gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Highly Parallel Line-Based Image Coding for Many Cores (2011)

Computers are developing along with a new trend from the dual-core and quad-core processors to ones with tens or even hundreds of cores. Multimedia, as one of the most important applications in computers, has an urgent need to design parallel coding algorithms for compression. Taking intraframe/image coding as a start point, this paper proposes a pure line-by-line coding scheme (LBLC) to meet the need. In LBLC, an input image is processed line by line sequentially, and each line is divided into small fixed-length segments. The compression of all segments from prediction to entropy coding is completely independent and concurrent at many cores. Results on a general-purpose computer show that our scheme can get a 13.9 times speedup with 15 cores at the encoder and a 10.3 times speedup at the decoder. Ideally, such near-linear speeding relation with the number of cores can be kept for more than 100 cores. In addition to the high parallelism, the proposed scheme can perform comparatively or even better than the H.264 high profile above middle bit rates. At near-lossless coding, it outperforms H.264 more than 10 dB. At lossless coding, up to 14% bit-rate reduction is observed compared with H.264 lossless coding at the high 4:4:4 profile.
CO<sub>2</sub> capture on easily regenerable hybrid adsorbents based on polyamines and mesocellular silica foam. Effect of pore volume of the support and polyamine molecular weight (2014)

Mesocellular foams (MCFs) with a wide range of pore volumes and pore sizes were prepared and impregnated with PEI. CO<sub>2</sub> adsorption on these adsorbents was studied.
Tumors Resistant to Checkpoint Inhibitors Can Become Sensitive after Treatment with Vascular Disrupting Agents (2020)

Immune therapy improves cancer outcomes, yet many patients do not respond. This pre-clinical study investigated whether vascular disrupting agents (VDAs) could convert an immune unresponsive tumor into a responder. CDF1 mice, with 200 mm<sup>3</sup> C3H mammary carcinomas in the right rear foot, were intraperitoneally injected with combretastatin A-4 phosphate (CA4P), its A-1 analogue OXi4503, and/or checkpoint inhibitors (anti-PD-1, PD-L1, or CTLA-4 antibodies), administered twice weekly for two weeks. Using the endpoint of tumor growth time (TGT5; time to reach five times the starting volume), we found that none of the checkpoint inhibitors (10 mg/kg) had any effect on TGT5 compared to untreated controls. However, CA4P (100 mg/kg) or OXi4503 (5-50 mg/kg) did significantly increase TGT5. This further significantly increased by combining the VDAs with checkpoint inhibitors, but was dependent on the VDA, drug dose, and inhibitor. For CA4P, a significant increase was found when CA4P (100 mg/kg) was combined with anti-PD-L1, but not with the other two checkpoint inhibitors. With OXi4503 (50 mg/kg), a significant enhancement occurred when combined with anti-PD-L1 or anti-CTLA-4, but not anti-PD-1. We observed no significant improvement with lower OXi4503 doses (5-25 mg/kg) and anti-CTLA-4, although 30% of tumors were controlled at the 25 mg/kg dose. Histological assessment of CD4/CD8 expression actually showed decreased levels up to 10 days after treatment with OXi4503 (50 mg/kg). Thus, the non-immunogenic C3H mammary carcinoma was unresponsive to checkpoint inhibitors, but became responsive in mice treated with VDAs, although the mechanism remains unclear.
Eigenmode analysis of dielectric loaded top-hat monopole antennas (1994)

Eigenmode expansions are used for computing the currents on a dielectric loaded top-hat monopole radiating above an infinite conducting ground plane. The approach is facilitated by adding a parallel ground plane above the antenna, thus allowing use of cylindrical harmonic field expansions in each of three regions. Expansion coefficients are found by enforcing boundary and continuity conditions at conducting surfaces and regional interfaces. Convergence and accuracy are assessed using comparisons with three other methodologies, namely an integral equation solution, a quasi-static analysis, and multi-octave experimental measurements.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in the North American deer mouse (2021)

Widespread circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in humans raises the theoretical risk of reverse zoonosis events with wildlife, reintroductions of SARS-CoV-2 into permissive nondomesticated animals. Here we report that North American deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection following intranasal exposure to a human isolate, resulting in viral replication in the upper and lower respiratory tract with little or no signs of disease. Further, shed infectious virus is detectable in nasal washes, oropharyngeal and rectal swabs, and viral RNA is detectable in feces and occasionally urine. We further show that deer mice are capable of transmitting SARS-CoV-2 to naïve deer mice through direct contact. The extent to which these observations may translate to wild deer mouse populations remains unclear, and the risk of reverse zoonosis and/or the potential for the establishment of Peromyscus rodents as a North American reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 remains unknown.
Epstein-Barr virus inhibits the development of dendritic cells by promoting apoptosis of their monocyte precursors in the presence of granulocyte macrophage–colony-stimulating factor and interleukin-4 (2002)

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a tumorigenic human herpesvirus that persists for life in healthy immunocompetent carriers. The viral strategies that prevent its clearance and allow reactivation in the face of persistent immunity are not well understood. Here we demonstrate that EBV infection of monocytes inhibits their development into dendritic cells (DCs), leading to an abnormal cellular response to granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) and to apoptotic death. This proapoptotic activity was not affected by UV inactivation and was neutralized by EBV antibody-positive human sera, indicating that binding of the virus to monocytes is sufficient to alter their response to the cytokines. Experiments with the relevant blocking antibodies or with mutated EBV strains lacking either the EBV envelope glycoprotein gp42 or gp85 demonstrated that interaction of the trimolecular gp25-gp42-gp85 complex with the monocyte membrane is required for the effect. Our data provide the first evidence that EBV can prevent the development of DCs through a mechanism that appears to bypass the requirement for viral gene expression, and they suggest a new strategy for interference with the function of DCs during the initiation and maintenance of virus-specific immune responses.
B vitamins and the aging brain (2010)

Deficiencies of the vitamins folate, B(12) , and B(6) are associated with neurological and psychological dysfunction and with congenital defects. In the elderly, cognitive impairment and incident dementia may be related to the high prevalence of inadequate B vitamin status and to elevations of plasma homocysteine. Plausible mechanisms include homocysteine neurotoxicity, vasotoxicity, and impaired S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methylation reactions vital to central nervous system function. In light of this, it is imperative to find safe ways of improving vitamin B status in the elderly without exposing some individuals to undue risk.
Non-monotonic transformation of access rights (2003)

It is known that monotonic transformations unify a number of diverse access control mechanisms such as amplification, copy flags, separation of duties, and synergistic authorization. The importance and expressive power of nonmonotonic transformations is demonstrated. A formal model, called nonmonotonic transform (NMT), is defined. A distributed implementation of NMT is proposed using a client-server architecture. The implementation is remarkably simple and modular in concept. It is based on access control lists and allows for efficient and immediate revocation which could be partial, complete, selective, temporary, or permanent.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
[The lignins from Torreya grandis cv. Merrilli]. (2004)

These compounds were isolated from this plant for the first time, and compound III is a new compound.
Google in China Should Have Known Better (2010)

An opinion is presented that Google should have known better about the Chinese system of rigid state control before entering into the country with an aim of 'opening it up'. It is observed that Google's decision to pull out of China only reaffirms the continuance of the Chinese political system, despite westerners' perception of change due to technological advancement.
Model-based integration of reverberation for noise-adaptive near-end listening enhancement (2015)

Speech intelligibility is an important factor for successful speech communication in today’s society. So-called near-end listening enhancement (NELE) algorithms aim at improving speech intelligibility in conditions where the (clean) speech signal is accessible and can be modified prior to its presentation. However, many of these algorithms only consider the detrimental effect of noise and disregard the effect of reverberation. Therefore, in this paper we propose to additionally incorporate the detrimental effects of reverberation into noise-adaptive nearend listening enhancement algorithms. Based on the Speech Transmission Index (STI), which is widely used for speech intelligibility prediction, the effect of reverberation is effectively accounted for as an additional noise power term. This combined noise power term is used in a state-of-the-art noise-adaptive NELE algorithm. Simulations using two objective measures, the STI and the short-time objective intelligibility (STOI) measure demonstrate the potential of the proposed approach to improve the predicted speech intelligibility in noisy and reverberant conditions. Index Terms: speech-in-noise enhancement, reverberation, speech intelligibility, near-end listening enhancement
An efficient and robust web caching system (2004)

Summary form only given. Well-organized proxy caching systems can greatly reduce the user perceived latency and decrease the network bandwidth consumption. In this paper, we propose a new hash based Web caching architecture, Tulip. Tulip extends the locality-based algorithm in UCFS as the basic data grouping scheme in hash based proxy systems, uses it to aggregate Web objects which are likely to be accessed together into object clusters and uses these clusters as the primary access units between memory and disk. The overhead of slow disk I/Os is greatly reduced. It also presents a simple and efficient data duplication scheme. Along with the local caching strategy, Tulip can achieve both fault tolerance and load balance with minimal overhead introduced. Our simulation results show Tulip is scalable and robust, it has better performance than previous approaches.
A 50MS/s 12-bit CMOS pipeline A/D converter with nonlinear background calibration (2006)

A new background calibration method, based on stage error pattern estimation, is presented. The method corrects both linear and nonlinear errors. The procedure converges in a few ms and requires minimal hardware without the need of high-capacity ROM or RAM. The calibration procedure is tested on a 0.6 /spl mu/m CMOS pipeline ADC, which suffered from a high degree of nonlinear errors. The calibration gives improvements of 18dB and 28dB for SNR and SFDR, respectively, at the sampling rate of 50MSample/s. The calibrated ADC achieves SNR of 70.9dB and SFDR of 82.0dB at 50MSample/s, which results in a resolution of about 12 bits.
The Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Resveratrol Derivatives Modified by Different <i>γ</i>-Aminobutyric Acid Esters (2019)

A novel series of resveratrol modified by γ -aminobutyric acid esters were designed and synthesized. Then, the products were characterized by 1 H-NMR, 13 C-NMR, and MS, and the melting point was determined. Molecular water solubility, polar surface area, and octanol-water partition were calculated, which correlated well with molecular transport through membranes and, therefore, enabled prediction of transport properties of drugs.
Efficacy of flurbiprofen 8.75 mg spray in patients with sore throat due to an upper respiratory tract infection: A randomised controlled trial (2016)

Flurbiprofen spray provides rapid and long-lasting relief from sore throat symptoms, and is well-tolerated over three days.
Image-guided Neural Object Rendering (2020)

We present a novel method for photo-realistic re-rendering of reconstructed objects. The digital reproduction of object appearances is of paramount importance nowadays. Augmented and virtual reality relies on such 3D content. It enables virtual showrooms, virtual tours & sightseeing, the digital inspection of historical artifacts and many other applications. Classical approaches use methods to reconstruct the geometry of an object and textures to capture the appearance properties. Instead, we propose a learned image-guided rendering technique that combines the benefits of image-based rendering and GAN-based image synthesis. A core component of our work is the handling of view-dependent effects. Specifically, we directly train an object-specific deep neural network to synthesize the view-dependent appearance of an object. As input data we are using an RGB video of the object. This video is used to reconstruct a proxy geometry of the object via multi-view stereo. Based on this 3D proxy, the appearance of a captured view can be warped into a new target view. This warping assumes diffuse surfaces, in case of view-dependent effects, such as specular highlights, it leads to artifacts. To this end, we propose EffectsNet, a deep neural network that predicts view-dependent effects. Based on these estimations, we are able to convert observed images to diffuse images. These diffuse images can be projected into other views. In the target view, our pipeline reinserts the new view-dependent effects. To composite multiple reprojected images to a final output, we learn a composition network that outputs photo-realistic results. Using this image-guided approach, the network does not have to allocate capacity on ``''remembering'' object appearance, instead it learns how to combine the appearance of captured images. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach both qualitatively and quantitatively on synthetic as well as on real data.
Growth and Cell Survival Following Treatment with Estramustine, Nor-Nitrogen Mustard, Estradiol and Testosterone of a Human Prostatic Cancer Cell Line (DU 145) (1982)

Estramustine at concentrations ranging from 3-40 x 10(-6) M inhibited the cell growth and clonogenic survival of a human prostatic carcinoma cell line (DU 145). This cell line was found to be unresponsive to estradiol and testosterone at concentrations ranging from 10(-9) M to 5 x 10(-5) M. Metabolism studies with estramustine showed that only a few per cent of the ester linkage was cleaved during the exposure period. This small amount of metabolism could possibly lead to the release of nor-nitrogen mustard, which was however found not to be as inhibitory as estramustine in this cell line. The results indicate that estramustine per se causes the cell death of hormone unresponsive human prostatic carcinoma cells in cell culture.
Synthesis of Metal-Chelating Deoxycytidine-Analogue Phosphoramidites for the Automatic Synthesis of Labelled Oligonucleotides (2004)

The new deoxycytidine (dC) analogue phosphoramidites 1-3 were synthesized, which bear an ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid triethyl ester [EDTA(OEt)3] attached to the exocyclic amino group through either a cyclic-C6, a C2, or a linear-C6 tether. By this way, the chelating base dC-EDTA can be inserted, by automatic synthesis, in a site-specific manner into oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs), in place of any dC along the sequence, and can be thus exploited, for example, for footprinting experiments. Furthermore, the analogue phosphoramidite 4, bearing a diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid tetraethyl ester [DTPA(OEt)4] attached through the cyclic-C6 tether was also prepared. The possibility of insertion of 1-4 into ODNs was verified.
Influence of inner cladding shape and stress-applying parts on the pump absorption of a double-clad fiber amplifier (2003)

We report the results of a numerical analysis of the pump absorption in a double-clad fiber amplifier based on a beam-propagation method. Various inner-cladding shapes are compared in terms of absorption efficiency. This incldues the circular shape iwth an offset core, the hexagonal and D-shaped fibers, a circular fiber with two truncations and a polarization-maintaining circular fiber.
Neonatal Brain Injury (2004)

More than 95 percent of infants who have neonatal stroke survive to adulthood, and many have residual motor or cognitive disabilities. This article makes the point that recognition of at-risk newborns by means of advanced methods of neuroimaging, combined with a plan for rational intervention, may result in the prevention or the reduction in the incidence of lifelong disabilities such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and behavioral and learning disorders.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in China (2015)

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is defined as a treatment in which a patient intermittently breathes 100% oxygen while the treatment chamber is pressurized to a pressure greater than sea level (1.0 atmosphere absolute, ATA). In China, for nearly 50 years, HBOT has been used as a primary or adjuvant therapy to treat a variety of diseases. This article mainly reviewed the indications and contraindications of HBOT, as well as the status of clinical and experimental HBOT research in China. At the same time, there is a brief introduction of hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning (HBO-PC) in China.
Concentric-Sphere Design for Spacing of Tag-Gas Isotopic Ratios (1979)

An analytical tag-design scheme is presented that can be used to compute the isotopic compositions for a system of tag nodes, used to identify failed fuel assemblies in reactors with gas-bonded nuclear fuels. The tag nodes are located uniformly across the surfaces of two concentric spheres. This design minimizes the possibility of ambiguous leaker identification in the event of double-assembly failures, while reducing the enrichment requirements for the noble gases used to create the tags. Reducing the enrichment requirements lowers the overall tag costs and makes the design particularly well suited for reactors requiring large numbers of distinct tags.
High Aspect Ratio Vias First for Advanced Packaging (2007)

In this paper a new 'via-first' technology which is compatible with CMOS high temperature steps will be presented. This technology is based on filling high aspect ratio trenches with doped polysilicon and thinning the silicon after active device bonding onto a wafer carrier. The initial morphological requirements are described and different designs of TSV are presented. The complete technology for TSV achievement is described in detail and electrical results obtained with different vias geometries are presented and compared to initial calculations. Finally, several reflows experiments have been performed on these vias and electrical measurements have been achieved again and compared to initial results.
Alternate complement pathway: factors involved in cobra venom factor (CoVF) activation of the third component of complement (C3). (1973)

An immunochemically pure plasma protein, β2II, possessed properdin factor B activity. On the other hand, purification of this protein was associated with loss of the ability to interact with cobra venom factor (CoVF) so as to inactivate the third complement component (C3) or activate the terminal complement sequence as assessed by the lysis of unsensitized erythrocytes. C3 inactivation was restored, and terminal component activation partially restored, by combining with β2II and CoVF a 35,000 molecular weight protein isolated from euglobulin, termed factor D. An additional factor of approximately 160,000 m.w., termed factor E, also obtained from euglobulin, was required for complete reconstitution of CoVF-induced terminal component activation. Addition of radioiodinated CoVF to serum, EDTA-plasma, or serum rendered deficient in β2II, resulted in an apparent increase in the molecular weight of CoVF from 144,000 to 220,000 indicating that the interaction of CoVF with a binding protein can occur independently of magnesium ions or β2II. Complexing of CoVF was not seen with β2II, factor D, or a mixture of the two but was observed with preparations of factor E.
Progress of Anti-scaling Methods of Circulating Cooling Water (2013)

In recent years, as the concentration ratio of industrial circulating cooling water increases further, the scaling problem becomes more prominent,which seriously affected the work and life of the heat exchanger. Therefore, the research on anti-scaling methods is very active. The paper introduced the common anti-scaling methods at present, expounded the mechanism of each method, and analyzed their advantages and disadvantages briefly. On the basis of these methods,this paper made a summary of the research situation and development direction. The paper combines various anti-scaling methods, and hopes to provide the literature references to researchers.
Investigation of index of refraction changes in chalcogenide glasses during molding processes (2013)

Precision glass molding has a well-documented effect of a decrease in the index of refraction of the glass during the molding process. This index drop has such significant value that optical designs for molded lenses must take into account the index drop to accurately determine the optical performance of the final lens. Widespread adoption of chalcogenide glasses for molded infrared optics has raised a series of questions as to the behavior of these glasses under molding conditions. This paper will investigate the index of refraction changes in two different chalcogenide glasses and determine if these changes are significant enough for optical designers to consider in their designs.
Cortical hyperexcitability and disease spread in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (2017)

Cortical hyperexcitability appears to be more prominent over the dominant motor cortex, contralateral to the side of symptom onset, and contributes to a contiguous pattern of spread in sporadic ALS.
Virtual Learning? It's Here to Stay! (2021)

Abstract Classroom-based training has been a long-established model for getting people together in a room with a trainer, writes John Young MBCS, Principal Trainer at TSG Training.
Real Beam vs. Synthetic Aperture Radar for Slope Monitoring (2013)

Real Beam vs. Synthetic Aperture Radar for slope monitoring