gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
The GM-PHD Filter Multiple Target Tracker (2006)

The Gaussian mixture probability hypothesis density filter (GM-PHD Filter) was proposed recently for jointly estimating the time-varying number of targets and their states from a noisy sequence of sets of measurements which may have missed detections and false alarms. The initial implementation of the GM-PHD filter provided estimates for the set of target states at each point in time but did not ensure continuity of the individual target tracks. It is shown here that the trajectories of the targets can be determined directly from the evolution of the Gaussian mixture and that single Gaussians within this mixture accurately track the correct targets. Furthermore, the technique is demonstrated to be successful in estimating the correct number of targets and their trajectories in high clutter density and shows better performance than the MHT filter
Application of pulse-width modulated pre-emphasis in closely-spaced transmission lines with additional discontinuities (2011)

Transmitter pre-emphasis techniques to overcome high-slope losses of printed circuit board (PCB) with closely-spaced copper interconnect are presented. The pre-emphasis technique based on pulse-width modulation (PWM) using a timing resolution instead of an amplitude resolution to adjust the filter transfer function is presented. In addition only one coefficient can be used to set the equalizer transfer function depending on channel properties. The standard approaches to transmitter pre-emphasis, receiver equalization and PWM pre-emphasis are compared in advanced PCB backplane models.
Culture and biochemical analysis of cells (1998)

Volume 1 Culture and biochemical analysis of cells: cell culture and analysis metabolic labelling and protein modification subcellular fractionation protein identification and analysis protein expression and interaction antibodies as tools in cell biology. Volume 2 Light microscopy and cell structure: observation of live cells and cellular dynamics preparation of macromolecules and introduction into cells light and epifluorescence microscopy confocal and multiphoton microscopy and deconvolution. Volume 3 Subcellular localization of genes and their products: visualization of organelles, proteins and gene expression in situ hybridization electron microscopy.
Functional Materials Based on Self-Assembled Comb-Shaped Supramolecules (2005)

In this paper we will review the main features of our approach to create functional materials using self-assembly of hydrogenbonded comb-shaped supramolecules. Typically, the supramolecules consist of homopolymers or diblock copolymers, where short chain amphiphiles are hydrogenbonded to the homopolymers or to one of the blocks of the copolymer. The side chains serve several important goals, such as improved processing, additional ordering leading to hierarchically ordered materials, functionalization and swelling. Moreover, if required, they can be easily dissolved away after having served their role in the self-assembling process. Applications include proton conductivity (anisotropic, switching), electronically conducting nanowires, polarized luminance, dielectric stacks, membranes, and nano objects.
Synthesis, characterization and pharmacological screening of various impurities present in Opipramol, Pargeverine and Propiverine bulk drugs (2010)

Impurities identified by R.L. Fine Chemical, Bangalore, during the manufacturing of bulk drugs like opipramol, pargeverine and propiverine were synthesized and characterized by various analytical techniques such as TLC, FTIR, 1H-MNR, FABMS and Elemental analysis. Impurities (1a-e) were synthesized as per scheme 1 which were identified during manufacturing of opipramol bulk drug and screened for their anti-anxiety activity by elevated plus-maze method. The pharmacological screening showed that impurities (1a-e) have good anti-anxiety activity comparable to diazepam and opipramol. The other impurities (1f-i), structurally similar to pargeverine and propiverine were synthesized by scheme 2 and evaluated for their antispasmodic activity using pargeverine and propiverine as standard drug. Pharmacological methods involve the in vitro antispasmodic activity studies on a freshly removed guinea pig ileum using a force displacement transducer amplifier connected to a physiograph. Among the synthesized impurities (1f-i) in the present study, a promising compound 1g, a potent muscle relaxant as compared to standard drugs was obtained.
Effect of rigid boundaries on the onset of convective instability in a triply diffusive fluid layer (1990)

The onset of convection in a triply diffusive, incompressible motionless Newtonian fluid layer of infinite horizontal extent bounded by rigid parallel walls is studied by means of a linear stability analysis. The qualitative features of most of the results carry over from the case of stress-free boundaries studied earlier by Pearlstein, Harris, and Terrones [J. Fluid Mech. 202, 443 (1989)]. One striking feature that does not carry over from the stress-free case, however, is the possibility of quasiperiodic bifurcation from the steady motionless state via two pairs of complex conjugate temporal eigenvalues with incommensurable imaginary parts crossing into the right half-plane at the same combination of Rayleigh numbers. The impossibility of this type of quasiperiodic bifurcation from the rest state in the rigid case is discussed in terms of the topology of the disconnected neutral curves. The numerical method employed is suitable for the computation of disconnected oscillatory neutral curves in other stability problems for which a low-order exact dispersion relation does not exist.
ECSTASY - A Control System CAD Environment (1990)

Academic control groups have been developing computer-aided design packages for control system analysis, design, and simulation since the late 1960s, when interactive computing became a practical reality. The Database needs of the control engineering community differ radically from those of the commercial world which are already catered for by various existing facilities of this type. The necessary Matrix Manipulation Tools, which form the kernel of the current control system design and synthesis algorithms were provided by PRO-MATLAB. The nonlinear system analysis and design facilities developed by Atherton at Sussex were also considered to be a valuable component of the control engineer’s toolbox, and the self-tuning regulator design facilities, created by Astrom at Lund, Clarke at Oxford, and Wellstead at UMIST, were then becoming well-established in industry and formed further essential system control techniques. To ensure consistency, this new diagram will have the same number of input-output terminals as the original macro block’s ports.
Power Reduction of Automatic Heterogeneous Device Offloading (2021)

In recent years, utilization of heterogeneous hardware other than small core CPU such as GPU, FPGA or many core CPU is increasing. However, when using heterogeneous hardware, barriers of technical skills such as CUDA are high. Based on that, I have proposed environment-adaptive software that enables automatic conversion, configuration, and high performance and low power operation of once written code, according to the hardware to be placed. I also have verified performance improvement of automatic GPU and FPGA offloading so far. In this paper, I verify low power operation with environment adaptation by confirming power utilization after automatic offloading. I compare Watt*seconds of existing applications after automatic offloading with the case of CPU only processing.
Thermodynamics of Fatty Acid Binding to Fatty Acid-binding Proteins and Fatty Acid Partition between Water and Membranes Measured Using the Fluorescent Probe ADIFAB (1995)

Using the fluorescent probe ADIFAB (acrylodan-derivatized intestinal fatty acid-binding protein) to determine the equilibrium concentration of the free (unbound) fatty acid (FFA), dissociation constants were measured between 10 and 50 degrees C for the interaction of five different long chain fatty acids (FA) with fatty acid-binding proteins (FABP) from adipocyte, intestine, and heart. Gibbs free energies (delta G) determined from the dissociation constants were between about -9 and -11 kcal/mol at 25 degrees C. Thermodynamic parameters for binding were determined using van't Hoff plots of the dissociation constants, which range, over the entire temperature region, between 2 and 3000 nM. For all the unlabeled FABPs, free energies of binding were dominated by large negative enthalpies that ranged from -7 to -12 kcal/mol, and the enthalpies tended to decrease with increasing FA unsaturation. The entropic contributions (-T detla S) at 25 degrees C between -4 and +2 kcal/mol and tended to increase with increasing FA unsaturation. To assess the role of FA aqueous solubility in FABP binding, measurements of the partition of FA between unilamellar lipid vesicles and water were also done using ADIFAB; the lipid/water partition coefficients (Kp) determined from these measurements were found to be independent of temperature. The binding of FA to FABP is governed by the sum of contributions of various interactions between FA, water, and FABP. An analysis of the individual contributions suggests that the net free energy of binding results from the canceling in part of a number of separate quite large contributions. The entropic contributions sum almost to zero for most FA and FABPs as a result of the canceling of a large increase in bulk solvent entropy by decreases in configurational entropy upon FA binding to FABP. The net, approximately -10 kcal/mol enthalpy of binding, probably results from an increase in FA configurational enthalpy upon binding to FABP plus a large negative enthalpy from the interaction between the FA and the FABP. This large enthalpy of the FA-FABP interaction suggests that in addition to previously identified specific interactions between the carboxylate portion of the FA and charged amino acids within the binding cavity, other significantly larger enthalpic interactions, presumably involving the hydrocarbon portion of the FA, must contribute to the binding energy.
Some Observations on the Incubation Behaviour of the Domestic Duck (1981)

ほぼ2年間の観察期間中に11例の抱卵がみられ, そのうち2例が孵化にまで至った。抱卵は5月下旬から9月下旬, とくに7月に多く観察された。同一禽舎内において2羽の雌アヒルの抱卵が同期化して生ずる傾向がみられた。抱卵中には転卵や卵の引き寄せが観察され, 離巣時には卵は巣材で隠蔽された。抱卵期間中, 雌アヒルの水浴は減少し, 嘴で胸腹部に水をかける程度であった。また, 地上において水浴動作に似た“擬水浴”動作が観察され, これは水浴の真空行動と考えられる。抱卵期に雌アヒルの声は変化し, とくに抱卵後期には帰巣時に大きな声で頻繁に鳴いた。また雌アヒルの攻撃性の亢進が明らかで, 特徴的な威嚇•攻撃行動が観察された。巣材投げ動作は転位性の威嚇行動と考えられた。雄アヒルは抱卵に直接関与しなかったが, 他の禽舎のアヒルに対する排他性によって間接的に雌アヒルの抱卵を助けているように思われた。
A Hierarchical Approach to Reactive Volt Ampere (Var) Optimization in System Planning (1985)

A two-level hierarchical approach for optimum allocation of reactive volt ampere (VAR) sources in large scale power system planning is presented in this paper. The approach takes advantage of the natural distinction between var dispatch in system operation (Level 1) and var allocation in system planning (Level 2). The two levels are related together using the Generalized Benders Decomposition. The methodology has been implemented in the form of a prototype computer program which can be applied to large scale power systems with up to 1500 buses. The results of testing the package with practical power systems of different sizes and characteristics indicate that the technique is a valuable tool for reactive source allocation.
Side effects and treatment initiation barriers of SGLT2 inhibitors in heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)

Review question / Objective: Is the risk of hypotension, volume depletion and acute kidney injury higher in patients on SGLT2-inhibitors in comparison with placebo?Condition being studied: Our endpoints of interest are hypotension(defined as SBP<100mmHg or <110mmHg with symptoms), volume depletion (one of the follows: hypotension, hypovolemia, dehydration) and acute kidney injury (doubling of serum creatinine).Information sources: Electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embasy), the current ESC Guidelines for Heart failure 2020.
Comparison of spike encoding schemes in asynchronous vision sensors: Modeling and design (2014)

Two in-pixel encoding mechanisms to convert analog input to spike output for vision sensors are modeled and compared with the consideration of feedback delay: one is feedback and reset (FAR), and the other is feedback and subtract (FAS). MATLAB simulations of linear signal reconstruction from spike trains generated by the two encoders show that FAR in general has a lower signal-to-distortion ratio (SDR) compared to FAS due to signal loss during the reset phase and hold period, and the SDR merit of FAS increases as the quantization bit number and input signal frequency increases. A 500 μm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> in-pixel circuit implementation of FAS using asynchronous switched capacitors in a UMC 0.18μm 1P6M process is described, and the post-layout simulation results are given to verify the FAS encoding mechanism.
PIXImus DXA with Different Software Needs Individual Calibration to Accurately Predict Fat Mass (2005)

DXA using the same software could use the same correction equation to accurately predict FM for obese mutant but not lean wild-type animals. PIXImus machines purchased with new software need validating to accurately predict FM.
Pulsed power research at Loughborough University (2002)

Summary form only given, as follows. The ongoing pulsed power research activity at Loughborough University includes a wide range of both theoretical and experimental topics, a number of which are outlined in the accompanying poster papers. An area in which work has been in progress for several years is the 2D modelling of flux compression generators. One of the accompanying poster papers reports how the Loughborough program has been extremely successfully employed to predict the experimental performance of one of the generators built by Texas Tech University for the MURI program. Another activity that is reported is the use of an exploding wire array, together with two air-cored transformers, to produce two synchronised series of high-voltage pulses from the single discharge of a capacitor, that is aimed at producing two-dimensional X-ray images of a dynamic process. Most of our work necessitates the production of fast electrical pulses, although this is quite the opposite of what is needed for a particular industrial application. The requirement for a very slow pulse inevitably poses several unusual technical challenges, and we demonstrate in one of the posters how these have been successfully overcome. A further activity that we report is our continued progress with electro-optic high-voltage probes, which enables us now to record reliably 500 kV fast-rising pulses. We have recently begun co-operating with a group of Urologists on the use of high-power electric and magnetic field generators in the medical field, in support of their activity in non-invasive surgery. Initial experiments have been extremely successful, and more information is again given in a poster paper. Our final poster reports the theoretical and experimental development of a novel plasma ring gun, aimed at producing a more evenly distributed plasma in a plasma opening switch and a more consistent opening threshold current.
Certificateless Provable Data Possession Protocol for the Multiple Copies and Clouds Case (2020)

For user's extremely important data, storing multiple copies on cloud(s) may be a good option because even if the integrity of one or more copies is broken, it can still recover data from other intact ones, which increases the availability and durability of the outsourced data. Some provable data possession (PDP) protocols guaranteeing the integrity of multi-copies had been proposed in the past years. But almost all of them considered storing multi-copies to single cloud, and the necessary management of certificates as well as the dependence on PKI greatly decrease their efficiencies. Therefore, in recent work, Li et al. proposed an identity-based PDP protocol, which not only avoids the tedious certificates and PKI, but also supports muiti-copies stored on multi-clouds. However, it is well-known that identity-based protocols suffer from the key-escrow attack. In this paper, we consider the certificateless multi-copy-multi-cloud protocol. Specifically, we first present its security model and then construct a concrete protocol, whose security can be proven under the classical CDH assumption. Finally, the performance analysis demonstrates that our protocol yields better efficiency and hence is practical.
Studies on Cell Compatibility, Antibacterial Behavior, and Zeta Potential of Ag-Containing Polydopamine-Coated Bioactive Glass-Ceramic (2019)

Dopamine is a small molecule that mimics the adhesive component (L-DOPA) of marine mussels with a catecholamine structure. Dopamine can spontaneously polymerize to form polydopamine (PDA) in a mild basic environment. PDA binds, in principle, to all types of surfaces and offers a platform for post-modification of surfaces. In this work, a novel Ag-containing polydopamine coating has been developed for the functionalization of bioactive glass-ceramics. In order to study the interactions between the surface of uncoated and coated samples and the environment, we have measured the surface zeta potential. Results confirmed that PDA can interact with the substrate through different chemical groups. A strongly negative surface zeta potential was measured, which is desirable for biocompatibility. The dual function of the material, namely the capability to exhibit bioactive behavior while being antibacterial and not harmful to mammalian cells, was assessed. The biocompatibility of the samples with MG-63 (osteoblast-like) cells was determined, as well as the antibacterial behavior against Gram-positive <i>Staphylococcus carnosus</i> and Gram-negative <i>Escherichia coli</i> bacteria. During cell biology tests, uncoated and PDA-coated samples showed biocompatibility, while cell viability on Ag-containing PDA-coated samples was reduced. On the other hand, antibacterial tests confirmed the strong antimicrobial properties of Ag-containing PDA-coated samples, although tailoring of the silver release will be necessary to modulate the dual effect of PDA and silver.
Lagrangian modelling of fluid transients in pipelines with entrapped air (2016)

&lt;p&gt;Pressure surges with large entrapped air bubbles at a dead pipe end arc difficult to simulate within an Eulerian framework, when both water/air interface movement and liquid compressibility are taken into account during the transient event Interface tracking strategies have to be used, which is often complicated and time consuming. In the paper a Lagrangian model for this problem is proposed arid solved by the second-order accurate (in space) meshless corrective smoothed particle method (CSPM) The significance of the method is that it directly approximates the Lagrangian form of the waterhammer equations on time-dependent domains with non-linear downstream boundary conditions The accuracy of the model is demonstrated by a comparison with conventional numerical solutions The model is shown to be straightforward and efficient and it is used to assess the influence of liquid compressibility on pressure surges when air pockets are present in the pipe.&lt;/p&gt;
Clinicostatistical evaluation of odontogenic tumors. Report of 110 cases during the past 23 years. (2001)

One hundred ten cases of odontogenic tumors histologically diagnosed according to the WHO classification (1992) were clinicostatistically evaluated at our clinic over the 23-year period from 1973 to 1996.The subjects consisted of 55 men and 55 women 40 to 80 years old.Histologically, the 107 benign tumors comprised 37 ameloblastomas, 36 compound odontomas, 20 complex odontomas, 4 calcifying odontogenic cysts, 3 odontogenic fibromas, 3 odontogenic myxomas, 2 ameloblastic fibro-odontomas, 1 adenomatoid odontogenic tumor, and 1 benign cementoblastoma. The 3 malignant tumors consisted of 2 primary intraosseous carcinomas and 1 malignant ameloblastoma.Most of the ameloblastomas occurred in the posterior portion of mandible, and many odontomas occurred in the incisor region of both the maxilla and the mandible.All tumors were treated surgically, and various of procedures were used.All three odontogenic carcinomas spread extensively throughout the mandible. There has been no evidence of disease in one patient, one patient died of the oral carcinoma, and the other patient died of lung metastasis.
Differential targeting of recombinant fibronectins in AtT-20 cells based on their efficiency of aggregation (1995)

In pituitary-derived AtT-20 cells, recombinant fibronectin containing the N-terminal matrix assembly domain and the C-terminal half of fibronectin does not follow the regulated secretory pathway but instead concentrates in distinct organelles prior to secretion. These organelles are larger than the dense-core granules and localize to the cell body at sites that differ from lysosomes, endosomes and endoplasmic reticulum. Unlike the dense-core granules, their discharge is not stimulated by 8-bromo-cyclic-AMP or phorbol esters. The kinetics of intracellular transport and secretion of the recombinant fibronectin suggest that it is present in a post-Golgi pool that turns over more slowly than constitutive vesicles. Indeed, the fibronectin-containing organelles disappear with a half-time of 3 hours after inhibiting protein synthesis. Presence of the organelles correlates with intracellular aggregation of dimeric fibronectin polypeptides. The organelles are absent in cells expressing monomeric recombinant fibronectin (lacking C-terminal dimerization sites) or the C-terminal half of fibronectin (which dimerizes but lacks the N-terminal matrix assembly domain), both of which aggregate less efficiently than dimeric fibronectin. Instead, the latter polypeptides enter the dense-core granules. Thus while the formation of the fibronectin-containing organelles may require efficient aggregation, it may not require a specific structural signal. Moreover, efficient aggregation is not necessarily a prerequisite for following the regulated pathway.
Raman gain measurements of thallium-tellurium oxide glasses (2005)

Several different compositions of tellurium-thallium glasses were fabricated and tested for their Raman gain performance. The maximum Raman gain experimentally obtained was (58/spl plusmn/3) higher than the peak Raman gain of fused silica.
Thermal deformation measurement of electronic package using advanced moire methods (2002)

In this paper, the laser moire interferometry method, the electron beam moire method, the atomic force microscope (AFM) scanning moire method, and the scanning electronic microscope (SEM) scanning moire method are used to measure the thermal deformation of electronic packages. The measurement principle and the adaptability of these methods are discussed and compared. 1200 lines/mm holographic gratings in ultra low expansion (ULE) mold plates were replicated on the cross section of the measured sections in a ball grid array (BGA) electronic package and a quad flat package (QFP). These holographic gratings were fabricated on ULE mold plates and were replicated on the measured area at 100/spl deg/C and 150/spl deg/C, respectively. The deformation measurement principles and experimental techniques using these moire methods are described. As an application, the deformation in the different solder joints in the BGA electronic package and in the area near the die corner of the QFP electronic package was measured using these methods. Some useful results were obtained.