gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Photoinduced Topographical Feature Development in Blueprinted Azobenzene‐Functionalized Liquid Crystalline Elastomers (2016)

All‐optical deformation and recovery of complex topographical features is demonstrated within elastic sheets composed of main‐chain type azobenzene‐functionalized liquid crystalline elastomers (azo‐LCEs). The azo‐LCEs are synthesized via an orthogonal, two‐step reaction between commercially available LC monomers and n ‐butylamine. By employing surface alignment, the local orientation of the nematic director is spatially complex (“blueprinted”). Exposing the blueprinted LCE films to light as an actinic stimulus generates a photomechanical response which yields reversible shape changes between 2D and 3D shapes. The deformation of azo‐LCEs strongly depends on the azobenzene concentration as well as the network structure (i.e., crosslink density). Blueprinting complex director profiles within azo‐LCEs yield reconfigurable elastic sheets that can be addressed both remotely and selectively which may have benefit in a variety of applications in aerospace, medicine, and optics.
INDIRECT PERSUASION IN ADVERTISING: How Consumers Process Metaphors Presented in Pictures and Words (2005)

Indirect persuasion attempts are common in magazine advertisements. Although the use of an indirect claim presumably offers some advantage to an advertiser, as yet, little is known about how consumers process different types of indirect claims. We develop the proposition that when consumers are presented with an indirect metaphorical claim, they become more receptive to multiple positive inferences about the advertised brand. In addition, when the indirect metaphorical claim takes the form of a picture, consumers are more likely to spontaneously generate such positive inferences at the time of ad exposure. These ideas are supported in an experiment using response latency data. Because many of the inferences examined in this study could be considered misleading if claimed directly, the paper concludes with a discussion of the public policy implications of the findings.
Using a Vocal Tract Length Related Parameter for Speaker Recognition (2006)

The use of a parameter related to the vocal tract length of humans is investigated for a speaker recognition system. This parameter is a warping factor for the frequency spectrum and it was determined from a vocal tract length normalization module of an automatic speech recognizer. A decision fusion approach WHS used to combine the output of the stand-alone speaker verification with a separate classifier for the warping factor. The fused system exhibits a relative improvement of 23% compared to the stand-alone system
[Drug therapy in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance]. (1996)

Since impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) is a major risk factor for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), some kinds of intervention aiming to prevent or to delay the onset of NIDDM in subjects with IGT might be considered. Besides life style modification, drug therapy which could correct insulin deficiency and insulin resistance, might prevent progression to NIDDM. One agent is an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, which delays the absorption of glucose from the intestine. The resulting decrease in postprandial hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia could theoretically decrease insulin resistance in IGT subjects and, it is hoped, prevent or delay progression to NIDDM. Metformin, an antihyperglycemic drug of the biguanide class, may be effective in subjects with IGT by reducing hepatic glucose output, enhancing insulin sensitivity, or through other mechanisms such as weight loss. New insulin sensitizers, such as troglitazone and pioglitazone, improve insulin-mediated glucose disposal by enhancing tissue sensitivity to the actions of insulin and reversing the insulin resistance, characteristic of NIDDM. Sulfonylureas might be another candidates of drug intervention to IGT whose insulin secretory abilities are markedly reduced. As far as the question, "Can NIDDM be prevented or delayed?" is concerned, a prospective study using life style modification or above-mentioned drugs, should be performed on long-term basis.
Using directed information for influence discovery in interconnected dynamical systems (2008)

Structure discovery in non-linear dynamical systems is an important and challenging problem that arises in various applications such as computational neuroscience, econometrics, and biological network discovery. Each of these systems have multiple interacting variables and the key problem is the inference of the underlying structure of the systems (which variables are connected to which others) based on the output observations (such as multiple time trajectories of the variables). Since such applications demand the inference of directed relationships among variables in these non-linear systems, current methods that have a linear assumption on structure or yield undirected variable dependencies are insufficient. Hence, in this work, we present a methodology for structure discovery using an information-theoretic metric called directed time information (DTI). Using both synthetic dynamical systems as well as true biological datasets (kidney development and T-cell data), we demonstrate the utility of DTI in such problems.
Single-shot characterization of ultrashort light pulses (1991)

In the subpicosecond time domain, the characterization and the control of ultrashort light pulses produced by means of femtosecond lasers are important problems. The low repetition rate of laser sources makes classical characterization methods, such as multishot autocorrelators, difficult to use. New different single-shot measurements of the temporal profile and of phase shifts introduced by nonlinear optical phenomena on femtosecond pulses are reported. These techniques are based on spatio-temporal and spectro-temporal transformations.
Differential Expression of Proteoglycans in Tissue Remodeling and Lymphangiogenesis after Experimental Renal Transplantation in Rats (2010)

Our results reveal that changes in the extent of expression and the type of proteoglycans being expressed are tightly associated with tissue remodeling after renal transplantation. Therefore, proteoglycans might be potential targets for clinical intervention in renal chronic transplant dysfunction.
2‐Phosphanylphosphinines as Bridging Ligands for Dinuclear Transition Metal Carbonyls (1997)

Abstract The 2‐phosphanyl‐4,5‐dimethylphosphinines 1‐5 are powerful bridging ligands able to stabilize metal‐metal single and triple bonds between low‐valent transition metal centres. Their reaction with Mn 2 (CO) 10 in refluxing xylene yields the corresponding Mn 2 (CO) 8 complexes 6 and 7 . Reaction with [Fe 2 Cp 2 (CO) 4 ] under UV irradiation similarly yields the Fe‐Fe‐bridged Fe 2 Cp 2 (CO) 2 complexes 8 and 9 . An additional observation is that the 2‐phosphininyl‐3,4‐dimethylphosphaferrocene 10 is formed upon reaction of the 2‐phospholylphosphinine 5 with [Fe 2 Cp 2 (CO) 4 ] at high temperature under CO pressure. A clean addition occurs at the Mo≡Mo triple bond of [Mo 2 Cp 2 (CO) 4 ] to give the Mo‐Mo single‐bonded complexes 11 ‐ 15 . The thermolysis of these complexes succeeds when the phosphanyl group is a phosphonite P(OEt) 2 ( 13 ) or P(OAr) 2 ( 14 ), affording cleanly the Mo 2 Cp 2 (CO) 4 triple‐bonded complexes 16 and 17 , respectively. The metal‐metal triple bonds of these complexes readily add two molecules of CO to reform 13 and 14 , or one molecule of t Bu‐N≡C to give 18 and 19 . The X‐ray crystal structure analysis of the MO 2 C 2 (CO) 4 complex 13a , with the 2‐P(OEt) 2 ‐ phosphinine, shows a gauche orientation of the two Cp rings and very short P‐Mo bonds of 2.3565(4) and 2.406(2) Å to the phosphinine and P(OEt) 2 groups, respectively.
Deduction of indices for process quality and process-parameter-dependent closed-loop control in laser-GMA hybrid welding (2017)

Monitoring indices SSI, ASI and PR deduced from [99Ogu] were applied to CO2-Laser-GMA (gas metal arc) Hybrid welding. The indices are statistical values which come from voltage and current of the arc. The indices serve for as indicators for the stability of the arc. Therefore the indices are used for quality control of the process. Because of the interaction between laser and arc in the hybrid process, changes of the indices are correlated to changes in the laser power.Process distance and the welding direction may affect the efficiency of laser power as well as the indices. The index SSI at 3 mm process distance and with GMA leading is used for the closed-loop control of the process, because at this process distance and in this welding direction, SSI reacts most sensitively to changes in laser power.A closed-loop control with PID-controller is established. The control interval of 100 ms is optimal. The difference between measured process variable and designed setpoint of SSI determines the actual laser power via PID-controller. The controlled laser power can thus regulate the arc.The controlled laser power in a hybrid process has the following strongponits: fewer short circuits, fewer open circuits, more stable welding voltage, and more stable welding current.The closed-loop control is robust against changes in welding speed. It compensates for changes in the energy input per unit length and reduces laser induced plasma. As for changes in the He-percentage of the shielding gas, the closed-loop control is robust within a certain range. Because of the controlled laser power, plasma is reduced. This closed-loop control is also robust within a certain rage against sudden and gradual changes in the welding gap.The range of the function of the closed-loop control always depends on the value of the setpont. Each sepoint is correspondent with a desired amount of laser power. The value of the setpoint depends on the welding task, such as the thickness of the base metal. The setpoint must be known in advance.
Elucidating Fibroblast Growth Factor-induced kinome dynamics using targeted mass spectrometry and dynamic modeling (2023)

Summary Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are paracrine or endocrine signaling proteins that, activated by their ligands, elicit a wide range of health and disease-related processes, such as cell proliferation and the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). The detailed molecular pathway dynamics that coordinate these responses have remained to be determined. To elucidate these, we stimulated MCF-7 breast cancer cells with either FGF2, FGF3, FGF4, FGF10, or FGF19. Following activation of the receptor, we quantified the kinase activity dynamics of 44 kinases using a targeted mass spectrometry assay. Our system-wide kinase activity data, supplemented with (phospho)proteomics data, reveal ligand-dependent distinct pathway dynamics, elucidate the involvement of not earlier reported kinases such as MARK, and revise some of the pathway effects on biological outcomes. In addition, logic-based dynamic modeling of the kinome dynamics further verifies the biological goodness-of-fit of the predicted models and reveals tight regulation of the RAF kinase family.
INTRA-CELL AND INTER-CELL MOBILTIY BASED ADMISSION CONTROL IN MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORKS (2009)

One of the key technologies used in broadband wireless networks, such as HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and mobile WiMAX networks, is link adaptation. Link adaptation is implemented by an Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) scheme which adapts a user’s transmission data rate to its radio conditions on its channel quality feedback to optimize resource utilization. In wireless networks with link adaptation, the adaptive channel capacity is largely dependent on the users mobility. The wireless resources consumption to provide the mobile user a guaranteed bit rate will depend largely on its location in the cell. The farther the mobile user is from the base station, the lower the data rate the mobile user can achieve and the greater wireless resources the user consumes to meet its QoS requirement. Therefore, the variation of distance r between the mobile user and the base station plays an important role in the fluctuation of wireless resource consumption. Call admission control (CAC) schemes play an important role in the system resource management. By restricting the number of ongoing calls in the system, the goal of CAC algorithms is to guarantee the QoS of admitted users. Most CAC studies [1] are for TDMA or CDMA cellular networks, which assumes a fixed channel capacity and consider only the effect on future resource requirements by new and handoff calls [1]. In wireless networks with AMC, designing a proper CAC algorithm is more challenging task, because with AMC, the mobile user’s resource requirement is dynamic and fluctuates depending on its time-varying channel conditions. Thus the system capacity is not only influenced by new and handoff calls, but also strongly depends on the channel conditions of users. Hua Wang et al.[2] considered the Erlang capacity of a TDMA system with AMC by taking both the call blocking probability and the outage probability into account. Jing Li [4] et al. developed an admission control scheme that handles the intra-cell mobility issue, where the cell is decomposed into several rings and intra-cell mobility is modeled as the movement between rings. In this talk, we propose and evaluate a new admission control scheme incorporating intra-cell and inter-cell mobility of users in mobile wireless networks with link adaptation.
NaviView: Virtual mirrors for visual assistance at blind intersection (2005)

NaviView represents a concept of our visual assistance system that we have been working on for driving safety. We utilize surveillance cameras on roadsides in order to provide views of hazardous areas that drivers cannot see directly. In this paper, we propose a visualization method to show images of the surveillance cameras in a shape of a virtual traffic mirror. We examined three types of the virtual mirrors and we conducted experiments on a driving simulator to the other vehicle running from the blind area of a intersection.
Multi-Channel Planet Detection Algorithm for Angular Differential Imaging (2007)

Get PDF Email Share Share with Facebook Tweet This Post on reddit Share with LinkedIn Add to CiteULike Add to Mendeley Add to BibSonomy Get Citation Copy Citation Text L. M. Mugnier, J. -. Sauvage, T. Fusco, and G. Rousset, "Multi-Channel Planet Detection Algorithm for Angular Differential Imaging," in Adaptive Optics: Analysis and Methods/Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging/Information Photonics/Signal Recovery and Synthesis Topical Meetings on CD-ROM, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2007), paper ATuA4. Export Citation BibTex Endnote (RIS) HTML Plain Text Citation alert Save article
Transcriptional override: a regulatory network model of indirect responses to modulations in microRNA expression (2014)

The direct and indirect regulatory effects of changes in miRNA expression levels in vivo are interactive and complex but amenable to systems level modeling. Although TOM has been developed and validated within the context of ovarian cancer, it may be applicable in other biological contexts as well, including of potential future use in the rational design of miRNA-based strategies for the treatment of cancers and other diseases.
Aerothermal predictions with transition models for high-pressure turbine blades (2001)

Turbine aerothermal analysis is a key issue of the entire engine design as higher performance and longer component life must always be reached. For this purpose, a substantial effort is dedicated to aerothermal methods at Snecma-Moteur. This paper deals with the problem of heat transfer prediction on uncooled turbine blades. The main parameter investigated is the transition process, but consideration is also given to the turbulence model, effect of free stream turbulence on laminar boundary layer and mesh refinement. All the models are implemented in a three-dimensional Navier-Stokes code. Quasi-three-dimensional computations are used to evaluate all models, and then fully three-dimensional computations are performed. Aerothermal predictions are compared with static pressure and heat transfer measurements from the IACA and TATEF Brite-EuRam programmes carried out in the test facilities of DERA, Pyestock and the von Karman Institute.
Soil environment in relation to the incidence of Aphanomyces root rot of spinach. (I). Effect of nitrate nitrogen on disease outbreak. (1987)

It was recognized from surveys in 30 fields around Sapporo city that soil pH values were neutral (6.5-7.5) and nitrate nitrogen was deficient (less than 50ppm) in fields where Aphanomyces root rot of spinach was severe.The effects of applied nitrate nitrogen and decreased pH on the root rot severity were examined. Disease severity was remarkably decreased at more than ca. 200ppm of nitrate nitrogen in soil solution. The effect of soil pH on the severity was not significant at high inoculum potential. It was elucidated from these results that nitrate nitrogen is more closely related to the outbreak than soil pH, and the severe outbreak occurs when nitrate nitrogen is deficient.
Use of the reflectoquant rapid tests for determination of thermal inactivation of the indigenous milk enzymes lipase, alkaline phosphatase und lactoperoxidase (2005)

Rapid tests based on reflectometry allow identification of compounds or chemical parameters at low laboratory expenditure on consumables and instrumentation. Thus, it is possible to determine parameters directly and/ or in the course of a production process within a few minutes. According to the German Milk Ordinance, the temperature-time ranges of short-time heating and high-temperature heating of drinking milk are characterized by the inactivation of the milk enzymes alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and lactoperoxidase (POD). In addition to the enzymes mentioned, the inactivation behaviour of the lipase (LIP) was also measured using a Reflectoquant® rapid test. For this purpose, raw bulk milk samples were (discontinuously) heated in a water bath and/or in a pilot heating plant under continuous flow. The thermal enzyme inactivation was determined (double determination) using a rapid test. In the temperature-time range of thermization the thermally induced inactivation of LIP was clearly detectable. At the upper limit of thermization, a residual activity of approx. 10% was determined. For ALP and POD, enzyme inactivation was traced in the respective temperature-time ranges. The rapid tests allow a differentiation between short-time heated and high-temperature heated milk through ALP and POD inactivation. Under practical conditions, the applied reflectometric rapid tests represent an interesting quantitative measuring method for the determination of milk enzyme inactivation.
Code red (2022)

Code quality remains an abstract concept that fails to get traction at the business level. Consequently, software companies keep trading code quality for time-to-market and new features. The resulting technical debt is estimated to waste up to 42% of developers' time. At the same time, there is a global shortage of software developers, meaning that developer productivity is key to software businesses. Our overall mission is to make code quality a business concern, not just a technical aspect. Our first goal is to understand how code quality impacts 1) the number of reported defects, 2) the time to resolve issues, and 3) the predictability of resolving issues on time. We analyze 39 proprietary production codebases from a variety of domains using the CodeScene tool based on a combination of source code analysis, version-control mining, and issue information from Jira. By analyzing activity in 30,737 files, we find that low quality code contains 15 times more defects than high quality code. Furthermore, resolving issues in low quality code takes on average 124% more time in development. Finally, we report that issue resolutions in low quality code involve higher uncertainty manifested as 9 times longer maximum cycle times. This study provides evidence that code quality cannot be dismissed as a technical concern. With 15 times fewer defects, twice the development speed, and substantially more predictable issue resolution times, the business advantage of high quality code should be unmistakably clear.
Moving contact line (2001)

Although the contact angle between a liquid/vapor interface and a flat homogeneous solid at equilibrium is well explained at equilibrium, the motion of the triple line line is still not well understood. A mobility equation relates the deviation of the contact angle out of its equilibrium value and its speed on the solid. As the line moves on the solid thanks to an evaporation/condensation process, this introduces a dynamical Arrhenius factor small enough to make the mobility of the contact line the limiting factor of the dynamics, the smallness of the mobility being a well known experimental fact. Outside of the neighborhood of the moving contact line, the liquid-vapor interface is at equilibrium for capillary forces. This approach predicts well the cusps observed on the rear edge of droplets sliding on a tilted plane. A more microscopic theory is sketched that couples van der Waals phase field and Stokes-like fluid equations. For very small Arrhenius factors, this set of equations yields a dynamical change of the functions in the van der Waals phase field equation. The motion of the contact line may thus even lead to a wetting transition, that is to a continuous variation of the contact angle from a finite to a zero value as the receding velocity increases. This may be related to the observation of a limit contact angle in liquid flowing down a plate [1], [7] as well as to the known sensitivity of contact line mobility to vapor pressure.
Polymer and spherical nanoparticle diffusion in nanocomposites (2017)

Nanoparticle and polymer dynamics in nanocomposites containing spherical nanoparticles were investigated by means of molecular dynamics simulations. We show that the polymer diffusivity decreases with nanoparticle loading due to an increase of the interfacial area created by nanoparticles, in the polymer matrix. We show that small sized nanoparticles can diffuse much faster than that predicted from the Stokes-Einstein relation in the dilute regime. We show that the nanoparticle diffusivity decreases at higher nanoparticle loading due to nanoparticle-polymer interface. Increase of the nanoparticle radius slows the nanoparticle diffusion.
Design of 125 &#x03BC;m cladding multi-core fiber with full-band compatibility to conventional single-mode fiber (2015)

We realize a multi-core fiber (MCF) fully compatible with conventional single-mode fiber (SMF) in all telecommunication bands while maintaining 125 μm cladding. The designed MCF enables us to construct a full-band SDM transmission link harmonizing with existing SMF links.
Outcome of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in myeloproliferative neoplasm, unclassifiable: a retrospective study by the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of the EBMT (2020)

Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (MPN), unclassifiable (MPN-U) is a heterogeneous disease with regards to both clinical phenotype and disease course. Patients may initially be asymptomatic or present with leucocytosis or thrombocytosis, anaemia, progressive splenomegaly, constitutional symptom, thromboses or accelerated/blastic phase disease. Treatment strategies are variable and there are no widely accepted consensus management guidelines for MNU-U. Allogeneic Haematopoietic Cell Transplantation (allo-HCT) remains the only curative strategy yet outcomes, to date, are not well defined. We hereby report on the largest retrospective study of patients with MPN-U undergoing allo-HCT, highlighting the potentially curative role and providing clinicians with robust engraftment, GvHD and outcome data to facilitate patient discussion.
Disposable lenses and the marginal dry eye patient. (1994)

This pilot study indicates that high water content, disposable soft lenses used on a daily wear basis can be worn by the marginal dry eye patient. Although individual variation exists, the thinner lens design was more readily accepted.