gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Platelet activation during exercise induced asthma: effect of prophylaxis with cromoglycate and salbutamol. (1986)

Peak expiratory flow (PEF) and plasma concentrations of platelet factor 4 and beta thromboglobulin were measured before and after exercise in nine asthmatic patients and 12 non-asthmatic volunteers. Exercise was preceded by administration in random order of either placebo, salbutamol 200 micrograms, or sodium cromoglycate 2 mg from a pressurised inhaler. In control subjects there were minimal changes in PEF and plasma concentrations of platelet factor 4 and beta thromboglobulin. In the asthmatic patients the typical changes in PEF were seen on exercise; plasma concentrations of platelet factor 4 and beta thromboglobulin rose significantly in parallel, the rise preceding the fall in PEF. The changes in peak flow and platelet activation induced by exercise were attenuated by prior administration of salbutamol or cromoglycate. These results indicate that exercise induced asthma is associated with a rise in platelet release products similar to that observed in antigen induced asthma.
Copper-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling of Benzothiazoles with Thiazoles and Polyfluoroarene (2012)

A copper-catalyzed dehydrogenative cross-coupling of benzothiazoles with thiazoles and polyfluoroarene under mild reaction conditions is described. This protocol provides a straightforward and operationally simple method for the synthesis of the 2,2'-linkage of thiazoles and 2-polyfluoroarylthiazoles of interest in life and material sciences.
A Pitch Estimation Filter robust to high levels of noise (PEFAC) (2011)

We present PEFAC, a fundamental frequency estimation algorithm that is able to identify the pitch of voiced frames reliably even at negative signal to noise ratios. The algorithm combines non-linear amplitude compression, to attenuate narrow-band noise components, with a comb-filter applied in the log-frequency power spectral domain, whose impulse response is chosen to attenuate smoothly varying noise components. We compare the performance of our algorithm with that of other widely used algorithms on a subset of the TIMIT database and demonstrate that it performs exceptionally well in both high and low levels of additive noise. 1.
Retracted: Analysis of Pull-In Instability of Geometrically Nonlinear Microbeam Using Radial Basis Artificial Neural Network Based on Couple Stress Theory (2018)

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1155/2014/571632.].
High-Grade Tumor Budding Stratifies Early-Stage Cervical Cancer with Recurrence Risk (2016)

Tumor budding is an independent, unfavorable, prognostic factor for ESCC patients following radical surgery and holds promise for improved recurrence risk stratification.
Are some endophytes of Musa acuminata latent pathogens (2004)

Fungi isolated as endophytes from wild banana (Musa acuminata) were tested in order to ascertain whether they are capable of causing disease symptoms in healthy banana leaves. The endophytes Cladosporium musae, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Cordana musae, Deightoniella torulosa, Guignardia cocoicola, Periconiella musae and Pestalotiopsis sp. were inoculated on banana leaves in vitro to test their pathogenicity. Only Deightoniella torulosa was able to cause leaf spots on banana leaves in vitro. This result confirms earlier reports that fungal pathogens may be latent in their host long before the outbreak of disease symptoms.
Foreign bodies in the ear, nose, and throat. (2007)

Foreign bodies in the ear, nose, and throat are occasionally seen in family medicine, usually in children. The most common foreign bodies are food, plastic toys, and small household items. Diagnosis is often delayed because the causative event is usually unobserved, the symptoms are nonspecific, and patients often are misdiagnosed initially. Most ear and nose foreign bodies can be removed by a skilled physician in the office with minimal risk of complications. Common removal methods include use of forceps, water irrigation, and suction catheter. Pharyngeal or tracheal foreign bodies are medical emergencies requiring surgical consultation. Radiography results are often normal. Flexible or rigid endoscopy usually is required to confirm the diagnosis and to remove the foreign body. Physicians need to have a high index of suspicion for foreign bodies in children with unexplained upper airway symptoms. It is important to understand the anatomy and the indications for subspecialist referral. The evidence is inadequate to make strong recommendations for specific removal techniques.
Coherence and structure in text and discourse (2000)

Textual coherence versus discourse structure Coherence is one of the most general and most widely discussed concepts in the study of text and discourse In spite or perhaps because of its central status the concept of coherence has many di erent and often incompatible de nitions and connotations For text linguistics or psycholinguistics with their focus on the representation and processing of information in written texts coherence is predominantly a matter of semantics and domain knowledge while various brands of speech act and dialogue analysis describe coherence in terms of inten tions and interactional structures I will argue in subsection that the focus on and restriction to rather extreme discourse genres such as exposition on the one hand or highly interactive dialogues on the other causes an overemphasis on genre speci c characteristics at the expense of general properties common to all kinds of discourse Theories of discourse coherence then should be built and tested for a su ciently diverse variety of discourse types especially discourse that combines monologue and dialogue features In sections and of this paper I will present a framework for such a theory and two corpus analytical studies that support the notion that coherence should be thought of as con sisting of three parallel components ideational semantic structure rhetorical structure and sequential or segment structure
Protein synthesis and protein phosphorylation during heat stress, recovery, and adaptation. (1989)

Incubating cells at elevated temperatures causes an inhibition of protein synthesis. Mild heat stress at 41-42 degrees C inhibits the fraction of active, polysomal ribosomes from greater than 60% (preheating) to less than 30%. A return to 37 degrees C leads to an increase in protein synthesis, termed "recovery." Continuous incubation at 41-42 degrees C also leads to a gradual restoration of protein synthesis (greater than 70% of ribosomes reactivated by 2-4 h), termed "adaptation". Protein synthesis inhibition and reactivation is prestressed, recovered cells that contain elevated levels of the heat stress proteins occur to the same extent and at the same rate as in "naive" cells. The adaptation response requires transcription of new RNA whereas recovery does not. A large number of phosphorylation changes are induced by severe heat stress and occur with kinetics similar to the inhibition of protein synthesis. These include phosphorylation of eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor (eIF)-2 alpha and dephosphorylation of eIF-4B and eIF-4Fp25 (eIF-4E). However, the extent to which the modification occurs is proportional to the severity of the stress, and, under mild (41-42 degrees C) heat stress conditions, these initiation factor phosphorylation changes do not occur. Similarly, under conditions of severe heat stress eIF-2 alpha and eIF-4B frequently recover to their prestress phosphorylation state before the recovery of protein synthesis. eIF-4E dephosphorylation likewise does not occur under mild heat stress conditions. Therefore, these changes in phosphorylation states, which are thought to be sufficient cause, are not necessary for the inhibition of protein synthesis observed.
PLC-BASED LEVEL CONTROL SYSTEM (2017)

In this paper, Siemens S7-300PLC is adopted to receive the data of liquid level sensor through the AD module.The control parameters of the collected liquid level are processed and the mathematical model is converted and the instructions are sent to the PLC.PLC adopts the PID control method, set and self-determined by the parameters of PID control.，eliminates the control process of static poor, the control parameter reaches a given value so as to realize the precise control of the liquid level closed loop regulation.Then the WINCC configuration software is used to design the human interface to connect the configuration to the PLC, and to reflect the real-time change of the fluid in the field in real time.
Anaphylaxis and allergic contact urticaria from occupational airborne exposure to HBTU (2006)

We describe a case of anaphylaxis and allergic contact urticaria from occupational airborne exposure to HBTU (o-(benzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N',N'-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate), which is a chemical used widely for solid and solution-phase peptide synthesis. Previously, the use of this chemical has been associated with occupational asthma, allergic contact urticaria and allergic contact dermatitis in individual cases, but not with anaphylaxis. Our diagnoses were based on the clinical symptoms, positive skin prick test (SPT) and positive skin provocation test to HBTU. The positive SPT indicates that the anaphylaxis reaction was IgE-mediated. We recommend that in the handling of HBTU, appropriate safety measures should be compulsory, and if work-related symptoms develop, the possibility of anaphylaxis should be considered in advising on appropriate work tasks.
Pseudocapacitive layered birnessite sodium manganese dioxide for high-rate non-aqueous sodium ion capacitors (2018)

Layered birnessite sodium manganese dioxide exhibits a highly pseudocapacitive sodium storage behavior with non-phase changes in non-aqueous systems, leading to high rate and long-life performance.
The Great Flood Disasters in the History of China (1996)

China is a country that suffered from flood disasters frequently in its long history. A great deal of data of flood disaster was recorded in the official historical works and local chronicles. This paper provides an overview of the great flood disasters during the past four thousand years and their impacts on economy, society of China according to records. The vast societal disruption, heavy death tolls, great damage to agriculture and properties caused by natural flood and man-made flood are also examined in the paper. The temporal and spatial distribution of flood disaster over China and the characteristics of flood disaster in each dynasty are discussed.
WIFI-Based Indoor Positioning System (2010)

The easy access and availability of wireless technologies and mobile computing and internet have lead to new opportunities in developing mobile applications which purpose is to make people's life more easier. Nowadays, a person can possess more than one mobile device intend for different usage such as communication, entertainment, office works. This paper proposes a mobile application which will be able to estimate the position of a user within a building by using WIFI technology.
Software Helps District Maximize Productivity in Data Processing (1988)

Software Helps District Maximize Productivity In Data Processing The San Mateo Union High School District near San Francisco was founded in 1902 and for much of the time since then has kept its records manually. In 1973, however, after successfully introducing computers to its students, the district decided to automate its own administrative functions--the scope of which had grown steadily over the years. As additional administrative tasks--general accounting, attendance tracking and grade reporting, for example--were computerized, the district's data processing load grew. The increased reporting required of all California schools by the state also contributed to system expansion. Today, the district runs a sophisticated data processing facility for its seven high schools. An IBM 4331 mainframe supports a number of local users as well as more than 100 remote terminals in various schools and office buildings. A six-person data processing department operates a centralized computer system from the basement of one school building and manages all system activities, including job scheduling and maintenance. Because of the ever-burgeoning workload, data processing personnel, especially systems and applications programmers, require regular access to a growing number of applications, or on the system. And this has caused a serious time management problem. Whenever programmers switch from one session to another, they must sign off the current one and sign onto the next. A data processor might switch between sessions some 20 or 30 times daily--spending a total of 20 to 30 minutes recalling and entering the sign-on and sign-off codes that ensure system security. With six employees, that amounts to roughly three hours of lost time per day. Searching for Solutions The data processing department first tried to remedy this problem by providing some of its personnel with second terminals, which allowed them to run additional sessions. But this solution turned out to be expensive (capital equipment and installation costs), inefficient (extra terminals required extra desk space) and not even very effective, as some of the programmers needed to have more than two sessions simultaneously active. Department employees continued to endure the frustration caused by this session management problem until systems programmer Jim Wilson was made aware of Multiterm software from BlueLine Software, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn. Simply defined, this session management software enables a system user to access and control many applications, or sessions, at the same time from one terminal. A colleague of Wilson's employed the software at an IBM mainframe installation in San Francisco that was similar to that of the San Mateo Union High School District. …
Isolation of two glycolipid transfer proteins from bovine brain: reactivity toward gangliosides and neutral glycosphingolipids (1987)

Two glycolipid transfer proteins that catalyze the transfer of gangliosides and neutral glycosphingolipids from phosphatidylcholine vesicles to erythrocyte ghosts have been isolated from calf brain. Purification procedures included differential centrifugation, precipitation at pH 5.1, ammonium sulfate precipitation, and gel filtration on Sephadex G-50 and G-75. The final stage employed fast protein liquid chromatography (Mono S), producing two peaks of activity. Apparent purity of the major peak (TP I) was approximately 85-90%, as judged by sodium dodecyl sulfate/urea-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. That of the minor fraction (TP II) was less. The major band of both fractions had a molecular mass of approximately 20,000 daltons. Both proteins catalyzed the transfer of ganglioside GM1 as well as asialo-GM1, but transfer protein I was more effective with di- and trisialogangliosides. Transfer protein II appeared to be somewhat more specific for neutral glycolipids in that GA1 was transferred more rapidly than any of the gangliosides; however, lactosylceramide transfer was relatively slow. Neither protein catalyzed transfer of phosphatidylcholine.
[18F-FDG PET/CT for the detection of primary tumors metastasizing to lymph nodes of the neck]. (2009)

PET/CT is of important clinical value in detecting primary tumors metastasizing to lymph nodes of the neck.
Building a Portfolio (2015)

Having described the role of the independent director in detail, and from multiple perspectives, it is time to consider how one gets started as an independent director and how one builds up a portfolio. First, of course, one must be qualified to do the job. Primarily, that means executive experience. One needs to have been there, to have walked the walk, and to understand how businesses are run, before one can even think of becoming an independent or non-executive director.KeywordsCorporate GovernanceIndependent DirectorPrivate EquityBoard MeetingDiverse PortfolioThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
<title>Real-Time Video Compression Algorithm For Hadamard Transform Processing</title> (1975)

A real-time digital video processor using Hadamard transform techniques to reduce video bandwidth is described. The processor can be programmed with different parameters to investigate various algorithms for bandwidth compression. The processor is also adaptive in that it can select different parameter sets to trade off spatial resolution for temporal resolution in the regions of the picture that are moving. Algorithms used in programming the system are described along with results achieved at various levels of compression. The algorithms relate to spatial compression, temporal compression, and the adaptive selection of parameter sets.
Striking support (1988)

I left nursing to read for a degree in biology at the North East London Polytechnic. I did this as I felt there was no point remaining in nursing in view of the hopeless task of getting onto a conversion course, and the pay and conditions in nursing. I would like to express my total support for the striking Manchester nurses and I think it's about time the Royal College of Nursing started to take similar action. The RCN is now being regarded by many nurses as weak in the face of present Government policies and this can seriously affect the membership numbers in the organisation.
Reliable management of dual-boot labs using radmind (2010)

In a dual-boot (Mac OS/Windows) lab environment, management of system and application software for the non-preferred operating system (OS) can be a real pain. Our Mac OS was maintained nightly, but our Windows system often went unbooted for weeks at a time. The goal was to make both OSes easily maintainable, providing a consistent user experience from machine to machine.
Hutton TLP Marine Operations (1985)

ABSTRACT This paper reviews the Planning and execution of the Marine Operations for the Hutton TLP including:Well Template InstallationSite PreparationFoundation InstallationTemporary AnchoragesMatingMajor TowsTLP Installation Planning the work to meet project objectives resulted in the utilisation of a number of new techniques and advanced equipment applications. These included underwater pile hammers and special acoustic equipment to provide positioning information during underwater operations. However, the detailed planning which preceded each operation significantly enhanced the effectiveness of the equipment employed. Further, it contributed materially to the attainment of First Oil only twenty two days after TLP installation. INTRODUCTION The 'towing, mating and installation of the Hutton Tension Leg Platform (TLP) involved extensive marine operations ranging from conventional sea tows to the first-ever installation of a TLP. To ensure the success of some of the more complex marine operations, special methods and unique equipment applications were required. A number of these are addressed in papers presented at other OTC sessions. This paper provides an overview of all of the principal marine operations associated with the TLP, highlighting those which required something more than a conventional approach. Figure 1 shows the relative locations of the operations covered, including:Hutton Field, Offshore OperationsInshore OperationsInverness Firth AnchorageMoray Firth AnchorageHull T?OWDeck TowMating The paper stresses the importance of effective management in the success of marine operations including the specific areas of advanced planning, contingency planning, co-ordination with regulatory agencies and the supervision of contractors. The overall marine operations schedule is included as Figure 2. Marine Operations on the project critical path were the Hull Tow, Mating, TLP Tow and Installation. WELL TEMPLATE INSTALLATION A 32 slot template for pre-drilling wells (Figure 3) was the first structure to be placed at Hutton. The template, measuring 33.2m long by 11.6m wide by 6.6m high and weighing 400T in air, was installed in two phases: Phase 1 In April 7981 the template was transported to the field and within 24 hours of arrival at Hutton was placed on the sea bed. The template?s final position was within 5.Om of the geographic target. This accuracy was achieved by using a newly developed subsurface acoustic positioning system integrated with surface electronic navigation equipment. The subsurface equipment was developed from an existing transponder which operated in a short base line mode and transmitted data on position, orientation and levelness. This system became an integral part of the systems developed for foundation and TLP tether leg installation. Phase 2 A semi-submersible drill rig was used to complete the template installation.
lun ru he zai gao zhong hua xue jiao xue zhong he li yin ru duo mei ti (2013)

多媒体技术的优势之一是直观,形象,有连贯性,容量大,这就解决了高中化学教学中所讲内容有限的缺点,并且,他可以很自然的过渡到其中一些直观形象的课外内容当中,有利于学生更好地了解化学知识的应用和知识原理。
Integrating QMR with a computer-based patient record. (1993)

Most diagnostic decision support (DDS) systems are used as stand-alone applications. At present, the physician can only benefit from the suggestions of a DDS system if he is sufficiently motivated to re-enter patient data and run a diagnostic case analysis. If data from a computer-based patient record (CBPR) could be made available electronically to a DDS system, the use of that DDS system may become much more practical. Integrating a CBPR with a DDS system requires a mapping between two different data structures and dictionaries. We have explored a strategy to create a mapping between our CBPR and QMR. Our research has provided more general insight in the potential and limitations of such a mapping.
Hot-carrier reliability and design of N-LDMOS transistor arrays (2003)

The increase in handheld and portable appliances operating in the 20-30 V range have driven the need for IC power management control devices. These circuits combine high performance CMOS and bipolar transistors with a power MOS driver. The n-channel lateral DMOS (N-LDMOS) is a common choice for the driver transistor. Because of high drain voltages used by LDMOS devices hot-carrier degradation is an important reliability concern. This paper focuses on the N-LDMOS hot-carrier test methodology, degradation mechanism and effect of device layout on N-LDMOS hot-carrier performance. This paper differs from previous work in that it describes an N-LDMOS hot-carrier failure mode not yet addressed in the literature and for the first time describes the hot-carrier performance of transistor arrays rather than discrete devices.