gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Structural, optical and photoelectric properties of a-Si:H films treated by femtosecond laser pulses (2012)

Alimentary tract perforation is a frequent emergency condition. Imaging plays an important role to make an accurate diagnosis, defining the presence, the level, and the cause of the perforation, essential information to enable the most correct therapeutic choice. Plain radiography is generally performed as the first choice. In case of a clinically suspected bowel perforation, not detected on x-ray imaging, the contribution of computed tomography is essential. Magnetic resonance is not yet widely used in diagnostic workup of patients with acute abdominal pain, but it can be useful in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in specific patients (pregnancy and pediatric patients).
Akirin/Subolesin regulatory mechanisms at host/tick–pathogen interactions (2021)

Ticks and tick-borne pathogens such as <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i> affect human and animal health worldwide and thus the characterization of host/tick-pathogen interactions is important for the control of tick-borne diseases. The vertebrate regulatory proteins Akirins and its tick ortholog, Subolesin, are conserved throughout the metazoan and involved in the regulation of different biological processes such as immune response to pathogen infection. Akirin/Subolesin have a key role in host/tick-pathogen interactions and exert its regulatory function primarily through interacting proteins such as transcription factors, chromatin remodelers and RNA-associated proteins. Recent results have provided evidence of <i>akirin</i>/<i>subolesin</i> genetic interactions and the interaction of Akirin/Subolesin with histones, thus suggesting a role in direct chromatin remodeling. Finally, and still to be proven, some models suggest the possibility of direct Akirin/Subolesin protein interactions with DNA. Future research should advance the characterization of Akirin/Subolesin interactome and its functional role at the host/tick-pathogen interface. These results have implications for translational biotechnology and medicine for the development of new effective interventions for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases.
Case Conceptualization (2015)

Abstract The case conceptualization (sometimes called a case formulation ) is the clinician's collective understanding of the client's problems as viewed through a particular theoretical orientation; as defined by the biological, psychological, and social contexts of the client; and as supported by a body of research and practice that links a set of co‐occurring symptoms to a diagnosis and, ultimately, a treatment plan. A strong case conceptualization is guided by the utilization of a theoretical orientation that provides a framework for the clinician from which to condense and synthesize multiple pieces of information into a coherent and well‐developed narrative. This narrative aims to identify not only the precipitating cause(s) of the client's problems, but also the forces at work, both internal and external to the client, that serve to maintain the problems. Formal research on case conceptualization is in the nascent stage.
Temporal and vertical scales of acoustic fluctuations for 75-Hz, broadband transmissions to 87-km range in the eastern North Pacific Ocean (2009)

Observations of scattering of low-frequency sound in the ocean have focused largely on effects at long ranges, involving multiple scattering events. Fluctuations due to one and two scattering events are analyzed here, using 75-Hz broadband signals transmitted in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. The experimental geometry gives two purely refracted arrivals. The temporal and vertical scales of phase and intensity fluctuations for these two ray paths are compared with predictions based on the weak fluctuation theory of Munk and Zachariasen, which assumes internal-wave-induced sound-speed perturbations [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 59, 818-838 (1976)]. The comparisons show that weak fluctuation theory describes the frequency and vertical-wave-number spectra of phase and intensity for the two paths reasonably well. The comparisons also show that a resonance condition exists between the local acoustic ray and the internal-wave field, as predicted by Munk and Zachariasen, such that only internal waves whose crests are parallel to the local ray path contribute to acoustic scattering. This effect leads to filtering of the acoustic spectra relative to the internal-wave spectra, such that steep rays do not acquire scattering contributions due to low-frequency internal waves.
Accessible quantification of multiparticle entanglement (2016)

Abstract Entanglement is a key ingredient for quantum technologies and a fundamental signature of quantumness in a broad range of phenomena encompassing many-body physics, thermodynamics, cosmology and life sciences. For arbitrary multiparticle systems, entanglement quantification typically involves nontrivial optimisation problems, and it may require demanding tomographical techniques. Here, we develop an experimentally feasible approach to the evaluation of geometric measures of multiparticle entanglement. Our framework provides analytical results for particular classes of mixed states of N qubits, and computable lower bounds to global, partial, or genuine multiparticle entanglement of any general state. For global and partial entanglement, useful bounds are obtained with minimum effort, requiring local measurements in just three settings for any N . For genuine entanglement, a number of measurements scaling linearly with N are required. We demonstrate the power of our approach to estimate and quantify different types of multiparticle entanglement in a variety of N -qubit states useful for quantum information processing and recently engineered in laboratories with quantum optics and trapped ion setups.
Monolithic C2L/CMOS frequency synthesizer for CB (1977)

A MONOLITHIC PHASE-LOCKED LOOP frequency synthesizer for CB will be described. The chip, based on the high speed bulk C2L/CMOS self-aligned silicon-gate technology, is capable of synthesizing frequencies directly for the 40 CB channels in the 26.965-27.405 MHz band. Both high side injection frequencies (37.66-38.10MHz) and low side injection frequencies (16.27-16.71) for a 10.695 MHz intermediate frequency have been demonstrated with this device.
Do Hostile Takeovers Reduce Extramarginal Wage Payments? (1995)

Hostile takeovers may reduce the prevalence of long-term employment contracts if they facilitate the opportunistic expropriation of extramarginal wage payments. Our tests of two versions of the expropriation hypothesis improve on existing research by using firm- and establishment-level data from an employer salary survey, and by performing both ex ante and ex post tests. First, we study the relationship between proxies for extramarginal wage payments and subsequent hostile takeover activity, and find little evidence of an expropriation motive. Then. since we observe wage and employment structures both before and after takeovers. we investigate whether proxies for extramarginal wages drop after hostile takeovers. The ex post experiments provide evidence consistent with one version of the expropriation hypothesis. In particular, such takeovers appear to reduce extramarginal wage payments to more-tenured workers, mostly through flattening wage-seniority profiles in firms with relatively senior work forces.
RETRACTED: Polymeric Solar Cell with 19.69% Efficiency Based on Poly(o-phenylene diamine)/TiO2 Composites (2023)

Conducting poly orthophenylene diamine polymer (PoPDA) was synthesized via the oxidative polymerization route. A poly(o-phenylene diamine) (PoPDA)/titanium dioxide nanoparticle mono nanocomposite [PoPDA/TiO<sub>2</sub>]<sup>MNC</sup> was synthesized using the sol-gel method. The physical vapor deposition (PVD) technique was successfully used to deposit the mono nanocomposite thin film with good adhesion and film thickness ≅ 100 ± 3 nm. The structural and morphological properties of the [PoPDA/TiO<sub>2</sub>]<sup>MNC</sup> thin films were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The measured optical properties of the [PoPDA/TiO<sub>2</sub>]<sup>MNC</sup> thin films such as reflectance (R) in the UV-Vis-NIR spectrum, absorbance (Abs), and transmittance (T) were employed to probe the optical characteristics at room temperatures. As well as the calculations of TD-DFT (time-dependent density functional theory), optimization through the TD-DFTD/Mol<sup>3</sup> and Cambridge Serial Total Energy Bundle (TD-DFT/CASTEP) was employed to study the geometrical characteristics. The dispersion of the refractive index was examined by the single oscillator Wemple-DiDomenico (WD) model. Moreover, the single oscillator energy (Eo), and the dispersion energy (Ed) were estimated. The obtained results show that thin films based on [PoPDA/TiO<sub>2</sub>]<sup>MNC</sup> can be utilized as a decent candidate material for solar cells and optoelectronic devices. The efficiency of the considered composites reached 19.69%.
Magnetic functionalities in MOFs: from the framework to the pore (2017)

In this review, we show the different approaches developed so far to prepare metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) presenting electronic functionalities, with particular attention to magnetic properties. We will cover the chemical design of frameworks necessary for the incorporation of different magnetic phenomena, as well as the encapsulation of functional species in their pores leading to hybrid multifunctional MOFs combining an extended lattice with a molecular lattice.
ChemInform Abstract: THE CHROMOUS CHLORIDE PROMOTED ADDITION OF N‐HALOAMIDES TO OLEFINS. III. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF N‐(2‐HALOALKY)AMIDES (1977)

Abstract Bei der Addition verschiedener N‐Haloamide (I) an verschiedene Olefine in Gegenwart von CrCl 2 entstehen 2 Typen von Produkten, wie z.B. bei der Reaktion von (Ia) (X: ‐Cl) mit Cyclohexen (II): cis, trans‐isomere N‐(2‐Haloalkyl)‐a.mide (III) und (IV) (l ,2‐Addukte) sowie N‐Alkylamide (V) (1,H‐Addukte); der Bildungsmechanismus der letzteren wird diskutiert.
A hybrid algorithm for disparity calculation from sparse disparity estimates based on stereo vision (2014)

In this paper, we have proposed a novel method for stereo disparity estimation by combining the existing methods of block based and region based stereo matching. Our method can generate dense disparity maps from disparity measurements of only 18% pixels of either the left or the right image of a stereo image pair. It works by segmenting the lightness values of image pixels using a fast implementation of K-Means clustering. It then refines those segment boundaries by morphological filtering and connected components analysis, thus removing a lot of redundant boundary pixels. This is followed by determining the boundaries' disparities by the SAD cost function. Lastly, we reconstruct the entire disparity map of the scene from the boundaries' disparities through disparity propagation along the scan lines and disparity prediction of regions of uncertainty by considering disparities of the neighboring regions. Experimental results on the Middlebury stereo vision dataset demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms traditional disparity determination methods like SAD and NCC by up to 30% and achieves an improvement of 2.6% when compared to a recent approach based on absolute difference (AD) cost function for disparity calculations [1].
A rapid and holistic approach to screen susceptibility of Prunus species to Armillaria root rot (2019)

Abstract We describe a holistic in vitro technique for inoculating roots of Prunus species with Armillaria solidipes, which is faster and more successful than previous methods. This method allows associated active and passive host defences to be assessed. Sterile root segments of three Prunus spp. were placed next to or on top of 14‐day‐old cultures of A. solidipes . At 21 day, the success of fungal penetration and length of the fungal colonization, and host responses were evaluated. Also, an anti‐ Armillaria and anti‐ Cladosporium activity detection assays were conducted by utilizing the root periderm, the first tissue that needs to be penetrated by fungus. These methods revealed the variation in the relative tolerance of three Prunus spp. to A. solidipes . The overall success of fungal colonization in the wounded and intact root, host defence, and antifungal activity significantly differed among three Prunus spp. Results indicate that this in vitro method can be used as a preliminary step in screening tree species to Armillaria spp.
ADAPTING mLEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ON LEARNERS’ COGNITIVE STYLES AND VISUAL WORKING MEMORY SPAN (2010)

Seventy three children with rhabdomyosarcoma were treated by members of the Children's Solid Tumour Group during the period, 1974-1981. The extent of disease at diagnosis was found to be the major influence affecting outcome. Children with tumours confined to the tissue of origin with no evidence of nodal or metastatic spread, had a predicted actuarial 5-year survival rate of 86%. However children with 'unconfined' tumours, i.e. those with extension of disease outside the tissue of origin, had a much poorer prognosis with an actuarial 5-year survival rate of only 21%. Two other factors, histological type and site of primary tumour, appeared to affect prognosis but were not independent of the extent of disease at diagnosis. All children were treated according to protocol. Fifty-two patients showed a complete response to initial therapy and 4 of the 11 partial responders achieved a full remission after additional therapy. The overall complete response rate was therefore 77%. Nineteen children who achieved a complete response on initial treatment subsequently relapsed. Only 3 of these children were alive with no evidence of disease 3 years later, a salvage rate of 15%. "Late" relapses, defined as those occurring more than 2 years after diagnosis, were seen in only 5 children, 4 in boys with primary paratesticular tumours.
Quasi-Orthogonal Time Division Multiplexing and Its Applications under Rayleigh Fading Channels (2007)

Based on the principle that inserting N-l equally spaced zeros between each pair of samples is equivalent to sampling the original signal at rate of N times the Nyquist sampling rate. The representation of the quasi-orthogonal time division multiplexing (QOTDM) signal in both time and frequency domain was investigated for QOTDM system. The spectrum of QOTDM signal is the overlapping spectrum of each parallel signal which is rotated a certain angle in phase. Comparisons between QOTDM and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) was made in terms of bit error rate (BER) in Rayleigh fading channels. Simulation results indicate that the proposed QOTDM system does not have an error floor as OFDM does, and QOTDM is more robust against Rayleigh fading in high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) region (larger than 14 dB) compared with OFDM.
Ultrafine fiber in situ Cu-Nb-Sn produced by high temperature gradient solidification (1983)

The high temperature gradient solidification (HTGS) technique to obtain a random dispersion of the niobium in the copper matrix is described. The equipment has been modified to accept larger and available graphite tubes. Examples of microstructure control are given and versatility of the technique is illustrated by the addition of iron to the Cu-Nb starting coaxial rod. Following solidification, the iron dispersion was analyzed using EDX, Auger and atomic absorption. The iron is mainly in the niobium dendrites but does not degrade the overall J <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">c</inf> = 10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">4</sup> A/cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> at 16 tesla.
5-(o-Chlorophenyl)-1,3-dithia-2,4-diazolylium Hexafluoroarsenate (1997)

The structure of the title compound (C7H4ClN2S2).[AsF6], has four crystallographically independent cations, in each of which attractive S⋯Cl interactions enhance the intrinsic electronic tendency of the two rings to coplanarity. The C—C—C—S torsion angles about the bond joining the rings are 1.4 (11), 9.0 (11), 9.5 (11) and 5.0 (12)°, and in each cation the S⋯Cl distance is close to 2.9 Å.
Cuneiform Tablets Image Preprocessing Proposed Algorithms Techniques for Pattern Recognition (2018)

Cuneiform symbols recognition represents a complicated task in pattern recognition  and image analysis as a result of problems that related to cuneiform symbols like distortion and unwanted objects that associated with applying Binrizetion process like spots and writing lines . This paper aims to present new proposed algorithms to solve these problems for reaching uniform results about cuneiform symbols recognition that related to (select appropriate Binerized method, erased writing lines and spots) based on statistical Skewness measure, image morphology and distance transform concepts. The experiment results show that our proposed algorithms have excellent result and can be adopted as a preprocessing technique.
Production maximale de matiere seche et rayonnement solaire intercepte par un couvert vegetal (1986)

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Impact of castration resistant status on overall survival for prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy. (2017)

e562 Background: We estimated the natural history and predictive factors of oncological outcomes in patients with prostate cancer (PCa) after radical prostatectomy (RP). Methods: In this retrospective study, we reviewed the clinical and pathological records of 1083 PCa patients who underwent RP and bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy with or without neoadjuvant therapy between July 1996 and December 2014 at Hirosaki University. All patients were followed-up by assessing serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and testosterone levels every 3 months for 5 years and every 6 months thereafter. The endpoint was the oncological outcomes after surgery. Univariate analyses were performed using the Kaplan-Meier and log-rank methods, and the multivariate analysis was performed using a Cox proportional hazard model. Results: The 5-year and 10-year overall survival rates were 98.5 % and 92.0 %, respectively. At the end of the study, 226 patients (20.8%) showed biochemical recurrence and 28 patients (2.6%) had developed castration-resistant Pca (CRPC). The patients with CRPC were significantly poor prognosis compared with those without CRPC (P &lt; 0.01). On multivariate analysis, although preoperative variables were no significant differences, only CRPC was significantly associated with OS. Conclusions: RP was shown to provide excellent long-term survival with OS at 10 years. In addition, a small proportion of the patients treated with RP had CRPC and died of Pca within 10 years. Development to castration resistant status may have critical impact on OS.
Asymmetric Synthesis of Catechol Pyran Isolated from Plectranthus sylvestris by δ‐Hydroxyalkynone Rearrangement (2020)

Abstract A highly efficient atom‐economic and metal‐free rearrangement of δ‐hydroxyalkynone to 2,3‐dihydro‐4 H ‐pyran‐4‐one‐based strategy has been employed in the stereoselective total synthesis of either enantiomers of catechol pyran natural product isolated from Plectranthus sylvestris . The desired δ‐hydroxyalkynone substrates for rearrangement were prepared via the enantioselective Jacobsen kinetic resolution and the rearrangement was effected with cheaply available Brønsted acid para ‐toluene sulfonic acid ( p ‐TsOH at 10 mol%). The strategy is concise and easily adoptable for synthesis of various 4‐hydroxy or 4‐keto‐2,6‐disubstituted pyran‐based natural products.
Parasitic Infection and the Polarized Th2 Immune Response Can Alter a Vaccine-Induced Immune Response (2003)

The AIDS epidemic in the Developing World represents a major global crisis. It is imperative that we develop an effective vaccine. Vaccines are economically the most efficient means of controlling viral infections. However, the development of a vaccine against HIV-1 has been a formidable task, and in developing countries chronic parasitic infection adds another level of complexity to AIDS vaccine development. Helminthic and protozoan infections, common in developing countries, can result in a constant state of immune activation that is characterized by a dominant Th2 type of cytokine profile, high IgE levels, and eosinophilia. Such an immune profile may have an adverse impact on the efficacy of vaccines, in particular, an HIV-1 vaccine. Indeed, the CD8 cellular immune response and the corresponding Th1 type cytokines that enhance the CD8 cellular immune response are important for clearing many viral infections. It is believed that an antigen specific CD8 cellular immune response will be an important component of an HIV-1 vaccine.
An Improved Adjacency Data Structure for Fast Triangle Stripping (2005)

To speed up the rendering of polygonal meshes, triangle strips are commonly used to reduce the number of vertices sent to the graphics subsystem by exploiting the fact that adjacent triangles share an edge. In this paper, we present an improved adjacency data structure for fast triangle stripping algorithms. There are three major contributions: first, the data structure can be created quickly and robustly from any indexed face set; second, its cache-friendly layout is specifically designed to efficiently answer common stripping queries, such as neighbor finding and least-degree triangle finding, in constant time; and third, the stripping algorithm operates in-place, since strips are created by simply relinking pointers. An implementation of a stripping algorithm shows a significant speed-up compared to other implementations. Our implementation is publicly available as part of OpenSG.
One-pot gamma ray-induced green synthesis of a Prussian blue-laden polyvinylpyrrolidone/reduced graphene oxide aerogel for the removal of hazardous pollutants (2018)

Gamma-ray mediated synthesis of ultra-low dense porous 3D-network structured PB@PVP/rGO aerogel with high mechanical stability for the removal of Cs<sup>+</sup> ions, methylene blue and <italic>n</italic>-hexadecane.
Highly selective and active CO2 reduction electrocatalysts based on cobalt phthalocyanine/carbon nanotube hybrid structures (2017)

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide with renewable energy is a sustainable way of producing carbon-neutral fuels. However, developing active, selective and stable electrocatalysts is challenging and entails material structure design and tailoring across a range of length scales. Here we report a cobalt-phthalocyanine-based high-performance carbon dioxide reduction electrocatalyst material developed with a combined nanoscale and molecular approach. On the nanoscale, cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) molecules are uniformly anchored on carbon nanotubes to afford substantially increased current density, improved selectivity for carbon monoxide, and enhanced durability. On the molecular level, the catalytic performance is further enhanced by introducing cyano groups to the CoPc molecule. The resulting hybrid catalyst exhibits >95% Faradaic efficiency for carbon monoxide production in a wide potential range and extraordinary catalytic activity with a current density of 15.0 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> and a turnover frequency of 4.1 s<sup>-1</sup> at the overpotential of 0.52 V in a near-neutral aqueous solution.
Supplementary Figure 1 from Targeting KRAS-Mutant Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer with the Hsp90 Inhibitor Ganetespib (2023)

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