gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Inflammation and Trauma-Related Psychopathology in Syrian and Iraqi Refugees (2020)

Refugees experience high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression due to exposure to civilian war trauma and forced migration. Inflammatory products may offer viable biological indicators of trauma-related psychopathology in this cohort, promoting rapid and objective assessment of psychopathology. Incoming Syrian and Iraqi refugees (n = 36) ages 18-65 completed self-report measures of PTSD, anxiety, and depression and provided saliva samples during an assessment at a primary care clinic within the first month of resettlement in the United States. Interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and C-reactive protein (CRP) differentially correlated with symptom severity by domain, and there was a non-significant trend for sex moderating the relation between inflammation and PTSD symptoms. Our findings show unique relations between trauma-related psychopathology and inflammation. There is a need for further research in diverse ethnic cohorts with differential trauma exposures for inflammation to be considered a biological indicator of psychopathology.
Electrochemical Properties and Gas Evolution Behavior of Overlithiated Li2NiO2as Cathode Active Mass for Rechargeable Li Ion Batteries (2012)

Electrochemical properties and gas evolution behavior of Li2NiO2 are studied. In-situ gas evolution test of Li2NiO2 cell shows that large amount of gas is evolved during the first delithiation process at two characteristic potential levels of about 3.6 V and 4.13 V vs. Li/Li+ for small gas and severe gas generation, respectively. In-situ XRD and EXAFS analyzes reveal that the small gas generation is related to the bulk structural collapse of Li2NiO2 during phase transformation, while the severe gas generation results from the material decomposition of structurally unstable phase after the phase transformation. 3 wt% Al2O3 coated Li2NiO2 shows improved gas evolution properties.
Software testing and the naturally occurring data assumption in natural language processing (2008)

It is a widely accepted belief in natural language processing research that naturally occurring data is the best (and perhaps the only appropriate) data for testing text mining systems. This paper compares code coverage using a suite of functional tests and using a large corpus and finds that higher class, line, and branch coverage is achieved with structured tests than with even a very large corpus.
Commerce des entreprises, territoires et insécurité sociale (2011)

Un nombre croissant d’investisseurs ne cherche plus, principalement, à gagner de l’argent en faisant fonctionner des entreprises, mais en effectuant des transactions sur les droits de propriété des entreprises. L’achat et la revente d’établissements industriels et commerciaux sont des moments privilégiés où de grosses sommes d’argent sont échangées rapidement et au cours desquels les fortunes se font et se défont. Quelles sont les conséquences de ces changements de propriété incessants sur le développement à long terme des établissements concernés et sur la prospérité (ou le déclin) de leurs parties prenantes (les salariés, les clients, les fournisseurs, les petits investisseurs et les collectivités locales) ? Nous proposons d’examiner ici ces questions à partir de l’étude du cas des investissements européens dans le bioéthanol brésilien
Quantum-chemical and thermodynamic analysis of energy characteristics of main reactions and the initiator hydrogen peroxide in ethanol to divinyl conversion on a ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst (2017)

The energy characteristics of the dehydration and dehydrogenation of ethanol have been evaluated by quantum-chemical analysis. It has been found that the dehydration of ethanol is an energetically favorable reaction. By analysis of the multiroute decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, the energy characteristics of individual reactions of the formation of hydroxyl and peroxide radicals and hydrogen and oxygen atoms have been determined. The transition state energies of the reactions of H2O2 degradation into various compounds have been estimated, allowing prediction of the behavior of radical sorption structures on the surface of the ZnO/γ-Al2O3 catalyst, in which ZnO is largely responsible for the dehydrogenation of ethanol to divinyl.
Adaptive Optics for Ophthalmic Applications (2013)

After a decade of rapid developments of adaptive optics instruments for the eye in the laboratory, more compact and economic systems are now also available for real world applications. A revision of my personal involvement with adaptive optics for ophthalmic applications and the prospects for future applications will be presented.
Probabilistic Models of Novel Document Rankings for Faceted Topic Retrieval (2009)

Traditional models of information retrieval assume docu-ments are independently relevant. But when the goal is retrieving diverse or novel information about a topic, re-trieval models need to capture dependencies between doc-uments. Such tasks require alternative evaluation and op-timization methods that operate on different types of rel-evance judgments. We define faceted topic retrieval as a particular novelty-driven task with the goal of finding a set of documents that cover the different facets of an informa-tion need. A faceted topic retrieval system must be able to cover as many facets as possible with the smallest number of documents. We introduce two novel models for faceted topic retrieval, one based on pruning a set of retrieved documents and one based on retrieving sets of documents through di-rect optimization of evaluation measures. We compare the performance of our models to MMR and the probabilistic model due to Zhai et al. on a set of 60 topics annotated with facets, showing that our models are competitive.
Electrochemical corrosion and electrochemical migration characteristics of SAC-1Bi-xMn solder alloys in NaCl solution (2023)

The effects of Ag and Mn content were investigated from the electrochemical corrosion (ECC) and electrochemical migration (ECM) point of view in the case of SAC0307–1Bi-xMn and SAC305 lead-free solder alloys in NaCl solution. On the one hand, long-term results showed that lower silver content showed higher corrosion resistance. On the other hand, the microstructure and elemental composition of the dendrites formed after the ECM test were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS) which demonstrated that micro-alloying elements (i.e. Mn) also contributed to the ECM processes. The ECM model of Mn was also established.
Levels of nicotine in Ethiopian tobacco leaves (2015)

Tobacco is a valuable cash crop. It is the most widely grown non-food crop in the world. Tobacco use is widespread due to its addictive nature of its main constituent nicotine. Therefore, the knowledge of nicotine level in tobacco is important to tobacco industry and in the area of toxicology to control its harmful effect on health. There is no report in the literature on nicotine level of Ethiopian raw (unprocessed) tobacco leaves. Hence, the objective of this study is to determine the levels of nicotine in the Ethiopian tobacco leaves. Samples were collected based on their leaves positions, species and place of cultivation from different regions of Ethiopia. These were Virginia type tobacco from Shewa Robit and Billate, Burley and Oriental types of tobacco from Awassa and native tobacco used as pipe smoking (Gaya) from Wollayita. The level of nicotine in four different varieties of Ethiopian tobacco leaves was determined using high performance liquid chromatography. The level of nicotine in the four different varieties of Ethiopian tobacco were Virginia tobacco (3.26 %), the native tobacco 'Gaya' (1.10 %), Burley tobacco (0.650 %), and Oriental tobacco leaves (≤0.0500 %). It was found that the nicotine level of Ethiopian Virginia tobacco leaves increases from bottom to top leaf (stalk) positions of the tobacco plant. It was also found that the nicotine level of Ethiopian tobacco leaves varies in different species and the nicotine level of the same tobacco species differ in different area of cultivation. In general, the level of nicotine in Ethiopian tobacco is comparable with that in the rest of the world.
Growth of TiO2 microspheres with a radially oriented configuration (2017)

Hierarchical microspheres constructed from radially oriented TiO<sub>2</sub> nanorods have been fabricated. The obtained three-dimensional mesoporous TiO<sub>2</sub> microspheres have a high accessible surface area (66 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>), large pore volume (0.15 cm<sup>3</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>), and well single-crystallized rutile nanorod walls.
A Randomized, Double-Blind Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Blosozumab, a Sclerostin Antibody, in Postmenopausal Women with Low Bone Mineral Density (2014)

Sclerostin, a SOST protein secreted by osteocytes, negatively regulates formation of mineralized bone matrix and bone mass. We report the results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter phase 2 clinical trial of blosozumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody targeted against sclerostin, in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density (BMD). Postmenopausal women with a lumbar spine T-score -2.0 to -3.5, inclusive, were randomized to subcutaneous blosozumab 180 mg every 4 weeks (Q4W), 180 mg every 2 weeks (Q2W), 270 mg Q2W, or matching placebo for 1 year, with calcium and vitamin D. Serial measurements of spine and hip BMD and biochemical markers of bone turnover were performed. Overall, 120 women were enrolled in the study (mean age 65.8 years, mean lumbar spine T-score -2.8). Blosozumab treatment resulted in statistically significant dose-related increases in spine, femoral neck, and total hip BMD as compared with placebo. In the highest dose group, BMD increases from baseline reached 17.7% at the spine, and 6.2% at the total hip. Biochemical markers of bone formation increased rapidly during blosozumab treatment, and trended toward pretreatment levels by study end. However, bone specific alkaline phosphatase remained higher than placebo at study end in the highest-dose group. CTx, a biochemical marker of bone resorption, decreased early in blosozumab treatment to a concentration less than that of the placebo group by 2 weeks, and remained reduced throughout blosozumab treatment. Mild injection site reactions were reported more frequently with blosozumab than placebo. In conclusion, treatment of postmenopausal women with an antibody targeted against sclerostin resulted in substantial increases in spine and hip BMD. These results support further study of blosozumab as a potential anabolic therapy for osteoporosis.
Representing topics labels for exploring digital libraries (2014)

Topic models have been shown to be a useful way of representing the content of large document collections, for example via visualisation interfaces (topic browsers). These systems enable users to explore collections by way of latent topics. A standard way to represent a topic is using a set of keywords, i.e. the top-n words with highest marginal probability within the topic. However, alternative topic representations have been proposed, including textual and image labels. In this paper, we compare different topic representations, i.e. sets of topic words, textual phrases and images, in a document retrieval task. We asked participants to retrieve relevant documents based on pre-defined queries within a fixed time limit, presenting topics in one of the following modalities: (1) sets of keywords, (2) textual labels, and (3) image labels. Our results show that textual labels are easier for users to interpret than keywords and image labels. Moreover, the precision of retrieved documents for textual and image labels is comparable to the precision achieved by representing topics using sets of keywords, demonstrating that labelling methods are an effective alternative topic representation.
A magnetic force microscope using CoFe-coated carbon nanotube probes (2004)

Ferromagnetic-film-coated carbon nanotube (CNT) probes were employed in a magnetic force microscope (MFM) observation. We succeeded in making a uniform ferromagnetic film on the CNT probes by improving the coating process and selecting materials. The performance of the CoFe-coated CNT probe was evaluated in ultra-high-density perpendicular magnetic storage media with densities from 600 to 1100?k flux changes per inch (FCI). The magnetic domain structure of the magnetic storage media was clearly observed up to 1100?kFCI. The ultimate lateral resolution of the newly developed MFM probes is down to about 10?nm, which exceeds the bit length of a magnetic recording with a density of Tbit?inch?2.
Inferring applications at the network layer using collective traffic statistics (2010)

In this paper, we propose a novel technique for inferring the distribution of application classes present in the aggregated traffic flows between endpoints, which exploits both the statistics of the traffic flows, and the spatial distribution of those flows across the network. Our method employs a two-step supervised model, where the bootstrapping step provides initial (inaccurate) inference on the traffic application classes, and the graph-based calibration step adjusts the initial inference through the collective spatial traffic distribution. In evaluations using real traffic flow measurements from a large ISP, we show how our method can accurately classify application types within aggregate traffic between endpoints, even without the knowledge of ports and other traffic features. While the bootstrap estimate classifies the aggregates with 80% accuracy, incorporating spatial distributions through calibration increases the accuracy to 92%, i.e., roughly halving the number of errors.
Structure-Less Message Aggregation (SLMA): Reliably and Efficiently Improve Information Precision and Certainty for VANETs (2010)

In VANETs, message aggregation is crucial to reduce information redundancy and communication overhead. In addition, it can effectively decrease the information inaccuracy from the on-board sensors. In this paper, we propose a novel scheme, event driven structure-less message aggregation (SLMA), for safety-relevant VANET applications. The key motive of SLMA is to reliably and efficiently improve information accuracy and reduce communication overhead with limited delay at the same time. To our best knowledge, this is the first paper to address these goals of message aggregation simultaneously in VANETs. Using multiple level parallel fusion model to provide high reliability, the structure-less aggregation framework eliminates packet exchanges for aggregation structure formation and maintenance. Bayesian fusion algorithm is adopted to effectively achieve precise event detection on the road. Simulation results show that SLMA scheme efficiently reduces the communication overhead with reasonable delay. Meanwhile, it can greatly improve information accuracy.
Expression of the met receptor tyrosine kinase in muscle progenitor cells in somites and limbs is absent in Splotch mice (1996)

Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) stimulates proliferation, dissociation, migration and morphogenesis of cells in culture. To investigate a possible role for HGF/SF and its receptor, the Met tyrosine kinase, in embryonic development, we have analyzed their expression in mouse embryos from day 7.5 of gestation by whole-mount in situ hybridization. Met expression is first detected in the ventral portion of somites at day 9.25 of gestation (22 somite embryo) at the level of fore limb buds. As somites mature, met expression is detected in caudal somites, and is confined to the lateral and media] tips of the dermomyotome and dermomyotome/myotome respectively. In contrast, HGF/SF is expressed exclusively in the mesodermal core of the limb bud. As the dermomyotome elongates ventrolaterally, the met-expressing cells at the lateral tip appear to detach from the somite, invade the limb bud and localize at the dorsal and ventral limb sides in close proximity to HGF/SF-expressing cells. At later stages, both met- and HGF/SF-expressing cells appear to migrate distally and localize to the digit forming area of the developing hand plate. Met expression in the lateral dermomyotome and limb bud coincides with expression of Pax-3, a marker for migrating muscle precursor cells in the somite and limb. Splotch-2H and Splotch-delayed mice, which harbor mutations in Pax-3, show major disruptions in early limb muscle development. Significantly, no met-expressing cells were observed in the limbs of homozygous Splotch-2H and Splotch-delayed animals, whereas HGF/SF expression was not affected. The restricted expression of met to a sub-population of Pax-3-expressing cells in the lateral tip of the dermomyotome, demonstrates that met represents a unique molecular marker for this migratory cell population. From these observations, together with the biological activities of HGF/SF, we propose that in homozygous Splotch embryos the failure of muscle precursors to migrate into and populate the limb bud results from a loss of met expression in the cells at the ventrolateral edge of the somitic dermomyotome.
Influence of blend microstructure on bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic performance (2010)

The performance of organic photovoltaic devices based upon bulk heterojunction blends of donor and acceptor materials has been shown to be highly dependent on the thin film microstructure. In this tutorial review, we discuss the factors responsible for influencing blend microstructure and how these affect device performance. In particular we discuss how various molecular design approaches can affect the thin film morphology of both the donor and acceptor components, as well as their blend microstructure. We further examine the influence of polymer molecular weight and blend composition upon device performance, and discuss how a variety of processing techniques can be used to control the blend microstructure, leading to improvements in solar cell efficiencies.
Synthesis of 2‐Deoxy‐2‐fluoro‐2‐C‐methyl‐D‐ribofuranoses. (2007)

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A Case of Melioidosis Presenting With Prostatic Abscess in Hong Kong (1987)

Melioidosis is endemic in Southeast Asia but reports of prostatic involvement are rare. We describe a patient with Pseudomonas pseudomallei septicemia and a prostatic abscess who presented with signs and symptoms of a urinary tract infection. The organism was cultured from the blood, urine and prostatic pus, and was treated successfully with co-trimoxazole and surgical drainage. Genitourinary infection with Pseudomonas pseudomallei should be considered in patients from endemic areas, and bacteriological investigation is essential for the diagnosis and management.
Band Structures of Plasmonic Polarons (2015)

Using state-of-the-art many-body calculations based on the "GW plus cumulant" approach, we show that electron-plasmon interactions lead to the emergence of plasmonic polaron bands in the band structures of common semiconductors. Using silicon and group IV transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers (AX_{2} with A=Mo,W and X=S, Se) as prototypical examples, we demonstrate that these new bands are a general feature of systems characterized by well-defined plasmon resonances. We find that the energy versus momentum dispersion relations of these plasmonic structures closely follow the standard valence bands, although they appear broadened and blueshifted by the plasmon energy. Based on our results, we identify general criteria for observing plasmonic polaron bands in the angle-resolved photoelectron spectra of solids.
Video-to-Shot Tag Propagation by Graph Sparse Group Lasso (2012)

Traditional approaches to video tagging are designed to propagate tags at the same level, such as assigning the tags of training videos (or shots) to the test videos (or shots), such as generating tags for the test video when the training videos are associated with the tags at the video-level or assigning tags to the test shot when given a collection of annotated shots. This paper focuses on automatical shot tagging given a collection of videos with the tags at the video-level. In other words, we aim to assign specific tags from the training videos to the test shot. The paper solves the V2S issue by assigning the test shot with the tags deriving from parts of the tags in a part of training videos. To achieve the goal, the paper first proposes a novel Graph Sparse Group Lasso (shorted for GSGL) model to linearly reconstruct the visual feature of the test shot with the visual features of the training videos, i.e., finding the correlation between the test shot and the training videos. The paper then proposes a new tagging propagation rule to assign the video-level tags to the test shot by the learnt correlations. Moreover, to effectively build the reconstruction model, the proposed GSGL simultaneously takes several constraints into account, such as the inter-group sparsity, the intra-group sparsity, the temporal-spatial prior knowledge in the training videos and the local structure of the test shot. Extensive experiments on public video datasets are conducted, which clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method for dealing with the video-to-shot tag propagation.
Can zebrafish be used as a model to study the neurodevelopmental causes of autism? (2003)

The zebrafish has proven to be an excellent model for analyzing issues of vertebrate development. In this review we ask whether the zebrafish is a viable model for analyzing the neurodevelopmental causes of autism. In developing an answer to this question three topics are considered. First, the general attributes of zebrafish as a model are discussed, including low cost maintenance, rapid life cycle and the multitude of techniques available. These techniques include large-scale genetic screens, targeted loss and gain of function methods, and embryological assays. Second, we consider the conservation of zebrafish and mammalian brain development, structure and function. Third, we discuss the impressive use of zebrafish as a model for human disease, and suggest several strategies by which zebrafish could be used to dissect the genetic basis for autism. We conclude that the zebrafish system could be used to make important contributions to understanding autistic disorders.
Stress determination of micromembranes using laser vibrometry (1996)

A laser vibrometry based dynamic technique for biaxial residual stress determination in micromembranes is reported. Layered, low pressure chemical vapor deposition grown, rectangular shaped micromembranes are ultrasonically excited. The resulting micromembrane displacement, as a function of frequency and position, is recorded to yield resonance frequencies and associated vibrational mode numbers. The stress is determined from this information. Vibrations forced from ultrasonic pressure (∼25 Pa) resulted in peak displacements of tens of nanometers at resonance. For the sample set studied, the (3,1) mode resonance peak displayed the least damping in atmospheric testing and was used to establish stress levels ∼108 N/m2. A trend for this stress showing an overall decrease by ∼40% as a result of thermomechanical cycling was identified.
Use of a 6% Mo Alloy in Desalination (2003)

Abstract The 6% Mo superaustenitic alloys have been used extensively in seawater handling applications. The properties that allow these alloys to be used in seawater make them well suited for use in construction of equipment for the production of potable water by desalination of brackish or seawater. N08367 alloy has been specified and used in a variety of reverse osmosis and multistage flash distillation applications. Several brine concentrators have also been built using the UNS N08367 alloy. Data on the performance and use of N08367 alloy in desalination testing and service are presented.