gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Zur Kenntnis der Scydmaeniden-Fauna von Singapore, Malakka und Indonesien (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae). (2017)

Das Scydmaeniden-Material Murphys und C. Schaufuss (Sammlung im Deutschen Entomologischen Institut) von der Insel Singapore und der Halbinsel Malakka wird ausgewertet. Wegen der engen faunistischen Beziehungen zwischen Malakka, Singapore und den Sundainseln werden die von dort genannten Arten berücksichtigt. Es werden folgende Gattungen mit ihren Arten beschrieben: Scydmaenus mit 10 Arten, davon 1 spec. nov., Horaemorphus mit 1, Stenichnus mit 1, Syndicus mit 1, Clandularia (Synonym zu Euconnus), Euconnus mit 30, davon 12 spec. nov., Parastenichnus gen. nov. mit 2 spec. nov. Für die große Gattung Euconnus wird ein Bestimmungsschlüssel gegeben. Nomenklatorische Handlungen malakkanus Franz, 1970 (Euconnus), spec. n. nutans Lhoste, 1939 (Euconnus), syn. n. of Euconnus (Euconnus) batavianus Reitter, 1882 ursinus Franz, 1970 (Euconnus), spec. n. appendiculatus Schaufuss, 1889 (Euconnus (Napochus)), comb. n. described as Glandularia appendiculatus brinchangi Franz, 1970 (Euconnus (Napochus)), spec. n. fricatoris Schaufuss, 1889 (Euconnus (Napochus)), comb. n. described as Glandularia fricatoris insulicola Franz, 1970 (Euconnus (Napochus)), spec. n. parainsulicola Franz, 1970 (Euconnus (Napochus)), spec. n. quadrifoveolatus Schaufuss, 1889 (Euconnus (Napochus)), comb. n. described as Glandularia quadrivoveolata schaufussianus Franz, 1970 (Euconnus (Napochus)), spec. n. timahanus Franz, 1970 (Euconnus (Napochus)), spec. n. tricapucinus Franz, 1970 (Euconnus (Napochus)), spec. n. biarticulatus Franz, 1970 (Euconnus (Napoconnus)), spec. n. kelantanensis Franz, 1970 (Euconnus (Napoconnus)), spec. n. murphyi Franz, 1970 (Euconnus (Napoconnus)), spec. n. pulaianus Franz, 1970 (Euconnus (Napoconnus)), spec. n. singaporensis Franz, 1970 (Euconnus (Napoconnus)), spec. n. erichsoni Schaufuss, 1889 (Glandularia), syn. n. of Euconnus (Napochus) fricatoris (Schaufuss, 1889) interruptus Schaufuss, 1889 (Glandularia), syn. n. of Euconnus (Napochus) vittatus (Schaufuss, 1889) singaporensis Franz, 1970 (Parastenichnus), spec. n. unicus Franz, 1970 (Parastenichnus), spec. n. Glandularia Schaufuss, 1889 (Scydmaenidae), syn. n. of Napochus Reitter, 1881, a subgenus of Euconnus Thomson, 1859 Parastenichnus Franz, 1970 (Scydmaenidae), gen. n. extensionis Schaufuss, 1889 (Scydmaenus), syn. n. of Scydmaenus ovicollis Schaufuss, 1884 kelantanensis Franz, 1970 (Scydmaenus), spec. n. soror Franz, 1970 (Scydmaenus), spec. n.
Dynamic manufacturing process control (1994)

A business need existed for a data management system to combine raw material quality data, in-process statistical control data, and the resulting customer satisfaction data in a manufacturing environment. No system existed that analyzed these three sets of data to optimize customer satisfaction. Therefore, an expert system was developed to fill this need. It includes a relational database for correlating data about the manufacturing process and customer needs. The Customer Quality Analysis (CQA) system has been implemented as a pilot program within IBM. The program that initiated the development of this data management system is highlighted, then specific materials applications are discussed. The authors conclude with suggestions for possible extensions of this process into other manufacturing process areas.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Crystalline L-Asparaginase from <i>Escherichia coli</i> B (1969)

L-Asparaginase has been crystallized from a partially purified extract of Escherichia coli B. The crystalline enzyme is homogeneous, as judged by analytical polyacrylamidegel electrophoresis and sedimentation behavior. This enzyme preparation is active in preventing lymphoma in mice and also has low glutaminase activity.
A prospective meta‐analytic approach in a multisite study of homelessness prevention (2002)

Abstract This chapter describes a technique based on meta‐analysis for analyzing data from multisite studies.
Fast Ray Tracing Using K-d Trees (1988)

A hierarchical search structure for ray tracing based on k-d trees is introduced. This data structure can handle the variety of surfaces commonly used in computer graphics. Algorithms to build and traverse this binary data structure are described. Only regions through which a ray travels are interrogated and the search proceeds along the path of the ray starting from its origin. The algorithm also ensures that no object is interrogated more than once in the search for intersection. Benchmarking results indicate that when used with axis-aligned bounding parallelepipeds, this method of ray tracing is one of the fastest known.
Evaluating the Design for Additive Manufacturing: A Process Planning Perspective (2014)

The emergence of Additive Manufacturing (AM) has greatly liberated the designers’ hands, since the usual design constraints in machining or other traditional processing technologies partially or even totally disappeared in AM and it seems that AM can form any desired very complex geometries through a layer by layer construction manner. However, AM processes still have their own processing characteristics and limits. To help designers to benefit more from the unique characteristics of AM and avoid the processing limits or low down the later processing difficulty after design, this paper proposes a two-level evaluation framework to assess the design from a process planning perspective. The proposed evaluation framework is associated with a two-level process planning framework for AM, and within each level, several indicators for assessment are defined and used to convey the information from process planning for improving the design.
An overview of physical layer design for Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications in 3GPP Release 15 and Release 16 (2020)

For the fifth generation (5G) wireless network technology, the most important design goals were improved metrics of reliability and latency, in addition to network resilience and flexibility so as to best adapt the network operation for new applications such as augmented virtual reality, industrial automation and autonomous vehicles. That led to design efforts conducted under the subject of ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC). The technologies integrated in Release 15 of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) finalized in December 2017 provided the foundation of physical layer design for URLLC. New features such as numerologies, new transmission schemes with sub-slot interval, configured grant resources, etc., were standardized to improve mainly the latency aspects. 5G evolution in Release 16, PHY version finalized in December 2019, allows achieving improved metrics for latency and reliability by standardizing a number of new features. This article provides a detailed overview of the URLLC features from 5G Release 15 and Release 16, describing how these features permit URLLC operation in 5G networks.
Time-Frequency Reassignment and Synchrosqueezing: An Overview (2013)

This article provides a general overview of time-frequency (T-F) reassignment and synchrosqueezing techniques applied to multicomponent signals, covering the theoretical background and applications. We explain how synchrosqueezing can be viewed as a special case of reassignment enabling mode reconstruction and place emphasis on the interest of using such T-F distributions throughout with illustrative examples.
Lipid composition of <i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i> (Sf9) and <i>Trichoplusia ni</i> (Tn) insect cells used for baculovirus infection (1998)

The lipid composition of two different insect cell lines from Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) and Trichoplusia ni (Tn) which are established cell lines for infection with recombinant baculovirus was analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography and gas-liquid chromatography. The major phospholipids found were phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine, the major mono-unsaturated fatty acids were oleic acid and palmitoleic acid, the major saturated fatty acid was stearic acid. The cholesterol to phospholipid ratio was demonstrated to be lower than in mammalian cell lines. Infection with a recombinant baculovirus Autographa californica resulted in increased levels of phosphatidylcholine in the insect cells. The baculovirus/insect cell system has become a popular system for heterologous protein production. Functional changes of membrane proteins produced in these two cell lines might be correlated to a different lipid profile of their cellular membranes.
Total Parenteral Nutrition With Glutamine in Bone Marrow Transplantation and Other Clinical Applications (A Randomized, Double‐Blind Study) (1993)

In a paper by Ziegler et al (Ann Intern Med 116: 821-828, 1992), total parenteral nutrition supplemented with L-glutamine (TPN/GLN) was reported beneficial in patients receiving bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for hematologic malignancies. By using a similar protocol, we studied 29 patients with both hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, and with both allogeneic and autologous BMTs. In a double-blind, randomized approach, patients were given isocaloric, isonitrogenous TPN after BMT until they consumed 50% of their required diet orally. Total body water and extracellular water were measured before and after TPN in 10 patients. Total body water increased in patients receiving standard TPN and decreased significantly in patients receiving TPN/GLN. Length of hospital stay after BMT was significantly (5.8 days) less in patients receiving TPN/GLN. Incidence of positive bacterial cultures, clinical infections, and mortality did not differ significantly between the two groups. When the groups were subdivided into patients with hematologic malignancies and those with solid tumors, there were no significant differences in the above variables associated with TPN/GLN. In 17 of 30 additional hospitalized patients receiving standard TPN, substitution of TPN/GLN did not have discernible clinical or laboratory effects but appeared to be safe. Inclusion of patients with solid tumors and a higher mortality in our patients may have obscured beneficial effects of TPN/GLN observed by others.
On-chip ESD protection design by using polysilicon diodes in CMOS process (2001)

A novel on-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection design by using polysilicon diodes as the ESD clamp devices in CMOS process is proposed in this paper. Different process splits have been experimentally evaluated to find a suitable doping concentration for optimizing the polysilicon diodes for both on-chip ESD protection design and the application requirements of the smart-card ICs. The secondary breakdown current (It2) of the polysilicon diodes under the forward- and reverse-bias conditions has been measured by the transmission-line-puIse (TLP) generator to investigate its ESD robustness. Moreover, by adding an efficient VDD-to-VSS clamp circuit into the IC, the human-body-model (HBM) ESD robustness of the IC with polysilicon diodes as the ESD clamp devices has been successfully improved from the original /spl sim/300 V to become /spl ges/3 kV. This design has been practically applied in a mass-production smart-card IC.
Effects of cisplatin and taxol on inducible nitric oxide synthase, gastrin and somatostatin in gastrointestinal toxicity (1997)

Cisplatin (9 mg/kg) or taxol (20 mg/kg) treatment of Wistar rats produced a sharp decrease in inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and gastrin in the pyloric region of the stomach, and an increase in iNOS and somatostatin in the pancreatic islets. Nitric oxide (NO) functions as a relaxation factor in the smooth muscle of the muscularis mucosa while gastrin plays an important role in the gastroprotection of the mucosa through NO. It is proposed that a decline of the iNOS and gastrin after cisplatin or taxol treatments is related to distention of the stomach, and possibly nausea and vomiting. Hyperglycemia and glucose intolerance after cisplatin treatment may be caused by increases of somatostatin and iNOS in the pancreatic islets. Combination therapy with cisplatin and taxol seems to ameliorate various toxicities due to these two individual drugs.
Study of Methylene Methanedisulfonate as an Additive for Li-Ion Cells (2013)

The effects of Methylene MethaneDiSulfonate (MMDS) as an electrolyte additive for Li-ion cells have been studied using Li(Ni1/3Mn1/3Co1/3)O2/Li (NMC/Li), Li(Ni0.8Co0.15Al0.05)O2)/Li, Coke/Li coin cells and NMC/graphite pouch cells. Storage experiments on all cell types showed that adding MMDS to the electrolyte reduced the rate of parasitic reactions, e.g. electrolyte oxidation, at the LixMO2 electrode while it did not affect the rate of reaction of intercalated lithium in coke with electrolyte. NMC/graphite pouch cells with electrolytes containing MMDS produced less gas during formation than cells without MMDS. Impedance tests show MMDS greatly decreases the impedance of the NMC/graphite pouch cells after storage and cycling. Charge discharge cycling experiments confirm that MMDS is a useful electrolyte additive for Li-ion cells.
Phase I/II trial of all-trans retinoic acid and tamoxifen in patients with advanced breast cancer. (1998)

Because tamoxifen and all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) have additive antitumor effects in preclinical systems, we performed a Phase I/II clinical trial of this combination in patients with advanced breast cancer. Patients with potentially hormone-responsive advanced breast cancer were enrolled. All received 20 mg of tamoxifen by mouth daily. Consecutive cohorts of 3-6 patients were treated on odd-numbered weeks with ATRA at doses of 70, 110, 150, 190, or 230 mg/m2/day. Twenty-six patients were entered in this trial; 25 were evaluable. A dose of 230 mg/m2 ATRA produced unacceptable headache and dermatological toxicity, but doses < or = 190 mg/m2 were tolerable. Two of 7 patients with measurable disease responded. Seven of 18 patients with evaluable, nonmeasurable disease achieved disease stability for more than 6 months. Plasma AUCs on day 1 of successive weeks of treatment were stable over time. A nonsignificant decrease in serum insulin-like growth factor I levels was noted during treatment, but this trend was similar to that observed in three "control" patients treated with tamoxifen alone. When given with daily tamoxifen, the maximum tolerated dose of ATRA that could be given on alternate weeks was 190 mg/m2/day. This schedule of ATRA resulted in repeated periods of exposure to potentially therapeutic concentrations of ATRA. Declines in the serum insulin-like growth factor I concentrations observed in patients treated with tamoxifen and ATRA were similar to those observed in patients treated with tamoxifen alone. Objective responses were observed, some in patients who had previously progressed while receiving tamoxifen, suggesting that further studies would be of interest.
Диалектика и деконструкция (2016)

There are analyzes the relation of the dialectic and deconstruction, examined various version of their relationship. There are make next conclusions. Every system of philosophy is dialectic (develops itself) and deconstruction (it is finding the weakness of previous systems and "mistakes" in them). Postmodern philosophy doubles metaphysics, dialectics, deconstruction: they become "classic" and "postmodern". "Postmodern" is a double of the deconstruction of the "classical" dialectics. "Deconstruction" tries to replace the dialectic on its "metaphysical" double. Deconstruction is a reformatting of the object (the disappearance of previous and appearance of a new which based on it) and dialectic which has come to its end, the edge, the absurd.
Mixing fingerprints for generating virtual identities (2011)

This work explores the possibility of mixing two different fingerprints at the image level in order to generate a new fingerprint. To mix two fingerprints, each fingerprint is decomposed into two different components, viz., the continuous and spiral components. After pre-aligning the components of each fingerprint, the continuous component of one fingerprint is combined with the spiral component of the other fingerprint image. Experiments on a subset of the WVU fingerprint dataset show that the proposed approach can be used to generate virtual identities from images of two different fingers pertaining to a single individual or different individuals.
Sound attenuation through trees: Measurements and models (1988)

Measurements obtained at three British woodlands for the frequency-dependent attenuation of broadband sound with distance under neutral atmospheric conditions are compared with the predictions of a model obtained by summing the separate contributions of the ground, the trunks and branches, and the foliage. The two latter contributions are predicted by an empirically modified multiple scattering approach. The principal features of the measured spectra, viz., the low-frequency peak in excess attenuation below 500 Hz and a gradual increase of attenuation with frequency above 1 kHz, are predicted in a tolerable fashion by the composite model, as are the observed differences in acoustic propagation in the three different woodland areas.
BifA, a Cyclic-Di-GMP Phosphodiesterase, Inversely Regulates Biofilm Formation and Swarming Motility by<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>PA14 (2007)

The intracellular signaling molecule, cyclic-di-GMP (c-di-GMP), has been shown to influence bacterial behaviors, including motility and biofilm formation. We report the identification and characterization of PA4367, a gene involved in regulating surface-associated behaviors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The PA4367 gene encodes a protein with an EAL domain, associated with c-di-GMP phosphodiesterase activity, as well as a GGDEF domain, which is associated with a c-di-GMP-synthesizing diguanylate cyclase activity. Deletion of the PA4367 gene results in a severe defect in swarming motility and a hyperbiofilm phenotype; thus, we designate this gene bifA, for biofilm formation. We show that BifA localizes to the inner membrane and, in biochemical studies, that purified BifA protein exhibits phosphodiesterase activity in vitro but no detectable diguanylate cyclase activity. Furthermore, mutational analyses of the conserved EAL and GGDEF residues of BifA suggest that both domains are important for the observed phosphodiesterase activity. Consistent with these data, the DeltabifA mutant exhibits increased cellular pools of c-di-GMP relative to the wild type and increased synthesis of a polysaccharide produced by the pel locus. This increased polysaccharide production is required for the enhanced biofilm formed by the DeltabifA mutant but does not contribute to the observed swarming defect. The DeltabifA mutation also results in decreased flagellar reversals. Based on epistasis studies with the previously described sadB gene, we propose that BifA functions upstream of SadB in the control of biofilm formation and swarming.
Value-Function Approximations for Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (2000)

Partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) provide an elegant mathematical framework for modeling complex decision and planning problems in stochastic domains in which states of the system are observable only indirectly, via a set of imperfect or noisy observations. The modeling advantage of POMDPs, however, comes at a price -- exact methods for solving them are computationally very expensive and thus applicable in practice only to very simple problems. We focus on efficient approximation (heuristic) methods that attempt to alleviate the computational problem and trade off accuracy for speed. We have two objectives here. First, we survey various approximation methods, analyze their properties and relations and provide some new insights into their differences. Second, we present a number of new approximation methods and novel refinements of existing techniques. The theoretical results are supported by experiments on a problem from the agent navigation domain.
Systematic protocol for the accumulation of fatty acid data from multiple tissue samples: Tissue handling, lipid extraction and class separation, and capillary gas chromatographic analysis (1983)

A systematic procedure was developed for detailed fatty acid profiling of both neutral and polar lipid fractions isolated from hundreds of related bovine muscle and adipose tissue samples. A regimen was established for a nonbiased handling of tissue samples, which included their handling in a predetermined random order. Lipid class separation was accomplished concomitantly during the extraction of the tissues by a selective dry column method, which allowed a detailed analysis of minor but important polyunsaturated fatty acids associated with the polar fraction. Neutral lipids were derivatized to fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) by a literature procedure. However, to protect against lysis of plasmalogens in the polar fraction, a modified nonacidic esterification procedure was developed. FAME profiles were obtained on a programmable high resolution capillary gas chromatograph (GC). Run programs for unattended GC operation and data storage are described. By this overall procedure, the quantitation and peak identification were obtained for major and minor fatty acid constituents from bovine tissue in a manner that prepares for valid statistical interpretation of the resulting data.
Divergent Regulation of Terpenoid Metabolism in the Trichomes of Wild and Cultivated Tomato Species     (2008)

The diversification of chemical production in glandular trichomes is important in the development of resistance against pathogens and pests in two species of tomato. We have used genetic and genomic approaches to uncover some of the biochemical and molecular mechanisms that underlie the divergence in trichome metabolism between the wild species Solanum habrochaites LA1777 and its cultivated relative, Solanum lycopersicum. LA1777 produces high amounts of insecticidal sesquiterpene carboxylic acids (SCAs), whereas cultivated tomatoes lack SCAs and are more susceptible to pests. We show that trichomes of the two species have nearly opposite terpenoid profiles, consisting mainly of monoterpenes and low levels of sesquiterpenes in S. lycopersicum and mainly of SCAs and very low monoterpene levels in LA1777. The accumulation patterns of these terpenoids are different during development, in contrast to the developmental expression profiles of terpenoid pathway genes, which are similar in the two species, but they do not correlate in either case with terpenoid accumulation. However, our data suggest that the accumulation of monoterpenes in S. lycopersicum and major sesquiterpenes in LA1777 are linked both genetically and biochemically. Metabolite analyses after targeted gene silencing, inhibitor treatments, and precursor feeding all show that sesquiterpene biosynthesis relies mainly on products from the plastidic 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol-4-phosphate pathway in LA1777 but less so in the cultivated species. Furthermore, two classes of sesquiterpenes produced by the wild species may be synthesized from distinct pools of precursors via cytosolic and plastidial cyclases. However, highly trichome-expressed sesquiterpene cyclase-like enzymes were ruled out as being involved in the production of major LA1777 sesquiterpenes.