gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
1.34 µm Nd:YVO4 laser passively Q-switched by V:YAG and optimized for lidar (2020)

Nd:YVO<sub>4</sub> has a high gain transition at 1.34 μm. It can be q-switched by the saturable absorber Vanadium:YAG, which has quick recovery, enabling repetition rates above 1 MHz. I demonstrated a 1.34 μm laser for LIDAR with 1.08 nsec pulse duration, 24 kHz repetition rate and 1.75 kW peak power, and in another configuration, 4.8 nsec pulse duration, 1.82 MHz repetition rate and 68 W peak power. Several intermediate cases are described as well. These lasers have part-for-part correspondence with green pointer lasers sold for under $5 which are the size of a penlight. The eye-safe class 1 power at 1.34 μm is 1.9 times that allowable in the 1.4-1.6 μm range.
SIAT: A Distributed Video Analytics Framework for Intelligent Video Surveillance (2019)

In recent years, the amount of intelligent CCTV cameras installed in public places for surveillance has increased enormously and as a result, a large amount of video data is produced every moment. Due to this situation, there is an increasing request for the distributed processing of large-scale video data. In an intelligent video analytics platform, a submitted unstructured video undergoes through several multidisciplinary algorithms with the aim of extracting insights and making them searchable and understandable for both human and machine. Video analytics have applications ranging from surveillance to video content management. In this context, various industrial and scholarly solutions exist. However, most of the existing solutions rely on a traditional client/server framework to perform face and object recognition while lacking the support for more complex application scenarios. Furthermore, these frameworks are rarely handled in a scalable manner using distributed computing. Besides, existing works do not provide any support for low-level distributed video processing APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). They also failed to address a complete service-oriented ecosystem to meet the growing demands of consumers, researchers and developers. In order to overcome these issues, in this paper, we propose a distributed video analytics framework for intelligent video surveillance known as SIAT. The proposed framework is able to process both the real-time video streams and batch video analytics. Each real-time stream also corresponds to batch processing data. Hence, this work correlates with the symmetry concept. Furthermore, we introduce a distributed video processing library on top of Spark. SIAT exploits state-of-the-art distributed computing technologies with the aim to ensure scalability, effectiveness and fault-tolerance. Lastly, we implant and evaluate our proposed framework with the goal to authenticate our claims.
Interactions between an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and a soil microbial community mediating litter decomposition (2012)

We investigated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) alteration of microbial mediation of litter decomposition. AMF (Glomus hoi) were either allowed access to or excluded from Plantago lanceolata L. root litter embedded in soil; litter was labeled with either (13) C only or (13) C and (15) N. Plant N uptake was significantly increased if AMF accessed the litter, and (15) N analysis of the plant material indicated that 2-3% of plant N originated from litter. Succession of the soil community mediating decomposition was assessed by phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) combined with (13) C-PLFA. During the first 21 days of decomposition, saprotrophic fungi and Gram-negative bacteria were the dominant consumers of litter C. As decomposition progressed however, (13) C content of the fungal biomarkers declined substantially, and Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria became the primary reservoirs of labeled litter C. The putative PLFA marker for AMF (16:1ω5c) originated primarily from non-AMF sources. In AMF-invaded root litter, Gram-negative, Gram-positive, and 16:1ω5c markers became less (13) C-enriched relative to their counterparts in non-AMF-invaded microcosms during active decomposition. These patterns of (13) C: (12) C enrichment may result from AMF supply of (12) C from the plant to the decomposing soil microbial community; such C inputs could alter the microbial mediation of litter decomposition.
H3K27me3 demethylases regulate in vitro chondrogenesis and chondrocyte activity in osteoarthritis (2016)

Overall, we show that H3K27me3 demethylases modulate chondrogenesis and that enhancing this activity may improve production of tissue-engineered cartilage. In contrast, targeted inhibition of H3K27me3 demethylases could provide a novel approach in OA therapeutics.
Immunotherapy for small cell lung cancer: mechanisms of resistance (2019)

Although some factors, such as a high mutation rate, favor immunotherapy for SCLC patients, downregulation of MHC class I, low expression of PD-L1, poor tumor infiltration by effector T cells, presence of myeloid-derived suppressor cells as well as regulatory T lymphocytes counteract the immune system activation by checkpoint inhibitors. Furthermore, this tumor develops avascular regions which have immunosuppressive effects and restrict access of lymphocytes and antibodies. In conclusion, immunotherapy in SCLC is effective in highly selected patients with good performance status and special and unknown preconditions contributing to long-lasting responses.
1: [REHABILITATION TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH OPERABLE GASTRIC CANCER] (1993)

Observations over 130 patients who underwent radical operation for gastric carcinoma showed that survival is higher among those who received rehabilitation measures and that post-gastroresection complications occurred in them 1.5-2 times less frequently than in the control group; 39.2% of patients who were given rehabilitation therapy and only 15.8% of patients in the control group resumed occupational activity. The authors worked out an optimal plan of restorative treatment according to the character and severity of the postresection complications.
Current Concepts of the Pathogenesis of Periodontal Disease: Microbiology Emphasis (1985)

A summary of the major highlights of periodontal pathogenesis research with particular emphasis on periodontal microbiology is presented. Bacteriologic specificity, periodontal disease activity, anatomical plaque research, bacterial recolonization and the concept of bacterial succession are discussed. Periodontal immunology, gingival fluid, histopathology as well as clinical research are briefly mentioned as they interrelate with periodontal microbiology.
Importância da participação do contador no processo de implantação de Sistemas Integrados de Gestão: um estudo de caso (2005)

O avanco tecnologico e as novas exigencias do mercado levam as empresas a procurarem, cada vez mais, a maximizacao dos resultados e a racionalizacao de seus processos. Uma das ferramentas usadas, atualmente, e o Sistema Integrado de Gestao – Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) –, que tem como funcao principal a otimizacao dos processos operacionais, o que abre espaco para que o profissional de contabilidade auxilie no processo de tomada de decisoes. Este artigo objetiva mostrar o importante papel que o contador tem na implantacao, no desenvolvimento e na estabilizacao desse tipo de sistema, bem como na disponibilizacao de informacoes mais rapidas, seguras e tempestivas para os processos decisorios da empresa. Inicialmente, fez-se uma revisao bibliografica em que se verificaram os principais aspectos relacionados a esses tipos de sistemas e, em seguida, foi realizado um estudo de caso em empresa que implantou ERP. Por meio do estudo realizado, concluiu-se que e importante a participacao efetiva do profissional de contabilidade na implantacao de tais sistemas e que os mesmos sao ferramentas que permitem as empresas compartilharem dados e uniformizarem processos de negocios, produzindo e utilizando informacoes em tempo real.
Electrochemical determination of vitamin E in margarine, butter and palm oil (1975)

Abstract A simple, rapid and reproducible method is described for the analysis of tocopherols in margarine, butter and palm oil. The method involves saponification, extraction of the unsaponifiable material and direct voltammetric determination. No separation technique is necessary. Two indicator electrodes, glassy carbon (GCE) and carbon paste (CPE), have been employed in this work, GCE in ethanol‐benzene (2:1) medium and CPE in 75% ethanol. The CPE gives over ten times as much current as the GCE for a given tocopherol concentration. The GCE' high residual current in aqueous medium makes it impractical in 75% aqueous ethanol and the CPE' solubility in benzene restricts its usage in ethanol‐benzene medium. Slight turbidity does occur sometimes when the unsaponifiable material of the samples is dissolved in 75% ethanol but this seems not to interfere in subsequent analysis. Increase in ethanol content to 90% gives a clearer solution and higher background, but no appreciable difference in the results. The results obtained by use of both electrodes are given and shown to be in close agreement with previously published results.
Palestinian Life and Politics as Feature-length Cinema: A Review of <i>Divine Intervention</i> (2003)

One need not be an expert on either the Holy Land or Western media to be aware that the sources of information in major media outlets in the West are notoriously misleading about current events in the Holy Land. The US media's misrepresentation of the Holy Land pervades both the 'information' side of the media (e.g. many news programmes presented images of the very few Pales­ tinians who rejoiced in the aftermath of 11 September as images typical of all Palestinians even though such scenes were emphatically atypical of Palestinian response to those tragic events) and the 'entertainment' side of the media (e.g. Arabs are commonly presented as symbols of threats and terrorism as in the recent big budget film, The Sum of All Fears, which had Arab terrorists conspir­ ing to smuggle a nuclear bomb to the USA from an Arabian-like desert pre­ posterously identified as the Golan Heights). In the face of the mainstream media's often geographically, culturally, religiously and politically misleading representations of the Holy Land and its people, it is refreshing to find a highly skilled Palestinian director giving us an
Spontaneous emission spectra and simulating multiple spontaneous generation coherence in a five-level atomic medium (2006)

We investigate the features of the spontaneous emission spectra in a coherently driven cold five-level atomic system by means of a radio frequency (rf) or microwave field driving a hyperfine transition within the ground state. It is shown that a few interesting phenomena such as spectral-line narrowing, spectral-line enhancement, spectral-line suppression, and spontaneous emission quenching can be realized by modulating the frequency and intensity of the rf-driving field in our system. In the dressed-state picture of the coupling and rf-driving fields, we find that this coherently driven atomic system has three close-lying levels so that multiple spontaneously generated coherence (SGC) arises. Our considered atomic model can be found in real atoms, such as rubidium or sodium, so a corresponding experiment can be done to observe the expected phenomena related to SGC reported by Fountoulakis et al. [Phys. Rev. A 73, 033811 (2006)], since no rigorous conditions are required.
A model for synthesizing a combined verbal and nonverbal behavior based on personality traits in human-robot interaction (2013)

Robots are more and more present in our daily life; they have to move into human-centered environments, to interact with humans, and to obey some social rules so as to produce an appropriate social behavior in accordance with human's profile (i.e., personality, state of mood, and preferences). Recent researches discussed the effect of personality traits on the verbal and nonverbal production, which plays a major role in transferring and understanding messages in a social interaction between a human and a robot. The characteristics of the generated gestures (e.g., amplitude, direction, rate, and speed) during the nonverbal communication can differ according to the personality trait, which, similarly, influences the verbal content of the human speech in terms of verbosity, repetitions, etc. Therefore, our research tries to map a human's verbal behavior to a corresponding combined robot's verbal-nonverbal behavior based on the personality dimensions of the interacting human. The system estimates first the interacting human's personality traits through a psycholinguistic analysis of the spoken language, then it uses PERSONAGE natural language generator that tries to generate a corresponding verbal language to the estimated personality traits. Gestures are generated by using BEAT toolkit, which performs a linguistic and contextual analysis of the generated language relying on rules derived from extensive research into human conversational behavior. We explored the human-robot personality matching aspect and the differences of the adapted mixed robot's behavior (gesture and speech) over the adapted speech only robot's behavior in an interaction. Our model validated that individuals preferred more to interact with a robot that had the same personality with theirs and that an adapted mixed robot's behavior (gesture and speech) was more engaging and effective than a speech only robot's behavior. Our experiments were done with Nao robot.
Adaptation of athletes to altitude (1968)

Experiments have confirmed the accepted view that races of half a mile up to three miles will be run at a slower speed at an altitude of 3,500 metres than they will at sea level, but it is the Marathon and other very long duration events may be carried out at a speed similar to that at sea level.
A 50MHz phase and frequency-locked loop (1979)

A monolithic phase/frequency locked loop for operation at up to 50MHz will be discussed. The loop combines wide capture range and narrow bandwidth for timing recovery in digital transmission systems.
Generalized Eczematous Skin Rash Possibly due to HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (1993)

We report on 3 patients who developed a generalized eczematous skin rash under treatment with simvastatin and pravastatin for hypercholesterolemia. These drugs are 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors and suppress cholesterol synthesis in the liver. Based on experimental data from the literature that showed eczematous changes in mice treated topically with the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor lovastatin, we suspect that the rash observed in our patients may be a consequence of skin barrier dysfunction following inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis.
Thermoelectric Effect in Normal-State YBa <sub>2</sub> Cu <sub>3</sub> O <sub>7-δ</sub> Films (1994)

Signal pulses of several 100 volts and currents of several amperes have been obtained at lateral surface contacts on normal-state YBa2Cu3O7-δ films in response to pulsed laser irradiation. The signals are shown to be of thermoelectric origin. Thermoelectric fields transverse to the laser-induced temperature gradient are due to the anisotropy of the thermopower in YBa2Cu3O7-δ giving rise to non-zero off-diagonal elements Sij ∝ α of the Seebeck tensor for films prepared with a tilt angle α between the film c-axis and the film surface normal. Large-tilt-angle films (up to α = 20°) could be grown on specially cut substrates and may be useful as almost wavelength-independent room temperature radiation detectors.
A comparative investigation of methods for logistic regression with separated or nearly separated data (2006)

Abstract In logistic regression analysis of small or sparse data sets, results obtained by classical maximum likelihood methods cannot be generally trusted. In such analyses it may even happen that the likelihood meets the convergence criteria while at least one parameter estimate diverges to ±∞. This situation has been termed ‘separation’, and it typically occurs whenever no events are observed in one of the two groups defined by a dichotomous covariate. More generally, separation is caused by a linear combination of continuous or dichotomous covariates that perfectly separates events from non‐events. Separation implies infinite or zero maximum likelihood estimates of odds ratios, which are usually considered unrealistic. I provide some examples of separation and near‐separation in clinical data sets and discuss some options to analyse such data, including exact logistic regression analysis and a penalized likelihood approach. Both methods supply finite point estimates in case of separation. Profile penalized likelihood confidence intervals for parameters show excellent behaviour in terms of coverage probability and provide higher power than exact confidence intervals. General advantages of the penalized likelihood approach are discussed. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Étude expérimentale de la maladie de Talfan en France. Isolement et identification du virus (1973)

Richard Y., Toma Bernard, Goret Pierre. Étude expérimentale de la maladie de Talfan en France. Isolement et identification du virus. In: Bulletin de l'Académie Vétérinaire de France tome 126 n°2, 1973. pp. 73-81.
Expression of an inwardly rectifying K<sup>+</sup> channel from rat basophilic leukemia cell mRNA in <i>Xenopus</i> oocytes (1991)

Rat basophilic leukemia cells (RBL-2H3) have previously been shown to contain a single type of voltage-activated channel, namely an inwardly rectifying K+ channel, under normal recording conditions. Thus, RBL-2H3 cells seemed like a logical source of mRNA for the expression cloning of inwardly rectifying K+ channels. Injection of mRNA isolated from RBL-2H3 cells into Xenopus oocytes resulted in the expression of an inward current which (1) activated at potentials negative to the K+ equilibrium potential (Ek), (2) decreased in slope conductance near Ek, (3) was dependent on [K+]o and (4) was blocked by external Ba2+ and Cs+. These properties were similar to those of the inwardly rectifying K+ current recorded from RBL-2H3 cells using whole-cell voltage clamp. Injection of size-fractionated mRNA into Xenopus oocytes revealed that the current was most strongly expressed from the fraction containing mRNA of approximately 4-5 kb. Expression of this channel represents a starting point for the expression cloning of a novel class of K+ channels.
Voice conversion: Factors responsible for quality (2005)

A flexible analysis-synthesis system with signal dependent features is described and used to realize some desired voice characteristics in synthesized speech. The intelligibility of synthetic speech appears to depend on the ability to reproduce dynamic sounds such as stops, whereas the quality of voice is mainly determined by the true reproduction of voiced segments. We describe our work in converting the speech of one speaker to sound like that of another. A number of factors are important for maintaining the quality of the voice during this conversion process. These factors are derived from both the speech and electroglottograph signals.
Multi-Channel High-Speed Optical Pulse Train Generation Based on Phase Modulation at Half Frequency (2007)

We demonstrate ITU-grid multi-channel high-speed (40-GHz experimentally, and 80-GHz in simulation) chirp-free return-to-zero optical pulse train generation by a single phase modulator driven by an electrical clock at half frequency and a PM fiber.
Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes Are Associated With Enhanced Inflammatory Response and Local Disease in Acute Hematogenous<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Osteomyelitis in Children (2006)

Osteomyelitis caused by pvl+ S aureus strains were associated with more severe local disease and a greater systemic inflammatory response compared with osteomyelitis caused by pvl- S aureus.
The art of filament winding (2002)

Heather L. Giacoletto of Entec Composite Machines Inc presents a brief history of filament winding.
A High-Efficiency CMOS DC-DC Converter With 9-$\ \mu$s Transient Recovery Time (2011)

This paper presents an efficient CMOS dc-dc converter with fast transient recovery. A fast-transient control operating in conjunction with a linearly scaled gate-driving technique is used to concurrently improve the transient response and light-load efficiency of a dc-dc converter. The controller operates under a pulse-width modulation mode during steady state and enables a saturation mode during transient to attain fast transient response. The linearly scaled gate-driving technique optimizes the gate-driving voltage with respect to the changing load leading to lower gate-driving loss and better light-load efficiency. A prototype chip was implemented using a commercial 0.35-μm CMOS process to validate the proposed techniques. The measurement result shows a 5% increase in light-load efficiency and achieves an overall maximum efficiency of 90%. Moreover, the transient recovery time of a 450 mA step load change is less than 9 μs.
Bit-slice microprocessors in h.f. digital communications (1981)

A 2.4 kbit/s baseband modem is being designed for use at h.f., incorporating modulation/demodulation techniques that are matched to those frequencies and the problems associated with them. Fed by a continuous serial datastream, the modulator functions are implemented wholly by a bit-slice microprocessor, and controlled by another more conventional microprocessor. Analogue output waveforms are generated in a d/a converter, which is driven by the bit-slice machine. Demodulation is performed in a similar device, using an a/d input and giving a serial output.
Multi-tone almost blank subframes for enhanced inter-cell interference coordination in LTE HetNets (2015)

Almost Blank Subframes (ABSs) are an important part of enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination in 3GPP standard. The concept of ABS is to blank some subframes of macro base stations (MBSs), therefore, PBSs can have no interference from MBSs during these periods. In this work, we propose Multi-tone ABS to enhance ABS, which is referred to single-tone since only two choices can be applied on each subframe. Our approach increases the spectrum utilization of MBSs, and also save much power compared to the original ABS scenarios. According to the simulation results, the proposed Multi-tone ABS reaches the following achievement: (1) The spectrum is a precious resource, and we increase the spectrum utilization. (2) We improve the performance of MBSs without harming the performance of PBSs. The capacity and the latency of MBSs are improved; (3) The power consumption of Multi-tone ABS is less than the original ABS scenario.
Cytokeratin 13 Contains O-Glycosidically Linked N-Acetylglucosamine Residues (1989)

The glycosylation of human cytokeratins was investigated in cultured human keratinocytes and A431 cells by metabolic labeling with [3H]glucosamine. In the presence of tunicamycin, keratinocytes incorporated [3H]glucosamine into a vitamin A-regulated acidic 53-kDa component of the cytoskeleton which was identified as cytokeratin 13 by one- and two-dimensional immunoblotting with specific monoclonal antibodies. This cytoskeletal component was also labeled with [3H]glucosamine in A431 cells but not in KB cells, which do not express cytokeratin 13. Its labeling was resistant to tunicamycin, suggesting that [3H]glucosamine had not been incorporated into N-linked oligosaccharides. Acid hydrolysis followed by paper and ion-exchange chromatography showed that the radioactivity in electrophoretically purified cytokeratin 13 was still present as glucosamine. Radioactivity was completely removed by treatment with beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase, suggesting that it was present in terminal N-acetylglucosamine residues. The labeled carbohydrate was released by alkaline borohydride treatment and was bound by a phenylboronic acid column, indicating an O-glycosidic linkage. On Bio-Gel P-2 columns, the beta-eliminated carbohydrate co-eluted with authentic N-acetylglucosaminitol. The results indicate that cytokeratin 13 contains single residues of N-acetylglucosamine O-glycosidically linked to the polypeptide chain.