gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Melchor de Villena (1564-1655): la cátedra de botánica médica, la peste de 1647 y el Colegio de los Santos Reyes Magos (2010)

espanolEste libro pretende profundizar en la complejidad de Melchor de Villena; su polemica vinculacion a la docencia universitaria a traves de la catedra de Botanica Medica, la problematica derivada de su separacion de la universidad, el proceso abierto ante la Real Audiencia, su posterior reincorporacion a la actividad academica, su protagonismo en la elaboracion del informe sobre la peste que azoto Valencia entre 1647 y 1648 y la fundacion del Colegio de los Santos Reyes Magos. El legado escrito o las exequias que a su muerte le dedico la universidad conforman el hilo conductor de unas paginas que pretenden desvelar las luces y sombras de este catedratico de la Universidad de Valencia del siglo XVII, al tiempo que introducirnos, de su mano, en los entresijos menos conocidos y mas sombrios de la historia de esta institucion catalaAquest llibre preten aprofundir en la complexitat de Melchor de Villena; la seua polemica vinculacio a la docencia universitaria a traves de la catedra de Botanica Medica, la problematica derivada de la seua separacio de la universitat, el proces obert davant la Real Audiencia, la seua posterior reincorporacio a l'activitat academica, el seu protagonisme en l'elaboracio de l'informe sobre la pesta que va assotar Valencia entre 1647 i 1648 i la fundacio del Col.legi dels Santos Reyes Magos. El llegat escrit o les exequies que a la seua mort li va dedicar la universitat conformen el fil conductor d'unes pagines que pretenen desvetllar les llums i ombres d'aquest catedratic de la Universitat de Valencia del segle XVII, al mateix temps que introduir-nos, de la seua ma, en els secrets menys coneguts i mes ombrivols de la historia d'aquesta institucio
Supplementary table 1 from ZIP4 Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Progression by Repressing ZO-1 and Claudin-1 through a ZEB1-Dependent Transcriptional Mechanism (2023)

&lt;p&gt;Supplementary table 1 showed the clinic-pathological data of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.&lt;/p&gt;
Hidden Relationships: Bayesian Estimation With Partial Knowledge (2011)

We address the problem of Bayesian estimation where the statistical relation between the signal and measurements is only partially known. We propose modeling partial Bayesian knowledge by using an auxiliary random vector called instrument. The statistical relations between the instrument and the signal and between the instrument and the measurements, are known. However, the joint probability function of the signal and measurements is unknown. Two types of statistical relations are considered, corresponding to second-order moment and complete distribution function knowledge. We propose two approaches for estimation in partial knowledge scenarios. The first is based on replacing the orthogonality principle by an oblique counterpart and is proven to coincide with the method of instrumental variables from statistics, although developed in a different context. The second is based on a worst-case design strategy and is shown to be advantageous in many aspects. We provide a thorough analysis showing in which situations each of the methods is preferable and propose a nonparametric method for approximating the estimators from a set of examples. Finally, we demonstrate our approach in the context of enhancement of facial images that have undergone unknown degradation and image zooming.
The association between pulse wave velocity and metabolic syndrome of the aged (2010)

The present study was conducted to evaluate the influences of age and gender on the results of noninvasive aortic (the common carotid to femoral artery) PWV, arm (the brachial to radial artery) PWV, and leg (the femoral to dorsalis pedis artery) PWV in people with or without component of the metabolic syndrome. We analyzed 765 Korean subjects over 50 years old (470 men, age 56.2±5.8, 295 women, age 57.1±6.1). In particular, aortic PWV and arm PWV levels were not correlated with each other in men. In addition, male subjects who had only mean blood pressure component of the metabolic syndrome showed significantly higher leg PWV values compared to those without. This study shows that leg PWV level was found to be significantly associated with the features of the metabolic syndrome in Korean women. Further studies need to be performed to evaluate the optimal cut-off value of PWV for diabetes, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome in Korean.
Molecular design of multicomponent polymer systems. XVI. Emulsification of polystyrene and nylon-6 by a reactive block copolymer (1989)

peer reviewed
The first moves of the AFMASTER workstation (2001)

Experiments show that robotized workstations are excellent tools to allow severely disabled people to get back to work. Fifteen years after the first drafts of the CEA's MASTER workstation, AFMA Robots, a French robot manufacturer has sold 10 AFMASTER industrial workstations to the French rehabilitation association APPROCHE. This paper presents this new workstation.
Parallelizing user–defined functions in the ETL workflow using orchestration style sheets (2019)

Abstract Today’s ETL tools provide capabilities to develop custom code as user-defined functions (UDFs) to extend the expressiveness of the standard ETL operators. However, while this allows us to easily add new functionalities, it also comes with the risk that the custom code is not intended to be optimized, e.g., by parallelism, and for this reason, it performs poorly for data-intensive ETL workflows. In this paper we present a novel framework, which allows the ETL developer to choose a design pattern in order to write parallelizable code and generates a configuration for the UDFs to be executed in a distributed environment. This enables ETL developers with minimum expertise in distributed and parallel computing to develop UDFs without taking care of parallelization configurations and complexities. We perform experiments on large-scale datasets based on TPC-DS and BigBench. The results show that our approach significantly reduces the effort of ETL developers and at the same time generates efficient parallel configurations to support complex and data-intensive ETL tasks.
Effect of Injection Angle on Particles In-Flight Characteristics (2006)

This paper investigates the influence of particle injection angle on particles in-flight behaviors and characteristics through an integrated modeling and experimental approach. Experiments were conducted for plasma spray of ZrO2. Characteristics of in-flight particles such as size distribution, temperature and velocity were measured using the DPV-2000, IPP and SPT diagnostics tools. Numerical simulations were performed using the comprehensive LAVA-3D-P to various injection angles and carrier flow rates for systematically investigating the effect of injection angles and carrier gas flow rates on particles behavior. It is concluded that at the same carrier gas flow rate, the particle melting status is improved with the decrease of the inject angle, with the positive direction pointing towards the main flow direction. For the same injection angle, the melting status is improved with the increase of the carrier gas flow rate initially and deteriorated when the carrier gas flow rate further increases.
Stress-Strain-Strength Behavior of Lime-Stabilized Soils during Accelerated Curing (2012)

Given the schedule pressure of lime-stabilized soil construction, many agencies specify the use of elevated temperature (e.g., 41°C), shorter duration (e.g., 5–7 days) accelerated specimen curing for unconfined compressive strength (qu) testing and acceptance as a proxy for qu of specimens normally cured under 28-day 23°C conditions. Moreover, lime and highway transportation industry associations prescribe a unique accelerated curing regime for all lime-stabilized soils (7-day, 41°C). This paper presents the results from a laboratory investigation of stress-strain-strength development of four lime-stabilized soils under 2–8 day 41°C accelerated curing and the 0–28 day 23°C normal curing regime. Specimens cured at 41°C reached qu values equivalent to 28-day 23°C qu after 1.8–5.9 days. Accordingly, 7-day 41°C curing overestimates 28-day normal cure qu by 13–260%. When combined with a detailed analysis of data available in the literature, the results illustrate that the prescription of a unique equivalent accelerated curing regime is oversimplified and can lead to significant overestimation of design qu.
Alpha 1‐adrenoceptors reduce background K+ current in rabbit ventricular myocytes. (1991)

1. Ventricular myocytes were isolated by enzymatic dispersion of adult rabbit hearts, and voltage clamped using the whole-cell variation of the patch clamp technique. Experiments were carried out at either 35 degrees C or room temperature (21-23 degrees C). 2. In the presence of 10(-3) M-4-aminopyridine to block the transient outward K+ current, and 10(-6) M-propranolol to block beta-adrenoceptors, the alpha 1-adrenergic agonist methoxamine produced action potential prolongation, and a small depolarization of the diastolic membrane potential. Under voltage clamp conditions, methoxamine decreased the magnitude of the inward rectifier K+ current, IK1, in both the inward and outward directions. This effect was dose dependent (10(-5)-10(-3) M) and fully reversible upon wash-out of the agonist. 3. The neurotransmitter noradrenaline (10(-6)-2 x 10(-5) M), in the presence of propranolol (10(-6) M), also reduced IK1 in ventricular cells, and this effect was blocked by the specific alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin. 4. The alpha 1-adrenoceptor-mediated decrease in IK1 in ventricular myocytes was not affected by pre-incubation of the cells with 0.5 micrograms/ml pertussis toxin (8-10 h, 30-32 degrees C). This result suggests that in rabbit ventricular cells, the alpha 1-modulation of IK1 occurs via a pertussis toxin-insensitive guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein. 5. These observations demonstrate that IK1 in ventricular myocytes can be modulated by cardiac alpha 1-adrenoceptors. The resulting changes in action potential repolarization and diastolic membrane potential may have significant effects on cardiac performance.
Temporal efficacy of neonicotinoid seed treatments against Frankliniella fusca on cotton (2018)

NSTs reduce the number of F. fusca larvae on younger seedlings, but this effect declines as seedlings age. The duration of efficacy is shorter against neonicotinoid-resistant populations. Neonicotinoid resistance in cotton-infesting F. fusca populations may be accelerated by this time-dependent decrease in efficacy, which likely encourages low-dose exposure to these insecticides. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
The Development of the Bending Beam Rheometer; Basics and Critical Evaluation of the Rheometer (1995)

The bending beam rheometer is proposed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) for direct measurements of the rheological properties of asphalts at the lowest pavement temperatures. The purpose of this paper is to present the basic concepts upon which the rheometer was developed, to describe the testing procedure and the important procedural factors that affect test results, and to discuss the methodology of data interpretation. Typical results from the research program using a large number of asphalts to evaluate the rheometer are presented to illustrate the differences in behavior of asphalts from different sources and of different grades. The paper highlights the features of the testing system and the specimen preparation procedure. The results of the rheometer evaluation indicate that the rheometer is a repeatable test that can be used effectively to characterize the visco-elastic nature of asphalts at the lowest pavement temperatures. The paper includes discussion of the rationale behind selecting the specification parameters and the specification criteria to enhance binder contribution to resistance to thermal cracking.
Development of FES-Rowing Machine (2007)

As per present social needs, assisting machines are very much needed for persons of advanced age. We analyzed and developed a fitness apparatus suitable for meeting the requirement of elderly people. The proposed apparatus consists of a rowing machine and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), that can be used to exercise every muscle of a person of advanced age. The rowing mechanism was actually developed to train rowers and can train the legs and upper body parts most effectively. Move over FES can assist the exercise of the legs by using surface electrical stimulation. An experiment was conducted and the results prove that the developed apparatus can train the muscles of the person of advanced age effectively and can compensate exercise shortage.
Automatic Dense High Order RMO Picking (2007)

P037 Automatic Dense High Order RMO Picking R. Siliqi* (CGGVeritas) P. Herrmann (CGGVeritas) A. Prescott (CGGVeritas) &amp; L. Capar (CGGVeritas) SUMMARY The semblance based automatic dense pickings of Residual Move Out curves (RMO) proved to be a very efficient technique but they are generally limited to the estimation of their curvature. The estimation of the misfocusing of the migrated seismic reflection is routinely done during the prestack imaging process but the anisotropy is not fully resolved using only the RMO curvature. So we are turning to the multiparameter scan thus gaining the benefit of uncorrelated scanning parameters which fully describes
[Impromidine-analogous guanidines: synthesis and activity at the histamine H2-receptor. 29. Histamine analogs]. (1988)

19 impromidine analogous guanidines were synthetized by acid hydrolysis of the corresponding N-cyanoguanidines. The guanidines were tested on the isolated spontaneously beating guinea-pig atrium for histamine H2-receptor affinity. Lengthening the ethyl chain of cysteamine by one methylene group leads to partial agonists of decreased activity. Impromidine congeners containing a branched cimetidine side chain prove to be potent H2-agonists with maximal or near maximal response. Affinity ratios in favour of the (R)-configurated enantiomers are moderate but clearly significant. The interaction between the affinity contributing moiety and the complementary receptor area shows a lower degree of stereoselectivity than does the efficacy contributing (imidazole-4-yl)propyl substituent of impromidine and sopromidine, respectively. Homoisohistamine derivatives dramatically lose both efficacy and affinity.
Correlation between magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopy in the diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus lesions. (1991)

In both radiological and orthopedic journals the value of MRI for diagnosing internal derangement of the knee has been assessed recently. However, results vary widely and no study reports on the differentiation among types of ACL tears. As far as meniscal pathology is concerned, attention has been drawn by Reicher et al. (11) and Glashow et al. (5) upon the false positive tears of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus. Where most authors consider signal inversion in the posterior horn of the meniscus as a normal finding in children--due to the higher water content--the same fact in adults can be interpreted as a false positive image or a missed tear at arthroscopy (5).
Subcortical Representation of Non-Fourier Image Features (2010)

A fundamental goal of visual neuroscience is to identify the neural pathways representing different image features. It is widely argued that the early stages of these pathways represent linear features of the visual scene and that the nonlinearities necessary to represent complex visual patterns are introduced later in cortex. We tested this by comparing the responses of subcortical and cortical neurons to interference patterns constructed by summing sinusoidal gratings. Although a linear mechanism can detect the component gratings, a nonlinear mechanism is required to detect an interference pattern resulting from their sum. Consistent with in vitro retinal ganglion cell recordings, we found that interference patterns are represented subcortically by cat LGN Y-cells, but not X-cells. Linear and nonlinear tuning properties of LGN Y-cells were then characterized and compared quantitatively with those of cortical area 18 neurons responsive to interference patterns. This comparison revealed a high degree of similarity between the two neural populations, including the following: (1) the representation of similar spatial frequencies in both their linear and nonlinear responses, (2) comparable orientation selectivity for the high spatial frequency carrier of interference patterns, and (3) the same difference in their temporal frequency selectivity for drifting gratings versus the envelope of interference patterns. The present findings demonstrate that the nonlinear subcortical Y-cell pathway represents complex visual patterns and likely underlies cortical responses to interference patterns. We suggest that linear and nonlinear mechanisms important for encoding visual scenes emerge in parallel through distinct pathways originating at the retina.
A simplified transformer thermal model based on thermal-electric analogy (2004)

This paper presents a further simplified thermal-electric analogous thermal model of an oil-immersed power transformer. The method is rooted on the principles of heat exchange and electric circuit laws. A set of differential equations is derived to calculate both the transient-state temperatures and the stationary-state equilibria in the main parts of a transformer. For the problem of thermal parameters identification, a genetic algorithm is employed to search global solutions for thermal parameters with onsite measurements. The validation of the simplified model and calculations of hot-spot temperatures are discussed in detail.
Expanding the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of severe serine biosynthesis disorders (2020)

Serine biosynthesis disorders comprise a spectrum of very rare autosomal recessive inborn errors of metabolism with wide phenotypic variability. Neu-Laxova syndrome represents the most severe expression and is characterized by multiple congenital anomalies and pre- or perinatal lethality. Here, we present the mutation spectrum and a detailed phenotypic analysis in 15 unrelated families with severe types of serine biosynthesis disorders. We identified likely disease-causing variants in the PHGDH and PSAT1 genes, several of which have not been reported previously. Phenotype analysis and a comprehensive review of the literature corroborates the evidence that serine biosynthesis disorders represent a continuum with varying degrees of phenotypic expression and suggest that even gradual differences at the severe end of the spectrum may be correlated with particular genotypes. We postulate that the individual residual enzyme activity of mutant proteins is the major determinant of the phenotypic variability, but further functional studies are needed to explore effects at the enzyme protein level.
Synthesis, Antiplatelet Aggregation Activity Evaluation and 3D‐QSAR of a Series of Novel 6‐Alkylamino(Alkoxyl)‐2‐Propylthio‐8‐Azapurine Nucleosides (2016)

A series of novel 6‐alkylamino(alkoxyl)‐2‐propylthio‐8‐azapurine nucleosides were synthesized by an improved route, and the human antiplatelet aggregation activities of these new compounds were evaluated. A self‐organizing molecular field analysis method was used to study the three‐dimensional quantitative structure–activity relationship of these novel nucleosides. The results of the antiplatelet aggregation activity evaluation and analysis of the self‐organizing molecular field analysis models through shape and electrostatic grids may provide a basis for the development of new and potent antiplatelet agents.
Uncertainty Relations for Analog Signals (2008)

In the past several years there has been a surge of research investigating various aspects of sparse representations and compressed sensing. Most of this work has focused on the finite-dimensional setting in which the goal is to decompose a finite-length vector into a given finite dictionary. Underlying many of these results is the conceptual notion of an uncertainty principle: a signal cannot be sparsely represented in two different bases. Here, we extend these ideas and results to the analog, infinite-dimensional setting by considering signals that lie in a finitelygenerated shift-invariant (SI) space. This class of signals is rich enough to include many interesting special cases such as multiband signals and splines. By adapting the notion of coherence defined for finite dictionaries to infinite SI representations, we develop an uncertainty principle similar in spirit to its finite counterpart. We demonstrate tightness of our bound by considering a bandlimited low-pass comb that achieves the uncertainty principle. Building upon these results and similar work in the finite setting, we show how to find a sparse decomposition in an overcomplete dictionary by solving a convex optimization problem. The distinguishing feature of our approach is the fact that even though the problem is defined over an infinite domain with infinitely many variables and constraints, under certain conditions on the dictionary spectrum our algorithm can find the sparsest representation by solving a finite dimensional problem.
Plasma surface modification of graphene oxide nanosheets for the synthesis of GO/PES nanocomposite ultrafiltration membrane for enhanced oily separation (2022)

Abstract In this study, two different monomers, namely hexafluorobutyl acrylate (HFBA) and diethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DEAEMA) were individually used to modify graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets via environmentally friendly plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method. The results from instrumental analyses confirmed the successful deposition of respective functional material onto the nanomaterials. Modified GOs were used as the nano‐fillers to develop composite polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration (UF) membrane with improved surface properties for oily solution treatment. All the developed membranes were characterized with a series of analytical instruments to support the findings of membrane filtration performance. The results indicated that the membrane incorporated with DEAEMA‐GOs (coated with hydrophilic polymer) could achieve better results in terms of oil rejection, antifouling resistance and water recovery rate than the membrane incorporated with HFBA‐GOs (coated with hydrophobic polymer). This is due to the reduced agglomeration between modified GOs as well as better interaction of hydrophilic‐coated GOs with polymer membrane. Compared to the pure water flux of the membrane incorporated with unmodified GO, the membrane incorporated with DEAEMA‐GO achieve approximately 85% higher value with oil removal rate remained almost unchanged (98.94% rejection).
Transplantation of Mouse Fetal Liver Cells for Analyzing the Function of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells (2012)

Hematopoietic stem cells are defined by their ability to self-renew and differentiate through progenitor cell stages into all types of mature blood cells. Gene-targeting studies in mice have demonstrated that many genes are essential for the generation and function of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. For definitively analyzing the function of these cells, transplantation studies have to be performed. In this chapter, we describe methods to isolate and transplant fetal liver cells as well as how to analyze donor cell reconstitution. This protocol is tailored toward mouse models where embryonic lethality precludes analysis of adult hematopoiesis or where it is suspected that the function of fetal liver hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells is compromised.