gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Making the patient your partner: communication skills for doctors and other caregivers (1996)

Dissatisfaction with Relationships with Patients A Collaborative Model for Relating to Patients Empathic Listening: Applications and Benefits Roadblocks to Patient Communication Self-Disclosure Skills for Health Care Professionals Dealing Effectively with Conflicts Helping Patients Cope with an Adverse Diagnosis Special Problems Dealing with Aids Patients Helping Patients Maintain Hope Helping Patients Find Meaning Helping the Terminal Patient Other Applications of Interpersonal Skills
„Nichtkoordinierende” Anionen (1993)

Eine Lösung ohne Kation‐Anion‐Wechselwirkungen kann mit schwach koordinierenden Anionen recht gut angenähert werden. Damit werden die Voraussetzungen zur Stabilisierung koordinativ ungesättigter Kationen geschaffen, die ungewöhnliche Bindungsverhältnisse aufweisen und/oder als katalytisch aktive Spezies diskutiert werden. Strauss et al. haben nun Tellurat‐haltige Anionen wie 1 ‐ 3 eingeführt, die gegenüber den vielfach verwendeten Tetraarylboraten und Carboran‐Anionen eine Reihe von Vorteilen aufweisen und mit denen Kationen wie [Ag(CO) 2 ] + und [Ag(CH 2 Cl 2 ) 3 ] + (Gegenion 1 bzw. 3) isoliert werden können. magnified image
Tomorrow's Thought (1964)

God O My God I say God Too many times I might say Freda O My Freda And get A better answer... Tomorrow's Thought by Neil Howard God O My God I say God 0 my God Too many times 1 might say Freda O My Freda And get A better answer Haiku by Dick Heinemeyer We love the colored So long as they keep their place Before the fire hose. [19]
Least-Squares Analysis of the Film-Substrate Problem in Ellipsometry*† (1971)

We have found that the thickness and refractive indices for the film–substrate problem in ellipsometry can frequently be calculated with a least-squares technique. It is shown that one algorithm can be used with a variety of data to solve problems that were formerly solved with step-by-step searches through parameter space. Moreover, the least-squares technique leads to a statistically meaningful estimate of the variances of the parameters. It is shown that the variances obtained from a correct error analysis can be at least one hundred times as large as those obtained from a naive analysis. It is also shown how the error analysis can provide information that is helpful in deciding if a given experiment is worthwhile.
Torque Boosting of 4-Stroke Cycle Spark-lgnition Engine in Low and Middle Engine Speed Ranges by Crankcase-Supercharging (1984)

<div class="htmlview paragraph">As a mechanical supercharging system for 4-stroke cycle engines, crankcase-supercharging seems attractive because of its low production cost and simple construction. Therefore, a crankcase-supercharged 4-stroke cycle spark-ignition engine was developed and tested in both motoring and firing modes.</div> <div class="htmlview paragraph">It was found that the motoring volumetric efficiency could be increased over the entire engine speed range, but the increase was more noticeable at lower engine speeds. In the firing mode it was proved that a favorable throttle response and a 20 to 30% torque rise could be obtained by crankcase-supercharging without sacrificing the brake specific fuel consumption of the naturally aspirated baseline condition.</div>
A unified eigenvalue theory for time-varying linear circuits and systems (2002)

Linear time-varying circuits and systems of the vector form dx/dt=A(t)x+bu and the scalar form y/sup (n)/+ alpha /sub n/(t)y/sup (n-1)/+ . . . + alpha /sub 2/(t)dy/dt+ alpha /sub 1/(t)y=u can be studied as operators over a differential ring K of almost everywhere C/sup infinity / functions. A unified (time-varying) eigenvalue theory has been recently developed for such operators, relative to a class of equivalence transformations on K/sup n*n/. This unified eigenvalue theory leads to the natural time-varying counterparts of eigenvalues, eigenvectors, characteristics, equations, modal matrices, stability criteria, etc., as traditionally used for time-invariant linear circuits and systems. The main results of the theory are summarized. The time-varying counterparts of transfer functions, series/parallel realizations, and pole-assignment control technique for the scalar form are presented.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Software Quality Prediction: An Investigation Based on Machine Learning (2019)

Irrespective of the type of software system that is being developed, producing and delivering high-quality software within the specified time and budget is crucial for many software businesses. The software process model has a major impact on the quality of the overall system - the longer a defect remains in the system undetected, the harder it becomes to fix. However, predicting the quality of the software in the early phases would immensely assist developers in software maintenance and quality assurance activities, and to allocate effort and resources more efficiently. This paper presents an evaluation of eight machine learning techniques in the context of reliability and maintainability. Reliability is investigated as the number of defects in a system and the maintainability is analyzed as the number of changes made in the system. Software metrics are direct reflections of various characteristics of software and are used in our study as the major attributes for training the models for both defect and maintainability prediction. Among the eight different techniques we experimented with, Random Forest provided the best results with an AUC of over 0.8 during both defect and maintenance prediction.
The design of continuous-time linear equalizers using model order reduction techniques (2008)

The peaking gain and the peaking frequency of a continuous-time linear equalizer (CTLE) are considered key design parameters to improve link performance. Many high-speed signaling standards define peaking gain as specification of the transmitter or receiver equalizer to achieve their target data rates. Peaking gain and frequency aside, the zeros play a major role in shaping the frequency response of the CTLE. These zeros closely relate to the poles of the channel to be equalized; thus their locations need to be selected with care when optimizing CTLE parameters. This paper describes a non-iterative method of selecting the equalizer parameters by first matching the frequency response of the CTLE to the inverse loss profile of the channel. The approach uses model order reduction (MOR) techniques to determine the zeros of the CTLE from the channel characteristics.
Die Cahiers von Simone Weil (1996)

Presentation des «Cahiers» de Simone Weil parus en 1952 qui rassemblent des fragments de son oeuvre sous forme de notes, qui sont autant de reponses aux experiences funestes du fascisme et du stalinisme. Aujourd'hui, les evenements de 1989 marquent la fin du conflit entre la pensee politique et le mysticisme religieux de S. Weil
Comparison of Intestinal Absorption and Esterification of 4-C14 Vitamin D3 and 4-C14 Cholesterol in the Rat (1966)

Intestinal absorption and esteri-fication of 4-C14 vitamin D3 and 4-C14 cholesterol were studied in rats with lymph fistulas. After oral administration, extracts of lymph, fractionated by thin-layer chroma-tography, were found to contain the sterols, their esters and unidentified more polar compounds. In contrast to cholesterol, very little vit. D was esterified. The esters of both sterols, separated by thin-layer chromatogra-phy on the basis of the degree of unsaturation of the fatty acid moiety, were found to consist principally of saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids.
Are SKOS concept schemes ready for multilingual retrieval applications? (2012)

This article describes our approach to accessing Knowledge Organization Systems expressed using the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) data model. We share the view that the Web is becoming a multilingual lexical resource and a distribution infrastructure for knowledge resources. We aim to tap into this for the particular use case of Cross-Language Information Retrieval systems. The SKOS framework allows the description of monolingual or multilingual thesauri, controlled vocabularies and other classification systems in a simple machine-understandable representation. It has support for decentralized distribution on the Web of any resource described with it and includes mechanisms to interconnect different concept schemes. Yet, when building our prototype CLIR system different processes require more than the existing content of a SKOS resource: concept descriptions, labels and basic inter-concept relations. For example the SKOS concept indexing phase entails identifying potential occurrences of a SKOS concept in a text and to disambiguate based on the semantics referenced to in the overall SKOS scheme. By design, the SKOS data model does not formally define semantics of its concepts thus we have built a set of three algorithms that help generate a multilingual dataset linking to the original SKOS dataset and providing more details about the lexical entities that describe concepts. This new dataset contains specific RDF triples that aid concept identification, disambiguation and translation in CLIR.
Service management in intelligent networks (1990)

Six basic categories of management functions are defined and described: configuration management, fault management, performance management, accounting management, security management, and planning. A network service model that encompasses these functions is presented, and some management issues are addressed. Two examples of service management are examined: network service provisioning and customer network service management.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radio channel measurements (2002)

We present results from the first field test to characterize the mobile multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radio channel. We measured the capacity normalized to a single antenna system, and fading correlation between antennas of a system with 4 antennas on a laptop computer and 4 antennas at a rooftop base station. The field test results show that close to the theoretical 4 times the capacity of a single antenna system can be supported in a 30 kHz channel with dual-polarized, spatially-separated base station and terminal antennas under a variety of test runs, including suburban drives, highway drives and pedestrian routes. Therefore, these results show that it may be possible to provide in excess of 1 Mbps in a 200 kHz mobile radio channel (for the 3G wireless TDMA system EDGE) with the appropriate base station antennas.
A Recurring Problem With the Analysis of Energy Expenditure in Genetic Models Expressing Lean and Obese Phenotypes (2010)

Defining the molecular mechanisms linking obesity with insulin resistance is important for developing new therapies against the rising incidence of type 2 diabetes in industrialized nations. Maintaining a balance between calorie intake and energy expenditure is critical for preventing insulin resistance, the precursor for type 2 diabetes (1). Mouse genetics has made enormous contributions to theoretical models explaining how organisms balance energy intake and energy expenditure. A seminal event was the positional cloning of the obese gene (now called the Leptin gene) by Friedman and colleagues in the early 1990s (2). Leptin deficiency causes severe obesity in mice and humans (3), and leptin was proposed to regulate energy homeostasis by suppressing appetite and increasing energy expenditure (4). However, it has clearly been forgotten that the interpretation of energy expenditure data from mice homozygous for the Lepob mutation was challenged shortly after the initial publication (5). Increasingly sophisticated technologies for manipulating the mouse genome are now used routinely to analyze new genes linked to energy homeostasis, resulting in many new mouse models with obese or lean phenotypes. Altered energy expenditure is frequently cited as the primary mechanism underlying the obese or lean phenotype. However, in many cases the same issues with interpretation of energy expenditure data are evident. Here, we discuss what has developed into a recurring problem in the literature with the analysis of energy balance. Specifically, we shall discuss the practice of using body weight as a denominator in analyzing energy balance to overestimate the role of energy expenditure.

The growing number of individuals with chronic metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes provides a powerful incentive for investigating mechanisms linking obesity with insulin resistance. That a balance between food intake and energy expenditure (thermogenesis) is maintained through homeostatic mechanisms is a central tenet of obesity research. A major …
A Simple Method for the Assessment of the Cloud Cover State in High-Latitude Regions by a Ground-Based Digital Camera (2006)

Abstract This work describes the development of a simple method of field estimating the sky cloud coverage percentage for several applications at the Brazilian Antarctic Station, Ferraz (62°05′S, 58°23.5′W). The database of this method was acquired by a digital color camera in the visible range of the spectrum. A new algorithm was developed to classify each pixel according to a criteria decision process. The information on the pixel contamination by clouds was obtained from the saturation component of the intensity, hue, and saturation space (IHS). For simplicity, the images were acquired with a limited field of view of 36° pointing to the camera’s zenith to prevent direct sunlight from reaching the internal charge-coupled device (CCD) on the camera. For a priori–classified clear-sky images, the accuracy of the method was superior to 94%. For overcast-sky conditions, the corresponding accuracy was larger than 99%. A comparison test was performed with two human observers and our method. The results for the 29 images collected for several time of days during 50 days in 1999 summer were compared to visual observations of these same digital images by two trained field meteorologists. Correlation coefficients between human observers and the automatic method ranged from 0.84 for clear-sky conditions, and the lowest was 0.09 for undefined-sky conditions.
<title>Theoretically limited temperature sensitivity of thermal detectors with restricted spectral range</title> (1994)

Spectral characteristics of specific detectivity D<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>) and noise equivalent temperature difference NETD<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>) were calculated for background noise limited thermal detectors with restricted spectral range ((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB> - cut-off wavelength). In the actual spectral range ((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB><15 micrometers ) thermal detectors are able to ensure the same values of D<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>) and NETD<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>) as for quantum detectors. NETD<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>) and D<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>) values are shown to be connected by `kT<SUP>2</SUP>-rule': NETD<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>) - (root)2kT<SUP>2</SUP>D<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>). It was accentuated that this rule may be applied to quantum photodetectors but with some definitions. The approximations were offered permitting to calculate values of D<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>) and NETD<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>) in all spectral ranges with the accuracy of not worse than 2%. It was shown that as D<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>) of an ideal thermal detector with a cold filter increases the cooling temperature necessary for achievement of theoretical limited values of D<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>) and NETD<SUP>*</SUP>((lambda) <SUB>m</SUB>) also increases. Such a behavior is opposite to that known for quantum photodetectors.
Private Accountability and the Fourteenth Amendment; State Action, Federalism and Congress (1994)

In this essay, I hope to expand the foundation of that conclusion and further explore its implications for private accountability and the duties of the Court, Congress and state lawmakers. Part I extends the discussion from state responsibility to private accountability. It first examines the paradoxes implicit in the Courts doctrine of private accountability. Among the forces that have shaped the present doctrine of private accountability, and motivated the scholarly debate, is the palpable need to protect the fundamental interests of people against invasion by powerful private initiatives.
The Strategic Response by Pharmaceutical Firms to the Medicaid Most- Favored-Customer Rules (1997)

In 1990 the Federal Government included a Most Favored Customer (MFC) clause in the contract (OBRA 90) which would govern the prices paid to firms for pharmaceutical products supplied to Medicaid recipients.The firms had to give Medicaid their "best" (lowest) price in some cases, a percentage below average price in others.Many theoretical models have shown that an MFC rule commits a firm to compete less aggressively in prices.We might expect prices to rise following the implementation of the MFC rule, yet the work done to date on OBRA 90 has found this result somewhat difficult to show empirically.I also conclude that the effects of the law are small and relatively weak; however, the results are strongest where the product's characteristics match the incentives in the law.I find that after the MFC rule was implemented the average price of branded products facing generic competition rose -the median presentation's price rose about 4Y0.Brands protected by patents did not significantly increase price.Generics in concentrated markets should display a strategic response to the brand's adoption of the MFC.I find support for the strategic effect; generic firms raise their prices more as their markets become more concentrated.I find little change in hospital prices.The results suggest that the MFC rule resulted in higher prices to some non-Medicaid consumers of pharmaceuticals.
Cisplatin‐Induced Ototoxicity: The Effect of Pigmentation and Inhibitory Agents (1993)

Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum II (cisplatin), a divalent platinum compound and potent cell-cycle nonspecific chemotherapeutic agent, produces a dose-limiting, permanent, high-frequency sensori-neural hearing loss and peripheral neuropathy, and a dose-related cumulative renal insufficiency with tubular necrosis and interstitial nephritis. The potential for dose-limiting and permanent cochlear (neuro) toxicity remains despite present methods of hypertonic saline, prehydration, and mannitol diuresis prior to drug administration. The exact mechanism(s) of ototoxicity and/or nephrotoxicity are still unknown. Continued aggressive high-dose cisplatin chemotherapy necessitates the investigation of ways to decrease the dose-limiting side effects that inhibit the administration of cisplatin at therapeutic and tumoricidal doses. This multifaceted project investigates two categories of potential inhibitors of cisplatin toxicity that, when coadministered with a known tumoricidal and ototoxic dose of cisplatin, will decrease or inhibit the ototoxicity: 1. phosphonic acid antibiotics (fosfomycin; 1,2 epoxypropylphosphonic acid); 2. nonglucocorticoid 21-aminosteroids, which are free oxygen radical scavengers (LAZAROIDS: U74006F and U78517F). This project also investigates the role of pigmentation as a variable affecting the evaluation of platinum-induced ototoxicity in the guinea pig animal model. Identification of an optimal animal model for future cisplatin toxicity research should be based on previously established species-specific differences in total drug dose, systemic toxicity, and morphological and functional evidence of cochlear toxicity, as affected by differences in pigmentation and drug tolerance. Cytocochleography, brainstem auditory evoked response (BSER), scanning and transmission electron microscopy of organ of Corti and the stria vascularis, double-blind light microscopy of renal, small intestine, and peripheral nerve tissue, and gamma-emission analysis of 195Mplatinum localization in inner ear neuroepithelium and the stria vascularis are used in the global evaluation of the ototoxic effects of cisplatin in both the adult albino and pigmented guinea pig.
Reseñas bibliografcas. Adela Cortina, Las fronteras de la persona. El valor de los animales, la dignidad de los humanos, Taurus, Madrid, 2009, 240 pp. (2013)

espanolEn la resena bibliografica sobre el libro de Adela Cortina: “Las fronteras de la persona. El valor de los animales, la dignidad de los humanos” (Taurus, Madrid, 2009), el Profesor Robert Hall, Facultad de Filosofia de la Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro y de la West Virginia State University, esboza los argumentos que Adela Cortina hace con referencia a la relacion entre los humanos y los animales. Publicado originalmente en Dianoia, el resumen proporciona una vision interna de las fortalezas y de las debilidades de los argumentos de la autora. De acuerdo con Hall, Cortina presenta tres posturas con respecto a la consideracion etica de los animales: 1) Aceptar a los animales no humanos en el nucleo de la etica en pie de igualdad con los seres humanos; 2) Incluir a los animales en la etica pero introduciendo una gradacion en la relevancia moral; y 3) Dejar las cosas como estan debido a la falta de evidencia para cambiar la clasificacion actual. Hall puntualiza que el argumento en favor de la segunda postura que realiza Cortina, (incluir a los animales dentro de los argumentos eticos) lo hace practicamente a traves de la negacion de las otras dos posturas en vez de estructurar un argumento concreto en favor de la segunda postura. Cortina argumenta que los rasgos unicos e inalienables de los humanos los coloca en una condicion dentro de la etica por encima de los animales no humanos. Como consecuencia, Cortina argumenta que los animales tienen valores pero no derechos, una posicion en la cual Hall argumenta, deja a los animales no humanos, intencionadamente o no intencionadamente, al capricho de los derechos humanos. EnglishIn his review of Adele Cortina´s Las fronteras de la persona. El valor de los animales, la dignidad de los humanos (Taurus, Madrid, 2009), Professor Robert Hall from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of West Virginia and Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, sketches the arguments Cortina makes with regards to the relationship between humans and animals. Originally published in Dianoia, the summary provides an insightful take on the strengths and weaknesses of the author´s arguments. According to Hall, Cortina presents three options for considering animals in the ethical system: first to accept non-human animals on the same terms as humans; second to include animals into the ethical argument, though with a certain moral gradation; and third to leave the situation as it is due to lack of evidence to change the current classification. Hall notes that while Cortina argues in favor of including animals into ethical arguments, she does so mostly via negation of the other two options rather than by structuring an argument in favor of the second. Cortina argues that inalienable and unique human traits put them on an ethical footing above non-human animals. As a result, Cortina argues that animals have values, but not rights, a position which, Hall argues, leaves them, whether intentionally or unintentionally, at the whims of human rights.
Assessing the Benefits of Surface Tension Transfer Welding to Industry (2003)

Manufacturing Policy, Manufacturing Processes, and First-line Supervision. He is a past recipient of his department’s Outstanding Teacher award and currently serves as President Elect of NAIT’s In-dustry Division. Bruce’s industrial experience in-cludes 10 years with defense and automotive com-panies designing and implementing quality sys-tems, supervision and administration, project management, and supplier development. His con-sulting experience includes three years with the