gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Lazy, adaptive rid-list intersection, and its application to index anding (2007)

RID-List (row id list) intersection is a common strategy in query processing, used in star joins, column stores, and even search engines. To apply a conjunction of predicates on a table, a query process ordoes index lookups to form sorted RID-lists (or bitmap) of the rows matching each predicate, then intersects the RID-lists via an AND-tree, and finally fetches the corresponding rows to apply any residual predicates and aggregates. This process can be expensive when the RID-lists are large. Furthermore, the performance is sensitive to the order in which RID lists are intersected together, and to treating the right predicates as residuals. If the optimizer chooses a wrong order or a wrong residual, due to a poor cardinality estimate, the resulting plan can run orders of magnitude slower than expected. We present a new algorithm for RID-list intersection that is both more efficient and more robust than this standard algorithm. First, we avoid forming the RID-lists up front, and instead form this lazily as part of the intersection. This reduces the associated IO and sort cost significantly, especially when the data distribution is skewed. It also ameliorates the problem of wrong residual table selection. Second, we do not intersect the RID-lists via an AND-tree, because this is vulnerable to cardinality mis-estimations. Instead, we use an adaptive set intersection algorithm that performs well even when the cardinality estimates are wrong. We present detailed experiments of this algorithm on data with varying distributions to validate its efficiency and predictability.
Variable-raster multiresolution video processing with motion compensation techniques (2002)

The standard format for video acquisition, transmission and presentation uses an interlaced scanning technique. On the other hand for digital video services, the progressive format is more desirable in many situations, and different resolutions of the signal are required. The interlaced scan is based on a tight concatenation of vertical and temporal sampling effects. This paper introduces the technique of motion-compensated vertical filters within pairs of fields to solve the problem of sampling rate conversion between interlaced and progressive raster. It is shown that the motion-compensated vertical filter is a polyphase realization of a factor-2 up- or downsampling filterbank, with polyphase shift controlled by motion parameters. Possible applications are down- and up-conversion between progressive and interlaced formats, and multiresolution representation of video data within a spatio-temporal subband or wavelet framework.
COMPARISON OF COMPRESSIBILTY CHARACTERISTICS OF BUSAN LEACHED AND UNLEACHED CLAYS (2009)

It is well known that the settlement of soft deposit increases with leaching process due to bond weakness of soil skeleton. This paper investigated the effect of leaching on the compressibility of Busan clay. The leached clay samples were obtained from the leaching procedure in laboratory with fresh water on the cell chamber. The initial salinity of about 17g/l in soil specimen, which was taken from Hwajeon industrial complex area, decreased to about 3g/l for 25 days. Compressible characteristics of the Busan leached clay were evaluated using the constant rate of strain test (CRS test), in which two kinds of strain rate, sec /%10 3−= e & and sec /%10 4−= e & , were adopted. Mechanical characteristics and physical properties between natural clay and leached clay were compared on the samples with the same conditions except salinity. The experimental test results of CRS tests showed that the compressibility of Busan leached clay increased as its salinity decreased. However, the void ratio, liquid limit, preconsolidation pressure and hydraulic conductivity of the leached sample decreased than these of the unleached clay due to leaching.
Waveguiding in supported phononic crystal plates (2007)

We investigate, with the help of the finite element method, the existence of absolute band gaps in the band structure of a free-standing phononic crystal plate and of a phononic crystal slab deposited on a substrate. The two-dimensional phononic crystal is constituted by a square array of holes drilled in an active piezoelectric (PZT5A or AlN) matrix. For both matrix materials, an absolute band gap occurs in the band structure of the free-standing plate provided the thickness of the plate is on the order of magnitude of the lattice parameter. When the plate is deposited on a Si substrate, the absolute band gap still remains when the matrix of the phononic crystal is made of PZT5A. The AlN phononic crystal plate losses its gap when supported by the Si substrate. In the case of the PZT5A matrix, we also study the possibility of localized modes associated with a linear defect created by removing one row of air holes in the deposited phononic crystal plate.
Synthetic approaches to the polycyclic alkaloid stemofoline (2007)

Preliminary studies of a synthetic approach to the alkaloid stemofoline 1 are reported. Stereoselective cyclisation of the ketoester 14 gave the 1-butyl-2,8-bis(methoxycarbonyl)-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane 21 in which the 2-methoxycarbonyl group is in the axial position. The analogous ketones 15, 18, and 19 were also cyclised to give the 8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octanes 22-24 with axial electron-withdrawing 2-substituents. The structure of the bicyclic ketosulfone 22 was confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Conversion of ester 21 into the tricyclic lactams 31 and 39, in which the amide fragments are significantly distorted from planarity, was achieved by treatment of the iodides 29 and 38 with tert-butyllithium. The structure of the deprotected tricyclic hydroxylactam 40 was confirmed by X-ray diffraction, which showed the non-planar geometry of the lactam fragment and the distortion induced into the bicyclo[3.2.1]octane by the additional two-carbon bridge. This meant that the endo hydrogen at C9 was significantly closer to the 5-hydroxyl group than the endo hydrogen at C8. This structural feature was utilised to direct a regioselective remote oxidation of the hydroxylactam 40 using lead tetraacetate, which was accompanied by selective insertion into the closer endo C-H bond to give the tetracyclic ether 41. Lactam 39 was converted into the tricyclic aminoketone 49 by reduction to the aminol 44 using lithium aluminium hydride and reduction of the intermediate, possibly the chloride 46, formed from aminol 44 using thionyl chloride, with more lithium aluminium hydride, followed by O-deprotection and oxidation. The bicyclic ketoester 21 was also protected as its ketal 50, which was taken through via the tricyclic lactam 54 into the ketoamine 49. Finally, allylation of the tricyclic lactam 42 and amine 49 gave the axial allylated products 60 and 58, but further elaboration for incorporation of C10 and C11 (of stemofoline) was not straightforward. Alkylation of the protected hydroxyketone 64, which was prepared from the bicyclic ketoester 21, gave the axial alkylated products 65 and 69, and the ketoester 69 was converted into the tricyclic hydroxylactone 73. However, the formation of a tetracyclic lactam by treatment of the iodide 75 with tert-butyllithium was not successful.
Reliable and efficient reprogramming in sensor networks (2010)

Retasking and remote programming of sensor networks is an essential functionality to make these networks practical and effective. As the availability of more capable sensor nodes increases and new functional implementations continue to be proposed, these large collections of wireless nodes will need the ability to update and upgrade the software packages they are running. In order to do this, the new binary file must be distributed to all nodes in the network. Making a physical connection with each individual node is impractical in large wireless networks. Standard flooding mechanisms are too energy-costly and computationally expensive and they may interfere with the network's current tasks. A reliable method for distributing new code or binary files to every node in a wireless sensor network is needed. We propose a reprogramming/retasking framework for sensor networks that is energy efficient, responsive, and reliable, while maintaining a stable network.
Fault Diagnosis in Image-Based Visual Servoing With Eye-in-Hand Configurations Using Kalman Filter (2016)

In this paper, the fault diagnosis (FD) problem in image-based visual servoing with eye-in-hand configurations is investigated. The potential failures are detected and isolated based on approximating parameters related. First, the failure scenarios of the visual servoing systems are reviewed and classified into the actuator and sensor faults. Second, a residual generator is proposed to detect the failure occurrences, based on the Kalman filter. Third, a decision table is proposed to isolate the fault type. Finally, simulation and experimental results are given to validate the efficacy and the efficiency of the proposed FD strategies.
Bronchodilator Response in Patients With Normal Baseline Spirometry (2012)

In our study population the frequency of a positive bronchodilator response in patients with normal baseline spirometry is 3.1%. None of the patients with a pre-bronchodilator FEV(1) > 100% of predicted and only 1.9% of patients with an FEV(1) between 90% and 100% of predicted responded. Bronchodilator testing can be omitted in patients with normal spirometry and an FEV(1) above 90% of predicted, as they have a low probability of a positive response.
Supplementary Figure 26 from Clinicopathologic, Genomic, and Immunophenotypic Landscape of <i>ATM</i> Mutations in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer (2023)

&lt;p&gt;Supplementary Figure 26. Proportion of (A) tumor, (B) non-tumor, and (C) total PD-L1+ cells according to ATM/TP53 co-mutation status.&lt;/p&gt;
Anoikis: an emerging hallmark in health and diseases (2011)

Anoikis is a programmed cell death occurring upon cell detachment from the correct extracellular matrix, thus disrupting integrin ligation. It is a critical mechanism in preventing dysplastic cell growth or attachment to an inappropriate matrix. Anoikis prevents detached epithelial cells from colonizing elsewhere and is thus essential for tissue homeostasis and development. As anchorage-independent growth and epithelial-mesenchymal transition, two features associated with anoikis resistance, are crucial steps during tumour progression and metastatic spreading of cancer cells, anoikis deregulation has now evoked particular attention from the scientific community. The aim of this review is to analyse the molecular mechanisms governing both anoikis and anoikis resistance, focusing on their regulation in physiological processes, as well as in several diseases, including metastatic cancers, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
Epitaxial lift-off process for III-V solar cells by using porous germanium for substrate re-use (2020)

Germanium substrate re-use by porous sacrificial layer appears to be a promising approach for next generation high efficiency III- V solar cells. The morphological evolution of the double porous Ge layer upon ultra-high-vacuum annealing both experimentally and numerically was studied. We introduced the three-dimensional kinetic Monte Carlo model based on thermally activated jumps of atoms to simulate the porous Ge layer evolution during high temperature annealing driven by minimization of the total surface energy. It was demonstrated that the simulated sintering of double layer of randomly distributed Ge pores concurs quantitatively with experimental findings.
Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring Using Prior Models of General Appliance Types (2021)

Non-intrusive appliance load monitoring is the process of disaggregating a household's total electricity consumption into its contributing appliances. In this paper we propose an approach by which individual appliances can be iteratively separated from an aggregate load. Unlike existing approaches, our approach does not require training data to be collected by sub-metering individual appliances, nor does it assume complete knowledge of the appliances present in the household. Instead, we propose an approach in which prior models of general appliance types are tuned to specific appliance instances using only signatures extracted from the aggregate load. The tuned appliance models are then used to estimate each appliance's load, which is subsequently subtracted from the aggregate load. This process is applied iteratively until all appliances for which prior behaviour models are known have been disaggregated. We evaluate the accuracy of our approach using the REDD data set, and show the disaggregation performance when using our training approach is comparable to when sub-metered training data is used. We also present a deployment of our system as a live application and demonstrate the potential for personalised energy saving feedback.
Fracture of Plain and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Slabs under Monotonic Loading (2004)

Monotonic load tests have been conducted on plain and fiber-reinforced concrete slabs on ground to monitor the effect of fiber type and dosage on the strength properties of concrete slabs. The results revealed that simple material tests do not always successfully predict the contribution of fibers in cases where structural geometry and boundary considerations control redistribution of load. The tensile cracking loads of plain and fibrous slabs were found to be similar, which had previously been reported for small- scale fiber specimens, but, there was a significant increase in the flexural strength of fiber-reinforced concrete slabs, relative to plain concrete slabs. Companion beam flexural strength tests also significantly underestimated the concrete slab flexural strength for both the plain and fibrous concrete slabs. The addition of fibers increased the collapse load of slabs, with the key factors affecting the magnitude of the collapse load being fiber type and quantity. Strain and deflection profile measurements showed that fibers assisted in crack propagation resistance, crack bridging, and load redistribution. The shape of the load deflection curves indicated that the synthetic and the steel-fiber-reinforced concrete slabs behaved similarly at different stages of cracking.
A guiding potential method for evaluating the bending rigidity of tensionless lipid membranes from molecular simulation (2013)

A new method is proposed to estimate the bending rigidity of lipid membranes from molecular dynamics simulations. An external cylindrical guiding potential is used to impose a sinusoidal deformation to a planar membrane. The bending rigidity is obtained from the mean force acting on the cylinder by calibrating against a discretized Helfrich model that accounts for thermal fluctuations of the membrane surface. The method has been successfully applied to a dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine bilayer simulated with a coarse-grained model. A well-converged bending rigidity was obtained for the tension-free membrane and showed reasonable agreement with that obtained from the height fluctuation spectrum.
Écriture de l'angoisse, écriture contre l'angoisse (1997)

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Fully Biobased Vitrimers: Future Direction toward Sustainable Cross‐Linked Polymers (2022)

Abstract Improving the sustainability of polymer networks is a crucial challenge in polymer science due to their important role in industry. Their traditional syntheses conflict with several principles of green chemistry as the employed monomers are petroleum‐based, their production involves the use of toxic reagents, and their permanently cross‐linked structures impede their chemical recycling and reshaping. The development of vitrimers represents a unique solution to address the issue of polymer network end‐of‐life by enabling reprocessability while maintaining good thermomechanical properties and solvent resistance. Although over the last decades biomass has proved to be an excellent feedstock for the production of permanently cross‐linked polymers, the field of biobased vitrimers is still in its infancy. In this review, a comprehensive overview of vitrimers synthesized from biobased monomers is presented. The emphasis is set on the compatibility of the biomass structure with the nature of the dynamic covalent chemistry, as well as the sustainability of the synthetic approaches. Implementing renewable feedstocks and recyclability in the production of polymer networks paves the way for the development of the next generation of sustainable materials.
Stabilizability and Norm-Optimal Control Design subject to Sparsity Constraints (2012)

Consider that a linear time-invariant (LTI) plant is given and that we wish to design a stabilizing controller for it. Admissible controllers are LTI and must comply with a pre-selected sparsity pattern. The sparsity pattern is assumed to be quadratically invariant (QI) with respect to the plant, which, from prior results, guarantees that there is a convex parametrization of all admissible stabilizing controllers provided that an initial admissible stable stabilizing controller is provided. This paper addresses the previously unsolved problem of determining necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of an admissible stabilizing controller. The main idea is to cast the existence of such a controller as the feasibility of an exact model-matching problem with stability restrictions, which can be tackled using existing methods. Furthermore, we show that, when it exists, the solution of the model-matching problem can be used to compute an admissible stabilizing controller. This method also leads to a convex parametrization that may be viewed as an extension of Youla's classical approach so as to incorporate sparsity constraints. Applications of this parametrization on the design of norm-optimal controllers via convex methods are also explored. An illustrative example is provided, and a special case is discussed for which the exact model matching problem has a unique and easily computable solution.
[Neutrophil dysfunction in chronic neutrophilic leukemia without rearrangements of bcr and immunoglobulin heavy chain genes]. (1989)

A 67-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with abdominal distension due to hepatosplenomegaly. The peripheral blood revealed Hb content 6.5 g/dl, platelet count 4.7 x 10(4)/microliter, and WBC count 105.8 x 10(3)/microliter with 88% of mature neutrophils. The neutrophil alkaline phosphatase score was 421. Bone marrow aspiration revealed hypercellularity with increased megakaryocytes and myeloid hyperplasia. 46, XY, del 20(q 11) without Philadelphia chromosome was identified by cytogenetic study. The patient was diagnosed as having chronic neutrophilic leukemia and was successfully treated with busulfan, but he died of atypical mycobacteriosis about 20 months later. Analysis of neutrophil function demonstrated diminution of deformability, random mobility, and chemotaxis, but almost normal phagocytosis and bactericidal capacity. Southern analysis showed no rearrangements of breakpoint cluster region (bcr) gene and immunoglobulin heavy chain gene.
The 16p13.3 (PDPK1) Genomic Gain in Prostate Cancer: A Potential Role in Disease Progression (2012)

Our findings support a prognostic value of the 16p13.3 gain and a role of PDK1 in PCa progression through migration.
Autonomous control reconfiguration (1995)

This article looks at autonomous control reconfiguration, particularly as it relates to fault accommodation and learning systems. To illustrate the types of difficulties encountered and to serve as a focus, two specific approaches are presented. The first approach uses multiple models to represent uncertain system characteristics. The example application is interceptor terminal guidance with unknown target maneuvers. The second approach uses a single model with adaptive techniques for updating uncertain system characteristics.
Early Intrauterine Development: II. The Rate of Growth in Black and Central American Populations Between 10 and 20 Weeks' Gestation (1976)

The application of the growth-rate standards, extablished for Caucasian embryos and fetuses in a previous report, to Black and Central American racial groups has been investigated. Comparison between menstrual age and crown-to-rump length indicated differences in the 10 to 15 weeks' gestation range. However, growth rates for the same groups were practically identical between the 15th and 20th weeks of pregnancy. This finding suggests that the actual rate of growth is closely similar in the respective ethnic groups and that apparent discrepancies reflect erroneous, or purposefully false, menstrual histories rather than dissimilar growth patterns. Largely identical rates of development were suggested by the crown-rump length to foot length to body weight interrelations among the various racial groups. A moderate, but rather predictable, deviation from the earlier established standards was noted in the crown-rump length versus foot length ratios of Black American fetuses, providing the only exception to what appears to be a practically identical rate of growth for the investigated ethnic groups in the first half of gestation. The evaluation of the results was extended to involve the effect of educational and social factors on currently available data of embryonic and fetal growth. It is suggested that heretofore unconsidered factors may affect the validity of widely quoted standards of intrauterine growth.
Cisplatin (CDDP) plus oral vinorelbine (NVBO) as first-line treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Prospective analysis to improve the patient’s convenience on day 8 NVBO administration. (2011)

e18060 Background: Severe neutropenia observed during chemotherapy (CT) is a clinical finding leading to treatment modification and, sometimes, life-threatening events. The results of a previous study with 180 p treated with IV vinorelbine plus CDDP as first-line treatment for advanced NSCLC could lead to consider not performing a blood count prior to day 8 vinorelbine administration for patients aged 70 years (y) or less who presented a good haematological tolerability profile during previous cycles (cy) in order to improve treatment convenience. The aim of this study is to prospectively validate these results with the combination of NVBO plus CDDP. Methods: Between October 2007 and March 2009, 56 chemo-naïve p with histologically confirmed stage IIIB/IV NSCLC were included. Treatment consisted of CDDP 75 mg/m2 day 1 plus NVBO 80 mg/m2 days 1 and 8, with a prior test of myelosensitivity at 60 mg/m2 for the first cycle, every 21 days. Patient’s characteristics were: Median age, 61 years (range 32-75); males, 85.7%; smokers, 35.7%; all PS 0-1; adenocarcinoma, 37.5% / squamous, 35.7%; stage IIIB, 17.9% / IV, 75%. Results: Patients received a total of 251 cycles. For the purpose of this report 181 were analyzed (cycle 1 from each p was excluded). NVBO administration on day 8 was cancelled in 4 cycles due to haematological events (2.2% [95% CI: 0.6%, 5.56%]). The reported events were: 3 grade 2-4 neutropenia and 1 grade-2 thrombocytopenia. Among 54 p evaluable for response, 1 p achieved complete response and 21 p partial response (overall response rate, 40.7% [95% CI: 27.6-55]). Toxicity was mild with neutropenia WHO grade 3-4 observed in 2.8% cy (12.5% p), leukopenia grade 3-4 in 1.6% cy (7.2% p); 2 cases of febrile neutropenia were reported. Grade-3 fatigue was observed in 9 cy (8 p), grade-3 nausea in 4 cy (4 p) and grade 3-4 vomiting in 5 cy (5 p). Conclusions: The findings of this study could lead to consider not performing a blood count prior to day 8 NVBO administration for patients aged 70 y or less who presented a good haematological tolerability profile during previous cycles in first-line treatment for advanced NSCLC.