gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Effect of adjustment of maternal serum ?-fetoprotein levels in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (1998)

Our objective was to determine the effect of the 20% upward adjustment of maternal serum alphafetoprotein (MSAFP) in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) on the number of patients that would be classified at increased risk for pregnancy complicated by either Down syndrome (DS) or neural tube defect (NTD). We retrospectively evaluated a database containing 63,110 patients who underwent multiple serum marker screening between 14 and 22 weeks gestation; 620 patients with IDDM had measurements of MSAFP of which 479 also had measurements of beta-HCG, allowing calculation of DS risk. Increased NTD risk was defined as MSAFP >2.5 MOM while increased DS risk was defined as a calculated risk > or =1/270. One IDDM patient delivered an infant with a NTD; it was not detected on serum screening. No infants were born with DS. Of the 620 patients with MSAFP determinations, 9 had values >2.5 MOM before adjustment. After upward adjustment, 7 additional patients were identified. Sixteen patients were identified at increased risk for DS before and after adjustment. Our data suggest that the 20% upward adjustment of MSAFP increases by 78%, the number of patients who would require further evaluation for NTD's. Although we were able to identify 620 women with IDDM who underwent serum screening for NTD, the low prevalence of NTD's did not allow us to demonstrate an increased detection rate. The effect of upward adjustment of MSAFP on the number of patients categorized at increased DS risk appears to be minimal.
A CASE OF INTESTINAL DUPLICATION WITH MESENTERIC PSEUDOCYST IN CHILDHOOD (2004)

症例は1歳11カ月,女児.生後12カ月頃より頻回に発症する嘔吐と発熱で受診した.腹部超音波検査にて腹腔内に嚢胞性腫瘤を指摘された.同検査上,腫瘤は大部分を占める薄い壁で囲まれる部位と,それに連続し臍状に突出する消化管壁様の厚い壁に囲まれる部位とで形成されていた.消化管重複症あるいは腸間膜嚢胞の診断で開腹したところ,腫瘤は直径5cm程度の球形暗赤色調で回腸末端より約40cm口側の小腸間膜内に存在していた.同部回腸とはその付着部にて漿膜筋層を共有していたが,腸管との交通は認めなかった.腫瘤は腸管から切離可能で腸管切除は要さなかった.病理学的検査では,嚢胞性腫瘤部は線維性結合織を認めたのみであったが臍状突出部は粘膜を有し,さらに胃底腺迷入を認めた.重複消化管から連なった仮性腸間膜嚢胞と考えられたが,本腫瘤の形成機序は重複腸管内の胃低腺の存在から重複腸管の腸間膜内穿通に起因するものと推測された.
Hybrid III-V on Silicon Integrated Distributed Feedback Laser and Ring Resonator for 25 Gb/s Future Access Networks (2017)

We report on a fully integrated hybrid III-V on a silicon distributed feedback laser integrated with a ring resonator. We demonstrate an enhanced extinction ratio up to 5 dB at 25 Gb/s of the distributed feedback laser when the ring-resonator is finely tuned. We validated the transmitter with a 20-km transmission with only 2.5-dB penalty and 20-dB power budget.
Reliable diagnosis of post‐kala‐azar dermal leishmaniasis (<scp>PKDL</scp>) using slit aspirate specimen to avoid invasive sampling procedures (2012)

Slit aspirates are a simpler and minimally invasive sampling technique for initial screening by serology followed by confirmatory diagnosis of PKDL with microscopy and/or Q-PCR. The simplified procedure has the potential for epidemiological studies and assessment of cure in PKDL.
<title>Multilayered supermirror structures for hard x-ray synchrotron and astrophysics instrumentation</title> (1994)

By varying the thickness of the layers in a multilayer down through the structure, it is possible to produce wide-band reflectors. We report measurements and modeling of the reflectivity of Ni/C, Mo/Si and W/Si supermirrors, at energies ranging from 8 to 130 keV, and discuss the performance of two possible applications: a Kirkpatrick-Baez telescope, and a multiwavelength hard X-ray focusing reflector. The supermirrors perform as expected, and model-fits over the full range have been attempted with some success. We conclude that the supermirror coatings do indeed look very promising as hard x-ray optics for synchrotron applications, while some work on highly nested structures and supermirror coatings on very thin large substrates is necessary, before the feasibility of employing large-area supermirrors for hard X-ray astronomy is determined.
Social work in the wake of disaster (1989)

Immediate responses identifying a disaster problem coping with significant events case studies - the bereaved case studies - the survivors counselling groupwork newsletters counselling after unspectacular accidents.
Chronic uveitis in Gaucher's disease (1993)

Thirty patients with Gaucher's disease have been examined in the authors' clinic; 29 of them suffered from the adult form and one had the juvenile type of the disease. The authors found intraocular abnormalities in four patients: three suffered from uveitis and in one, multiple vitreous opacities were observed. Two of the three patients had bilateral uveitis, while in one the uveitis was confined to the right eye only. In two of the three patients the manifestations of Gaucher's disease were present before the onset of uveitis. In one of the three, however, bilateral uveitis with spontaneous hyphema in the left eye was the presenting symptom. The diagnosis of Gaucher's disease in this case was arrived at during the work-up investigations for the etiology of the ocular manifestations. Initially the ocular symptoms in these three patients manifested as acute anterior uveitis, becoming chronic and involving also the posterior segments at a later stage.
Understanding Static Intercell Interference Coordination Mechanisms in LTE (2011)

This work identifies the factors which determine the behaviour of static interference avoidance schemes: SINR distribution shift, MCS mapping, and proportional MCS usage. The work goes on to challenge the common assumption that it is to give resources with a high reuse factor to those at the cell-edge, by showing for a fixed rate service class, that it is best to be greedy and give these resources to those at the cell-centre. The work is performed using monte-carlo simulations, only in the downlink direction, on a London scenario with realistic path loss and network data. All work is statistically quantified using appropriate tests.
Thermolysis of metallopolymers and their precursors as a method for the preparation of nanocomposites (2011)

The thermal transformations of metallopolymers and their most typical precursors, resulting in the formation of nanocomposite materials, are considered. The attention is focused on the methodology of thermolysis including kinetic approaches. The most important chemical reactions taking place during this process conducted in organic matrices are discussed. The microstructure of the nanoparticles being formed and the mechanisms of their self-conservation upon thermolysis of metal-containing precursors are analyzed.
[Xenon enhanced dynamic computed tomography of the lung; regional ventilation measurement]. (1990)

CT-functional images (CT-FI's) were created from Xe-dynamic CT data of 10 patients with chronic pulmonary emphysema and 6 volunteers with normal lung. In CT-FI's of normal lungs, the values of washin and washout parameter of outer zone were larger than those of inner zone. In CT-FI's of chronic pulmonary emphysema, the values of washin parameter of inner zone were larger than those of outer zone and the value of washout parameter of outer zone were larger than those of inner zone. CT-FI's proved to helpful in evaluating the axial distribution of ventilation dynamics in chronic pulmonary emphysema.
Facts about the gaussian probability density function (1995)

The Gaussian probability density function plays a central role in probability, statistics and Fourier analysis. This paper presents formulas involving various combinations of moments, derivatives, integral, products and convolutions of this function. The results are useful in statistical curve estimation, but also have a beauty of their own.
Mode of Action of the Phospholipase from Sclerotinia Fungus (1963)

By using the purified phospholipase A and B of Sclerotinia Libertiana Fcl., enzymic degradation of soy-lecithin was investigated. From the paperchromatography experiments, it was concluded that the phospholipase A specifically hydrolyzes the ester linkage of unsaturated fatty acid of soy-lecithin whereas the phospholipase B hydrolyzes the linkage of saturated acid of soy-lysolecithin. Phospholipase B also could hydrolyze the two fatty acids from the soy-lecithin, however, the hydrolysis rate was rather inhibited by combination with the phospholipase A. Moreover, the phospholipase B activity on soy-lecithin and soy-lysolecithin was found to be increased by the presence of soy-lecithin and soy-lysolecithin in the reaction mixture, and to be inhibited by the addition of Tween 20.
T1501-2-5 A study about separation of nanoparticles using dielectrophoresis (2009)

We report the method for control technique of nanoparticles. We demonstrate the use of alternating current inhomogeneous electric field generated by electrodes, for the control of nanoparticles. The electrodes are made of ITO on glass was fabricated by micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. In recent years, a study of handling aimed at analyzing living body nanoparticles such as DNA or the protein is performed flourishingly. In this study, we use the dielectrophoresis (DEP) that is one of the handling techniques. The dielectric migration used the interaction of an induced particle and the electric field in the inhomogeneous electric field. Unlike the electrophoresis, we are able to control a particle without the electric charge cells and microbes of the quantity of slight electric charge by low voltage. However, Brownian motion becomes dominant if particle diameter becomes small. So, we handle the nanoparticle by restraining the Brownian movement of the nanoparticle.
Phase I/II Study of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Newly-Diagnosed, Localized Nasal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma: Results of a Phase I Portion of JCOG0211-DI. (2005)

Abstract Nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma is a rare lymphoid neoplasm, and its standard therapy has not been established. It is one of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) - associated lymphoid malignancies, and lymphoma cells express P-glycoprotein concerning multi-drug resistance (MDR) of the disease. Anthracycline-containing chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy (RT) has been established as the standard care for localized aggressive NHL; however this strategy is not effective for localized nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma. The 5-year overall survival rates of RT alone are only 30–40%. To explore a more effective treatment for newly-diagnosed localized nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma, we conducted a multicenter phase I/II study of concurrent chemoradiotherapy consisted of 50 Gy of RT and 3 courses of DeVIC chemotherapy [carboplatin (CBDCA) 300mg/m2 d1 IV, etoposide (ETP) 100mg/m2 d1-3 IV, ifosfamide (IFM) 1.5g/m2 d1-3 IV, dexamethasone (DMS) 40mg/body d1-3 IV; every 21 days]. DeVIC comprised of MDR-non-related agents and ETP that shows both in vitro and in vivo efficacy for NK-cell neoplasms, and is well-known to be effective for EBV-associated hemophagocytic syndrome. Pts with newlydiagnosed, localized (IE and contiguous IIE with cervical node involvement) diseases, 20–69 years of age and PS 0–2 were eligible. The protocol requests the CT based 2 or 3 dimensional RT planning that the volume with appropriate margin (2 cm) to gross tumor, entire nasal cavities and nasopharynx should be irradiated. In the phase I portion, a standard 3+3 design was used to evaluate dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs). The doses of RT and DMS were fixed. Two dose levels of CBDCA/ETP/IFM were evaluated: Level 1 (2/3-dose DeVIC) CBDCA 200mg/m2, ETP 67mg/m2, IFM 1.0g/m2 and Level 2 (100%-dose DeVIC). Enrolled 10 pts showed the following features: age 30–61 yrs (median 44.5), M:F=5:5, stage IE 6, stage IIE 4, B symptom(+) 4, elevated serum LDH 2, PS0 6, PS1 4. No treatment-related death occurred, and no grade 4 non-hematologic toxicities other than transient hypokalemia were observed. Grade 4 neutropenia and grade 3 mucositis due to RT were common. At Level 2, grade 4 leukopenia/anemia/thrombocytopenia and grade 3 infection were more frequent than Level 1. In summary, at Level 1, 1 pt developed PD before evaluation of DLT. Remaining 3 pts did not develop DLT. At Level 2, 4 out of 6 pts developed DLT. Thus, we decided to select the Level 1 for the subsequent phase II portion. Of all 10 enrolled pts, 7 achieved CR, 2 PD, and 1 not evaluable. Of note, all 10 pts achieved local control. Our results suggest that concurrent chemoradiotherapy using MDR-non-related agents and ETP is a promising treatment strategy for localized nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma. Feasibility and efficacy of Level 1 will be evaluated further in the phase II portion.
Study of the joint strength between regenerated cellulose fibres and its influence on the sheet strength (1997)

The joint strength between single fibres was investigated directly by measurements of perpendicular cross bonded fibres and compared with the corresponding paper properties. Regenerated cellulose fibres, rayon, were used. They were carboxymethylated in order to introduce charges to the fibres. Two different treatments were used to prepare fibres with charges located on the surface of the fibres and charges located throughout the bulk of the fibres. The charge characteristics, with respect to total charge and surface charge of the fibre were determined. The swelling caused by these charges was analysed with respect to pore volume distribution (NMR measurements) and water retention capacity (WRV). Charge characterisation showed that surface charged fibres could be produced by pre-drying fibres prior to carboxymethylation. Furthermore, WRV and NMR-relaxation measurements showed that an increase in the surface charge had no significant influence on the swelling whereas an increase in bulk charges had a large effect. The strength of the joints and the paper tensile properties are most affected by the surface charges, probably due to an increase in the molecular contact area with increasing charge. The results indicated that increased surface softness increased the critical strain of paper made from these modified fibres.
A postal survey of maternal sleep in late pregnancy (2012)

Sleep problems are common in women in late pregnancy, and increase markedly compared with before pregnancy.
Monitoring of the Construction of the Doremus Avenue Bridge Structure (2010)

Starting in 2007, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) adopted the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Bridge Design Specifications as the mandatory standard by which all future bridge structures should be designed. New Jersey committed itself to adopting the LRFD Specifications in January 2000. The LRFD Specifications consider the variability in the behavior of structural elements through extensive statistical analyses and, therefore, continue to be improved. However, many of the LRFD Specifications’ design approaches and methodologies have been adopted with limited or virtually no experimental validation. Hence, there became a need to validate these new design procedures and models as well as the behavior of LRFD designed bridge structures. The main objective of this study was to validate the AASHTO LRFD Specifications through field testing of the Doremus Avenue Bridge, New Jersey’s first AASHTO LRFD (1998) design. In addition, long-term monitoring of the bridge fatigue life was also implemented. In particular, the study evaluates the AASHTO criteria for composite design with respect to the requirements for shear connectors, the effects of designing for deflection control as well as using higher concrete strengths on deck stiffness and stresses. Results included new simplified equations for calculating Girder Distribution Factors (GDF) and effective flange width criteria in addition to establishing major live load spectra for various weigh in motion (WIM) NJ sites. Deflection measurements and simulation using Extreme Value Theory (EVT) show that the 75-year maximum deflection is within the New Jersey Department of Transportation deflection limit of L/1000. However, future research is needed to establish if the L/1000 limit is indirectly helping to control vibration of the superstructure. Moreover, a new procedure for predicting the remaining fatigue life is established using WIM truck data, rain flow, and structural analyses.
Tricyclic Antidepressant Effects on the Murine Lymphocyte Mitogen Response (1982)

Tricyclic antidepressant binding sites have recently been detected on the membranes of murine splenic lymphocytes (1). It is reported here that the mitogenic response of murine lymphocytes is altered in the presence of tricyclic antidepressants at concentrations of 10(-5) M or greater. The time-dependent effects of these drugs, when added to the cultures at various times up to 24 hours subsequent to addition of a mitogen (either concanavalin A or lipopolysaccharide B), are also reported.
Ethanol Inhibition Kinetics of <i>Kluyveromyces marxianus</i> Grown on Jerusalem Artichoke Juice (1982)

The kinetics of ethanol inhibition on cell growth and ethanol production by Kluyveromyces marxianus UCD (FST) 55-82 were studied during batch growth. The liquid medium contained 10% (wt/vol) inulin-type sugars derived from an extract of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) tubers, supplemented with small amounts of Tween 80, oleic acid, and corn steep liquor. Initial ethanol concentrations ranging from 0 to 80 g/liter in the liquid medium were used to study the inhibitory effect of ethanol on the following parameters: maximum specific growth rate (mu(max)), cell and ethanol yields, and sugar utilization. It was found that as the initial ethanol concentration increased from 0 to 80 g/liter, and maximum specific growth rate of K. marxianus cells decreased from 0.42 to 0.09 h, whereas the ethanol and cell yields and sugar utilization remained almost constant. A simple kinetic model was used to correlate the mu(max) results and the rates of cell and ethanol production, and the appropriate constants were evaluated.
Effect of Maleic Anhydride Grafted Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Compatibilizer on the Mechanical, Thermal Properties and Weathering Resistance of Polyamide 11/Bamboo Fiber Composite (2020)

In this research, short bamboo fiber (BF) has been used as filler in the fabrication of the composite based on polyamide 11 (PA11) by melt-mixing method. In order to improve the compatibility between BF and PA11, maleic anhydride grafted ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVAgMA) was introduced into the composite preparation process. The effect of EVAgMA contents on mechanical, thermal or weathering resistant properties of the composites was investigated. In the presence of the EVAgMA, the tensile strength, impact strength and flexural modulus of composites showed the improvement in comparison to without compatibilizer. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis indicated that the melting temperature of composites did not depend on the EVAgMA contents, while its fusion heat (ΔHm) decreased with increasing EVAgMA contents. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) evaluated the role of EVAgMA on the enhancement of composites’s storage modulus (G′) in the glassy plateau and the interaction between BF and PA11 matrix. After 840 hours of accelerated weathering test, the composites using EVAgMA were decomposed faster than that of neat PA11 and PA11/BF composite. This result was also agreed with the observation of scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) images and the change of carbonyl index (CI). However, the retention of tensile properties of PA11/EVAgMA/BF composites is higher than that of PA11/BF composite.
THE MUSIC PAINT MACHINE - A Multimodal Interactive Platform to Stimulate Musical Creativity in Instrumental Practice (2010)

Interactive music systems offer new possibilities to support instrumental music teaching by providing a corporeally grounded experience as a basis for understanding music and music playing. In this paper we introduce the Music Paint Machine, a device that enables music performers to make a painting on a computer screen by playing their instrument. It is hypothesized that using this application stimulates understanding and creative use of musical parameters.
Carotenoid blues: structural studies on carotenoproteins (1997)

Abstract
Finite-difference time-domain modeling of dispersive nonlinear Fabry-Perot cavities (1994)

Numerical simulations of ultrafast time-domain optical fields in nonlinear Fabry–Perot cavities are described. Thin-film cavities formed of dispersive metals and nonlinear dielectrics are modeled, and pulse-discriminating absorption is examined.
Effects of nitric oxide-related compounds in the acute ketamine animal model of schizophrenia (2015)

NO donors - especially SNP - are promising new pharmacological candidates in the treatment of schizophrenia. In addition, we showed that the potential impact of NO-related compounds on KET-induced behavioral changes may depend on the temporal window of drug administration.
Fuzzy Net Extracting Features of Input Data and its Application to Signature Recognition (1993)

This paper presents a new neural network structure from which features of input data can be extracted easily. The basic structure is a two-layer perceptron and each unit in the input layer has a fuzzy membership function. The input space is divided into fuzzy sub-spaces by the membership functions and the new type of neural network has an ability of nonlinear mapping. The new neural network can handle some deformations of input data with the fuzzy divisions. The structure of the new network is very simple and the features of input data are easily known from the connection weights of the learned network. The authors call the neural network Fuzzy Net. A basic experiment of signature recognition is done using the fuzzy net. The capability of the new network in feature extraction is verified.
Prolegomena to a critical edition of the Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa, with a discussion of computer-aided methods used to edit the text (2009)

The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa is the primary Armenian-language historical source for the eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Matthew was a monk who lived in the ethnically mixed city of Edessa; within his Chronicle, he describes the apogee of independent Armenia, its fall to piecemeal Byzantine annexation, the subsequent loss of Byzantium's eastern territory to the newcomer Saljuq Turks, and the sectarian tension that accompanied the First Crusade. This thesis sets out the methodology adopted for the construction of a critical edition of the text, addresses the approach that Matthew took to the composition of the Chronicle, and gives the edited text of the prophecies attributed to Yovhannēs Kozeṙn and the author's prologues to Books Two and Three of the Chronicle.

Chapters 2 and 3 comprise a review of the scholarship to date on the Chronicle, and a discussion of the approach taken to a critical edition of the text. The Chronicle survives in a large number of relatively recently copied manuscripts; it was therefore necessary to devise an approach to text collation and editing that takes full advantage of recent advances in computational methods of philology. I have developed a set of software tools to assist in the task of editing the Chronicle; these tools are useful for the creation of text editions in any language that can be represented through the TEI XML standard. 

Chapters 4–8 give an examination of the overall framework of Matthew’s Chronicle, and of his interpretation of recent history within that framework. Following a long tradition of the use of prophecy to explain Armenian history, Matthew uses two prophecies attributed to the eleventh-century clerical scholar Yovhannēs Kozeṙn, themselves extended in the twelfth century under the influence of the Apocalypse attributed to Methodius, to frame his argument that both the Byzantine emperors and the Armenian kings had abandoned their responsibility toward the Armenian people. His attitude toward recent history, and particularly toward the Latins of Outremer, may be used to demonstrate that he wrote the Chronicle no later than 1137.