gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Unlikely relations: Israel, Romania and the Egyptian–Israeli peace accord (2016)

The history of Israel's turbulent relations with the Eastern bloc nations during the Cold War has one exception, Romania. Unlike other Warsaw Pact members, Romania did not sever relations with Israel following the 1967 war. Central to these relations was Romanian Communist leader Nicolai Ceausescu, who managed to establish himself as an important figure among both Arabs and Israelis. This article will examine Romanian–Israeli relations during the 1970s and especially Ceausescu's role in the Egyptian–Israeli peace negotiations. Recent Israeli and some Romanian documents released from the Israeli State Archive and the Begin Centre reveal much about Israel's attitude towards Romania and Ceausescu's involvement in the Middle East, and serve to shed light on a heretofore neglected aspect of Israeli foreign policy. Some of the main issues to be addressed are Ceausescu's influence on Egyptian and Israeli decision makers, Israel's prime motives in maintaining a close relationship with Romania, the importance of Romanian Jewry's position to Israel's policy vis-à-vis Romania and the extent to which these relations represented a back channel that facilitated some contact with the Kremlin. All these will be examined against the larger backdrop of the Cold War and the Arab–Israeli conflict.
Microstructure of Supported Cobalt Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts (2008)

The structures of metallic cobalt particles supported on silica (with and without Ru promoter) and on alumina have been investigated in-situ by conventional and anomalous X-ray diffraction. Comparison with simulated XRD patterns shows the structure to consist of a defect phase characterised by the presence of stacking faults, the density of which is directly related to the temperature at which the cobalt oxide is reduced. Controlled modification of the cobalt microstructure, while maintaining the same support and promoter has been achieved with limited variation of the particle size, notably via CO – H2 treatment leading to the formation and decomposition of cobalt carbide. Independently of the support or the presence of a promoter, low reduction temperatures increase the tendency to form hexagonal close packed (hcp) structure whilst at high reduction temperatures face centred cubic (fcc) stacking is preferentially formed. The catalytic activity for CO conversion in Fischer-Tropsch conditions is greatly increased for catalysts with a majority of hcp stacking compared to those containing predominantly fcc phase particles.
Pulse-Encoded Ultrasound Imaging of the Vitreous With an Annular Array (2011)

The vitreous body is nearly transparent both optically and ultrasonically. Conventional 10- to 12-MHz diagnostic ultrasound can detect vitreous inhomogeneities at high gain settings, but has limited resolution and sensitivity, especially outside the fixed focal zone near the retina. To improve visualization of faint intravitreal fluid/gel interfaces, the authors fabricated a spherically curved 20-MHz five-element annular array ultrasound transducer, implemented a synthetic-focusing algorithm to extend the depth-of-field, and used a pulse-encoding strategy to increase sensitivity. The authors evaluated a human subject with a recent posterior vitreous detachment and compared the annular array with conventional 10-MHz ultrasound and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. With synthetic focusing and chirp pulse-encoding, the array allowed visualization of the formed and fluid components of the vitreous with improved sensitivity and resolution compared with the conventional B-scan. Although optical coherence tomography allowed assessment of the posterior vitreoretinal interface, the ultrasound array allowed evaluation of the entire vitreous body.
In vivo and in vitro effect of oxytetracycline treatment on the immune response of turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.) (1999)

Oxytetracycline (OTC) is one of the most frequently used antibiotics in aquaculture, although negative side‐effects have been reported in some cases. The present study has determined the effect of the in vivo administration of OTC on several immune functions in turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.), such as kidney macrophage respiratory burst, phagocytosis and plasma bactericidal activity. Total plasma protein was also measured. The antibiotic was administered orally over 12 days, and this treatment was combined with OTC baths on days 1, 3 and 5. The drug did not suppress the immune functions analysed. Instead, the treatment produced a significant increase in the plasma bactericidal activity and total protein concentration. The effect of different doses of OTC on macrophage functions (i.e. respiratory burst activity and phagocytosis) and cell viability was also assayed in vitro . Although cell viability did not decrease after in vitro exposure, head kidney macrophage respiratory burst and phagocytosis were inhibited by the in vitro treatment, and were dose‐dependent.
Safety of Chronic Intrathecal Morphine Infusion in a Sheep Model (2003)

The toxicity of intrathecal morphine seems to be dependent on the amount of morphine infused, although the effects of dose versus concentration cannot be clearly distinguished in this study. Intrathecal morphine doses of 12- 18 mg/day produced inflammatory masses extending from the catheter tip down the length of the catheter within the subarachnoid space. Doses of 6-9 mg/day produced mild-to-moderate inflammation 5 cm cranial to the catheter tip. A dose of 3 mg/day produced no neurotoxicity and spinal histopathologic changes that were equivalent to those observed in the saline-treated animals.
Leveraging the asymmetric sensitivity of eye contact for videoconference (2002)

Eye contact is a natural and often essential element in the language of visual communication. Unfortunately, perceiving eye contact is difficult in most video-conferencing systems and hence limits their effectiveness. We conducted experiments to determine how accurately people perceive eye contact. We discovered that the sensitivity to eye contact is asymmetric, in that we are an order of magnitude less sensitive to eye contact when people look below our eyes than when they look to the left, right, or above our eyes. Additional experiments support a theory that people are prone to perceive eye contact, that is, we will think that someone is making eye contact with us unless we are certain that the person is not looking into our eyes. These experimental results suggest parameters for the design of videoconferencing systems. As a demonstration, we were able to construct from commodity components a simple dyadic videoconferencing prototype that supports eye contact
The RRM of the kRNA-editing protein TbRGG2 uses multiple surfaces to bind and remodel RNA (2018)

Kinetoplastid RNA (kRNA) editing takes place in the mitochondria of kinetoplastid protists and creates translatable mRNAs by uridine insertion/deletion. Extensively edited (pan-edited) transcripts contain quadruplex forming guanine stretches, which must be remodeled to promote uridine insertion/deletion. Here we show that the RRM domain of the essential kRNA-editing factor TbRGG2 binds poly(G) and poly(U) RNA and can unfold both. A region C-terminal to the RRM mediates TbRGG2 dimerization, enhancing RNA binding. A RRM-U4 RNA structure reveals a unique RNA-binding mechanism in which the two RRMs of the dimer employ aromatic residues outside the canonical RRM RNA-binding motifs to encase and wrench open the RNA, while backbone atoms specify the uridine bases. Notably, poly(G) RNA is bound via a different binding surface. Thus, these data indicate that TbRGG2 RRM can bind and remodel several RNA substrates suggesting how it might play multiple roles in the kRNA editing process.
Семантика формы в стихотворениях Н. С. Гумилёва (2012)

The article gives a complex literary analysis of two poems belonging to different periods of N.S. Gumilyov’s literary career: “At a Fireplace” (1910) and “My Readers” (1921). The choice of the texts is explained by their significance for the periods of the poet’s literary biography and unique peculiarities of the verse. The analysis is aimed at revealing the relationship between the verse form and its content, defining the sense-expressive function of the verse formants, explaining reasons for the usage of a rear metric form and vers libre. The poem “At a Fireplace” is a caesuraed six feet choree with a caesural contraction on one syllable. The analysis shows this one-of-a-kind metric profile to highlight the rhythmics as a main poetic device to accelerate the semantic expressive significance of the verse formants. This together with image-bearing and language composition of the text makes it a best lyrical ballad of The Silver Age. The purpose of vers libre in “My Readers” is to deprive the text of external poetic characteristics in order to underline the trustworthy simplicity of self-expression. Breaking stereotypes, N.S.Gumolyov puts the poetic heritage of acmeism into the dresses of free verse. It is symbolic that it is in his final poem where the poet comes very close to a vague line dividing verse from prose and where he could show all the tendencies of the Russian verse development in XX century.
Ultracold fermions trapped in nanostructured lattices (2017)

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Determination of ochratoxin A in grape juice and wine using nanosponge solid phase extraction clean-up and liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (2018)

Ochratoxin A is mycotoxin that can contaminate a variety of agricultural commodities, including fruit juices and wines. A detection method of ochratoxin A in grape juice and wine is reported that utilizes β-cyclodextrin, polyurethane nanosponge materials for solid phase extraction clean-up of beverage samples. Infrared analysis indicated a highly cross-linked structure that correspond with vibrational frequency analysis of PM6 semi-empirical computational models. Analysis of the material through atomic force microscopy (AFM) indicated nano-sized morphological features. A liquid chromatography method using fluorescence detection (LC-FLD) was capable of detecting ochratoxin A levels below regulatory levels in grape juice and wine. The recoveries of spiked ochratoxin A (0.5–20 ng mL−1) were between 77.0–89.4% in wine and 69.1–86.5% in grape juice.
Application of the substructure-frontal method for repeated solution of large sparse matrix equations to field problems (1988)

A highly efficient method for the repeated solution of large sparse matrix equations arising in field problems, called the substructure-frontal method (SFM), is introduced. The whole calculation region is divided into two subregions, Omega /sub I/ and Omega /sub II/. Omega /sub II/ consists of areas where the material parameters have to be modified in the next iteration and where the calculation results should be recorded. Omega /sub I/ is the remaining area. In a repeated solution of any field problem one only has to deal with Omega /sub I/ once. Thus, the computer time for the calculation is greatly reduced. The principle of SFM, its computer program implementation, and its practical applications are described. A comparison of computing time for SFM and other methods is given, illustrating its high efficiency.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
Ultraschall- und durchleuchtungsgesteuerte Implantation peripher inserierter zentral-venöser Katheter (PICC) (2004)

The ultrasound guided placement of peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs) via a superficial vein of the upper extremity is a practical alternative to central catheters via central veins.
Environment-independent continuous speech recognition using neural networks and hidden Markov models (2002)

Environment-independent continuous speech recognition is important for the successful development of speech recognizers in real world applications. Linear compensation methods do not work well if the mismatches between training; and testing environments are not linear. In this paper, a neural network compensation technique is explored to mitigate the distortion resulting from additive noise, distant-talking, or telephone channels. The advantage of the neural network compensation method is that retraining of a speech recognizer for each particular application is avoided. Furthermore, since neural networks are trained to transform distorted speech feature vectors to those corresponding to clean speech, it may outperform a retrained speech recognizer trained on distorted speech. Three experiments are conducted to evaluate the capability of the neural network compensation method; recognition of additive noisy speech, distant-talking speech, and telephone speech.
Nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide for patients with hematologic malignancies (2003)

We conducted a multi-center phase I/II trial of nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation for patients with hematologic malignancies. The aim of this trial was to assess the safety and feasibility of this treatment modality for older or younger patients with significant organ dysfunction, who could not be treated with conventional high dose chemoradiotherapy. Twelve patients were treated with a conditioning regimen consisting of fludarabine and cyclophosphamide, followed by peripheral blood stem cell transplantation from human leukocyte antigen (HLA) identical siblings. Nonhematologic toxicities were mild. Median time to absolute neutrophils above 0.5 x 10(9)/l, 1.0 x 10(9)/l and platelets above 50 x 10(9)/l were 8, 10 and 12 days, respectively. Donor dominant hematopoiesis was achieved in all patients, with or without donor leukocyte infusion. The cumulative incidence of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was 75 and 56%, respectively. Only one patient experienced early death within 100 days, caused by acute GVHD complicated by fungal infection. All patients except one achieved complete remission. With a median follow-up of 330 days, expected progression-free survival is 75%. Overall survival is 76%. Our study confirms that nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation with cyclophosphamide and fludarabine conditioning is a safe and promising treatment for elderly patients with hematologic malignancies. A further study in large-scale setting is warranted.
The sintering of ibuprofen (1990)

The compression behavior of ibuprofen was characterized and the effect of temperature and heating time on the resulting compacts were also determined. Observed changes in compact tensile strength and compact pore size and volume were consistent with a sintering mechanism. The compression behavior of ibuprofen was characterized by using the Heckel relationship. The Heckel plot for ibuprofen exhibited a continuous curvature which was attributed to plastic deformation and asperity melting as well as the subsequent resolidification of ibuprofen during powder compression. Both the heat of fusion and heat of solution of ibuprofen resolidified from melts were significantly lower than those of the original powder. The heat of solution of ibuprofen compacts was also shown to decrease as the compression pressure increased. Heating of ibuprofen compacts at temperatures below their melting point had a significant effect on the tensile strength of the compacts which was attributed to sintering. Ibuprofen compacts heated at a higher temperature showed a more significant increase in tensile strength than those heated at a lower temperature for the same heating time. At all the sintering temperatures studied, the effect of heating time on compact tensile strength was most pronounced at the lowest packing fraction. As packing fraction increased, the effect of heating time on tensile strength diminished. Microstructural changes in ibuprofen compacts, such as pore rounding and pore shrinkage, were substantiated by the SEM photomicrographs of the surface and cross-section of the sintered compacts. Using mercury intrusion porosimetry, a marked reduction in total pore volume and a shift to a narrower width of pore size distribution were demonstrated for compacts after sintering. For compacts prepared at higher pressures, the reduction in both total pore volume and pore size were found to occur at a faster rate as compared to those formed with a lower pressure. By using the nitrogen adsorption method, the mesopore volume for an ibuprofen compact was shown to increase as a result of sintering. This observation is consistent with the proposed sintering mechanism which would predict an increase in the mesopore volume as a result of the shrinkage of macropores in a compact during sintering.
Behemoth: A Flash-centric Training Accelerator for Extreme-scale DNNs. (2021)

© 2021 by The USENIX Association.The explosive expansion of Deep Neural Networks (DNN) model size expedites the need for larger memory capacity. This movement is particularly true for models in natural language processing (NLP), a dominant application of AI along with computer vision. For example, a recent extreme-scale language model GPT-3 from OpenAI has over 175 billion parameters. Furthermore, such a model mostly consists of FC layers with huge dimensions, and thus has a relatively high arithmetic intensity. In that sense, an extreme-scale language model does not suit well to the conventional HBM DRAM-based memory system that lacks capacity and offers extremely high bandwidth. For this reason, we propose to pair the neural network training accelerator with the flash-based memory system instead of the HBM DRAM-based memory system. To design the effective flash-based memory system, we optimize the existing SSD design to improve the SSD bandwidth as well as endurance. Finally, we evaluate our proposed platform, and show that Behemoth achieves 3.65× cost saving over TPU v3 and 2.05× training throughput improvement over the accelerator attached to a commercial SSD.
Investigating Computer-Related Crime (1999)

Written by an experienced information security specialist, Investigating Computer-Related Crime is tailored to the needs of corporate information professionals and investigators. It gives a step-by-step approach to understanding and investigating security problems, and offers the technical information, legal information, and computer forensic techn
Brain-Selective Estrogen Therapy Prevents Androgen Deprivation-Associated Hot Flushes in a Rat Model (2020)

Hot flushes are best-known for affecting menopausal women, but men who undergo life-saving castration due to androgen-sensitive prostate cancer also suffer from these vasomotor symptoms. Estrogen deficiency in these patients is a direct consequence of androgen deprivation, because estrogens (notably 17β-estradiol, E<sub>2</sub>) are produced from testosterone. Although estrogens alleviate hot flushes in these patients, they also cause adverse systemic side effects. Because only estrogens can provide mitigation of hot flushes on the basis of current clinical practices, there is an unmet need for an effective and safe pharmacotherapeutic intervention that would also greatly enhance patient adherence. To this end, we evaluated treatment of orchidectomized (ORDX) rats with 10β, 17β-dihydroxyestra-1,4-dien-3-one (DHED), a brain-selective bioprecursor prodrug of E<sub>2</sub>. A pilot pharmacokinetic study using oral administration of DHED to these animals revealed the formation of E<sub>2</sub> in the brain without the appearance of the hormone in the circulation. Therefore, DHED treatment alleviated androgen deprivation-associated hot flushes without peripheral impact in the ORDX rat model. Concomitantly, we showed that DHED-derived E<sub>2</sub> induced progesterone receptor gene expression in the hypothalamus without stimulating galanin expression in the anterior pituitary, further indicating the lack of systemic estrogen exposure upon oral treatment with DHED.
Impaired transforming growth factor β signalling in Barrett’s carcinogenesis due to frequent SMAD4 inactivation (2005)

In BE carcinogenesis, downregulation of Smad4 occurs due to several different mechanisms, including methylation, deletion, and protein modification. Frequent alterations in TGF-beta signalling lead to a functionally significant impairment of TGF-beta mediated growth suppression.
‘Antibiobodies’: antibiotic-like anti-idiotypic antibodies (1991)

Pathogenic micro-organisms such as Candida albicans may be susceptible to the activity of antimicrobial products like yeast killer toxins due to the presence of specific cell wall receptors for these agents. Anti-idiotypic antibodies (anti-Ids) were produced that competed for these receptors with the yeast killer toxin of a strain of Pichia anomala. We report here that affinity chromatography purified anti-Ids may kill C. albicans cells in vitro which are susceptible to the activity of the yeast killer toxin, as well as P. anomala killer cells which are obviously immune to their own toxin despite possessing specific cell wall receptors which can be detected by indirect immunofluorescence with anti-Ids. We propose that these conceptually new antimicrobial immunoglobulins acting as antibiotics be called 'antibiobodies'.
Mapping WordNet to the SUMO Ontology (2003)

Ontologies are becoming extremely useful tools for sophisticated software engineering. Designing applications, databases, and knowledge bases with reference to a common ontology can mean shorter development cycles, easier and faster integration with other software and content, and a
On the average tractability of binary integer programming and the curious transition to perfect generalization in learning majority functions (1993)

Article Free Access Share on On the average tractability of binary integer programming and the curious transition to perfect generalization in learning majority functions Authors: Shao C. Fang View Profile , Santosh S. Venkatesh View Profile Authors Info & Claims COLT '93: Proceedings of the sixth annual conference on Computational learning theoryAugust 1993 Pages 310–316https://doi.org/10.1145/168304.168360Published:01 August 1993Publication History 3citation189DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations3Total Downloads189Last 12 Months9Last 6 weeks6 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF
Minimally Invasive Laser Contraction Myringoplasty for Tympanic Membrane Atelectasis* (2003)

A minimally invasive surgical technique for addressing tympanic membrane atelectasis is described, and a tympanic membrane atelectasis grading system is presented based on size, location, and depth of the atelectatic region.
Возвратные многочлены Лежандра (2022)

Изучаются возвратные многочлены, частично ортогональные по классической мере Лебега на отрезке, симметричном относительно единичной окружности. Найдено предельное распределение их нулей в терминах мероморфной функции на компактной римановой поверхности. Получена интерпретация предельной меры в терминах задач равновесия теории логарифмического потенциала.