gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
An Overview of the Sandia Labs Ultra-Fast X-ray Imager (UXI) Program. (2015)

Abstract not provided.
Broadband absorbers and selective emitters based on plasmonic Brewster metasurfaces (2013)

We discuss the possibility of realizing utlrabroadband omnidirectional absorbers and angularly selective coherent thermal emitters based on properly patterned plasmonic metastructures. Instead of relying on resonant concentration effects that inherently limit the bandwidth, we base our design on the combination of two inherently nonresonant effects: plasmonic Brewster funneling and adiabatic plasmonic focusing. Using this approach, we propose compact, broadband absorption and emission spanning terahertz, infrared, and optical frequencies, ideal for various energy and defense applications.
Synchronous magnetic control of water droplets in bulk ferrofluid (2017)

Synchronous magnetic 2D control of water droplets in bulk ferrofluid including generation, propagation, droplet break-up and droplet interactions.
Site-Specific Analysis of Histone Methylation and Acetylation (2004)

Covalent modifications on the nucleosomal histones are essential in chromatin regulation and gene expression. Patterns of histone modifications may be somatically maintained and can thereby maintain locus-specific repression/activity in defined lineages or throughout development. During recent years, histone acetylation and methylation have emerged as key players in the repression or activation of genes and chromosomal domains. Histone methylation and acetylation patterns (and other histone modifications) can be analyzed by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP). This chapter describes how ChIP can be performed on native chromatin prepared from cells and tissues, in order to analyze histone methylation and acetylation at specific sites in the genome. We also present different PCR-based assays that can be applied to analyze loci of interest in immunoprecipitated chromatin fractions.
Retinitis Pigmentosa (1978)

A total of 174 patients (347 eyes) with retinitis pigmentosa were categorized by genetic type and assessed as to the degree of central visual loss. The degree of central visual loss was mildest in cases of autosomal-dominant inheritance and most extensive in cases of X-linked recessive inheritance. Slightly more than one third (34%) of all eyes had acuity of 20/200 or less, while only 55% had vision of 20/60 or better. The data in this study provide general guidelines for counseling individual patients with retinitis pigmentosa as to the potential and extent of future central visual loss.
Bargaining Power, Strike Durations, and Wage Outcomes: An Analysis of Strikes in the 1880s (1995)

Strike outcomes in the 1880s had a "winner-take-all" character. Successful strikes ended with a discrete wage gain; failed strikes ended with a return to work at the prestrike wage. We present a theoretical interpretation of these outcomes based on a war-of-attrition model. We fit an empirical model specifying the capitulation times of the two parties and the size of the wage gain in the event of a strike success. The results show a systematic relation between the determinants of strike success and the determinants of the wage gain for a successful strike.
Evidence for Active Regulation of Pro-Osteogenic Signaling in Advanced Aortic Valve Disease (2010)

Molecular processes that contribute to valvular calcification and osteogenesis remain remarkably labile during the end stages of aortic valve stenosis. Although reductions in valvular calcium deposition were not sufficient to improve valvular function in the animals studied, these findings demonstrate that aortic valve calcification is a remarkably dynamic process that can be modified therapeutically, even in the presence of advanced aortic valve disease.
Design Of Voltage Level Shifter Using Regulated Cross Coupled Pull Up Networks (2023)

Level shifter plays an vital role in multiple supply voltage techniques which creates a path between processors, sensors or broads of different voltage levels, it converts the input logic levels or voltages below the VTH of the transistor to the higher acceptable levels depending upon the system requirements. So, it is necessary to design a level shifter circuit which provides high performance. Power consumption and delay are the key features which determines the performance of a level shifter. This project mainly focuses on designing the level shifter using regulated cross coupled pull up network which helps in utilizing less power and enhancing the speed of the circuit. The work carried out is the mini-project that is a part & parcel of the curriculum in the 2nd semester.
Glycoprotein biosynthesis in <i>Succharomyces cerevisiae</i>. Partial purification of the α-1,6-mannosyltransferase that initiates outer chain synthesis (1994)

The alpha-1,6-mannosyltransferase (alpha-1,6-ManT) that initiates outer chain synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was partially purified along with an alpha-1,2-mannosyltransferase (alpha-1,2-ManT) that acts on alpha-methylmannoside. The enzymes were solubilized by extracting a 145,000 g pellet of S.cerevisiae mnn1 mutant with 1% Triton X-100. The extract was then passed through a concanavalin A-Sepharose column and the bound material was eluted with alpha-methylmannoside. After exhaustive dialysis, the fractions containing both mannosyltransferase activities were chromatographed on DEAE-Trisacryl which removed approximately 90% of the alpha-1,2-ManT. The fractions containing alpha-1,6-ManT and residual alpha-1,2-ManT were further purified by sequential chromatography on Sephacryl S-200 and CM-Trisacryl. Sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of individual fractions eluted from Sephacryl S-200 and from CM-Trisacryl, followed by silver staining of the gels, showed two major bands whose intensity corresponded to the enzyme activities. A protein band of approximately 62 kDa corresponded to the alpha-1,6-ManT and another band of approximately 66 kDa, which was eluted from the Sephacryl S-200 column slightly earlier, corresponded to the alpha-1,2-ManT.
Calcium channel activity in a purified dihydropyridine-receptor preparation of skeletal muscle (1987)

A purified dihydropyridine-receptor complex (DHPR) of skeletal muscle consisting of a major polypeptide of Mr 150K under reducing conditions induces divalent cation selective channels when incorporated into planar lipid bilayers. Channels were inserted into preformed planar bilayers by two techniques: (i) direct dilution of detergent-solubilized DHPR into the aqueous chambers adjacent to the bilayer membrane or (ii) reconstitution of DHPR into phospholipid vesicles followed by fusion of the preformed vesicles to the planar bilayer membrane. Unlike native membrane preparations of t-tubules, which only have one major Ca channel type of slope conductance of 12 pS in symmetrical 100 mM Ba, the purified DHPR complex induced at least two channel types with conductances of 12-14 and 22 pS. Some recordings suggest that these two channels are statistically coupled in time, i.e., that they may correspond to substrates of the same DHPR channel. Activity was found to occur spontaneously in the absence of the Ca channel agonist Bay k 8644. The 12-14-pS channel from DHPR exhibits voltage-dependent kinetics, is highly selective for barium ions, and was inhibited by micromolar nitrendipine. The 12-14-pS DHPR channel appears to be identical with functional Ca channels previously described in native t-tubules.
A hypervisor based security testbed (2007)

This pioneer study confirms that FMSF can be used to detect the negative correlation between MAX fluorescence and eAHI not only among healthy volunteers, but also among cardiac patients with coronary artery disease or aortic stenosis.
Fiber laser source/analyzer for Bragg grating sensor array interrogation (1994)

This paper reports on the application of a calibrated, narrow-linewidth, single-frequency, continuously wavelength-tunable erbium fiber laser to the interrogation of a multipoint Bragg grating temperature sensor. The fiber laser was wavelength-tuned, through an array of three fiber Bragg grating sensors, to determine the temperature of each individual grating. The temperatures of the three gratings were measured as a function of grating Bragg wavelength. The minimum wavelength resolution, due to electro-mechanical repeatability, of the fiber laser source/analyzer was determined to be approximately 2.3 picometers. This corresponds to a frequency resolution of approximately 300 MHz.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Chapter 13. Microstructural Properties: Lattice Defects and Domain Size Effects (2008)

The analysis of line profiles in Powder Diffraction patterns is a topic nearly as old as diffraction itself. However, despite the long time that has passed since the pioneering studies of Scherrer (1918),1 and the rich literature and textbooks2–5 produced over many decades, line profile analysis is ...
Very high current gain InGaAs/InP heterojunction bipolar transistors grown by metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (1991)

A maximum DC current gain (β) of 2.4 × 104 and small-signal current gain (hfe) of 4.9 × 104 were obtained for InGaAs/InP heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) grown by metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD). The excellent HBT gain performance is attributed to the exceptional material quality, the good control over p-type dopant diffusion at the base-emitter heterojunction, and the existence of a doping-induced drift field in the base.
Patient satisfaction after knee arthroplasty: A report on 27,372 knees operated on between 1981 and 1995 in Sweden (2000)

During a validation process of the Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register (SKAR), living registered patients were sent a questionnaire to ask if they had been reoperated on. This gave an opportunity to pose a simple four-point question with respect to patient satisfaction which 95% of patients answered. We analyzed the answers of patients operated on between 1981 and 1995 and found that only 8% of the patients were dissatisfied regarding their knee arthroplasty 2-17 years postoperatively. The satisfaction rate was constant, regardless of when the operation had been performed during the 15-year period. The proportion of satisfied patients was affected by the preoperative diagnosis, patients operated on for a long-standing disease more often being satisfied than those with a short disease-duration. There was no difference in proportions of satisfied patients, whether they had primarily been operated on with a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or a medial unicompartmental arthroplasty (UKA). For TKAs performed with primary patellar resurfacing, there was a higher ratio of satisfied patients than for TKAs not resurfaced, but this increased ratio diminished with time passed since the primary operation. Unrevised knees had a higher proportion of satisfied patients than knees that had been subject to revision, and among patients revised for medial UKA, the proportion of satisfied patients was higher than among patients revised for TKA. We conclude that satisfaction after knee arthroplasty is stable and long-lasting in unrevised cases and that even after revision most patients are satisfied.
An Effective Test Generation System for Sequential Circuits (1986)

This paper describes a test generation system capable of high fault coverage in complex sequential circuits. Sequential logic is efficiently processed by a unidirectional time flow approach. This single path sensitization technique dynamically expands to multi-path sensitization in reconvergent fan-out structures. Sophisticated conflict analysis is used to reduce back-tracking. User guidance is also accepted to further improve performance.
Relationship between personality characteristics and clinical symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (2010)

Objective To study the personality of obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD) patients, and the relationship between the clinical symptoms and the personality of OCD patients. Methods One hundred and five OCD patients were tested with Y-BOCS and MMPI, the result was compared with the chinese normals. Results The MMPI scores of D,Hy,Pd,and Pt of OCD patients,Hs of male OCD patients and Pa of OCD female patients were significantly higher than that of the chinese normals (P<0.01). The scores of Dand Pd of OCD patients had positive correlation with the severity of obsessive thinking. The scores of Pa,Sc and Si of OCD patients had positive correlation with the severity of obsessive thinking and symptoms. Pt scores of OCD patients had positive correlation with the severity of obsessive thinking,compulsive behavior and symptoms.Conclusions OCD patients may have morbid psychology.The personality charaeteristics of the OCD patients may have positive correlation with clinical symptoms.

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder ;  Personality characteristics ;  Clinical symptoms ;  MMPI ;
Eddy current testing system for bottom mounted instrumentation welds (2015)

The capability of eddy current testing (ECT) for the bottom mounted instrumentation (BMI) weld area of reactor vessel in a pressurized water reactor was demonstrated by the developed ECT system and procedure. It is difficult to position and move the probe on the BMI weld area because the area has complexly curved surfaces. The space coordinates and the normal vectors at the scanning points were calculated as the scanning trajectory of probe based on the measured results of surface shape on the BMI mock-up. The multi-axis robot was used to move the probe on the mock-up. Each motion-axis position of the robot corresponding to each scanning point was calculated by the inverse kinematic algorithm. In the mock-up test, the probe was properly contacted with most of the weld surfaces. The artificial stress corrosion cracking of approximately 6 mm in length and the electrical-discharge machining slit of 0.5 mm in length, 1 mm in depth and 0.2 mm in width given on the weld surface were detected. From the probe output voltage, it was estimated that the average probe tilt angle on the surface under scanning was 2.6.
Assessment of imiloxan as a selective α<sub>2B</sub>‐adrenoceptor antagonist (1990)

1. The alpha 2-adrenoceptor binding sites of rabbit spleen and rat kidney, labelled with [3H]-rauwolscine, were characterized using a range of subtype selective ligands. 2. In rabbit spleen, the alpha-2-adrenoceptor binding sites displayed high affinity for oxymetazoline and WB 4101 and low affinity for prazosin and chlorpromazine suggesting the presence of an alpha 2A subtype. 3. There was evidence for heterogeneity of the alpha 2-adrenoceptor binding sites present in rabbit spleen. The results obtained with oxymetazoline and WB 4101 indicated that at least 75% of the [3H]-rauwolscine binding sites in this preparation displayed a pharmacology consistent with the presence of an alpha 2A subtype. 4. In rat kidney, the alpha 2-adrenoceptor binding sites displayed high affinity for prazosin and chlorpromazine and low affinity for oxymetazoline and WB 4101 suggesting the presence of an alpha 2B subtype. 5. The inclusion of guanylylimidodiphosphate (Gpp(NH)p, 0.1 mM) did not modify the pharmacology of the alpha 2-adrenoceptor binding sites present in the two preparations. Furthermore, when the two membrane preparations were combined, the resultant pharmacology was still consistent with the presence of two receptors that retained the characteristics of the alpha 2A and alpha 2B subtypes. 6. Imiloxan was identified as a selective alpha 2B ligand while benoxathian displayed a high degree of selectivity for the alpha 2A-adrenoceptor binding site. The selectivity of imiloxan for the alpha 2B-adrenoceptor binding site, coupled with its specificity for alpha 2-adrenoceptors, should make it a valuable tool in the classification of alpha 2-adrenoceptor subtypes.
Policy driven multi-band spectrum aggregation for ultra-broadband wireless networks (2015)

Sustaining the impressive mobile Internet revolution that has transformed our lives requires addressing the key challenge of designing future ultra-broadband wireless networks that can keep up with the data traffic growth. One of the key techniques to increase per-user as well as system capacity is to increase the amount of spectrum used in the network. However, given cost-effective radios that can radiate in 100s MHz of spectrum are still not practical, alternate solutions that concurrently exploit multiple radios and multi-band support in current devices and networks need to be explored. The carrier aggregation technology in LTE-Advanced networks represents a step in this direction. However, such an intra-network, single standard baseband specific approach does not scale well as it does not effectively exploit multi-network. multi-band and multi-operator connectivity and therefore, to rectify these shortcomings we envision an aggregation solution at transport or network-layer. We propose an end-to-end architecture that uses Multi-path TCP (MPTCP) as the key building block and supports concept of multi-path policies that exposes to end-users and networks unprecedented control on use of network resources on various spectrum bands and paths. We identify that uncontrolled widespread MPTCP use can lead to unfair resource allocation and reduced spectral efficiency. We solve this problem using a centralized network-resident service for managing multi-path usage throughout an administrative domain such as an operator network, or enterprise. This service makes central decisions based on network-wide information and operator policies. We describe our end-to-end prototype and report on experiments that demonstrate optimized aggregate network capacity in a variety of interesting scenarios.
Turnover of brain histamine and its change by various drugs. (1988)

Histamine (HA) is synthesized from L-histidine by histidine decarboxylase (HDC), and HA released from neurons is predominantly methylated to tele-methylhistamine (t-MH), which is further metabolized by MAO. Therefore, the HA turnover rate is determined by either a exponential decrease in HA level after treatment with alpha-fluoromethylhistidine (alpha-FMH), a specific HDC inhibitor, or a linear accumulation of t-MH after pargyline treatment. Brain HA and t-MH can be simultaneously assayed using HPLC with fluorometric detection. Care should be given to avoid the contamination by extraencephalic mast-cell HA after microwave irradiation or immersion in liquid nitrogen, and to a marked circadian variation of t-MH level. The HA turnover is the highest in the hypothalamus, low in the pons-medulla oblongata and cerebellum, and nil in the spinal cord in rats, mice and guinea pigs. The half-life of neuronal HA is 8-87 min in various brain regions of these animals. Barbiturates, enflurane, benzodiazepines, GABA-mimetic drugs, ethanol and delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol significantly decrease the HA turnover, whereas mu-opioid agonists such as morphine and [D-Ala2, MePhe4, Gly(ol)5] enkephalin enhance it. Foot-shock and phencyclidine also enhance it at least partly via mu-opioid receptors. Chlorpromazine, haloperidol, imipramine, methamphetamine or halothane have no influence on the HA turnover.
Muscle fiber type composition and fiber size in successfully and unsuccessfully endurance-raced horses (1993)

Triplicate biopsies from three different depths of the gluteus medius muscle were obtained in 36 endurance-raced horses, aged 8.42 +/- 2.85 yr. Twenty of the horses were considered excellent endurance performers according to the mean speed of their three fastest records in endurance events for the past 2 or 3 years, whereas 16 were moderate performers, with a mean racing speed < 12.5 km/h (in 120- to 180-km endurance rides), < 14 km/h (in 80- to 120-km endurance rides), or < 13.5 km/h (in 40- to 60-km endurance rides). Significant differences in muscle fiber type composition and fiber size were recorded; excellent performers had a higher percentage and a larger size of type I and type IIa fibers (high and low myosin adenosinetriphosphatase activity at pH 4.5, respectively) and a lower percentage of type IIb fibers (moderate myosin adenosinetriphosphatase activity at pH 4.5), including both type IIb oxidative (moderate to high NADH-tetrazolium reductase activity) and IIb nonoxidative (low NADH-tetrazolium reductase activity). The differences in distribution of myofiber types and in fiber sizes were more marked in the deeper parts compared with the superficial regions of muscle. Our results also imply a greater homogeneity among the fiber type sizes across the muscle in horses with a superior endurance performance than in horses that had been poorly or moderately endurance raced. Thus the results show that fiber type proportions and fiber size in equine skeletal muscle are directly related to the athletic ability of the horse for endurance events.
[Study on factors influencing Agrobacterium-mediated cassava transformation]. (1999)

Factors influencing agrobacterium-mediated cassava transformation were investigated. Among the four Agrobacterium strains tested, LBA 4404 (pTOK 233) and LBA 4404 (pBin9GusInt) gave higher transient expression than C 58 C1 (pIG121Hm) and EHA 105 (pBin9Husint). Pretreatment of explants by bombardment or vaccum had no significant effect on transient expression while preinduction of Agrobacterium with acetosyringone showed better effects, and preculture of explants showed worse effects. All the cultivars tested were susceptible to Agrobacterium infection, while the types of explants and the physiological state of the explants had a strong influence on the transient expression efficiency. The 15-day-old somatic cotyledons and the fully expanded leaves from in vitro plantlets were the most susceptible to Agrobacterium infection. The results also showed that all the four selective reagents (hygromycin, geneticin, PPT, and kanamycin) synchronously suppressed the growth of callus, shoot organogenesis and shoot rooting in a dose dependent manner.
Aspirin use and chronic diseases: a cohort study of the elderly. (1989)

The daily use of aspirin increased the risk of kidney cancer and ischaemic heart disease.
<title>Band selection from a hyperspectral data-cube for a real-time multispectral 3CCD camera</title> (2001)

Given a specific task, like detection of hidden objects (i.e. vehicles and landmines) in a natural background, hyperspectral data gives a significant advantage over RGB- color or gray-value images. It introduces however, a trade- off between cost, speed, signal-to-noise ratio, spectral resolution, and spatial resolution. Our research concentrates on making an optimal choice for spectral bands in an imaging system with a high frame rate and spatial resolution. This can be done using a real-time multispectral 3CCD camera, which records a scene with three detectors, each accurately set to a wavelength by selected optical filters. This leads to the subject of this paper: how to select three optimal bands from hyperspectral data to perform a certain task. The choice of these bands includes two aspects, the center wavelength, and the spectral width. A band-selection and band-broadening procedure has been developed, based on statistical pattern recognition techniques. We will demonstrate our proposed band selection algorithm, and present its classification results compared to red- green-blue and red-green-near-infrared data for a military vehicle in a natural background and for surface laid landmines in vegetation.
The emergence of arbitration in family law in Australia (2003)

Extract: In Australia, the emergence of arbitration in family law has been a slow and laborious process. In 1988 the Family Law Council published a report entitled Arbitration in Family Law.