gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
HOV to the MD? A Multilevel Analysis of Urban Sprawl and the Risk for Negative Health Outcomes (2011)

Urban sprawl often has a negative connotation, used as a derogatory label for certain forms and consequences of land development that are seen as environmentally and socially unpleasant. Although sprawl may be seen as offensive, there may be other, far greater and more harmful consequences of sprawl. The literature indicates that rates of negative health outcomes, such as obesity, tend to be higher in more developed areas. However, aside from a few studies, little empirical research looks specifically at the influence of sprawl when it comes to individual health. This research project focuses on sprawl and examines the relationships it has with health behaviors and health outcomes. By analyzing data from the CDC’s 2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), an annual telephone survey of adults that include more than two-hundred selfreported and calculated variables, I investigate the associations between sprawl, physical activity, body weight, and health outcomes using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). By employing SEM, my research differs from previous research in this field by adding not only additional layers to the evaluation of sprawl and health outcomes, but also allows for the evaluation of associations through various “paths” instead of looking at variables within simpler hierarchical regression models. In addition to direct effects, it also allows for the determination of indirect, or mediated, effects between variables within a path model. Even though no direct relationship between sprawl and health outcomes was revealed, sprawl did show to have a statistically significant indirect effect on health outcomes mediated by physical activity and body weight. Physical activity is also shown to mediate the relationship between sprawl and body weight. Additionally, physical activity reveals both a direct and indirect effect on health outcomes, with its indirect effect being mediated by body weight. Finally, physical activity and body weight are both shown to have statistically significant direct effects on health outcomes. In the concluding chapter I propose a new path model in light of the results of the analyses of data in order to represent the associations between sprawl, physical activity, body weight, and health outcomes more accurately. INDEX WORDS: Urban Sprawl, Health, Health behaviors, Health outcomes, Diabetes, Heart attack, Heart disease, High cholesterol, Hypertension, Stroke, Multilevel analysis HOV TO THE MD? A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS OF URBAN SPRAWL AND THE RISK FOR NEGATIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES
February 28, 1843 (1843)

read, containing an account of two new species of Bats, a species of the family Hystricide, and a new Manis.The two specimens of Bats to which Mr
D1.2 MaMi Channel Characteristics: Measurement Results (2015)

This deliverable presents channel measurement results for the scenariosOpen exhibition and Crowded auditiorium. The measurement procedureand equipment are described. Massive MIMO (MaMi) channel characteristicsand key parameters are extracted and used in an extended COST 2100channel model for MaMi. The initial validation performed shows that themodel is capable of reproducing the statistics in terms of temporal behaviorof the user separability, singular value spread, capacity and sum-rate anddirectional characteristics. The model can be used for system and link levelMaMi simulations.
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Antihypertensive Activity of 4‐(Diazabicyclo[4.1.0]heptenyloxy)benzopyran Derivatives and Their Analogues. (1998)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
Mycetomas in Madras (1977)

In 90 of 150 cases clinically diagnosed as mycetoma in the Department of Pathology, Madras Medical College, from January 1964 to June 1975, histopathological study revealed granules. Besides special staining procedures, cultural methods were undertaken in recent cases. The age and sex incidence, site of lesion and the species of fungi identified on the basis of histological morphology of the granules are analysed. The disease was predominatly seen in the age group 21-40. Men were more frequently affected than women and the commonest site of the lesion was foot. Actinomycotic mycetoma (68-9%) was more often found than the maduromycotic type. Madurella mycetomi (37-8%) and Actinomadura madurae (26-7%) were the commonest causal agents. Nocardia spp. were the next most common (21-1%) followed by A. pelletieri (15-5%), S. somaliensis (5-6%) and presumably Allescheria/Cephalosporium spp. from only 3 cases of white grain mycetoma.
Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in the Assessment of Pancreatic Duct Trauma and Its Sequelae: Preliminary Findings (2000)

MRCP enables noninvasive detection and exclusion of pancreatic duct trauma and pancreas-specific complications and provides information that may be used to guide management decisions.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm: A New PqsR Inverse Agonist Potentiates Tobramycin Efficacy to Eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms (Adv. Sci. 12/2021) (2021)

In article number 2004369, Martin Empting and colleagues describe a new generation of dual‐loaded nanoparticles enabling efficient eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. The squalene‐based nanocarrier facilitates co‐delivery of a novel pathogenspecific Quorum Sensing Inhibitor (QSI) together with the standard‐of‐care antibiotic tobramycin. The QSI itself shows high anti‐virulence efficacy, favorable DMPK and no overt safety pharmacology. When applied as the nanoparticle formulation the QSI potentiates biofilm eradication capabilities of tobramycin by at least 32‐fold. [Image: see text]
A Spatiotemporal Motion-Vector Filter for Object Tracking on Compressed Video (2010)

In this paper, a novel filter for real-time object tracking from compressed domain is presented and evaluated. The filter significantly reduces the noisy motion vectors, that do not represent a real object movement, from Mpeg family compressed videos. The filter analyses the spatial (neighborhood) and temporal coherence of block motion vectors to determine if they are likely to represent true motion from the recorded scene. Qualitative and quantitative experiments are performed displaying that the proposed spatiotemporal filter (STF) outperforms the currently widely used vector median filter. The results obtained with the spatiotemporal filter make it suitable as a first step of any system that aims to detect and track objects from compressed video using its motion vectors.
Freezing-Thawing Laboratory Testing of Frost Susceptible Soils (2016)

Frost heave and thaw weakening are two common concerns in designing and constructing roads throughout cold region areas. Cold regions can be defined in terms of air temperature and frost penetration by frozen ground engineering. Researchers have been studying frost action in soil for the past 85 years in order to design ways to reduce the costly damage to roads. Conducting the test on frost-susceptible soil must be done in order to retrieve data for frost heave and thaw weakening modeling in the soil body during a certain freezing-thawing cycle. This paper reviews and discusses the apparatuses used for this purposes. The studied apparatuses are cylindrical and provide heat through one dimension. The studied apparatuses mostly differ in the diameter and length of their cylindrical cell; likewise, temperature gradients differ from one apparatus toanother. In this study the LTU’s apparatus which was primarily designed to investigate the research related questions concerning freezing and thawing phenomena is presented in detail. The theory of segregation potential is applied for evaluation of the frost heave test and the thaw consolidation theory is applied for the thaw test. The main goal of the project is to conduct a series of experimental tests on various types of soil while exposing them to frost action in the apparatus to propose a classification system for the different types of soil in question with respect to their susceptibility to the frost action phenomena.
Geometry-based Muscle Modeling for Facial Animation (2001)

We present a muscle model and methods for muscle construction that allow to easily create animatable facial models from given face geometry. Using our editing tool, one can interactively specify coarse outlines of the muscles, which are then automatically created to fit the face geometry. Our muscle model incorporates different types of muscles and the effects of bulging and intertwining muscle fibers. The influence of muscle contraction onto the skin is simulated using a mass-spring system that connects the skull, muscle, and skin layers of our model.
ChemInform Abstract: Tributyltin Hydride Induced Intramolecular Aryl Radical Cyclizations: Synthesis of Biologically Interesting Organic Compounds (2000)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
New Sesquiterpenes and Calebin Derivatives from <i>Curcuma longa</i> (2007)

One novel sesquiterpene with new skeleton, (6S)-2-methyl-6-(4-hydroxyphenyl-3-methyl)-2-hepten-4-one (1), two new bisabolane sesquiterpenes, (6S)-2-methyl-6-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-hepten-4-one (2), (6S)-2-methyl-6-(4-formylphenyl)-2-hepten-4-one (3), and two calebin derivatives, 4''-(4'''-hydroxyphenyl-3'''-methoxy)-2''-oxo-3''-butenyl-3-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)-propenoate (4) and 4''-(4'''-hydroxyphenyl)-2''-oxo-3''-butenyl-3-(4'-hydroxyphenyl-3'-methoxy)-propenoate (5) were isolated along with five known bisabolane sesquiterpenes from Curcuma longa. 1-4 were new compounds and 5 was a new natural product. Their structures were established by spectral methods.
Inclusion Complex of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) with Cyclodextrins (2002)

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) inclusion complexes with alpha-cyclodextrin (alpha-CD), beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD), and gamma-cyclodextrin (gamma-CD) (designated CLA/CDs inclusion complexes) were prepared to determine the mole ratio of CLA complexed with CDs and the oxidative stability of CLA in the CLA/CDs inclusion complexes. When measured by GC, (1)H NMR, and T(1) value analyses, 1 mole of CLA was complexed with 5 mol of alpha-CD, 4 mol of beta-CD, and 2 mol of gamma-CD. The oxidation of CLA induced at 35 degrees C for 80 h was completely prevented by the formation of CLA/CDs inclusion complexes.
Misexpression of the Opaque-Phase-Specific Gene PEP1 ( SAP1 ) in the White Phase of Candida albicans Confers Increased Virulence in a Mouse Model of Cutaneous Infection (1999)

Candida albicans WO-1 switches reversibly and at high frequency between a white and an opaque colony-forming phenotype that includes dramatic changes in cell morphology and physiology. A misexpression strategy has been used to investigate the role of the opaque-phase-specific gene PEP1 (SAP1), which encodes a secreted aspartyl proteinase, in the expression of the unique opaque-phase phenotype and phase-specific virulence in two animal models. The PEP1 (SAP1) open reading frame was inserted downstream of the promoter of the white-phase-specific gene WH11 in the transforming vector pCPW7, and the resulting transformants were demonstrated to misexpress PEP1 (SAP1) in the white phase. Misexpression did not confer any of the unique morphological characteristics of the opaque phase to cells in the white phase and had no effect on the switching process. However, misexpression conferred upon white-phase cells the increased capacity of opaque-phase cells to grow in medium in which protein was the sole nitrogen source. Misexpression of PEP1 (SAP1) had no effect on the virulence of white-phase cells in a systemic mouse model, in which white-phase cells were already more virulent than opaque-phase cells. Misexpression did, however, confer upon white-phase cells the dramatic increase in colonization of skin in a cutaneous mouse model that was exhibited by opaque-phase cells. Misexpression of PEP1 (SAP1) conferred upon white-phase cells two dissociable opaque-phase characteristics: increased adhesion and the capacity to cavitate skin. The addition of pepstatin A to the cutaneous model inhibited the latter, but not the former, suggesting that the latter is effected by released enzyme, while the former is effected by cell-associated enzyme.
Cutting Edge: NKT Cells Constitutively Express IL-23 Receptor and RORγt and Rapidly Produce IL-17 upon Receptor Ligation in an IL-6-Independent Fashion (2008)

Th17 cells require IL-6 and TGFbeta for lineage commitment and IL-23 for maintenance. Unexpectedly, naive IL-6(-/-) splenocytes stimulated with anti-CD3 and IL-23 produced normal amounts of IL-17 during the first 24 h of culture. These rapid IL-6-independent IL-17 producers were identified as predominantly DX5(+) TCRbeta(+) NKT cells, and a comparable response could be found using the invariant NKT-specific ligand alpha-galactosylceramide. Human NKT cells also produced IL-17. NKT cells constitutively expressed IL-23R and RORgammat. Ligation of either TCR or IL-23R triggered IL-17 production and both together had a synergistic effect, suggesting independent but convergent pathways. IL-17 production was not restricted to a particular subset of NKT cells but they were NK1.1 negative. Importantly, in vivo administration of alpha-galactosylceramide triggered a rapid IL-17 response in the spleen. These data suggest an important biological role for innate IL-17 production by NKT cells that is rapid and precedes the adaptive IL-17 response.
Multi-frequency imaging of perfectly conducting cracks via boundary measurements (2013)

IC-MSQUARE 2012: International Conference on Mathematical Modelling in Physical Sciences, T. Kosmas, E. Vagenas, and D. Vlachos eds
Effects of fish oil on VLDL triglyceride kinetics in humans (1990)

Dietary n-3 fatty acids (FAs) found in fish oils markedly lower plasma triglyceride (TG) and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) levels in both normal and hypertriglyceridemic subjects. The present study examined the mechanism of this effect. Ten subjects with widely different plasma triglyceride levels (82 to 1002 mg/dl) were fed metabolically controlled diets containing 20% fat. The control diet contained a blend of cocoa butter and peanut oil (P/S = 0.8). The test diet contained fish oil (P/S = 1.1) and provided 10-17 g of n-3 FAs per day (depending on calorie intake). After 3 to 5 weeks of each diet, the kinetics of VLDL-TG were determined over a 48-h period after the injection of [3H]glycerol. The fish oil diet reduced the VLDL-TG synthetic rate from 23 +/- 14.3 (mean +/- SD) to 12.6 +/- 7.5 mg/h per kg ideal weight (P less than 0.005) and increased the fractional catabolic rate (FCR) for VLDL-TG from 0.23 +/- 0.12 to 0.38 +/- 0.16 h -1 (P less than 0.005). At the same time, there was a 66% reduction of plasma triglyceride levels, resulting largely from a 78% decrease in VLDL-TG levels (398 +/- 317 to 87 +/- 77 mg/dl; P less than 0.005). There was a strong correlation (r = 0.83; P less than 0.01) between the change in synthetic rates and pool sizes, but there was no correlation (r = 0.24; NS) between changes in FCRs and pool sizes. The VLDL cholesterol: triglyceride ratio increased during the n-3 diet suggesting that smaller VLDL particles were present. These particles would be expected to leave the VLDL fraction more rapidly than larger particles producing a higher FCR. We conclude that the hypotriglyceridemic effect of fish oil appears to be caused primarily by an inhibition of very low density lipoprotein-triglyceride synthesis, but an additional, independent effect upon VLDL catabolism cannot be ruled out.
IV '97: interactive visualisation through applied virtual reality in construction (2002)

The paper is concerned with the development of an integrated, open and fully usable virtual reality (VR) environment for the construction industry for use on a low-cost PC (but transportable to other, more sophisticated systems) to make VR accessible and usable by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The paper describes a new VR system for collaborative interaction in the construction industry that enhances communication between the design team, contractors and sub-contractors through open systems design. It discusses how feedback from potential users of these VR systems is assessed and implemented, to ensure systems are designed to meet user requirements. By enabling the use and integration of a wide variety of multimedia technologies, communication channels between different construction parties become more effective.
Improvement in the luminous efficiency using ramped-square sustain waveform in an AC surface-discharge plasma display panel (2001)

This paper proposes a new sustain waveform to improve the luminous efficiency of an AC plasma display panel (AC-PDP). The new sustain waveform is a superimposed waveform, which adds a ramp-waveform to a square-waveform, and has an increasing voltage slope between the rising and falling edge. This waveform can induce a longer-sustained discharge at the rising edge plus a self-erasing discharge at the falling edge, thereby improving the luminous efficiency, When compared with the conventional square sustain waveform, the proposed sustain waveform with a 9.3 V//spl mu/s voltage slope achieved a 65% higher luminous efficiency in a 4-in AC-PDP test panel even at a low frequency (62 kHz).
Systematic Kinome shRNA Screening Identifies CDK11 (PITSLRE) Kinase Expression Is Critical for Osteosarcoma Cell Growth and Proliferation (2012)

We show that CDK11 signaling is essential in osteosarcoma cell growth and survival, further elucidating the regulatory mechanisms controlling the expression of CDK11 and ultimately develop a CDK11 inhibitor that may provide therapeutic benefit against osteosarcoma.
Continuous testing in eclipse (2005)

Continuous testing uses excess cycles on a developer's workstation to continuously run regression tests in the background, providing rapid feedback about test failures as code is edited. It reduces the time and energy required to keep code well-tested, and it prevents regression errors from persisting uncaught for long periods of time.
Tissue culture model of adenoma invasion (1987)

Colon carcinoma cells cocultured with adenoma cells were examined under various experimental conditions. Carcinoma cells were shown to have a selective advantage over adenoma cells. This advantage is enhanced by exposure to a tumor promoter.
Simplified PET quantitation of myocardial glucose utilization. (1995)

Myocardial BRI is a sensitive indicator of rMGU that does not require dynamic data acquisition or constant plasma glucose concentrations.
Seismic wave attenuation in a methane hydrate reservoir (2004)

Elastic-wave data collected around the world in sediments with methane hydrate point to significant velocity increases due to the presence of the hydrate in the pores. This effect can be easily understood if we recall that gas hydrate is a solid as opposed to brine or gas. By filling the pore space, gas hydrate acts to reduce the porosity available to the pore fluid and increase the elastic moduli of the solid frame. However, it is difficult to reconcile this effect with more recent observations that the attenuation of elastic waves grows with increasing gas hydrate concentration.
Cell-Surface Carbohydrates in Cell Recognition and Response (1986)

Complex carbohydrates coat the surfaces of cells and have the potential to carry the information necessary for cell-cell recognition. Sugar-specific receptors (lectins) are also present on cells, and can interact with sugars on apposing cells. This may result in the adhesion of the two cells via carbohydrates and specific cell-surface receptors. Such carbohydrate-directed cell adhesion appears to be important in many intercellular activities including infection by bacteria and viruses, communication among cells of lower eukaryotes, specific binding of sperm to egg; and recirculation of lymphocytes, among others. New approaches involving synthesis of chemically defined cell-surface analogs, in conjunction with inhibition experiments, are beginning to reveal the mechanics of a potential carbohydrate "language" involved in intercellular interactions.
Fabrication of broadband antireflection structures on glass substrates by Reactive Ion Etching for application on homogenizers in CPV systems (2013)

Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) systems are a potential candidate to achieve low cost solar energy [1]. In these systems the efficiency of the solar cell increases with concentration and the amount of semiconductor material required is lower. CPV systems use Fresnel lenses to focus the light into homogenizers, which uniformizes the flux distribution incident to the subjacent solar cell and does other optical corrections. A disadvantage of these optical elements is that they create three optical interfaces that reflect the incident light and together account for about 12% of losses. To achieve higher efficiency in CPV systems, these losses need to be addressed. In this paper we report on the fabrication of antireflection structures on glass substrates by Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) that could be applied to the curved surface of the latest generation homogenizers [2].
Feedforward neural network for handwritten character recognition (2003)

An analysis of feedforward neural networks for handwritten character recognition was performed to improve the learning capability and accuracy of classification, which are limiting factors of back-propagation. The authors describe two methods which attempt to tackle the shortcomings of back-propagation yet keep the feedforward organization of the neural network. These methods give results comparable to back-propagation, while requiring less training time and a simpler architecture. The first method rejects any pattern which differs from the training data more than a threshold, established during training. The second method involves clustering techniques selecting the most representative patterns as cluster centers. Both methods present the design of a neural network for handwritten digit recognition, and are based on the Parzen window estimates defining the vector space for different classes.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
Review on Carbon and Silicon Based Materials as Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries (2010)

Graphite as a traditional anode material in lithium ion batteries cannot fulfil new requirements needing a high energy density. A new generation of high power batteries must be developed using advanced lithium storage materials as electrodes. Disordered and espe-cially nanostructure forms of carbon offer extra sites for both intercalation of lithium and side reactions resulting in a higher reversible and irreversible capacity. Use of these novel forms of carbon depends on the creation of new electrolytes, binders and additives to control side reactions and also development of effective processing technologies. On the other hand, carbon anodes will face strong competition from silicon based materials with their higher capacity. However, the results in the literature highlight important progress in maintaining the capacity of these materials for a small number of cycles, commercial usage of them cannot be imagined without retention of the capacity retention for a much larger number of cycles. This paper reviews the progress toward the production and characterization of new carbon and silicon based materials for using as novel anode materials in lithium ion batteries.