gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Control of Building Sway and Force Flows Using Ultralightweight Slabs (2014)

Design analyses are presented to demonstrate the technical advantages of substituting ultralightweight slab materials like cross-laminated-timber (CLT) for reinforced concrete (RC) floors and roofs of low-rise and high-rise hybrid building superstructures. Such substitution reduces the gravitational masses of slab by at least two-thirds without reducing functionality as bending or diaphragm slabs. Specific illustrations of design impacts of using CLT are given for hybrid building superstructures where steel or RC frameworks are the primary means of resisting effects of gravity forces associated with occupied built spaces. Results shown apply to two-story buildings in which effects of lateral forces associated with wind or seismic loads are resisted entirely by a steel moment framework, and six- and twenty four–story buildings in which RC shear walls within building cores primarily resist effects of such lateral loads. Consideration is also given to how fire engineering design decisions can impact structural performances of high-rise buildings incorporating combustible slab materials like CLT. The possible fire design solutions considered being complete encapsulation of CLT slabs using noncombustible claddings, and inclusion of RC fire floors vertically separating the superstructure into fire compartments having dimensions typically permitted for combustible construction. In the broad sense, analyses presented here suggest that it is feasible to reduce total gravitational and modal masses of superstructure by at least one-third, with concomitant reductions in superstructure and foundation construction costs. In practice engineers can have many types of lightweight slab construction techniques to choose from, apart from using CLT. Approximate percentage reductions in sway and superstructure force flows quoted herein will scale in proportion to the square-root of the ratio of the masses of RC floor slabs to masses of any substitute floor construction.
A Distributed and Heuristic Policy-based Management Architecture for Large-Scale Grids (2008)

The aim of this thesis is to design and implement a new Grid Resource Management methodology, where non-massive resources owners would be able to share their resources and integrate human collaboration across multiple domains regardless of network technology, operative platform or administrative domain.<br/>This thesis proposes a distributed and heuristic policy-based resource management architecture for large-scale Grids. The resource management architecture proposed herein is composed of four main building blocs: services management, resource discovery and monitoring, resource scheduling and jobs allocation and activation. The Grid Services Management (GSM) and Jobs Allocation and Activation (JAA) are supported by means of a Policy-based Grid Resource Management Architecture (PbGRMA). This architecture is able to identify service needs arising from diverse sources during the deployment and management of Grid Services, such as requirements demanded by customers, applications and network conditions. Afterwards, the PbGRMA merges these requirements into deployment policies for the corresponding Grid Services. The Grid Resource Discovery and Monitoring (GRDM) is supported by the introduction of the SNMP-based Balanced Load Monitoring Agents for Resource Scheduling (SBLOMARS), in which network and computational resources are monitored by distributed agents. This allows for a flexible, heterogeneous and scalable monitoring system. The Grid Resource Scheduling (GRS) is based on the Balanced Load Multi-Constrained Resource Scheduler (BLOMERS). This heuristic scheduler represents an alternate way of solving the inherent NP-hard problem for resource scheduling in large-scale distributed networks by means of the implementation of a Genetic Algorithm.<br/>Finally, based on the outcome of both the GRDM and GRS, the PbGRMA allocates the corresponding Grid Services by means of its interfaces with Globus ToolKit Middleware and Unix-based CLI commands along of any large-scale Grid Infrastructure. <br/>The synergy obtained by these components allows Grid administrators to exploit the available resources with predetermined levels of Quality of Service (QoS), reducing computational costs and makespan in resource scheduling while ensuring that the resource load is balanced throughout the Grid. The makespan of a schedule is the time required for all jobs to be processed when no one job could be interrupted during its execution and each node can perform at most one operation at any time.<br/>This new approach has been successfully tested in a real large-scale scenario such as Grid5000. The results presented along this Thesis show that our general solution is a reliable, flexible and scalable architecture to deploy and manage Grid Services in large-scale Grid Infrastructures. Moreover, the substitution of the heuristic algorithm approach used into the Grid Resource Scheduling (GRS) phase by other non-heuristics selection algorithms could make our solution useful in smaller Grid Infrastructures.
Johnson noise thermometry for harsh environments (2004)

The technology of temperature measurement appears to some to be a mature field. However, to many, requirements for improved performance and reliability are a driver for continual scientific and technology advancement. Although Johnson noise has been proposed as a thermometry method for several decades, it is only recently that digital and analog electronics have made it possible to economically fabricate measurement systems based on Johnson noise. Johnson noise, which is a result of fundamental physics, is caused by the random thermal motions of electrons in all conductors. Its fundamental nature allows us to construct temperature measurement systems that do not require periodic calibration. Thus long, unattended operating intervals are feasible. Several unique implementations of Johnson noise thermometry (JNT) are possible. One permits temperature measurement without contacting the measured surface nductive JNT. Another implementation measures the Johnson noise of a resistance element in contact with the measured surface - conductive JNT. The resistive element in conductive JNT can be an RTD. Apparatus have been recently fabricated demonstrating the practicality of both JNT implementations. A demonstration of conductive JNT is planned at a nuclear facility within two years. We present new hardware implementations that allow real-time calibration of the signals that have the potential of allowing a fully-integrated, physically small and robust system to be achieved.
Novel Even Beam Splitters Based on Subwavelength Binary Simple Periodic Rectangular Structure (2015)

In this paper, a novel method of a subwavelength binary simple periodic rectangular structure is presented to realize even beam splitting by combining the rigorous couple-wave analysis with the genetic algorithm. Several even splitters in the terahertz region were designed and one of the silicon-based beam splitters designed to separate one incident beam into four emergent beams has total efficiency up to 92.23 %. Zero-order diffraction efficiency was reduced to less than 0.192 % and the error of uniformity decreased to 6.51 × 10−6. These results break the limitation of even beam splitting based on the traditional scalar theory. In addition, the effects of the incident angle, wavelength, as well as the polarizing angle on the diffraction efficiency and uniformity were also investigated.
DeepTx: Deep Learning Beamforming With Channel Prediction (2022)

Machine learning algorithms have recently been considered for many tasks in the field of wireless communications. Previously, we have proposed the use of a deep fully convolutional neural network (CNN) for receiver processing and shown it to provide considerable performance gains. In this study, we focus on machine learning algorithms for the transmitter. In particular, we consider beamforming and propose a CNN which, for a given uplink channel estimate as input, outputs downlink channel information to be used for beamforming. The CNN is trained in a supervised manner considering both uplink and downlink transmissions with a loss function that is based on UE receiver performance. The main task of the neural network is to predict the channel evolution between uplink and downlink slots, but it can also learn to handle inefficiencies and errors in the whole chain, including the actual beamforming phase. The provided numerical experiments demonstrate the improved beamforming performance.
Corrigendum to: 'HRS/EHRA Expert Consensus Statement on the State of Genetic Testing for the Channelopathies and Cardiomyopathies' [Europace 2011;13:1077-109, doi: 10.1093/europace/eur245] (2012)

It should be noted that we cannot be sure that all subjects included in the reference group were actually healthy. However, the pre-test probability of IHD in this group was low and the post-test probability of IHD was even lower following the negative maximal EST. Finally, the prognostic implications of our findings were not assessed in our study, as that needs long-term follow-up, and therefore this point needs investigation in future studies.
Lactoferricin treatment decreases the rate of cell proliferation of a human colon cancer cell line (2009)

Food components modify the risk of cancer at a large number of sites but the mechanism of action is unknown. In the present investigation, we studied the effect of the peptide lactoferricin derived from bovine milk lactoferrin on human colon cancer CaCo-2 cells. The cells were either untreated or treated with 2.0, 0.2, or 0.02 microM lactoferricin. Cell cycle kinetics were investigated with a bromodeoxyuridine DNA flow cytometric method. The results show that lactoferricin treatment slightly but significantly prolonged the S phase of the cell cycle. Lactoferricin treatment lowered the level of cyclin E1, a protein involved in the regulation of genes required for G(1)/S transition and consequently for efficient S phase progression. The slight prolongation of the S phase resulted in a reduction of cell proliferation, which became more apparent after a long treatment time.
TOWARD A UNIFIED COMBUSTION THEORY - The Pyrolysis and Combustion Mechanism of Carbonaceous Solids (1966)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTTOWARD A UNIFIED COMBUSTION THEORY - The Pyrolysis and Combustion Mechanism of Carbonaceous SolidsR. H. Essenhigh and J. B. HowardCite this: Ind. Eng. Chem. 1966, 58, 1, 14–23Publication Date (Print):January 1, 1966Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 January 1966https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50673a006RIGHTS & PERMISSIONSArticle Views94Altmetric-Citations10LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (4 MB) Get e-Alerts
An effective Q parameter for two-fluid instabilities in spiral galaxies (1995)

The equations for the two-fluid instability developed by Jog & Solomon are reduced to a form in which a single Qeff parameter determines the state of gravitational stability. This parameter has the correct values in the limits of either fluid alone and is a natural extension of the usual one-fluid Q parameter to the two-fluid case. Finite thickness effects are included. Variations in Qeff with radius for typical galaxies are studied. The results suggest that the axisymmetric stability properties of a galactic disc can be estimated from the pure gas stability parameter, Qg, only when Qg≪Qs, the pure-star parameter; otherwise Qeff should be used. Implications for star-formation thresholds and hidden gas at large galactic radii are discussed. If the dark matter required to give the Galactic rotation curve were in the form of in-plane gas with a normal velocity dispersion, then the outer disc would be very unstable.
Floral and Foliar Application of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) to Apples Increases Yield, Growth, and Nutrient Element Contents of Leaves (2007)

ABSTRACT During 2003 and 2005, plant growth promoting effects of Pseudomonas BA-8 and Bacillus OSU-142 were tested alone or in combination on apple (Malus domestica L.) cvs. ‘Starkrimson’ and ‘Granny Smith’ in terms of yield, growth, and nutrient composition of leaves in the province of Karaman, Turkey. The presence of Pseudomonas BA-8, Bacillus OSU-142 and BA-8+OSU-142 stimulated plant growth and resulted in significant yield increases in both cultivars. Floral and foliar applications of PGPR strains significantly increased yield per trunk cross-section area (13.3–118.5%), fruit weight (4.2–7.5%), shoot length (20.8–30.1%), and shoot diameter (9.0–19.8%) in ‘Starkrimson’ and yield per Trunk Cross Sectional Area (TCSA; 14.9%) and fruit weight (6.5–8.7%) in ‘Granny Smith’ compared with the control. In addition, all nutrient elements' contents (N, P, K, Mg, Ca, Fe, Mn, and Zn) investigated in both cultivars, except Mg in ‘Starkrimson’, were significantly affected by bacterial applications when compared with the control. The highest N content was obtained from BA-8+OSU-142 application in cvs. ‘Starkrimson’ (2.29%) and ‘Granny Smith’ (2.33%). Phosphorus contents of leaves of ‘Starkrimson’ and ‘Granny Smith’ increased from 0.21 and 0.20% in the control to 0.26 and 0.24% by BA-8 application, to 0.28 and 0.24% by OSU-142 application and to 0.25 and 0.26% by BA-8+OSU-142 application, respectively. BA-8 application in ‘Starkrimson’ (1.90%) and OSU-142 applications in ‘Granny Smith’ (2.90%) significantly increased Ca content of leaves. The results of this study suggest that Pseudomonas BA-8 and Bacillus OSU-142 alone or in combination have the potential to increase the yield, growth, and nutrition of apple trees.
HIGH SENSITIVITY CRDS OF THE $a^{1}\Delta_{g}$$\leftarrow$$X^{3}\Sigma^{-}_{g}$ BAND OF OXYGEN NEAR 1.27 $\mu$m: MAGNETIC DIPOLE AND ELECTRIC QUADRUPOLE TRANSITIONS IN SPECTRA OF FIVE ISOTOPOLOGUES (2010)

Author Institution: Universite Joseph Fourier/CNRS, Laboratoire de Spectrometrie Physique, 38402 Saint Martin d'Heres, FRANCE; Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular; Physics Division, Cambridge MA 02138-1516, USA; Universite Joseph Fourier/CNRS, Laboratoire de Spectrometrie Physique, 38402 Saint Martin d'Heres, FRANCE
RiceXPro Version 3.0: expanding the informatics resource for rice transcriptome (2012)

A wide range of resources on gene expression profiling enhance various strategies in plant molecular biology particularly in characterization of gene function. We have updated our gene expression profile database, RiceXPro (http://ricexpro.dna.affrc.go.jp/), to provide more comprehensive information on the transcriptome of rice encompassing the entire growth cycle and various experimental conditions. The gene expression profiles are currently grouped into three categories, namely, 'field/development' with 572 data corresponding to 12 data sets, 'plant hormone' with 143 data corresponding to 13 data sets and 'cell- and tissue-type' comprising of 38 microarray data. In addition to the interface for retrieving expression information of a gene/genes in each data set, we have incorporated an interface for a global approach in searching an overall view of the gene expression profiles from multiple data sets within each category. Furthermore, we have also added a BLAST search function that enables users to explore expression profile of a gene/genes with similarity to a query sequence. Therefore, the updated version of RiceXPro can be used more efficiently to survey the gene expression signature of rice in sufficient depth and may also provide clues on gene function of other cereal crops.
374. The preparation of symmetrical aromatic triamines and triisocyanates (1949)

J. E. Gill, R. MacGillivray and J. Munro, J. Chem. Soc., 1949, 1753 DOI: 10.1039/JR9490001753
Optional Facilities for Low Pressure Cold Spray (2013)

Abstract This paper reviews the capabilities of portable low pressure cold spraying systems and presents examples of the repairs that have been made and the different materials involved. It discusses the recent development of ceramic nozzle inserts that extend continuous operating time to more than 10 h and non-pressurized rotating-vibratory powder feeders that provide higher, more stable powder feed rates for production environments.
Graded Neuropsychological Impairment and Elevated γ‐Glutamyl Transferase in Chronic Alcoholic Men (1989)

This study hypothesizes that distinct biochemical and metabolic disturbances associated with liver injury may be related to specific cognitive changes in alcoholics. In 132 alcoholic men admitted to an alcohol treatment program, increases in gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) values were correlated with impairment in several measures of visuoperceptual and visuoconceptual functioning. The association between plasma levels of GGT and neuropsychological performance was independent of the relative contribution of other laboratory measures of liver injury and of alcohol consumption histories. These observations support the hypothesis that elevated levels of GGT are distinctly associated with neuropsychological deficits and suggest that possible mechanisms beyond severe hepatic dysfunction and alcohol consumption underlie cognitive deficits in alcoholics.
A WALKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED (2008)

In this paper, we present a walking guidance system for the visually impaired pedestrians. The system has been designed to help the visually impaired by responding intelligently to various situations that can occur in unrestricted natural outdoor environments when walking and finding the destinations. It involves the main functions of people detection, text recognition, face recognition. In addition, added sophisticated functions of walking path guidance using Differential Global Positioning System, obstacle detection using a stereo camera and voice user, interface are included. In order to operate all functions concurrently, we develop approaches in real situations and integrate them. Finally, we experiment on a prototype system under natural environments in order to verify our approaches. The results show that our approaches are applicable to real situations.
Imaging protein interactions in vivo with sub-cellular resolution (2008)

Resonant Energy Transfer (RET) from an optically excited donor molecule (D) to a non-excited acceptor molecule (A) residing nearby is widely used to detect molecular interactions in living cells. Stoichiometric information, such as the number of proteins forming a complex, has been obtained so far for a handful of proteins, but only after exposing the sample sequentially to at least two different excitation wavelengths. During this lengthy process of measurement, the molecular makeup of a cellular region may change, and this has so far limited the applicability of RET to determination of cellular averages. Here we demonstrate a method for imaging protein complex distribution in living cells with sub-cellular spatial resolution, which relies on a spectrally-resolved two-photon microscope, a simple but competent theory, and a keen selection of fluorescent tags. This technology may eventually lead to tracking dynamics of macromolecular complex formation and dissociation with spatial resolution inside living cells.
Ontogeny of gonadotrophin and inhibin secretion in normal girls through puberty based on overnight serial sampling and a comparison with normal boys (1997)

We measured luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) by immunofluorometric assays and alpha-inhibin by radioimmunoassay in serum sampled every 10 min throughout the night (2100-0500 h) from 44 normal girls. Mean overnight LH values rose log-linearly from a mean of 0.2 IU/l in prepubertal girls to 3.0 IU/l in late pubertal girls. Log2 mean overnight FSH rose rapidly through early puberty and then remained constant; mean FSH rose from 1.0 IU/l in prepubertal girls to approximately 2.8 IU/l in Tanner III-V girls. Mean overnight inhibin increased through puberty, rising from 151 ng/l in prepubertal girls to 432 ng/l in fully pubescent girls. Within each of the first three Tanner stages, LH differed approximately 100-fold between the smallest and largest mean concentrations but differed <10-fold within stages IV or V. Such within-pubertal stage variability was less pronounced for FSH, which differed approximately 16-fold among Tanner I subjects and 4-10-fold at later stages, and for inhibin, which varied approximately 4-fold within each Tanner stage. The frequency of LH pulses during overnight sampling increased significantly during puberty, but the frequency of FSH and inhibin pulses remained constant. We compared the results from girls to those from 50 normal boys [Manasco et al. (1995) J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 80, 20462052]. At each pubertal stage, girls had approximately the same mean overnight LH values as boys; girls had higher mean overnight FSH, particularly during Tanner stages II-IV; and boys had mean overnight alpha-inhibin immunoreactivity approximately 1.5 times that of girls at each pubertal stage. Still, hormone concentrations for individuals of both sexes intergraded at each pubertal stage.
Melanoma de mucosa oral (2007)

O melanoma de mucosa oral (MMO) é uma neoplasia de baixa prevalência, representando cerca de 0,5% de todos os tumores malignos orais. Caracteriza-se pela proliferação atípica de melanócitos, com crescimento vertical agressivo e possível surgimento de lesões-satélites. Os sintomas mais comuns são sangramento, dor local e amolecimento dentário; podendo, entretanto, ser assintomático. O diagnóstico é obtido através de biopsia da lesão. Atualmente, a melhor opção para o tratamento é a cirurgia; entretanto, há controvérsias quanto à extensão da ressecção e a utilização de radioterapia e/ou quimioterapia adjuvante. O prognóstico é reservado, guardando relação direta com o tamanho e a profundidade da lesão, e a presença ou não de invasão vascular, necrose, população de células tumorais polimorfas e comprometimento linfonodal. A sobrevida em cinco anos para MMO é de 15%; especificamente, no palato, é de apenas 11% com média de 22 meses. Este estudo relata o caso de um paciente do sexo masculino, encaminhado ao Departamento de Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço e Otorrinolaringologia do Hospital do Câncer A.C. Camargo, com lesão pigmentada no palato duro à esquerda, já biopsiada e sugestiva de melanoma. O exame clínico não revelou presença de linfonodos cervicais palpáveis ou outra lesão cutânea ou mucosa. Foi realizada maxilarectomia esquerda seguida de reconstrução de palato, utilizando-se retalho microcirúrgico fasciocutâneo lateral do braço. Houve a necessidade de proceder ao esvaziamento cervical supraomo- hióideo pelo achado intra-operatório de um linfonodo acometido na região submandibular esquerda. Após a cirurgia, o paciente foi encaminhado à radioterapia adjuvante.