gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
A practical approach to managing resources and avoiding deadlocks (1973)

Resource scheduling and allocation can be expensive with regard to time and space in multiprogramming or time-sharing environments involving large numbers of tasks and resources with conflicting requirements. Detection and/or prevention of deadlocks can require massive amounts of additional overhead if efficient usage of resources is to be maintained. A resource management program is described which uses linked lists along with other techniques to overcome a large portion of this overhead. The program, which is currently running as part of a large scale general purpose operating system, keeps resources relatively active but does not detect or prevent all deadlocks in its implemented state. Certain changes, which would permit more comprehensive levels of deadlock prevention/detection at additional cost, have not been incorporated in the running system due to the infrequency of deadlock situations.
SMEs Death by Regulations: An Investigation into the Qualifications and Skills Required in the SME Financial Sector (2015)

The financial services sector faced numerous challenges of a macro and market nature, even before the financial and economic downturn in 2008, which aggravated the competition among SMEs even further. The importance of possessing the correct skills for a business became increasingly important, placing a higher premium on the identifying and maintaining of proficient employees in SMEs. These required skills also became increasingly significant in the financial sector. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate the qualifications held and skills required by SMEs in the financial services sector of South Africa in order to address the various regulatory issues and requirements. A non-probability quota sampling approach was used, where 32 small business respondents in the financial services sector participated in the study. The study revealed that South African SMEs in the financial services sector lack the necessary qualifications and skills required to successfully grow and develop their businesses.
An isolated high step-up forward/flyback active-clamp converter with output voltage lift (2010)

This paper presents an isolated high step-up forward/flyback active-clamp converter with output voltage lift. In order to obtain high step-up voltage gain, the output voltage lift is adopted. The characteristics of the output voltage lift are similar to the forward converter in the charging mode and the flyback converter in the discharging mode. The active-clamp circuit is employed to recycle the leakage-inductance energy of the forward/flyback transformer and to suppress the voltage stress on the switch. By utilizing the active-clamp circuit, both primary and auxiliary switches can achieve zero-voltage-switching (ZVS), thus improving the efficiency of the proposed converter. Finally, a prototype circuit with 24-V input voltage, 200-V output voltage, and 400-W output power is implemented to verify the performance.
Identification scheme for heterodera species in India (1983)

A compendium of all the cyst forming species recorded from India has been given. Identification keys based on larvae, cysts alone, hosts alone as also taking all the parameters together have been formulated for the six tested species as well as for all the other species recorded from the country. A proposal has been put forward to modify Mulvey's groups with addition of Group VI and re-definitions of Groups IV and V. Heterodera chaubattia is being considered as species inquirende because of inadequate description and non-availability of types.
Platelet washing with a blood cell processor (1982)

Washing of platelet components for transfusion may be indicated in selected patients. This study was designed to determine a protocol using an automated cell processor to remove plasma proteins from pooled platelet concentrates, stored at 20 to 24 degrees C with constant rotation. A 1500-ml, 0.9% saline-wash procedure is described. Eight percent of the platelets were lost with the procedure (range, 0-19%), while a mean of 99.6 percent of the plasma protein was removed (range, 99.2-99.8%). The clinical effectiveness of maternal platelets washed by this method was demonstrated in a case of alloimmune neonatal thrombocytopenia.
Guidance on the diagnosis and clinical management of psoriasis (2012)

This article discusses the effects of psoriasis, how to diagnose it confidently, and the options available for treatment, especially in primary care. We also suggest when referral to dermatology should be considered, and try to anticipate some frequently asked questions.
Stimulation of Penetrating Corneal Wound Healing by Exogenous Fibronectin (1994)

The paper describes the effect of exogenous fibronectin administered by instillation on the repair of the rabbit cornea after experimental mechanical injury. The effect was monitored by light microscopy and radioautography. Fibronectin had a beneficial effect on regenerating corneal epithelium, endothelium and keratocytes through a stimulatory effect on cell migration, proliferation and differentiation.
Frequency-Dependent Complex Conductivities and Dielectric Responses of Indium Tin Oxide Thin Films From the Visible to the Far-Infrared (2010)

Transparent and conducting indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films form an integral part for various optoelectronic devices. In this paper, we report the frequency-dependent complex conductivities and dielectric responses of several sputtered ITO thin films with thicknesses in the range of 189–962 nm by using terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS), optical reflectance spectroscopy, and electrical measurements. The plasma frequencies are verified to be from 1590 to 1930 <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">${\rm rad}\cdot{\rm THz}$</tex></formula> , while the scattering times are in the range 6–7 fs based on the Drude free-electron model. The mobilities of the above ITO thin films are calculated to be 32.7–34.2 <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">${\rm cm}^{2}{\rm V}^{-1}{\rm s}^{-1}$</tex></formula> , whereas the carrier concentrations lie in the range 2.79–4.10 <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$\,\times 10^{20}~{\rm cm}^{-3}$</tex></formula> . The electrical properties derived from the THz-TDS technique agree well with those determined by Hall measurement. Parameters for the complex dielectric function suitable for ITO in the range 0.2–2 and 4–450 THz are also determined.
b'Handbook of Mathematical Functions With Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables' (1967)

A handbook of mathematical functions that is designed to provide scientific investigations with a comprehensive and self-contained summary of the mathematical functions that arise in physical and engineering problems.
On optimal and universal nonlinearities for blind signal separation (2002)

The search for universally applicable nonlinearities in blind signal separation has produced nonlinearities that are optimal for a given distribution, as well as nonlinearities that are most robust against model mismatch. This paper shows yet another justification for the score function, which is in some sense a very robust nonlinearity. It also shows that among the class of parameterizable nonlinearities, the threshold nonlinearity with the threshold as a parameter is able to separate any non-Gaussian distribution, a fact that is also proven in this paper.
Cloning and Functional Characterization of The Regulation Region of Human BRD7 Gene (2006)

BRD7, a novel bromodomain gene, has been cloned by cDNA RDA (cDNA Representational Difference Analysis). The GenBank accession number is AF152604. Previous studies showed that BRD7 gene was down-regulated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cells and tissues. Over expression of BRD7 in NPC cells can inhibit cell proliferation and cell cycle progression from G1 to S phase, and can partly inhibit the aberrant growth of NPC cells. In order to explore the molecular mechanisms that involved in the down-regulation of BRD7 gene in NPC cells, bioinformatic approaches were adopted and a putative promoter region was found. The luciferase expression vectors containing BRD7 promoter region were further constructed . Transient transfection results suggested that the analyzed sequence contained BRD7 promoter. Transcriptional factor Sp1 is responsive to this region. Inhibition of the Sp1 binding to BRD7 promoter by mithramycin A significantly reduced the promoter activity and the endogenous expression of BRD7 in mRNA level.
Induction of the Stellate Configuration in Cultured Iris Epithelial Cells by Adenosine and Compounds Related to Adenosine 3′:5′-Cyclic Monophosphate (1973)

Adenosine, dibutyryl cyclic AMP, monobutyryl cyclic AMP, cyclic AMP, and 5'-AMP have a remarkable morphogenetic effect on cultured iris epithelial cells obtained from adult newt. They alter the broad undulating membrane of the cell into branching strands of cytoplasm, a configuration that has been named "stellate." Theophylline, a phosphodiesterase inhibitor also induces the stellate configuration. This transient morphological alteration is detectable by 30 min and becomes maximal 80 min after treatment. In the continued presence of the effective compounds the altered cells return to their normal shape, although the recovery period is variable. The morphological alteration of iris epithelial cells in vitro observed in the present experiment is reminiscent of that which occurs during the dedifferentiation phase in lens regeneration in vivo. These observations suggest that induction of the stellate configuration is relevant to the mechanism of dedifferentiation of newt iris epithelial cells during Wolffian lens regeneration.
An Investigation of Relationship between Learning Styles, Methods of Instruction and Performance of Learner (2004)

Several studies have established the existence of a mismatch between cognitive learning styles of students and teaching styles of teachers. Teachers face enormous difficulties in the present mode of classroom teaching to cater to all styles of learning. Various teaching methodologies, content authoring, and presentation styles have been suggested to meet needs of students with different learning styles. Our research work is aimed to develop an adaptive and interactive online learning environment to bridge this mismatch in learning and teaching styles. This paper presents result of an experiment conducted to investigate the relationship, if any, between learning styles, methods of instruction and the performance of the learner. Further, the experiment aimed at discovering the relationship, if any, between their browsing behaviours and learning styles. Performance in the context of this experiment has been measured in terms of the number of attempts made by the learner to reach the right answer. The results indicate that there is no significant difference in performance of students due to different methods of instruction. Further, the online behaviours and performance of students with different learning styles were different. Students with visual learning style were more explorative and made more mistakes, where as reflective learners were doing fewer mistakes in online self-evaluation test. We observed difference in browsing behaviour of students with different learning styles, during the self-evaluation test.
On the Spectral Characterization and Scalable Mining of Network Communities (2010)

Network communities refer to groups of vertices within which their connecting links are dense but between which they are sparse. A network community mining problem (or NCMP for short) is concerned with the problem of finding all such communities from a given network. A wide variety of applications can be formulated as NCMPs, ranging from social and/or biological network analysis to web mining and searching. So far, many algorithms addressing NCMPs have been developed and most of them fall into the categories of either optimization based or heuristic methods. Distinct from the existing studies, the work presented in this paper explores the notion of network communities and their properties based on the dynamics of a stochastic model naturally introduced. In the paper, a relationship between the hierarchical community structure of a network and the local mixing properties of such a stochastic model has been established with the large-deviation theory. Topological information regarding to the community structures hidden in networks can be inferred from their spectral signatures. Based on the above-mentioned relationship, this work proposes a general framework for characterizing, analyzing, and mining network communities. Utilizing the two basic properties of metastability, i.e., being locally uniform and temporarily fixed, an efficient implementation of the framework, called the LM algorithm, has been developed that can scalably mine communities hidden in large-scale networks. The effectiveness and efficiency of the LM algorithm have been theoretically analyzed as well as experimentally validated.
Reduktone von Tetron‐, Thiotetron‐ und Tetramsäuren, II. Reduktone durch Rhodium‐katalysierte Zersetzung von Diazoverbindungen (1994)

Reductones of Tetronic, Thiotetronic and Tetramic Acids, II. – Reductones by Rhodium‐Catalyzed Decomposition of Diazo Compounds The diazoketones 2 have been synthesized by diazo transfer reaction with 2‐azido‐3‐ethylbenzthiazolium tetrafluoroborate. The rhodium‐catalyzed decomposition of compounds 2 in tert ‐butyl alcohol at 130°C furnishes the reductone monoethers 3 and after deprotection the aci ‐reductones 4 . Methylation of compounds 4 with diazomethane proceeds stepwise leading first to the monoethers 5 and then to the diethers 6 . The thiolactone 4b and even more the lactams 4c and 4d are stronger reducing agents than the lactone 4a . magnified image
Practicality of a lithium dosing guide (1981)

A method of dosing lithium based on a 24-hour serum lithium level obtained after a single 600-mg oral dose of lithium carbonate has been reported to provide a steady-state lithium concentration of 0.6--1.2 mEq/liter. Since this regimen is widely used in clinical practice, the authors designed a study to determine the practicality of the dosing guide. Of 13 patients who followed this dosing protocol, 4 (30.7%) failed to achieve the defined steady-state range. The authors discuss factors that may affect the reliability of the dosing guide.
Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia in an Adult Renal Transplant Recipient: Successful Treatment with Ribavirin (1990)

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pneumonia may be a severe disease especially in immunocompromised patients. It is quite rare in adults. We report a case of severe RSV pneumonia in a 38-year-old male renal transplant recipient with successful outcome after ribavirin aerosol therapy.
Serial wavelength division 1  GHz line-scan microscopic imaging (2014)

A serial line scan microscopic imaging system with 1 GHz scan rate is proposed and demonstrated. This method is based on optical time-stretch in dispersive fiber to realize superfast scan imaging. Furthermore, a wavelength division technique is utilized to overcome the trade-off between high frame rate and spatial resolution caused by dispersion-induced pulse overlap. Every single frame is carved into two channels by optical filters and is detected in different wavelength bands separately. Then, both channels are combined to reconstruct the whole frame. By this method, an imaging system with spatial resolution of 28 μm at line scan rate of 1 GHz with chromatic dispersion of 1377  ps/nm is realized. It has the potential to capture fast, nonrepetitive transient phenomena with a timescale of less than one nanosecond.
Searching, Merging, and Sorting in Parallel Computation (1983)

We study the number of comparison steps required for searching, merging, and sorting with P processors. We present a merging algorithm that is optimal up to a constant factor when merging two lists of equal size (independent of the number of processors); as a special case, with N processors it merges two lists, each of size N, in 1.893 lg lg N + 4 comparison steps. We use the merging algorithm to obtain a sorting algorithm that, in particular, sorts N values with N processors in 1.893 lg N lg lg N/lg lg lg N(plus lower order terms) comparison steps. The algorithms can be implemented on a shared memory machine that allows concurrent reads from the same location with constant overhead at each comparison step.
Evaluating Adhesive Bonds With Carbon-Composites Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (2013)

Abstract not Available.
Slug formation, growth and decay in gas-liquid flows (2000)

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THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF α-Zn<sub>3</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub> (1965)

α-Zn 3 (PO 4 ) 2 crystallized in the monoclinic space group C2/c with lattice parameters a = 8.14 ± 0.02 Å, b = 5.63 ± 0.01 Å, c = 15.04 ± 0.04 Å, β = 105°08′ ± 05′, and Z = 4. The cations are found in two types of tetrahedrally coordinated sites. One-third of the cations lie on twofold axes within an oxygen tetrahedron. The remaining cations are found in a pair of edge-sharing oxygen atom tetrahedra. The green emission of Mn ++ in α-Zn 3 (PO 4 ) 2 is consistent with Mn ++ substituting for Zn ++ in either tetrahedral site.
The efficacy of chemically-stabilized chlorite-matrix (TCDO) in the management of late postradiation cystitis. (1999)

Carcinoma of the uterine cervix is the most common cancer of women in Thailand. The most frequent complication after pelvic radiation for uterine cancer is radiation cystitis. The management of severe late postradiation cystis is far from satisfactory. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of chemically-stabilized chlorite-matrix (TCDO) in patients with severe radiation cystitis. This study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ramathibodi Hospital and the Department of Radiology, Siriraj Hospital between September 1997 and September 1998. Twenty patients with grade 3 radiation cystitis after radiotherapy were enrolled into this study. TCDO was administered at a dose of 0.5 ml/kg body weight per day on 5 consecutive days as intravenous infusion over 4 hours. The response rate after the first cycle was 80 per cent with 30 per cent of the patients showing complete response. The follow-up time (13 patients) ranging from 1-9 months revealed no recurrent bleeding. There were no side effects from TCDO therapy. The result suggests good efficacy of TCDO in the treatment of postradiation cystitis.
Synthesis and Structure of Bull’s Horn-Shaped Oligothienoacene with Seven Fused Thiophene Rings (2013)

A novel bull's horn-shaped oligothienoacene with seven fused thiophene rings (1) based on dithieno[2,3-b:2',3'-d]thiophene (2) was efficiently synthesized. X-ray diffraction data indicate that 1 possesses an extraordinary compressed sandwich-herringbone arrangement and shows strong intermolecular S···C and S···S interactions. In addition, the UV/vis properties, theoretical calculations, and cyclic voltammetry behaviors of 1 are also described.
Optogalvanic Detection of CO<sub>2</sub>Laser Spectra in Electrodeless Radio Frequency Discharge Plasma (1985)

Abstract CW line-tunable CO2 laser-induced optogalvanic effects were observed from molecular plasmas excited by the electrodeless radio-frequency discharge. The optogalvanic effects were applied to detect laser output spectra and to optimize laser output power in CO2 discharge plasmas and to measure optogalvanic (absorption) spectra in SF6 and NH3 plasmas. Other applications were briefly mentioned.
Design of robotic excavator arm control utilizing proportional-integral-plus (2008)

Following up the task of design and implementation of intelligent control system for a robotic excavator in the project of Lancaster University Computerised and Intelligent Excavator (LUCIE), this paper focuses on the joint arms control system design for low level control in automatic excavation. Based on the data based excavator dynamic models using Simplified Refined Instrumental Variable (SRIV) algorithm, a dipper controller is designed utilizing Proportional-Integral-Plus (PIP) control theory to provide smoother, more quickly and more accurately movement in excavation. The simulated responses and preliminary implementation results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach which is about to be applied to the motion control of the whole joint arms.
Historical fire in longleaf pine (<i><scp>P</scp>inus palustris</i>) forests of south<scp>M</scp>ississippi and its relation to land use and climate (2016)

Abstract We characterized historical fire regimes in Pinus palustris (longleaf pine) forests of southern Mississippi with regard to global and regional coupled climate systems (e.g., El Niño–Southern Oscillation) and past human activity. The composite fire chronology spanned 1756–2013 with 132 individual scars representing 89 separate fire events. The mean fire interval was 2.9 yr, and mean intervals were significantly different between identified time periods (e.g., settlement period vs. management period). Evidence of biannual fire activity (up to three fires occurring within a 12‐ to 15‐month period) was found coeval with a peak in livestock grazing and logging from the 1850s through the 1880s. Connections were also found between historical fire and Pacific climate variability (e.g., El Niño–Southern Oscillation and Pacific Decadal Oscillation; P < 0.05), yet the fire–climate linkage was likely at least partially masked by substantial human land use activities over the past several centuries. Coupled climate and human land use activity controlled the historical fire regime over the past ca. 240 yr. Although the many fire adaptions of P. palustris yield limitations in tree‐ring‐based fire history studies (e.g., thick bark), we highlight the efficacy of considering the height at which fire scars are analyzed along the bole as a way to glean a more accurate depiction of historical fire occurrence, especially in ecosystems characterized by a frequent, low‐severity fire regime. This study suggests growing‐season fire prescribed at a 2‐ to 3‐yr interval would be the first step toward simulating historical landscape conditions and fire activity, should that be the goal by land managers.
The EU-U.S. “Safe Harbor” Agreement on Personal Data Privacy (2005)

The European Union (EU) Data Privacy Directive adopted by the European Parliament and Council on October 24, 1995 prevents EU-based organizations, public and private, from transferring personal data to countries where the legal protections for personal data are not deemed "adequate."This Directive, intended to harmonize national European privacy policies, allowed EU member countries three years to implement the Directive.To prevent the interruption of data transfers, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) negotiated the "Safe Harbor" Agreement with the EU.While the EU has recently stated that all elements of the agreement are in place, "Safe Harbor" raises many significant issues of interest to Congress.These include the extraterritorial application of EU law, non-tariff barriers, business costs, consumer protection, as well as enforcement and dispute settlement.