gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Session Ratings of Perceived Exertion Responses During Resistance Training Bouts Equated for Total Work but Differing in Work Rate (2013)

Session ratings of perceived exertion (SRPE) during resistance training may be influenced by specific exercise parameters. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of work rate (total work per unit time) and recording time on SRPE. Participants performed 3 exercise bouts of bench press, lat pull-down, overhead press, upright row, triceps extension, and biceps curl at 60% of predetermined 1 repetition maximum according to these protocols: (a) 3 sets × 8 repetitions (reps) × 1.5 minutes of recovery, (b) 3 sets × 8 reps × 3 minutes of recovery, and (c) 2 sets × 12 reps × 3 minutes of recovery. Session ratings of perceived exertion for the 3 × 8 × 1.5-minute recovery (5.3 ± 1.8) and 2 × 12 × 3-minute recovery trials (6.2 ± 1.7) were significantly greater vs. 3 × 8 × 3-minute recovery trial (4.2 ± 1.8). The difference approached significance between work rate-matched protocols (p = 0.08). No difference was observed between SRPE at 15 minutes (5.1 ± 1.8) vs. 30 minutes (5.2 ± 1.9) post exercise. Post-set in-task ratings of perceived exertion were higher for the 2 × 12 × 3-minute recovery trial (5.9 ± 1.4) vs. 3 × 8 × 1.5-minute recovery trial (4.8 ± 1.2) and 3 × 8 × 3-minute recovery trial (4.0 ± 1.6). The difference approached significance (p = 0.07) for the 3 × 8 × 3-minute recovery trial vs. 3 × 8 × 1.5-minute recovery trial. Session ratings of perceived exertion responded to changes in work rate with no significant difference at matched work rates, indicating that SRPE is responsive to training load. Results indicated that more proximal monitoring (15 minutes post exercise) yielded reliable estimates of SRPE increasing the practical utility of the measure.
Sexual Development in Fish, Practical Applications for Aquaculture (2009)

Aquaculture is one of the fastest rising sectors of world food production. Hundreds of fish species are cultured, providing an affordable, high quality food source. Two aspects of sexual development are critically important for the continued improvement of cultured fish stocks: sexual dimorphism and control of reproduction. In this paper, we review the main methods used to control sex determination in fish and their application in some of the most widely cultured species. Specifically, we review the techniques available for the production of all-male, all-female, and sterile populations. Techniques for endocrinological control of reproduction are also discussed.
A high-speed tone decoder phase-locked loop (1977)

THE RECENT GROWTH in popularity of Touch-Tone* dialing and similar types of multi-frequency signaling systems has produced a rapidly increasing demand for low cost, narrow-band tone detectors. Monolithic versions of the tone decoder phaselocked loop (TDPLL) have been developed as one means of meeting this demand.
A Feedback Reduction Technique for MIMO Broadcast Channels (2006)

A multiple antenna broadcast channel with perfect channel state information at the receivers is considered. If each receiver quantizes its channel knowledge to a finite number of bits which are fed back to the transmitter, the large capacity benefits of the downlink channel can be realized. However, the required number of feedback bits per mobile must be scaled with both the number of transmit antennas and the system SNR, and thus can be quite large in even moderately sized systems. It is shown that a small number of antennas can be used at each receiver to improve the quality of the channel estimate provided to the transmitter. As a result, the required feedback rate per mobile can be significantly decreased
One-Year Clinical Outcomes, Midterm Survival, and Predictors of Mortality After Carotid Stenting in Elderly Patients (2009)

This study demonstrates that in selected elderly patients, a high proportion (85%) survived 2 years and >75% survived 3 years after stenting. Carotid stenting may be considered a revascularization option in such patients. Better selection of patients using the predictors of mortality may help to reduce unwarranted procedures and to optimize survival likelihood.
Opportunistic Multi-Channel Access in Heterogeneous Networks with Renewable Energy Supplies (2014)

The heterogeneous system, where small networks (e.g., femtocell or WiFi) boost the system capacity under the umbrella of a large network (e.g., cellular systems), is a promising architecture for the next generation wireless communication systems. In addition, energy harvesting (EH) based green communication is one key next-generation technology. In this paper, we study an uplink transmission scenario under such a heterogeneous network hierarchy, where each mobile user (MU) is powered by a sustainable energy supply and has deterministic access to the large network via one private channel, but only dynamic access to a small network with certain probability via one common channel shared by multiple MUs. Considering a general EH model, i.e., energy arrivals are time-correlated, we study an opportunistic transmission scheme and aim to maximize the average throughput for each MU, which jointly exploits the statistics and current states of the channel, battery, and EH rate, together with the availability to the common channel. Applying a simple yet efficient “save-then-transmit” scheme, the throughput maximization problem is cast as a “rate-of-return” optimal stopping problem. The optimal solution is investigated for the general Markovian channel states and energy arrivals, followed by the independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) case. As performance benchmarks, the optimal and some suboptimal power allocation schemes with conventional constant power supplies are also examined.
Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Antipyrine Derivatives. VI (1962)

A total of 12 kinds of new antipyrine derivatives with thiazolidinone ring were synthesized, including 5 kinds of 2-(4-antipyrinylimino)-5-arylidene-4-thiazolidinones (II-VI), 3-(4-antipyrinyl)-2-imino-4-thiazolidinones (VII-XI), 3-(4-antipyrinyl)-5, 5-dimethyl-2-oxo-4-thiazolidinone (X: hydrolysis product of XI), 2-[(4-antipyrinyl)methylmethylenehydrazono]-4-thiazolidinone (XII), and 2-[(2-methyl-1-phenyl-5-pyrazolon-4-yl)methyl)methylenehydrazono]4-thiazolidinone (XIII). Antibacterial action in vitro of these compounds were tested and some growth-inhibitory activity against tubercle bacilli was found in compounds (IV), (V), (VI), (XII), and (XIII), but none were effective against Staph. aureus and E. coli.
Global Production vs. Inventory Supply and Financial Performance: Evidence from Korean Multinational Firms (2016)

We analyze how firms' global production activities affect their inventory supply and financial performance in regards to its production location. For the analysis, we use information on global production quantities of 3,076 Korean multinational firms that operate business in Europe and Asia through foreign direct investment (FDI) from 2006 to 2013. Our estimation results show that an increase in global production ratio, measured by global production/total production, decreases inventory supply and financial performance of firms that produce in European countries, while it decreases financial performance of firms that produce in Asian countries. Although our results indicate that global production decreases financial performance of firms that produce in Europe and Asia, we find that its negative effects on financial performance are different based on the market demand uncertainty.
Visualizing and understanding players' behavior in video games (2011)

As video games become more popular, there is an urge for procedures that can support the analysis and understanding of players' behaviors within game environments. Such data would inform game and level designers of game design issues that should be fixed or improved upon. By logging user-initiated events in video games, analysts have exhaustive information regarding players' actions within games. However, visualizing such data is a challenging task due to the amount of data one has to deal with; the necessity of a deep understanding of the game and players' possible actions within the game plus a deep understanding of questions one wants to answer; the computation that has to be done on the data; and the limitations and/or complexities of current analysis tools. In this paper, we present a new visualization system that allows analysts to build visualization and interact with telemetry data, to identify patterns and identify game design issues efficiently. Besides the system itself, we propose a new approach to visualize players' behavior that has not been explored so far. For example, instead of using heat maps to visualize a single metric (e.g. deaths), our system allows analysts to superimpose and visualize a series of actions players take in the game. This is especially important when one should understand cause and effect within the game. We present examples of the visualizations using an RPG game, Dragon Age Origins (BioWare/EA, 2009). It should be noted that the system is currently under development and testing with analysts working at BioWare.
Ambient air sulphur dioxide and sulphate accumulation in deciduous and evergreen plants. (2012)

Present study is an attempt to evaluate the difference in rate of sulphur dioxide (SO2) absorption by deciduous (Ficus religiosa) and evergreen (Carica papaya) plants, under elevated concentration of the gas in ambient air. Two-way ANOVA for SO2 in air and sulphate (SO4) accumulation in both the selected plants showed significant difference (p<0.01) at different study sites; different months as well as interaction effect of both site and months. The linear correlation coefficient among ambient air SO2 and SO4 in leaves was always significant (p<0.001) in case of deciduous plant; however, the same in evergreen plants showed heterogeneous result. Air pollution tolerance index (APTI) of F. religiosa (deciduous) and C. papaya (evergreen) was found to be 19.73 and 81.10 respectively, proving that the former has low tolerance capacity and is sensitive, while the latter is resistant to the elevated ambient air SO2.
Virological and serological predictors of anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (2018)

Background: Our objective was to identify virological and serological predictors of anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) in HIV-positive men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM). Methods: HIV-positive MSM were recruited from a longitudinal study (2010–2013), during which anal self-swabs and serum were collected at up to five bi-annual visits. Swabs were HPV genotyped, and type-specific HPV viral load in anal swabs was determined. Serum antibodies to E6, E7, E1, E2 and L1 proteins of 7 hrHPV-types and HPV6 and 11 were analyzed. 193 participants had a high-resolution anoscopy (HRA) after the last study visit and were included in the current analysis. Anal HSIL was diagnosed by histopathological examination of anal biopsies. Causative HPV-type of anal HSIL was determined in whole tissue sections (WTS) and by laser capture micro-dissection if more than one HPV-type was found in WTS. Multivariable logistic regression was used to study whether persistent anal HPV infection, HPV viral load and seropositivity for HPV were predictors of anal HSIL, in general and for concordant causative HPV-type. Results: Of 193 HIV-positive MSM, 50 (26%) were diagnosed with anal HSIL. HrHPV persistence in anal swabs was common, varying by hrHPV-type between 3–21%. Neither anal hrHPV viral load, nor seropositivity for L1, E6, E7, E1, or E2 was associated with anal HSIL. Only anal HPV persistence was independent associated with anal HSIL, in general and by concordant causative HPV-type. Conclusion: Persistent HPV infection was strongly associated with anal HSIL, in general as well as for concordant HPV-type.
Effect of Fenarimol Application Timing on Fruit Shape of Bartlett Pear (2000)

Plots were established at Ukiah and Davis, California, and Medford and Hood River, Oregon, to evaluate the effect of fenarimol (Rubigan 1 EC), applied at various stages of bloom development, on fruit shape of Bartlett pear. At each location, 10 different treatment schedules were applied at various combinations of bud burst (BB), green cluster (GC), white bud (WB), and full bloom (FB). In schedules that included an application at FB, the fruit length:diameter (L/D) ratio was significantly reduced in at least three of four locations when compared to untreated controls. When fenarimol was applied at BB, GC, WB, and FB, the L/D ratio was reduced at all locations. Treatment at BB only did not affect L/D ratio. Schedules involving GC or WB, but not FB, resulted in reduced L/D ratios at only one or two locations. When data from all four locations were combined, L/D ratios were significantly reduced by all fenarimol treatments except BB alone, and the smallest L/D ratios resulted from treatments which included applications at both WB and FB. Fruit stem length was significantly reduced by all timings of fenarimol application except GC at Medford, and all timings except BB and GC at Ukiah. Fruit weight did not differ among treatments.
A non‐Darwinian role for mutagenesis in stem cell–derived cancers (2002)

It is clear that mutations cause cancer. The implicated mechanism is Darwinism. That is, a stochastic series of mutations is purported to effect the cellular variability upon which natural selection acts to yield increasingly cancer-like intermediates leading ultimately to malignant clones. It is no wonder then that the neoplastic phenotype is considered "alien," having evolved via random unrehearsed events. Neoplasia, however, has also been depicted as something less than foreign, bordering on familiar. This is because cancer shares proliferative and invasive qualities with the native developmental processes of embryogenesis and adult tissue renewal/repair. A question then arises: If key features of malignancy already naturally exist within well-choreographed programs, why reinvent this phenotype via stochastic multistep schemes rather than reactivate it largely en bloc? Indeed, as will be shown, tissues do harbor a malignant potential capable of reactivation. Specifically, this capability is maintained by stem cells (having inherited such from embryonic precursors)-a phenotype controlled by a microenvironment favoring perpetual rearing by (quiescent) stem cells of proliferative progeny for orderly renewal over neoplasia. Accordingly, normally well-sequestered stem cells, when amid carcinogen/mutagen-induced disruption to local surroundings, produce progeny tending by default toward disorderliness (neoplasia) over renewal. Because such tumor-causing mutations act non-cell autonomously, this cancerous state is potentially reversible but subsequent cell-autonomous mutations can impair particular clonal progeny, already cancerous, from regressing. Thus, a scenario wherein mutations (1) de-repress malignancy non-cell autonomously and then (2) slow its reversion cell autonomously, commonly misinterpreted as Darwinian, may constitute a non-Darwinian mechanism for the genesis of cancers that are stem cell derived.
Building up longitudinal concentration gradients in shallow microchannels (2007)

We demonstrate a compact and low consumption (60 nL) method for generating concentration gradients along microchannels with shallow parabolic cross-sections. The regimes of dispersion at work in such systems and the resulting concentration fields are described theoretically and experimentally. Experiments are performed in PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) microchannels actuated by integrated valves. Detailed comparison between theory and experiment for the "short time" and "long time" regimes leads to excellent agreement. The system is used to successfully set up a series of isolated microchambers with mixtures of increasing solute concentrations, which may be a first step towards devices for screening.
rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP (also designated V920) recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotyped with Ebola Zaire Glycoprotein: Standardized template with key considerations for a risk/benefit assessment (2019)

The Brighton Collaboration Viral Vector Vaccines Safety Working Group (V3SWG) was formed to evaluate the safety and characteristics of live, recombinant viral vector vaccines. A recent publication by the V3SWG described live, attenuated, recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (rVSV) as a chimeric virus vaccine for HIV-1 (Clarke et al., 2016). The rVSV vector system is being explored as a platform for development of multiple vaccines. This paper reviews the molecular and biological features of the rVSV vector system, followed by a template with details on the safety and characteristics of a rVSV vaccine against Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV). The rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine is a live, replication competent vector in which the VSV glycoprotein (G) gene is replaced with the glycoprotein (GP) gene of ZEBOV. Multiple copies of GP are expressed and assembled into the viral envelope responsible for inducing protective immunity. The vaccine (designated V920) was originally constructed by the National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, further developed by NewLink Genetics Corp. and Merck & Co., and is now in final stages of registration by Merck. The vaccine is attenuated by deletion of the principal virulence factor of VSV (the G protein), which also removes the primary target for anti-vector immunity. The V920 vaccine caused no toxicities after intramuscular (IM) or intracranial injection of nonhuman primates and no reproductive or developmental toxicity in a rat model. In multiple studies, cynomolgus macaques immunized IM with a wide range of virus doses rapidly developed ZEBOV-specific antibodies measured in IgG ELISA and neutralization assays and were fully protected against lethal challenge with ZEBOV virus. Over 20,000 people have received the vaccine in clinical trials; the vaccine has proven to be safe and well tolerated. During the first few days after vaccination, many vaccinees experience a mild acute-phase reaction with fever, headache, myalgia, and arthralgia of short duration; this period is associated with a low-level viremia, activation of anti-viral genes, and increased levels of chemokines and cytokines. Oligoarthritis and rash appearing in the second week occur at a low incidence, and are typically mild-moderate in severity and self-limited. V920 vaccine was used in a Phase III efficacy trial during the West African Ebola epidemic in 2015, showing 100% protection against Ebola Virus Disease, and it has subsequently been deployed for emergency control of Ebola outbreaks in central Africa. The template provided here provides a comprehensive picture of the first rVSV vector to reach the final stage of development and to provide a solution to control of an alarming human disease.
EMC assessment of the railway traction system by using PSpice (2010)

This paper describes how to analyze the EMC performance of the railway traction system by using PSpice. This analysis method is based on the accurate modelling of the IGBT and power diodes. The paper gives the analysis method as well as the modelling details of these power devices. An efficient way to predict the worst EMC performance is proposed, especially for high frequency EM noise. We have also studied the impact of the reverse-recovery time of a free wheeling diode on high frequency EM noise generation.
Design and experimental analysis of solar-powered water desalination system using humidification–dehumidification (2020)

Desalination with solar-powered air heating and packed bed humidification is designed and fabricated using locally available materials. The system with fined type dehumidifier is designed using the LMTD method. There are different solar desalination techniques such as solar still, solar air humidification dehumidification and solar water flash evaporation. Among these desalination techniques, solar air humidification dehumidification was already successfully used in very large-scale desalination but, not effectively tried for small-scale desalination. Desalination system with HDH was designed and fabricated during this research project for small-scale output. There are three main components of the system: Solar air heater, humidifier and dehumidifier. The packed bed was used in the design of humidifier for increasing the surface contact area of air with water. Psychrometric properties are recorded with the use of sensors DHT11 and ESP8266 micro-controller Wi-Fi board. The water temperatures are recorded with PT100 sensors and 8 channels data logger.
A Full-Wave Analysis of a Coaxial Waveguide Slot Bridge using the Fourier Transform Technique (2006)

Electromagnetic wave scattering from a coaxial waveguide slot bridge is theoretically investigated. The Fourier transform/series technique is utilized to constitute a set of simultaneous equations for the discrete modal coefficients. The residue calculus is applied to transform the scattered-field integral representations into fast-converging series forms. Numerical computations illustrate the behavior of scattering in terms of the slot geometry, the incident mode, and the operating frequency.
Atomistic Simulations of Mass and Thermal Transport in Oxide Nuclear Fuels (2012)

In this talk we discuss simulations of the mass and thermal transport in oxide nuclear fuels. Redistribution of fission gases such as Xe is closely coupled to nuclear fuel performance. Most fission gases have low solubility in the fuel matrix, specifically the insolubility is most pronounced for large fission gas atoms such as Xe, and as a result there is a significant driving force for segregation of gas atoms to grain boundaries or dislocations and subsequently for nucleation of gas bubbles at these sinks. The first step of the fission gas redistribution is diffusion of individual gas atoms through the fuel matrix to existing sinks, which is governed by the activation energy for bulk diffusion. Fission gas bubbles are then formed by either separate nucleation events or by filling voids that were nucleated at a prior stage; in both cases their formation and latter growth is coupled to vacancy dynamics and thus linked to the production of vacancies via irradiation or thermal events. In order to better understand bulk Xe behavior (diffusion mechanisms) in UO{sub 2{+-}x} we first calculate the relevant activation energies using density functional theory (DFT) techniques. By analyzing a combination of Xe solution thermodynamics, migration barriers and the interaction of dissolved Xe atoms with U, we demonstrate that Xe diffusion predominantly occurs via a vacancy-mediated mechanism, though other alternatives may exist in high irradiation fields. Since Xe transport is closely related to diffusion of U vacancies, we have also studied the activation energy for this process. In order to explain the low value of 2.4 eV found for U migration from independent damage experiments (not thermal equilibrium) the presence of vacancy clusters must be included in the analysis. Next a continuum transport model for Xe and U is formulated based on the diffusion mechanisms established from DFT. After combining this model with descriptions of the interaction between Xe and grain boundaries derived from separate atomistic calculations, we simulate Xe redistribution for a few simple microstructures using finite element methods (FEM), as implemented in the MOOSE framework from Idaho National Laboratory. Thermal transport together with the power distribution determines the temperature distribution in the fuel rod and it is thus one of the most influential properties on nuclear fuel performance. The fuel thermal conductivity changes as function of time due to microstructure evolution (e.g. fission gas redistribution) and compositional changes. Using molecular dynamics simulations we have studied the impact of different types of grain boundaries and fission gas bubbles on UO{sub 2} thermal conductivity.