gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
SORPTION OF GASEOUS ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS BY SOILS (1973)

Gas chromatographic studies showed that soils have the capacity to sorb substantial amounts of sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and methyl mercaptan and small amounts of carbon monoxide, ethylene, and acetylene. Sulfur dioxide was sorbed more rapidly than H2S or CH3SH, and all three sulfur gases were sorbed much more rapidly than CO, C2H4, or C2H2. When expressed as mg of gas sorbed/g of soil, the capacities of air-dry samples of the soils studied for sorption of sulfur gases ranged from 1.1 to 15.3 for SO2, from 15.4 to 65.2 for H2S, and from 2.4 to 32.1 for CH3SH. The corresponding capacities of moist (50 percent WHC) samples ranged from 9.3 to 66.8 for SO2, from 11.0 to 62.5 for H2S, and from 2.2 to 21.4 for CH3SH. The rates of sorption of these gases and the amounts of gas sorbed were not significantly correlated with soil pH, organic-matter content, or clay content. Experiments with steam-sterilized soils indicated that soil microorganisms are responsible for the sorption of CO, C2H4, and C2H2 by moist soils, but play little, if any, part in the sorption of SO2, H2S, and CH3SH. Evolution of CO was detected from moist (50 percent WHC) samples of several of the soils studied, and this evolution was promoted by steam sterilization of these soils. The work reported indicates that soil is an important natural sink for gaseous atmospheric pollutants and may prove valuable for purification of industrial emissions heavily polluted by sulfur gases.
Single-Transducer Electrode Design for Beam Shaping in Biomedical Ultrasound (1986)

Abstruct-Single-electrode single-frequency continuous-wave transducers (radius 1.9 cm, frequency 1.7 or 1.75 MHz) were developed for producing desired circularly symmetric lateral intensity profiles at specified axial distances in water. The methods can be used to produce a variety of intensity profiles. The circ function was chosen as a prime objective since it has applications in therapeutic and diagnostic ultrasound as well as in ultrasonic bioeffects experimentation. Electrode shading parameterized by the Fermi-Dirac distribution was calculated to produce circ-function-like profiles at certain axial distances. Experimentally, circularly symmetric shading functions were approximated by an asteroidal design so that within each sector and at a given radius r, the proportion of electroded arc length was given by the shaded velocity potential V(r). Such electrodes were fabricated on PZT-4 (lead zirconium titanate) and PMN (lead metaniobate) transducers. Agreement between theory and experiment was obtained for PMN but not PZT-4, indicating that if low lateral crosstalk transducers are used, the asteroidal approximation to V(r) is valid. Inverse source calcula
The second generation spintronic materials and devices (2010)

While the first generation spintronics, such as GMR heads (Nobel Prize in Physics 2007) sharply increased magnetic storage density, it is the 2nd generation spintronics, integrating magnetic materials with semiconductors, that has the potential to extend the benefits of spin to the wider IT industry. One of the major challenges in developing this second generation of spintronic devices is the synthesis of high quality spintronic materials with Curie temperatures that are above room temperature, large spin polarisation at the Fermi level and matched conductivity between the magnetic material and semiconductor.
Convolutional Neural Network-Based License Plate Recognition Techniques: A Short Overview (2020)

Identification of vehicle license plate has become more practical within the last decade in many applications such as; storage and retrieval of vehicular inflow records, automatic toll collection, parking fee payment, traffic monitoring, tracking of moving vehicles, recovery of stolen vehicles, etc. A lot of researches have been carried out on license plate recognition which has led to the development of new techniques and modification of existing techniques. This study provides a breakdown of some techniques used for the implementation of license plate recognition systems, with significant emphasis on Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). The strength and weaknesses of the highlighted techniques were discussed. Also, areas of further improvement of some of the selected CNN-based techniques were suggested.
Proteolytic specificity of plasmin on bovine α<sub>s1</sub>‐Casein (1993)

Abstract The proteolytic specificity of plasmin (fibrinolysin, E. C. 3.4.21.7, from bovine plasma) on bovine αs1‐casein was determined in solution in 50 mM ammonium bicarbonate buffer, pH 8.4, at 37°C. Peptides, isolated by reverse‐phase high performance liquid chromatography on a C18 column or by electroblotting from urea‐polyacrylamide gel electrophoretograms, were identified from their amino acid sequence and mass. The principal plasmin cleavage sites were found at Arg22‐Phe23, Arg90‐Tyr91, Lys102‐Lys103, Lys103‐Tyr104, Lys105‐Val106, Lys124‐Glu125 and Arg151‐Gln152. The initial cleavage sites and the order of production of small (pH 4.6‐soluble) peptides suggest that αs1‐casein was cleaved initially towards the centre of the molecule.
EFFECT OF INCORPORATING NANO ZEOLITE ON THE STRENGTH OF NATURAL POZZOLAN-BASED GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE (2019)

Natural pozzolan is a green and sustainable material, which has a strong potential for utilization in the geopolymer concrete. At room temperature, the development of strength in natural pozzolan based geopolymer concrete is fair, however, it is desirable, to have higher strength and to enhance the early age strength development. The effect of nano zeolite (NZ) as an additive to the mix by incorporating it at 3% and 5% by weight of natural pozzolan on the strength development and microstructural properties of natural pozzolan based geopolymer concrete mixes are presented. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was utilized to determine the morphology of the paste. The results indicated that 5% nanozeolite replacement resulted in superior strength and denser microstructure compared to other mixes. The addition of nanozeolite improved dissolution of source material in the alkaline activators and enhanced transformation of it to form polymeric compounds.
Dissociation of adult mammalian heart into single cell suspension: an ultrastructural study. (1979)

Adult rat heart was dissociated into a single cell suspension by a perfusion technique which used 0.05% collagenase and 0.1% hyaluronidase in Krebs-Ringer phosphate buffer (KRP). The non-muscle cells of the suspension were separated from the myocytes by centrifugation through 3% Ficoll solution in KRP with 0.01 mM Ca2+. An approximately 90% pure suspension of isolated single muscle cells was obtained with this method. The effects of the successive steps in the dissociation procedure on the ultrastructure of the heart were studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. After 30 minutes of enzyme digestion, dissociation of the inner endothelial lining of the ventricle into single cells or small groups of cells became apparent. In addition, the underlying cardiac skeleton began to disintegrate and linear arrays of cardiac muscle cells were observed. After 45 minutes of enzyme digestion the number of released single cells was higher because of the separation of intercalated discs. The majority of non-muscle cells were by now dissociated from the surfaces of muscle cells. Widening of the lateral intercellular spaces between the myocardial cells was associated with separation of desmosomes. In some regions of the heart, intact desmosomes, fasciae adherentes and gap junctions were observed even though lateral intercellular spaces had widened greatly. The majority of myocardial cells had become separated from one another after 60 minutes of enzyme digestion. Separation of gap junctional sites took place in two ways: (1) by 'unzipping' them through enzyme action; (2) by tearing them mechanically. Gap junction remnants were sometimes observed in a vesiculated state within the cell. The dissociation of the heart was ineffective when perfused with media containing 1.0 or 2 mM Ca2+. Alcian blue treatment after 60 minutes of enzyme digestion revealed that the basement membrane, and its accompanying collagen fibrils, was still present on the plasma membrane of dissociated single cells. The isolated myocardial cells retained their normal morphological characteristics. This study has enabled us to understand in detail how dismantlement of highly ordered adult cardiac tissue into a single cell suspension takes place. Cell suspensions of this type should be invaluable in the study of metabolic and synthetic activities in adult myocardial cells.
<title>Recent progress on silica-based planar lightwave circuits</title> (1999)

Silica-based planar lightwave circuits (PLCs) have provided several key components for optical wavelength-division- multiplexing (WDM) systems and subscriber systems. This paper reviews recent work on silica-based PLCs and their applications, for example as an arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexer. Hybrid integrated PLCs are also described including high-speed optical wavelength selector.
Total Synthesis of <i>trans</i>,<i>trans-</i>Sanguinamide B and Conformational Isomers (2012)

The first total synthesis of Sanguinamide B is reported, prepared via an efficient synthetic strategy. The natural product, trans,trans-Sanguinamide B (1), was generated in a thermodynamic ratio with trans,cis-Sanguinamide B (2) and cis,cis-Sanguinamide B (3). Complete conversion of the cis,cis-Sanguinamide B conformer (3) to the natural product (1) and the trans,cis- conformer (2) was achieved by heating to 170 °C. Biological evaluation indicated that the Sanguinamide B conformers disrupted the activity of a virulence determinant in P. aeruginosa.
Multidrug-Resistant<i>Acinetobacter</i>Extremity Infections in Soldiers (2005)

War wound infection and osteomyelitis caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter species have been prevalent during the 2003-2005 military operations in Iraq. Twenty-three soldiers wounded in Iraq and subsequently admitted to our facility from March 2003 to May 2004 had wound cultures positive for Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex. Eighteen had osteomyelitis, 2 burn infection, and 3 deep wound infection. Primary therapy for these infections was directed antimicrobial agents for an average of 6 weeks. All soldiers initially improved, regardless of the specific type of therapy. Patients were followed up to 23 months after completing therapy, and none had recurrent infection with Acinetobacter species. Despite the drug resistance that infecting organisms demonstrated in this series, a regimen of carefully selected extended antimicrobial-drug therapy appears effective for osteomyelitis caused by MDR Acinetobacter spp.
IT Security Consultancy in Malaysia : Hindrances and Impacts (2013)

The dramatic progress in information technology has been
followed by a remarkable increase in information security risks. Therefore, companies and organizations especially in developed countries have resorted to security consultant firms to secure their information systems and to help them build an effective security strategy. However, the situation is somewhat different in developing countries. Companies and organizations in developing countries tend to rely on their internal staff to handle the security issues instead of hiring IT security consultants. The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that hinder Malaysian companies and
organizations from hiring information security consultants. Moreover, the study aims to investigate the implications and information security risks that these companies and organizations face. Questionnaires are administered and interviews were conducted amongst Ten
Malaysian Companies and organizations from different
sectors. The results of this study revealed that 70% of the companies and organizations do not have security consultants compared to 30% of the companies and organizations which hired security consultant firms to handle the critical information security issues.
Comparison between Wilson's thoracic leads and the telemetrically transmitted lead CM6 in patients with heart diseases during exertion. (1975)

In 76 patients suffering from heart diseases and 19 healthy men simultaneously the chest leads V(2), V(4) and V(5) were recorded and the bipolar lead CM(6) (Manubrium sterni-Apex cordis, 6th intercostal space) transmitted telemetrically during increasing exercise load on the bicycle ergometer. The lead CM(6) was most similar to chest lead V(5) with regard to R/S-ratio, ST-depression, form and amplitude of the T-wave, QX-QT-ratio and ST-elevation. ST-depressions of V(5) were found nearly without exception in CM(6), mostly more pronounced. Ascending ST-depressions are more frequent in CM(6) than in V(5), in single patients also ST-depressions with horizontal or downward slope. ST-elevations registrated in V(2) and V(4) are not reliably reproduced in CM(6). It is concluded that the wireless transmission of the bipolar chest lead CM(6) is sufficient for the diagnosis of coronary insufficiency during exercise,
Hydrodynamic interaction of SNR shocks with thermally conducting, radiative clouds . (2006)

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are privileged laboratories to investigate the physi- cal and chemical evolution of the galactic interstellar medium (ISM) and the mass distribu- tion of the plasma in the Galaxy. Here, we study the interaction of an evolved SNR shock front with on a small interstellar gas cloud. Our model takes into account the hydrodynamics and the e ects of the radiative losses and of the thermal conduction. We study the interplay between the radiative cool- ing and the thermal conduction during the cloud evolution and their e ect on the mass and energy exchange between the cloud and the surrounding medium. We find that in cases dominated by the radiative losses the cloud fragments into cold, dense, and compact fila- ments surrounded by a hot corona which is ablated by the thermal conduction; instead, in cases dominated by the thermal conduction, the shocked cloud evaporates into the ISM in a few dynamical time-scales. In all the cases analyzed we find that the thermal conduction suppresses the hydrodynamic instabilities at the cloud boundaries.
Radical vulvectomy and bilateral inguinal lymphadenectomy through separate groin incisions. (1981)

One hundred patients underwent radical vulvectomy and bilateral inguinal lymphadenectomy using separate groin incisions. Forty-nine had stage I disease, 37 stage II, and 14 stage III. Corrected actuarial 5-year survival for each stage was 97.4, 86, and 49.2%, respectively. Inguinal lymph nodes were positive in 25% of cases: 10.2% of stage I, 27% of stage II, and 71.4% of stage III cases. Major complications occurred in 21 patients, including major groin breakdown in 14. Thirty patients experienced no acute postoperative morbidity. The mean postoperative hospital stay was 19 days, and mean operative blood loss was 620 ml. No patients developed isolated metastases in either the groin or the inguinal skin bridge, but 2 stage III patients developed simultaneous metastases in the skin bridge and elsewhere. For appropriately selected patients, separate groin incisions for inguinal lymphadenectomy appear to result in lower morbidity than traditional methods, without compromising survival.
Intracellular staining of Mx proteins in cells from peripheral blood, bone marrow and skin. (1997)

These new monoclonal antibodies facilitate the detection of Mx positive cells in peripheral blood and in frozen or paraffin wax specimens. The advantage of this staining method is that individual cells which have responded to viruses or biologically active IFN alpha, beta or omega can be identified.
New Methods for Measuring the Thermal Emissivity of Semi-transparent and Opaque Materials (2006)

Two original thermal emissivity measurement devices were developed recently in the laboratory. One of these devices uses a source as a means of heating a sample, and exhibits a certain number of advantages, including the absence of parasitic radiation on the surface studied, and the temperature homogeneity of the sample. This method was applied in measuring the emissivity of bulk ceramics and ceramic deposits on metallic or ceramic substrates. The second test facility, applied to opaque materials, measures the directional spectral emissivity and makes it possible to work back by calculation to the total hemispherical spectral emissivity. As an example, these two methods were used for characterizing thermal barriers for turbine vanes and materials that could be used in a High Temperature Reactor (HTR).
Verification of an industrial CC-NUMA server (2003)

Directed test program-based verification or formal verification methods are usually quite ineffective on large cache-coherent, non-uniform memory access (CC-NUMA) multiprocessors because of the size and complexity of the design and the complexity of the cache-coherence protocol. A controllable biased/constrained random stimuli generator coupled with an error detection mechanism using scoreboards and feedback with coverage analysis tools is a promising alternative methodology. We applied this methodology to verify a shared memory and message passing multiprocessor system consisting of 32 and 64 bit processor-based symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) servers connected by a proprietary cache coherent router-based interconnect fabric. This paper describes the problems faced, solutions implemented, and design decisions taken to design the scoreboard and discusses the errors found by this methodology.
The smart grid and key research technical challenges (2010)

The electric grid is transforming into an instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent energy distribution system. Numerous technological innovations will be required to enable the smart grid. These will come from many fields and disciplines including modeling, analytics, optimization, security, silicon technology and physical science, and real world aware systems of systems. In this paper, we will focus on describing the smart grid and strategic technical challenges of smart grid enablement from a research perspective. Collaboration among utilities, governments, industries, and academia will be essential in the design and implementation of the smart grid. We will briefly describe examples of collaborative projects which have developed solutions for some of the technical challenges we have described in this paper.
Automatic 2D/3D ToF image fusion using the intrinsic dimension (2012)

The paper addresses the image fusion using a ToF (time-of-flight) camera and a consumer digital camera. We present an experimental setup and two 2D/3D automatic fusion algorithms involving the intrinsic dimension. After calibration, the fusion is experimentally applied on natural color high resolution photographs.
A Novel Control of Series Active Power Filter without Harmonics Detection (2007)

The main idea of conventional control methods for series active power filter (SAPF) is to control the SAPF as frequency-selective impedance or voltage source. In these conventional control methods, a real-time instantaneous harmonics detection algorithm is essential and comparatively complex, which is usually implemented with a digital signal processor (DSP) therefore makes the control circuit complicated and high cost. Furthermore, the time delay caused by the harmonics detection and its digital implementation will deteriorate harmonics compensation performance. In this paper a new control method for SAPF is proposed. The idea of the proposed control is to control the compensation voltage injected by SAPF to trace the multiple of whole line current to achieve current harmonics suppression. Since the control reference signal directly utilizes the detected line current without calculating harmonics, the proposed control actually eliminates the harmonics detection process. In addition, the DC-side voltage control is indispensable in this control to maintain the active power balance for the proper operation of the SAPF system. Compared to traditional control methods, the proposed control is therefore much simpler and easier to implement at low cost. And the time delay caused by complicated harmonics calculation does not exist any more. Simulation and experimental results are presented to verify the validity of the proposed control method and the performance of the SAPF.
Detection of an Immunoglobulin Switch Region-Specific DNA-Binding Protein in Mitogen-Stimulated Mouse Splenic B Cells (1990)

We have detected a nuclear protein from lipopolysaccharide- and dextran sulfate-stimulated mouse splenic B cells which binds specifically to the immunoglobulin switch mu (S mu) sequence. We have termed the binding protein NF-S mu. DNA containing the S mu repeated sequence, GAGCTGGGGTGAGCTGAGCTGAGCT, was used as a probe in electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Methylation interference analysis indicated that binding centers on the run of four guanine residues. Competitions with mutated S mu sequences confirmed the importance of the run of G residues and revealed that optimal binding occurs when they are flanked by GAGCT. The kinetics of the expression of NF-S mu in splenic B cells treated with lipopolysaccharide and dextran sulfate parallels the induction of recombinational activity at S mu in these cells. On the basis of these data, we suggest that NF-S mu may be an effector of switch recombination.
A Dynamic, Architectural Plant Model Simulating Resource-dependent Growth (2004)

The model reproduced accurately the dynamics of plant growth, architecture and geometry of various annual and woody plants, enabling 3D visualization. It was also able to simulate the variability of leaf size on the plant and compensatory growth following pruning, as a result of internal competition for resources. The potential of the model's underlying concepts to predict the plant's phenotypic plasticity is discussed.
Contents (2014)

Featuring twelve original essays by leading Beckett scholars and media theorists, this book provides the first sustained examination of the relationship between Beckett and media technologies. The chapters analyse the rich variety of technical objects, semiotic arrangements, communication processes and forms of data processing that Beckett's work so uniquely engages with, as well as those that – in historically changing configurations – determine the continuing performance, the audience reception, and the scholarly study of this work. Greatly enlarging the scope of earlier discussions, the book draws on a variety of innovative theoretical approaches, such as media archaeology, in order to discuss Beckett's intermedial oeuvre. As such it engages with Beckett as a media artist and examine the way his engagement with media technologies continues to speak to our cultural situation.
β‐Chlorovinyl Isoamyl Ketone (2003)

Abstract β‐Chlorovinyl isoamyl ketone product: β‐chlorovinyl isoamyl ketone
Simultaneous code execution and data storage in a single flash memory chip for real time wireless communication systems (2002)

A cost-effective, flexible approach to emulating electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) in flash memory is presented. New low latency suspend/resume circuitry combined with flash media management software is introduced to enable simultaneous code and data storage; thus eliminating system EEPROM memory, reducing system data write time, and lowering memory system cost and power consumption. This new method eliminates the need for specialized hardware circuits in flash memory that are required to simultaneously read code, while writing or erasing data from an independent address partition. Flash data integrator (FDI) media management software architecture is presented for data storage in a GSM cellular phone application, and is shown to offer a more flexible solution than a specialized hardware approach.