gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
A set of comprehensive indicators to assess energy flexibility: a case study for residential buildings (2019)

The increasing share of renewable energy sources in the power industry poses challenges for grid management due to the stochastic nature of their production. Besides the traditional supplyside regulation, grid flexibility can also be provided by the demand side. Demand-Response is an attractive approach based on adapting user demand profiles to match grid supply constraints. Nevertheless, defining the flexibility potential related to buildings is not straightforward and continues to pose challenges. Commonly accepted and standardized indicators for quantifying flexibility are still missing. The present paper proposes a new quantification methodology to assess the energy flexibility of a residential building. A set of comprehensive indicators capturing three key elements of building energy flexibility for demand response, notably, capacity, change in power consumption and cost of the demand response action have been identified. The proposed methodology is applied to a residential building, whose heating system is controlled by means of a model predictive control algorithm. The building model is developed on the basis of the experimental data collected in the framework of a European Commission supported H2020 research project Sim4Blocks, which deals with the implementation of demand response in building clusters. The optimal control problem has been investigated by means of mixed-integer linear programming approach. Real time prices are considered as external signals from the grid driving the DR actions. Results show that the proposed indicators, presented in the form of daily performance maps, allow to effectively assess the energy flexibility potential through its main dimensions and can be easily used either by an end-user or a grid-operator perspective to identify day by day the best DR action to be implemented.
P164Serum metabolomic profiling of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction reveals differences between ischemic and dilated cardiomyopathy (2017)

Fat and skeletal muscles in heart failure 27 (p<0.0001). A total of 41 (56%) patients died within 6 years of follow-up. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed increased mortality in patients with decreased BMC or increased serum RANKL levels (log-transformed) (p=0.001 and p=0.033, respectively; Figure In multivariate Cox regression analysis, NYHA class [HR 3.37 (CI 1.74-6.54), p<0.0001], total BMC [HR 0.45 (CI 0.23-0.89), p=0.022], and serum RANKL levels (log-transformed) [HR 2.888 (CI 1.03-8.06), p=0.043] independently predicted all-cause mortality at 6-year follow-up.
Introduction: An Overview of the Role of Metabolism in Drug Toxicity (2012)

Abstract The scientific knowledge of drug‐mediated toxicities and the role that drug metabolites play in those toxicities has increased dramatically over the last 50 years. Advances in systems biology approaches to better define the most important factors in drug‐metabolism‐based toxicities should identify new biomarkers that can provide early signals of potential drug toxicities and lead to improvements in drug safety.
Simulation Analysis of Ion Chambers for Area Radiation Monitoring System (2008)

KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) has been developing ion chambers which are used for an ares radiation monitoring system. Those ion chambers will be placed in the area where it is necessary to monitor radiatior dose all the time. The areas are nuclear plant site, research reactor site, radiation waste disposal site etc.. KAERI is developing a few different types of ion chambers for the above-mentioned purposes. One is an ion chamber having cylindrical shape with the active volume of ~1 l. Another one is also a cylindrical type ion chamber with the active volume of ~10 l. The smaller ion chamber of those 2 detectors will be installed in the place where a compact detectoi is required. Those ion chambers can be filled with gases such as air or Ar or Xe. The characteristics of those two ion chambers can be analyzed by simulation study. The simplified design of air-filled detectors (1.2 l and 13.7 l) was made and simulation study was performed by using the code EGSnrc. The energy of parallel radiation beam was varied from 50 keV to 1.5 MeV to analyze the expected ionization currents and dose as function of beam energy. The 100 keV and 1 MeV point source beams were adopted to investigate the angular dependence of radiation dose absorbed in the detector. We also investigated the change of characteristics of the 1.2 l ion chamber when the type oi filled gas is changed from air. The radiation dose was obtained for the cases of Ar and Xe. The same study was also performed when the pressurized air (2 bar) was filled in the detector.
Angiography in Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (1981)

We obtained angiograms on 61 consecutive patients being evaluated for elective aneurysmorrhaphy at the Gainesville VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida. Renal artery stenosis was documented in 33% of cases, aberrant or multiple renal arteries in 26%, and other aneurysmal disease, most commonly in the iliac system, was present in 51%. Occlusive disease was common (30%). In 72% of patients, the preoperative angiogram affected the operative plan. Only one complication was recorded, a retroperitoneal hematoma from catheter perforation. The results correlate well with previously published reports. We conclude that a significant majority of patients having abdominal aortic aneurysm have angiographic abnormalities. In a majority of these patients, the angiogram altered operative therapy.
Laser Variational Autoencoder for Map Construction and Self-Localization (2018)

For accurate global self-localization with small memory usage, researches for the compression of the laser-scan data have been actively conducted. Main approaches to the compression are to design feature extractor based on human knowledge regarding the specific environment, e.g., office and hallway. However, in real robot navigation tasks such as a security patrol robot, the robot would be applied to a variety of environments and it is expensive if the users need to tune the design at every environment. To alleviate such problem, we propose to extend the state-of-the-art variational auto-encoder (VAE) by introducing the step-edge detector, which detects non-continuous transition emerged frequently at the laser scan data due to the limitation of distance measurement. With our proposed method, called "laserVAE", the feature extractor of the laser scan is automatically tuned given unknown environments. Through experiments with a real self-localization with 2D laser scan, we demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Draft Genome Sequence of Enterococcus durans OSY-EGY, a Multiple-Antimicrobial-Peptide Producer Isolated from Egyptian Hard Cheese (2019)

<i>Enterococcus durans</i> OSY-EGY was isolated recently from cheese. The strain produces potent antimicrobial agents. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of the strain, with a genome size of 3,230,625 bp and an average G+C content of 37.69%. Draft genome mining identified several biosynthetic gene clusters encoding multiple antimicrobial peptides.
Functional analysis of organophosphorus hydrolase variants with high degradation activity towards organophosphate pesticides (2006)

Organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH, also known as phosphotriesterase) is a bacterial enzyme that is capable of degrading a wide range of neurotoxic organophosphate nerve agents. Directed evolution has been used to generate one variant (22A11) with up to 25-fold improved hydrolysis of methyl parathion. Surprisingly, this variant also degraded all other substrates (paraoxon, parathion and coumaphos) tested 2- to 10-fold faster. Since only one mutation (H257Y) is directly located in the active site, site-directed mutagenesis and saturation mutagenesis were used to identify the role of the other distal substitutions (A14T, A80V, K185R, H257Y, I274N) on substrate specificity and activity. Sequential site-directed mutagenesis indicated that K185R and I274N are the most important substitutions, leading to an improvement not only in the hydrolysis of methyl parathion but also the overall hydrolysis rate of all other substrates tested. Using structural modeling, these two mutations were shown to favor the formation of hydrogen bonds with nearby residues, resulting in structural changes that could alter the overall substrate hydrolysis.
EFFECT OF OYSTER SHELL FINE AGGREGATE ON BASIC PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE (2013)

広島県は全国有数の牡蠣の産地であるが、その一方で大量の牡蠣殻が発生するという問題も抱えている。本研究では、細骨材の一部を破砕した牡蠣殻で置換した牡蠣殻コンクリート（Oy-Con）について試験を行い、その基礎特性に及ぼす牡蠣殻細骨材の影響について検討を行った。試験結果より、牡蠣殻細骨材置換率の増加に伴い、Oy-Con中の塩化物イオン含有量は比例的に増加した。また、牡蠣殻細骨材をコンクリート中に混入することにより、ブリーディングは少なくなり凝結時間は早まる傾向を示した。Oy-Conの圧縮強度などの強度特性は材齢の経過に伴い増加するが、いずれの材齢においても置換率の増加に伴い強度特性は低下する傾向を示した。
Vapor deposited thin gold coatings for high temperature electrical contacts (2002)

Using electron beam evaporation, thin films of Au over Ni and Au over Pd/sub 80/Ni/sub 20/ have been deposited on stainless steel and copper alloy substrates for high temperature electrical contact studies. The structure and composition of the films were studied in detail using electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) with sputter depth profiling. The contact properties, such as contact resistance, fretting wear resistance, and thermal stability have been measured. The Ni and Pd/sub 80/Ni/sub 20/ layers of about 200 to 300 nm thickness have been shown to be effective in maintaining high temperature stability up to 340/spl deg/C in air by blocking the diffusion of elements in the substrates to the Au surface. These coatings also show good fretting wear resistance. These desired properties have been achieved with the thickness of the Au, Ni, and Pd/sub 80/Ni/sub 20/ layers substantially less than that of the conventional electroplated coatings.
Matching Accessories (2003)

Heterodimerization enhances the complexity of ligand recognition and diversity of signaling responses of heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Many accessory proteins (for ion channels or GPCRs) appear to associate with their partners relatively early in the process whereby proteins are transported to the cell surface; their roles in modulating function may have evolved out of simple proximity to a protein that once upon a time they either facilitated or accompanied through the maturation process. The receptor activity-modifying proteins (RAMPs) are a family of single-transmembrane accessory proteins that heterodimerize with GPCRs and, thereby, allow individual GPCRs to recognize multiple ligands and to activate various signaling pathways in response to ligand binding. The M10 family of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class 1b proteins has recently been shown to associate with murine vomeronasal V2R receptors, as well as to escort them to the cell surface. The exact role of M10 in modulating V2R function (or vice versa) remains to be determined.
Studien zur Formgeschichte von Hymnus und Danklied in Israel (1970)

Book Review| December 01 1970 Studien zur Formgeschichte von Hymnus und Danklied in Israel Studien zur Formgeschichte von Hymnus und Danklied in Israel, Frank Crüsemann. Martin J. Buss Martin J. Buss Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Biblical Literature (1970) 89 (4): 466–468. https://doi.org/10.2307/3263454 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Martin J. Buss; Studien zur Formgeschichte von Hymnus und Danklied in Israel. Journal of Biblical Literature 1 December 1970; 89 (4): 466–468. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/3263454 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveSBL PressJournal of Biblical Literature Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 1970 Society of Biblical Literature1970 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
THE ROLE OF LIVER AND SPLEEN IN THE METABOLISM OF INTRAVENOUSLY INJECTED FAT IN RABBITS (1961)

The uptake of intravenously injected coconut oil emulsion by the liver and spleen was investigated by gas-liquid chromatography in normal, triton-injected, and hypercholesterolemic rabbits. The lauric and myristic acids from this emulsion, almost absent in the tissues of normal animals, were used as marked acids. In normal rabbits only the liver took up a quantitatively important fraction of the injected fat. The uptake by the spleen appears to be due to a different mechanism than that of the liver. In rabbits given triton the liver was incapable of taking up large quantities of fat, while the uptake in the spleen was undisturbed. 12 hours after injection the plasma, liver, and spleen of normal animals contained only 14 per cent of the dose. With animals given triton 71 per cent of the injected dose was recovered, most of it in the plasma. Hypercholesterolemic rabbits cleared an injected fat emulsion and took fat into the liver at the same rate as the controls. When triton is injected 6 hours after the administration of the emulsion, the fat taken up in the liver reappears in the plasma.
Synthesis and pre-clinical evaluation of a new class of high-affinity 18F-labeled PSMA ligands for detection of prostate cancer by PET imaging (2016)

Six [<sup>18</sup>F]triazolylphenyl ureas were prepared in good radiochemical yield. Compounds showed PSMA-specific uptake in LNCaP tumors as high as 14 % ID/g, more than a 2-fold increase over [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC. The facile and high-yielding radiosynthesis of these <sup>18</sup>F-labeled triazoles as well as their promising in vitro and in vivo characteristics make them worthy of clinical development for PET imaging of prostate cancer.
A dynamic modelling environment for the evaluation of wide area protection systems (2008)

This paper introduces the concept of dynamic modelling for wide area and adaptive power system protection. Although not limited to these types of protection schemes, these were chosen due to their potential role in solving a multitude of protection challenges facing future power systems. The dynamic modelling will be implemented using a bespoke simulation environment. This tool allows for a fully integrated testing methodology which enables the validation of protection solutions prior to their operational deployment. Furthermore the paper suggests a distributed protection architecture, which when applied to existing and future protection schemes, has the potential to enhance their functionality and avoid mal-operation given that safety and reliability of power systems are paramount. This architecture also provides a means to better understand the underlying dynamics of the aforementioned protection schemes and will be rigorously validated using the modelling environment.
Measurement of Electron Beam Diameter Fluctuated by AC Magnetic Field (1990)

For an electron beam fluctuated by a stray AC magnetic field, both the beam diameter and the width of beam fluctuation are separately measured.
Central venous catheter placement: comparison of the intravascular guidewire and the fluid column electrocardiograms (2004)

Background and objective: Placement of central venous catheters in patients is associated with several risks including endocardial lesions and dysrhythmias. Correct positioning of central venous catheters in the superior vena cava is essential for immediate use. The objective of a first study was to evaluate the signal quality of an intravascular electrocardiogram (ECG) during position control using a guidewire compared with the customary fluid column-based ECG system, and to assess its efficacy of correct placement of the central venous catheter. A second study tested if dysrhythmias can be avoided by intravascular ECG monitoring during catheter and guidewire advancement. Methods: The jugular or subclavian vein of 40 patients undergoing heart surgery or who were being treated in the intensive care unit was cannulated. Intravascular ECGs were recorded during position control, and guidewire and water column lead were compared in the same patient with regard to the quality of the ECG reading and P-wave enhancement. In another 40 patients, the guidewire was inserted only 10 cm and the central venous catheter advanced under guidewire ECG control. Correct position of all the central venous catheters was confirmed by chest radiography. Results: All central venous catheters were correctly positioned in the superior vena cava. For the same catheter position, the P-wave was significantly larger in the guidewire ECG than in the fluid column system. No changes in the quality of the ECG were detected when the guidewire was advanced or withdrawn by 1 cm relative to the catheter tip. Cardiac dysrhythmias were not seen during ECG-monitored advancement of the guidewire. Conclusions: ECG quality using a guidewire lead is superior to the water column-based system. Furthermore, it is independent from the exact position of the guidewire as related to the tip of the catheter. Using intravascular guidewire ECG during advancement can prevent induction of dysrhythmias.
China’s Agricultural Imports under the Phase One Deal: Is Success Possible? (2020)

We examine China’s committed agricultural purchases under the phase one trade deal and whether it can fulfill those commitments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We review China’s actual agricultural imports from the United States and other countries up to the first quarter of 2020 and analyze trade deal obligations China must still meet by the end of 2020. We use prior seasonal patterns and US-China price differentials to predict China’s agricultural imports from the United States in 2020. We examine total agricultural and related products with special focus on corn, soybeans, cotton, sorghum, pork, and beef.\nThe data show China currently has an enormous market demand for agricultural imports, and, to date, has imported large quantities of pork, cotton, sorghum, and soybeans from the United States. However, China imports an even greater amount of agricultural products from other countries, which, in part, reflects a continued diversification away from US agricultural imports before and during the trade war. We predict China will import $18.60 billion in agricultural products from the United States in 2020, far behind the phase one target of $36.5 billion.\nThe first quarter of 2020 was a trying time for agricultural trade, especially for China, so there is still room for optimism, and we see several positive signs that China will accelerate its agricultural purchases. First, US-China price differentials of relevant commodities recently increased, providing a market signal for China to increase imports from the United States. Second, there are indications that, beginning in October, China plans to import large quantities of corn, as its domestic supply gap has widened. Third, China has announced its intention to purchase 20 million tons of corn, 10 million tons of soybeans, and one million tons of cotton for its national reserve. Fourth, China is short on animal protein due to the African Swine Fever outbreak, and thus is purchasing an increasing share from the United States. Fifth, China is making good progress meeting the regulatory and structural changes promised as part of the phase one deal, including updating lists of US facilities eligible to export distillers dried grains with solubles and beef and pork products lists. However, US-China trade prospects depend critically on COVID-19’s impact on international logistics and China’s political willingness to allow US imports to return to and exceed pre-trade-war levels. We provide a commodity specific estimate of what China will need to import from the US in the last three quarters if it is to meet the terms of the deal by the end of 2020.
High-resolution visualization of airspace structures in intact mice via synchrotron phase-contrast X-ray imaging (PCXI) (2021)

Anatomical visualization of airspace-containing organs in intact small animals has been limited by the resolution and contrast available from current imaging methods such as X-ray, micro-computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Determining structural relationships and detailed anatomy has therefore relied on suitable fixation, sectioning and histological processing. More complex and informative analyses such as orthogonal views of an organ and three-dimensional structure visualizations have required different animals and image sets, laboriously processed to gather this complementary structural information. Precise three-dimensional anatomical views have always been difficult to achieve in small animals. Here we report the ability of phase-contrast synchrotron X-ray imaging to provide detailed two- and three-dimensional visualization of airspace organ structures in intact animals. Using sub-micrometre square pixel charge-coupled device array detectors, the structure and anatomy of hard and soft tissues, and of airspaces, is readily available using phase-contrast synchrotron X-ray imaging. Moreover, software-controlled volume-reconstructions of tomographic images not only provide unsurpassed image clarity and detail, but also selectable anatomical views that cannot be obtained with established histological techniques. The morphology and structure of nasal and lung airways and the middle ear are illustrated in intact mice, using two- and three-dimensional representations. The utility of phase-contrast synchrotron X-ray imaging for non-invasively localizing objects implanted within airspaces, and the detection of gas bubbles transiting live airways, are other novel features of this visualization methodology. The coupling of phase-contrast synchrotron X-ray imaging technology with software-based reconstruction techniques holds promise for novel and high-resolution non-invasive examination of airspace anatomy in small animal models.
Frequency tuneable sub-15 fs pulses from a gas-filled hollow-core fiber pumped by a commercial Yb laser (2022)

We report the generation and temporal characterization of wavelength-tunable sub-15 fs pulses from a commercial 220 fs Yb laser, in a single stage, through soliton-plasma interactions in an argon-filled hollow-core anti-resonant fiber.
Convergence mechanism in associative memory (2003)

The convergence of vectors in Hopfield's neural network is studied in terms of both inner products and Hamming distance. The various phases of vector convergence are revealed progressively. It is shown that Hamming distance does not always predict the convergence of the vectors. Instead, weights are found to play a dominant role in the convergence mechanism. The authors identify the factors that lead to correct convergence, complementary convergence, and nonconvergence for both unipolar and bipolar binary partial input vectors. An optimum mixed-mode representation for the neurons and a new measure of similarity are proposed for Hopfield's associative memory.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
Two Complementary Approaches toward 2-Alkoxy Carboxylic Acid Synthesis from 1,3-Dioxolan-4-ones (2004)

Two complementary approaches to prepare 2-alkoxy carboxylic acids have been developed. Reductive ring opening of various 1,3-dioxolan-4-ones using TiCl(4)/Et(3)SiH or (t)BuMgCl affords the desired 2-alkoxy carboxylic acid in moderate to excellent chemical yield without loss of optical purity.