gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Opportunistic Access Point Selection for Mobile Edge Computing Networks (2020)

In this paper, we investigate a mobile edge computing (MEC) network with two computational access points (CAPs), where the source is equipped with multiple antennas and it has some computational tasks to be accomplished by the CAPs through Nakagami-m distributed wireless links. Since the MEC network involves both communication and computation, we first define the outage probability by taking into account the joint impact of latency and energy consumption. From this new definition, we then employ receiver antenna selection (RAS) or maximal ratio combining (MRC) at the receiver, and apply selection combining (SC) or switch-and-stay combining (SSC) protocol to choose a CAP to accomplish the computational task from the source. For both protocols along with the RAS and MRC, we further analyze the network performance by deriving new and easy-to-use analytical expressions for the outage probability over Nakagami-m fading channels, and study the impact of the network parameters on the outage performance. Furthermore, we provide the asymptotic outage probability in the low regime of noise power, from which we obtain some important insights on the system design. Finally, simulations and numerical results are demonstrated to verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach. It is shown that the number of transmit antenna and Nakagami parameter can help reduce the latency and energy consumption effectively, and the SSC protocol can achieve the same performance as the SC protocol with proper switching thresholds of latency and energy consumption.
Autoxidizing Process Interaction of Linoleic Acid with Casein (1987)

ABSTRACT Autoxidized linoleic acid was classified to linoleic acid (LA), its hydroperoxide (LAHPO) and secondary autoxidation products (SP), and interactions of these products with casein were investigated. Casein was antioxidative to the autoxidation of LA. The products were readily bound to casein at 37°C within 1 hr in order of SP > LAHPO > LA. SP and LAHPO facilitated the access of fluorescent probes to casein and made casein insoluble. Casein was subsequently became undigestible during 1 day incubation with SP or after 2 days with LAHPO. Incubation with SP for 4 days or more caused casein to lose its amino acids and to polymerize.
Discovery of Brain-Penetrant, Irreversible Kynurenine Aminotransferase II Inhibitors for Schizophrenia (2012)

Kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT) II has been identified as a potential new target for the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Following a high-throughput screen, cyclic hydroxamic acid PF-04859989 was identified as a potent and selective inhibitor of human and rat KAT II. An X-ray crystal structure and (13)C NMR studies of PF-04859989 bound to KAT II have demonstrated that this compound forms a covalent adduct with the enzyme cofactor, pyridoxal phosphate (PLP), in the active site. In vivo pharmacokinetic and efficacy studies in rat show that PF-04859989 is a brain-penetrant, irreversible inhibitor and is capable of reducing brain kynurenic acid by 50% at a dose of 10 mg/kg (sc). Preliminary structure-activity relationship investigations have been completed and have identified the positions on this scaffold best suited to modification for further optimization of this novel series of KAT II inhibitors.
Calculation by a finite difference method of supersonic turbulent boundary layers with tangential slot injection (1971)

Finite difference calculation based on eddy diffusivity and mixing length flow theory to characterize supersonic turbulent boundary layer with tangential slot injection
Characterization of the inhomogeneous DNA in virions of bacteriophage Mu by DNA reannealing kinetics (1975)

The DNA of bacteriophage Mu has been studied to characterize a region of inhomogeneous sequence that occurs at one end of the molecule. The kinetics of reassocation of tracer amounts of labeled host DNA in the presence of Mu DNA show that Mu DNA contains a complete selection of host sequences. These host sequences are shown to be covalently attached to phage-specific sequences and are present at a concentration that accounts for the inhomogeneity observed in the electron microscope. The significance and possible function of the host DNA attachment is discussed.
Research Ideas in Transportation Economics (2005)

Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies, Research Methods/Statistical Methods, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
The Preparation of a Fatigue-Free Bi<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub> Thin Film With Controlling Bi-Excess Using Sol-Gel Coating (2004)

A polycrystalline Bi4Ti3O12 (BIT) thin film of ∼150 nm was fabricated by sol-gel process on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrate. We observed that excess Bi concentration for precursor could influence the microstructure of the BIT film and thereby change the fatigue behavior. A high fatigue endurance of the BIT thin film was obtained, when the Bi excess was 1.0 mole %. This film exhibited enhanced a(b)-axis orientation and highly smooth surface consisted of grains of ∼30 nm in size. The remanent polarization and the coercive field were 8 μC/cm2 and 129 kV/cm at 8 V, respectively. The leakage current density was ∼1.5 × 10−7 A/cm2 at 4.5 V. An excellent fatigue endurance was observed up to 1 × 1010 switching cycles.
Spatial heterogeneity in degradation characteristics and microbial community composition of pesticide biopurification systems (2014)

The major part of degradation activity takes place in the top part of the biofilter, suggesting that it could be possible to use shorter biofilter reactors or higher loading rates to treat chloropropham waste streams, making this type of bioremediation technique economically more feasible.
Carbonium Ions (1964)

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Alkyl Cations Ricycloalkyl and Polycycloalkyl Cations Cyclopropyl Carbonium Ions Alkenyl Cations of the Allylic Type Cyclopropenyl Cations Cycloheptatrienyl Cations Alkadienyl and Polyenylic Cations Dipositive Cations Aryl Carbonium Ions Vinyl Cations Acyl Cations Hydroxy and Alkoxy Carbonium Ions Amino Carbonium Ions
Free-electron emission from photonic metasurfaces (2015)

We report that the spontaneous light emission from free electrons can be resonantly enhanced via proximity interactions with photonic meta-surfaces in much the same way as spontaneous emission from atomic electrons is enhanced by placing them in resonant cavities.
Urological oncology (2007)

Purpose: Men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer are faced with multiple treatment options.Understanding these options and their associated side effects, and making a decision often requires time, resulting in a delay before receiving treatment.This is particularly pertinent in men with low risk disease who may be considered candidates for watchful waiting and, thus, may not experience strong pressure to undergo treatment promptly.Whether delays and especially prolonged delays, eg greater than 180 days, before RP negatively impact the disease outcome is unclear.Materials and Methods: We examined the association between time from diagnosis to surgery, and pathological features of the RP specimen and risk of biochemical progression in 895 men with low risk prostate cancer (prostate specific antigen less than 10 ng/ml and biopsy Gleason sum 6 or less) treated with RP between 1988 and 2004 in the Shared-Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital Database using logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards, respectively.Results: Time from biopsy to surgery was not significantly related to high grade disease in the RP specimen, positive surgical margins or extraprostatic extension (all p-trend >0.05).After adjustment for multiple clinical covariates a longer time from biopsy to surgery was significantly associated with an increased risk of biochemical progression (p-trend = 0.002).However, this increased risk of progression was only apparent in men with delays greater than 180 days (median 263, vs 90 or fewer days RR 2.73, 95% CI 1.51 to 4.94).Conclusions: Our data suggest that patients with low risk prostate cancer can be reassured that immediate treatment is not necessary.Whether long delays (greater than 180 days) decrease the likelihood of curability in some patients requires further study.
Continuous Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Demonstrates Limitations in Monitoring the Development of Acute Compartment Syndrome in Patients with Leg Injuries (2018)

In this study, NIRS data were not collected reliably. In contrast, IMP measurements were collected during >85% of the expected monitoring period. These data raise questions about the utility of current NIRS data capture technology for monitoring oxygenation in patients at risk of ACS.
Performance analysis of turbo equalization for nonlinear channels (2005)

This paper presents the performance for turbo equalization of ISI caused by a nonlinear satellite channel. Mutual information transfer characteristics are used to highlight the performance of the proposed turbo equalization and confirm convergence of the iterative scheme. An equivalent SNR model for the nonlinear channel is presented which shows direct correspondence between the linear and nonlinear channels. The nonlinear channel equalizer is based on a soft interference cancellation approach which has linear complexity with modulation order and channel memory
Jump Minimization in Linear Time (1984)

Unlike other instructions, which compute or test values, unconditional branch instructions do no useful work. Rather, they are artifacts of the translation from a flow graph to the linear form of conventional machine language. Careful ordering of the basic blocks of a program can decrease the number of branches required by allowing a basic block to "fall through" to a successor. It is shown that although the general problem of minimizing the number of branches is NP-complete, an efficient algorithm is possible for "structured" programs--those written without goto statements. More specifically, an algorithm is presented that produces an optimal ordering of the basic blocks of any program that uses only the control structures if-then-else, loop, and exit. The running time of the algorithm is proportional to the length of the program, provided the number of loops exited by any exit statement can be bounded by a constant.
Influence of grain size and surface condition on minority-carrier lifetime in undoped <i>n</i>-BaSi2 on Si(111) (2014)

We have fabricated approximately 0.5-μm-thick undoped n-BaSi2 epitaxial films with various average grain areas ranging from 2.6 to 23.3 μm2 on Si(111) by molecular beam epitaxy, and investigated their minority-carrier lifetime properties by the microwave-detected photoconductivity decay method at room temperature. The measured excess-carrier decay curves were divided into three parts in terms of decay rate. We characterized the BaSi2 films using the decay time of the second decay mode, τSRH, caused by Shockley-Read-Hall recombination without the carrier trapping effect, as a measure of the minority-carrier properties in the BaSi2 films. The measured τSRH was grouped into two, independently of the average grain area of BaSi2. BaSi2 films with cloudy surfaces or capped intentionally with a 3 nm Ba or Si layer, showed large τSRH (ca. 8 μs), whereas those with mirror surfaces much smaller τSRH (ca. 0.4 μs). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements were performed to discuss the surface region of the BaSi2 films.
The sarcolemma as antigen in the secondary immunopathogenesis of myopericarditis (1987)

The mapping of characteristic moieties of the myolemma, sarcolemma and endothelium is a prerequisite for the definition of heart muscle-specific epitopes which are targets of humoral and cellular effector mechanisms. AMLAs can be demonstrated in perimyocarditis and in most patients with postmyocarditic cardiomyopathy. The microheterogeneity of the membrane antibodies can be defined more clearly by Western blot analysis. There is increasing evidence that in man ASAs and AMLAs have a pathogenetic relevance; they fix various complement components and exert a cytolytic effect on isolated vital heart cells in vitro. These membrane antibodies are cross-reactive to certain viral proteins, indicating that antigenic mimicry may be the biological principle operative in patients with coxsackie B myocarditis. Membrane antibodies in sick sinus syndrome and A–V block may be directed against the sarcolemma and the membrane of the conducting tissue as well. Patients with former myocarditis or rheumatic fever have a many-fold incidence of these antibodies and are a group of patients at risk. Cellular immune reactions which are not HLA restricted are observed only rarely in myocarditis but are found more often in dilated cardiomyopathy and alcoholic heart muscle disease. From these data, a better understanding and a new, immunologically orientated classification of heart muscle disease can be derived.
New Class of Purine Mutants of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells (1971)

Mutants of Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO/Pro(-)) were isolated after mutagenesis with N-methylnitrosoguanidine and selection by the bromodeoxyuridine technique. Six of these were mutants classified as purine-requiring. The metabolic block appears to be early in the purine biosynthetic pathway. The mutants do not appear to be genetically identical.
Growth inhibition and apoptosis induced in human leiomyoma cells by treatment with the PPAR gamma ligand ciglitizone (2007)

The nuclear receptors PPARs (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors) are transcription factors that play important roles in multiple disease conditions. The activation of PPARs by specific ligands is associated with growth suppression of several different types of human cancer, but the molecular mechanism responsible for this growth suppressive effect remains elusive. The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of PPARgamma protein/mRNA expression in uterine leiomyomas and to identify the PPARgamma induced signaling pathways responsible for the growth inhibition induced by treatment with ciglitizone, a synthetic ligand of PPARgamma, in view of identifying targets that could possibly affect the viability and proliferation of uterine leiomyoma cells. Dose-response studies on proliferation found that uterine leiomyoma was more sensitive to inhibition by ciglitizone treatments than normal myometrium. We also found that ciglitizone significantly stimulated gene expression driven by a PPAR-responsive element in cultured leiomyoma cells and reduced the survival of leiomyoma cells relative to the control cells. The reduced survival of ciglitizone treated leiomyoma cells resulted from a mechanism that involved the Fas receptor-mediated apoptosis signaling cascade. These results suggest that uterine leiomyomas growth and differentiation might be modulated through PPARgamma receptors and that PPARgamma ligands may be of potential use for uterine leiomyoma treatment.
Ion-beam deposition of fluoride thin films (1992)

Ion beam-based thin film deposition processes are reviewed. Results illustrating some of the benefits of ion bombardment to fluoride coatings are presented. Fluoride coatings deposited using ion beam processes have higher packing density, lower stress, improved durability, and better adhesion.
Swift heavy ion irradiation of InP: Thermal spike modeling of track formation (2006)

Irradiation of single-crystalline InP with swift heavy ions (SHI's) causes the formation of ion tracks for certain irradiation temperatures if the electronic energy deposition exceeds a threshold value. With increasing SHI fluence, more and more ion tracks are formed, until a continuous amorphous layer is produced due to the multiple overlapping of the tracks at high ion fluences. Single-crystalline InP samples were irradiated either at liquid nitrogen temperature (LNT) or at room temperature (RT) with Kr, Xe, or Au ions with specific energies ranging from ca. $0.3\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\text{to}\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}3.0\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{MeV}∕\mathrm{u}$. Afterwards, the samples were investigated by means of Rutherford backscattering spectrometry and transmission electron microscopy in the plan-view and cross-section geometry. We show that the experimental data obtained can be qualitatively and quantitatively described on the basis of the inelastic thermal spike (TS) model, which was originally used only for metallic targets. The presented extension of the TS model on semiconductors covers mainly the very first stage of the energy transfer from SHI's (so-called ``ionization spikes''). Our results show that the extended TS model offers a self-consistent way to explain the influence of various irradiation conditions (ion mass, ion energy, irradiation temperature, etc.) on the ion track formation and damage accumulation in InP and, therefore, can make a contribution to a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Further, our results prejudice the amenity of a single value of the threshold electronic energy loss as a fundamental quantity that is commonly used for the description of track formation in solids irradiated with different ion species. There is no universal RT threshold for track formation in InP, but it is noticeably higher for lighter ions (12.0 and $14.8\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{keV}∕\mathrm{nm}$ for RT irradiations with Au and Xe, respectively). Our experimental and simulation results support the idea that the formation of visible tracks requires a predamaging of the material, unless each SHI penetrating perfectly ordered virgin InP directly produces a track that is large enough to be stable.
ChemInform Abstract: Ruthenium Diacetate‐Catalyzed Oxidation Alkenylation of C—H Bonds in Air: Synthesis of Alkenyl N‐Arylpyrazoles. (2012)

Abstract The first examples of an oxidative alkenylation of N‐arylpyrazoles by cooperative action of a Ru(III) catalyst and acetate ligands in air are described.
<title>Optical emission spectroscopy of diamond-producing plasmas</title> (1991)

Diamond films grow on the anode of DC plasmas while only diamondlike carbon and graphite grow on the cathode. In situ plasma diagnostics were employed to investigate the plasma as a whole and the anode in particular. To this end, pure hydrogen and diamond-producing DC plasmas were studied with optical emission spectroscopy. The pure hydrogen plasmas were analyzed to determine the effect of critical deposition parameters on the visible structure of the plasma. Two methane/hydrogen plasmas were also examined, one of which produced a graphitic film, the other a diamond film. The visible structures of these plasmas differed in that the diamond-producing plasma exhibited evidence of an anode (substrate) glow while the graphite-producing plasma had no glow.
Quantization of Atomic Motion in Optical Molasses (1991)

https://pro.college-de-france.fr/jean.dalibard/publi2/europhys\₉1.pdf
Channel Performance Sensitivity to Transmitter Parameters in Long-Haul DWDM Systems Employing RZ and CRZ Modulation Formats (2006)

We experimentally examine the impact of various transmitter parameters on channel performance in long-haul DWDM systems, employing RZ and CRZ formats. We show that proper adjustments of RZ modulation depth and phase modulation settings profoundly impact transmission quality.
Effective rank for multivariate calibration methods (2004)

Abstract In order to determine the proper multivariate calibration model, it is necessary to select the number of respective basis vectors (latent vectors, factors, etc.) when using principal component regression (PCR) or partial least squares (PLS). These values are commonly referred to as the prediction rank of the model. Comparisons between PCR and PLS models for a given data set are often made with the prediction rank to determine the more parsimonious model, ignoring the fact that the values have been obtained using different basis sets. Additionally, it is not possible to use this approach for determining the prediction rank of models generated by other modeling methods such as ridge regression (RR). This paper presents measures of effective rank for a given model that can be applied to all modeling methods, thereby providing inter‐model comparisons. A definition based on the regression vector norm and is compared with two alternative forms from the literature. With a proper definition of effective rank, a better assessment of degrees of freedom for statistical computations is possible. Additionally, the true nature of variable selection for improved parsimony can be properly assessed. Spectroscopic data sets are used as examples with PCR, PLS and RR. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Studies on the immunoreactivity of native and recombinant pseudorabies virus nucleocapsid proteins (1992)

A pseudorabies virus (PRV) nucleocapsid based screening ELISA (NC-ELISA) was developed. The NC-ELISA was compared to a commercial PRV screening ELISA. Antibody to PRV was detected by the NC-ELISA between day 14 and 21 in 5 pigs after intranasal exposure to 10[superscript]4 PFU of virus and was still detected on day 42. The NC-ELISA also detected antibody in 23 of 24 naturally infected pigs. The commercial ELISA detected antibody 1 week earlier than NC-ELISA in experimentally infected pigs but didn't detect antibody in 3 naturally infected pigs identified by NC-ELISA. Radioimmunoprecipitation confirmed the presence of PRV specific antibody in these pigs. Nucleocapsid specific antibody responses of 10 PRV glycoprotein subunit-vaccinated were monitored for 113 days after exposure to a low dose (10[superscript]2.3 PFU) of PRV. Nucleocapsid specific antibody responses remained below the positive threshold before challenge but increased dramatically following virus exposure. Mean NC-ELISA OD's were above the positive threshold on day 113 p.c;The potential of two in vitro translation products representing truncated pseudorabies virus (PRV) major nucleocapsid proteins was also studied. Two cDNA clones designated p462A and p462D, containing 800 and 910 bp cDNAs respectively were identified by hybridization with [superscript]32P-labelled PRV genomic BamHI-D fragment. Northern blot analysis showed that [superscript]32P-labelled insert cDNA probes 462A and 462D hybridized to 1.5 and 4.4 kb RNAs respectively in total RNA from PRV infected MDBK cells. In vitro transcription and translation of cDNA 462A yielded a polypeptide doublet with a molecular weight of 19 and 21k. Similarly, cDNA 462D produced a single polypeptide with a molecular weight of 24 k. Pseudorabies virus infection was detected by radioimmunoprecipitation in 21 of 23 pigs when reactions with both in vitro translation products were considered. Sera from 15 of 23 PRV infected pigs immunoprecipitated the 462A polypeptide doublet, while sera from 16 of 23 pigs immunoprecipitated the 462D polypeptide. In addition, sera from 4 of 4 PRV low dose challenged (10[superscript]2 PFU) pigs immunoprecipitated both translation products beginning at day 14 p.i. and continuing to the last day tested, day 60 p.i.