gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Dynamic autonomous scheduling on heterogeneous systems (2003)

Advances in network and middleware technologies have brought computing with many widely-distributed and heterogeneous resources to the forefront. The large distributed platforms of Grid Computing and Internet Computing allow scientists to solve problems at unprecedented scales and/or at greatly reduced cost. Efficiently managing the computation is a difficult and challenging problem, given the heterogeneous attributes of the underlying components. An added complexity is that resources in these environments exhibit dynamically changing performance. 
In this dissertation we consider independent task applications , which decompose into a large number of uniform independent tasks, where all application data initially resides in a single repository, and the time required to transfer that data is a significant factor. We support the premise that dynamic, autonomous scheduling of independent task applications can achieve maximum steady-state throughput and low overhead in networks of non-dedicated heterogeneous computers. We present two autonomous bandwidth-centric scheduling protocols that answer some practical challenges of attaining the optimal steady-state execution rate. 
We also consider the potential decrease in computation rate of a host due to concurrent data transfers to and from that host. Our experiments show that the computation rate can be reduced by over 50%, and that the reduction is roughly proportional to the communication transfer rate. We present the Communication-Interference processor model that incorporates the interference rate of communication on computation. We show how to determine an optimal steady-state allocation for a fork graph (tree of height 1) in this new model. 
Finally, we compare the performance of various autonomous scheduling algorithms on an example testbed of near and distant heterogeneous processors. Our aggressive Communication-Interference-Centric algorithm performed the best overall.
Portal hypertension II : proceedings of the Second Baveno International Consensus Workshop on Definitions, Methodology, and Therapeutic Strategies (1996)

Where were we? sore spots diagnostic issues consensus statements - imaging techniques and haemodynamic measurement in portal hypoertension drug therapy for portal hypertension recent advances in the endoscopic management of variceal bleeding transjuglar intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) current status of surgical treatment for portal hypertension - trials in portal hypertension.
A Miniaturized, Dual-Band, Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antenna for Installation Into Satellite Mobile Phones (2009)

A miniaturized, dual-band, circularly polarized microstrip antenna (CPMA) for satellite mobile phones was designed. Two miniaturized radiation elements using folded structures are stacked vertically to achieve dual bands. Each radiation element shows left-handed circular polarization. The total volume of this dual-band, circularly polarized, microstrip antenna is 46 mm (length) x 24 mm (width) x 13 mm (height). The overall antenna is mounted on a phone-shaped ground plane to fit inside satellite mobile phones.
An element rotation algorithm for multi-bit DAC nonlinearities in complex bandpass ΔΣAD modulators (2004)

This paper presents a technique for improving the resolution of complex bandpass /spl Delta//spl Sigma/ADCs which are used for wireless communication systems. Oversampling and noise-shaping are used to achieve high accuracy of a /spl Delta//spl Sigma/AD modulator. However when a multi-bit DAC is used inside a modulator, nonlinearities of the DAC are not noise-shaped and the SNR of the /spl Delta//spl Sigma/ADC degrades. For the conversion of complex intermediate frequency (IF) input signals, a complex bandpass /spl Delta//spl Sigma/AD modulator can provide superior performance to a pair of real bandpass /spl Delta//spl Sigma/AD modulators of the same order. This paper proposes a new noise-shaping algorithm-implemented by adding simple digital circuitry-to reduce the effects of nonlinearities in multi-bit DACs of complex bandpass /spl Delta//spl Sigma/AD modulators. We have performed simulation with MATLAB to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm, and the results show that the proposed algorithm can improve the SNR of a complex bandpass /spl Delta//spl Sigma/ADC with nonlinear internal multi-bit DACs.
Risk Assessment and Safety Evaluation Study for Ozonolysis of β-Pinene: Raw Material of a Novel Prostaglandin D2Receptor Antagonist S-5751 (2010)

Safety evaluation for ozonolysis of β-pinene was conducted using DSC, ARC, and RC1e. ARC measurement showed that the concentration of the ozonized mixture affects its thermal stability. The sample at a high concentration of 1.83 mol/L was very unstable even at room temperature and decomposed rapidly. ADT24 of the diluted sample of 0.73 mol/L was 28.2 °C. Although reductive decomposition of the ozonized mixture at extremely low temperature is very dangerous because of accumulation of the heat of reaction, its process temperature was validated to not exceed the ADT24. As a result, pilot manufacturing on a 300-L reactor scale could be achieved.
Intermediate-dose melphalan compared with myeloablative treatment in multiple myeloma: long-term follow-up of the Dutch Cooperative Group HOVON 24 trial (2007)

Double, intensive treatment resulted in a better CR rate, event-free survival and progression-free survival but not overall survival compared to single non-myeloablative treatment in previously untreated patients with multiple myeloma.
Urea Hydrogen Peroxide Reduces the Numbers of Lactobacilli, Nourishes Yeast, and Leaves No Residues in the Ethanol Fermentation (2000)

Urea hydrogen peroxide (UHP) at a concentration of 30 to 32 mmol/liter reduced the numbers of five Lactobacillus spp. (Lactobacillus plantarum, L. paracasei, Lactobacillus sp. strain 3, L. rhamnosus, and L. fermentum) from approximately 10(7) to approximately 10(2) CFU/ml in a 2-h preincubation at 30 degrees C of normal-gravity wheat mash at approximately 21 g of dissolved solids per ml containing normal levels of suspended grain particles. Fermentation was completed 36 h after inoculation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the presence of UHP, even when wheat mash was deliberately contaminated (infected) with L. paracasei at approximately 10(7) CFU/ml. There were no significant differences in the maximum ethanol produced between treatments when urea hydrogen peroxide was used to kill the bacteria and controls (in which no bacteria were added). However, the presence of L. paracasei at approximately 10(7) CFU/ml without added agent resulted in a 5.84% reduction in the maximum ethanol produced compared to the control. The bactericidal activity of UHP is greatly affected by the presence of particulate matter. In fact, only 2 mmol of urea hydrogen peroxide per liter was required for disinfection when mashes had little or no particulate matter present. No significant differences were observed in the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide in normal-gravity wheat mash at 30 degrees C whether the bactericidal agent was added as H(2)O(2) or as urea hydrogen peroxide. NADH peroxidase activity (involved in degrading H(2)O(2)) increased significantly (P = 0.05) in the presence of 0.75 mM hydrogen peroxide (sublethal level) in all five strains of lactobacilli tested but did not persist in cells regrown in the absence of H(2)O(2). H(2)O(2)-resistant mutants were not expected or found when lethal levels of H(2)O(2) or UHP were used. Contaminating lactobacilli can be effectively managed by UHP, a compound which when used at ca. 30 mmol/liter happens to provide near-optimum levels of assimilable nitrogen and oxygen that aid in vigorous fermentation performance by yeast.
Interplay between orbital-quantization effects and the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov instability in multiple-band layered superconductors (2018)

We explore superconducting instability for a clean two-band layered superconductor with deep and shallow bands in the magnetic field applied perpendicular to the layers. In the shallow band, the quasiclassical approximation is not applicable, and Landau quantization has to be accounted for exactly. The electronic spectrum of this band in the magnetic field is composed of the one-dimensional Landau-level minibands. With increasing magnetic field the system experiences a series of Lifshitz transitions when the chemical potential enters and exits the minibands. These transitions profoundly influence the shape of the upper critical field at low temperatures. In addition, the Zeeman spin splitting may cause the nonuniform state with interlayer modulation of the superconducting order parameter [Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state]. Typically, the quantization effects in the shallow band strongly promote the formation of this state. The uniform state remains favorable only in the exceptional resonance cases when the spin-splitting energy exactly matches the Landau-level spacing. Furthermore, for specific relations between electronic spectrum parameters, the alternating FFLO state may realize, in which the order parameter changes sign between the neighboring layers. For all above cases, the reentrant high-field superconducting states may emerge at low temperatures if the shallow band has significant contribution to the Cooper pairing.
High‐performance liquid chromatography analysis of curcumin in rat plasma: application to pharmacokinetics of polymeric micellar formulation of curcumin (2007)

A simple, rapid and reliable high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed and validated for the determination of curcumin in rat plasma. Plasma was precipitated with acetonitrile after addition of the internal standard (IS), 4-hydroxybenzophenone. Separation was achieved on a Waters muBondapak C(18) column (3.9 x 300 mm, 5 microm) using acetonitrile (55%) and citric buffer, pH 3.0 (45%) as the mobile phase (flow rate = 1.0 mL/min). The UV detection wavelength was 300 and 428 nm for IS and curcumin, respectively. The extraction efficiencies were 97.08, 95.69 and 94.90% for 50, 200 and 1000 ng/mL of curcumin in rat plasma, respectively. The calibration curve was linear over the range 0.02-1 microg/mL with a correlation coefficient of r(2) > 0.999. The intra- and inter-day coefficients of variation were less than 13%, and mean intra- and inter-day errors were less than +/-6% at 50, 200 and 1000 ng/mL of curcumin. This assay was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic studies of both solubilized curcumin and its polymeric micellar formulation in rats. It was found that polymeric micelles increased the half-life of curcumin 162-fold that of solubilized curcumin and increased the volume of distribution (Vd(ss)) by 70-fold.
2-inch polycrystalline silicon thin film transistor array using field aided lateral crystallization (2008)

This study presents a technique for fabricating polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) thin film transistors (TFTs) array from amorphous silicon (a-Si) by field-aided lateral crystallization (FALC) method which utilizes Ni-catalyst and electric field during crystallization. We could uniformly crystallize a-Si channels of 240 × 120 transistor array on 2-inch glass substrate by designing a unique common electrode connected to sources and drains. In order to enhance the uniformity, the current density flowing each cell was simulated. Raman analysis was done on the entire 2-inch array to confirm the crystallinity after the crystallization and it showed the identical Raman peak at 521cm-1 which is the characteristic value of crystalline silicon. The electrical properties of TFTs array turned out to be very uniform with the threshold voltage of 4.03V±0.25 and the subthreshold voltage slope of 1.18V/dec±0.45.
Structure of an overcrowded molecule, benzylideneanthrone, at 193 K (1993)

The central six-membered ring of the anthrone in 10-bnzylidene-9(10H)-anthracenone assumes a boat conformation because of close interactions with the benzylidene moiety. Other manifestations of the overcrowding are the 6.1 o twist around the double bond, the -49.5 o rotation of the phenyl ring, and the increase of the C10a-C10-C11 angle to 124.1 o
Impacto de la ventilación en el desarrollo de daño cerebral en recién nacidos con asfixia, tratados con hipotermia (2017)

La asfixia al nacimiento y la encefalopatia neonatal resultante son una causa muy importante de mortalidad y morbilidad a largo plazo en ninos. La hipotermia es actualmente el unico tratamiento neuroprotector que ha sido clinicamente comprobado en un gran numero de estudios, para prevenir el desarrollo de dano cerebral en algunos recien nacidos de termino que han tenido asfixia. La mayoria de los recien nacidos con asfixia manejados con hipotermia son intubados al momento de nacer como parte de las maniobras de reanimacion, y son puestos en ventilacion mecanica durante el tiempo que permanecen con la hipotermia o bien a lo largo de todo el tratamiento. Tambien pueden presentar problemas con la oxigenacion. Con frecuencia presentan una hipocapnia que puede empeorar con el uso de ventilacion mecanica durante los primeros dias de vida. Cuando se este a cargo de este tipo de pacientitos, se deben recordar unas cuantas premisas importantes acerca del impacto de la asfixia e hipotermia terapeutica en la oxigenacion y la ventilacion. En el presente articulo revisaremos algo de la fisiopatologia detras de la encefalopatia neonatal y las implicaciones del enfriamiento cerebral, desde el punto de vista respiratorio. De igual manera se analizaran las estrategias para optimizar la oxigenacion y la ventilacion de estos recien nacidos, asi como para prevenir un mayor dano cerebral, con base en la revision de literatura actual disponible
Powered wheelchair driving performance using force- and position-sensing joysticks (2002)

Ten unimpaired subjects participated in a study to evaluate the manual use of joysticks to drive an electrically powered wheelchair (PWC). Using a conventional position-sensing joystick (PSJ) and a prototype, force-sensing joystick (FSJ), each subject drove the PWC over a track marked on the floor of a gymnasium. A camera recorded the position of the PWC with respect to the track. Recordings were digitized using a motion analysis system, and images were processed to measure tracking errors. All subjects were able to successfully drive the PWC using each joystick. A two-tailed paired t-test (p<0.05) on the root-mean-square-error showed no significant difference between the joysticks for the group. This demonstrated that the FSJ was an effective device for driving a PWC. Further studies will evaluate the FSJ performance in more detail, particularly by experienced PWC users.
Noncoordinating Flame-Retardant Functional Electrolyte Solvents for Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries (2022)

In Li-ion batteries, functional cosolvents could significantly improve the specific performance of the electrolyte, for example, the flame retardancy. In case the cosolvent shows strong Li<sup>+</sup>-coordinating ability, it could adversely influence the electrochemical Li<sup>+</sup>-intercalation reaction of the electrode. In this work, a noncoordinating functional cosolvent was proposed to enrich the functionality of the electrolyte while avoiding interference with the Li storage process. Hexafluorocyclotriphosphazene, an efficient flame-retardant agent with proper physicochemical properties, was chosen as a cosolvent for preparing functional electrolytes. The nonpolar phosphazene molecules with low electron-donating ability do not coordinate with Li<sup>+</sup> and thus are excluded from the primary solvation sheath. In graphite-anode-based Li-ion batteries, the phosphazene molecules do not cointercalate with Li<sup>+</sup> into the graphite lattice during the charging process, which helps to maintain integral anode structure and interface and contributes to stable cycling. The noncoordinating cosolvent was also applied to other types of electrode materials and batteries, paving a new way for high-performance electrochemical energy storage systems with customizable functions.
Dadu (2017)

Kinematics is the basis of robotic control, which manages the robots' movement, walking and balancing. As a critical part of Kinematics, the Inverse Kinematics (IK) will consume more time and energy to figure out the solution with the degrees of freedom increase. It goes beyond the ability of general-purpose processor based methods to provide real-time IK solver for manipulators with high degree of freedom. In this paper, we present a novel parallel algorithm, Quick-IK, based on the Jacobian transpose method. Via speculative searching in parallel, Quick-IK can reduce the number of iterations by 97% for the baseline Jacobian transpose method. In addition, we propose a novel specialized architecture, IKAcc, to boost the energy efficiency of Quick-IK through hardware acceleration. The evaluation shows that IKAcc can solve IK problem in 12 milliseconds for a 100 degrees of freedom manipulator. In addition, IKAcc can achieve 1700x performance speed-up over the CPU implementation of the original Jacobian transpose method and 30x speedup over the GPU implementation of Quick-IK. At same time, IKAcc achieves about 776x higher energy efficiency than the GPU implementation of Quick-IK.
Représentations sociales de l'amour, de la sexualité et de la violence chez les jeunes immigrants mexicains (2014)

L'adolescence est la periode developpementale ou se vivent les premieres experiences amoureuses et sexuelles et durant laquelle les modeles relationnels sont integres. Rares sont les etudes qui se sont interessees a la vie amoureuse et sexuelle des jeunes immigrants latino-americain au Quebec qui doivent non seulement composer avec les normes et les valeurs de leur culture d'origine, mais avec celles de la culture d'accueil. S'appuyant sur la perspective des representations sociales, le present memoire decrit les representations des relations amoureuses et de la sexualite de jeunes adultes mexicains et explore comment ces representations sociales modulent leurs attitudes et leurs comportements face a la violence dans les relations amoureuses. Cette etude qualitative a ete realisee aupres de onze jeunes nes au Mexique et ayant immigre au Quebec. Cinq filles et six garcons, âges entre 18 et 20 ans, ont participe a une entrevue individuelle semi-dirigee et ont complete un bref questionnaire autorevele. L'analyse des donnees suggere que les valeurs, les normes familiales et les roles sexuels de la culture mexicaine sont des elements importants dans la formation de leurs representations des relations amoureuses et de la sexualite. Pour ces jeunes, la famille est decrite comme une importante source de soutien social et emotionnel. Elle constitue une courroie de transmission des valeurs et joue un role fondamental dans la gestion de leurs relations amoureuses. La plupart des participants considerent que la sexualite est un sujet tabou au sein de la famille et, de leur point de vue, son exercice est tolere dans la mesure ou elle se vit dans un contexte amoureux, alors que dans la societe d'accueil elle se vivrait plus librement. Bien que les participants soient nombreux a denoncer les comportements de violence au sein des relations amoureuses, la plupart d'entre eux rapportent avoir experimente de telles experiences, en particulier des episodes de violence psychologique. La confrontation entre les normes et les valeurs qui regissent les relations amoureuses et la sexualite de leur propre culture et celles de la culture d'accueil expose les jeunes a des tensions interpersonnelles et familiales. Elle peut neanmoins conduire a des questionnements qui incitent certains jeunes a adopter des modeles amoureux et sexuels alternatifs issus du metissage des cultures. Ces resultats soulevent des pistes de recherche qui gagneraient a etre explorees pour mieux comprendre le vecu amoureux et sexuel de ces jeunes immigrants. Des interventions sexologiques educatives et preventives visant le developpement d'une sexualite saine et de modeles relationnels harmonieux et egalitaires sont aussi proposees.
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MOTS-CLES DE L’AUTEUR : Valeurs, culture, representations sociales, jeunes mexicains, adolescents, sexualite, relations amoureuses.
CHANGES OF SERUM c-erbB-2 PROTEIN VALUES IN PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT BREAST CANCER (1993)

The serum c-erbB-2 value has been measured by Triton EIA KIT for 4 months in 24 patients with evaluable recurrent breast cancer. The positive rate of serum c-erbB-2 was 20.8% with the cut-off level of 17.0U/ml. Although it was lower than that of CA15-3 (66.7%), BCA225 (45.8%) or CEA (37.5%), there existed a case showing a positive serum c-erbB-2 value without any elevation of other markers. According to the distribution chart, the values of serum c-erbB-2 were well corrected with those of CA15-3 (p<0.01) and CEA (p<0.01). Any significant correlation between the values of c-erB-2 and those of BCA225, however, was not seen. The changes in CA15-3 (P<0.01), BCA225 (p<0.01) and c-erbB-2 (p<0.05) values from preceeding assay were significantly correlated with clinical course of the disease. Any significant correlation between CEA values and the disease course, however, was not seen in this series.
Novel Blood Biomarkers for a Diagnostic Workup of Acute Aortic Dissection (2021)

Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a rare condition, but together with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and pulmonary embolism (PE) it belongs to the most relevant and life-threatening causes of acute chest pain. Until now, there has been no specific blood test in the diagnostic workup of AAD. To identify clinically relevant biomarkers for AAD, we applied Proseek<sup>®</sup> Multiplex assays to plasma samples from patients with AAD, AMI, PE, thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), and non-cardiovascular chest pain (nonCVD). Subsequently, we validated top hits using conventional immunoassays and examined their expression in the aortic tissue. Interleukin 10 (IL-10) alone showed the best performance with a sensitivity of 55% and a specificity of 98% for AAD diagnosis. The combination of D-dimers, high-sensitive troponin T (hs-TnT), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI1) correctly classified 75% of AAD cases, delivering a sensitivity of 83% and specificity of 95% for its diagnosis. Moreover, this model provided the correct classification of 77% of all analyzed cases. Our data suggest that IL-10 shows potential to be a rule-in biomarker for AAD. Moreover, the addition of PAI1 and IL-6 to hs-TnT and D-dimers may improve the discrimination of suspected AAD, AMI, and PE in patients presenting with acute chest pain.
Research Update: Mesoporous sensor nanoarchitectonics (2014)

In this short review, we have selected three main subjects: (i) mesoporous materials, (ii) sensing applications, and (iii) the concept of nanoarchitectonics, as examples of recent hot topics in nanomaterials research. Mesoporous materials satisfy the conditions necessary not only for a wide range of applications but also for ease of production, by a variety of simple processes, which yield bulk quantities of materials without loss of their well-defined nanometric structural features. Sensing applications are of general importance because many events arise from interaction with external stimuli. In addition to these important features, nanoarchitectonics is a concept aimed at production of novel functionality of whole units according to concerted interactions within nanostructures. For the combined subject of mesoporous sensor nanoarchitectonics, we present recent examples of research in the corresponding fields categorized according to mechanism of detection including optical, electrical, and piezoelectric sensing.