gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Combustion chemical vapor deposition: A novel thin-film deposition technique (1993)

A new open-atmosphere chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique has been developed that we term combustion chemical vapor deposition (CCVD). During CCVD a flame provides the necessary environment for the deposition of a dense film whose elemental constituents are derived from solution, vapor, or gas sources. Ag, YSZ, BaTiO3, YIG, YBa2Cu3Ox, and Y2BaCuO5 have been deposited via CCVD with the combustion of a sprayed, cation-containing, organic solution as the sole heat source. CCVD could, for some applications, be less expensive and more flexible than conventional CVD.
Photosensitizer Micelles Together with IDO Inhibitor Enhance Cancer Photothermal Therapy and Immunotherapy (2018)

Abstract The therapeutic outcome of photothermal therapy (PTT) remains impeded by the transparent depth of light. Combining PTT with immunotherapy provides strategies to solve this problem. Regulating metabolism‐related enzymes is a promising strategy to stimulate immune response. Here, a nanosystem (NLG919/IR780 micelles) with the properties of photothermal conversion and regulation of the tryptophan metabolic pathway is used to suppress the growth of the tumor margin beyond effective PTT and promote tumor PTT and immunotherapy. It is revealed that mild heat treatment promotes the growth of the tumor margin beyond effective PTT for the upregulation of heat shock protein (HSP), indoleamine 2,3‐dioxygenase (IDO), and programmed death‐ligand 1 (PD‐L1). The NLG919/IR780 micelles can effectively inhibit the activity of IDO but do not affect the level of IDO expression. NLG919/IR780 micelles can effectively accumulate in the tumor and can migrate to lymph nodes and the lymphatic system. In vivo antitumor studies reveal that NLG919/IR780 micelles effectively suppress the growth of tumor margin following PTT in primary tumors. NLG919/IR780 micelle‐mediated PTT and IDO inhibition further stimulate the activation of T lymphocytes, inhibiting the growth of distal tumors (abscopal effect). The results demonstrate that the NLG919/IR780 micelles combine PTT and immunotherapy and suppress the tumor margin as well as distal tumor growth post photothermal therapy.
Fuzzified Strategic Maps (2006)

The strategy may be represented by a strategic map (SM).According to Kaplan and Norton, SM are built up to obtain constant communication of the objec-tives to all employees. They have a simple layout, are general and consistent, and help achieve better implementation of strategies so that employees tolerate changes that they initially resisted and distrusted in their companies.This paper suggests a system that to interpret the strategy and its aligned actions so that it can alert and send messages to users (the employees) to guide them according to the strategy and the behavior of other employees.A real example with a research group in a European university is presented.
Face Recognition Technology (2008)

Face recognition technology is one of the most widely used problems in computer vision. It is widely used in applications related to security and human-computer interfaces. The two reasons for this are the wide range of commercial and law enforcement applications and the availability of feasible technologies. In this chapter the various biometric systems and the commonly used techniques of face recognition, Feature Based, eigenface based, Line Based Approach and Local Feature Analysis are explained along with the results. A performance comparison of these algorithms is also given.
The Biology of the Fern Ceratopteris and Its Use as a Model System (1995)

Ceratopteris (Parkeriaceae) is a pantropical genus of annual ferns possessing several features that make it exceptionally useful as a model plant system. The uniqueness of the homosporous fern life cycle allows the study of various phenomena at both the developmentally simple haploid gametophyte stage and at the complex vascular sporophyte stage. Consequently, both cellular and whole plant studies can be carried out simultaneously in a genetically natural and stable system. In genetic approaches, the ability to screen large numbers of mutagenized spores, along with the simple haploid genetics possible with the gametophyte stage and the ability to generate complete homozygotes from a single selfing, provide a powerful means of rapidly isolating and studying mutations. Ceratopteris gametophytes are developmentally simple. However, because they are autotrophic and possess several types of differentiated cells, they offer a number of opportunities for study. Control of germination responses, pattern formation and meristem development, spermatozoid differentiation, apogamy and apospory, pheromonal controls of sexual differentiation, as well as a variety of biochemical/physiological traits can be studied using various approaches. At the same time, the sporophyte provides a typical vascular plant system for study of a variety of developmental, genetic or biochemical/physiological phenomena. Recent and ongoing improvements in culture techniques, along with increased use of molecular approaches, will substantially expand the use of Ceratopteris as a model plant system.
Zwitterionic stealth peptide-protected gold nanoparticles enable long circulation without the accelerated blood clearance phenomenon (2017)

Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), which is considered as a gold standard for surface modification of nanoparticles in biomedical applications, has been reported to encounter the accelerated blood clearance (ABC) phenomenon after repeated administration. Herein, as an ideal substitute for PEG, a zwitterionic peptide sequence of alternating negatively charged glutamic acid (E) and positively charged lysine (K) was designed as a good candidate for surface modification of nanoparticles without the ABC phenomenon in vivo. PEG-protected gold nanoparticles (AuNP-PEG) suffered from a serious ABC phenomenon with very fast blood clearance after repeated injection. Meanwhile, the plasma IgM and IgG levels were significantly increased after the repeated injection of AuNP-PEG. However, zwitterionic stealth peptide-protected gold nanoparticles (AuNP-EK10) could avoid the activation of the ABC phenomenon. The increase of IgM and IgG levels was not observed after the repeated injection of AuNP-EK10. More interestingly, compared to AuNP-PEG, more AuNP-EK10 could be accumulated in tumor tissues after repeated injection of the nanoparticles to tumor-bearing nude mice, which might be especially important for the design of drug nanocarriers in cancer therapy.
A review of assessment methods for cellular automata models of land-use change and urban growth (2019)

Cellular automata (CA) models are in growing use for land-use change simulation and future scenario prediction. It is necessary to conduct model assessment that reports the quality of simulation results and how well the models reproduce reliable spatial patterns. Here, we review 347 CA articles published during 1999–2018 identified by a Scholar Google search using ‘cellular automata’, ‘land’ and ‘urban’ as keywords. Our review demonstrates that, during the past two decades, 89% of the publications include model assessment related to dataset, procedure and result using more than ten different methods. Among all methods, cell-by-cell comparison and landscape analysis were most frequently applied in the CA model assessment; specifically, overall accuracy and standard Kappa coefficient respectively rank first and second among all metrics. The end-state assessment is often criticized by modelers because it cannot adequately reflect the modeling ability of CA models. We provide five suggestions to the method selection, aiming to offer a background framework for future method choices as well as urging to focus on the assessment of input data and error propagation, procedure, quantitative and spatial change, and the impact of driving factors.
Increased Blood Viscosity in Young Women Taking Oral Contraceptives (1979)

Conference Abstract| March 01 1979 Increased Blood Viscosity in Young Women Taking Oral Contraceptives G. D. O. Lowe; G. D. O. Lowe 1University Department of Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland2Department of Bio-Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar M. M. Reavey; M. M. Reavey 1University Department of Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland2Department of Bio-Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar C. D. Forbes; C. D. Forbes 1University Department of Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland2Department of Bio-Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar C. R. M. Prentice; C. R. M. Prentice 1University Department of Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland2Department of Bio-Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar J. C. Barbenel J. C. Barbenel 1University Department of Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland2Department of Bio-Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Clin Sci (Lond) (1979) 56 (3): 21P. https://doi.org/10.1042/cs056021Pa Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Citation G. D. O. Lowe, M. M. Reavey, C. D. Forbes, C. R. M. Prentice, J. C. Barbenel; Increased Blood Viscosity in Young Women Taking Oral Contraceptives. Clin Sci (Lond) 1 March 1979; 56 (3): 21P. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/cs056021Pa Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsClinical Science Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 1979 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society1979 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
Prevalência de transtornos mentais em indivíduos de uma unidade de referência para Programa Saúde da Família em Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil (2008)

Among the ten leading causes of disability-adjusted life years, seven are mental disorders. Primary health care centers are crucial to public mental health policies, according to the World Health Organization. This study aimed to verify the prevalence of mental disorders among individuals seeking care at the referral center for a Family Health Program (FHP) team in Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and the influence of psychiatric diagnosis on utilization of the health system. Of the 754 participants, 51.1% had a psychiatric diagnosis. Subjects with a psychiatric diagnosis showed significantly higher use of the health system in the previous 12 months. Mental disorders have a negative impact on well-being and quality of life, besides increasing the use of health resources due to untreated symptoms and because mental disorders contribute negatively to the prognosis of non-psychiatric medical conditions. These results show the importance of including mental health care in the FHP in Brazil.
Fast, accurate and simulation-free stochastic mapping (2008)

Mapping evolutionary trajectories of discrete traits onto phylogenies receives considerable attention in evolutionary biology. Given the trait observations at the tips of a phylogenetic tree, researchers are often interested where on the tree the trait changes its state and whether some changes are preferential in certain parts of the tree. In a model-based phylogenetic framework, such questions translate into characterizing probabilistic properties of evolutionary trajectories. Current methods of assessing these properties rely on computationally expensive simulations. In this paper, we present an efficient, simulation-free algorithm for computing two important and ubiquitous evolutionary trajectory properties. The first is the mean number of trait changes, where changes can be divided into classes of interest (e.g. synonymous/non-synonymous mutations). The mean evolutionary reward, accrued proportionally to the time a trait occupies each of its states, is the second property. To illustrate the usefulness of our results, we first employ our simulation-free stochastic mapping to execute a posterior predictive test of correlation between two evolutionary traits. We conclude by mapping synonymous and non-synonymous mutations onto branches of an HIV intrahost phylogenetic tree and comparing selection pressure on terminal and internal tree branches.
Modular mixed signal testing: high speed or high resolution (2002)

Modular architecture for a DSP based waveform synthesizer/digitizer allows a common formatter to drive either a high speed or a high resolution analog subsystem. Software for either choice is almost identical.
Rejuvenating Low-Frequency Words: Making the Most of Parallel Data in Non-Autoregressive Translation (2021)

Knowledge distillation (KD) is commonly used to construct synthetic data for training non-autoregressive translation (NAT) models. However, there exists a discrepancy on low-frequency words between the distilled and the original data, leading to more errors on predicting low-frequency words. To alleviate the problem, we directly expose the raw data into NAT by leveraging pretraining. By analyzing directed alignments, we found that KD makes low-frequency source words aligned with targets more deterministically but fails to align sufficient low-frequency words from target to source. Accordingly, we propose reverse KD to rejuvenate more alignments for low-frequency target words. To make the most of authentic and synthetic data, we combine these complementary approaches as a new training strategy for further boosting NAT performance. We conduct experiments on five translation benchmarks over two advanced architectures. Results demonstrate that the proposed approach can significantly and universally improve translation quality by reducing translation errors on low-frequency words. Encouragingly, our approach achieves 28.2 and 33.9 BLEU points on the WMT14 English-German and WMT16 Romanian-English datasets, respectively. Our code, data, and trained models are available at \url{https://github.com/alphadl/RLFW-NAT}.
[Interactive effects of irrigation regime and planting density on grain yield and water use efficiency in winter wheat]. (2021)

To get an optimal irrigation regime and planting density for simultaneous improvement of grain yield (GY) and water use efficiency (WUE) in winter wheat, we examined the responses of 'Tainong 18' (with bigger ears) and 'Shannong 22' (with medium-sized ears) under four irrigation regimes, including 0, 45, 60, and 75 mm. Those two cultivars were planted at four densities: Tainong 18 at 135×10<sup>4</sup>, 270×10<sup>4</sup>, 405×10<sup>4</sup>, and 540×10<sup>4</sup> plants·hm<sup>-2</sup> and Shannong 22 at 90×10<sup>4</sup>, 180×10<sup>4</sup>, 270×10<sup>4</sup>, and 360×10<sup>4</sup> plants·hm<sup>-2</sup>. The interactive effects of irrigation regimes and plant densities on GY, water consumption characteristics, and WUE were investigated. The results showed that GY, evapotranspiration, soil water consumption, and WUE were significantly affected by irrigation regime, plant density, and their interaction. The optimal irrigation regime was 45 mm for both cultivars, while the optimal plant density was 405×10<sup>4</sup> plants·hm<sup>-2</sup> for Tainong 18 and 270×10<sup>4</sup> plants·hm<sup>-2</sup> for Shannong 22, as indicated by the highest GY, the lowest ratio of soil evaporation to evapotranspiration after jointing, and higher WUE and the ratio of soil water consumption below 1 m to total soil water consumption. The rational combination of plant density and irrigation could reduce unnecessary water consumption and improve WUE.
Chlamydia trachomatis-associated tubal factor subfertility: immunogenetic aspects and serological screening (2006)

Chlamydia (C.) trachomatis female genital tract infections usually remain asymptomatic and untreated. Therefore, an adequate immune response, rather than antibiotic treatment, is essential to clear the pathogen. Most women will effectively clear C. trachomatis infections, but some will have persistent C. trachomatis infections, which may ascend to the upper genital tract and increase the risk of tubal factor subfertility. Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) of the toll-like receptor (TLR) and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD) families recognize C. trachomatis and initiate the immune response. Host immune factors are determinants of the course of C. trachomatis infections. Genetic variations in TLR and NOD genes may affect receptor function, leading to inadequate recognition of C. trachomatis, an inadequate immune response, and consequently an increased risk of persistence and late sequelae. For the risk assessment of tubal pathology in subfertile women, C. trachomatis immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibody testing (CAT) in serum is widely used. A positive CAT is indicative of a previous infection but not of a persistent infection. Measuring serological markers of persistence, of which C-reactive protein (CRP) seems promising, in CAT-positive women may identify a subgroup of subfertile women with persistent C. trachomatis infections and the highest risk of tubal pathology.
Self-Healing Electrode with High Electrical Conductivity and Mechanical Strength for Artificial Electronic Skin (2019)

A self-healing electrode is an electrical conductor that can repair internal damage by itself, similar to human skin. Since self-healing electrodes are based on polymers and hydrogels, these components are still limited by low electrical conductivity and mechanical strength. In this study, we designed an electrically conductive, mechanically strong, and printable self-healing electrode using liquid crystal graphene oxide (LCGO) and silver nanowires (AgNWs). The conductive ink was easily prepared by simply mixing LCGO and AgNWs solutions. The ultrathin (3 μm thick) electrode can be printed in various shapes, such as a butterfly, in a freestanding state. The maximum conductivity and strength of the LCGO/AgNW composite were 17 800 S/cm and 4.2 MPa, respectively; these values are 24 and 4 times higher, respectively, than those of a previously developed self-healing electrode. The LCGO/AgNW composite self-healed internal damage in ambient conditions with moisture and consequently recovered 96.8% electrical conductivity and 95% mechanical toughness compared with the undamaged state. The electrical properties of the composite exhibited metallic tendencies. Therefore, these results suggest that the composite can be used as an artificial electronic skin that detects environmental conditions, such as compression and temperature. This self-healing artificial electronic skin could be applied to human condition monitoring and robotic sensing systems.
Development of biosensor for the determination of total viable bacterial cell count. (1991)

Viable cell count sensors were composed of immobilized bacteria such as A. putrefaciens, E. coli, P. fluorescens, S. aureus and mixture of bacteria, and oxygen electrode. The sensors were used at pH 7.2 and 25°C. Good relationships were obtained between the output of each sensor and the viable cell count. Viable cell counts in bluefin tuna and mackerel muscles were also measured by the proposed sensor. From the results obtained, it was recognized that the proposed biosensor was applicable to the rapid and simple determination of viable cell count in fish meat with accuracy of six hundred orders or eight hundred orders. One assay could be completed within 20 min.
NETCAMPUS, una Solución Integral a la Teleformación (1999)

ComuNET Education Solutions ofrece soluciones integrales para empresas, instituciones y organismos vinculados al sector de la educación interesados en la aplicación de las nuevas tecnologías de la información en sus procesos educativos.\nComuNET Education Solutions ha desarrollado NETcampus, una aplicación de teleformación que contempla todos los aspectos necesarios para desarrollar cursos de formación a distancia a través de la utilización de la tecnología Internet/Intranet.\nNETcampus se caracteriza por su sencillez de funcionamiento y su capacidad para integrar todas las herramientas necesarias para gestionar, administrar, organizar, coordinar, diseñar e impartir programas de formación, convirtiéndose en una herramienta de gran utilidad y eficacia tanto para el administrador de los cursos como para el profesorado y alumnado.
Wavelength dependence of laser-induced phase transformations in semiconductor quantum dots (2001)

We study the effect of wavelength on the laser-induced phase transformation in semiconductor quantum dots. In our earlier report [Yakovlev et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 2050 (2000)], we discovered that a nanosecond pulse of 532 nm radiation results in a phase transformation of CdS nanocrystals from an orthorhombic to cubic phase. In this study, we find that irradiation with the pulse of a different wavelength (355 nm) results in a completely different transformation to a hexagonal wurtzite phase and a significant broadening of nanocrystal size distribution. The nanocrystal stoichiometry remained unchanged by the laser irradiation, as verified by energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy.
Non-linear mechanical behavior of a sintered material for braking application using digital image correlation (2017)

Friction materials for braking applications are complex composites made of many components to ensure the various performances required (friction coefficient level, low wear, mechanical strength, thermal resistance, etc.). The material is developed empirically by a trial and error approach. With the solicitation, the material evolves and probably also its properties. In the literature, the mechanical behavior of such materials is generally considered as linear elastic and independent of the loading history. This paper describes a methodology to characterize the mechanical behavior of such a heterogeneous material in order to investigate its non-linear mechanical behavior. Results from mechanical tests are implemented into material laws for numerical simulations. Thanks to the instrumentation, some links with the microstructure can also be proposed. The material is made of a metallic matrix embedding graphite and ceramic particles and is manufactured by sintering. It is used for dry friction applications such as high-energy brake for trains, cars and motorcycles. Compression tests are done with digital image correlation to measure full-filled displacement. It allows to calculate strain fields with enough resolution to identify the material heterogeneity and the role of some of the components of the formulation. A behavior model of the material with plasticity and damage is proposed to simulate the non-linear mechanical behavior and is implemented in an FEM code. Results of mechanical test simulations are compared with two types of experiments showing good agreement. This method thus makes it possible to determine mechanical properties at a virgin state but is extensible for characterizing a material having been submitted to braking solicitations.