gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Household Energy Bills and Subsidized Housing (2012)

Household energy consumption is crucial to national energy policy. This article analyzes how the rules covering utility costs in the four major federal housing assistance programs alter landlord and tenant incentives for energy efficiency investment and conservation. We conclude that, relative to market-rate housing, assistance programs provide less incentive to landlords and tenants for energy efficiency investment and conservation, and utilities are more likely to be included in the rent. Using data from the American Housing Survey, we examine the differences in utility billing arrangements between assisted and unassisted low-income renters and find that—even when controlling for observable building and tenant differences—the rent that assisted tenants pay is more likely to include utilities. Among all tenants who pay utility bills separately from rent, observable differences in energy expenses for assisted and unassisted tenants are driven by unit, building, and household characteristics rather than the receipt of government assistance.
Itching following burns: epidemiology and predictors (2007)

Itching remains a significant problem over a 2-year period. Individuals having undergone surgical procedures and experiencing early post-traumatic distress are more likely to suffer from long-term and persistent itching. Implications regarding practice and research are discussed.
Physically-based Assessment of Hurricane Surge Threat under Climate Change (2012)

Abstract Storm surges are responsible for much of the damage and loss of life associated with landfalling hurricanes. Understanding how global warming will affect hurricane surges thus holds great interest. As general circulation models (GCMs) cannot simulate hurricane surges directly, we couple a GCM-driven hurricane model with hydrodynamic models to simulate large numbers of synthetic surge events under projected climates and assess surge threat, as an example, for New York City (NYC). Struck by many intense hurricanes in recorded history and prehistory, NYC is highly vulnerable to storm surges. We show that the change of storm climatology will probably increase the surge risk for NYC; results based on two GCMs show the distribution of surge levels shifting to higher values by a magnitude comparable to the projected sea-level rise (SLR). The combined effects of storm climatology change and a 1 m SLR may cause the present NYC 100-yr surge flooding to occur every 3–20 yr and the present 500-yr flooding to occur every 25–240 yr by the end of the century.
Pre-Launch Calibration of the Nasa Tropics Constellation Mission (2020)

The NASA TROPICS mission [1] hosts a high performance radiometer to estimate temperature and water vapor profiles, precipitation, and Tropical Cyclone intensity. Noise Diodes (ND) are an attractive option for calibration of small satellite sounders, especially in the face of volume constraints that preclude extensive radiative shielding of internal calibration targets that is utilized in operational missions [2]. Recent operational missions [3], [4] demonstrated on-orbit ND calibration stability better than 0.1 K over more than four years when prelaunch screening of the ND is used. An essential step for TROPICS is the precise prelaunch characterization of the ND performance over a variety of thermal conditions, which will be augmented by post-launch cross-comparisons similar to the techniques used by the GPM Intercalibration (X-CAL) Working Group. This paper introduces the first radiometric calibration and verification with the radiometer integrated on the satellite platform under flight-like conditions.
Using Regional Variation in Wages to Measure the Effects of the Federal Minimum Wage (1992)

The imposition of a national minimum wage standard provides a natural experiment in which the “treatment effect” varies across states depending on the fraction of workers initially earning less than the new minimum. The author exploits this fact to evaluate the effect of the April 1990 increase in the federal minimum wage on teenagers' wages, employment, and school enrollment. Comparisons of grouped and individual state data confirm that the rise in the minimum wage increased teenagers' wages. There is no evidence of corresponding losses in teenage employment or changes in teenage school enrollment.
The human ubiquitin-52 amino acid fusion protein gene shares several structural features with mammalian ribosomal protein genes (1991)

Complementary DNA clones encoding ubiquitin fused to a 52 amino acid tail protein were isolated from human placental and adrenal gland cDNA libraries. The deduced human 52 amino acid tail protein is very similar to the homologous protein from other species, including the conservation of the putative metal-binding, nucleic acid-binding domain observed in these proteins. Northern blot analysis with a tail-specific probe indicated that the previously identified UbA mRNA species most likely represents comigrating transcripts of the 52 amino acid tail (UbA52) and 80 amino acid tail (UbA80) ubiquitin fusion genes. The UbA52 gene was isolated from a human genomic library and consists of five exons distributed over 3400 base pairs. One intron is in the 5' non-coding region, two interrupt the single ubiquitin coding unit, and the fourth intron is within the tail coding region. Several members of the Alu family of repetitive DNA are associated with the gene. The UbA52 promoter has several features in common with mammalian ribosomal protein genes, including its location in a CpG-rich island, initiation of transcription within a polypyrimidine tract, the lack of a consensus TATA motif, and the presence of Sp1 binding sites, observations that are consistent with the recent identification of the ubiquitin-free tail proteins as ribosomal proteins. Thus, in spite of its unusual feature of being translationally fused to ubiquitin, the 52 amino acid tail ribosomal protein is expressed from a structurally typical ribosomal protein gene.
The T/G−13915 variant upstream of the lactase gene ( LCT ) is the founder allele of lactase persistence in an urban Saudi population (2007)

The T/G-13915 variant is the founder mutation of lactase persistence in an urban Saudi population. The results obtained here have implications for genetic testing of adult-type hypolactasia and to analysis of human evolution, the origin of cattle domestication and migrations of the populations in the Arabian peninsula.
[Echocardiographic diagnosis of accessory leaflet of mitral valve]. (1990)

The accessory mitral valve leaflet is a rare cardiac congenital anomaly usually associated to complex cardiac congenital malformations. It also represents a rare cause of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Its diagnosis has often been ignored by conventional diagnostic methods. This fact may represent a cause for relative surgical failure, when operations for cardiac complex anomalies are performed. Echodopplercardiography is the choice and more accurate method for its diagnosis. In our case, parasternal and apical long axis planes, allowed an unmistakable visualization of a parachute shape fibrous structure, with its concave surface turned up towards the aortic valve. Chordae tendinae proper to the anomalous accessory mitral valve tissue were connected to chordae or to papillary muscles of the mitral valve. A careful echodopplercardiographic study will allow us, not only to diagnose this malformation, as well as to differentiate it from other conditions like tumors, vegetations or other types of subaortic obstruction.
Thoracoscopic Lung Lobectomy for Primary Lung Tumors in 13 Dogs (2015)

Selected primary lung tumors in dogs can be safely resected with thoracoscopy and not affect long-term outcome.
A Diels—Alder Synthesis of Pyridines. (2004)

Abstract For Abstract see ChemInform Abstract in Full Text.
Detectable serum SARS-CoV-2 viral load (RNAaemia) is closely associated with drastically elevated interleukin 6 (IL-6) level in critically ill COVID-19 patients (2020)

Abstract Background Although the SARS-CoV-2 viral load detection of respiratory specimen has been widely used for novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) diagnosis, it is undeniable that serum SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid (RNAaemia) could be detected in a fraction of the COVID-19 patients. However, it is not clear that if the incidence of RNAaemia could be correlated with the occurrence of cytokine storm or with the specific class of patients. Methods This study enrolled 48 patients with COVID-19 admitted to the General Hospital of Central Theater Command, PLA, a designated hospital in Wuhan, China. The patients were divided into three groups according to the Diagnosis and Treatment of New Coronavirus Pneumonia (version 6) published by the National Health Commission of China. The clinical and laboratory data were collected. The serum viral load detection and serum IL-6 levels were determined. Except for routine statistical analysis, Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) analysis was used to establish a patient status prediction model based on real-time RT-PCR Ct value. Findings The Result showed that cases with RNAaemia were exclusively confirmed in critically ill patients group and appeared to reflect the illness severity. Further more, the inflammatory cytokine IL-6 levels were significantly elevated in critically ill patients, which is almost 10-folds higher than those in other patients. More importantly, the extremely high IL-6 level was closely correlated with the incidence of RNAaemia (R=0.902) and the vital signs of COVID-19 patients (R= −0.682). Interpretation Serum SARS-CoV-2 viral load (RNAaemia) is strongly associated with cytokine storm and can be used to predict the poor prognosis of COVID-19 patients. Moreover, our results strongly suggest that cytokine IL-6 should be considered as a therapeutic target in critically ill patients with excessive inflammatory response.
Conservation and Variation in Orthopoxvirus Genome Structure (1979)

Orthopoxvirus DNA from representative strains of rabbitpox, vaccinia, monkeypox, variola, cowpox and ectromelia viruses was analysed by cleavage with restriction endonucleases HindIII, XhoI or SmaI. Genome mol. wt. vary from about 120 x 10(6) for rabbitpox to about 145 x 10(6) for cowpox. Physical maps of cleavage sites are similar and characteristic for strains of the same Orthopoxvirus type. The distribution of HindIII sites suggests that an internal region of mol. wt. about 30 x 10(6) is highly conserved between Orthopoxvirus genomes although some type-specific differences occur within this region, especially with strains of ectromelia virus. Conservation of internal sequences is less marked following analysis with XhoI although cleavages within this central region of particular genomes appear to represent a subset of preferred sites. Endonuclease SmaI cleaves exceptionally infrequently and distinguishes variola, monkeypox, vaccinia, cowpox or ectromelia viruses. Type specific differences result largely from extensive, near terminal variations in length and sequence. Representative Orthopoxvirus genomes have rapidly renaturing terminal restriction fragments confirming the presence of near terminal, covalent cross-links. Terminal restriction fragments from the same or different genomes generally cross hybridize indicating the presence of near terminal repetitions of mol. wt. up to 6 x 10(6) and which share at least a subset of common sequences. Variola strains however, appear to lack such sequences from one specific terminus which maps shorter than that of related viruses.
Inbred Maize Performance Following Tassel and Leaf Removal1 (1973)

Abstract Mechanical detasseling in hybrid seed production fields of corn ( Zea mays L.) frequently is accompanied by loss of some leaf material. Little is known about the effect of this practice on seed production in those instances where the seed parent is an inbred line. We investigated the effects of tassel removal and tassel plus leaf removal on 5 short season inbred lines grown at Guelph, Ontario and 5 later maturing lines grown at Harrow, Ontario. Treatments at both locations consisted of a check, and the removal just prior to anthesis of the tassel, tassel plus one leaf, tassel plus two leaves, and tassel plus three leaves. When tassels alone were removed, there was an average increase “of 6.9%g rain yield. When 1, 2, and 3 leaves were removed with the tassel, yield reductions for the 10 inbreds averaged 1.5, 4.9, and 13.5% relative to the yield for tassel removal only. Yield differences were the result of a reduction in both kernel weight and number of kernels per row. However, yield responses to leaf removal varied greatly between inbreds, and therefore, it is impossible to generalize on the effects on grain yield of leaf removal during detasseling. For some inbreds, particularly shorter season ones, the reduction in yield due to removal of 2 and 3 leaves with the tassel is large enough to warrant consideration in seed production. On the other hand, yield of some of the later inbreds was reduced only slightly when 3 leaves were removed with the tassel. This probably reflects the higher percentages of leaf area removed in earlier inbreds as compared to the later inbreds.
10‐2: Direct Measurement of Color Speckle Applying XYZ Filters (2016)

Color speckle was measured for the first time using a 2‐D colorimetric luminance meter with XYZ filters that had similar spectral sensitivity of human eyes. Various colors were distributed over the color gamut multi‐color lasers could achieve. These results were matched with the simulated results by the theory.
T64A polymorphism in β3‐adrenergic receptor gene (ADRB3) and coronary heart disease: a case‐cohort study and meta‐analysis (2007)

Our study in combination with a meta-analysis of previous reports do not provide support for a role of missense mutation replacing tryptophan with arginine at codon 64 (Trp64Arg) at the human ADRB3 gene in CHD risk.
Transforming growth factor-β1 gene polymorphisms and coronary artery disease (1998)

1. A meta-analysis of 17 years of literature on erythrocyte Na+/Li+ countertransport (NLCT) and Na+/K+ co-transport (COT) measurements in relation to essential hypertension is presented. The analysis aimed to answer two questions: (i) Which clinical or laboratory variables influence NLCT and COT flux values? (ii) How useful are NLCT and COT measurements as a diagnostic aid in essential hypertension? 2. Regression analysis was performed on the mean flux values and relevant clinical and laboratory values. Studies in both normotensive and hypertensive subjects were stratified for variables which showed a significant association with the measured flux. For hypertensive subjects the studies were also stratified for medication. Means of strata were calculated after weighing the mean of a study by the inverse of its own variance and were compared in normotensive as well as hypertensive subjects using a t-test. 3. The analysis did not demonstrate systematic effects of laboratory variables for either NLCT or COT. It was found that essential hypertension, family history of hypertension, gender and antihypertensive medication are main determinants for the flux values of both transport systems. After stratification for these determinants, significant differences in weighed mean flux values between normotensive and hypertensive subjects were demonstrated. However, these differences are much smaller than the variance in the weighed mean flux values, suggesting the existence of other unknown variables that strongly affect the flux rates. 4. In conclusion, NLCT and COT measurements cannot be of diagnostic use in essential hypertension.
Evidence for Chilling-Induced Oxidative Stress in Maize Seedlings and a Regulatory Role for Hydrogen Peroxide (1994)

Tottempudi K. Prasad, Marc D. Anderson, Barry A. Martin, Cecil R. Stewart, Evidence for Chilling-Induced Oxidative Stress in Maize Seedlings and a Regulatory Role for Hydrogen Peroxide, The Plant Cell, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan., 1994), pp. 65-74
First Demonstration of In-Line Phase Sensitive Amplifier based on PPLN Waveguide (2012)

We demonstrate a χ(2)-based in-line PSA with a carrier-recovery and phase-locking system using wavelength conversion and injection locking. Phase regenerative amplification is achieved for 40 Gb/s DPSK signals with a wide phase sensitive dynamic range of 20 dB. The in-line PSA also operates successfully as a repeater amplifier in a 160 km fiber link.
Biomechanical Evaluation of Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Stitches (2004)

The massive cuff stitch provides strength comparable with that of the modified Mason-Allen stitch commonly used in open rotator cuff repair. The ultimate tensile load before failure of the massive cuff stitch was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than that of the simple and horizontal stitches.
An International Real-World Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Lorlatinib Through Early or Expanded Access Programs in Patients With Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor–Refractory ALK-Positive or ROS1-Positive NSCLC (2020)

Lorlatinib exhibited meaningful activity in TKI-refractory ALK+ or ROS1+ patients with NSCLC enrolled in early or expanded access programs.
Adsorption of O, OH, and H2O on Pt-Based Bimetallic Clusters Alloyed with Co, Cr, and Ni (2004)

Binding energies and preferred adsorption sites of O, OH, and H2O to bimetallic clusters PtX, Pt2X, and PtX2 (X = Pt, Co, Cr, Ni) are determined using density functional theory. The second metal element in the alloy has stronger affinity for OH than the Pt sites, and it is able to adsorb up to two OH radicals per site in oxygenated clusters. The highest binding strength of atomic oxygen is found in the hollow sites of Ni3 and Co3, followed by adsorption in hollow or bridge sites of Pt2X or PtX2, in all cases significantly stronger than that found in Pt3. H2O adsorbs on top sites of pure and alloy clusters with much weaker energies compared with those of OH and O; however, the H2O binding strength in the Co, Cr, and Ni atoms is enhanced with respect to that on the Pt site, whereas the binding strength of H2O on the top of Pt sites of the alloy clusters is much reduced with respect to that in the pure cluster.
Automated calibration of agent-based immunological simulations (2013)

A major challenge in this field, however, lies in parameterization, particularly in agent-based simulations. These simulations contain many parameters (>50 is plausible), many pertaining to aspects of immunology that either have not or cannot be examined with current wet-lab technologies. Curve-fitting (e.g. linear regression) based-calibration is tractable only for relatively simple simulations with few parameters, and will not necessarily lead to biologicallyplausible parameter values (e.g., if the model is a bad representation of the biology). For larger systems the current state of the art is to calibrate by hand/eye, with some values based on wet-lab data or expert opinion, and the rest on trial and error. Furthermore, it is typical to calibrate simulations against data from only a single wet-lab experiment. Although these data may comprise observations of multiple cells/molecules/disease scores (termed responses), given that a simulation is likely to be used to perform multiple novel experiments that have not been attempted in the wet-lab, it still constitutes calibration against a single datapoint (single experiment). Put another way, with so many degrees of freedom there may be multiple points in parameter space for which a simulation re-creates data from a single experiment; a simulation calibrated in such a manner will not necessarily be representative of the biology when used for a different experiment. We propose that to have genuine trust that they reliably capture the biology, immunological simulations should be calibrated against multiple wet-lab experiments.
In vitro construction of inter-subunit hybrids in Clostridium symbiosum glutamate dehydrogenase (1996)

Conference Article| February 01 1996 In vitro construction of inter-subunit hybrids in Clostridium symbiosum glutamate dehydrogenase Suren A. Aghajanian; Suren A. Aghajanian 1Department of Biochemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Xing-Guo Wang; Xing-Guo Wang 1Department of Biochemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Paul C. Engel Paul C. Engel 1Department of Biochemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Author and article information Publisher: Portland Press Ltd Online ISSN: 1470-8752 Print ISSN: 0300-5127 © 1996 Biochemical Society1996 Biochem Soc Trans (1996) 24 (1): 136S. https://doi.org/10.1042/bst024136s Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Citation Suren A. Aghajanian, Xing-Guo Wang, Paul C. Engel; In vitro construction of inter-subunit hybrids in Clostridium symbiosum glutamate dehydrogenase. Biochem Soc Trans 1 February 1996; 24 (1): 136S. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bst024136s Download citation file: Ris (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 ContentAll JournalsBiochemical Society Transactions Search Advanced Search Keywords: GDH, glutamate dehydrogenase, DTNB, 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoate) This content is only available as a PDF. © 1996 Biochemical Society1996 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
Late dislodgement of left bundle branch pacing lead and successful extraction (2021)

A 61-years-old male underwent left bundle branch pacing for nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy with recurrent heart failure. Left bundle branch pacing (LBBP) resulted in reduction in QRS duration along with improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) to 64% during follow-up. Two years after implantation he had recurrence of symptoms along with decline in LVEF to 51%. Late lead dislodgement was diagnosed and re-do LBBP was planned. The lead was extracted en-masse without complication and a new 3830 lead was positioned deep inside the proximal septum to capture the left bundle. Postprocedure echocardiography showed no ventricular septal defect or damage to tricuspid leaflet.
Measurement of the absolute linearity of photodetectors with a diode laser (1999)

An automated instrument based on the beam-addition technique has been developed for measurement of the linearity of photodetectors. The system is designed for absolute characterization of a transfer standard photodetector, against which the linearity of other detectors can be measured. The measurement set-up has been made as simple as possible. A diode laser at 633 nm is used as the light source due to the good stability and high power output available with the device. Two measurement beams of 0.9 mm diameter are aligned to intercept on the photodetector. As an example, a silicon photodiode of the type S1227 has been studied and found to be linear within 3 × 10-5 up to 7 mW of optical power.