gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Digitally Controlled Boost Power-Factor-Correction Converters Operating in Both Continuous and Discontinuous Conduction Mode (2005)

Whereas power-factor-correction (PFC) converters for low-power ranges (less than 250 W) are commonly designed for operation in the discontinuous conduction mode, converters for higher power levels are operated in the continuous conduction mode. Nevertheless, when these converters are operated at reduced power, discontinuous conduction mode will appear during parts of the line period, yielding input current distortion. This distortion can be eliminated by employing a dedicated control algorithm, consisting of sample correction and duty-ratio feedforward. The reduction of the harmonic distortion of the input current and the increase of the power factor are demonstrated by experiments on a 1-kW boost PFC converter.
Effects of Methylphenidate on Functional Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry of the Cerebellar Vermis in Boys With ADHD (2002)

This preliminary study supports a role for the vermis in ADHD and suggests that further research is needed to clarify the relationship between vermal size, vermal blood flow, stimulant response, and the developmental pathophysiology of ADHD.
General anesthetic actions <i>in vivo</i> strongly attenuated by a point mutation in the GABA <sub>A</sub> receptor β3 subunit (2002)

General anesthetics are widely used in clinical practice. On the molecular level, these compounds have been shown to modulate the activity of various neuronal ion channels. However, the functional relevance of identified sites in mediating essential components of the general anesthetic state, such as immobility and hypnosis, is still unknown. Using gene-targeting technology, we generated mice harboring a subtle point mutation (N265M) in the second transmembrane region of the beta3 subunit of the GABA(A) receptor. In these mice, the suppression of noxious-evoked movements in response to the intravenous anesthetics etomidate and propofol is completely abolished, while only slightly decreased with the volatile anesthetics enflurane and halothane. beta3(N265M) mice also display a profound reduction in the loss of righting reflex duration in response to intravenous but not volatile anesthetics. In addition, electrophysiological recordings revealed that anesthetic agents were significantly less effective in enhancing GABA(A) receptor-mediated currents, and in decreasing spontaneous action potential firing in cortical brain slices derived from mutant mice. Taken together, our results demonstrate that a single molecular target, and indeed a specific residue (N265) located within the GABA(A) receptor beta3 subunit, is a major determinant of behavioral responses evoked by the intravenous anesthetics etomidate and propofol, whereas volatile anesthetics appear to act via a broader spectrum of molecular targets.
Social Popularity Score (2014)

In this paper, we propose an algorithm to predict the social popularity (i.e., the numbers of views, comments, and favorites) of content on social networking services using only text annotations. Instead of analyzing image/video content, we try to estimate social popularity by a combination of weight vectors obtained from a support vector regression (SVR) and tag frequency. Since our proposed algorithm uses text annotations instead of image/video features, its computational cost is small. As a result, we can estimate social popularity more efficiently than previously proposed methods. Furthermore, tags that significantly affect social popularity can be extracted using our algorithm. Our experiments involved using one million photos on the social networking website Flickr, and the results showed a high correlation between actual social popularity and the determination thereof using our algorithm. Moreover, the proposed algorithm can achieve high classification accuracy with regard to a classification between popular and unpopular content.
Dynamic Optimization of Waterflooding With Smart Wells Using Optimal Control Theory (2004)

Summary We used optimal control theory as an optimization algorithm for the valve settings in smart wells. We focused on their use in injectors and producers for the waterflooding of heterogeneous reservoirs. As a followup to an earlier intuitive optimization approach, a systematic dynamic optimization approach based on optimal control theory was developed. The objective was to maximize recovery or net present value of the waterflooding process over a given time period. We investigated the scope for optimization under purely pressure- and purely rate-constrained operating conditions, and concluded that: (1) for wells operating on bottomhole-pressure constraints, the benefit of using smart wells is mainly reduced water production rather than increased oil production, and (2) for wells operating on rate constraints, there is generally a large scope for accelerating production and increasing recovery, in combination with a drastic reduction in water production.
In situ coating of diatom frustules with silver nanoparticles (2013)

Diatom frustules decorated with silver nanoparticles between 10 and 20 nm in diameter, are accessible at room temperature under basic conditions using glucose as a reducing agent and without the need of linking agents. The process is sensitive to both pH and the time elapsed after plasma cleaning prior to decoration.
Proteomic strategies for biomarker identification: progress and challenges. (2000)

The simplest definition of a biomarker is a molecule that indicates an alteration in physiology from normal. A more practical definition of a biomarker would require clinical utility of this molecule. In this sense, the biomarker would specifically and sensitively reflect a disease state and could be used for diagnosis as well as for disease monitoring during and following therapy. The need for such biomarkers in all clinical fields is urgent, since the current arsenal of biomarkers is sadly deficient and, in most cases, non-specific. In this review, we discuss strategies that use a proteomics approach to identify novel biomarkers and give examples of recent studies employing these strategies.
Genomic expressions of human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I). (1986)

Human T-lymphocyte cell line termed MT-2 is producing persistently HTLV-I virion and has a strong potential to transform human T-lymphocytes when cocultivated. The virion of HTLV-I (MT-2) was isolated and its RNA was extracted to analyze the gene and gene products of HTLV-I. HTLV (MT-2) virion RNA was translated in a rabbit reticulocyte lysate system in vitro in which a gag precursor polyprotein (p53) and a putative gag-prt fusion protein (p76) were synthesized from a full length 35S RNA. The full length provirus, HTLV-I (MT-2), was molecularly cloned and its genomic expression was examined transiently and permanently by transfecting in human lymphoid and non-lymphoid cells. The cloned provirus expressed the same virological activities as observed in naturally occurring infection of the virus. A new protease gene of HTLV-I was found and its function of the gene product was studied.
Congestive Heart Failure Complicated with Chylothorax as the Manifestation in a Patient with Thyrotoxicosis: A Case Report (2011)

Although thyrotoxicosis is not rare, congestive heart failure as the manifestation of thyrotoxicosis is relatively uncommon. Coexistence of congestive heart failure and chylothorax is even rarer in hyperthyroid patients. A 37-year-old male patient had been well until 3 years ago when tachycardia and body weight loss developed and a diagnosis of Graves' disease was made. Due to an improvement in the patient's clinical condition, there was non-adherence to his antithyroid therapy. On admission, he presented with symptomatic congestive heart failure and bilateral pleural effusion. Thoracocentesis revealed a high triglyceride level in the pleural effusion, consistent with chylothorax. Survey for other common causes of congestive heart failure and chylothorax was negative. The only concurrent illness identified was thyrotoxicosis and the underlying cause of congestive heart failure and chylothorax was finally determined to be hyperthyroidism. Treatment of heart failure and hyperthyroid state led to a remarkable improvement in the clinical status including recovery of heart function and disappearance of chylothorax. To the best of our knowledge, there were only two adult cases in the literature presenting with congestive heart failure and chylothorax resulting from hyperthyroidism.
Resection of disseminated recurrent myxopapillary ependymoma with more than 4-year follow-up: operative nuance for prolonged prone position. Illustrative case (2022)

The authors discussed the complexity of surgical decision-making in a symptomatic patient with multiple disseminated metastases, technical considerations for resection of intradural and intramedullary spinal cord tumors, and considerations for avoiding complications during prolonged positioning necessary for spinal surgery.
Development of personal authentication systems using fingerprint with smart cards and digital signature technologies (2004)

Smart cards and biometrics can be effectively combined for personal authentication over the open network. The combination is achieved as two-step authentications in which the smart card is authenticated based on a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and the card-holder is authenticated using the template stored in the smart card based on the biometrics verification. The biometrics verification has to be executed in the card for security purposes. This paper describes that one is fingerprint verification method that can be embedded in a smart card. And the other is biometrics-based personal authentication system in which a smart card, a PKI such as an X.509 certificate, and fingerprint verification technologies are combined.
Toward a Revised History of Modesty and Humility (2013)

Abstract This chapter offers a revisionist history of modesty and humility in modernity, challenging the standard story, pioneered by David Hume, of humility's modern demise. After surveying a variety of approaches to modesty and humility in early modern theology and philosophy, the chapter demonstrates that received narratives of secularization are founded upon a tendentious portrait of humility inherited from Hume. Charles Taylor provides the textbook example of this tendentious equation of secular subjectivity with sovereign subjectivity. The chapter concludes with an excursus on Francis Bacon's ethic of scientific humility.
Cooperation between university and society through research : the Kristianstad University research platform "Enterprising" (2017)

In this paper I will discuss some issues concerning cooperation between academia and society in the context of the establishment of a cooperative research platform at Kristianstad University in Sweden. The platform aims at developing scientific knowledge and practical utility through cooperation between the university‟s resources, mainly its faculty, and practise in society, be it individuals or organizations, be it private, public or voluntary organisations.
False-Positive Diagnoses in Exfoliative Cytology (1995)

Journal Article False-Positive Diagnoses in Exfoliative Cytology Get access Michael W. Stanley, MD Michael W. Stanley, MD Department of Pathology University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Volume 104, Issue 2, 1 August 1995, Pages 117–119, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/104.2.117 Published: 01 August 1995
Engineered Control Strategies for Improved Catalytic Control of NOx in Lean Burn Applications (1988)

<div class="htmlview paragraph">A system combining suitable catalyst technology with a specifically engineered fuelling strategy can lead to improved emission control in lean burn engine applications. The basis of the catalyst design has been to maximise response to rich transients and sustain NOx reduction on reverting to lean conditions. The fuelling control strategy is engineered to optimise the degree and duration of enrichment during accelerations. As an example of the level of NOx control which can be achieved, a concept catalyst has, when used in conjunction with the control strategy, been shown to provide a 29% reduction in NOx emissions over an ECE-15 test, compared with an uncontrolled vehicle. Hydrocarbon conversion is high, impact on fuel economy is minimal and initial throttle response is improved.</div>
Infrared thermography in marine ecology: methods, previous applications and future challenges (2014)

Infrared thermography (IRT) is being increasingly utilised by animal physiologists and ecologists to investigate the role of thermal stress and small-scale thermal variability on the distribution and abundance of species. Due to the inability of infrared cameras to work underwater, ecological studies that use IRT have largely been undertaken on terrestrial systems, while fundamentally limited to surfacing mammals in aquatic ecosystems. In recent years, however, IRT has been used to investigate the thermal ecology of intertidal organisms, which are intermittently exposed. The aim of this paper was to summarise the rapidly growing application of IRT in marine ecology, to discuss best practises for using IRT in the marine environment whilst outlining some common limitations, and to suggest future research directions. IRT has been successfully used to count and track the movements of a range of marine mammals as well as to quantify previously unobserved nocturnal feeding patterns. On rocky intertidal shores, IRT has largely been used to assess thermoregulatory processes in gastropods, mussels and sea stars and the effect of heat stress on barnacle recruitment. Ground-truthing and calibration procedures still remain the largest drawback for the use of IRT in ecological studies. However, once the appropriate calculations and working procedures have been implemented, thermal imaging is a reliable and rapid tool for measuring environmental and biological temperature variability. We believe such techniques will become increasingly popular as global temperatures, and hence thermal stress, continue to rise.
Comparison of single- and dual-exposure phase-shift mask approaches for polygate patterning (1998)

Single, multi-phase, and dual, 'hidden-shifter,' phase shift masks are compared via simulation and experiment in terms of line-end patterning fidelity and printability of phase defects. Four phase mask line-ends bend through focus while 'hidden-shifter' line-ends show acceptable performance. For a given phase difference, phase defects are found to be more severe than phase errors in terms of resist CD variations. Phase defect printability is highest at positive defocus. For a typical process window, 60 degree phase defects as small as 100 nm may cause unacceptable CD variations.
Tool Wear and Reactions in 304 Stainless Steel during Friction Stir Welding (2011)

Four kinds of the welding tools made of PCBN, W, WC and Al2O3 were applied to FSW of 304 stainless steel, and then the wear and reaction between the tool debris and the steel matrix were examined for each tool material. Severe tool damage was found in W, WC and Al2O3 tools after FSW, while the PCBN tool was hardly worn. Formations of Cr-rich borides, ferrite phases containing the high W contents and Cr-rich carbides were found in the stir zones produced using PCBN, W and WC tools, respectively. It was suggested that formation of those phases could be expected by calculation using the thermochemical database.
Compression of the trachea by the innominate artery in a 2-month-old child (2001)

SUMMARY. We utilized improved methods for assessing airway structure and function to define the clinical significance of the innominate artery syndrome. Both infant pulmonary function tests (IPFT) and noninvasive controlled ventilation computed tomography (CVCT) were used, along with traditional diagnostic techniques in a 2-month-old child with compression of the trachea by the innominate artery. These tests provided objective documentation of functional impairment before surgery and improvement postoperatively. These tests should aid in the understanding of this controversial syndrome and help to further define treatment options.
Preventing lens epithelial cell migration using intraocular lenses with sharp rectangular edges (2000)

The CeeOn 911 silicone IOL, with sharp rectangular optic edges, showed an effect on preventing PCO that was similar to that of the AcrySof IOL. When a discontinuous capsular bend is created by an IOL with sharp optic edges, the bend may induce contact inhibition of migrating LECs regardless of the lens' material composition.
Improving cluster availability using workstation validation (2002)

We demonstrate a framework for improving the availability of cluster based Internet services. Our approach models Internet services as a collection of interconnected components, each possessing well defined interfaces and failure semantics. Such a decomposition allows designers to engineer high availability based on an understanding of the interconnections and isolated fault behavior of each component, as opposed to ad-hoc methods. In this work, we focus on using the entire commodity workstation as a component because it possesses natural, fault-isolated interfaces. We define a failure event as a reboot because not only is a workstation unavailable during a reboot, but also because reboots are symptomatic of a larger class of failures, such as configuration and operator errors. Our observations of 3 distinct clusters show that the time between reboots is best modeled by a Weibull distribution with shape parameters of less than 1, implying that a workstation becomes more reliable the longer it has been operating. Leveraging this observed property, we design an allocation strategy which withholds recently rebooted workstations from active service, validating their stability before allowing them to return to service. We show via simulation that this policy leads to a 70-30 rule-of-thumb: For a constant utilization, approximately 70% of the workstation failures can be masked from end clients with 30% extra capacity added to the cluster, provided reboots are not strongly correlated. We also found our technique is most sensitive to the burstiness of reboots as opposed to absolute lengths of workstation uptimes.
Real data microwave imaging and time reversal (2007)

The development of SIMIS (Synthetic Impulse Microwave Imaging System), a microwave array of eight ultra-wideband Vivaldi-type ETSA antennas, employed to image unknown targets situated in an anechoic chamber, is presented. Real scattering data, collected via an RF multiplexer interfaced to a vector network analyzer, is imaged using the Time Reversal Method. The imaging algorithm is applied to the scattered field from a dielectric cylinder. In addition, real data is presented for the same dielectric cylinder, located behind a vertical wall.
Dental Anthropology (1996)

Teeth are one of the best sources of evidence for both identification and studies of demography, biological relationships and health in ancient human communities. This text introduces the complex biology of teeth and provides a practical guide to the: • excavation, cleaning, storage and recording of dental remains • identification of human teeth including those in a worn or fragmentary state • methods for studying variation in tooth morphology • study of microscopic internal and external structure of dental tissues, and methods of age-determination • estimation of age-at-death from dental development, tooth wear and dental histology • recording of dental disease in archaeological and museum collections Dental Anthropology is the text for students and researchers in anthropology and archaeology, together with others interested in dental remains from archaeological sites, museum collections or forensic cases.
Spin-hall assisted STT-RAM design and discussion (2015)

Conventional spin-transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM) is a promising technology due to its non-volatility and dense cell structure. However, the long switching time of magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) limits the write speed of the STT-RAM. In order to improve the write performance, a Spin-Hall Effect (SHE) assisted STT-RAM structure (SHE-RAM) has recently been proposed [1]. SHE effect eliminates the incubation delay existing in conventional STT-RAM switching and consequently, reduces the switching time and write energy. The corresponding read and write schemes have been also proposed [2][4]. However, the schemes in [2] suffer from a sharp writing pulse and require an external magnetic field created by a permanent magnet, introducing very high power consumption. In the design in [4], a single bit needs to be represented by two MTJs and four transistors. Such a design largely sacrifices the storage density as well as the power consumption. Nonetheless, a design that can maximize the benefits of SHE effects is still highly desired. In this work, we proposed two new memory cell designs to improve the density and power consumption of SHE-RAM while still maintaining its speed advantage.
Resistance of <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i> to <i>Phytophthora infestans</i> Is Mediated by the Recognition of the Elicitor Protein INF1 (1998)

Phytophthora infestans, the agent of potato and tomato late blight disease, produces a 10-kD extracellular protein, INF1 elicitin. INF1 induces a hypersensitive response in a restricted number of plants, particularly those of the genus Nicotiana. In virulence assays with different P. infestans isolates, five Nicotiana species displayed resistance responses. In all of the interactions, after inoculation with P. infestans zoospores, penetration of an epidermal cell was observed, followed by localized necrosis typical of a hypersensitive response. To determine whether INF1 functions as an avirulence factor in these interactions, we adopted a gene-silencing strategy to inhibit INF1 production. Several transformants deficient in inf1 mRNA and INF1 protein were obtained. These strains remained pathogenic on host plants. However, in contrast to the wild-type and control transformant strains, INF1-deficient strains induced disease lesions when inoculated on N. benthamiana. These results demonstrate that the elicitin INF1 functions as an avirulence factor in the interaction between N. benthamiana and P. infestans.
Ru-catalyzed 1,4-addition of arylboronic acids to acrylic acid derivatives in the presence of phenols (2013)

[Ru(p-cymene)Cl2]2-catalyzed 1,4-addition reactions between arylboronic acids and butyl acrylate and acrylamide in the presence of phenols were investigated, good to excellent yields were obtained. The addition of phenols remarkably promoted the protonolysis and inhibited the β-H elimination of the 1,4-addition intermediates, and also efficiently suppressed the protonolysis of arylboronic acids.
A novel bioactive haemodialysis system using dissolved dihydrogen (H2) produced by water electrolysis: a clinical trial (2010)

Adding H(2) to haemodialysis solutions ameliorated inflammatory reactions and improved BP control. This system could offer a novel therapeutic option for control of uraemia.
Acceleration Compensation of MEMS Resonators using Electrostatic Tuning (2009)

A method of using electrostatic tuning to compensate the phase noise due to external vibrations in a MEMS oscillator is presented in this paper. An accelerometer measures the acceleration applied to a resonator, and a compensation signal generated by the accelerometer is added to the bias voltage. We achieve 91% reduction of the acceleration sensitivity for sinusoidal accelerations from 100 Hz to 300 Hz using a double-ended tuning fork resonator. This is the first demonstration of active acceleration compensation for MEMS resonators.
A study of modified Wells score for pulmonary embolism and age-adjusted D-dimer values in patients at risk for deep venous thrombosis (2023)

The combined strategy using modified Wells score and age-adjusted D-dimer cut-off value has 100% sensitivity and a negative predictive value and can be used to safely exclude PE in in-patients.