gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Testing and Evaluation of Out-of-Plane Strength of Unreinforced Masonry Infills (1998)

An experimental program was undertaken to determine the out-of-plane or transverse strength ofunreinforced masonry infllls. Full-scale, single-story, single-bay reinforced concrete frames were constructed, and fllled with clay brick or concrete block masonry. Specimens were tested in the transverse direction by applying a uniform pressure (simulating wind, seismic, or explosive loads) to the surface area ofthe infills until either failure of the infill occurred or the capacity of the testing rig was reached. As the experimental phase of the program progressed, an analytical model to estimate the out-of-plane strength ofthese infllls was developed. Based on this analytical model, calibrated with the experimental results, an evaluation method was developed.
Home sweet home in the Eighth District (1994)

Federal Reserve District, 8th; Housing
Dicyanoacetylene cation. Laser-induced fluorescence and photoelectron-photon coincidence studies (1982)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTDicyanoacetylene cation. Laser-induced fluorescence and photoelectron-photon coincidence studiesJohn P. Maier, Liubomir Misev, and Fritz ThommenCite this: J. Phys. Chem. 1982, 86, 4, 514–518Publication Date (Print):February 1, 1982Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 February 1982https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/j100393a019https://doi.org/10.1021/j100393a019research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views57Altmetric-Citations26LEARN 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 options Get e-Alerts
Nonresponsiveness of the metastatic human lung carcinoma MV522 xenograft to conventional anticancer agents. (1995)

The human lung carcinoma cell line MV522 was previously noted to produce extensive metastasis to the lungs, spleen and lymph nodes after subcutaneous transplantation into athymic nude mice. Animals eventually succumb to these metastases, and not primary tumor growth. The ability to produce extensive metastasis after a simple subcutaneous injection in 100% of animals (> 100 tested to date) would be an advantage when screening compounds for anticancer activity. To validate the utility of this xenograft model for testing anticancer agents, we tested the ability of 10 anticancer drugs to either inhibit primary tumor growth and/or prolong life span of MV522-bearing animals. Among the 10 antitumor conventional agents, only mitomycin C and taxol demonstrated primary tumor growth inhibition. Mitomycin C produced a mild increase in median life span of 41% to 63%, while taxol had inconsistent effects. The metastatic MV522 carcinoma model appears to reflect clinical resistance of primary non-small cell lung cancer to conventional chemotherapeutic agents and should be useful for testing new anti-cancer drugs.
Towards street-level client-independent IP geolocation (2011)

A highly accurate client-independent geolocation service stands to be an important goal for the Internet. Despite an extensive research effort and significant advances in this area, this goal has not yet been met. Motivated by the fact that the best results to date are achieved by utilizing additional 'hints' beyond inherently inaccurate delay-based measurements, we propose a novel geolocation method that fundamentally escalates the use of external information. In particular, many entities (e.g., businesses, universities, institutions) host their Web services locally and provide their actual geographical location on their Web-sites. We demonstrate that the information provided in this way, when combined with network measurements, represents a precious geolocation resource. Our methodology automatically extracts, verifies, utilizes, and opportunistically inflates such Web-based information to achieve high accuracy. Moreover, it overcomes many of the fundamental inaccuracies encountered in the use of absolute delay measurements. We demonstrate that our system can geolocate IP addresses 50 times more accurately than the best previous system, i.e., it achieves a median error distance of 690 meters on the corresponding data set.
The symbolic economy of authenticity as a form of symbolic violence: the case of middle-class ethnic minorities (2016)

While authenticity has become a main axiological principle in late-modernity, a desired good and token of worth, studies from different countries indicate inequality in access to authenticity: middle-class ethnic minorities often face difficulties being recognized as authentic and experiencing themselves as such. This phenomenon is discussed below in terms of symbolic violence. While doing this the article makes several theoretical contributions: (1) Bourdieu's notion of symbolic violence is historicized. Different forms of symbolic violence (pre-modern, modern, and late-modern) are distinguished, each relying on a unique cosmology, logic, and symbolic economy. (2) Different strategies employed by social theorists to theorize authenticity are discussed and compared to reveal a gap between common understandings of authenticity as the dispositional depth of action and the misrecognized principle that often informs the ascription of authenticity, i.e. faithfulness to established discursive categories. Discursive structures allow members of hegemonic groups to naturalize cultural exploration and self-transformation as authentic self-realization, whereas even second-generation middle-class ethnic minorities often have their classed dispositions suspected as inauthentic. Some eventually understand themselves as inauthentic, while others invest in late acquisition of lowbrow culture in order to gain authenticity, thus contributing to their own subjection. (3) Cultural schemes may thus exert symbolic violence even if they cannot be traced back to strategic action of their privileged beneficiaries.
Acoustic effects on gas bubbles in the flows of viscous fluids and whole blood (1973)

Gas-bubble behavior in a liquid flowing inside a circular tube subjected to an acoustic pressure field is studied analytically and experimentally. Consideration is given to both viscous fluids and whole blood, with the effects of acoustic radiation and viscosity taken into account. Slug flow and laminar parabolic flow cases are treated. Analytical solutions are obtained which predict the trajectory of bubble motion and the location where the bubble can be brought to a standstill on the tube wall by the acoustic force. It is disclosed that the trajectory is strongly dependent upon the acoustic pressure amplitude, flow velocity, and liquid viscosity. By either increasing the acoustic pressure amplitude or decreasing the flow velocity or liquid viscosity, the bubble can be brought to a standstill in the first half-wavelength from the tube entrance, at the node or antinode depending upon its size. The theory is in good agreement with experiments performed in water and SEPARAN AP30 polymer solutions. The latter fluids resemble whole blood in rheological properties.
The aromatic domain 66YWYWW70 of subunit VIII of the yeast ubiquinol‐cytochrome c oxidoreductase is important for both assembly and activity of the enzyme (1996)

The aromatic character of the region 66(YWYWW)70 of the 11-kDa subunit VIII of ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase (bc1 complex) of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has previously been demonstrated to be important for assembly of a functional complex [Hemrika et al. (1994) FEBS Lett. 344, 15-19]. Especially the aromatic nature of residue 66 appeared to be relevant, as the very low level (5%) of bc1 complex in the mutant 66(SASAA)70 was restored to nearly 70% of the wild-type level in a phenotypic revertant with the sequence 66(FASAA)70. In the present study, three other site-directed mutants (66(SAYAA)70, 66(SASAW)70 and 66(SWYWW)70) were constructed and analysed. The data indicate that the presence of one aromatic residue is enough for a substantial level of assembly and that its position modulates the level of both assembly and electron transfer activity. The results also confirm the relevance of this region of subunit VIII for the formation of the Q(out) reaction domain, as reported by Hemrika et al. [(1993) Eur. J. Biochem. 215, 601-609]. It is further shown that the lowered specific activity of the mutant described by these authors is not due to the introduction of a cysteine in the sequence of subunit VIII.
Enhanced Forward Scattering in the Case of Two Crossed Laser Beams Interacting with a Plasma (2000)

The nonlinear enhancement of large-angle forward scattering of two identical laser beams propagating in a preformed plasma has been observed experimentally. The spectral analysis of the forward-scattered light shows two components, one which is unshifted with respect to the initial laser light frequency, and the other which is redshifted by a few angstroms. The redshifted component is found to be strongly enhanced in the case of crossed beam interaction in comparison with that of one beam illumination. Two-dimensional numerical simulations show that this enhancement is due to large-angle forward stimulated Brillouin scattering in which each beam serves as seed for the forward scattering of the other.
A Complete System of Wireless Power Transfer Using a Circularly Polarized Retrodirective Array (2020)

A complete system of wireless power transfer using a circularly polarized retrodirective array is presented. A dual frequency, active retrodirective array is proposed for a transmitter system. The antenna array uses circularly polarized microstrip patch antenna subarrays with sequential rotation and surface wave suppression. The designed antenna element eliminates undesired coupling between array elements due to surface waves present in conventional microstrip antenna arrays in order to improve array performance. A sequential rotation technique was implemented to improve impedance matching and circular polarization bandwidths. The proposed retrodirective array was designed to operate at about 2.4 GHz for the interrogating signal and about 5.8 GHz for the retransmitted signal. The beam scanning inherent in retrodirective arrays ensures a uniform power level available to the receiving devices, regardless of their location within the angular sector over which retrodirectivity is achieved. A rectenna was designed as a receiver in order to have a complete system the wireless power transfer. A zero bias Schottky diode with high detection sensitivity was used as the rectifying device. The shorting pins used in the antennas to suppress surface waves also act as return paths for the DC current, eliminating the need for an RF chock in the rectifier circuit. The design procedure, simulation results, and experimental measurements are presented.
Finite element method used to characterise surface modes in electromagnetic band gap structures (2012)

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Validation of an oscillometric home blood pressure monitor in an end-stage renal disease population and the effect of arterial stiffness on its accuracy (2007)

The Microlife 3AC1-1PC was shown to accurately measure blood pressure in patients with end-stage renal disease. As arterial stiffness increased and diastolic blood pressure fell, diastolic blood pressure was increasingly overestimated.
A Novel PSMA-Targeted Probe for NIRF-Guided Surgery and Photodynamic Therapy: Synthesis and Preclinical Validation (2022)

A total of 20% to 50% of prostate cancer (PCa) patients leave the surgery room with positive tumour margins. The intraoperative combination of fluorescence guided surgery (FGS) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) may be very helpful for improving tumour margin delineation and cancer therapy. PSMA is a transmembrane protein overexpressed in 90−100% of PCa cells. The goal of this work is the development of a PSMA-targeted Near InfraRed Fluorescent probe to offer the surgeon a valuable intraoperative tool for allowing a complete tumour removal, implemented with the possibility of using PDT to kill the eventual not resected cancer cells. PSMA-617 binding motif was conjugated to IRDye700DX-NHS and the conjugation did not affect the photophysical characteristics of the fluorophore. The affinity of IRDye700DX-PSMA-617 towards PCa cells followed the order of their PSMA expression, i.e., PC3-PIP > LNCaP > PC3, PC3-FLU. NIRF imaging showed a significant PC3-PIP tumour uptake after the injection of 1 or 5 nmol with a maximum tumour-to-muscle ratio (ca. 60) observed for both doses 24 h post-injection. Importantly, urine, healthy prostate, and the bladder were not fluorescent at 24 h post-injection. Flow cytometry and confocal images highlighted a co-localization of PSMA+ cells with IRDye700DX-PSMA uptake. Very interestingly, ex vivo analysis on a tumour specimen highlighted a significant PSMA expression by tumour-associated macrophages, likely attributable to extracellular vesicles secreted by the PSMA(+) tumour cells. FGS proved that IRDye700DX-PSMA was able to easily delineate tumour margins. PDT experiments showed a concentration-dependent decrease in cell viability (from 75% at 10 nM to 12% at 500 nM), whereas controls did not show any cytotoxicity. PC3-PIP tumour-bearing mice subjected to photodynamic therapy showed a delayed tumour growth. In conclusion, a novel PSMA-targeted NIRF dye with dual imaging-PDT capabilities was synthesized and displayed superior specificity compared to other small PSMA targeted molecules.
Two-Pass 3D Prestack Time Migration (1999)

We describe a method to perform two-pass 3-D Kirchho prestack time migration whose com-&lt;br&gt;putation time is nearly the square-root of that required for the one-pass algorithm. To better&lt;br&gt;understand the conditions and restrictions associated with the application of the method we&lt;br&gt;discuss the kinematical approximations involved in its derivation. A real data example shows&lt;br&gt;that this approach can be applied with success in areas with moderate structural complexity.
Elucidating the impact of low doses of nano-formulated benznidazole in acute experimental Chagas disease (2017)

Based on these findings, this research highlights the in-vitro/in-vivo efficacy of nanoformulated BNZ against T. cruzi acute infections in immunosuppressed and non-immunosuppressed mice and provides further evidence for the optimization of dosage regimens to treat Chagas disease.
Effect of atmospheric-controlled induction-heating fine particle peening on wear resistance and fatigue properties of maraging steel fabricated by laser powder-bed fusion (2022)

Maraging steel components fabricated by laser powder-bed fusion, which is a technique of additive manufacturing, are expected to be used widely because of their high strength, hardness and toughness. To apply maraging steel manufactured by laser powder-bed fusion in wider industrial fields and prevent the components from fracture, a study was conducted to improve the wear resistance and fatigue properties of the steel by an atmospheric-controlled induction-heating fine particle peening surface modification technique. The technique developed can create hard intermetallic compound layers and introduce peening effects, which are expected to improve the wear resistance and fatigue properties of maraging steel fabricated by laser powder-bed fusion. The prepared specimens were examined using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, laser microscopy, X-ray diffraction, micro-Vickers hardness testing, nano-indentation testing, reciprocating ball-on-disk wear tests and axial fatigue tests. It was revealed that atmospheric-controlled induction-heating fine particle peening using mechanically milled particles formed Fe–Al intermetallic compound layers with high hardness, introduced compressive residual stresses and increased the hardness of the maraging steel substrate owing to age hardening. In conclusion, atmospheric-controlled induction-heating fine particle peening can simultaneously improve the wear resistance and fatigue properties of maraging steel fabricated by laser powder-bed fusion within a few minutes. These achievements can expand applications of maraging steel fabricated by laser powder-bed fusion.
Photon counting statistics analysis of biophotons from hands. (2003)

The photon counting statistics of biophotons emitted from hands is studied with a view to test its agreement with the Poisson distribution. The moments of observed probability up to seventh order have been evaluated. The moments of biophoton emission from hands are in good agreement while those of dark counts of photomultiplier tube show large deviations from the theoretical values of Poisson distribution. The present results are consistent with the conventional delta-value analysis of the second moment of probability.
Cryogenic Performances Comparisons Among Si MOSFET, SiC MOSFET, Cascode GaN, and GaN Devices (2022)

Abstract Cryogenic power electronics is an emerging technology to achieve high efficiency and high power density. As the key element of the power electronics system, the device performance should be evaluated under cryogenic temperatures. To demonstrate the differences between different materials and technologies, cryogenic temperature performance comparisons among silicon (Si) metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), Si insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET, Cascode gallium nitride (GaN), and GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) from different perspectives are made, which includes on-state resistance, threshold voltage, turn-on and turn-off times, turn-on and turn-off switching losses. The normalized values are adopted and results are drawn in the same pictures to demonstrate the differences. The results demonstrate that traditional Si devices have better performances under low temperatures. The SiC MOSFET is not suitable for cryogenic applications due to its increased on-state resistance and switching loss. Cascode GaN and GaN HEMT are promising candidates for cryogenic applications with reduced conduction loss and switching loss.
Bio-mineralogy as a structuring factor for marine epibenthic communities (2000)

The m e r a l o g i c a l features of the substrate were generally cons~dered a rmnor factor m structunng manne benthic communities The alm of t h ~s work 1s to venfy whether the presence of quartz nunerals in rock may exphcate dlfferences, usually explamed m terms of substrate roughness or other factors In epibenthic cornrnun~hes Laboratory tests on the hydroid Eudendnum glomeratum showed that ~t s planulae settle preferentially on carbonat~c, rather than quartzltic substrates To test the Influence of quartz on established communities, we analysed the specles composition and quanti-tat~ve structure of subhttoral sesslle assemblages on Wferent rocks In several locahhes of the L~gurian and Tyrrhenian seas The observed dlfferences appeared to be related to the presence of quartz in the substrate rock The ~nteractions between organisms and minerals (bio-mmeralogy) mlght play a slgnlficant role on benthic communities affechng not only the inihal colonlsahon but also later assemblages This potential role has been largely neglected to date and further studies are needed to prove ~t s Impor tance
Ultrafast Laser Inscribed Tm3+:Germanate Glass Waveguide Laser at 1.9 µm (2010)

Get PDF Email Share Share with Facebook Tweet This Post on reddit Share with LinkedIn Add to CiteULike Add to Mendeley Add to BibSonomy Get Citation Copy Citation Text F. Fusari, R. R. Thomson, G. Jose, F. M. Bain, A. A. Lagatsky, N. D. Psaila, A. K. Kar, A. Jha, W. Sibbett, and C. T. A. Brown, "Ultrafast Laser Inscribed Tm3+:Germanate Glass Waveguide Laser at 1.9 µm," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2010, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010), paper CTuU5. Export Citation BibTex Endnote (RIS) HTML Plain Text Citation alert Save article
Funktion und Lebensqualität nach Rekonstruktion des Nervus facialis (2020)

Eine dauerhafte periphere Fazialisparese (FP) hat funktionelle und psychosoziale Folgen. Die Fazialisrekonstruktion (FR) mit einer Nervenplastik ist eines der Standardverfahren zur Fazialisreanimation. Ziel der Arbeit war, die Lebensqualität (LQ), die Funktion und die Reinnervation nach FR zu untersuchen.
Unified approach to H/sub 2/ and H/sub /spl infin// optimal control of a hypersonic vehicle (1999)

The hypersonic vehicles (HSVs) have many desirable features such as large increase in speed, altitude and range and at the same time pose tremendous challenges to engineering community in terms of integration of aerodynamics and air-breathing propulsion, thermal management and absence of ground-based testing facilities at the hypersonic speeds. In this paper, a unified approach which alleviates the difficulties of "over crowding" of the roots inside the unit circle and the corresponding numerical difficulties in working with the traditional z-transform domain, is applied to design controllers for HSVs. A modification to unified approach to problems with quadratic performance index involving output is carried out. The unified approach has a very attractive feature of its applicability to both continuous-time and discrete-time domains simultaneously. In particular, some simple H/sub 2/- and H/sub /spl infin//-based optimal controllers are designed for a linearized model of a typical HVS.
The transition from fetal to postnatal life: feasibility of telemetric measurements of pressure and flow in the pulmonary and systemic circulations of lambs (862.8) (2014)

The hemodynamic changes that occur during transition from fetal to postnatal life are dramatic: the pulmonary circulation goes from a high‐pressure, low‐flow system to a low‐pressure, high‐flow system that must accommodate a full cardiac output; native shunts close (ductus arteriosus and foramen ovale); and the left ventricle must fully support the systemic circulation. Continuous hemodynamic measurements during natural birth have never been achieved given the challenging environment. We present a feasibility study demonstrating successful instrumentation of fetal lambs with hemodynamic measurements through postnatal life. A telemetry system (Transonic EndoGear Inc, Davis, CA) was implanted in fetal lambs at approximately 130 days gestation. Non‐occlusive, epivascular Doppler flowprobes and solid‐state blood pressure sensors allowed simultaneous monitoring in both the pulmonary and systemic circulations. Following implantation of the telemetry system, baseline measurements were obtained of blood flow and blood pressure in utero for two weeks, through the birth transition, followed by four weeks of monitoring post‐natal hemodynamics. The novel data acquired of blood flow, blood pressure and temperature will help us further understand the crucial physiologic transition from fetal to postnatal hemodynamics, and physiologic derangements in disease states including congenital heart disease.