gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
RZ-DPSK field trial over 13 100 km of installed non-slope-matched submarine fibers (2005)

This work presents the first field trial using the return-to-zero differential-phase-shift-keying (RZ-DPSK) modulation format. A 96/spl times/10-Gb/s RZ-DPSK field trial was conducted over a 13 100-km optical undersea path by double passing the installed 6550-km underwater link which was deployed with non-slope-matched submarine fibers. All channels performed with more than a 3-dB forward-error correction margin, including channels that accumulated over /spl plusmn/13 000ps/nm of dispersion. It is also shown that the RZ-DPSK format has similar residual dispersion and channel power tolerance for both slope-matched and non-slope-matched fibers. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the chirped RZ-DPSK format could further improve system performance by 1-2 dB.
Investigation of efficient termination structure for improved breakdown properties of semiconductor radiation detectors (1998)

Efficiency of a new junction termination structure for improvement of breakdown properties of semiconductor radiation detectors is investigated. The structure consists of a diffused resistor winding around the active junction in a spiral fashion. The current flow through the spiral enables controlled potential distribution along the spiral turns and thus controlled depletion spreading from the main junction, efficiently preventing premature avalanche breakdown. Both, multiple guard-ring structures and spiral junction termination structures have shown good breakdown properties typically three to five times higher than breakdown voltages of diodes without junction termination. The breakdown voltages of spiral junction termination structures are only weakly influenced by changes in substrate doping concentration caused by neutron irradiation. They can thus be considered for termination of future semiconductor radiation detectors.
Running and Breathing in Mammals (1983)

Mechanical constraints appear to require that locomotion and breathing be synchronized in running mammals. Phase locking of limb and respiratory frequency has now been recorded during treadmill running in jackrabbits and during locomotion on solid ground in dogs, horses, and humans. Quadrupedal species normally synchronize the locomotor and respiratory cycles at a constant ratio of 1:1 (strides per breath) in both the trot and gallop. Human runners differ from quadrupeds in that while running they employ several phase-locked patterns (4:1, 3:1, 2:1, 1:1, 5:2, and 3:2), although a 2:1 coupling ratio appears to be favored. Even though the evolution of bipedal gait has reduced the mechanical constraints on respiration in man, thereby permitting greater flexibility in breathing pattern, it has seemingly not eliminated the need for the synchronization of respiration and body motion during sustained running. Flying birds have independently achieved phase-locked locomotor and respiratory cycles. This hints that strict locomotor-respiratory coupling may be a vital factor in the sustained aerobic exercise of endothermic vertebrates, especially those in which the stresses of locomotion tend to deform the thoracic complex.
A computer-based digital feedback control of frequency drift of multiple lasers (1998)

We report a method to monitor and control laser frequencies with an optical cavity and a digital feedback system. A frequency-stabilized He–Ne laser provides the reference that is transferred to several other lasers using a scanning Fabry–Pérot cavity. A personal computer-based multifunction data acquisition system generates the scan wave form, and reads the detector outputs synchronously with the cavity scan. The computer determines the positions of all of the peaks in the scan, and generates output signals to control the laser frequencies. It also provides a visual display of cavity spectra. We have successfully used the setup to achieve a long-term lock of the lasers for magneto-optical trapping of radioactive francium atoms.
Metasurface for polarization and phase manipulation of the electromagnetic wave simultaneously (2016)

Metamaterials has inspired many novel physical mechanism and applications for the past decades. In these cases, the thickness of metamaterial is a must to achieve the unique electromagnetic response, which will definitely result in bulky structures and the accompanying loss, especially in microwave region. In this paper, our efforts in planar metasurface are reviewed with emphasis on manipulation of the phase and polarization state of electromagnetic wave. The latest results show that by introducing magnetic resonance between the layers of the metasurface, the polarization state and the phase of the incident wave can be fully controlled by the metasurface with a relatively high efficiency.
Interference-aware clustering in cloud radio access networks (2017)

Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) is an evolution in base station architecture. The key concept is to break down the conventional base station into a Base Band Unit (BBU) and a Remote Radio Head (RRH). While BBUs are pooled in a cloud data center, RRHs are distributed across multiple sites. In this context, resource utilization can be enhanced through statistical multiplexing: many RRHs may be clustered and associated with a single BBU. In this paper, RRH clustering is formulated as a Set Partitioning Problem, considering inter-cluster interferences. Optimal and heuristic solutions are derived to reduce network power consumption with minimum throughput requirements. Simulation results show that our interference-aware solutions outperform the no-clustering method, where only one RRH is associated with each BBU, and the interference-unaware Bin Packing algorithm. Moreover, our heuristic achieves performance very close to the optimal solution.
Semantic deformation transfer (2009)

Transferring existing mesh deformation from one character to another is a simple way to accelerate the laborious process of mesh animation. In many cases, it is useful to preserve the semantic characteristics of the motion instead of its literal deformation. For example, when applying the walking motion of a human to a flamingo, the knees should bend in the opposite direction. Semantic deformation transfer accomplishes this task with a shape space that enables interpolation and projection with standard linear algebra. Given several example mesh pairs, semantic deformation transfer infers a correspondence between the shape spaces of the two characters. This enables automatic transfer of new poses and animations.
Author's reply [to "Comments on 'Miniaturized Wilkinson Power Dividers Utilizing Capacitive Loading'"] (2002)

The authors note their appreciation for the comments of Dr. Staudinger [ibid., vol 12, no 4, pp 145, April, 2002] regarding errors in the original article [ibid., vol. 12, pp 6-8, Jan. 2002]. He is correct that C2 must equal C1/2 whereas in the paper C2 was expressed as being equal to 2C1. The equation given by Dr. Staudinger for C1 is also correct. Equation (2) of the paper is corrected and presented here and the heading for column 2 of Table I should be C2. The orignal authors have verified that the values listed in column 2 of Table I are correct with the change in heading, and the correct equations were used in the design of the miniaturized Wilkinson power dividers. Lastly the errors in typing the manuscript do not alter the results and discussions offered in the paper.
Inhibitors of Platelet Integrin αllbβ3 (2011)

Continued examination of substituted 5H-[1,3,4]thiadiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-5-ones as inhibitors of the platelet αIIbβ3 receptor, resulted in the optimized agent ML165 (CID-44820665, NCGC00183896-01). This agent represents the most potent non-RGC mimetic inhibitor of the αIIbβ3 receptor, and due to its unique biding mechanism, offers a novel tool to study this receptor. Appropriate aqueous solubility and stability was found for this agent.
Making Them Remember—Emotional Virtual Characters with Memory (2009)

The search for the perfect virtual character is on, but the moment users interact with characters, any illusion that we've found it is broken. Adding memory capabilities to models of human emotions, personality, and behavior traits is a step toward a more natural interaction style.
Catheter Ablation of Left Atrial Ganglionated Plexi for Atrial Fibrillation (2008)

Radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary vein ostia does not provide complete and long-term elimination of atrial fibrillation. Combining this procedure with local radiofrequency application on sites with strong vagal reflexes results in partial parasympathetic denervation and increases the antiarrhythmic effect. A novel catheter-ablation technique to modify ganglionated plexi in the left atrium was assessed in 58 patients (mean age, 52.1 +/- 1.9 years, 67% male) with drug-refractory atrial fibrillation, which was chronic in 21 (36%; mean duration, 14.3 +/- 2.9 months; range, 5-39 months). The mean left atrial volume was 93.1 +/- 6.1 mL. The patients underwent ablation of 4 areas of ganglionated plexi in the left atrium, with no circumferential ablation of the pulmonary veins; atrial fibrillation ceased immediately in 94.1% of them. Transient vagal bradycardia was seen in 93% of patients. For 7.2 +/- 0.4 months after the procedure, 86.2% of them were free from arrhythmias, and no antiarrhythmic drugs were administered. Ganglionated plexi ablation is an efficient treatment for atrial fibrillation.
Vector restoration using accelerated validation and refinement (2002)

Given a test sequence and a list of faults detected by the sequence, vector restoration techniques extract a minimal subsequence that detects a chosen subset of faults. Vector restoration techniques are useful in static compaction of test sequences and in fault diagnosis. We propose a new vector restoration technique that is a significant improvement over the state of the art in several ways: (1) a sequence of length n can be restored with only O(nlog2n) simulations while known approaches require simulation of O(n/sup 2/) vectors; (2) a two-step restoration process is used that makes vector restoration practical for large designs; and (3) the restoration process for several faults is overlapped to provide significant acceleration in vector restoration. Our new ideas can be used to improve run-times of known static compaction and fault diagnosis methods. We integrated the proposed vector restoration technique into a static test sequence compaction system. Our experiments show that the new restoration technique, as compared to known techniques, is for (1) about 2 times faster for the ISCAS benchmark circuits, and for (2) 3 to 5 times faster on large, industrial designs. Using the new restoration technique, we successfully processed large industrial designs that could not be handled by earlier techniques in 2 CPU days.
Delta inulin-derived adjuvants that elicit Th1 phenotype following vaccination reduces respiratory syncytial virus lung titers without a reduction in lung immunopathology (2016)

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a significant cause of lower respiratory tract infections resulting in bronchiolitis and even mortality in the elderly and young children/infants. Despite the impact of this virus on human health, no licensed vaccine exists. Unlike many other viral infections, RSV infection or vaccination does not induce durable protective antibodies in humans. In order to elicit high titer, neutralizing antibodies against RSV, we investigated the use of the adjuvant Advax™, a novel polysaccharide adjuvant based on delta inulin microparticles, to enhance antibody titers following vaccination. BALB/c mice were vaccinated intramuscularly with live RSV as a vaccine antigen in combination with one of two formulations of Advax™. Advax-1 was comprised of the standard delta inulin adjuvant and Advax-2 was formulated delta inulin plus CpG oligodendronucleotides (ODNs). An additional group of mice were either mock vaccinated, immunized with vaccine only, or administered vaccine plus Imject Alum. Following 3 vaccinations, mice had neutralizing antibody titers that correlated with reduction in viral titers in the lungs. Advax-1 significantly enhanced serum RSV-specific IgG1 levels at week 6 indicative of a Th2 response, similar to titers in mice administered vaccine plus Imject Alum. In contrast, mice vaccinated with vaccine plus Advax-2 had predominately IgG2a titers indicative of a Th1 response that was maintained during the entire study. Interestingly, regardless of which Advax<sup>TM</sup> adjuvant was used, the neutralizing titers were similar between groups, but the viral lung titers were significantly lower (∼10E+3pfu/g) in mice administered vaccine with either Advax<sup>TM</sup> adjuvant compared to mice administered adjuvants only. The lung pathology in vaccinated mice with Advax<sup>TM</sup> was similar to Imject Alum. Overall, RSV vaccine formulated with Advax<sup>TM</sup> had high neutralizing antibody titers with low lung viral titers, but exacerbated lung pathology compared to unvaccinated mice.
Production of alcohol by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of low-grade wheat flour (2006)

Two samples of low-grade wheat flour, namely low-grade 1 (LG1) and low-grade 2 (LG2), with different carbohydrate and fibrous content, were used as substrates. The samples were liquefied using various concentrations of alpha- or beta-amylase, in order to optimize the production of fermentable sugars; the enzyme alpha-amylase revealed higher performance. After liquefaction, the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation was conducted in a jar fermentor. Amyloglucosidase was used for saccharification, and dry baker's yeast, S. cerevisiae, for fermentation simultaneously. Glucose was consumed promptly in both cases, LG1 and LG2; ethanol production was considerably higher in LG1 (38.6 g/L), compared to LG2 (24.9 g/L). The maximum ATP production was observed early in the SSF process. LG1 revealed higher potential as substrate for ethanol production.
Stepped parity: A low-cost multiple bit upset detection technique (2015)

Radiation-induced Multiple Bit Upsets (MBUs) are major reliability concerns for embedded memory arrays fabricated in advanced technology nodes. Although various error correction techniques with different attributes have been developed, there has been limited efforts towards pure MBU detection. In this paper, we present stepped parity, a cost-efficient technique to detect MBUs in memory arrays. In this technique, each data bit is associated with several parity bits in a way that the most common MBU patterns could be detected by at least one of the parity bits. The experimental results reveal that the stepped parity reduces the area and power overheads of the stat-of-the-art solutions by about 30% for a given reliability constraint.
End-biased Samples for Join Cardinality Estimation (2006)

We present a new technique for using samples to estimate join cardinalities. This technique, which we term "end-biased samples," is inspired by recent work in network traffic measurement. It improves on random samples by using coordinated pseudo-random samples and retaining the sampled values in proportion to their frequency. We show that end-biased samples always provide more accurate estimates than random samples with the same sample size. The comparison with histograms is more interesting ― while end-biased histograms are somewhat better than end-biased samples for uncorrelated data sets, end-biased samples dominate by a large margin when the data is correlated. Finally, we compare end-biased samples to the recently proposed "skimmed sketches" and show that neither dominates the other, that each has different and compelling strengths and weaknesses. These results suggest that endbiased samples may be a useful addition to the repertoire of techniques used for data summarization.
Vacuum‐blotting: a new simple and efficient transfer of proteins from sodium dodecyl sulfate—polyacrylamide gels to nitrocellulose (1982)

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Drone.io: A Gestural and Visual Interface for Human-Drone Interaction (2019)

Drones are becoming ubiquitous and offer support to people in various tasks, such as photography, in increasingly interactive social contexts. We introduce drone.io, a projected body-centric graphical user interface for human-drone interaction. Using two simple gestures, users can interact with a drone in a natural manner. drone.io is the first human-drone graphical user interface embedded on a drone to provide both input and output capabilities. This paper describes the design process of drone.io. We present a proof of concept, drone-based implementation, as well as a fully functional prototype for a drone tour-guide scenario. We report drone.io's evaluation in three user studies (N=27) and show that people were able to use the interface with little prior training. We contribute to the field of human-robot interaction and the growing field of human-drone interaction.
Introduction to IP Multicast Routing (1997)

The first part of this paper describes the benefits of multicasting, the MBONE, Class D addressing, and the operation of the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP). The second section explores a number of different algorithms that may potentially be employed by multicast routing protocols: - Flooding - Spanning Trees - Reverse Path Broadcasting (RPB) - Truncated Reverse Path Broadcasting (TRPB) - Reverse Path Multicasting (RPM) - Core Based Trees The third part contains the main body of the paper. It describes how the previous algorithms are implemented in multicast routing protocols available today. - Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) - Multicast OSPF (MOSPF) - Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) Table of Contents Section 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Perception planning as a distributed decision-making process (2002)

It is desirable that the perception system for an autonomous vehicle is implemented as a reactive process which has the necessary expertise to autonomously adjust its perception strategies according to the state of achievement of local perception and navigation goals, and to suggest alterations to vehicle speed or attitude to improve safety, or to maximize the collection of relevant environment data. In this paper, a perception planner is presented, which is based in a distributed decision-making architecture, used to deal with the complex set of decisions involved in the design of such a system.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
Acidic oxidation of kraft lignin into aromatic monomers catalyzed by transition metal salts (2011)

Abstract As one of the three main components in woody biomass, lignin is an abundant but underused renewable raw material and carbon source. Owing to its aromatic structure and large availability as a by-product of pulping, its conversion into chemicals is highly attractive. In the present work, the oxidation of a softwood kraft lignin in acidic media was investigated in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst. The objective was to find a cheap but efficient catalyst for the depolymerization of kraft lignin into aromatic monomers. Different transition metal salts were screened and compared to phosphomolybdic acid, which was investigated in previous studies, and to experiments in sulfuric acid without additional catalyst. Vanillin and methyl vanillate were the main monomeric products detected by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry but their formation was only slightly increased by using transition metal salts (up to 6.28 wt% yield). However, the presence of iron or copper chloride resulted in fast formation kinetics and significant amounts of other monomeric products. In addition, an efficient fragmentation of the lignin molecule from a weight-average molecular weight of 3500 g mol -1 down to 500 g mol -1 was observed by size-exclusion chromatography. The enhanced incorporation of oxygen into the reaction products in the presence of those catalysts was proven by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and the influence of the catalyst concentration was studied.
Coherent microwave emission without population inversion: a new atomic frequency standard (1999)

The description of a new type of frequency standard based on coherent population trapping (CPT) in cesium is given. The phenomenon creates a magnetization oscillating at the hyperfine frequency. Microwave radiation emitted by such a magnetization is detected by means of a microwave cavity. The process takes place without population inversion. Results are given for continuous and pulsed operation. The possibility of using the CPT coherent microwave emission as the basis of a frequency standard is analyzed.
20 years of Screenrights, 20 years of Australian TV (2010)

This year, Screenrights celebrates 20 years since it was set up to provide simple access to audiovisual material and payment to copyright owners. In the first of a series of commissioned feature articles, Jock Given, a Screenrights founding director and Professor of Media and Communications at Swinburne University’s Institute for Social Research, looks at the last 20 years in Australian television.
Characterization of effective chemopreventive agents in mammary gland in vitro using an initiation-promotion protocol. (1991)

Mouse mammary glands respond to carcinogen stimulus to form mammary lesions in organ culture. Prevention of the formation of mammary lesion has been utilized as a test to evaluate the effectiveness of a variety of classes of agents. In the present study we determined whether the effective chemopreventive agents are active against initiation or the promotion phase of lesion development. Mammary glands were subjected to 24 hours exposure to 2 mg/ml dimethylbenz (a) anthracene (DMBA) followed by a 5 day exposure to 7,12-tetradecanoyl phorbol - 13 - acetate (TPA). This treatment protocol allows one to study initiation and promotion aspects of lesion development. Chemopreventive agents effective when present prior to the carcinogen were considered as anti-initiators, whereas agents effective when present after the DMBA treatment along with TPA were considered as anti-promoters. Within the chemopreventive agents evaluated, limonene, oltipraz, aspirin, curcumin and b-sitosterol were anti-initiators. Esculatin, thiolutin, silymarin, DHEA and a few others were found to be anti-promoters. Results presented in this report can be utilized to study the efficacy of these agents in vivo.
An Efficient Rank Adaptation Algorithm for Cellular MIMO Systems with IRC Receivers (2014)

Multiple transmit and receive antennas introduce additional degrees of freedom, which can be used to increase the number of spatial channels between a transmitter-receiver pair. Alternately, the additional degrees of freedom can be used to improve the interference resilience property with the help of linear interference rejection combining (IRC) receivers. Typically, rank adaptation algorithms are aimed at balancing the trade-off between increasing the spatial gain, and improving the interference resilience property. In this paper, we propose an efficient and computationally effective rank adaptation algorithm based on an estimate of the mean signal-to-interference-plus- noise ratio (SINR) at an IRC receiver; wherein, we use results from random matrix theory to derive the expression for the mean post-IRC SINR in the presence of interferers with unequal powers. The performance of the proposed algorithm is analysed through system level simulations. The results are found to be comparable to the optimum performance, and match closely to that of a more complex existing rank adaptation method.