gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
The City as a Social Laboratory (2002)

This is one of the most famous works of Robert Park - Chicago School theorist and one of the founders of the urban sociology which is for the first time published in Russian. The city is convenient for the Park locus of research, since it is here that any feature of human behavior concentrated on a relatively small (foreseeable) space, the natural growth of the institutions is the fastest. In the published article, despite the fact that it may seem a review, recorded a number of basic methodological positions - both in terms of the city, the dynamics of its social development and differentiation, and relative to the social sciences have reached a point where it became possible to organize and carry out laboratory experiment.
Supervision-by-Registration: An Unsupervised Approach to Improve the Precision of Facial Landmark Detectors (2018)

In this paper, we present supervision-by-registration, an unsupervised approach to improve the precision of facial landmark detectors on both images and video. Our key observation is that the detections of the same landmark in adjacent frames should be coherent with registration, i.e., optical flow. Interestingly, coherency of optical flow is a source of supervision that does not require manual labeling, and can be leveraged during detector training. For example, we can enforce in the training loss function that a detected landmark at frame <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">t-1</sub> followed by optical flow tracking from frame <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">t-1</sub> to frame <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">t</sub> should coincide with the location of the detection at frame <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">t</sub> . Essentially, supervision-by-registration augments the training loss function with a registration loss, thus training the detector to have output that is not only close to the annotations in labeled images, but also consistent with registration on large amounts of unlabeled videos. End-to-end training with the registration loss is made possible by a differentiable Lucas-Kanade operation, which computes optical flow registration in the forward pass, and back-propagates gradients that encourage temporal coherency in the detector. The output of our method is a more precise image-based facial landmark detector, which can be applied to single images or video. With supervision-by-registration, we demonstrate (1) improvements in facial landmark detection on both images (300W, ALFW) and video (300VW, Youtube-Celebrities), and (2) significant reduction of jittering in video detections.
Clinical evaluation of the Copan ESwab for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus detection and culture of wounds (2011)

The screening for and diagnosis of bacteriological infections often involves the collection and transportation of swab samples. The Copan ESwab was compared with the dry cotton Copan swab for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening (n = 200 paired samples) and with the Amies agar gel swab (Copan) for the sampling of burn and orthopaedic wounds (n = 203 paired samples) in terms of Gram staining and bacterial recovery. Gram stains performed with ESwab liquid showed significantly more Gram-negative rods, streptococci, Gram-positive cocci, Gram-positive rods, polymorphonuclear cells, lymphocytes and red blood cells than Gram stains from dry swabs. Bacterial recovery was significantly higher with ESwab (p < 0.01, for both MRSA screening and wounds, quantitative/semi-quantitative method). This lead to a slightly higher detection rate of MRSA (128 vs. 124 MRSA-positive ESwabs and dry swabs, respectively, p = 0.50) and a higher detection rate of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp. (44 isolates with ESwab vs. 29 with Amies gel swab, p = 0.001) and Enterococcus spp. (15 isolates with ESwab vs. 7 isolates with Amies gel swab, p = 0.005) with ESwab (quantitative method). We confirmed that ESwab has a high performance for Gram stains and a higher bacterial recovery than dry and Amies gel swabs when using clinical samples for MRSA screening and wound sampling.
Optical and acoustical interrogation of submicron contrast agents (2002)

Unlike conventional ultrasound contrast agents with a diameter of several microns, in this paper we explore the use of submicron contrast agents for the detection and localization of lymph nodes. The submicron agents are gas-filled, double-walled microspheres that rupture when exposed to ultrasound energy at megahertz frequencies. In this study, three experimental systems are combined with model predictions to assist in understanding the response of these unique agents to a range of signal transmission parameters. Optical experimental results for each agent delineate the relative expansion as a function of acoustical peak negative pressure, pulse length, and center frequency. The optical images demonstrate an order of magnitude expansion in radius during the pulse rarefaction, in which the expansion magnitude is dependent on the transmitted pressure and frequency. Simulations using a modified Rayleigh-Plesset model predict an increasing relative expansion for the microbubbles (initial bubble radius ranging from 0.3-1.3 microm) with increasing pressure and decreasing initial radius. Acoustically recorded frequency spectra reveal the presence of harmonics for a range of transmitted pulses. In addition, in-vivo results from a normal canine model demonstrate marked contrast enhancement of first order lymph nodes. We hope to offer an alternative to present intra-operative procedures for sentinel node detection.
Mass Spectrometry Imaging on Porous Silicon: Investigating the Distribution of Bioactives in Marine Mollusc Tissues (2012)

Desorption/ionization on porous silicon-mass spectrometry (DIOS-MS) is an attractive alternative to conventional matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) for the analysis of low molecular weight compounds. Porous silicon (pSi) chips are also suitable as support for mass spectrometry imaging (MSI). Here, we report an implementation of DIOS-MSI using the biosynthetic organs of a marine mollusc for proof of principle. The tissue section is stamped onto a fluorocarbon-functionalized pSi chip, which extracts and traps small hydrophobic molecules from the tissue under retention of their relative spatial distribution. The section is subsequently removed and the chip is imaged without any remaining tissue. We apply this novel tissue contact printing approach to investigate the distribution of biologically active brominated precursors to Tyrian purple in the hypobranchial gland of the marine mollusc, Dicathais orbita, using DIOS-MSI. The tissue contact printing is also compatible with other types of desorption/ionization surfaces, such as nanoassisted laser desorption/ionization (NALDI) targets.
Static and Dynamic Aeroelastic Analysis of Structural Wing Fold Hinges that are Employed as an Aeroelastic Tailoring Tool (2004)

Present air-vehicles are designed for many different operational roles that require the wings to be designed for optimal use. The wing design considers many aeroelastic considerations, such as flutter, divergence, flexible loads, and aileron reversal. Traditionally aircraft designers have been stiffening wings to provide significant aeroelastic margins. Increasing the stiffness of the wing generally increase air-vehicle weight. Aeroelastic tailoring generally involves using the directional plies of a composite material to enhance the aeroelastic bending and twisting of a lifting surface. The benefit of aeroelastic tailoring is a weight reduction over the traditionally “stiffened” wing. This paper will present static and dynamic aeroelastic design studies of a test wing to demonstrate the beneficial effects of mechanically including a flexible wing fold hinge and sweeping that hinge line on modern aircraft. The swept wing fold is shown to have similar effects as aeroelastic tailoring.
Enhanced Hole Injection into Amorphous Hole-Transport Layers of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Using Controlled p-Type Doping (2001)

We demonstrate enhanced hole injection and lowered driving voltage in vacuum-deposited organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with a hole-transport layer using the starburst amine 4,4′,4″-tris(N,N-diphenyl-amino)triphenylamine (TDATA) p-doped with a very strong acceptor, tetrafluoro-tetracyano-quinodimethane (F4-TCNQ) by controlled coevaporation. The doping leads to high conductivity of doped TDATA layers and a high density of equilibrium charge carriers, which facilitates hole injection and transport. Moreover, multilayer OLEDs consisting of double hole-transport layers of thick p-doped TDATA and a thin triphenyl-diamine (TPD) interlayer exhibit very low operating voltages.
The glycerol kinase gene family: structure of the Xp gene, and related intronless retroposons (1994)

The human glycerol kinase gene family consists of at least six genomic loci, four of which encode expressed sequences. The X-linked gene responsible for GKD maps to Xp21.3. Analysis of cosmid and YAC clones shows that this locus is in excess of 50 kbp, and is comprised of 19 exons. In contrast, the remaining members of the gene family, on chromosomes 1, 4 and Xq, appear to be organized as intronless genes. Northern analysis shows expression of GK transcripts of three sizes in a wide range of adult tissues. Only the smallest hybridizing species is present in testis where it occurs at an elevated level. Two different testis transcripts have been identified and both of these originate from chromosome 4.
Does a Single Vitamin B-Supplementation Induce Functional Vitamin B-Deficiency? (2001)

In a pilot study we measured the effect of three different combinations of the vitamins B6, folate and B12 on the serum concentrations of homocysteine, cystathionine and methylmalonic acid in five healthy young men without hyperhomocysteinemia. The results indicate that there are still undescribed interactions between vitamin B6 and folate, suggesting that these two vitamins should be given together to avoid depletion of the one not given. With regard to the well known metabolic pathways of methionine and cysteine, this confirms the hypothesis that a combined supplementation with the vitamins B6 and folate (and B12) is superior to folate alone in order to lower homocysteine.
QATM: Quality-Aware Template Matching for Deep Learning (2019)

Finding a template in a search image is one of the core problems in many computer vision applications, such as template matching, image semantic alignment, image-to-GPS verification \etc. In this paper, we propose a novel quality-aware template matching method, which is not only used as a standalone template matching algorithm, but also a trainable layer that can be easily plugged in any deep neural network. Specifically, we assess the quality of a matching pair as its soft-ranking among all matching pairs, and thus different matching scenarios like 1-to-1, 1-to-many, and many-to-many will be all reflected to different values. Our extensive studies in the classic template matching problem and deep learning tasks demonstrate the effectiveness of QATM: it not only outperforms SOTA template matching methods when used alone, but also largely improves existing DNN solutions when used in DNN.
Micropatterned Surfaces for Reducing the Risk of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection: An <i>In Vitro</i> Study on the Effect of Sharklet Micropatterned Surfaces to Inhibit Bacterial Colonization and Migration of Uropathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (2011)

The Sharklet micropattern is effective at inhibiting colonization and migration of a common uropathogen. This performance is achieved through a physical surface modification without the use of any antimicrobial agents. Because deterrence of bacterial colonization and migration is a critical step to prevent CAUTI, the Sharklet micropattern offers a novel concept in addressing this important problem.
The expression of mismatch repair proteins MLH1, MSH2 and MSH6 correlates with the Ki67 proliferation index and survival in patients with recurrent glioblastoma (2010)

Our results indicate a potential important role of MLH1 and MSH6 in glioblastoma progression. Specific attention should be given on the role of MLH1 and MSH6 in patients with glioblastoma recurrence during temozolomide treatment.
Evaluation of human papillomavirus testing for squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil in clinical practice (2011)

The current study suggests that using a combination of p16 IHC/HPV ISH/HPV PCR, in a three-tiered, staged algorithm, in conjunction with consensus reporting of HPV ISH, leads to less equivocal molecular classification. In order to ensure consistent reporting of this emerging disease, it is increasingly important for the head-and-neck oncology community to define the minimum requirements for assigning a diagnosis of 'HPV-related' oropharyngeal SCC in order to inform prognosis and for stratification in clinical trials.
Object turning for barcode search (2002)

In this paper, a flexible manipulation system used in a catalogue sale business is presented. One application of such a system is the object turning operation for the barcode search. The regrasping procedures are studied in detail to its significance in object turning. This work focuses on regrasping tasks with several different grippers.
Influence of Processing on Protein Quality (1990)

In the first part the reactions and interactions of protein with macroconstituents of our food during processing are exposed from the chemical point of view. The reactions involving only protein (formation of isopeptides, of lysinoalanine, racemization) and the interactions with carbohydrates (Maillard reaction), oxidized lipids and polyphenols are briefly presented. Emphasis is put on the Maillard reaction since it is the most frequent reaction occurring during food processing and storage. The key compound rendering lysine unavailable in processed and stored foodstuffs in N epsilon-fructoselysine (FL). Its oxidative degradation product, N epsilon-carboxymethyllysine (CML) is found in variable but significant amounts in heat processed proteins. An interesting newer finding is that tryptophan can participate in a Maillard reaction with its indole-NH-group. In the second part an overview is given on the impact these reactions have on the two components of protein nutritive value, namely digestibility and biological value. Again, most examples will be related to the Maillard reaction. Protein digestibility may be reduced by the modification of the protein molecule (blocking of active amino acid side-chains, establishment of crosslinks) or by the formation of compounds that inhibit digestive enzymes. (Inhibition of aminopeptidase by an advanced Maillard derivative of lysine). Biological value may be diminished by the loss of essential amino acids and/or their reduced specific availability. Ion-exchange chromatography of the protein hydrolyzate is the method of choice to determine amino acid losses. It also provides some clues for the type of processing damage by the presence of unusual amino acids in the chromatogramme (e.g. furosine, lysinoalanine). Global amino acid bioavailability is defined. It is of a complex nature and can only be truely determined in a bioassay in the animal. Specific availability of an amino acid is linked to particular structural features. Thus, specific lysine availability is determined by the presence of a free or "reactive" epsilon-amino group. This is the basis for the analytical methods for available lysine. In the third part, the practical application of this knowledge to processed foods is shown using milk and vegetable protein as examples. Figures for the reduction in available lysine (blocked lysine) in different milk products processed according to conventional procedures are given and discussed. More subtile effects of milk processing on milk digestibility and stomach emptying are mentioned. The effects on protein nutritional value of extrusion-cooking of legume seeds and cereal flours are, then, presented.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
iPUG for Multiple Graphcore IPUs: Optimizing Performance and Scalability of Parallel Breadth-First Search (2021)

Parallel graph algorithms have become one of the principal applications of high-performance computing besides numerical simulations and machine learning workloads. However, due to their highly unstructured nature, graph algorithms remain extremely challenging for most parallel systems, with large gaps between observed performance and theoretical limits. Further-more, most mainstream architectures rely heavily on single instruction multiple data (SIMD) processing for high floating-point rates, which is not beneficial for graph processing which instead requires high memory bandwidth, low memory latency, and efficient processing of unstructured data. On the other hand, we are currently observing an explosion of new hardware architectures, many of which are adapted to specific purposes and diverge from traditional designs. A notable example is the Graphcore Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), which is developed to meet the needs of upcoming machine intelligence applications. Its design eschews the traditional cache hierarchy, relying on SRAM as its main memory instead. The result is an extremely high-bandwidth, low-latency memory at the cost of capacity. In addition, the IPU consists of a large number of independent cores, allowing for true multiple instruction multiple data (MIMD) processing. Together, these features suggest that such a processor is well suited for graph processing. We test the limits of graph processing on multiple IPUs by implementing a low-level, high-performance code for breadth-first search (BFS), following the specifications of Graph500, the most widely used benchmark for parallel graph processing. Despite the simplicity of the BFS algorithm, implementing efficient parallel codes for it has proven to be a challenging task in the past. We show that our implementation scales well on a system with 8 IPUs and attains roughly twice the performance of an equal number of NVIDIA V100 GPUs using state-of-the-art CUDA code.
S3: Joint Scheduling and Source Selection for Background Traffic in Erasure-Coded Storage (2017)

Erasure-coded storage systems have gained considerable adoption recently since they can provide the same level of reliability with significantly lower storage overhead compared to replicated systems. However, background traffic of such systems - e.g. repair, rebalance, backup and recovery traffic - often has large volume and consumes significant network resources. Independently scheduling such tasks and selecting their sources can easily create interference among data flows, causing severe deadline violation. We show that the well-known heuristic scheduling algorithms fail to consider important constraints, thus resulting in unsatisfactory performance. In this paper, we claim that an optimal scheduling algorithm that aims to maximizethe number of background tasks completed before deadlines must simultaneously consider deadline-aware scheduling, network topology, chunk placement, and time-varying resource availability. To solve this problem, we propose a novel algorithm, called Linear Programming for Selected Tasks (LPST) to maximize the number of successful tasks and improve overallutilization of the datacenter network. It jointly schedules tasks and selects their sources based on a notion of Remaining Time Flexibility, which measures the slackness of the starting time of a task. We evaluated the efficacy of our algorithm using extensive simulations. Our results show that, under certain scenarios, LPST can perform 7x~70x better than the heuristics which blindly treat the infrastructure as a collection of homogeneous resources, and 46.6%~65.9% better than the algorithms that take into accountthe network topology.
Efficiency terms for Stirling-engine systems (1983)

Thermal efficiencies are the primary indicators of the quality of design and performance of any energy system. However, in the case of Stirling engine systems, there is no widely accepted standard terminology in use, which would allow valid comparative evaluations to be made. Discussions with Department of Energy staff and with the Stirling machine research community have confirmed that this lack of standard terms is giving rise to severe problems in comparing the results of different research programs. To help overcome these problems, 14 efficiency terms that describe the performance of 6 combinations of the basic system components - the heat source, the engine, and the load - are proposed. The efficiency terms are defined in terms of an energy accounting flowchart, which allows individual components or the entire system to be reported consistently so that the results of various research groups may be properly compared. The appendixes contain three sets of sample calculations, two of which use test run data from an actual free-piston and a kinematic Stirling engine.
Discretization of Temporal Data: A Survey (2014)

In real world, the huge amount of temporal data is to be processed in many application areas such as scientific, financial, network monitoring, sensor data analysis. Data mining techniques are primarily oriented to handle discrete features. In the case of temporal data the time plays an important role on the characteristics of data. To consider this effect, the data discretization techniques have to consider the time while processing to resolve the issue by finding the intervals of data which are more concise and precise with respect to time. Here, this research is reviewing different data discretization techniques used in temporal data applications according to the inclusion or exclusion of: class label, temporal order of the data and handling of stream data to open the research direction for temporal data discretization to improve the performance of data mining technique.
Short bowel syndrome: A review of management options (2011)

Extensive resection of the intestinal tract frequently results in inadequate digestion and/or absorption of nutrients, a condition known as short bowel syndrome (SBS). This challenging condition demands a dedicated multidisciplinary team effort to overcome the morbidity and mortality in these patients. With advances in critical care management, more and more patients survive the immediate morbidity of massive intestinal resection to present with SBS. Several therapies, including parenteral nutrition (PN), bowel rehabilitation and surgical procedures to reconstruct bowel have been used in these patients. Novel dietary approaches, pharmacotherapy and timely surgical interventions have all added to the improved outcome in these patients. However, these treatments only partially correct the underlying problem of reduced bowel function and have limited success resulting in 30% to 50% mortality rates. However, increasing experience and encouraging results of intestinal transplantation has added a new dimension to the management of SBS. Literature available on SBS is exhaustive but inconclusive. We conducted a review of scientific literature and electronic media with search terms 'short bowel syndrome, advances in SBS and SBS' and attempted to give a comprehensive account on this topic with emphasis on the recent advances in its management.