gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Correlation of lactoferrin with neutrophilic inflammation in body fluids (1995)

We have reported that lactoferrin, a 77-kDa iron-binding glycoprotein found in secondary neutrophil granules, provides a useful marker of fecal leukocytes in fecal specimens from patients with inflammatory diarrhea (R. L. Guerrant, V. Araujo, E. Soares, K. Kotloff, A. A. M. Lima, W. H. Cooper, and A. G. Lee, J. Clin. Microbiol. 30:1238-1242, 1992). In order to determine the usefulness of this marker of neutrophilic inflammation in different body fluids, we examined blood, gingival swabs, sputum, and saliva using antilactoferrin antibodies (lactoferrin latex agglutination [LFLA]). LFLA titers in whole blood samples were < or = 1:4 in all eight samples from patients with neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count [ANC] = < 150 polymorphonuclear cells [PMNs] per microliter), < or = 1:8 in samples from 13 individuals with moderate leukocyte counts (ANC = 150 to 8,000), and 1:8 to 1:32 in samples from six patients with neutrophilia (ANC > 8,000). While the overlap precludes a useful role in the identification of neutropenia, these data confirm that lactoferrin titers of > 1:100 indeed indicate inflammation in fluid specimens. On quantitative elution of lactoferrin from gingival swabs, all 7 patients with dental plaque had titers of 1:200 to 1:400; 9 of 12 patients with clinical gingivitis had LFLA titers of 1:200 to 1:1,600, while all 7 individuals with healthy gums and teeth and 4 edentulous patients had LFLA titers of < or = 1:100. Eight purulent sputum samples had titers of > or = 1:400 (7 were 1:1,600) while 11 normal saliva samples showed titers of < or = 1:100. Lactoferrin titers in sputum, gingival swabs, and whole blood correlate with the presence of neutrophils or inflammation in these specimens and may offer a convenient rapid test for inflammatory processes.
Effect of surface roughness and calcium phosphate coating on the implant/bone response (2000)

The influence of surface roughness and calcium phosphate (Ca-P) coating on the bone response of titanium implants was investigated. Four types of titanium implants, i.e. as-machined, grit blasted, as-machined with Ca-P sputter coating, and grit blasted with Ca-P sputter coating, were prepared. The Ca-P sputter-coating, produced by using the RF magnetron sputter technique, was rapid heat-treated with infrared radiation at 600 degrees C. These implants were inserted into the left and right femoral condyles and the left and right tibial diaphyses of the rabbits. After implantation periods of 2 and 12 weeks, the bone-implant interface was evaluated histologically and histomorphometrically. Histological evaluation revealed no new bone formation around different implant materials after 2 weeks of implantation. After 12 weeks, bone healing was almost completed. For both tibial and femoral implants, Ca-P coated implants always showed a higher amount of bone contact than either of the non-coated implants. On the other hand, surface roughness improved only the response to implants inserted into the tibial diaphysis. On the basis of these findings, we concluded that 1) deposition of a sputtered Ca-P coating on an implant has a beneficial effect on the bone response to this implant during the healing phase, and 2) besides implant surface conditions the bone response is also determined by local implant site conditions.
CONVERSION OF A SINGLE-CHANNEL PULSE HEIGHT ANALYZER TO A 100 STEP/CHANNEL RADIATION ANALYZER (1963)

A method is presented for converting a commercial single-channel pulse- height analyzer to a quasi-multichannel analyzer which provides greater flexibility in gamma energy range and in counting time at any given gamma energy. (auth)
In silico Analysis of 2085 Clones from a Normalized Rat Vestibular Periphery 3′ cDNA Library (2005)

The inserts from 2400 cDNA clones isolated from a normalized Rattus norvegicus vestibular periphery cDNA library were sequenced and characterized. The Wackym-Soares vestibular 3' cDNA library was constructed from the saccular and utricular maculae, the ampullae of all three semicircular canals and Scarpa's ganglia containing the somata of the primary afferent neurons, microdissected from 104 male and female rats. The inserts from 2400 randomly selected clones were sequenced from the 5' end. Each sequence was analyzed using the BLAST algorithm compared to the Genbank nonredundant, rat genome, mouse genome and human genome databases to search for high homology alignments. Of the initial 2400 clones, 315 (13%) were found to be of poor quality and did not yield useful information, and therefore were eliminated from the analysis. Of the remaining 2085 sequences, 918 (44%) were found to represent 758 unique genes having useful annotations that were identified in databases within the public domain or in the published literature; these sequences were designated as known characterized sequences. 1141 sequences (55%) aligned with 1011 unique sequences had no useful annotations and were designated as known but uncharacterized sequences. Of the remaining 26 sequences (1%), 24 aligned with rat genomic sequences, but none matched previously described rat expressed sequence tags or mRNAs. No significant alignment to the rat or human genomic sequences could be found for the remaining 2 sequences. Of the 2085 sequences analyzed, 86% were singletons. The known, characterized sequences were analyzed with the FatiGO online data-mining tool (http://fatigo.bioinfo.cnio.es/) to identify level 5 biological process gene ontology (GO) terms for each alignment and to group alignments with similar or identical GO terms. Numerous genes were identified that have not been previously shown to be expressed in the vestibular system. Further characterization of the novel cDNA sequences may lead to the identification of genes with vestibular-specific functions. Continued analysis of the rat vestibular periphery transcriptome should provide new insights into vestibular function and generate new hypotheses. Physiological studies are necessary to further elucidate the roles of the identified genes and novel sequences in vestibular function.
Determination of the actuator sensitivity of electromechanical polypropylene films by atomic force microscopy (2000)

The actuator functionality of electromechanical polypropylene films was studied using atomic force microscopy. The film carries a permanent electric charge and includes microbubbles as a result of two-dimensional stretching of the film. The thickness change of various film structures covered with electrodes was measured as a function of external voltage. The dependence was found to be nonlinear, the thickness change in the range 0.001%–0.1% of the total film thickness and affected by the internal charge density of the film. Applying a capacitor model including an air gap within the polymer layer enabled the determination of the Young’s modulus, the interfacial charge density and the actuator sensitivity of the studied structures.
Detection of DNA Synthesis in Intact Organisms with Positron-Emitting [ Methyl - 11 C]Thymidine (1972)

(11)CO(2) produced in the Brookhaven 152-cm cyclotron was converted to formaldehyde, which in turn was used for the enzymatic conversion of deoxyuridine-5'-phosphate to [(11)C]thymidylate. Enzymatic treatment of the nucleotide with alkaline phosphatase gave [(11)C]thymidine.The preparation of [(11)C]thymidine from cyclotron-generated (11)CO(2) required 110 min (about 5 half-lives): 35 min for the synthesis of H(11)CHO, 25 min for the enzymatic conversion to [(11)C]thymidylate, 20 min for column chromatography, 5 min for phosphatase treatment, 10 min for evaporation, 2 min for filtration through an anion-exchange resin, and 13 min for miscellaneous manipulations.Positron-emitting [(11)C]thymidine and [(11)C]thymidylate were used for in vivo tracer studies of DNA synthesis in mice for periods of up to 3 hr. Findings with carbon-11 were consistent with earlier studies in which carbon-14 and tritium-labeled thymidine were used. For example, 3 hr after injection of [(11)C]thymidine, spleen DNA was labeled to a much greater extent than was liver DNA.
Dynamic High-Resolution 3-D Photoacoustic Microscopy with Cylindrically Focused Optical Illumination (2010)

We developed ultrasound-array-based photoacoustic microscopy capable of 2-D and 3-D imaging at 249 and 0.5 Hz, respectively. With cylindrically focused optical illumination, it achieved 28-micron elevational resolution, enabling dynamic high-resolution 3-D imaging of microvasculature in vivo.
The Use Of Molecular Beam Techniques For The Fabrication Of Optical Thin Films And Structures (1989)

Molecular Beam and Ultra-High Vacuum techniques have been applied to the deposition of optical thin films and structures. Materials studied include ZnSe, ZnS, BaF2 and PbF2. Properties of microstructure and crystallite size have been studied using cross sectional TEM techniques. MBE techniques enable the production of novel thin film structures such as Bragg reflectors and graded index anti-reflection coatings. Etalon filters fabricated using this method show consierably improved long term operating stability over those produced by conventional evaporation.
HYDROPHILIC FLUOROCARBON COATINGS VIA PLASMA ENHANCED-CHEMICAL VAPOUR CO-DEPOSITION OF ACRYLIC ACID AND HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE OXIDE (2017)

The co-deposition of acrylic acid and hexafluoropropylene oxide in pulsed plasmas was studied with the purpose to obtain wettable fluorocarbon coatings containing carboxylic acid groups, which are potentially useful for several employments, e.g., as proton-exchange membranes for electrochemical applications.
Voice Message Routing Service (2005)

Voice messaging is traditionally addressed using telephone number
addressing. This document describes two techniques for routing voice
messages based on a telephone number. The complete service uses the
Voice Profile for Internet Mail (VPIM) Directory service to lookup a
VPIM email address with a telephone number and confirm that the
address is both valid and associated with the intended recipient.
However, this service will take time to become widely deployed in the
near term. This document also describes a basic send-and-pray service
that routes and delivers messages using only the ENUM telephone number
resolution service and the existing DNS mail routing facilities.
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Design and Scaling Calculations for the ZR Vacuum Insulator Stack (2005)

The ZR z-pinch driver is being upgraded to deliver 26 MA into a standard load, a substantial increase compared to the present Z maximum of 20 MA into the same standard load. The upgraded accelerator has basically the same foot print as the existing Z, thus bringing a number of challenges, one of the critical ones being the insulator stack. The present stack is formed by 4 levels, the top two with 5 insulators each and the bottom 2 with 6 insulators each, all of them at 5.715 cm (2.25") in height per insulator. Circuit simulations show that some levels of the new stack will need to operate at or above 5 MV, and that simply increasing the number of insulators significantly increased the inductance, thus a careful scaling and analysis needed to be done. Based on the flashover behavior/data from the Z stack, using available Rexolite data, and previous flashover experiments on Z, we scaled the JCM constant from 175 to 221. We show how this number was then further scaled by using the results of an anode field relief plug experiment; and how, with a Weibull analysis of this data, we estimated the applicable area dependence. After properly scaling the JCM equation, the multistage g-matrix approach from Ian Smith was used to project the stack reliability. A set of options were developed in which the effect of adding insulator stages vs stage voltage increase, due to the increased inductance, is compared with the reliability predictions. All calculations were done under the assumption that MFI will not make a contribution to the stack performance. The resulting stack design uses 6 insulators on the upper two levels and seven insulators on the lower two levels (6677), and uses an anode field relief plug to give a projected reliability better than the design requirement.
Design and realization of intelligent monitoring system based object identification (2008)

Video based monitoring system plays an important role in asset management. However, transmission of video data occupies large amount of bandwidth, especially in wireless communication environment. On the same time, searches and storage of video data is a troublesome problem in after-event investigation. This paper studies a non-video monitoring system which is based on RFID and sensors. The system collects identity information and environment parameter information with the help of RFID reader, and then judges event type by the proposed event type deducing model. Every event is record to event log database and illegal event will trigger an alarm signal to watcher and then assets are monitored. Experiment results are the following. First, on average, occupied bandwidth is only 25.0 Kbps when monitoring 1,000 assets. So the system is suitable for wireless environment. Secondly, searches can be done within few seconds accurately benefiting from non-video event log, and efficiency of after-event investigation is improved greatly. Thirdly, storage of 1,000 event log only occupies no more than 300 KB. Fourthly, different monitoring area are communicated by wireless channel which complying with 802.11 b/g, and the whole monitoring area connects with Internet through Root station of the system. Monitoring center deployed in Internet can hold personnel, assets and environment information of the whole monitoring area in real time.
Degrees and Dimensions of Social Interaction in Tribal Groupings: A Sociometric Study (1969)

On a administré un inventaire de quinze questions sociométriques à onze groupes d'élèves d'écoles primaires et secondaires, d'une école d'instituteurs, et d'une école pour jeunes mineurs de la region minière (Copperbelt) de Zambie (N = 274). Les choix ont été analysés en prenant l'origine tribale comme base de classification pour les groupements dans les classes et pour tous les répondants. l'origine tribale représente une catégorie importante pour l'interaction sociale à l'intérieur des groupes institutionnels quand la distance est grande. Les dimensions de l'inventaire, que fait apparaître une analyse factorielle basée sur les groupements par tribu des répondants, suivent trois axes et pourraient correspondre à l'autorité (leadership) dans un système institutionnel, l'acceptation par les pairs et l'origine ethnique. l'A. discute de ces résultats en se référant à d'autres recherches sur la distance sociale et montre quelles modifications de la théorie traditionnelle ils suggèrent.
Statistical significance analysis of longitudinal gene expression data (2003)

We apply estimating equation techniques to construct a robust statistic, which is a variant of the robust Wald statistic and accounts for the potential within-subject correlation of longitudinal gene expression data, to detect genes with temporal changes in expression. We associate significance levels to the proposed statistic by either incorporating the idea of the significance analysis of microarrays method or using the mixture model method to identify significant genes. The utility of the statistic is demonstrated by applying it to an important study of osteoblast lineage-specific differentiation. Using simulated data, we also show pitfalls in drawing statistical inference when the within-subject correlation in longitudinal gene expression data is ignored.
Transforming nanostructured chitin from crustacean waste into beneficial health products: a must for our society (2011)

Chitin, obtained principally from crustacean waste, is a sugar-like polymer that is available at low cost. It has been shown to be bio- and ecocompatible, and has a very low level of toxicity. Recently, it has become possible to industrially produce pure chitin crystals, named "chitin nanofibrils" (CN) for their needle-like shape and nanostructured average size (240 × 5 × 7 nm). Due to their specific chemical and physical characteristics, CN may have a range of industrial applications, from its use in biomedical products and biomimetic cosmetics, to biotextiles and health foods. At present, world offshore disposal of this natural waste material is around 250 billion tons per year. It is an underutilized resource and has the potential to supply a wide range of useful products if suitably recycled, thus contributing to sustainable growth and a greener economy.
Expression of IFN-γ and IL-4 in Pulmonary Infection with Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Immunocompromised Rats (2002)

Purpose To study the kinetics of interferon-γ(IFN?γ) and interleukin-4(IL?4) with pulmonary infection of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in immunocompromised host(ICH) and Non-ICH. Methods ICH model of rats were induced by receiving daily intraperitoneal injection of cyclophophamide (15 mg/kg·d -1) plus subcutaneous injection of cortisone acetate (100 mg/kg·d -1) for 7 consecutive days.Rats were intratracheally challenged with Pseudomonas aeruginosa ( 0.2 mL ATCC 27853 6×10 8 CFU/mL).The protein secretion of IFN?γ and IL?4 in plasma was measured by Immunoprecipitation,and those in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) by immunoblotting.Two steps procedure of immunohistochemistry was used in lung tissue. Results IFN?γ and IL?4 of two group could be detected before inoculation of pseudomonas aeruginosa(PA) in any sample.① Kinetics of IFN?γ and IL?4 in plasma showed that there was a decline after inoculation of PA in either group.Compared with control group,the level of two cytokines in ICH group continued decrease while in control group began increase 24 h after inoculation,in which the lo-west levels of IFN?γ were detected 2 h after inoculation in both groups,the lowest level of IL?4 in ICH group (1 h) was earlier than that in control group (9 h).In any time,IFN?γ (P0.05) and IL?4 (P0.01) in ICH group were lower than control group.② The trend of BALF showed IFN?γ and IL?4 were decreased in both groups after inoculation,the lowest of control group (IFN?γ 2 h,P0.05;IL?4 6 h,P0.05) were detected earlier than ICH group (24 h),and the trends in control group were increased while in ICH group they were decreased.③ Kinetics of IFN?γ and IL?4 in lung tissue:In ICH group,the trend of positive cell numbers were significantly increased 1 h after inoculation then decreased to the floor 24 h after inoculation.In control group,the trend of positive cell numbers were increased after inoculation and significantly increased at 9 and 24 h after inoculation (P0.05). Conclusions Kinetics of IFN?γ or IL?4 in lung in ICH group was different from that in control group.It is suggested that immunosuppression has a marked impact on ability to immunoreaction.The inflammation in local area was strong during early stage of pulmonary infection in ICH.The early stage of pulmonary infection with PA tends to have priority to TH 2 immunoreaction.Kinetics of IL?4 in plasma and BALF had a temporary increase in ICH group.It implied that TH 1/TH 2 ba-lance tended to TH 2 immunologic response at the early stage of pulmonary infection with PA in ICH group.This may be connected with the rapid deterioration of the disease in pathology and in clinic manifestation in pulmonary infection of ICH.
Predictive Modelling of RF Energy for Wireless Powered Communications (2015)

Energy harvesting enables perpetual operation of wireless networks without the need for battery change. In particular, energy can be harvested from radio waves in the radio frequency spectrum. To ensure a reliable performance, energy prediction modelling is a key component for optimizing energy harvesting because it equips the harvesting node with adaptation to energy availability. We use two machine learning techniques, linear regression (LR) and decision trees (DT) to model the harvested energy using real-time power measurements in the radio spectrum. Numerical results show that LR outperforms DT by attaining minimum 85% prediction accuracy. These models will be useful for defining the scheduling policies of harvesting nodes.
Reverse microemulsion prepared Ni–Pt catalysts for methane cracking to produce COx-free hydrogen (2017)

A monodispersed 15 nm Ni<sub>9</sub>Pt<sub>1</sub> catalyst synthesized <italic>via</italic> a reverse microemulsion method, shows a lower activation energy than both Ni and Pt catalysts during the methane cracking reaction.
Photolysis of fluotrimazole (1983)

Abstract The major product identified in the photochemical degradation of fluotrimazole, in aqueous suspension, as a thin film on glass, and sprayed on barley leaves, was 3‐(trifluoromethyl)triphenylmethanol. This was also detected after photolysis in methanol, although methyl 3‐trifluoromethyltrityl ether was the major product. Moreover, under all these conditions, 3‐(trifluoromethyl)triphenylmethane was also present. 3‐Trifluoromethylbenzophenone was produced only by irradiation of an aqueous suspension. The photolysis products, in contrast to fluotrimazole, were inactive at 1 mmol against barley powdery mildew ( Erysiphe graminis ).
Deep learning automates detection of wall motion abnormalities via measurement of longitudinal strain from ECG-gated CT images (2022)

Automated LV blood pool segmentation and long-axis plane delineation <i>via</i> deep learning enables automatic LS assessment. LS values accurately identify regional wall motion abnormalities and may be used to complement standard visual assessments.
DepthNet: A Recurrent Neural Network Architecture for Monocular Depth Prediction (2018)

Predicting the depth map of a scene is often a vital component of monocular SLAM pipelines. Depth prediction is fundamentally ill-posed due to the inherent ambiguity in the scene formation process. In recent times, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) that exploit scene geometric constraints have been explored extensively for supervised single-view depth prediction and semi-supervised 2-view depth prediction. In this paper we explore whether recurrent neural networks (RNNs) can learn spatio-temporally accurate monocular depth prediction from video sequences, even without explicit definition of the inter-frame geometric consistency or pose supervision. To this end, we propose a novel convolutional LSTM (ConvLSTM)-based network architecture for depth prediction from a monocular video sequence. In the proposed ConvLSTM network architecture, we harness the ability of long short-term memory (LSTM)-based RNNs to reason sequentially and predict the depth map for an image frame as a function of the appearances of scene objects in the image frame as well as image frames in its temporal neighborhood. In addition, the proposed ConvLSTM network is also shown to be able to make depth predictions for future or unseen image frame(s). We demonstrate the depth prediction performance of the proposed ConvLSTM network on the KITTI dataset and show that it gives results that are superior in terms of accuracy to those obtained via depth-supervised and self-supervised methods and comparable to those generated by state-of-the-art pose-supervised methods.