gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Supplementary Figure 1 Legend from Sodium Selenite Induces Superoxide-Mediated Mitochondrial Damage and Subsequent Autophagic Cell Death in Malignant Glioma Cells (2023)

Supplementary Figure 1 Legend from Sodium Selenite Induces Superoxide-Mediated Mitochondrial Damage and Subsequent Autophagic Cell Death in Malignant Glioma Cells
Use of Technology in the Household (2011)

Since the 1980s, personal computer ownership has become ubiquitous, and people are increasingly using household technologies for a wide variety of purposes. Extensive IS research has resulted in useful models to explain workplace technology acceptance and household technology adoption. Studies have also found the determinants underlying technology acceptance in the workplace and household adoption are very different from the determinants of household use. Thus, while a great deal is known about workplace acceptance and household adoption, less is known about household technology use. As home computer use becomes prevalent, fewer households are left to adopt and it becomes increasingly important to understand household use. This paper presents the results of an exploratory study of 202 users of household personal computers to test a new model derived from the Model of Acceptance of Technology in the Household (MATH) and another behavior model based on a Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior.
Causality between Disagregated Energy Consumption and Manufacturing Growth in Kenya: an Empirical Approach (2013)

Besides labour and capital, energy is a critical factor of economic production worldwide. In the circumstances, the role that it plays in policy regimes designed for fast and efficient economic growth cannot be overemphasized. However causality between energy consumption and manufacturing growth is not known in Kenya. Therefore, the study provides analyses of causality between disaggregated energy consumption (electricity and petroleum) and manufacturing growth using data from Kenya between 1970-2010. An integration and cointegration test shows that the variables are  and cointegrated. As a result, the granger causality error correction test was conducted and it indicated that there is granger causality from electricity and petroleum consumption to manufacturing in short and long run periods, and bidirectional causality between manufacturing and electricity consumption in both runs. Thus, the manufacturing sector requires electricity for economical operation. On the other hand, the lack of causality from manufacturing to petroleum consumption is attributed to the fact that very few manufacturing industries in Kenya significantly depends on petroleum because of its cost and price volatilities. Fossil energy cost impacts adversely on prices of manufactured products, consequently making Kenya's manufacture to be less competitive in the regional markets. Poor competition is one major reason for the widespread migration of the manufacturing firms to hydro-energy based technologies in Kenya. Therefore, change in manufacturing technology may significantly change petroleum consumption patterns in Kenya. However, given that there are good indications of petroleum potential within the country, the trend may reverse. Key Words: Energy consumption; Manufacturing growth; Cointegration; Granger causality; Kenya
Impact of Annual Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Acute Exacerbation Frequency in Asthmatic Patients (2021)

Asthmatic patients in the GINA 5 subgroup with acute exacerbations were more susceptible to the effect of environmental PAHs on their exacerbation frequency. Reducing environmental levels of PAHs will have the greatest impact on the more severe asthma patients.
Transformable lung positioner for thoracoscopic surgery (2011)

This paper proposes a transformable lung positioner that can pick up a lobe of a lung, which is a necessary action during thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer. A grasping forceps is currently used for the surgery. However, it is not appropriate because of its small size contact area. The proposed transformable lung positioner has three links, each of which has a sucker attached. The links form a line in the initial position and can be inserted through a trocar. They can be transformed into a triangle inside the thoracic cavity. We conducted experiments for the validation of the transformation and suction of the positioner. In addition, we discuss the possibility of assemblable vacuum devices. We have proposed assemblable surgical devices that can be assembled inside a body cavity. Assembly enables us to design novel vacuum devices/hands that can grasp/ manipulate large internal organs with suckers.
Plane Wave Model for the Electromagnetic Behavior of SiFe Alloys (2008)

We present a model that evaluates in the frequency domain the magnetic behavior of laminated SiFe alloys caused by a magnetic field imposed at the material edge. The model is based on plane wave theory describing how an electromagnetic wave penetrates a material. As the nonlinear material with hysteresis can cause harmonic frequency components of the field and induction inside the material, the model takes into account several harmonics simultaneously by applying the harmonic balance principle. The plane wave model is solved iteratively with a classical Preisach model as constitutive law. We compare the model with a time domain finite-element model and with measurements on a ring core and find a good correspondence. The CPU time is low if only a few harmonics are considered and if the nonlinearity of the material is rather mild.
Suicide gatekeeper training outcomes in educational and religious settings (2022)

Summary: Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) training also known as gatekeeper training, is a short and effective method for spreading awareness and preparing community members to actively engage in preventing suicide, through appropriate knowledge and actions. This study’s purpose was to explore differences in QPR gatekeeper training in educational and religious settings. Outcomes of focus were changes in participants’ self-rated readiness, willingness, and ability to help a person at risk of suicide. Measures were administered at baseline and after the training for participants in educational settings (N = 747) and in religious settings (N = 698). Findings: Results were statistically significant for educational settings [λ = .37, F (1,776) = 1297.69, p = <.001] and for religious settings [λ = .30, F (1,724) = 1690.23, p = <.001]. Strong training effects were noted in both settings.Application: Suicide prevention gatekeeper training is a ripe opportunity for meso and macro practice in social work. Gatekeeper training can enable social workers to extend their reach far beyond direct practice through empowering community members with awareness of suicide risk factors as well as with confidence to actively intervene with those who may be at risk of suicide. In this way, social workers can enhance connectedness in communities to help prevent death by suicide.
Ten years of axial capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection for CZE – a review (2008)

Contactless conductivity detection is universal for CE in that all charged species can be quantified, and it is particularly attractive for those inorganic and organic ions that are not directly accessible by optical means. It is not necessary to make precise alignments or to create an optical window into the capillary. Commercial detectors that can be retrofitted to existing instruments are available at a cost that is lower than that of any other electrophoresis detector. The approach is also suited for lab-on-chip devices. It is attempted in this review to summarize some of the expertise accumulated since the introduction of the axial contactless conductivity detector to CE 10 years ago.
Essential Role of Hemoglobin βCys93 in Cardiovascular Physiology (2020)

The supply of oxygen to tissues is controlled by microcirculatory blood flow. One of the more surprising discoveries in cardiovascular physiology is the critical dependence of microcirculatory blood flow on a single conserved cysteine within the β-subunit (βCys93) of hemoglobin (Hb). βCys93 is the primary site of Hb <i>S</i>-nitrosylation [i.e., <i>S</i>-nitrosothiol (SNO) formation to produce <i>S</i>-nitrosohemoglobin (SNO-Hb)]. Notably, <i>S</i>-nitrosylation of βCys93 by NO is favored in the oxygenated conformation of Hb, and deoxygenated Hb releases SNO from βCys93. Since SNOs are vasodilatory, this mechanism provides a physiological basis for how tissue hypoxia increases microcirculatory blood flow (hypoxic autoregulation of blood flow). Mice expressing βCys93A mutant Hb (C93A) have been applied to understand the role of βCys93, and RBCs more generally, in cardiovascular physiology. Notably, C93A mice are unable to effect hypoxic autoregulation of blood flow and exhibit widespread tissue hypoxia. Moreover, reactive hyperemia (augmentation of blood flow following transient ischemia) is markedly impaired. C93A mice display multiple compensations to preserve RBC vasodilation and overcome tissue hypoxia, including shifting SNOs to other thiols on adult and fetal Hbs and elsewhere in RBCs, and growing new blood vessels. However, compensatory vasodilation in C93A mice is uncoupled from hypoxic control, both peripherally (e.g., predisposing to ischemic injury) and centrally (e.g., impairing hypoxic drive to breathe). Altogether, physiological studies utilizing C93A mice are confirming the allosterically controlled role of SNO-Hb in microvascular blood flow, uncovering essential roles for RBC-mediated vasodilation in cardiovascular physiology and revealing new roles for RBCs in cardiovascular disease.
Synthesis and Antiviral Evaluation of Novel Acyclic Nucleosides (2003)

A very short and concise synthetic route for a novel acyclic version of d4T is described. The required quaternary carbon was successfully installed using a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement. The condensation of the mesylates 16-18 with an adenine base under standard nucleophilic substitution conditions (<TEX>$K_2CO_3$</TEX>, 18-Crown- 6, DMF) in addition to deblocking afforded the target acyclic nucleosides 22-24. In addition, the antiviral evaluations against various viruses were performed.
The Anticonvulsant Effects of Propofol and a Propofol Analog, 2,6-Diisopropyl-4-(1-Hydroxy-2,2,2-Trifluoroethyl)Phenol, in a 6 Hz Partial Seizure Model (2010)

These results show that the anesthetics propofol and 2,6-di-sec-butylphenol may be substituted in the para position with a 1-hydroxy-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl moiety and the resulting molecules have anticonvulsant activity in the 6 Hz model while exhibiting less toxicity (ataxia) than the parent 2,6-dialkylphenols. The effectiveness of propofol, MB003, 2,6-di-sec-butylphenol, and MB050 and the ineffectiveness of 2,6-dimethyl-4-(1-hydroxy-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)phenol, in the 6 Hz model shows that the 2,6-diisopropyl or 2,6-di-sec-butyl phenolic configuration is more important to anticonvulsant activity than having the phenolic para position free of substituents. These results suggest that 1-hydroxy-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl substituted 2,6-di-alkylphenols may have useful anticonvulsant activities.
Mechanical Properties of Soft Biological Membranes for Organ-on-a-Chip Assessed by Bulge Test and AFM (2021)

Advanced in vitro models called "organ-on-a-chip" can mimic the specific cellular environment found in various tissues. Many of these models include a thin, sometimes flexible, membrane aimed at mimicking the extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffold of in vivo barriers. These membranes are often made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), a silicone rubber that poorly mimics the chemical and physical properties of the basal membrane. However, the ECM and its mechanical properties play a key role in the homeostasis of a tissue. Here, we report about biological membranes with a composition and mechanical properties similar to those found in vivo. Two types of collagen-elastin (CE) membranes were produced: vitrified and nonvitrified (called "hydrogel membrane"). Their mechanical properties were characterized using the bulge test method. The results were compared using atomic force microscopy (AFM), a standard technique used to evaluate the Young's modulus of soft materials at the nanoscale. Our results show that CE membranes with stiffnesses ranging from several hundred of kPa down to 1 kPa can be produced by tuning the CE ratio, the production mode (vitrified or not), and/or certain parameters such as temperature. The Young's modulus can easily be determined using the bulge test. This method is a robust and reproducible to determine membrane stiffness, even for soft membranes, which are more difficult to assess by AFM. Assessment of the impact of substrate stiffness on the spread of human fibroblasts on these surfaces showed that cell spread is lower on softer surfaces than on stiffer surfaces.
Digital Electronic Arithmetics with Applications (2007)

In this paper we introduce a new parametric image processing framework to more accurately process images. This parameterized digital electronic arithmetic (PDEA) model replaces linear arithmetic with non-linear operations which more accurately model the non-linear properties of image processing. In this paper, the parameterized model is presented, including experimental methods for choosing parameters.
ChemInform Abstract: Methylation of Secondary Amines with Dialkyl Carbonates and Hydrosilanes Catalyzed by Iron Complexes. (2015)

Abstract The reaction proceeds under milder conditions compared to classical ones using dimethylcarbonate as the C 1 source.
Electron energy-loss spectroscopy of branched gap plasmon resonators (2016)

The miniaturization of integrated optical circuits below the diffraction limit for high-speed manipulation of information is one of the cornerstones in plasmonics research. By coupling to surface plasmons supported on nanostructured metallic surfaces, light can be confined to the nanoscale, enabling the potential interface to electronic circuits. In particular, gap surface plasmons propagating in an air gap sandwiched between metal layers have shown extraordinary mode confinement with significant propagation length. In this work, we unveil the optical properties of gap surface plasmons in silver nanoslot structures with widths of only 25 nm. We fabricate linear, branched and cross-shaped nanoslot waveguide components, which all support resonances due to interference of counter-propagating gap plasmons. By exploiting the superior spatial resolution of a scanning transmission electron microscope combined with electron energy-loss spectroscopy, we experimentally show the propagation, bending and splitting of slot gap plasmons.
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION MAINTENANCE WITH CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE AND STEROIDS IN PATIENTS WITH POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS. (2000)

Radovancevic, Branislav1; Riggs, Shirley A.1; Radovancevic, Rajko1; Bracey, Arthur1; Frazier, O. H.1 Author Information
An approach to OCT-based microvascular imaging using reference-free processing of complex-valued B-scans (2015)

We describe a modification of a recently proposed unconventional OCT approach to 3D microvasculature imaging based on high-pass filtering of B-scans in the lateral direction. The B-scans are acquired in M-mode-like regime with highly overlapped A-scans. The goal of the described modification is to suppress non-fluid artifacts in the resultant microcirculation images. The modification is based on the amplitude normalization procedure of complex-valued OCT signal before subsequent processing. This allows one to efficiently suppress imaging degradation due to the influence of very bright spots/lines (e.g. from hairs on the surface) and retain images of real flows inside the tissue without any artificial cut-off of the surface signal, or application of pixel-intensity thresholds, or signal classification approaches.
Sp1 Is Required for Transforming Growth Factor-β–Induced Mesenchymal Transition and Migration in Pancreatic Cancer Cells (2007)

Transition from a sessile epithelial phenotype to a migrating mesenchymal phenotype is a crucial step in transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)-induced pancreatic cancer cell migration and invasion. These profound morphologic and functional alterations are associated with characteristic changes in TGF-beta-regulated gene expression, defined by rapid repression of epithelial markers and a strong and sustained transcriptional induction of mesenchymal markers such as the intermediate filament vimentin. In this study, we have analyzed the role of the transcription factor Sp1 in TGF-beta-induced and Smad-mediated gene regulation during epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and migration of pancreatic cancer cells. Here, we show that Sp1 is required for TGF-beta-induced EMT, and that this function is especially mediated through transcriptional induction of vimentin. Our results emphasize the functional relevance of vimentin in TGF-beta-induced EMT because prevention of its induction strongly reduces cell migration. Altogether, this study helps to better understand the role of Sp1 in TGF-beta-induced progression of pancreatic cancer. It suggests that Sp1, via transcriptional induction of vimentin, cooperates with activated Smad complexes in mesenchymal transition and migration of pancreatic cancer cells upon TGF-beta stimulation.
Acanthopagrus oconnorae, a new species of seabream (Sparidae) from the Red Sea (2022)

A new species of sparid fish, Acanthopagrus oconnorae, is described based on 11 specimens collected in the shallow (0-1 m depth) mangrove-adjacent sandflats of Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: second anal-fin spine 12.8%-16.6% of standard length (SL); 3½ scale rows between the fifth dorsal-fin spine and lateral line; suborbital width 5.7%-6.7% of SL; eyes positioned at the anterior edge of the head, often forming a weakly convex break in an otherwise gently curved head profile, when viewed laterally; caudal fin light yellow with black posterior margin (approximately half of fin); anal fin dusky grey, with posterior one-fifth of the fin light yellow; black streaks on inter-radial membranes of anal fin absent. The most similar species to A. oconnorae is Acanthopagrus vagus, which differs by the presence of a w-shaped anterior edge of the scaled predorsal area, a more acute snout and black streaks on the inter-radial membranes of the anal fin. Phylogenetic placement and species delimitation of A. oconnorae are discussed based on COI, CytB and 16S sequences. It is hypothesized that ecology and behaviour explain how this species avoided detection despite its likely occurrence in coastal areas of the Red Sea with historically high fishing pressure.
Making Things Talk (2007)

Building electronic projects that interact with the physical world is good fun. But when devices that you've built start to talk to each other, things really start to get interesting. Through a series of simple projects, you'll learn how to get your creations to communicate with one another by forming networks of smart devices that carry on conversations with you and your environment. Whether you need to plug some sensors in your home to the Internet or create a device that can interact wirelessly with other creations, Making Things Talk explains exactly what you need. This book is perfect for people with little technical training but a lot of interest. Maybe you're a science teacher who wants to show students how to monitor weather conditions at several locations at once, or a sculptor who wants to stage a room of choreographed mechanical sculptures. Making Things Talk demonstrates that once you figure out how objects communicate -- whether they're microcontroller-powered devices, email programs, or networked databases -- you can get them to interact. Each chapter in contains instructions on how to build working projects that help you do just that. You will: Make your pet's bed send you emailMake your own seesaw game controller that communicates over the InternetLearn how to use ZigBee and Bluetooth radios to transmit sensor data wirelesslySet up communication between microcontrollers, personal computers, and web servers using three easy-to-program, open source environments: Arduino/Wiring, Processing, and PHP.Write programs to send data across the Internet based on physical activity in your home, office, or backyardAnd much more With a little electronics know-how, basic (not necessarily in BASIC) programming skills, a couple of inexpensive microcontroller kits and some network modules to make them communicate using Ethernet, ZigBee, and Bluetooth, you can get started on these projects right away. With Making Things Talk, the possibilities are practically endless.
Obtenção e uso de gradientes de densidade (1987)

As tecnicas de osmocentrifugacao e ultrafiltracao centrifuga foram aplicadas a obtencao de gradientes de densidade, autogerados, de solucoes macromoleculares. Por ultrafiltracao centrifuga sao gerados gradientes mais acentuados em tempos curtos do que em tempos mais longos. Variando-se as condicoes de tempo e velocidade de centrifugacao, as duas tecnicas permitem variar a faixa de densidade e a curvatura dos gradientes obtidos. Por centrifugacao em gradiente de densidade foi realizado o fracionamento e caracterizacao de material particulado existente em tintas e adesivos (produtos comerciais), formulados a base de latexes polimericos. Os resultados obtidos sao os seguintes:Foram separadas fracoes de poli(acetato de vinila) (PVA) de taticidade e composicao (em relacaoa plastificantes e/ou impurezas) diferenciadas; essas caracteristicas dos latexes foram determinadas por HNMR.Foram separados fracoes de latex acrilico (polimero formado por estireno e um ou mais monomeros acrilicos) de composicao diferenciada. O teor de estireno diminui com o aumento na densidade das particulas do latex; a fracao de menor densidade apresenta maior teor do carboxilatos de ion metalico. Essas variacoes na composicao do latex foram determinadas por espectrofotometria no infravermelho.Foram separadas a fracao polimerica e a fracao mineraI de duas tintas e dois adesivos. Foi posssivel identificar os componentes da fracao mineral por espectrofotometria no infravermelho. Estas experiencias permitiram tambem identificar PVA associado a particu la de carbonato de calcio, talvez como estabilizante. A obtencao de membranas sinteticas de acetato de celulose adequadas para uso em solventes orgânico foi investigada, seja atraves de simples transferencia a solventes que nao dissolvem o acetato, seja atraves da modificacao quimica do acetato. Por tratamento das membranas com ureia formaldeido conseguiu-se a suas insolubilizacao em solventes comuns de acetato de celulose. Membranas obtidas por transferencia de agua a: metanol e tolueno foram utilizadas em experiencias de concentracao de solucoes de PVA e poliestieno, por ultrafiltracao contrifuga. Os resultados obtidos seguem o mesmo padrao do comportamento obtido anteriormente com solucoes aquosas, e mostram que a ultrafiltracao centrifuga e uma tecnica adequada a concentracao de solutos polimericos, tambem em meio nao aquoso. 
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Cryopreservation of engineered tissues - Modelling of the transport of cryoprotecting agents (2002)

Mathematical models to describe the diffusion of single cryoprotecting agents (CPA) and multiple CPAs in tissue contructs were developed. Fick's law was used to describe single CPA diffusion, and Maxwell-Stefan approach was used to describe multiple CPA transport inside the tissue. The model used to to stimulate the CPA loading in articular cartilage and blood vessel constructs. Experimental work using diffusion chambers was carried out to determine the model parameters and verify the models.