gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Idiotypic characteristics of immunoglobulins associated with human systemic lupus erythematosus: association of high serum levels of IdGN2 with nephritis but not with HLA class ii genes predisposing to nephritis (1990)

Serum levels of IdGN2 (an idiotype enriched in nephritogenic antibodies), IdX (an idiotype not enriched in nephritogenic antibodies), IgG, and anti-DNA were measured in 23 Caucasian patients with lupus nephritis, in age- and sex-matched lupus patients without nephritis, and in similarly matched healthy individuals. Serum levels of IdGN2 were significantly higher in the patients with lupus nephritis than in those without, and they were higher in all lupus patients compared with the healthy control subjects. However, the same observations were true for serum levels of IdX. There were significant positive correlations between the serum levels of IgG, IdGN2, IdX, and anti-DNA. HLA typing at the DR and DQ loci was performed in 105 lupus patients of different races (Caucasian, black, and Asian/Polynesian/Filipino). Serum levels of IdGN2 in 83 of these individuals did not correlate with any of the HLA class II haplotypes currently known to predispose to lupus nephritis. We conclude that the high serum levels of IdGN2, which are characteristic of some patients with lupus nephritis, may often result from polyclonal B cell activation rather than from idiotype-specific upregulation associated with one or more of the class II genes that predispose to nephritis in this disease.
ChemInform Abstract: Picosecond Radical Kinetics. Bond Cleavage of the Cubylcarbinyl Radical. (1992)

Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
PREPARATION OF ACTIVATED CARBON FIBER AND THEIR XENON ADSORPTION PROPERTIES（III）-ADSORPTION ON MODIFIED ACTIVATED CARBON FIBER (2002)

Structures of a series of activated carbon fibers were modified by impregnating them withorganic and inorganic materials such as Methylene blue(Mb)、 p-nitrophenol (PNP)、 NaCl or byoxidizing with KMnO4 or HNO3. The influence of pore filling or chemical treatment on their xenonadsorption properties was studied. The experimental results show that Mb and PNP filling ofactivated carbon fibers result in the decrease of xenon adsorption capacities of these treated ACFs,which is due to the decrease of their surface area and micro-pore volume. However, the adsorptioncapacity increases greatly with oxidizing treatment of activated carbon fibers by 7mol/L HNO3.
Simple Opinion Dynamics for No-Regret Learning (2023)

We study a cooperative multi-agent bandit setting in the distributed GOSSIP model: in every round, each of $n$ agents chooses an action from a common set, observes the action's corresponding reward, and subsequently exchanges information with a single randomly chosen neighbor, which may inform its choice in the next round. We introduce and analyze families of memoryless and time-independent protocols for this setting, inspired by opinion dynamics that are well-studied for other algorithmic tasks in the GOSSIP model. For stationary reward settings, we prove for the first time that these simple protocols exhibit best-of-both-worlds behavior, simultaneously obtaining constant cumulative regret scaling like $R(T)/T = \widetilde O(1/T)$, and also reaching consensus on the highest-mean action within $\widetilde O(\sqrt{n})$ rounds. We obtain these results by showing a new connection between the global evolution of these decentralized protocols and a class of zero-sum multiplicative weights update} processes. Using this connection, we establish a general framework for analyzing the population-level regret and other properties of our protocols. Finally, we show our protocols are also surprisingly robust to adversarial rewards, and in this regime we obtain sublinear regret scaling like $R(T)/T = \widetilde O(1/\sqrt{T})$ as long as the number of rounds does not grow too fast as a function of $n$.
Health and Physical Activity (2014)

Abstract Regular exposure to the appropriate volume of stresses imposed by physical activity (PA) induces psychophysiological responses that promote health and well‐being. In contrast, the absence of regular PA‐related stress exposure promotes the development of conditions that can be detrimental to health. Research evidence consistently supports the notion that an active lifestyle is beneficial to health, and, in contrast, that a sedentary lifestyle contributes to the development of common diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). People who participate in regular PA have a lower all‐cause mortality rate and lower mortality rates associated with lifestyle‐related diseases, such as CVD and DM. This inverse relationship between regular PA and mortality rates is likely due to a better state of the common health indicators, such as blood pressure, blood lipid profile, glucose tolerance, and body mass, which are commonly reported in active individuals. PA also promotes mental well‐being by increasing self‐confidence, mood state, and mental resilience. Senior citizens who maintain an active lifestyle enjoy a better quality of life as a result of greater physical functional capabilities in their daily living activities compared to age‐ and sex‐matched sedentary senior citizens.
Figure S5 from Remission of Spontaneous Canine Tumors after Systemic Cellular Viroimmunotherapy (2023)

&lt;p&gt;Hematological and biochemical analysis in canine patients during dCelyvir treatment.&lt;/p&gt;
Improving Compression Ratio, Area Overhead, and Test Application Time for System-on-a-Chip Test Data Compression/Decompression (2002)

This paper proposes a new test data compression/decompression method for systems-on-a-chip. Themethod is based on analyzing the factors that influencetest parameters: compression ratio, area overhead and testapplication time. To improve compression ratio, the newmethod is based on a Variable-length Input Huffman Coding(VIHC), which fully exploits the type and length of the patterns,as well as a novel mapping and reordering algorithmproposed in a pre-processing step. The new VIHC algorithmis combined with a novel parallel on-chip decoder that simultaneouslyleads to low test application time and low areaoverhead. It is shown that, unlike three previous approaches[2, 3, 10] which reduce some test parameters at the expenseof the others, the proposed method is capable of improvingall the three parameters simultaneously. For example, theproposed method leads to similar or better compression ratiowhen compared to frequency directed run-length coding[2], however with lower area overhead and test applicationtime. Similarly, there is comparable or lower area overheadand test application time with respect to Golomb coding [3],with improvements in compression ratio. Finally, there issimilar or improved test application time when comparedto selective coding [10], with reductions in compression ratioand significantly lower area overhead. An experimentalcomparison on benchmark circuits validates the proposedmethod.
Encoding and Retrieval in the CA3 Region of the Hippocampus: A Model of Theta-Phase Separation (2005)

Past research conducted by Hasselmo et al. in 2002 suggests that some fundamental tasks are better accomplished if memories are encoded and recovered during different parts of the theta cycle. A model of the CA3 subfield of the hippocampus is presented, using biophysical representations of the major cell types including pyramidal cells and two types of interneurons. Inputs to the network come from the septum and the entorhinal cortex (directly and by the dentate gyrus). A mechanism for parsing the theta rhythm into two epochs is proposed and simulated: in the first half, the strong, proximal input from the dentate to a subset of CA3 pyramidal cells and coincident, direct input from the entorhinal cortex to other pyramidal cells creates an environment for strengthening synapses between cells, thus encoding information. During the second half of theta, cueing signals from the entorhinal cortex, by the dentate, activate previously strengthened synapses, retrieving memories. Slow inhibitory neurons (O-LM cells) play a role in the disambiguation during retrieval. We compare and contrast our computational results with existing experimental data and other contemporary models.
Integrative approaches for large-scale transcriptome-wide association studies (2020)

Many genetic variants influence complex traits by modulating gene expression, thus altering the abundance levels of one or multiple proteins. Here, we introduce a powerful strategy that integrates gene expression measurements with summary association statistics from large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify genes whose cis-regulated expression is associated to complex traits. We leverage expression imputation to perform a transcriptome wide association scan (TWAS) to identify significant expression-trait associations. We applied our approaches to expression data from blood and adipose tissue measured in ~3,000 individuals overall. We imputed gene expression into GWAS data from over 900,000 phenotype measurements to identify 69 novel genes significantly associated to obesity-related traits (BMI, lipids, and height). Many of the novel genes are associated with relevant phenotypes in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel. Our results showcase the power of integrating genotype, gene expression and phenotype to gain insights into the genetic basis of complex traits.
Flow-based continuous DNA sequencing via single molecule detection of enzymatically cleaved fluorescent nucleotides (1995)

The development of our rapid, continuous DNA sequencing technology, based on single molecule detection of fluorescently-tagged nucleotides, has proceeded along separate research fronts, each with specific goals: the faithful replication of long sequences of template DNA using one or more fluorescent nucleotide analogues, the incorporation and stable mounting of a single DNA strand into a flow chamber, the enzymatic cleavage of labeled DNA by exonucleases, and the detection of single fluorescent nucleotides in a flow stream by the method of time-gated photon counting. Each individual goal of the sequencing technology has now been realized, and we have begun integrating these efforts in order to demonstrate the feasibility of flow-based sequencing. We are currently detecting photon bursts from TRITC labeled nucleotides which have been cleaved from DNA suspended in our flow cell. The sample size is estimated to be tens of DNA strands.
Pregnancy after breast cancer: Are young patients willing to participate in clinical studies? (2015)

Young patients with breast cancer (BC) are often concerned about treatment-induced infertility and express maternity desire. Conception after BC does not seem to affect outcome, but information in estrogen-receptor positive (ER+) disease is not definitive. From September 2012-March 2013, 212 evaluable patients with ER+ early BC, <37 years at diagnosis, from 5 regions (Europe/US/Canada/Middle-East/Australia) answered a survey about fertility concerns, maternity desire and interest in a study of endocrine therapy (ET) interruption to allow pregnancy. Overall, 37% of respondents were interested in the study; younger patients (≤30 years) reported higher interest (57%). Motivation in younger patients treated >30 months was higher (83%) than in older women (14%), interest was independent of age in patients treated for ≤30 months. A prospective study in this patient population seems relevant and feasible. The International-Breast-Cancer-Study-Group (IBCSG), within the Breast-International-Group (BIG) - North-American-Breast-Cancer-Groups (NABCG) collaboration, is launching a study (POSITIVE) addressing ET interruption to allow pregnancy.
ras mutations in human melanotic lesions: K-ras activation is a frequent and early event in melanoma development. (1989)

We have used polymerase chain reaction (PCR), an amplification procedure, and oligonucleotide hybridization to detect ras gene point mutations in DNA from melanoma tumor samples. Genomic DNA was examined from 40 specimens of melanotic lesions, including benign nevi, primary melanomas, lymph node metastases, and systemic metastases. Adjacent normal skin or peripheral blood was analyzed as control material in 28 cases. ras mutations were detected overall in 25% of malignant tumors. In addition, mutations of all three ras genes were detected. We observed ras mutations in 2 of 4 benign atypical nevi (2 X K12), 4 of 22 primary melanomas (3 X K12, 1 X H12, 1 X N61), and 4 of 14 secondary (5 X K12, 1 X N61) tumors. One with a primary melanoma had concurrent K12 and H12, and two patients with secondary tumors had concurrent K12/N61 and K12 Asp/K12 Val mutations, respectively, making a total of 10 of 40 (25%) patients with ras mutations. This is the first demonstration of K-ras mutations in human melanoma. The presence of K-ras mutations in nevi, putative melanoma precursors, suggests that ras activation may be an early event in melanoma development. No correlation between tumor thickness and the presence of a ras mutation was observed.
MOS color imaging device (1980)

This report will cover a 485 × 384 element MOS solid-state imaging device with a monolithic color filter array for a single-chip 2/3" image color camera. SNR of over 46dB for fixed pattern noise and 40dB, for random noise has been obtained at scene illumination of 1O01ux, F2.8, with a noise suppression circuit.
Effects of modifying the phytosterol profile of canola, Brassica napus L., on growth, development, and survival of the bertha armyworm, Mamestra configurata Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), the flea beetle, Phyllotreta cruciferae (Goeze) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and the aphids, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) and Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae) (1997)

The sterol profile of canola, Brassica napus, was altered by treatment with 5 ppm of the systemic fungicides fenpropimorph and tridemorph. The usual Δ 5 -phytosterols sistosterol, campesterol, and stigmasterol were depleted in leaves and roots and replaced by unusual 4-alpha-methyl and 4-desmethyl sterols that were never observed in untreated plants. Growth, development, and survival of the bertha armyworm, Mamestra configurata, fed leaves of treated canola in the laboratory were affected adversely at specific stages in the life cycle. Larval survival was high and not significantly different in treated and control groups. Most of the mortality in the treated group occurred at pupation and during pupal-adult development. At ecolosion a high proportion of adults were deformed (crumpled wings, failure to exit the pupal case). The adverse effects of feeding on fenpropimorph-treated canola were not attributable to the fungicide itself because larvae fed an artificial diet containing a 10-fold higher concentration of fenpropimorph had normal growth, development, and survival.Although larvae of M. configurata fed canola with a modified sterol profile showed no obvious physiological symptoms, the larvae were more susceptible to the insecticide methomyl (Lannate). Phytosterol modification of the plant in combination with insecticide application may lead to a synergistic interaction in the pest insect.Fewer larvae, prepupae and pupae of the flea beetle, Phyllotreta cruciferae, were recovered from soil samples in field plots with canola treated with fenpropimorph or tridemorph in the laboratory. Adult beetles began to emerge from the soil later, emergence progressed more slowly and fewer were trapped in plots with treated canola.Fewer larvae and adults (up to 50% reduction) of the aphids M. persicae and Lipaphis erysimi, were produced on canola treated with tridemorph. Since aphids harbour sterol-synthesizing mycetocyte-symbionts and are not dependent on a dietary source of sterols, factors other than a deficiency of Δ 5 -phytosterols must be responsible for the reduction in aphid numbers on treated plants. Key words: Brassica, sterol, fungicide, insecta, development, survival
A Novel Doxorubicin Prodrug with Controllable Photolysis Activation for Cancer Chemotherapy (2010)

The development of the DOX-PCB prodrug demonstrates the possibility of using light as a method of prodrug activation in deep internal tissues without relying on inherent physical or biochemical differences between the tumor and healthy tissue for use as the trigger.
Partial colocalization of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors in discrete compartments in nuclei of rat hippocampus neurons (1996)

The glucocorticoid receptor and the mineralocorticoid receptor are hormone-dependent transcription factors. They regulate the excitability of rat hippocampus CA1 neurons in a coordinated fashion. We studied the spatial distribution of these transcription factors in nuclei of CA1 neurons by dual labeling immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy, combined with novel image restoration and image analysis techniques. We found that both receptors are concentrated in about one thousand clusters within the nucleus. Some clusters contain either mineralocorticoid receptors or glucocorticoid receptors, but a significant number of clusters contains both receptors. These results indicate that the two receptor types are targeted to specific compartments in the nucleus. The coordinated action of the glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor on gene expression may be established in a specific set of nuclear domains that contain both receptors.
A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating Tamoxifen in the Treatment of Patients with Node-Negative Breast Cancer Who Have Estrogen-Receptor–Positive Tumors (1989)

We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of postoperative therapy with tamoxifen (10 mg twice a day) in 2644 patients with breast cancer, histologically negative axillary nodes, and estrogen-receptor-positive (greater than or equal to 10 fmol) tumors. No survival advantage was observed during four years of follow-up (92 percent for placebo vs. 93 percent for tamoxifen; P = 0.3). There was a significant prolongation of disease-free survival among women treated with tamoxifen, as compared with those receiving placebo (83 percent vs. 77 percent; P less than 0.00001). This advantage was observed in both the patients less than or equal to 49 years old (P = 0.0005) and those greater than or equal to 50 (P = 0.0008), particularly in the former, among whom the rate of treatment failure was reduced by 44 percent. Multivariate analysis indicated that all subgroups of patients benefited. Tamoxifen significantly reduced the rate of treatment failure at local and distant sites, tumors in the opposite breast, and the incidence of tumor recurrence after lumpectomy and breast irradiation. The benefit was attained with a low incidence of clinically appreciable toxic effects. The magnitude of the improvement obtained does not preclude the need for future trials in which patients given tamoxifen could serve as the control group in an evaluation of potentially better therapies. Tamoxifen treatment is justified in patients who meet the eligibility criteria of the present study and who refuse to participate in those trials. Since patients with tumors too small for conventional analysis of estrogen-receptor and progesterone-receptor concentrations were not eligible for this study, no information is available to indicate that such patients should receive tamoxifen.
International Perspectives on Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Opinion Differences and Similarities Between Patients and Physicians From the IBD GAPPS Survey (2021)

Patients could benefit from education about disease remission and expectations for current therapies. High corticosteroid use is concerning to patients, and physicians should minimize the use of corticosteroids for extended periods of time.
Extramedullary Disease in Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia Is Common but Lacks Independent Significance: Analysis of Patients in ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group Trials, 1980-2008 (2016)

Purpose Extramedullary disease (EMD) at diagnosis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has been recognized for decades. Reported herein are results from a large study of patients with AML who were treated in consecutive ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group frontline clinical trials in an attempt to define the incidence and clinical implications of EMD. Methods Patients with newly diagnosed AML, age 15 years and older, who were treated in 11 clinical trials, were studied to identify EMD, as defined by physical examination, laboratory findings, and imaging results. Results Of the 3,522 patients enrolled, 282 were excluded, including patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia, incorrect diagnosis, or no adequate assessment of EMD at baseline. The overall incidence of EMD was 23.7%. The sites involved were: lymph nodes (11.5%), spleen (7.3%), liver (5.3%), skin (4.5%), gingiva (4.4%), and CNS (1.1%). Most patients (65.3%) had only one site of EMD, 20.9% had two sites, 9.5% had three sites, and 3.4% had four sites. The median overall survival was 1.035 years. In univariable analysis, the presence of any EMD ( P = .005), skin involvement ( P = .002), spleen ( P < .001), and liver ( P < .001), but not CNS ( P = .34), nodal involvement ( P = .94), and gingival hypertrophy ( P = .24), was associated with a shorter overall survival. In contrast, in multivariable analysis, adjusted for known prognostic factors such as cytogenetic risk and WBC count, neither the presence of EMD nor the number of specific sites of EMD were independently prognostic. Conclusion This large study demonstrates that EMD at any site is common but is not an independent prognostic factor. Treatment decisions for patients with EMD should be made on the basis of recognized AML prognostic factors, irrespective of the presence of EMD.
Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients With Peritoneal Dialysis by an Easy Z‐Score Imaging System for Brain Perfusion Single‐Photon Emission Tomography (2014)

Cognitive impairment has long been recognized as a complication of chronic kidney disease. However, there is little information available regarding regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients with peritoneal dialysis (PD). Therefore, we evaluated rCBF using brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). We conducted a cross-sectional study in our hospital. Eighteen consecutive PD patients who could visit the hospital by themselves without any history of stroke were examined by Technetium-99 m-labeled ethylcrysteinate dimer brain SPECT. An easy Z-score imaging system (eZIS) was used to compare rCBF in PD patients with those in age-matched healthy controls. We also evaluated cognitive dysfunction with the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) questionnaire. Only one patient showed an MMSE score of 18 points, and the remaining 14 patients were considered as normal (MMSE ≥ 27), and three patients were considered to have mild cognitive impairment (24 ≤ MMSE ≤ 26). In all patients, rCBF in the posterior cingulated gyri, precunei, and parietal cortices was significantly decreased. The ratio of the reduction of rCBF in each region relative to that of rCBF across the whole brain correlated positively with the PD duration (r = 0.559; P < 0.05). The serum β2-microglobulin level was significantly higher in patients who had a higher ratio of rCBF reduction compared with those with lower ratios. In conclusion, all PD patients in the present study had decreased rCBF irrespective of MMSE scores.