gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Limiting. beta. set by ballooning instabilities in a tokamak (1983)

The stability of a tokamak plasma with respect to ballooning modes is studied numerically. The pressure-limited value of ..beta.. is studied as a function of the geometric parameters of the plasma column (its aspect ratio, elongation, and triangularity) and of the distribution of the safety factor over the magnetic surfaces. Approximate analytic expressions are derived for the limiting value of ..beta.. in a tokamak.
Migrations et société globalisée (2011)

Les phénomènes migratoires sont une constante de l’histoire humaine et représentent un phénomène complexe où s’imbriquent des facteurs économiques, culturels et sociaux. La migration crée un mouvement qui introduit des transformations significatives dans la structure des sociétés d’accueil. Cet article développe les dynamiques à l’oeuvre dans la société italienne confrontée à sa gestion de l’immigration, tout particulièrement à travers ses procédures juridiques et ses politiques de sécurité mais aussi, au-delà, à travers ce qui est présenté ici comme « l’interaction environnementhistore-communauté-personne ».
Constraint-based test-scheduling of embedded microprocessors (2008)

Test scheduling is a key aspect in the automation of embedded microprocessors self-testing. This paper presents a self-testing framework targeting the LEON3 embedded microprocessor with built-in test-scheduling features. The proposed design exploits existing postproduction test sets, designed for software-based testing of embedded microprocessors. The framework also includes a constraint-based approach of test-routine scheduling. The initial results show that the test execution time could be dynamically scaled by the test selection algorithm. The scheduler itself adds insignificant overheads in terms of execution cost and code size.
Visible‐Blind UV Imaging with Oxygen‐Deficient Zinc Oxide Flexible Devices (2015)

Flexible visible-blind UV imaging arrays tolerant to curvature are demonstrated. The functionality is enabled by crystalline oxygen-deficient zinc oxide pixels, which show high sensitivity and fast response to UV light. Such large-area, bendable imaging arrays will enable new advancements in portable and wearable electronics and sensors. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.
Design of Polarity-Dependent Immunosensors Based on the Structural Analysis of Engineered Antibodies (2023)

"Reagentless" immunosensors are emerging to address the challenge of practical and sensitive detection of important biomarkers in real biological samples without the need for multistep assays and user intervention, with applications ranging from research tools to point-of-care diagnostics. Selective target binding to an affinity reagent is detected and reported in one step without the need for washing or additional reporters. In this study, we used a structure-guided approach to identify a mutation site in an antibody fragment for the polarity-dependent fluorophore, Anap, such that upon binding of the protein target cardiac troponin I, the Anap-labeled antibody would produce a detectable and dose-dependent shift in emission wavelength. We observed a significant emission wavelength shift of the Anap-labeled anti-cTnI mutant, with a blue shift of up to 37 nm, upon binding to the cTnI protein. Key differences in the resulting emission spectra between target peptides in comparison to whole proteins were also found; however, the affinity and binding characteristics remained unaffected when compared to the wild-type antibody. We also highlighted the potential flexibility of the approach by incorporating a near-infrared dye, IRDye800CW, into the same mutation site, which also resulted in a dose-dependent wavelength shift upon target incubation. These reagents can be used in experiments and devices to create simpler and more efficient biosensors across a range of research, medical laboratory, and point-of-care platforms.
<title>Imaging of multiple targets in dense scattering media</title> (1995)

Formulas for the response of a detector on the surface of a highly scattering random medium to a change in physical properties within the medium were deduced from a transport-theory- based linear perturbation model. These expressions are called weight functions. Position- dependent intensities and fluxes were computed for the interior of a twenty mean free pathlength diameter, infinitely long, nonabsorbing, homogeneous cylindrical medium. Numerical values for the weight functions were calculated from these data. Surface detector readings were computed for the homogeneous reference medium and for six target media, each of which contained an array of twelve or thirteen thin, infinitely long rods embedded in the cylinder as a perturbation. The rods had a positive absorption cross section and a smaller scattering cross section than the reference, such that the mean free pathlength was constant throughout each medium. The directly computed detector readings perturbations were compared to those calculated from the linear perturbation model; as expected, the agreement was very good for the weakest cross section perturbations and became steadily poorer as the perturbations increased. Two iterative algebraic image reconstruction algorithms are described; both were used to compute images of the six target media. One algorithm tends to correctly identify the location of the rods lying closest to the surface, but places the deeper ones bunched too closely together near the cylinder axis. The other tends to place the superficial rods too close to the surface. In addition, while it appears to identify heterogeneities on the cylinder axis correctly after relatively few iterations, the estimated cross section perturbation along the axis gradually goes to zero as the number of iterations increases. Still in all, the performance of these algorithms is probably as good as can be achieved using a first-order Born reconstruction (i.e., no update of forward problem).
Biomorphic Transformations: A Leap Forward in Getting Nanostructured 3-D Bioceramics (2021)

Obtaining 3-D inorganic devices with designed chemical composition, complex geometry, hierarchic structure and effective mechanical performance is a major scientific goal, still prevented by insurmountable technological limitations. With particular respect to the biomedical field, there is a lack in solutions ensuring the regeneration of long, load-bearing bone segments such as the ones of limbs, due to the still unmet goal of converging, in a unique device, bioactive chemical composition, multi-scale cell-conducive porosity and a hierarchically organized architecture capable of bearing and managing complex mechanical loads in a unique 3D implant. An emerging, but still very poorly explored approach in this respect, is given by biomorphic transformation processes, aimed at converting natural structures into functional 3D inorganic constructs with smart mechanical performance. Recent studies highlighted the use of heterogeneous gas-solid reactions as a valuable approach to obtain effective transformation of natural woods into hierarchically structured apatitic bone scaffolds. In this light, the present review illustrates critical aspects related to the application of such heterogeneous reactions when occurring in the 3D state, showing the relevance of a thorough kinetic control to achieve controlled phase transformations while maintaining the multi-scale architecture and the outstanding mechanical performance of the starting natural structure. These first results encourage the further investigation towards the biologic structures optimized by nature along the ages and then the development of biomorphic transformations as a radically new approach to enable a technological breakthrough in various research fields and opening to still unexplored industrial applications.
The Role of the Amygdala-Striatal Pathway in the Acquisition and Performance of Goal-Directed Instrumental Actions (2013)

The posterior dorsomedial striatum (pDMS) is essential for the acquisition and expression of the specific response-outcome (R-O) associations that underlie goal-directed action. Here we examined the role of a pathway linking the basolateral amygdala (BLA) and pDMS in such goal-directed learning. In Experiment 1, rats received unilateral lesions of the BLA and were implanted with cannula targeting the pDMS in either the ipsilateral (control) or contralateral (disconnection) hemisphere. After initial training, rats received infusions of muscimol to inactivate the pDMS immediately before sessions in which novel R-O associations were introduced. Sensitivity to devaluation by specific satiety was then assessed. Whereas rats in the ipsilateral group used the recently acquired associations to direct performance following devaluation, those in the contralateral group could not, indicating that BLA-pDMS disconnection prevented the acquisition of the new R-O associations. Indeed, evidence suggested that these rats relied instead on learning acquired during prior training to direct performance following devaluation. In Experiment 2, rats underwent similar surgery and training except they received muscimol infusions immediately before devaluation testing. Those in the ipsilateral group showed a selective devaluation effect, again based on the most recently introduced R-O associations. In contrast, rats in the contralateral group showed nonselective performance after devaluation indicating that the BLA-DMS pathway is also required for the expression of selective R-O associations. Together these results suggest that input from the BLA is essential for specific R-O learning by the pDMS.
[Distribution features of nutrient and phytoplankton in incipient Three Gorges reservoir]. (2006)

The distribution features of nutrient and chlorophyll a were determined by cruise during 2003-09-08 approximately 2003-09-15 with 11 sites in the Three Gorges reservoir. The results showed that the concentration of nitrogen was exceed the national surface water body quality standard III. The concentration of nitrogen range 1.01 approximately 1.35 mg x L(-1); Total phosphorus range 0.028 approximately 0.054 mg x L(-1); Kalium range 2.80 approximately 3.44 mg x L(-1); Total organic carbon range 1.92 approximately 2.59 mg x L(-1); Chlorophyll a range 1.58 approximately 7.53 mg x m(-3). The average concentration of chlorophyll a was 4.69 mg x m(-3) at surface layer. The correlation of nutrient and chlorophyll a were researched. It indicated there was a significant positive correlation (r = 0.7287) between chlorophyll a and NO3(-)-N. There was a significant negative correlation (r = -0.9207) between chlorophyll a and turbidity. Using the method of system cluster, it showed there was distinct distribution features which can be divided into three clusters. The upper river areas cluster included Changshou, Fuling,Fengdu, Zhongxian; The middle river areas cluster included Wanzhou, Yunyang and Fengjie; The down river areas included Wushan. The rate of diatom in phytoplankton was about 86%. Diatom was absolute predominance on 4 monitoring sites. The average of diatom was 129844 cells x L(-1). Amount of phytoplankton was increased along the river flow direction.
Si Memristive devices applied to memory and neuromorphic circuits (2010)

We report studies on nanoscale Si-based memristive devices for memory and neuromorphic applications. The devices are based on ion motion inside an insulating a-Si matrix. Digital devices show excellent performance metrics including scalability, speed, ON/OFF ratio, endurance and retention. High density non-volatile memory arrays based on a crossbar structure have been fabricated and tested. Devices inside a 1kb array can be individually addressed with excellent reproducibility and reliability. By adjusting the device and material structures, nanoscale analog memristor devices have also been demonstrated. The analog memristor devices exhibit incremental conductance changes that are controlled by the charge flown through the device. The performances of the digital and analog devices are thought to be determined by the formation of a dominant conducting filament and the continuous motion of a uniform conduction front, respectively.
Kinetics of oxidation of benzyl alcohols with molecular oxygen catalyzed by N‐hydroxyphthalimide: Role of hydroperoxyl radicals (2019)

Abstract A kinetic study of the initiated oxidation of benzyl alcohol and cumene by molecular oxygen was performed. The oxidation rate was more enhanced with N‐ hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) in the case of cumene than that of benzyl alcohol. HOOH inhibits cumene oxidation and does not affect the rate of oxidation of benzyl alcohol. It was shown that termination chain reactions of phthalimid‐ N‐ oxyl radicals (PINO • ) does not occur with RОО • and proceeds with HOO • . A kinetic scheme of the process and an equation describing the kinetics of oxidation of benzyl alcohol in the presence of NHPI are proposed. Using the PM7 method, the thermodynamic characteristics of elementary steps of oxidation explaining the obtained results were calculated.
ChemInform Abstract: A Novel Class of Apical Sodium Co‐Dependent Bile Acid Transporter Inhibitors: The 2,3‐Disubstituted‐4‐phenylquinolines. (2000)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
Comparison of Prognostic Genomic Predictors in Colorectal Cancer (2013)

Further validation of developed genomic predictors is necessary. Despite the limited number of genes shared by OncoDX and MDA114, individual-patient outcomes predicted by these two predictors were significantly concordant.
Binary Continuous Phase Modulations Robust to a Modulation Index Mismatch (2015)

We consider binary continuous phase modulation (CPM) signals used in some recent low-cost and low-power consumption telecommunications standard. When these signals are generated through a low-cost transmitter, the real modulation index can end up being quite different from the nominal value employed at the receiver and a significant performance degradation is observed unless proper techniques for the estimation and compensation are employed. For this reason, we design new binary schemes with a much higher robustness. They are based on the concatenation of a suitable precoder with binary input and a ternary CPM format. The result is a family of CPM formats whose phase state is constrained to follow a specific evolution. Two of these precoders are considered. We will discuss many aspects related to these schemes, such as the power spectral density, the spectral efficiency, simplified detection, the minimum distance, and the uncoded performance. The adopted precoders do not change the recursive nature of CPM schemes. So these schemes are still suited for serial concatenation, through a pseudo-random interleaver, with an outer channel encoder.
Vγ9Vδ2 T Cells Impair Intracellular Multiplication of Brucella suis in Autologous Monocytes Through Soluble Factor Release and Contact-Dependent Cytotoxic Effect (2000)

Human Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells are considered to play an important role in brucellosis, as this population is dramatically increased in peripheral blood of patients during the acute phase of the infection. This T lymphocyte population has been largely demonstrated to be activated by small m.w. nonpeptidic molecules from natural or synthetic origin. We recently identified a nonpeptidic fraction of Brucella suis that specifically activates human Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells. Using a two-separate-chambers system, we showed that Brucella fraction, as well as isopentenyl pyrophosphate-activated Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells, impaired the multiplication of B. suis in differentiated THP-1 cells through TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma release. In the present study, using circulating Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells and autologous monocytes infected with B. suis, we provide evidence that 1) intramonocytic multiplication of B. suis is impaired by supernatants of activated Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells in part via TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma, this impairment occurring without host cell lysis; 2) unstimulated Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells can impair intracellular bacterial multiplication after their activation by soluble factors released by infected monocytes; and 3) activated Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells lyse Brucella-infected monocytes in a contact-dependent manner. Taken together, these results provide evidence that Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells, in addition to being directly activated by soluble nonpeptidic molecules, can be stimulated to become highly cytotoxic in the specific presence of infected monocytes; moreover, they suggest how Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells could be triggered and respond as antibacterial effector cells in the early stages of Brucella infection.
Predictive Washout Filter Design Using the Forward Kinematics and a Kalman Filter (2007)

The simulators are often used to simulate the motion trajectories of vehicles and to provide the driving experience to the human operators without actual vehicle driving. Owing to the limited workspace of the typical motion platform, the washout filter is necessary to convert vehicle motion to limited motion while still maintaining sufficiently accurate human perception. To successfully perform the specified motion under such limited condition requires efficient workspace such that collision with hardware limit during the motion can be prevented. In this paper, we present a predictive washout filter based on the classical one plus a compensation term. The Kalman filter prediction approach is used to modify the simulator trajectory produced from the classical washout filter by moving the simulator properly in the workspace in a senseless manner. The simulator can show the same motion for operator in smaller workspace by this approach. In other words, more exciting motion can be performed in the same workspace.
Chinos buenos y malos: un estado que organiza la calificación de sus ciudadanos (2019)

Publico o privado, local o nacional, individual o sectorial, un sistema de calificacion denominado “credito social” se esta desarrollando en China. En su origen, imitaba el sistema estadounidense que atribuye una buena nota a los prestatarios que saldan sus deudas con regularidad. A continuacion se extendio a otro tipo de comportamientos, tal y como se plasma en el siguiente reportaje realizado en Hangzhou, sede de la empresa Alibaba, y en las zonas rurales de Shandong.
PILOT STUDY QUESTIONNAIRE INSTRUMENT: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION’S (NGO’S) DA’WAH ACTIVITY TO MUALAF IN MALAYSIA (2020)

The purpose of this research is to test the consistency of the instrument of inquiry towards a study entitled The Effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organization’s (NGO’s) Da’wah Activity to Mualaf in Malaysia. In particular, this research show three issues of study about Islamic understanding of Islam, quality of life and quality of education for mualaf in Malaysia. The objective of this study is to study the effectiveness of NGO’s da’wah activities in providing Islamic knowledge to mualaf in Malaysia, to examine the effectiveness of NGO’s da’wah activities in improving the quality of life for mualaf in Malaysia and to analyze the effectiveness of NGO’s da’wah activities in improving the quality of education for mualaf in Malaysia. This research used a quantitative research methodology with a survey design and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) with a total number of 35 survey respondents (SR) as the study sample. The result showed that the instrument used was reliable because it achieved the measurement of Cronbach Alpha from 0.838 to 0.953 at the high and highest level. Going forward, this study has important implications for the mualaf, individuals, families, communities, knowledge and Islamic organization based on da’wah to mualaf.
 
Tujuan penyelidikan ini adalah untuk menguji konsistensi instrumen siasatan terhadap kajian yang berjudul Keberkesanan Aktiviti Da'wah Pertubuhan Bukan Kerajaan (NGO) kepada Mualaf di Malaysia. Khususnya, kajian ini memperlihatkan tiga isu kajian mengenai pemahaman Islam tentang Islam, kualiti hidup dan kualiti pendidikan untuk mualaf di Malaysia. Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk mengkaji keberkesanan aktiviti da'wah NGO dalam menyediakan pengetahuan Islam kepada mualaf di Malaysia, untuk mengkaji keberkesanan aktiviti dakwah NGO dalam meningkatkan kualiti hidup untuk mualaf di Malaysia dan untuk menganalisis keberkesanan aktiviti dakwah NGO dalam meningkatkan kualiti pendidikan untuk mualaf di Malaysia. Kajian ini menggunakan metodologi penyelidikan kuantitatif dengan reka bentuk tinjauan dan dianalisis menggunakan Pakej Statistik untuk Sains Sosial (SPSS) dengan jumlah sebanyak 35 responden kaji selidik (SR) sebagai sampel kajian. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahawa instrumen yang digunakan adalah dipercayai kerana ia mencapai pengukuran Cronbach Alpha dari 0.838 hingga 0.953 pada tahap tinggi dan tertinggi. Melangkah ke hadapan, kajian ini mempunyai implikasi penting bagi mualaf, individu, keluarga, masyarakat, pengetahuan dan organisasi Islam berdasarkan da'wah kepada mualaf.
En la comarca del Campo de Cartagena (2) (1991)

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Clinical impact of multimodal treatment including chemoradiotherapy, conversion surgery and postoperative chemotherapy for borderline resectable and unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer without disease progression after gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel (2023)

In BR/UR-LA pancreatic cancer without disease progression after GnP, multimodal treatment including CRT, conversion surgery and the scheduled postoperative chemotherapy may be effective.
Health-Related Conditions and Depression in Elderly Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Residents of a United States-Mexico Border County: Moderating Effects of Educational Attainment (2011)

We investigated the prevalence of "high" levels of depressive symptomatology and 13 health-related medical conditions in elderly Mexican American (MA) and non-Hispanic white (NHW) residents of El Paso County, Texas. We analyzed the extent to which depressive symptoms in this population are associated with these conditions. Elderly MA residents possessed a higher prevalence of current depression, a relatively unique health-related condition profile, and were more likely to experience a set of conditions that impede participation in daily life-conditions that we found to be strongly associated with high depressive symptomatology in the elderly. After adjusting for educational attainment, using multiple regression analyses, depression was not associated with ethnicity and only six of the health related conditions showed significant differences between MA and NHW subjects. We believe these results provide an important insight into the mechanism of health-related conditions and depressive symptomatology in a large sample of elderly MAs; and how conditions typically attributed to MA ethnicity may in actuality be an artifact of socioeconomic status variables such as educational-attainment.