gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
A linear estimation method for 3D pose and facial animation tracking (2007)

This paper presents an approach that incorporates Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) for monocular 3D face pose and facial animation estimation. The CCA is used to find the dependency between texture residuals and 3D face pose and facial gesture. The texture residuals are obtained from observed raw brightness shape-free 2D image patches that we build by means of a parameterized 3D geometric face model. This method is used to correctly estimate the pose of the face and the model's animation parameters controlling the lip, eyebrow and eye movements (encoded in 15 parameters). Extensive experiments on tracking faces in long real video sequences show the effectiveness of the proposed method and the value of using CCA in the tracking context.
Implementation and Outcomes of a Mobile Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program in the United States During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic (2021)

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began in the United States around March 2020. Because of limited access to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the authors' region, a mobile ECMO team was implemented by April 2020 to serve patients with COVID-19. Several logistical and operational needs were assessed and addressed to ensure a successful program, including credentialing, equipment management, and transportation. A multidisciplinary team was included in the planning, decision-making, and implementation of the mobile ECMO. From April 2020 to January 2021, mobile ECMO was provided to 22 patients in 13 facilities across four southern California counties. The survival to hospital discharge of patients with COVID-19 who received mobile ECMO was 52.4% (11 of 21) compared with 45.2% (14 of 31) for similar patients cannulated in-house. No significant patient or transportation complications occurred during mobile ECMO. Neither the ECMO nor transport teams experianced unprotected exposures to or infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Herein, the implementation of the mobile ECMO team is reviewed, and patient characteristics and outcomes are described.
Induction of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in PL/J and (SJL/J x PL/J)F1 mice by myelin basic protein and its peptides: localization of a second encephalitogenic determinant. (1983)

SJL/J, PL/J, and (SJL/J x PL/J)F1 mice were immunized with bovine, guinea pig, mouse, or rat myelin basic proteins (MBP) in adjuvant containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra. Twenty-four and 72 hr later, Bordetella pertussis vaccine was given i.v. All MBP tested induced experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) in SJL/J and F1 mice; however, bovine MBP was inactive in PL/J mice. Each strain was immunized in a similar manner with peptic peptides, residues 1-37, 43-88, and 89-169 of guinea pig MBP. In contrast to the SJL/J strain, which has been shown to recognize a major encephalitogenic determinant in peptide 89-169, PL/J and F1 mice responded primarily to an encephalitogenic determinant within peptide 1-37. Analysis of antibody levels showed that SJL/J mice made no antibody to peptide 1-37, although anti-peptide 89-169 antibodies were consistently found. Conversely, PL/J mice responded well to peptide 1-37, but only an occasional animal made a significant response to peptide 89-169. (SJL/J x PL/J)F1 mice were more susceptible to EAE than either parental strain, as shown by the percentage of animals showing neurologic signs and by clinical severity.
Passivation with SiO2 on HgCdTe by direct photochemical-vapor deposition* (1994)

For the first time, SiO2 layers, prepared by direct photochemical-vapor deposition, were passivated onto HgCdTe substrates using a deuterium (D2) lamp as the ultraviolet and vacuum-ultraviolet light source. It was found that the refractive index of the SiO2 films, grown at 60 °C and 0.5 Torr for a mixture of SiH4 and O2, is close to 1.462 (the refractive index of thermal silicon dioxide) when the gas ratio (SiH4/O2) is adjusted to 0.2. Various characterization techniques, such as x-ray photoemission, Auger-electron, and Fourier-transform spectroscopies were used to give a detailed study of the physical and chemical properties of the SiO2 thin films. The electrical properties of these SiO2 layers were investigated by performing high frequency (1 MHz) capacitance–voltage (C–V) and current–voltage (I–V) measurements, at 77 K. The C–V measurement shows that the minimum interface state density is 5×1010 cm−2 eV−1 with a hysteresis smaller than 0.2 V. The maximum dielectric strength observed from I–V measurement is around 580 kV/cm.
Composition and Structure of the Bovine Milk Fat Globule Membrane—Some Nutritional and Technological Implications (2011)

Milk fat is dispersed in milk as small, spherical globules, stabilized in the form of emulsion by its surrounding membrane. This membrane, called the milk fat globule membrane (MFGM), is created in the secretory cells of the mammary gland, and represents an ordered and unique biophysical system. This review characterizes the main milk fat globule components, their structure, and intracellular origin. The milk fat globule membrane has many potentially bioactive components. These are discussed in terms of their health effects for the native and processed globules. Because of their functional and nutritional properties, MFGM components can be used as valuable ingredients in the manufacture of new functional foods.
Mobility Aware and Dynamic Migration of MEC Services for the Internet of Vehicles (2021)

Vehicles are becoming connected entities, and with the advent of online gaming, on demand streaming and assisted driving services, are expected to turn into data hubs with abundant computing needs. In this article, we show the value of estimating vehicular mobility as 5G users move across radio cells, and of using such estimates in combination with an online algorithm that assesses when and where the computing services (virtual machines, VM) that are run on the mobile edge nodes are to be migrated to ensure service continuity at the vehicles. This problem is tackled via a Lyapunov-based approach, which is here solved in closed form, leading to a low-complexity and distributed algorithm, whose performance is numerically assessed in a real-life scenario, featuring thousands of vehicles and densely deployed 5G base stations. Our numerical results demonstrate a reduction of more than 50% in the energy expenditure with respect to previous strategies (full migration). Also, our scheme self-adapts to meet any given risk target, which is posed as an optimization constraint and represents the probability that the computing service is interrupted during a handover. Through it, we can effectively control the trade-off between seamless computation and energy consumption when migrating VMs.
Hepatische Sternzellen unterstützen als mesenchymale Stammzellen die Regeneration der Leber (2014)

Hepatische Sternzellen (HSC) sind vor allem durch ihre Beteiligung an der Fibroseentstehung bekannt. Ihre Funktion in der normalen Leber blieb dagegen weitgehend unklar. Unsere Untersuchungen zeigen nun, dass HSC als mesenchymalen Stammzellen (MSC) anzusehen sind und deren Funktionen erfüllen können. So exprimieren HSC der Ratte typische Marker von MSC wie Nestin, NG2 (neural-glial antigen 2), CD105 (Endoglin) sowie CD146 und sind in der Lage zu Adipozyten sowie Osteozyten in vitro zu differenzieren. Ferner unterstützen isolierte HSC in einem Ko-Kultursystem die Erhaltung sowie Differenzierung hämatopoietischer Stammzellen und können somit MSC des Knochenmarks ersetzen. Transplantierte eGFP+ HSC, welche zuvor mittels FACS (fluorescence-activated cell sorting) aufgrund ihrer Retinoid-Fluoreszenz aufgereinigt wurden, besiedeln in Übereinstimmung mit ihrer Charakterisierung als MSC das Knochenmark der Empfängertiere. Nach Schädigung der Leber durch eine partielle Hepatektomie und gleichzeitiger Anwendung von 2-Acetylaminofluoren erreichen FACS-sortierte HSC die verletzte Leber des Empfängertieres und bilden nach 7 bis 14 Tagen etwa 11% (± 2%) des Lebergewebes aus. Aus den transplantierten HSC entstehen neben mesenchymalem Gewebe auch Hepatozyten und Cholangiozyten. Während ihrer Differenzierung zu Hepatozyten in vitro durchlaufen HSC ebenso wie MSC aus dem Knochenmark und der Nabelschnur vorübergehend das Expressionsprofil von hepatischen Progenitorzellen (Ovalzellen), die typischerweise Keratin 19, EPCAM (epithelial cell adhesion molecule) und α-Fetoprotein exprimieren. Schließlich zeigen HSC und andere MSC im Zuge ihrer hepatischen Differenzierung neben der Freisetzung von Albumin auch die Synthese eines breiten Spektrums von Gallensalzen sowie der Transporter BSEP (bile salt export pump) und NTCP (sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide). Diese Befunde weisen erstmals darauf hin, dass Ovalzellen aus Sternzellen oder anderen MSC des Körpers entstehen und damit HSC eine wichtige Rolle bei der Leberregeneration erfüllen können.
Study of Si implantation into Mg‐doped GaN for MOSFETs (2010)

Abstract In this paper we focus on activation and diffusion during annealing of silicon after implantation into Mg‐doped GaN epitaxial layers. The Si diffusion was analyzed for different capping materials and compared to an uncapped sample. Investigation of the Si concentration obtained from secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) and comparison with calculation revealed several diffusion constants. Different diffusion behaviours at the surface were detected for different Si concentrations around the solubility of Si in GaN. Further, we found similar Si activation efficiencies in GaN for high and low fluences, after taking into account the compensation of electrons by the p‐type background doping. In addition, we investigated the insulation between Si implanted islands in p‐type GaN and the effect of additional Ar+ implantation. (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &amp; Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
Murine immunogenicity of N-substituted phosphatidylethanolamine derivatives in liposomes: response to the hapten phosphocholine. (1980)

Abstract The humoral immunogenicity of 3-[3-(4-azophenylphosphocholine) - 4 - hydroxyphenyl] - N- propionyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (APPC-PPr-PE) has been examined in mice. Several properties of the anti-phosphocholine response to this antigen resemble the response to N- 2,4 - dinitrophenyl - 6 - aminocaproylphosphatidylethanolamine (DNP-Cap-PE), which has been shown previously to elicit anti-dinitrophenyl antibodies. Like DNPCap-PE, APPC-PPr-PE is not immunogenic if administered alone in saline, but is a thymus-independent antigen after insertion into sphingomyelin:cholesterol:dicetylphosphate liposomes. The magnitude of the response depends on the total dose and epitope density of APPCPPr-PE in liposomes, and is significantly enhanced by the incorporation of lipid A. It is also influenced by the transition temperature (Tc) of the phospholipid used in the preparation of the model membranes; liposomes made with a low Tc phospholipid are neither immunogenic nor do they induce tolerance. However, the ability of some inbred strains to respond to DNP-Cap-PE-sensitized liposomes does not parallel their responses to APPC-PPr-PE-sensitized liposomes. Liposomal immunogenicity appears, therefore, to be more directly correlated with the specific hapten rather than the general bilayer structure of the model membranes. As observed for other phosphocholine (PC) antigens, the IgM antibodies induced by APPC-PPr-PE-sensitized liposomes have a restricted range of hapten affinity. Furthermore, restriction and idiotype are not altered by incorporation of lipid A. In addition, the anti-PC antibodies are apparently unable to bind the PC portion of either sphingomyelin or phosphatidylcholine. This finding may explain why anti-PC antibodies can be detected in immune sera even though these phospholipids are predominant constituents of natural cell membranes.
Basic Consideration of Voice Coil Type Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Actuator (2021)

Space recognition is a crucial task for autonomous systems such as robots and unmanned aerial vehicles. These systems necessary to get information using a camera while moving. However, the decrease of the recognition accuracy attributed to an image quality deterioration due to vibration and the increase of the system size have become problems. To solve these problems, we focused on multiple-degree-of-freedom (DOF) actuators. However, conventional multiple-DOF actuators require a large number of components, and the control device is large in size. Thus, we propose a novel multiple-DOF actuator that can be driven by a simple control device with a small number of components. First, a 2DOF actuator driven by a 3-phase half-bridge circuit is described. Next, a 3DOF actuator driven by a 4-phase half-bridge circuit is presented. The basic performance is evaluated by a magnetic field analysis using a three-dimensional finite element method. The analysis results show that the proposed actuator can be driven by the proposed operating principle and magnetic structure.
A new approach to 4-substituted indoles (1981)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTA new approach to 4-substituted indolesHubert Maehr and Joanne M. SmallheerCite this: J. Org. Chem. 1981, 46, 8, 1752–1755Publication Date (Print):April 1, 1981Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 April 1981https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jo00321a053https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00321a053research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views1538Altmetric-Citations39LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
Nakagin Capsule Tower: la arquitectura convertida en signo (2017)

La arquitectura construye los lugares donde discurre la vida del hombre; tambien, iconos memorables. Algunos edificios nos llegan del pasado con una evidente carga significativa; a otros el significado se lo asignamos nosotros. ?Que pasa cuando al edificio se le atribuye un significado desde el presente? ?Que es mas importante en el: su uso inicial o su calidad de signo atribuida? Este es el caso de las Nakagin Capsule Tower, de Kisho Kurokawa (1972), devenidas en «monumento» contemporaneo a pesar de no haber sido concebidas con esa cualidad. En este texto se propone una reflexion sobre la capacidad de la arquitectura contemporanea de generar elementos significativos. Tambien es una reflexion sobre la relacion uso-representacion en los edificios convertidos en «monumentos» de la arquitectura del pasado reciente. ----------ABSTRACT---------- Architecture builds places where human life occurs; also, architecture builds memorable icons. Some buildings come to us from the past with an obvious significant; nevertheless we assign a meaning to others buildings. What happens when a meaning is attributed at a building by us? What is most important in this case: its initial use or meaning attributed by us? This is the case of Nakagin Capsule Tower, by Kisho Kurokawa (1972), a contemporary «monument» despite not being built with that quality. This paper thinks about the posibility to generate significant elements in the contemporary architecture. It is also a reflection about use and meaning in the «monuments» of the architecture from the recent past.
New models and methods for programming cyber-physical systems (keynote) (2019)

Emerging cyber-physical systems are distributed systems in constant interaction with their physical environments through sensing and actuation at network edges. Over the past decade, the embedded and control systems community have vigorously pursued a vision of coupled feedback-controlled systems with a broad range of real-life applications from transportation, smart buildings to human health. These efforts have continued to push intelligent processing to edge and near-edge devices, provide new capabilities for improved sensing with high quality timing information, establish limits on the quality of time and its impact on the stability of control algorithms etc.
Molecular characterization and construction of an infectious clone of a pepper isolate of Beet curly top Iran virus. (2016)

Geminiviruses cause curly top disease, in dicotyledonous plants which constrains host crop production. <i>Beet curly top Iran virus</i> (BCTIV) is a widespread <i>Becurtovirus</i> (family <i>Geminiviridae</i>) in numerous areas within Iran. In this study, we isolated and analyzed a full-length genomic DNA of a new variant of BCTIV from pepper crops in the Kaftark region, east of Shiraz (proposed acronym: BCTIV-Kaf [IR: Kaf:2016:Pepper]). Infected pepper plants showed shortening of internodes, severe interveinal chlorosis, upward leaf rolling and leaf curling. Sequence and phylogenetic analysis showed this BCTIV variant grouped with sugar beet isolates of BCTIV and has the highest similarity to a sugar beet BCTIV isolate from Negar town in Kerman province, Iran. It was more distantly related to a bean isolate of BCTIV from northeast region of Iran. A tandem repeat partial dimmer of BCTIV was constructed and found to be infectious in pepper, tomato and <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i> plants. Results of this study indicated that BCTIV-Kaf is a new variant of BCTIV infecting pepper plants in Shiraz and that geographic location rather than the type of host plant has more effect on genetic diversity of BCTIV in Iran.
Force de traction à l’interface cellule-matrice extracellulaire et destin des cellules souches mésenchymateuses (2011)

Nos travaux ont permis de dcouvrir une famille de protines qui sont impliques directement dans l'tape initiale de la mcanotransduction De futures tudes permettront d'adresser plus prcisment le rle des protines Piezo dans ces organes. De plus, l'expression de Piezo2 dans les neurones sensoriels des GDR fait de cette protine potentiellement une cible de choix pour traiter certains types de douleurs mcaniques inflammatoires ou chroniques. Feeling the pressure? Identification of two proteins activated by mechanical forces REMERCIEMENTS L'auteur tient remercier tout le personnel du laboratoire du Dr Ardem Patapoutian, ainsi que le Dr N. Grillet pour ses
Preparation Parameter Development for Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Keggin-type Polyoxometalates (2007)

Polyoxometalates possess many useful properties for electrochemical catalysis. These molecule-size clusters can be assembled into thin films through the layer-by-layer method. In this study, we determined a cluster concentration range within which layer-by-layer (LbL) films have been successfully fabricated. We also find the influence of salt added to the deposition solutions. In an attempt to understand the self-assembly process at the molecular level, thermodynamic arguments, derived from complexation between nanoscale particles and oppositely charged polyelectrolyte chains, have been employed to interpret the adsorption of polyoxometalate clusters onto a cationic polymer layer. The scaling results describe the contact mode between a polymer chain and a cluster. The assembly can be visualized with assistance by understanding the contact between the polymer chain and the cluster.
Comparative clinical characteristics and response to oral antimalarial therapy of children with and withoutPlasmodium falciparumhyperparasitaemia in an endemic area (2000)

The clinical characteristics and the responses to oral antimalarial therapy of 104 children presenting consecutively with or without Plasmodium falciparum hyperparasitaemia (HP) were investigated in an endemic area. At presentation, although the 52 children with HP were significantly younger and had significantly higher heart rates than the 52 without, there were no significant differences between the two groups in their symptoms or in any other clinical feature of their malaria. Responses to oral antimalarial drugs were similar in both groups. Analysis of the disposition kinetics of parasitaemia, using a non-compartmental model similar to that used in characterizing drug disposition, showed that the two groups had similar half-lives of parasitaemia (t1/2pd), volumes of blood completely cleared of parasites per unit time (CLBpd), and parasite-clearance-time:t1/2pd ratios. Three children in the HP group, all aged < 3 years, progressed to cerebral malaria within 8 h of presentation, and another HP child presented with isolated trunkal ataxia, indicative of cerebellar involvement. No child in the non-HP group had any of the features of severe malaria. Although the clinical characteristics and responses to oral therapy of children with and without HP are therefore very similar, young children with HP appear to have an increased risk of developing other features of severe malaria.
(PS)2: protein structure prediction server version 3.0 (2015)

Protein complexes are involved in many biological processes. Examining coupling between subunits of a complex would be useful to understand the molecular basis of protein function. Here, our updated (PS)(2) web server predicts the three-dimensional structures of protein complexes based on comparative modeling; furthermore, this server examines the coupling between subunits of the predicted complex by combining structural and evolutionary considerations. The predicted complex structure could be indicated and visualized by Java-based 3D graphics viewers and the structural and evolutionary profiles are shown and compared chain-by-chain. For each subunit, considerations with or without the packing contribution of other subunits cause the differences in similarities between structural and evolutionary profiles, and these differences imply which form, complex or monomeric, is preferred in the biological condition for the subunit. We believe that the (PS)(2) server would be a useful tool for biologists who are interested not only in the structures of protein complexes but also in the coupling between subunits of the complexes. The (PS)(2) is freely available at http://ps2v3.life.nctu.edu.tw/.
Commentary on "Car Drivers' Adjustments to Cyclists at Roundabouts" (2000)

This paper presents a commentary on an earlier paper in this journal entitled Car drivers' adjustments to cyclists at roundabouts. The author discusses limitations inherent in naturalistic research efforts aimed at evaluating real-world behaviors that attempt to predict driver behavior by observing visual search patterns. Often, there are numerous confounds that prevent the discovery of a clear relation between the variables of interest. The author discusses the possibility that the failure of an automobile driver to yield to a cyclist entering a roundabout may be due to a number of factors such as the country of origin, familiarity with roundabouts as common types of intersections, and other cultural and societal factors.
Military deployment to the Gulf War as a risk factor for psychiatric illness among US troops (2006)

Deployment to the Gulf War is associated with a range of mental health outcomes more than 10 years after deployment.