gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
FATIGUE DES OUVRAGES D'ART METALLIQUES SOUDES - RAPPORT INTRODUCTIF A UN PROGRAMME DE RECHERCHE (1978)

LE PREMIER CHAPITRE DE CETTE ETUDE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE PRESENTE LES GENERALITES SUR L'IMPORTANCE DU PROBLEME DE LA FATIGUE DES OUVRAGES METALLIQUES SOUDES. LE CHAPITRE II RAPPELLE LES THEORIES MATHEMATIQUES OU PHYSIQUES DES ENDOMMAGEMENTS. DE MEME, LES NOTIONS DE DUREES DE VIE ET D'ENDURANCE DE PIECES SOLLICITEES EN FATIGUE SONT PRECISEES, ET LES PRINCIPES ET METHODES D'ESSAIS DE FATIGUE SONT EXPOSES. LES RESULTATS D'ESSAIS SONT EXPLOITES SUIVANT DES METHODES STATISTIQUES, PROBABILISTES, SE TRADUISANT EN LOIS MATHEMATIQUES ANALYTIQUES, SI ON ADMET DES HYPOTHESES SIMPLIFICATRICES. LE CHAPITRE III INDIQUE LES ENDROITS D'UN OUVRAGE METALLIQUE SOUS TRAFIC, QUI SONT LES PLUS EXPOSES AUX RISQUES D'ENDOMMAGEMENT PAR FATIGUE. LE CHAPITRE IV ETUDIE L'INFLUENCE DES CARACTERISTIQUES DES JOINTS SOUDES SUR LE COMPORTEMENT A LA FATIGUE DES ASSEMBLAGES. CES CARACTERISTIQUES SONT SOIT D'ORDRE GEOMETRIQUES, Y COMPRIS LES POROSITES, LES SOUFFLURES ET LES DEFAUTS TELS QUE LES MANQUES DE FUSION, SOIT D'ORIGINE METALLURGIQUE. CORRELATIVEMENT, LES MOYENS D'AMELIORATION DE LA TENUE A LA FATIGUE DES JOINTS SOUDES SONT INDIQUES. ENFIN, L'ETUDE PORTE SUR LA REPRESENTATIVITE DES ESSAIS SUR EPROUVETTES DANS UNE EXPERIMENTATION DESTINEE A PREVOIR LE COMPORTEMENT A LA FATIGUE D'UNE CONSTRUCTION (A).
Inside the Message Passing Interface (2018)

A hands-on guide to writing a Message Passing Interface, this book takes the reader on a tour across major MPI implementations, best optimization techniques, application relevant usage hints, and a historical retrospective of the MPI world, all based on a quarter of a century spent inside MPI. Readers will learn to write MPI implementations from scratch, and to design and optimize communication mechanisms using pragmatic subsetting as the guiding principle. Inside the Message Passing Interface also covers MPI quirks and tricks to achieve best performance. Dr. Alexander Supalov created the Intel Cluster Tools product line, including the Intel MP Library that he designed and led between 2003 and 2015. He invented the common MPICH ABI and also guided Intel efforts in the MPI Forum during the development of the MPI-2.1, MPI-2.2, and MPI-3 standards. Before that, Alexander designed new finite-element mesh-generation methods, contributing to the PARMACS and PARASOL interfaces, and developed the first full MPI-2 and IMPI implementations in the world. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1990, and earned his PhD in applied mathematics at the Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1995. Alexander holds 26 patents (more pending worldwide).
Measurements of the Birefringence and Verdet Constant in an Air-Core Fiber (2009)

In order to determine the Verdet constant of an air-core photonic bandgap fiber (PBF), the birefringence of the fiber needs to be accurately known. We used two methods to measure the linear and circular birefringence of a commercial PBF around 1.5 mum. The linear birefringence beat length is found to vary significantly with wavelength, ranging from 6.8 plusmn 0.2 cm at 1526.8 nm to 9.5 plusmn 0.4 cm at 1596.8 nm. The circular birefringence is observed to be weaker by a factor of at least ten. The Verdet constant of this fiber, measured using a Faraday-effect measurement, is 6.1 plusmn 0.3 mrad/T/m. This value is in broad agreement with the prediction of a numerical model, and it confirms that the Verdet constant of this fiber is dominated by the residual spatial overlap of the mode with silica. It is also found to be 90 times weaker than the Verdet constant of a solid-core fiber (SMF-28) measured by the same process (0.55 plusmn 0.01 rad/T/m, in agreement with published values). This significantly reduced susceptibility to magnetic fields points to yet another benefit of air-core fibers in the fiber optic gyroscope.
Effects of Inhaled HF on Lipid Metabolism in Guinea Pigs (1984)

Effects of Inhaled HF on lipid Metabolism in Guinea Pigs. Dousset, J. C, Rioufol, C, Feuste, R., Lévy, P., and Bourbon, P. (1984). Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 4, 618–623. Guinea pigs were exposed to hydrogen fluoride (10 mg/m3) for 84 hr. Plasma triglyceride and cholesterol levels were significantly increased in the treated animals with respect to the controls. An increase in triglyceride levels was also observed in the liver. The metabolism of plasma and hepatic lipids was studied using incorporation of [1-l4C]acetate. Compared to the control group, triglyceride synthesis was accelerated in the liver of the fluoride group. Extrahepatic lipoprotein lipase activity however was decreased in the fluoride group; this could be related to the decrease in apoprotein C.
SimpleFlow: A Non‐iterative, Sublinear Optical Flow Algorithm (2012)

Abstract Optical flow is a critical component of video editing applications, e.g. for tasks such as object tracking, segmentation, and selection. In this paper, we propose an optical flow algorithm called SimpleFlow whose running times increase sublinearly in the number of pixels. Central to our approach is a probabilistic representation of the motion flow that is computed using only local evidence and without resorting to global optimization. To estimate the flow in image regions where the motion is smooth, we use a sparse set of samples only, thereby avoiding the expensive computation inherent in traditional dense algorithms. We show that our results can be used as is for a variety of video editing tasks. For applications where accuracy is paramount, we use our result to bootstrap a global optimization. This significantly reduces the running times of such methods without sacrificing accuracy. We also demonstrate that the SimpleFlow algorithm can process HD and 4K footage in reasonable times.
Easy duplication of stamps using UV-cured fluoro-silsesquioxane for nanoimprint lithography (2008)

A simple procedure for duplicating original nanoimprint masters was developed by using a new fluorinated photocurable silsesquioxane (SSQ) resin cast on either hard or flexible substrates. With an appropriate viscosity, this resin can be spin coated on the substrate, and the original SiO2 masters easily replicated in this resin by using a low pressure nanoimprinting process. The resin has a sufficient modulus in its cured state, which makes it suitable for nanoimprinting other polymeric materials. Due to the high thermal stability and UV transparency of SSQ materials, such a stamp can be used for both UV and thermal nanoimprinting. Furthermore, the fluoroalkyl groups contained in the silsesquioxane resin provide the low surface energy necessary for easy demolding after nanoimprinting. These features combined make the material an excellent candidate to fabricate a multitude of duplicates from an original nanoimprint lithography master for mass fabrication.
Ellagic acid alleviates adjuvant induced arthritis by modulation of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines (2017)

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology, but it is now clear that pro-inflammatory cytokines play a central role in its pathogenesis. Ellagic acid (EA) has a variety of biological activities including anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer properties. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential effect of ellagic acid on the prevention and/or treatment of adjuvant induced arthritis (AIA) model in mice. Ellagic acid treatment was started one week before AIA induction and continued for three weeks after induction of AIA. Ellagic acid treatment significantly (p < 0.01) inhibited foot paw oedematous swelling and attenuated AIA-associated pathology. Ellagic acid significantly (p < 0.01) reduced serum levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines: interleukin 1β (IL-1β), tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and interleukin 17 (IL-17). However, serum levels of IL-10 and interferon γ (IFN-γ) significantly increased (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively), while serum level of transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) did not significantly alter with EA treatment. In conclusion, these results suggest that EA attenuated AIA-associated pathology in the mouse model by downregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines and upregulation of anti-inflammatory cytokines.
Differential susceptibility to striatal neurodegeneration induced by quinolinic acid and kainate in inbred, outbred and hybrid mouse strains (2006)

In mice, the genetic background determines susceptibility to hippocampal neurodegeneration induced by the excitotoxin kainic acid (KA). If genetic background plays as significant a role in the striatum, the area most affected in Huntington's disease (HD), it is important to characterize intrinsic differences in neuronal susceptibility in mouse strains used in HD models. This study was performed to investigate whether strain differences of different HD mouse models are determinants of striatal resistance to excitotoxicity. We conducted a survey of the susceptibility of striatal neurons to neurodegeneration induced by quinolinic acid and KA in six inbred, two outbred and two F1 hybrid (resistant*vulnerable) strains. These are the same strains in which we have assessed vulnerability to KA-induced hippocampal neurodegeneration. We found significant strain differences in response to both excitotoxins and, for the most part, the strain-dependent patterns of susceptibility to quinolinic acid and KA were similar and comparable to those previously found with KA-induced hippocampal neurodegeneration. There were some incongruities, suggesting that the genetic determinants may be different for the two forms of excitotoxicity or that there are important interacting factors. For example, the F1 hybrid strains exhibited neurodegeneration similar to their vulnerable parent, indicating that the vulnerable phenotype is dominant. This is in contrast to KA-induced hippocampal neurodegeneration, where F1 hybrids exhibit the resistant phenotype. These results are also of significance with regard to the issue of region-specific vulnerability in the context of different diseases in which genetic modifiers affect age of onset and/or disease progression.
Vascular endothelial growth factor and its inhibitors. (2003)

Originally identified for its ability to induce vascular permeability and stimulate endothelial cell growth, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is now recognized as a key factor required for growth of tumors and is involved in many other diseases, such as diabetes, arthritis, atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease. In addition, recent studies show that VEGF is involved in stem cell recruitment and mobilization. A new role of VEGF has been postulated in enhancing the production and release into the circulation of endothelial progenitor cells derived from the bone marrow. These circulating endothelial cells may be targeted to angiogenic sites where they are being incorporated in new vessels. We provide an overview of the biological role of VEGF and summarize the different approaches that are under development to inhibit VEGF activity in the clinic, particularly antiangiogenic cancer treatment. Thus far, more than five inhibitors of the VEGF pathway have entered clinical phase I-III trials. Of these, bevacizumab, an antibody against VEGF, was shown to prolong survival in a phase III trial in renal cell cancer. Although very preliminary, a phase I trial found tumor regressions that were caused by an oral VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, SU11248. Taken together, these data seem very promising for the development of long-term nontoxic treatments against cancer.
An Ultra Wideband Survey: Global Regulations and Impulse Radio Research Based on Standards (2016)

This paper presents an updated survey on research related to ultra wideband (UWB) communications, particularly that of impulse radio (IR) technology. In addition to the research, we survey UWB physical layer specifications of the two existing standards-the IEEE 802.15.6-2012 and the IEEE 802.15.4-2015-as well as the leading global UWB spectrum regulatory limitations which have been updated recently. The latter standard including the UWB specifications was first published in 2007 and the latest revision dates to 2015. The focus in this paper is the period from 2007 to 2015. Our purpose is to provide an in-depth survey with a clearly specified topic together with the standard specifications and the related regulatory restrictions. Additionally, the last part of this paper discusses the possibilities of increasing the current IR-UWB data rates to meet increasing future demands.
Development of automatic driving system on rough road-fault tolerant structure for electronic controller (2003)

A fault-tolerant controller for an automatic driving system on rough road is described. The controller has a series-parallel duplex system which obviates the need for extensive hardware. The fault detection and system reconfiguration are handled by software. When the output result of each of the duplex system units differs, an output-connected module executes fault detection. Results of the actual driving test over long distances under study indicated that the controller can serve as an on-board controller for an automatic driving system on rough road. >
Highly Stereoselective Reactions of γ-Sulfinyl Carbanions with Achiral Imines (2005)

Abstract Lithium 2-p-tolylsulfinylbenzyl carbanions react with different N-substituted imines affording 1,2-diaryl ethyl (and propyl) amines with a high stereoselectivity control at both benzyllic (only dependent of the sulfur configuration) and iminic carbons. The anti:syn ratio, ranging between > 96: < 4 and < 2: > 98, dependent on the electronic density at nitrogen.
Observation of Bs0→χc1ϕ decay and study of B0→χc1,2K⁎0 decays (2013)

The first observation of the decay Bs0→χc1ϕ and a study of B0→χc1,2K⁎0 decays are presented. The analysis is performed using a dataset, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1, collected by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The following ratios of branching fractions are measured:B(Bs0→χc1ϕ)B(Bs0→J/ψϕ)=(18.9±1.8 (stat) ±1.3 (syst) ±0.8(B))×10−2,B(B0→χc1K⁎0)B(B0→J/ψK⁎0)=(19.8±1.1 (stat) ±1.2 (syst) ±0.9(B))×10−2,B(B0→χc2K⁎0)B(B0→χc1K⁎0)=(17.1±5.0(stat)±1.7(syst)±1.1(B))×10−2, where the third uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the branching fractions of χc→J/ψγ modes.
Effect of glycaemic control on apoptosis in diabetic wounds (2005)

There is a significant increase in apoptosis in diabetic wounds with poorly controlled blood sugar and microangiopathy. This increase was greater in patients on OHAs than those on insulin, and it contributes to delayed wound healing. Morphological markers do not appear to be a reliable index of apoptosis in the diabetic wound.
Mass Loading on the Ossicles and Middle Ear Function (2001)

The middle ear as a levered vibrating system for sound transmission from the external to the inner ear is affected by changes in ossicular chain mass. Mass loading of the ossicles may impair ossicular dynamics and sound transmission to the inner ear. It is incumbent on otologic surgeons and researchers of middle ear mechanics to consider the mass loading effect on middle ear function in clinical and physiological applications. The residual hearing and frequency response can change after surgery or implantation of middle ear prostheses. We conducted experiments on mass loading effects on the middle ear transfer functions by using laser Doppler interferometry and a human temporal bone model. Two implant mass loading conditions were tested on 17 fresh or fresh-frozen temporal bones and compared with the unloaded condition for the frequencies 250 to 8,000 Hz. The results show that the linearity of the middle ear function did not change, although displacement of the stapes footplate decreased after the increased masses were placed on the incudostapedial joint. The greater the mass of the implant, the less displacement was measured at the stapes footplate. We conclude that there is a quantitative limit to increased mass on the ossicular chain above which the mass will remarkably impair hearing thresholds.
Horizontal Analysis of Animal Husbandry Industrial Cluster in Chinese Tradional Plain Agricultural Areas (2009)

Industrial clustering is an effective way to enhance industrial competitiveness and regional competitiveness.The paper calculates the congregation degree of regional concentration and regional distribution of the sub-class of animal husbandry industry in Chinese tradional plain agricultural areas by using the means of location index and the spatial gini coefficient.The results indicated that animal husbandry in Chinese tradional plain agricultural areas possessed unbalanced regional development,and industrial clustering of animal husbandry is still in its initial stage of primary,with low levels of aggregation and hidden agglomeration advantages.But it will be enhanced gradually.To keep sustainable development of animal husbandry in trational agricultural areas,we should speed up the adjustment of agricultural structure,implement an organic combination of planting and breeding,break the bottleneck of feed resource constraints;take the development of standardized breeding plots and the large-scale breeding farms as the key point,focus on a rational plan for the regional distribution of animal husbandry industry in trational agricultural areas;and take the leading enterprises as the center,to improve the level of specialization of livestock production in agricultural areas,and enhance the advantages of livestock concentration gradually.
Target-based evaluation of face recognition technology for video surveillance applications (2014)

This paper concerns the problem of real-time watch-list screening (WLS) using face recognition (FR) technology. The risk of flagging innocent travellers can be very high when deploying a FR system for WLS since: (i) faces captured in surveillance video vary considerably due to pose, expression, illumination, and camera inter-operability; (ii) reference images of targets in a watch-list are typically of limited quality or quantity; (iii) the performance of FR systems may vary significantly from one individual to another (according to socalled “biometric menagerie” phenomenon); (iv) the number of travellers drastically exceeds the number of target people in a watch-list; and finally and most critically, (v) due to the nature of optics, images of faces captured by video-surveillance cameras are focused and sharp only over a very short period of time if ever at all. Existing evaluation frameworks were originally developed for spatial face identification from still images, and do not allow one to properly examine the suitability of the FR technology for WLS with respect to the above listed risk factors intrinsically present in any video surveillance application. This paper introduces the target-based multi-level FR performance evaluation framework that is suitable for WLS. According to the framework, Level 0 (face detection analysis) deals with the system's ability to process low resolution faces. Level 1 (transaction-based analysis) deals with the ability to match faces in open-set problems, where target vs. non-target distributions are unbalanced. Level 2 (subject-based analysis) deals with robustness of the system to different types of target individuals. Finally, Level 3 (spatio-temporal analysis) allows one to examine the overall FR system discrimination by means of accumulating the recognition decision confidence over a face track, which can be used for developing more robust intelligent decision-making schemes including face triaging.The results from testing a commercial state-of-art COTS FR product on a public video data-set are shown to illustrate the benefits of this framework.
Fine specificity of the anti–citrullinated protein antibody response is influenced by the shared epitope alleles (2007)

In 2 cohorts of ACPA-positive patients with RA, SE alleles predisposed for the development of antibodies against cVim but not for the development of antibodies against cFibr. These data indicate that SE alleles act as "classic" immune response genes in the ACPA response, because they influence both the magnitude and the specificity of this RA-specific antibody response.
Dye-Loaded Zeolite L Sandwiches as Artificial Antenna Systems for Light Transport (2000)

The synthesis and characterization of dye loaded zeolite L sandwiches acting as artificial antenna systems for light harvesting and transport is reported. A set of experimental tools for the preparation of neutral dye-zeolite L materials ranging from low to maximum packing densities has been developed. The role of co-adsorbed water and the distribution of molecules between the inner and the outer surface were found to be the determining parameters. p-Terphenyl (pTP) turned out to be very suitable for studying these and other relevant parameters of neutral dye-zeolite L materials. We observed that pTP located in the channels of zeolite L can reversibly be displaced by water. This can be used when synthesizing such materials. We also observed that all-trans-1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) which is very photolabile in solution is stable after insertion into zeolite L. By combining our extensive knowledge of these systems with ion-exchange procedures developed in an earlier study, we have realized the first bi-directional three-dye antenna. In this material the near UV absorbing compounds DPH or 1,2-bis-(5-methyl-benzoxazol-2-yl)-ethene (MBOXE) are located in the middle part of zeolite L nanocrystals followed on both sides by pyronine (Py) and then by oxonine (Ox) as acceptors. Fluorescence of the oxonine located at both ends of the cylindrical zeolite L crystals was observed upon excitation of the near UV absorber in the middle section at 353 nm, where neither oxonine nor pyronine absorb a significant amount of the excitation light.
Genetic Evidence of Multiple Transmissions of HIV Type 1 Subtype F within Romania from Adult Blood Donors to Children (2000)

We studied the phylogeny of HIV-1 subtype F viruses from children and adults in Romania in order to (1) clarify whether the Romanian subtype F epidemic was caused by one or several virus introductions and (2) gain insight into the route of spread of the HIV-1 subtype F virus among children and adults in Romania. env (V3), gag (p17/half p24), and pol (prot/half RT) sequences were obtained from three districts in Romania: Tirgu Mures (n = 9, children), Craiova (n = 15, children), and Bucharest (n = 13, adults). Of 37 HIV V3 sequences from Romania, 35 belonged to the genetic subtype F in the neighbor-joining tree, whereas 2 sequences from adults clustered with subtypes A and C. Within the subtype F cluster, no bootstrap-supported subclusters were observed according to geographic area in Romania. Two of the adult V3 sequences that clustered with the children were obtained from individuals who tested HIV seropositive in 1989 and 1990, showing that the subtype F virus was present among adults when the HIV epidemic began among children in Romania. The HIV-1 subtype F viruses obtained from children showed a mean pairwise V3 nucleotide distance of 7.9% and maximum distances of between 18 and 19%; both are higher than previously described. The mean V3 distances (overall, synonymous, and nonsynonymous) were significantly higher for adults than for children. One V3 sequence from the Democratic Republic of Congo clustered within the Romanian sequences, suggesting that the subtype F virus in Romania may originate from this area. Our data also suggest that HIV-1 subtype F was present among Romanian adults before it appeared in 1989 among institutionalized children. The juvenile population was most likely infected with the HIV-1 subtype F virus on more than one occasion, presumably through HIV-contaminated blood (products) obtained from adults.