gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Contact Thermography in a study of primary healing of surgical wounds. (1996)

Occurrences in the wound until complete healing are manifested in different ways, one of which is temperature change. The aim of this study was establish if there is regularity in temperature changes in wounds healing by primary intention. Thirty examinees (27 female, 3 male) admitted for gallstone surgery were included. Temperature was measured for eight post-operative days at a fixed time each day and in the same room using the semi-quantitative, contact method of liquid crystal strips. The findings demonstrated that there were few differences among the collective thermal images of individual examines for any given post-operative day. During the first 3 post-operative days, the temperatures rose, with few differences between the temperatures of the wounds and their wider surroundings. From day 4 through 8, the temperatures of the wounds and surroundings fell gradually. Stitches were removed on day 7, and on day 8 only the narrow zones of the incision sites were warmer than the surroundings. The findings suggest that there is regularity in the course of temperature of the surgical wound in primary healing. The clinical implications are that the persistence of a wider zone of increased temperature after day 4 predicts the possibility of wound infection and disturbed healing.
Improving Asthma Care In A Pediatric Teaching Clinic (2016)

There is variation in pediatric asthma management in the outpatient setting.Adherence to national asthma guidelines provides a systematic standardized approach to asthma management.There is a gap between usual and guideline-consistent asthma care in resident clinics.Practice improvement modules aimed at improving resident physician adherence to asthma care guidelines have not been consistently utilized and have not yet been studied.Our aim was to increase guideline consistent care in our pediatric resident clinic in a twelve-month period via increasing performance on the following measures to 75%: spirometry testing; influenza immunization recommendation; level of control assessed through the use of a standardized questionnaire; appropriate medications per national guideline; and use of written asthma action plans.A summarized pediatric-specific version of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3 (NHLBI EPR-3) guidelines was made readily available to increase provider education.Electronic health record (EHR) enhancements included adding templates to create standardized asthma action plan, asthma control test and a pediatric asthma controller medication order-set.We also addressed the education of patients by simplifying patient instructions.We monitored our progress through the use of an online practice improvement module.We found statistically significant increases in use of a standardized instrument to determine level of control (20% to 81%); recommendation of influenza immunization (56% to 97%); use of national medication treatment guidelines (28% to 98%); distribution of asthma action plans (29% to 65%); and provision of asthma self-management education (35% to 74%).Standardizing the implementation of national guidelines for pediatric asthma through the use of a practice improvement module and electronic health records improved adherence to guidelines.The module allowed us to identify goals for improvement, collect and analyze our group performance data over time, assess the impact of each change, and redesign our process.Improving adherence to national pediatric asthma care guidelines is especially important in settings such as resident teaching clinics which provide care to underserved populations at higher risk for complications related to asthma.
Initial Analysis of the Detectability of UO<sub>2</sub>F<sub>2</sub>Aerosols Produced by UF<sub>6</sub>Released from Uranium Conversion Plants (2008)

This article considers the use of wide-area environmental sampling to detect a covert centrifuge-enrichment program. It is proposed that detection may be more feasible by looking for the uranium-conversion facilities that produce the feedstock for centrifuges instead of the centrifuges directly. Aerosol particles of UO2F2 suspended in the atmosphere are considered as a possible signature. Source terms for a small-scale plant are coarsely estimated based on limited emissions data, atmospheric chemistry, and the thermodynamic of UF6 release. Atmospheric dispersion modeling is used to estimate the distance at which detection could be reasonably expected. Further research is necessary before drawing conclusions on the feasibility of this method.
Expressiveness and suitability of languages for control flow modelling in workflows (2003)

Work ow management has been a research area that attracted signi cant interest in the last decade In spite of this little consensus has been reached as to what the essential ingredients of work ow speci cation languages should be Consequently many work ow management systems have been developed that are based on di erent paradigms and include di erent feature sets These di erences result in various levels of suitability and expressive power The challenge which we undertake in this thesis is to provide a comprehensive analy sis of control ow aspects of work ow speci cations We start by analysing modelling languages of eight commercially available work ow systems Next we identify the requirements for work ow control ow through the use of work ow patterns Ranging from very simple to more complex we identify the business requirements that need to be addressed by any work ow management system that is to be used to support a wide range of business processes Through matching these patterns with the modelling capabilities of the work ow systems that we have under review we provide a thorough analysis of these systems and identify shortcomings in their modelling language approaches Finally we establish a theoretical foundation that is subsequently used to provide a formal analysis of the expressive power and suitability of di erent approaches to modelling control ow in work ows We identify four major evaluation strategies and assess their theoretical expressive power Additionally we analyse some of the more advanced concepts related to control ow modelling for work ows such as termination deadlock decomposition and use of data ow to augment control ow speci cation The results obtained as part of this work should not only aid those developing work ow speci cations in practice but also those developing new work ow engines
Teen voices on a proposed telephone health service. (1995)

The purpose of this study was to elicit information, feelings, and perceptions of middle and high school students concerning a proposed telephone service for adolescents. Sixteen boys and 33 girls were recruited from six schools. Debriefing summaries from nine focus group sessions were analyzed. Most participants had access to a telephone and privacy during phone calls. Overall response to the proposed telephone service was favorable. The participants voiced needs for evening and night service hours, minimal or no service charges and skilled and caring operators. They also suggested catchy names and marketing strategies for the telephone service. Implications for designing a telephone service for adolescents were drawn.
Ethnic Identity Among Chinese-American Youth: The Role of Family Obligation and Community Factors on Ethnic Engagement, Clarity, and Pride (2010)

The purpose of this study was twofold. First, using the 14-item Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure, we established the appropriate factor structure of ethnic identity for a sample of Chinese-American youth. Second, we examined how family obligation and community factors (i.e., ethnic density, cultural resources, and perceived discrimination) related to the various factors of ethnic identity. The sample included 127 Chinese-American college students, recruited from an ethnically diverse university in Northern California. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that a three-factor solution of ethnic engagement, clarity, and pride best described our sample. Further, we found that family obligation related positively to ethnic engagement and pride, that ethnic density related positively to ethnic pride, and that cultural resources related positively to ethnic engagement and clarity. Finally, we found that perceived discrimination related positively to ethnic engagement but negatively to ethnic pride. Thus, focusing on components of ethnic identity separately is valuable as it reveals how factors (such as discrimination) can, for instance, both promote and hinder a strong ethnic identity.
Radiation damage annealing (thermal and laser) in Mg implanted GaN (2005)

Mg ion implantation into GaN has been performed. The crystal recovery in GaN during rapid thermal annealing (RTA) and excimer laser annealing (ELA) has been assessed. Damage annealing during RTA has been investigated as a function of the implant temperature (–150 °C (cold), 25 °C (RT) and 300 °C (hot)). It was found that the damage formed in samples implanted at elevated temperatures is more stable than the damage formed in samples implanted at cold temperatures and this has been explained by the formation of complex defects during implant. Damage annealing during ELA has been performed upon Mg implanted GaN at RT. It has been shown that the damage removal during ELA is enhanced when compared to RTA (at similar temperatures), and this technique may prove a viable alternative to conventional RTA processes for damage removal in ion implanted GaN. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
The Effects of General Anesthesia and Surgery on Basal and Interferon Stimulated Natural Killer Cell Activity of Humans (1997)

Natural killer (NK) cells can lyse certain tumor cells as well as virally infected cells without prior sensitization.Animal studies have shown that general anesthesia (GA) alone or GA followed by surgery decreases both basal NK cytotoxicity and enhancement of NK activity by interferon (IFN). The purpose of this study was to determine whether similar inhibition of NK activity by anesthesia and surgery occurs in humans. Venous blood was drawn 1 h before and 20-24 h after surgery under isoflurane/N2 O anesthesia. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were assayed for basal and IFN-alpha-stimulated NK cytotoxicity using a chromium release assay with K562 cells as targets. Flow cytometry was used to enumerate NK, T-helper, and T-cytotoxic/suppressor cell populations in each sample. Basal NK activity was significantly depressed after GA and GA and surgery. Although the postoperative IFN treatment increased NK activity to the preoperative basal level, the level achieved was significantly lower than the level observed after IFN stimulation of PBMC as evaluated preoperatively. This decreased activity does not seem to be the result of a decrease in the percentage of circulating NK cells. The decrease in NK activity after anesthesia and surgery may lead to increased susceptibility to infection and/or tumor dissemination and thus needs to be explored. Implications: Natural killer cells can kill cancer cells and virally infected cells. This study shows that surgery with general anesthesia leads to decreased natural killer cell activity as assessed in the laboratory. This decreased natural killer cell activity may lead to infection or tumor dissemination. NK activity can be restored to presurgery levels by treating isolated NK cells with interferon-alpha. (Anesth Analg 1997;85:918-23)
An Apical GAGA Loop within 5’ UTR of the Coxsackievirus B3 RNA Maintains Structural Organization of the IRES Element Required for Efficient Ribosome Entry (2006)

Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) a close relative of Poliovirus has been implicated as the primary cause of dilated cardiomyopathy in humans. The single-stranded, plus sense, viral genomic RNA is naturally uncapped and the translation of viral encoded protein is initiated from an 'internal ribosome entry site' (IRES) element at the 5' untranslated region (UTR). The 741 nucleotide 5'UTR is highly structured, with defined stem loops. Previously, we have reported results of probing the secondary structure of the 5'UTR RNA, and showed the existence of 11 putative stem loop (SL) structures, SL A-K. Further, using mutants, we showed the importance of an apical GAGA loop in SL-H, in IRES activity. In addition to significantly reducing CVB3 IRES activity the mutations in the 5'UTR drastically reduced interaction with La autoantigen, a critical trans acting factor. Here, we demonstrate that mutation of the GAGA loop to CAGU alters the structure around SL-H, and reduces the interaction of La protein with critical cis acting elements of the IRES RNA. Interestingly, mutation of the loop to GAAA also has similar effect, suggesting the GAGA sequence of the loop, is necessary for the function. Furthermore, using gene specific siRNA against La protein we have demonstrated La protein to be a bona fide trans acting factor for CVB3 IRES. However, upon partial knockdown of La protein, translation mediated by the mutant 5'UTRs are affected to a similar extent as the wild type, implicating the structural alteration as the reason for the effect of the mutations on IRES activity.
Noise immunity of a combined hydroacoustic receiver (2002)

A statistical analysis of the noise immunity of a combined receiver is performed for the observation of a fluctuating tone signal against the background of underwater dynamic noise. The analysis is based on the experimental data obtained in deep ocean with the use of two four-component combined hydroacoustic receivers positioned at depths of 150 and 300 m. Theoretical expressions are obtained for the signal-to-noise ratio of a combined receiver, for reciprocal spectral levels of the signal and noise in both narrow and wide frequency bands. The definition of the combined receiver gain is introduced in terms of the functions of a common single-point coherence for the acoustic pressure and the particle velocity in an acoustic wave. According to the experimental data obtained, in the case of multiplicative processing, the maximal gain in the signal-to-noise ratio of a combined receiver, as compared to a hydrophone-based square-law detector, can reach 15–16 dB for the horizontal channel and 30 dB for the vertical channel of the combined receiver in the case of the compensation of opposing flows of the signal and noise energy.
Atherosclerosis prevention for the next decade: risk assessment beyond low density lipoprotein cholesterol. (1998)

Several lines of evidence have demonstrated that increased plasma cholesterol plays a primary role in the etiology of atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease (IHD). Our ability to manage IHD adequately based on plasma cholesterol or low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations is challenged, however, by evidence suggesting that a significant proportion of individuals with IHD or who will eventually develop IHD have desirable cholesterol concentrations. These observations have generated much interest in the scientific community, with the resultant identification of new metabolic risk factors that may help, in the future, to improve our ability to reduce the risk of IHD adequately. This review presents evidence that hypertriglyceridemia, particularly when associated with reduced high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentrations and abdominal or visceral obesity, is a highly atherogenic phenotype, one that requires aggressive risk reduction management. Hypertriglyceridemia is frequently associated with elevated plasma apolipoprotein B concentrations, with states of hyperinsulinemia or insulin resistance and with small, dense LDL particles, which may all contribute to increase the risk of IHD further. This evidence suggests that a therapeutic strategy based on the assessment of plasma triglyceride concentrations, along with HDL cholesterol levels and abdominal obesity, may be a cost effective approach to assessing the high atherogenic risk of visceral obesity and insulin resistance. We can no longer afford to focus our attention exclusively on the detection and management of elevated LDL cholesterol concentrations, and need to adopt comprehensive risk reduction strategies in order to lower the incidence of IHD.
SQL.CT: Providing Data Management for Visual Exploration of CT Datasets (2006)

We present the design and implementation of SQL.CT, a prototype for managing, querying, and visualizing 3D CT (Computed Tomography) datasets. The system is motivated by scientific studies of fossil records. Our prototype is built on top of SQL Server 2005 and uses both web service and service broker technologies. The desktop client utilizes commodity graphics cards to interactively render 3D volumes. This paper presents the user requirements, discusses the design of the data model and desktop client, and reports on preliminary performance measurements. Our experiments show that by pushing the spatial logic as low as possible into the DBMS, we can filter the data early. We observe some significant performance benefits from the reduced message traffic to and from the remote client.
Reactions of Seleno- and Sulfoamino Acids with Hydroperoxides<sup>*</sup> (1964)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTReactions of Seleno- and Sulfoamino Acids with Hydroperoxides*K. A. Caldwell and A. L. TappelCite this: Biochemistry 1964, 3, 11, 1643–1647Publication Date (Print):November 1, 1964Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 November 1964https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bi00899a007https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00899a007research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views198Altmetric-Citations67LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
Thermal Expansion and Chemical Durability of Phosphate Glasses (1977)

The thermal expansion coefficient and aqueous dissolution rate were measured for alkali phosphate glasses containing a third and fourth component. For a given series, both properties increased monotonically as the radii of the alkali ions increased. The observed expansion coefficients were in the range 99 to 286 × 10 −7 °C −1 . A small mixed‐alkali effect was observed for both properties.
North Pacific Radiolarian Assemblages and their Relationship to Oceanographic Parameters (1973)

Abstract A quantitative study of the distribution of Radiolaria in surface sediments of the North Pacific has demonstrated the feasibility of utilizing complete radiolarian thanatocoenoses as indicators of past oceanographic conditions. In samples from 36 core tops from the region 33° N-54° N, 148° E-140° W, 87–96% of all radiolarians encountered could be assigned to one of 120 taxa recognized. Q-mode factor analysis of distributional data for the 57 most abundant species yields four independent assemblages. Three of these reflect near-surface oceanographic conditions, and the fourth responds to bottom conditions. Regression-developed transfer functions describe the relationship between the assemblages and oceanographic parameters.
Presence of antibodies to human cytomegalovirus in patients with different forms of cancer and in other categories of subjects. (1983)

Complement fixing (CF) antibodies to the AD--129 strain of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) were detected in patients with different forms of cancer, as well as in blood donors, in a proportion of 16.6% and 73.2%, respectively. The prevalence of CF antibodies to HCMV, strain AT--129, in the population of Romania is similar to that reported in other countries.
MC-VSG BNET system for high-rate wireless personal area network applications (2002)

In this paper a multi-coded variable spreading gain (MC-VSG) CDMA system employing a binary transmission of MC signals by introducing a level clipper termed MC-VSG BNet system, is proposed for the candidate of wireless personal area network (WPAN) and 3G cellular applications. With an emphasis on the MC-VSG BNet physical layer we address the concise specification of the MC-VSG BNet system including the spreading code, level clipping, modulation, coding, frame format, and its applications. From the receiver performance based on simulation results, in addition to simple receiver structure, an acceptable performance degradation of the MC-VSG BNet system over the existing DS/CDMA system is observed, while guaranteeing a high bit rate transmission.
Improving Energy-Efficiency by Bypassing Trivial Computations (2005)

We study the energy efficiency benefits of bypassing trivial computations in high-performance processors. Trivial computations are those computations whose output can be determined without performing the computation. We show that bypassing trivial instructions reduces energy consumption while improving performance. Our study shows that by bypassing trivial instructions and for the subset of SPEC'2K benchmarks studied here, on average, it is possible to improve energy and energy-delay by up to 4.5% and 11.8% over a conventional processor.
Detection of plant oil addition to cheese by synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy (2015)

The fraudulent addition of plant oils during the manufacturing of hard cheeses is a real issue for the dairy industry. Considering the importance of monitoring adulterations of genuine cheeses, the potential of fluorescence spectroscopy for the detection of cheese adulteration with plant oils was investigated. Synchronous fluorescence spectra were collected within the range of 240 to 700 nm with different wavelength intervals. The lowest detection limits of adulteration, 3.0 and 4.4%, respectively, were observed for the application of wavelength intervals of 60 and 80 nm. Multiple linear regression models were used to calculate the level of adulteration, with the lowest root mean square error of prediction and root mean square error of cross validation equalling 1.5 and 1.8%, respectively, for the measurement acquired at the wavelength interval of 60 nm. Lower classification errors were obtained for the successive projections algorithm-linear discriminant analysis (SPA-LDA) rather than for the principal component analysis (PCA)-LDA method. The lowest classification error rates equalled 3.8% (∆<i>λ</i> = 10 and 30 nm) and 0.0% (∆<i>λ</i> = 60 nm) for the PCA-LDA and SPA-LDA classification methods, respectively. The applied technique is useful for detecting the addition of plant fat to hard cheese.
The design and implementation of collaborative design system based on PLM platform (2010)

With the process of transforming to engineering company,carrying out large-scale collaborative design work,realizing the combination of project management,design process management and the design results management is the key problem.This paper applies PLM to the consulting progress of power collaborative and design companies,designs the system structure,architecture,and the effectiveness has been proved by the implementation of this system.