gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Daily intake of heat-killed Lactobacillus plantarum L-137 improves inflammation and lipid metabolism in overweight healthy adults: a randomized-controlled trial (2019)

These findings suggest that daily intake of HK L-137 can improve inflammation and lipid metabolism in subjects at risk of inflammation.
[Heterocyclic compounds with potential anti-inflammatory activity containing a 4-aminophenylalkanoic acid residue. V. Derivatives of 2,4-dihydro-3H-pyrazole-3-one]. (1984)

The synthesis and pharmacological study of some derivatives of 2,4-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one of general formula (I) are described. The compound in which R = C6H5 and R' = CH3 [2-(4- carboxymethylphenyl )-4-phenyl-5-methyl-2,4- dihydropyrazol -3-one] (MG 18949) proved to have antipyretic activity equal to that of ibuprofen and aminopyrine.
Development of a biomarker mortality risk model in acute respiratory distress syndrome (2019)

An adult biomarker-based risk model reliably identifies ARDS subjects at risk of death within 28 days of hospitalization.
DISTRICT LEVEL MANDATES AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF ECONOMICS (2008)

This paper investigates the impact of district-level course mandates on students’ end-of-course economic understanding. Data were collected from Mississippi high school students studying economics in three different course environments. Students were either enrolled in a one semester economics course required for graduation, enrolled in a one semester course taken as an elective, or studying economics as an infusion subject within a United States history course. A\nregression-based selection model was estimated to control for students’ demographic characteristics, educational attributes, market experiences, and school attributes. The results indicated that student test scores were significantly less for those students studying economics as an infusion subject and when taking a mandated stand-alone course, ceteris paribus. The authors conclude that course\nmandates may result in teacher and student issues that reduce the overall observed level of test performance.
A Human Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) Condition with Increased Sensitivity to Ionizing Radiations and Impaired V(D)J Rearrangements Defines a New DNA Recombination/Repair Deficiency (1998)

The products of recombination activating gene (RAG)1 and RAG2 initiate the lymphoid-specific phase of the V(D)J recombination by creating a DNA double-strand break (dsb), leaving hairpin-sealed coding ends. The next step uses the general DNA repair machinery of the cells to resolve this dsb. Several genes involved in both V(D)J recombination and DNA repair have been identified through the analysis of in vitro mutants (Chinese hamster ovary cells) and in vivo situations of murine and equine severe combined immunodeficiency (scid). These studies lead to the description of the Ku-DNA-dependent protein kinase complex and the XRCC4 factor. A human SCID condition is characterized by an absence of B and T lymphocytes. One subset of these patients also demonstrates an increased sensitivity to the ionizing radiation of their fibroblasts and bone marrow precursor cells. This phenotype is accompanied by a profound defect in V(D)J recombination with a lack of coding joint formation, whereas signal joints are normal. Functional and genetic analyses distinguish these patients from the other recombination/repair mutants, and thus define a new group of mutants whose affected gene(s) is involved in sensitivity to ionizing radiation and V(D)J recombination.
Extracapsular spread in ipsilateral neck metastasis: an important prognostic factor in laryngeal cancer. (2006)

ECS is an important prognostic factor in laryngeal cancer. Patients with ECS have a higher incidence of contralateral neck metastasis, so bilateral neck dissection should be selected.
Applying correlation method to the problem of passive amplitude monopulse direction finding (2011)

In this work, we propose a two-step method for preprocessing signals in the problem of passive amplitude monopulse direction finding. The first step includes the preliminary radio bearing estimation using the Gaussian models of the antenna patterns, while the second step is based on monopulse correlation schema. The developed algorithm can easily be implemented in real time on the basis of a digital signal processor.
Cysteamine depletes cystinotic leucocyte granular fractions of cystine by the mechanism of disulphide interchange (1985)

Cystinotic lysosome-rich leucocyte granular fractions, loaded with [35S]cystine, were exposed to different cystine-depleting agents. During a 30 min incubation at 37 degrees C, untreated cystinotic granular fractions lost negligible [35S]cystine when corrected for lysosome rupture. Granular fractions exposed to 0.1 mM-cysteamine lost 64% of their initial cystine, and hexosaminidase activity was decreased by 10%. This was accompanied by the formation of high concentrations of [35S]cysteine-cysteamine mixed disulphide within the granular-fraction pellet, and, in the presence of N-ethylmaleimide, increasing amounts of [35S]cysteine-N-ethylmaleimide adduct outside the granular fraction. In separate experiments, [35S]cystine exited cystinotic leucocyte lysosomes at a negligible rate (half-times 199 and 293 min), but [35S]cysteine-cysteamine mixed disulphide exhibited substantial egress (half-times 66 and 88 min) and was recovered intact outside the granular-fraction pellet. We conclude that cysteamine depletes lysosomes of cystine by participating in a thiol-disulphide interchange reaction to produce cysteine and cysteine-cysteamine mixed disulphide, both of which traverse the cystinotic leucocyte lysosomal membrane.
Red and Green Light Emission From Samarium-Doped Amorphous Aluminum Nitride Films (2002)

Visible light emission from Sm-doped amorphous AlN films has been achieved at room temperature, through excitation with 488.0 nm photons. The experimental results point to the coexistence of Sm3+ and Sm2+ ions (see Figure), which gives rise to well-defined and relatively strong luminescence at ∼550 nm and ∼650 nm. The influence of thermal treatment on the Sm-related luminescence of the AlN films is also examined.
[Disease mechanisms in coeliac disease]. (2003)

Coeliac disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder that is caused by an inappropriate immune response in the gut to wheat gluten and similar proteins of barley and rye. The disease has a multifactorial aetiology involving multiple genes and environmental factors. In recent years we have gained new knowledge of the molecular basis of this disorder; this paper gives an overview of the current understanding of the pathogenesis of coeliac disease.
Measurement of Semantic Similarity Between Words: A Survey (2012)

Semantic similarity measures between words play an important role in community mining, document clustering, information retrieval and automatic metadata extraction. For a computer to decide the semantic similarity between words, it should understand the semantics of the given words. Computer is a syntactic machine, which cannot understand the semantics. So it always made an attempt to represent the semantics words as syntactic words. Today, there are various methods proposed for finding the semantic similarity between words. Some of these methods have used the information sources as precompiled databases like WordNet and Brown Corpus. Some are based on Web Search Engine. In this paper we have described the methods based on precompiled databases like WordNet and Brown Corpus as well as the web search engine. Along with this we have compared the all methods on the basis of performance and their limitation. From the study, Experimental result on Miller-Charles benchmark dataset show that the method by the Danushka Bollegala, Yutaka Matsuo, and Mitsuru Ishizuka based on web search engine results outperforms all the existing semantic similarity measures by a wide margin, achieving a correlation coefficient of 0.87.
A 1/3-inch 380K pixel (effective) IT-CCD image sensor (1992)

The authors describe a 1/3 inch 380K pixel charge coupled device (CCD) image sensor which is superior to the conventional 1/2 inch 380K pixel CCD image sensor. In developing the 1/3 inch device, the key technologies, such as on-chip microlens, high-energy ion-implantation, 0.55 mu m design rule, and high-sensitivity amplifier, have been fully utilized. 480 TV line resolution, high sensitivity, and low smear level have been achieved. Device characteristics are well-balanced and best suited for hi-band small-size camcorders.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Head and Neck Pain Review: Traditional and New Perspectives (1996)

A variety of conditions are frequently associated with the occurrence of head and neck pain. The purposes of this review are: to describe the characteristics of several musculoskeletal, neurological, and systemic conditions frequently cited as possible causes of head and neck pain and to suggest a new technique for treating head and neck pain. The characteristics of musculoskeletal conditions, such as muscle spasm, tendinitis, trigger points, and joint inflammation, and their relationship to head and neck pain are considered. The features and clinical implications of neurologic conditions, such as atypical facial pain, trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, and neurogenic inflammation, are also described. The distinguishing characteristics of headaches, including cluster, tension, chronic daily, rebound, posttraumatic, and postlumbar puncture, are detailed. This review also addresses the contributions of systemic disorders, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and the variants, and rheumatoid-related conditions, like dermatomyositis, temporal arteritis, Lyme's disease, and fibromyalgia, to head and neck pain. The results of a recent pilot study of the effectiveness of intraoral circulating ice water for resolving symptoms related to head and neck pain secondary to neurogenic inflammation are presented in this work. Ice water circulating through hollow metal tubes was placed intraorally for 15 minutes in the posterior maxillary area on 12 individuals with cervical pain and muscle spasm. In nine of these individuals, reduced cervical pain perception, upper trapezius electromyography signal reduction, and increased cervical range of motion was produced. Six out of 12 individuals had accompanying headache, which was reduced or eliminated in four cases. These findings suggest a strong trigemino-cervical relationship to neck pain and headache.
Continuous Carbon Nanotube–Ultrathin Graphite Hybrid Foams for Increased Thermal Conductivity and Suppressed Subcooling in Composite Phase Change Materials (2015)

Continuous ultrathin graphite foams (UGFs) have been actively researched recently to obtain composite materials with increased thermal conductivities. However, the large pore size of these graphitic foams has resulted in large thermal resistance values for heat conduction from inside the pore to the high thermal conductivity graphitic struts. Here, we demonstrate that the effective thermal conductivity of these UGF composites can be increased further by growing long CNT networks directly from the graphite struts of UGFs into the pore space. When erythritol, a phase change material for thermal energy storage, is used to fill the pores of UGF-CNT hybrids, the thermal conductivity of the UGF-CNT/erythritol composite was found to increase by as much as a factor of 1.8 compared to that of a UGF/erythritol composite, whereas breaking the UGF-CNT bonding in the hybrid composite resulted in a drop in the effective room-temperature thermal conductivity from about 4.1 ± 0.3 W m(-1) K(-1) to about 2.9 ± 0.2 W m(-1) K(-1) for the same UGF and CNT loadings of about 1.8 and 0.8 wt %, respectively. Moreover, we discovered that the hybrid structure strongly suppresses subcooling of erythritol due to the heterogeneous nucleation of erythritol at interfaces with the graphitic structures.
Characterization of a novel linkage unit between ribitol teichoic acid and peptidoglycan in Listeria monocytogenes cell walls (1985)

The structure of the linkage unit between ribitol teichoic acid and peptidoglycan in the cell walls of Listeria monocytogenes EGD was studied. A teichoic-acid--glycopeptide preparation isolated from lysozyme digests of the cell walls of this strain contained mannosamine, glycerol, glucose and muramic acid 6-phosphate in an approximate molar ratio of 1:1:2:1, together with large amounts of glucosamine and other components of teichoic acid and glycopeptides. A teichoic-acid-linked sugar preparation, obtained by heating the cell walls at pH 2.5, also contained glucosamine, mannosamine, glycerol and glucose in an approximate molar ratio of 25:1:1:2. Part of the glucosamine residues were shown to be involved in the linkage unit. Thus, on mild alkaline hydrolysis, the teichoic-acid-linked sugar preparation gave a disaccharide characterized as N-acetylmannosaminyl(beta 1----4)-N-acetylglucosamine [ManNAc(beta 1----4)GlcNAc] in addition to the ribitol teichoic acid moiety, whereas the teichoic-acid - glycopeptide was separated into disaccharide-linked glycopeptide and the ribitol teichoic acid moiety by the same procedure. Furthermore, Smith degradation of the cell walls gave a characteristic fragment, EtO2-P-Glc(beta 1----3)Glc(beta 1----1/3)Gro-P-ManNAc(beta 1----4)GlcNAc (where EtO2 = 1,2-ethylenediol and Gro = glycerol). The results lead to the conclusion that in the cell walls of this organism, the ribitol teichoic acid chain is linked to peptidoglycan through a novel linkage unit, Glc(beta 1----3)Glc(beta 1----1/3)Gro-P-(3/4)ManNAc-(beta 1----4)GlcNAc.
TGF-β-activated kinase 1 and TAK1-binding protein 1 cooperate to mediate TGF-β<sub>1</sub>-induced MKK3-p38 MAPK activation and stimulation of type I collagen (2007)

We have previously demonstrated that transforming growth factor-beta(1) (TGF-beta(1)) rapidly activates the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3 (MKK3)-p38 MAPK signaling cascade, leading to the induction of type I collagen synthesis in mouse glomerular mesangial cells (Wang L, Ma R, Flavell RA, Choi ME. J Biol Chem 277: 47257-47262, 2002). In the present study, we investigated the functional role of upstream TGF-beta-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) and TAK1-binding protein 1 (TAB1) in the TGF-beta(1) signaling cascade. Rapid activation of endogenous TAK1 activity by TGF-beta(1) was observed in mouse mesangial cells. Transient overexpression of TAK1 with TAB1 enhanced the activation of MKK3 and p38 MAPK with or without TGF-beta(1) stimulation, whereas a dominant-negative mutant of TAK1 (TAK1DN) suppressed TGF-beta(1)-induced activation of MKK3 and p38 MAPK. Moreover, constitutive expression of TAK1DN reduced steady-state protein levels of MKK3 and p38 MAPK as well as MKK3 phosphorylation. Increased p38alpha MAPK activity by ectopic expression of either TAB1 or wild-type p38alpha MAPK resulted in enhanced TGF-beta(1)-induced type I collagen expression. In contrast, constitutive expression of TAK1DN inhibited collagen induction. Taken together, our data indicate that TAK1 and TAB1 play a pivotal role as upstream signal transducers activating the MKK3-p38 MAPK signaling cascade that leads to the induction of type I collagen expression by TGF-beta(1). In addition, our findings also suggest that TAK1 has a novel function in regulation of the steady-state protein levels of MKK3 and p38 MAPK.
A Simple Microfluidic Platform for Long-Term Analysis and Continuous Dual-Imaging Detection of T-Cell Secreted IFN-γ and IL-2 on Antibody-Based Biochip (2015)

The identification and characterization, at the cellular level, of cytokine productions present a high interest for both fundamental research and clinical studies. However, the majority of techniques currently available (ELISA, ELISpot, flow cytometry, etc.) have several shortcomings including, notably, the assessment of several cytokines in relation to individual secreting cells and the monitoring of living cell responses for a long incubation time. In the present work, we describe a system composed of a microfluidic platform coupled with an antibody microarray chip for continuous SPR imaging and immunofluorescence analysis of cytokines (IL-2 and IFN-γ) secreted by T-Lymphocytes, specifically, and stably captured on the biochip under flow upon continued long-term on-chip culture (more than 24 h).
The Inverse Compositional Algorithm for Parametric Registration (2016)

We present an implementation of the inverse compositional algorithm for parametric motion estimation. It computes a global motion between two images using a non-linear least square technique. Our implementation allows computing several types of planar transformations, such as translations, similarities, affinities or homographies. The algorithm is iterative so it typically yields solutions with high accuracy. The use of robust error functions, different from the L2 norm, improves the stability of the method under the presence of noise and occlusions, and allows it to detect the predominant motion, even if there are several types of displacements. The method works with multi-channel images and makes use of a coarse–to–fine strategy for dealing with large displacements.
Containment and Virtualization Slot Technology and the Remaking of the Casino Industry (2012)

This paper examines how the casino industry was transformed by slot technology between 1950 and 1990. The criminalization of slot machines in the 1950s led to their massive evacuation into Las Vegas casinos. In this concentrated environment, slot machines revealed to casino operators an automated surveillance technology that could disassemble the player into streams of virtual data, not through any overt means, but through the very activity of play itself. Slot managers and gaming technologists found themselves empowered professionally as they experimented with ways to transform data into profits. From the 1970s to the 90s, this technological development effectively linked up every economic activity in various casinos across the US, creating a virtual network that defeated the geographical injunctions designed to segregate gambling from other spheres of life.
Deblurring of point cloud attributes in graph spectral domain (2016)

We propose a deblurring algorithm of point cloud attributes inspired by multi-Wiener SURE-LET deconvolution. The image reconstructed by the SURE-LET approach is expressed as a linear combination of multiple filtered images by the filters defined on the frequency domain. The coefficients of the linear combination are calculated so that the estimate of mean squared error between the original and restored images is minimized. However, since the SURE-LET approach is only adjusted to images, it cannot directly be applied to point cloud attributes, e.g., texture data on 3D models, since they cannot be transformed to their frequency domain. To overcome the problem, we use graph signal processing (GSP) for deblurring the complex-structured data. That is, the SURE-LET approach is redefined on GSP, where the Wiener-like filtering is followed by the subband decomposition with an analysis graph filter bank, and then thresholding for each subband is performed. In the experiments, the proposed method is applied to blurred textures on 3D models, and the experimental results show clearly deblurred textures on a 3D model and present good SNRs.
Revised Nomenclature for Taxa in Wynterblyths Book on the Butterflies of the Indian Region (1979)

(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
A Microprocessor-Based Bit Error Performance Monitor. (1976)

This report describes one approach in realizing a digital communication system performance monitor which utilizes microprocessor technology and selected algorithms to process and display bit error parameters based on detected errors in a digital communication system. (Author)
Phylogenetic diversity of Escherichia coli strains producing NDM-type carbapenemases (2011)

The E. coli isolates producing NDM-1 carbapenemase belonged to six sequence types and included diverse clonal lineages. Nevertheless, isolates of B1-ST101 accounted for half the collection, and included isolates from both England and Pakistan. None of the isolates belonged to ST131 or to phylogroup B2.
High-resolution biomedical phase-contrast tomography (2018)

Improved three-dimensional biomedical imaging can give a better understanding of tissue structure, growth and diseases. Most present imaging techniques that provide cellular spatial resolution are based on visible or infrared light. These methods cannot image deeper than a millimeter into tissue. Consequently, larger samples cannot be completely imaged without sectioning. Techniques that are typically used to image larger samples don't provide sufficient contrast and resolution to image cellular-sized features in soft tissues. There is a need for new imaging methods that can fill the gap between present methods. For practical reasons, compact equipment is preferred, to enable close connection to other research and applications. Furthermore, minimized sample preparation both reduces the work needed and the time until results are ready. In this Thesis, propagation-based phase-contrast tomography with liquid-metal-jet x-ray sources has been investigated for high-resolution three-dimensional biomedical imaging. By using phase contrast, the contrast for cellular-sized features in soft tissue is vastly increased compared to absorption, also in larger samples. The high resolution relies on using an x-ray source with small emission spot, but also with high power to keep exposure times reasonable. This Thesis is about developing and optimizing experimental methods and image reconstruction algorithms. A new method to remove ring artifacts was developed and tested, and a comparison of multi-material phase-retrieval algorithms was made. The improvements provide better contrast and resolution, as well as reduce noise and artifacts. The improved image quality is demonstrated in a few biomedical applications. It is shown that the method can image 5 µm large myofibrils in whole-body zebrafish, despite the small size and low contrast of myofibrils. A high-resolution tomography of a mouse can be done fast by using a specialized high-power source. The image quality in tomographies of both human coronary arteries and a mummified human hand is sufficient to analyze the tissues and cellular-sized features, which is something that could be called virtual histology.
Functional Changes of Carboxymethyl Potato Starch by Conjugation with Whey Proteins (1995)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTFunctional Changes of Carboxymethyl Potato Starch by Conjugation with Whey ProteinsMakoto Hattori, Wenhong Yang, and Koji TakahashiCite this: J. Agric. Food Chem. 1995, 43, 8, 2007–2011Publication Date (Print):August 1, 1995Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 August 1995https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jf00056a009https://doi.org/10.1021/jf00056a009research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views302Altmetric-Citations17LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts