole-treated cells which have exited mitotic arrest without undergoing cytokinesis and have thereby adapted. We have determined that in nocodazole-treated, adapted cells, p53 is required during a specific time window to prevent cells from reentering the cell cycle and initiating another round of DNA synthesis. Despite having 4N DNA content, adapted cells are similar to G1 cells in that they have upregulated cyclin E expression and hypophosphorylated Rb protein. The mechanism of the p53-dependent arrest in nocodazole-treated adapted cells requires the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21, as p21-/- fibroblasts fail to arrest in response to nocodazole treatment and become polyploid. Moreover, p21 is required to a similar extent to maintain cell cycle arrest after either nocodazole treatment or irradiation. Thus, the p53-dependent checkpoint following spindle disruption functionally overlaps with the p53-dependent checkpoint following DNA damage.
Mixed outbreak of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis in an apartment house. (1991)

From September through November of 1985, a mixed outbreak of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis occurred in an apartment house in Ashikaga City, Japan. Bacteriological and serological investigations were conducted on seven families, comprising 13 adults and 19 children, living in the same apartment house and having social contacts. For all the subjects, cultivation of nasopharyngeal mucus and measurement of pertussis agglutinin antibody, anti-PT antibody, and anti-F-HA antibody were performed. On the basis of the clinical, bacteriological or serological findings, seven children of three families (families A, B and C), including the first child patient (index case) of family A, were diagnosed as having infections caused by B. pertussis, or B. parapertussis or both. B. pertussis and/or B. parapertussis were isolated from six of the seven child patients. B. pertussis alone was isolated from three children (one in each family), and two of them had not been vaccinated. B. parapertussis alone was isolated from two children, while both bacteria were isolated from one child. Those three children from whom B. parapertussis was isolated were in family C, which was the last of the three families to develop symptoms of infection. Josamycin had been administered to two of the three children from whom B. parapertussis was isolated before the nasopharyngeal mucus specimen was collected. In one of the two children from whom only B. parapertussis was isolated, the significant elevation of anti-PT antibody titer was observed, which was indicative of a mixed infection with B. pertussis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Human carcinoembryonic antigen functions as a general inhibitor of anoikis. (2000)

Human carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a widely used tumor marker, and CEACAM6 [formerly nonspecific cross-reacting antigen (NCA)] are up-regulated in many types of human cancers, whereas family member CEACAM1 [formerly biliary glycoprotein (BGP)] is usually down-regulated. Deregulated overexpression of CEA/CEACAM6 but not CEACAM1 can inhibit the differentiation and disrupt the polarization and tissue architecture of many different types of cells. In this report, we show that CEA and CEACAM6, but not CEACAM1, markedly inhibit the apoptosis of cells when deprived of their anchorage to the extracellular matrix, a process known as anoikis. By blocking this tissue architecture surveillance mechanism, the architectural perturbation initiated by CEA/CEACAM6 can thus be maintained.