gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Syndicate (2013)

The cloud is changing the way we share data. We can keep data on local workstations and file servers for quick access, but face the challenge of sharing it with a large number of people. Alternatively, we can put our data into one or more cloud storage systems to share it with many other users, but then we cannot access it as quickly or as cheaply. Moreover, local copies of data can get out of sync with cloud copies, causing remote users to see old versions. Our solution is Syndicate, a virtual cloud storage system that composes local storage, cloud storage, and commodity CDNs and network caches to transparently give users the best of both worlds.
Wireless Hand Gesture Capture through Wearable Passive Tag Sensing (2011)

For wearable computing to become more widely accepted, the associated Human-Computer Interface must move past today's keyboard, keypad, touch screen, or other bulky hand-held interfaces to allow a user to specify input through their fingers without taking their eyes and attention off their immediate focus. Accordingly, we have developed a wearable system to track hand gestures with passive RFID sensor tags. This system is composed of an ultra-high frequency (UHF) reader and small, passive, finger-worn tags powered by transmit RF energy, each equipped with a variety of sensors that could be used to detect gestures. The primary physical goals of the system were to be comfortable and wearable without interfering with other everyday activities while tracking particular hand movements that could be used to control a wearable computer or aid in interaction with ubiquitous or other wearable devices. This paper first introduces our hardware, then gives some example user interface implementations, such as a mouse scrolled by hand position and a click specified by finger proximity, entering input by touching fingers, setting options when moving the hand to a particular spot of the user's apparel labeled with a passive RFID tag, and otherwise mapping control onto motion of the hand, arm, and fingers. The overall system was fully functional, but as this is an early implementation, it was still very much limited by transmit power and antenna efficiency, due to the constraints on the size of the passive tags. Means of scaling to lower power and smaller size are suggested.
Ro 5-4864 and PK 11195, but Not Diazepam, Depress Cardiac Function in an Isolated Working Rat Heart Model (1993)

The present study was designed to investigate the effects of diazepam, a benzodiazepine (BZ) with high affinity to central BZ receptors and moderate affinity to mitochondrial BZ receptors, and of Ro 5-4864 and PK 11195, ligands specific for mitochondrial BZ receptors, on cardiac function in the isolated working rat heart model. Five concentrations of these drugs (10(-9)-10(-5) mol/l) were used, and the chronotropic (heart rate) and inotropic [maximum elastance of the left ventricle at end systole (Emax), maximal first derivative of left ventricular (LV) pressure (dP/dtmax), LV pressure at dP/dtmax (pressure at dP/dtmax), aortic flow, stroke work, and total pressure-volume area] cardiac parameters were measured. Diazepam, Ro 5-4864, and PK 11195 showed no significant chronotropic activity up to 10(-5) mol/l. Diazepam did not alter the inotropic properties of the heart. Ro 5-4864 at 10(-5) mol/l significantly decreased the indices of contractility, namely, Emax, dP/dtmax, and pressure at dP/dtmax. Aortic flow, stroke work, and total pressure-volume area were significantly depressed at the same concentration. The negative inotropism of PK 11195 appeared to be identical, by most indices, to that of Ro 5-4864, both qualitatively (same pattern) and quantitatively (similar maximal variations); however, for some indices a depressant effect was also found at 10(-7) mol/l. These results show that at high concentrations Ro 5-4864 and PK 11195, but not diazepam, have a depressant effect on mechanical function.
2D face pose normalisation using a 3D morphable model (2007)

The ever growing need for improved security, surveillance and identity protection, calls for the creation of evermore reliable and robust face recognition technology that is scalable and can be deployed in all kinds of environments without compromising its effectiveness. In this paper we study the impact that pose correction has on the performance of 2D face recognition. To measure the effect, we use a state of the art 2D recognition algorithm. The pose correction is performed by means of 3D morphable model. Our results on the non frontal XM2VTS database showed that pose correction can improve recognition rates up to 30%.
Outer membrane protein H1 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: involvement in adaptive and mutational resistance to ethylenediaminetetraacetate, polymyxin B, and gentamicin (1980)

It is well established that Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells grown in Mg2+-deficient medium acquire nonmutational resistance to the chelator ethylenediaminetetraacetate and to the cationic antibiotic polymyxin B; this type of resistance can be reversed by transferring the cells to Mg2+-sufficient medium for a few generations. Stable mutants resistant to polymyxin B were isolated and shown to have also gained ethylenediaminetetraacetate resistance. Both the mutants and strains grown on Mg2+-deficient medium had greatly enhanced levels of outer membrane protein H1 when compared with the wild-type strain or with revertants grown in Mg2+-sufficient medium. It was determined that in all strains and at all medium Mg2+ concentrations, the cell envelope Mg2+ concentration varied inversely with the amount of protein H1. In addition, the increase in protein H1 in the mutants was associated with an increase in resistance to another group of cationic antibiotics, the aminoglycosides, e.g., gentamicin. We propose that protein H1 acts by replacing Mg2+ at a site on the lipopolysaccharide which can otherwise be attacked by the cationic antibiotics or ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields enhance the proliferation and differentiation of neural progenitor cells cultured from ischemic brains (2015)

In the mammalian brain, neurogenesis persists throughout the embryonic period and adulthood in the subventricular zone of the lateral ventricle and the granular zone (dentate gyrus) of the hippocampus. Newborn neural progenitor cells (NPCs) in the two regions play a critical role in structural and functional plasticity and neural regeneration after brain injury. Previous studies have reported that extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) could promote osteogenesis, angiogenesis, and cardiac stem cells' differentiation, which indicates that ELF-EMF might be an effective tool for regenerative therapy. The present studies were carried out to examine the effects of ELF-EMF on hippocampal NPCs cultured from embryonic and adult ischemic brains. We found that exposure to ELF-EMF (50 Hz, 0.4 mT) significantly enhanced the proliferation capability both in embryonic NPCs and in ischemic NPCs. Neuronal differentiation was also enhanced after 7 days of cumulative ELF-EMF exposure, whereas glial differentiation was not influenced markedly. The expression of phosphorylated Akt increased during the proliferation process when ischemic NPCs were exposed to ELF-EMF. However, blockage of the Akt pathway abolished the ELF-EMF-induced proliferation of ischemic NPCs. These data show that ELF-EMF promotes neurogenesis of ischemic NPCs and suggest that this effect may occur through the Akt pathway.Video abstract, Supplemental Digital Content 1, http://links.lww.com/WNR/A347.
High-speed split-emitter I<sup>2</sup>L/MTL memory cell (1981)

This paper will report on the development of a split-emitter cell to overcome the problem of small sense signals in injector-sensed I <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> L/MTL memories. Sense signals > 100mV at read currents ∼ 0.3mA were achieved experimentally, resulting in potentially a 2x reduction in chip access time.
Slosh Damping with Floating Magnetoactive Micro-Baffles (2014)

Liquid sloshing within propellant tanks of launch vehicles and other major vehicles has been a major concern. Various methods have been utilized for the damping of slosh through Propellant Management Devices (PMD) accomplishing a wide range of results. Exploratory research conducted at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Fuel Slosh Test Facility in development of an innovative PMD is presented. Embedding floating micro-baffles with a magnetoactive material such that the baffle can be manipulated when exposed to a magnetic field preserves the benefits of both floating and static baffle designs. Activated micro-baffles form a rigid layer at the free surface and provide a restriction of the fluid motion. Proposed micro-baffle design and magnetic activation source method along with proof-of-concept experiments comparing the scope of this research to previous PMD methods are presented. A computational fluid dynamics approach is outlined to compliment these experimental results.
Elevated IQGAP1 and CDC42 levels correlate with tumor malignancy of human glioma (2016)

IQGAP1 is a multifunctional scaffold protein involved in cell adhesion and cell migration. The abnormal expression of IQGAP1 widely exists in many cancers, but the combined biological roles of IQGAP1 and CDC42 in human glioma remain to be clarified. In this study, we investigated the associated expression level of IQGAP1, CDC42 and clinical significances in human glioma, as well as its biological functions in glioma progression. Our results revealed that IQGAP1 and CDC42 are frequently elevated in glioma tissues compared with their noncancerous counterparts, and a high expression of IQGAP1 and CDC42 correlates with tumor grades and poor overall survival of glioma patients. Moreover, the overexpression of IQGAP1 improves cell proliferation and migration ability of human glioma cells, whereas the knockdown of IQGAP1 by siRNA reduces cell growth and cell migration in vitro. These results suggest that IQGAP1, CDC42 and their interactions play important roles in human glioma carcinogenesis and progression.
A declarative language approach to device configuration (2011)

C remains the language of choice for hardware programming (device drivers, bus configuration, etc.): it is fast, allows low-level access, and is trusted by OS developers. However, the algorithms required to configure and reconfigure hardware devices and interconnects are becoming more complex and diverse, with the added burden of legacy support, quirks, and hardware bugs to work around. Even programming PCI bridges in a modern PC is a surprisingly complex problem, and is getting worse as new functionality such as hotplug appears. Existing approaches use relatively simple algorithms, hard-coded in C and closely coupled with low-level register access code, generally leading to suboptimal configurations.
Object Classification Based on Unsupervised Learned Multi-Modal Features For Overcoming Sensor Failures (2019)

For autonomous driving applications it is critical to know which type of road users and road side infrastructure are present to plan driving manoeuvres accordingly. Therefore autonomous cars are equipped with different sensor modalities to robustly perceive its environment. However, for classification modules based on machine learning techniques it is challenging to overcome unseen sensor noise. This work presents an object classification module operating on unsupervised learned multi-modal features with the ability to overcome gradual or total sensor failure. A two stage approach composed of an unsupervised feature training and a uni-modal and multimodal classifiers training is presented. We propose a simple but effective decision module switching between uni-modal and multi-modal classifiers based on the closeness in the feature space to the training data. Evaluations on the ModelNet 40 data set show that the proposed approach has a 14% accuracy gain compared to a late fusion approach operating on a noisy point cloud data and a 6% accuracy gain when operating on noisy image data.
Regulation by the neuropeptide cholecystokinin (CCK-8S) of protein phosphorylation in the neostriatum. (1993)

Despite physiological evidence that cholecystokinin (CCK) is an excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain, little is known about its mechanism of action. CCK immunoreactivity in the brain, including projections to the striatum, is primarily attributable to the sulfated octapeptide CCK-8S. We report here that CCK-8S abolishes cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of a dopamine- and cAMP-regulated 32-kDa phosphoprotein (DARPP-32) in striatal neurons. The effect of CCK-8S is prevented by antagonists of CCKB and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. Our results support a model in which CCK-8S, originating from CCK or CCK/glutamate corticostriatal neurons, promotes the release of an excitatory neurotransmitter that causes the dephosphorylation and inactivation of DARPP-32, a potent protein phosphatase inhibitor, thereby modulating neuronal excitability.
Differential expression of the human kallikrein gene 14 (<i>KLK14</i>) in normal and cancerous prostatic tissues (2003)

KLK14 expression is significantly higher in cancerous compared to non-cancerous prostatic tissue. The up-regulation of the KLK14 gene in advanced and more aggressive tumors may indicate a possible role for the hK14 protein in tumor spread and opens the possibility of hK14 being a candidate new marker for prostate cancer diagnosis and prognosis.
Intra texture prediction based on repetitive pixel replenishment (2012)

A new intra prediction scheme based on intra repetitive pixel replenishment is proposed. This scheme improves intra coding efficiency by generating adaptive texture according to an intra displacement vector that reduces prediction error for cyclic patterns and differential motion vector coding. Simulation results showed that the proposed technique improved coding efficiency by up to 2.5% BD-Rate (ΔBitrate in [%]) compared with version 3.0 of common software for High Efficiency Video Coding; encoding time was increased by 20%. The total improvement in intra coding efficiency with respect to existing H.264/AVC intra prediction was 5.0% on average and with a maximum of 10.3%. Because the proposed scheme did not need to estimate the decoder-side motion, there was no significant increase in decoding time.
How to Improve the Standing Long Jump Performance? A Mininarrative Review (2020)

Standing long jump (SLJ) is complicated by the challenge of motor coordination in both the upper and lower segments. This movement is also considered to be a fundamental skill in a variety of sports. In particular, SLJ is an important test index for middle school students for assessing their physical fitness levels. This assessment takes the form of a physical fitness test high school entrance examination in some countries such as China. This minireview summarizes recent studies that have investigated how to improve the standing long jump performance from different aspects which include arm motion, takeoff angle, standing posture, warming-up exercise, and handheld weight. The common study limitations, controversial knowledge, and future research direction are also discussed in detail.
Rapid separation and identification of myoglobin and hemoglobin in urine by centrifugation through a microconcentrator membrane. (1985)

Urinary myoglobin (Mr = 16 500) is readily separated from hemoglobin (Mr = 64 000) by centrifugation through a microconcentrator membrane with a 30 000-Da cutoff. Myoglobin, but not hemoglobin, will pass through the membrane, after which each fraction may be separately analyzed by spectrophotometry. This technique is advantageous over direct spectrophotometry of urine because it is not restricted to analyzing the oxy forms of these hemoproteins and obviates the difficulty of discriminating small (3 nm) differences in their spectra. In addition, this method of separation is more complete than that attained by differential "salting out" with ammonium sulfate, and it is simpler than gel filtration or ultrafiltration under reduced pressure.
Detrimental Effects of Centrally Administered Angiotensin II are Enhanced in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer Disease Independently of Blood Pressure (2017)

Brain angiotensin II seems to be involved in cognitive impairment and brain injury in AD, which is associated with oxidative stress, inflammation, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Further, brain angiotensin II may participate in cardiac disease and sarcopenia observed in AD.
Intravenous immunoglobulins: a treatment for Alzheimer's disease? (2004)

A novel therapeutic option for Alzheimer’s disease

Aβ-peptide is generally considered to play a central role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The peptide is cleaved from amyloid precursor protein (APP) by secretases and is a key component of the amyloid plaques. Amyloid plaques may also contain other proteins such as serum amyloid P component (SAP), activated complement proteins, clusterin, and α1-antichymotrypsin. Observations in mice carrying the human APP transgene support the importance of Aβ-peptide as a driving force for intracerebral amyloid deposits in AD. The mechanisms leading to neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration induced by Aβ-peptide are not yet clear. According to one scenario deposits of Aβ-fibrils, together with associated proteins, are toxic for neurones—either directly or indirectly—by recruitment and stimulation of microglial cells. An alternative scenario claims a major role of Aβ-oligomers as mediators of neurotoxicity.1 Clearance of intracerebral amyloid deposits is currently one of the therapeutic options under investigation for AD.

Recently it was found that vaccination with Aβ-peptide slowed down the amyloid accumulation in the brains of APP transgenic mice,2 the effect of which could be reproduced by administration of anti-Aβ antibodies.3 This has …
High Dynamic Range Image Rendering with Order-Statistics Filter (2012)

In this paper, we propose an efficient algorithm for dynamic range compression that is able to obtain high-quality results with low computational cost and without halo artifact. the approach belongs to the category of methods based on the Retinex theory. an edge-preserving filter based on the concept of order-statistics filter is presented for the estimation of the illumination. the experimental results show that our approach can effectively compress the HDR image for varied conditions.
An introduction to routing and wavelength assignment algorithms for fixed and flexgrid (2013)

Get PDF Email Share Share with Facebook Tweet This Post on reddit Share with LinkedIn Add to CiteULike Add to Mendeley Add to BibSonomy Get Citation Copy Citation Text E. (M. ) Varvarigos, "An introduction to routing and wavelength assignment algorithms for fixed and flexgrid," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2013, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2013), paper OW1H.4. Export Citation BibTex Endnote (RIS) HTML Plain Text Get Video Citation alert Save article
Cultural tourism O2O business model innovation-case analysis based on CTRIP (2015)

It is absolutely not an accidental phenomenon that the development of Internet overlaps with boom of business model research. The emergence of the Internet has greatly promoted the development and study of business models. This article focuses on exploration of O2O business model innovation by analyzing the main type, evolution and driving factor of Chinese Internet business model, taking Ctrip as example. From social prospective, O2O business model improves value and feeling of customer experience as well as the operational efficiency of enterprise value chain and utilization efficiency of social resource. This article has also put forward what Ctrip can enlighten the development of tourism enterprise.
전주 - 정읍지역에 분포하는 화성심성암류의 암석화학과 성인 (1998)

Igneous plutons in the Jeonju-Jeongeub area are as follow petrochemical features and petrogenesis. Igneous plutons in this area are composed of foliated granites (foliated biotite granodiorite, foliated porphyritic granodiorite and foliated two mica granite) and undeformed Songrim-Daebo granites (biotite granodiorite and porphyritic granodiorite). Foliated granites are deformed phase of Pre-Daebo Orogeny, and obtain isotopic ages of early Permian to late Triassic (276-200 Ma). The most of foliated granites and undeformed granites mass are igneous complex consisting of a series of differential products of cogeneric magma. Chemical composition of plagioclase and mica of these rocks show similar to trend of whole rock chemical data, especially barometer of amphibole in undeformed granites corresponded to estimated emplacement depth of previous paper. Igneous plutons plotted on Haker diagram shows parallel trend of calc-alkalic rock series. REE pattern indicated that LREE amount of foliated and undeformed granites in this area are more enriched than HREE, and (-)Eu anomalies are weaker than other area. Parental magma type of these rocks in this area correspond to I-type, syn-Collision type and Hercyano type granites. In compressive stress field between Ogcheon folded belt and Youngnam massif, foliated granites and undeformed granites had formed due to distribution of heterogeneous stress. Those data indicate magma of these rocks would had been generated by melting in lower and middle crust
The antinociceptive effects of histogranin and related peptides in the mouse writhing and tailflick tests: The possible role of central D2 receptor. (1999)

Histogranin (HN) is an adrenal medullary peptide that was shown to display N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist activities. Recent data indicated that [Ser1]HN, a stable synthetic analogue of HN, administrated intrathecally (i.t.) can produce significant analgesic effects in rat models of tonic and chronic pain. The aims of the present study were to determine what type(s) of pain HN and related peptides are able to alleviate and which receptor type(s) is(are) involved in such activity. HN and related peptides (intracerebroventricularly: i.c.v.) displayed significant analgesic activity in both the the mouse writhing (visceral type of pain) and tailflick (acute reflex type of pain) assays. The presence of NaCl (10 mM) induced the conversion of the high affinity site into the low affinity site, resulting with an overall Ki of 6.54 +/- 1.2 muM. The relative potencies of HN and related peptides in inhibiting [3H]raclopride binding correlated well with their potencies in inducing analgesic effects in the mouse writhing test (r = 0.86). Our results indicate that HN and related peptides can produce analgesia in thermal and chemical pain assays by a mechanism that involves the participation of the dopamine D2 receptor. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)