gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Investigations on Agonal Acidosis. (1949)

This monograph on the chemical changes in the blood during the agonal state was completed shortly before death prematurely terminated the promising career of the author. It contains the most detailed studies with which the reviewer is acquainted on the chemical composition of the blood during the transition from life to death. Following introductory sections on previous work on agonal acidosis, the clinical aspects of the preterminal state and the concept of acidosis, there is a description of the material and analytic methods used. The results are presented in great detail, with tabular summaries. Twenty-three chemical and physiochemical measurements were carried out on almost all the 38 subjects studied. Unfortunately, sodium and potassium determinations were not done. There is a short section on therapy. Hansen found a fall in blood<i>p</i>H usual in the agonal state. In 18 of the cases values of less than 7.10 were found. The
Cholestenoic Acid Is a Naturally Occurring Ligand for Liver X Receptor   (2000)

Excessive cholesterol is eliminated from extrahepatic cells by reverse cholesterol transport, a process by which neutral sterols are transferred to extracellular acceptor lipoproteins for further transport to the liver. Another process independent of lipoproteins involves excretion of 3β-hydroxy-5-cholesten-25(R)-26-carboxylic (cholestenoic) acid, a metabolite of 27-hydroxycholesterol. Physiological concentrations of cholestenoic acid activated the nuclear receptor liver X receptor α (LXRα; NR1H3), but not other oxysterol receptors. As a ligand, cholestenoic acid modulated interaction of LXRα with the nuclear receptor coactivator Grip-1. Cholestenoic acid, therefore, may function as a signaling molecule for regulation of lipid metabolism via LXRα.
Model theory based fusion framework with application to multisensor target recognition (2002)

In this work, we present a model theory based fusion methodology for multisensor wavelet-features based recognition called automatic multisensor feature-based recognition system (AMFRS). The goal of this system is to increase accuracy of the commonly used wavelet-based recognition techniques by incorporating symbolic knowledge (symbolic features) about the domain and by utilizing a model theory based fusion framework for multisensor feature selection.
Get your head in the clouds: A quick guide to cloud computing (2011)

How would your RTO recover if the computer storing your student records was stolen? Or what if there was a fire in your records storage area? Questions like these have allowed cloud computing to make a lot of noise lately and with good reason. With many businesses shifting away from traditional IT solutions to the robust and easy cloud solution, what does it all mean?
Serotonergic Responsivity in Male Young Adults With Autistic Disorder (1989)

Altered serotonergic function has been postulated to exist in autistic disorder. Central serotonergic responsivity was assessed with a neuroendocrine challenge test in seven male young adults with autistic disorder and in seven age- and gender-matched healthy controls. Binding indexes and physiologic responsivity of the platelet serotonin-2 (5-HT2) receptor complex were also measured, as was whole-blood serotonin content. Compared with controls, autistic subjects had substantially blunted prolactin release in response to a 60-mg oral dose of fenfluramine hydrochloride, an indirect serotonin agonist [corrected]. Furthermore, the magnitude of serotonin-amplified platelet aggregation, mediated by the platelet 5-HT2 receptor complex, was reduced in the autistic group, as was the mean number of platelet 5-HT2 receptor sites. Among autistic subjects, fenfluramine-induced prolactin release correlated positively with the serotonin-amplified platelet aggregation response and negatively with whole-blood serotonin content. The results of the present study are compatible with the hypothesis that central serotonergic responsivity is decreased in male autistic young adults. Correlations between central and peripheral serotonergic measures in autistic subjects suggest that systemic alterations in serotonergic function may occur in autism.
<title>Progress in commissioning the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer (SUSI)</title> (1994)

The Sydney University Stellar Interferometer (SUSI) is a long baseline optical amplitude interferometer. In its initial configuration it is a two aperture, single r<SUB>o</SUB> instrument with wavefront-tilt corrections and dynamic optical path length compensation. It has been designed to measure the angular dimensions of stars of essentially all spectral types as well as the angular separations of binary stars. SUSI is located alongside the Australia Telescope at the Paul Wild Observatory, near Narrabri in northern New South Wales, Australia. It has a North-South array of input stations giving baselines covering the range from 5 m to 640 m. The baselines are being progressively commissioned, starting with the shorter ones, in parallel with an observing program aimed at fine-tuning the performance of the instrument. Progress and results from the commissioning program and the current status of the instrument are described.
Knowledge based monitoring and diagnosis in machine maintenance (1994)

Maximum availability of cost intensive machinery is highly dependant of minimizing downtime caused by maintenance. Software systems for monitoring and diagnosis can help to reduce downtime. Permanent monitoring of a machine guarantees a reliable detection of most faults. An interactive diagnosis system can guide the maintenance staff to accomplish their tasks. A system architecture which supports permanent monitoring, interactive diagnosis as well as repair at site needs knowledge representation techniques which are specifically designed for these tasks. This paper presents a suitable knowledge representation and its inference techniques. The design of knowledge representation terms has been guided by industrial standards of fault tree analysis in order to ease direct model acquisition by the domain expert. The term `Fault' is the main concept in the model acquired. Specific extensions define objects that describe the interface to sensors of the machine and to the end user, the maintenance engineer. A special calculus is the foundation of an inference engine that can be used in monitoring and interactive diagnosis as well.
Hydrogen-Bonded Metal-Complex Sulfonate (MCS) Inclusion Compounds:  Effect of the Guest Molecule on the Host Framework (2007)

Soft molecular host frameworks made of the hydrogen-bonded metal complex (MC) Co(NH3)(6)3+ and 4,4'-biphenyldisulfonate (BPDS) include different guest molecules to form inclusion compounds of the type (MC)2(BPDS)3.n(guest). Structurally characterized were six compounds with guest molecules of DMSO, DMF, piperidine, acetone, acetonitrile, and THF. The metal-complex sulfonate frameworks in all of them are of the pillared layer type where the layers are constructed of extensively hydrogen-bonded metal-complex cations and sulfonate (S) anions (and some hydrogen-bonded water) while the organic residues of the 4,4'-biphenyldisulfonate serve as pillars. The hydrogen-bonded MCS layers and the orientations of the pillars adjust and rearrange in order to generate cavities that would accommodate different guest molecules. The steric, electronic, and hydrogen-bonding needs of the guest molecules mold the soft framework into different structures. These MCS host-guest frameworks are very close structural analogues of the well-studied guanidinium sulfonate (GS) networks and mimic their flexibility and overall durability.
Current mirror evaluation logic: A new circuit style for high fan–in dynamic gates (2002)

We propose a Current Mirror Evaluation Logic (CMEL) and show (for 0.13µm technology) that this new logic achieves 28-to-47% (10-to-27%) delay reduction against high fan-in single/multi-stage domino (conditional keeper domino [1]) OR gates at an affordable power and area penalty. In addition, CMEL shows 54-to-95% (18-to- 45%) delay reduction against high fan-in single stage (multi-stage) domino AND gates. Consequently, the proposed logic achieves high performance and noise immunity for high fan-in dynamic AND and OR gates, respectively, compared to that of conventional domino and conditional keeper domino circuits.
Biological standardization of allergenic extracts. (1989)

Accurate and precise methods of skin testing are essential for "in vivo" standardization of extracts from the same and different sources, for diagnostic efficacy as well as an important prognostic factor for evaluating the risk and benefit of immunotherapy. Skin test methods such as parallel line bioassay and ID50EAL which are based on the intradermal erythema response and yield the most sensitive, accurate, and precise bioassays as well as requiring the fewest injections and replicates should be preferentially selected for clinical use. Differentiating characteristics of parallel line bioassay and the ID50EAL method are presented. Proficiency test methods for assessing puncture and intradermal skin test methodologies should be made part of the clinicians' training and be incorporated into clinical practice in conjunction with standardized allergenic extracts. Assignment of Allergy Units to reference extracts based on accurate and precise "in vivo" methods such as the ID50EAL and to test extracts based on "in vitro" assays predictive of their "in vivo" relative potency as determined by parallel-line bioassay should facilitate the safe and effective clinical use of allergenic extracts.
Performance Analysis of Centroid and SVD Features for Personnel Recognition Using Multistatic Micro-Doppler (2016)

In this letter, we investigate the use of micro-Doppler signatures experimentally recorded by a multistatic radar system to perform recognition of people walking. Three different sets of features are tested, taking into account the impact on the overall classification performance of parameters, such as aspect angle, types of classifier, different values of signal-to-noise ratio, and different ways of exploiting multistatic information. High classification accuracy of above 98% is reported for the most favorable aspect angle, and the benefit of using multistatic data at less favorable angles is discussed.
Alternative Translation Initiation of Theiler’s Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus (1999)

DA strain and other members of the TO subgroup of Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) produce a chronic demyelinating disease in which the virus persists but has a restricted expression. We previously reported that TO subgroup strains, in addition to synthesizing the picornaviral polyprotein, use an alternative initiation codon just downstream from the polyprotein's AUG to translate an 18-kDa protein called L* that is out of frame with the polyprotein (H. H. Chen et al., Nat. Med. 1:927-931, 1995; W. P. Kong and R. P. Roos, J. Virol. 65:3395-3399, 1991). L* is critically important for virus persistence and the induction of the demyelinating disease (Chen et al., 1995; G. D. Ghadge et al. J. Virol. 72:8605-8612, 1998). We have proposed that variations in the amount of translation initiation from the L* AUG versus the polyprotein AUG may occur in different cell types and therefore affect the degree of expression of viral capsid proteins. We now demonstrate that ribosomal translation initiation at the polyprotein's initiation codon affects initiation at the L* AUG, suggesting that ribosomes land at the polyprotein's initiation codon before scanning downstream and initiating at the L* AUG. We also find that the viral 5' untranslated region affects utilization of the L* AUG. Surprisingly, mutant DA cDNAs were found to be infectious despite the presence of mutations of the polyprotein initiation codon or placement of a stop codon upstream of the L* AUG in the polyprotein's reading frame. Sequencing studies showed that these viruses had a second site mutation, converting the reading frame of L* into the polyprotein's reading frame; the results suggest that translation of the polyprotein during infection of these mutant viruses can be initiated at the L* AUG. These data are important in our understanding of translation initiation of TMEV and other RNAs that contain an internal ribosome entry site.
Equivalent drawbead performance in deep drawing simulations (1999)

ABSTRACT: Drawbeads are applied in the deep drawing process to improve the control of the material flow during the forming operation. In simulations of the deep drawing process these drawbeads can be replaced by an equivalent drawbead model. In this paper the usage of an equivalent drawbead model in the finite element code DiekA is described. The input for this equivalent drawbead model is served by experiments or by a 2D plane strain drawbead simulation. Simulations and experiments of the deep drawing of a rectangular product are performed to test the equivalent drawbead model performance. The overall conclusion reads that a real drawbead geometry can succesfully be replaced by the equivalent drawbead model. 1.
Effect of Vaccination on Serotype-Specific Antibody Responses in Infants Administered WC3 Bovine Rotavirus before or after a Natural Rotavirus Infection (1990)

In an evaluation of WC3 bovine rotavirus (serotype 6) vaccine in infants, some subjects experienced a natural serotype 1 rotavirus infection before vaccination and others after. Therefore, the effects of both WC3 and natural rotavirus strains as either primary or boosting immunogens on serotype-specific neutralizing antibody responses could be determined. After primary natural infection (symptomatic or asymptomatic), neutralizing antibody titers were highest to serotype 1 but were consistently high to serotype 3, and low titers (greater than or equal to 20) to serotypes 2 and 4 were often detected. Previous vaccination with WC3 had little effect on the magnitude of these responses. In contrast, subjects infected with serotype 1 strains before vaccination experienced large (average, 12-fold) rises in neutralizing antibody to human serotypes 1-4 when vaccinated with WC3. Thus, although WC3 and the natural strains are distinct serotypes, their epitopes were sufficiently similar that reinfection with WC3 could boost neutralizing antibody titers to human serotypes in subjects primed by a previous natural infection.
The function of melanin or six blind people examine an elephant (1992)

The pigment melanin is found in all living kingdoms and in many different structures and forms. When its various functions are examined separately, its behaviors seem disparate and conflicting. It has a clear role in camouflage and sexual display. Other major roles are examined critically. It can act as a sun screen but is not a very effective one. It can also scavenge active chemical species, but this, too, is not done very effectively. It produces active radicals that can damage DNA. It binds to drugs in ways that are either beneficial or deleterious. Aside from camouflage, its other roles can be brought together by a unifying hypothesis as first proposed by Proctor and McGinness nearly 20 years ago. Melanin is envisaged as an energy transducer with the properties of an amorphous semiconductor. It can absorb many different types of energy and dissipate them in the form of heat. However, if the energy input is too great, the output can be expressed in the form of activated chemical species that can damage cellular macromolecules resulting in cell death, mutations and cancer. The protective aspect of melanin in dark skin is seen as resulting from its high concentration and its confinement to ellipsoidal and densely packed organelles that can effectively shield the nucleus. In light skin, its radical nature is seen as potentially participating in the carcinogenic process, particularly when overwhelmed by intense episodes of sunburn.
An Air-Modulated Fluidic Fuel-Injection System (1979)

This paper presents a unique approach to fuel management systems applicable to spark-ignition engines and discusses a fluidic implementation. The air-modulation system is opposite from conventional systems in that the driver selects the air consumption to the engine thereby providing many desirable functions that are inherent in its operation. Fluidic control was selected for its sensing and control compatibility with the fluid variables and for its cost and reliability potential. The design and bench tests of the fluidic controller are discussed. The results of the dynamometer and vehicle evaluation are encouraging.
Development of smart energy meter in LabVIEW for power distribution systems (2015)

In this paper a smart energy meter is developed for domestic/industrial consumer. The proposed smart energy meter is developed in LabVIEW. The developed prototype accounts electricity consumption in multi-tariff structure, computes power quality measures, generates monthly electricity bill for the consumer along with incentives provided and penalties levied for power quality measures accordingly and establishes communication between the consumer and utility. The developed prototype is experimentally verified for sample input voltage and current waveforms.
Factorized graph matching (2012)

Graph matching plays a central role in solving correspondence problems in computer vision. Graph matching problems that incorporate pair-wise constraints can be cast as a quadratic assignment problem (QAP). Unfortunately, QAP is NP-hard and many algorithms have been proposed to solve different relaxations. This paper presents factorized graph matching (FGM), a novel framework for interpreting and optimizing graph matching problems. In this work we show that the affinity matrix can be factorized as a Kronecker product of smaller matrices. There are three main benefits of using this factorization in graph matching: (1) There is no need to compute the costly (in space and time) pair-wise affinity matrix; (2) The factorization provides a taxonomy for graph matching and reveals the connection among several methods; (3) Using the factorization we derive a new approximation of the original problem that improves state-of-the-art algorithms in graph matching. Experimental results in synthetic and real databases illustrate the benefits of FGM. The code is available at http://humansensing.cs.cmu.edu/fgm.
Ueber die Einwirkung der wasserfreien Schwefelsäure auf Doppeltkohlenwasserstoff (1838)

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An Overview of FIPS 173, The Spatial Data Transfer Standard (1992)

Abstract The Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS), after nine years of development, was approved on July 29, 1992, as FIPS Publication 173. The SDTS consists of three distinct parts. Part 1 is concerned with logical specifications required for spatial data transfer and has three major components: a conceptual model of spatial data, data quality report specifications, and detailed logical transfer format specifications for SDTS data sets. Part 2 provides a model for the definition of real-world spatial features, attributes, and attribute values and includes a standard but working and expandable list with definitions. Part 3 specifies the byte-level format implementation of the logical specifications in SDTS Part 1 using ISO/ANSI 8211 (FIPS 123), a general data exchange standard. Keywords: SPATIAL DATA TRANSFER STANDARDSPATIAL DATADATA EXCHANGEDATA STANDARDS
Laser-based absorption spectrometry : development of NICE-OHMS towards ultra-sensitive trace species detection (2007)

Laser-based absorption spectroscopy (AS) is a powerful technique for qualitative and quantitative studies of atoms and molecules. An important field of use of AS is the detection of species in trace concentrations, which has applications not only in physics and chemistry but also in biology and medicine, encompassing environmental monitoring, regulation of industrial processes and breath analysis. Although a large number of molecular species can successfully be detected with established AS techniques, there are some applications that require higher sensitivity, selectivity and accuracy, yet robust and compact instrumentation. Various approaches have been made during the years to improve on the performance of AS, usually based on modulation spectrometry or external cavities. The most sensitive absorption technique of today is, however, noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectroscopy (NICE-OHMS). This technique elegantly combines several approaches: external cavities (for optical path length enhancement), modulation techniques (for noise reduction) and saturation spectroscopy (for enhanced selectivity). However, due to its complexity, the technique has so far not been applied to practical trace species detection. This thesis provides the background for an understanding of NICE-OHMS and describes the construction of a first compact NICE-OHMS spectrometer based on a narrowband fiber laser. Moreover, it gives theoretical expressions for NICE-OHMS signal lineshapes, measured in various modes of detection, which can be fitted to the experimental data and thereby facilitate the assessment of species concentration. The sensitivity of the instrumentation is demonstrated by detection of acetylene (C2H2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the 1.5 μm region. A fractional absorption sensitivity of 3*10-9 (integrated absorption of 5*10-11 cm-1), could be achieved using a cavity with a finesse of 4800 and an acquisition time of 0.7 s. This results in a detection limit for C2H2 of 4.5 ppt (4.5*10-12 atm). In addition, the thesis revives the idea of using an accurate (frequency) measurement of the free-spectral-range (FSR) of an external cavity for sensitive and calibration-free concentration assessment. A theoretical description of the expected signal lineshapes is given, and in a first experimental demonstration the FSR could be measured with a resolution of 5 Hz, resulting in a fractional absorption sensitivity of 1*10-7, and subsequently in a detection limit for C2H2 of 180 ppt (12.5 s acquisition time). The thesis, finally, also contributes to the continuously ongoing development of conventional AS and wavelength modulated AS by addressing concepts related to when the light optically saturates the transition.
Effect of methionine and its derivatives on the weight gain and protein utilisation of growing rats. (1998)

Methionine and its derivatives are used as feed supplements. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of DL-methionine (MET), DL-methionine-hydroxy-analogue (2-hydroxy-4-methylthio-butyric acid, MHA), and DL-S methyl-methionine-sulphonium-chloride (SMM) in rats using low- (10 g/100g, BD10), medium-(15g/100g, BD15) and high-protein (20 g/100 g, BD20) diets. In a 10-day growth assay with weaning male rats (Wistar, SPF, LATI, Gödöllo, Hungary, 6 rats/group) methionine-deficient basic diets (BD10, BD15, BD20) were supplemented with 0, 1.5 ad 3.0 g/kg MET, MHA OR SMM. Extracted soybean meal was used as sole protein source. A protein-free diet was used for determining net protein ratio (NPR) indices. The weight gain of rats fed test diets fortified with 1.5 and 3.0 g/kg MET, MHA, or SMM was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than that obtained with the unfortified diets. The NPR index of the diets was increased by MET, MHA or SMM supplementation, which increase was significant (p < 0.05) at 3.0 g/kg fortification level. However, there were no significant differences between the efficiencies of methionine derivatives on the same dietary protein levels. The weight gains of the rats were higher and the NPR indices of the diets were lower at a higher dietary protein level.