gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Rate of Sickling of Red Cells during Deoxygenation of Blood from Persons with Various Sickling Disorders (1964)

Abstract The clinical severity of various sickle hemoglobinopathies was directly related to the rate of increase of viscosity of blood during deoxygenation. The principal determinants of the rate were the concentration of hemoglobin S in the red cell and the degree of interaction between hemoglobins when more than one major type was present. There was a close correlation between the rate of change of viscosity of blood under the conditions employed and the minimum concentration of the deoxygenated hemolysate required for gelation. Hemoglobin DPunjab showed the most marked interaction with hemoglobin S and hemoglobin F the least, accounting for the striking clinical differences between S-D and S-F heterozygotes. Clinical status of the patients and rate of increase of viscosity of partially deoxygenated blood were not closely correlated with the percentage of hemoglobin S in the hemolysate, the mean corpuscular sickle hemoglobin concentration, or the solubility of the hemoglobin. The viscosity of deoxygenated blood was directly related to the proportion of sickled red cells, but filamentous forms were associated with a greater viscosity than holly leaf forms; accordingly, viscosity could not be predicted precisely from the percentage of sickled erythrocytes in a blood specimen. The viscosity of blood containing sickled erythrocytes was approximately proportional to the square of the hematocrit value, an observation of relevance in explaining the frequent occurrence of vascular occlusive manifestations in patients with certain heterozygous sickling disorders without appreciable anemia. The data of this study support the concept that all of the clinical manifestations of sickle cell disease are attributable to the consequences of intravascular sickling of erythrocytes. Clinical differences between patients whose red cells appear to be similar probably can be explained by extracorpuscular factors influencing rates of sickling.
Action de l'hydroxyurée sur les esters α-acétyléniques (1981)

Hydroxyurea, in its oxanion form NH 2 —CO—NHO − reacts in basic medium by a 1,4-addition to α-acetylenic esters leading to the E and Z ethylenic β-ureidoxy ester isomers. The E isomer can be isolated and identified from reaction with ethyl tetrolate and ethyl propiolate. The Z isomer undergoes cyclisation in situ to give the 2-carboxamido-5-methyl-3-isoxazolone. With phenyl propiolate, the 3-hydroxy-5-phenyl isoxazole is directly obtained without isolation of the intermediate N-carboxamido derivative. In the case of ethyl propiolate two cyclic compounds are obtained: 3-hydroxyisoxazole and 2-N-carboxamido-5-ethoxy-3-isoxazolidinone. The formation of the former is due to the in situ cyclisation of the Z isomer. The isolation of the latter compound can be explained by solvent addition to the E β-ureidoxyacrylate intermediate in a Michaël addition followed by cyclisation.
Influence of Enveloping Water Layer on the Rise of Air Bubbles in Newtonian Fluids (1974)

The rise of air bubbles in five Newtonian fluids is compared for two different cases of bubble formation and release: (a) directly into the five homogeneous fluids and (b) directly into a layer of distilled water underlying each one of the five liquids. It was found in Case (b) that medium-sized bubbles rise steadily through the upper liquid with an enveloping water layer of variable thickness. The influence of this water layer on the trajectory, shape, and terminal velocity of bubbles is particularly significant in low viscosity upper phases. The resulting water mass transfer per bubble through the lower density upper phase depends on viscosity and was markedly greater for the higher viscosity fluids. The behavior and the nature of the detachment of the water layers from the larger size bubbles are also presented and discussed.
Power line inspection with a flying robot (2010)

Power line inspection is an essential job for the maintenance of electric grids. However, the job is not easy due to wide range of grid distribution. Besides manually inspecting power lines, which is still the main method, helicopters are also used for the inspection from the sky. In the recent years, unmanned flying systems were used for power line inspection in order to reduce the risk. In recent years, some researchers have started to use unmanned helicopters to inspect power lines. Following their research, we present an applied inspection robot called SmartCopter based on an Unmanned Autonomous Helicopter (UAH) for the inspection of transmission lines. Our interest is on the combination of a UAH and an inspection system for the practical application in the field. This paper describes the design of the flying robot and presents the experimental results.
Personal air sampling and biological monitoring of occupational exposure to the soil fumigant<i>cis</i>-1,3-dichloropropene (2000)

The application of cis-DCP in the potato growing industry can be performed at exposure concentrations below the Dutch OEL of 5 mg/m(3) if the working days are limited to 8 hours. An injector equipped with either kind of antidrip system which is in good working order, as well as the consistent use of personal protection in accordance with the statutory directions of use, may ensure exposure concentrations below the Dutch OEL.
Relationship of Infectious Canine Hepatitis Virus to Human Adenovirus (1959)

1) The virus of infectious canine hepatitis was shown to share the 4 main properties of the adenovirus group, including common complement-fixing antigen. 2) The relationship between the disease of the dog and human adenovirus infections is discussed.
Editor's Introduction (1972)

It is a great pleasure to announce the initiation of Japanese Economic Studies. The Japanese economy is now analyzed and discussed so extensively throughout the world that the appearance of this journal is quite opportune.
Automatic Extraction of Femur Contours from Calibrated X-Ray Images using Statistical Information (2007)

Automatic identification and extraction of bone contours from x-ray images is an essential first step task for further medical image analysis. In this paper we propose a 3D statistical model based framework for the proximal femur contour extraction from calibrated x-ray images. The automatic initialization to align the 3D model with the x-ray images is solved by an Estimation of Bayesian Network Algorithm to fit a simplified multiple component geometrical model of the proximal femur to the x-ray data. Landmarks can be extracted from the geometrical model for the initialization of the 3D statistical model. The contour extraction is then accomplished by a joint registration and segmentation procedure. We iteratively updates the extracted bone contours and an instanced 3D model to fit the x-ray images. Taking the projected silhouettes of the instanced 3D model on the registered x-ray images as templates, bone contours can be extracted by a graphical model based Bayesian inference. The 3D model can then be updated by a non-rigid 2D/3D registration between the 3D statistical model and the extracted bone contours. Preliminary experiments on clinical data sets verified its validity.
Carbohydrates of Human and Bovine Platelets (1960)

Abstract 1. Average values for the total carbohydrate content of human and bovine platelets were 8.47 and 8.77 per cent of the dry weight, respectively. On a dry weight basis, human platelets were calculated to be approximately one-third larger than bovine platelets. By chemical and chromatographic analysis, glucose, galactose, mannose, fucose, ribose, glucosamine, galactosamine, glucuronic acid and sialic acid were detected in both human and bovine platelets. 2. Glucose and ribose were found to be the only monomers present in the 5 per cent TCA-soluble fractions of both human and bovine platelets. The TCA-insoluble residue contained glucose, galactose, mannose, fucose, ribose, glucuronic acid, glucosamine, galactosamine and sialic acid. The acid mucopolysaccharide fraction of both human and bovine platelets contained galactosamine and glucuronic acid monomers as well as galactose, glucose, and ribose. 3. Glycogen was found in both human and bovine platelets. Total glycogen was extracted by 5 per cent TCA from sonorated human and bovine p1atelets; however, subsequent ethanol precipitation of tile glycogen was incomplete. In contrast, 30 per cent KOH extraction followed by ethanol precipitation resulted in complete recoveries of the glycogen. 4. Variations ill both total hexose and glycogen contents were found in both human and bovine platelets. These variations were partially dependent on the length of storage of the platelets in whole blood or in 0.85 per cent NaCl after separation from whole blood.
Reliability of Computer Systems and Networks: Fault Tolerance,Analysis,and Design (2002)

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Colour image segmentation using the relative values of RGB (2010)

In this paper, we propose a novel colour segmentation algorithm based on the derived inherent properties of RGB colour space. The proposed colour segmentation algorithm operates directly on RGB colour space without the need of colour space transformation and it is very robust to various illumination conditions. Furthermore, our approach has the benefits of being insensitive to rotation, scaling, and translation. In addition, the system can be applied to different applications, for example, colour segmentation for fruits (vegetables) quality control by merely changing the values of the parameters (α, β1, β2, γ1, γ2). Experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of our proposed approach in colour segmentation.
Theoretical and experimental study on the difference of the time-resolved fluorescence spectrum between the tumor and the adjacent normal tissue (2006)

The objective of this paper is to study the difference of the time-resolved fluorescence spectrum between the tumor and the adjacent normal tissue. The time-resolved spectrum of the s-180 sarcoma tumor and adjacent normal tissue mediated by the Palladium-porphyrin photosensitizer (Pd-TCPP) is detected by a homemade instrumentation. An improved Monte Carlo algorithm, taking into account the depth of the upper layer tissue (z 1 ) and the delay of the fluorescence photon emission for the time (T) Pd-TCPP electrons spend in the excited state, is developed to study the reason of the spectrum difference formation. It is found from the experiment that the decay constant T decay of the time-resolved fluorescence spectrum of the tumor is obviously larger than that of the adjacent normal tissue. And T decay increased with the tumor growth, from 554μs in the first day to 634μs in the eighth day while it keeps steady for normal tissue. The simulated spectrum at different Z 1 and different T reveal that both the increase of Z 1 and τ can delay the spectrum decay. It is believed that Tdecay of the tumor tissue should be larger than that of adjacent normal tissue because of the hypoxia. The changes of tumor size and oxygen status cause the difference of the time-resolved fluorescence spectrum between the tumor and the adjacent normal tissue and this fact can be made use of in the tumor diagnoses.
Learning for Video Compression (2019)

One key challenge to learning-based video compression is that motion predictive coding, a very effective tool for video compression, can hardly be trained into a neural network. In this paper, we propose the concept of Pixel-MotionCNN (PMCNN) which includes motion extension and hybrid prediction networks. PMCNN can model spatiotemporal coherence to effectively perform predictive coding inside the learning network. On the basis of PMCNN, we further explore a learning-based framework for video compression with additional components of iterative analysis/synthesis and binarization. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. Although entropy coding and complex configurations are not employed in this paper, we still demonstrate superior performance compared with MPEG-2 and achieve comparable results with H.264 codec. The proposed learning-based scheme provides a possible new direction to further improve compression efficiency and functionalities of future video coding.
Utilization of Discarded Fly Ash as a Raw Material in the Production of Portland Cement (2006)

Abstract This paper describes the high-volume use of fly ash as a raw material in the manufacture of Portland cement. This approach provides three critical benefits to cement manufacturing and the environment. First, being rich in silica, alumina, and iron, the fly ash can essentially replace raw materials in cement raw feed, such as shale and clay, which are otherwise mined or purchased. Second, the carbon content in fly ash can provide a fuel supplement for the energy-intensive cement manufacturing process. Finally, high-volume consumption of fly ash will reduce the annual volume of waste and improve the overall environment. This concept has been repeatedly demonstrated at commercial scale in which several hundred tons of dry fly ash with up to 20 % unburned carbon was used as a raw mix component in several cement plants in the Midwest. Prior to the demonstrations, the fly ash was evaluated for compatibility and fuel value to optimize its use (at rates up to 6 % of the raw mix). The demonstrations realized several material, operational, energy, and environmental benefits. The plant operations were efficient, stable, and predictable. The cement plants realized an approximate fuel savings of 4 % and a nearly 10 % increase in cement production. Cements produced from the demonstrations showed properties comparable to those of the normally produced cements. The demonstrations prove that using fly ash in this regard is beneficial to both cement plants and power plants, and the environment.
Strategies and Implementation Paths of Cultural Exchange and Cooperation under the Background of “Belt and Road” (2019)

Cultural diversity and its exchange are the basis and guarantee of the sustainable development of culture. Cultural exchange is an important way for China to participate in the process of globalization through “Belt and Road” strategy. The core of Belt and Road’s strategy is to “discuss, build and share” to realize the common development and win-win cooperation of the countries along the route. All this must be built on the basis of “mutual understanding of the people”, and the premise of “mutual understanding of the hearts of the people” is to realize the recognition, appreciation and integration of different cultures through cultural exchanges and cooperation. Based on the analysis of the connotation and function of cultural exchange and cooperation, this paper probes into the strategy of “Belt and Road” cultural exchange and cooperation, and the way to realize it.
Development, processing, and characterization of cellulose nanocrystal neat films (2010)

Methods for processing quality cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) suspensions using sulfuric acid hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose were developed and optimized. The resulting suspensions were used to develop shear-based methods for casting neat CNC films. These methods were used to produce oriented CNC films from the Purdue-made (long crystals, CNC-L) and FPL-made (short crystals, CNC-S) CNC suspensions. Increased casting shear rate increased the degree of CNC orientation as quantified by Hermans order parameter, S. The highest shear rate (100·s-1) produced maximum orientation, with resulting Hermans order parameter of S = 0.36 in the CNC-S film. Elastic modulus, ultimate tensile strength, and elongation at failure were measured with respect to film casting direction and CNC orientation. Elastic modulus in CNC films scaled directly with orientation and reached a maximum average of 23 GPa. Tensile strength did not scale with orientation, but was strongly linked to CNC length, where a maximum strength of 196 MPa was measured. In addition to CNC length and shear rate, suspension pH and heat treatment also affected film properties. As the pH of casting suspensions was increased from ∼3 to ∼7, orientation retention in films was increased, and a new maximum modulus of 30 GPa was observed at S = 0.53 for the CNC-S film. The mechanical properties of all neutral pH films were further enhanced through heat treatment, in which a 1-4 GPa increase in elastic modulus was observed, as well as a 40-80 MPa increase in tensile strength for all axially oriented films.
Antioxidant and antibacterial activities of turkish endemic Sideritis extracts (2005)

Sideritis species are traditionally used as teas, flavoring agents and for medicinal purposes in Turkey . In this study, the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Sideritis condensata Boiss. & Heldr. (SC) and Sideritis eryhrantha v ar. erythrantha Boiss. & Heldr. (SE) endemic species' extracts of Lamiaceae were determined. These extracts were investigated for antibacterial activity by using the agar diffusion method against 15 species of bacteria: Aeromonas hydrophila, Bacillus cereus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterococcus feacalis, Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus and Yersinia enterocolitica. Statistical differences within bacteria were significant at p
Análise de cenário envolvendo incêndio em material radioativo orientado à resposta à emergência (2018)

O presente trabalho fundamenta-se no estudo de cenario envolvendo incendio em irradiadores de sangue, tendo como base o HEMORIO, devido ao fato de possuir tal equipamento e situar-se em area densamente povoada. Usando cenario hipotetico, tentou-se aproximar ao maximo de uma situacao realista usando curvas de incendio padronizadas que forneceram dados de entrada para o software HotSpot Health Physics code para estimar as doses equivalentesefetivas totais (TEDE) para a populacao afetada pela dispersao do radionuclideo na atmosfera. Os resultados foram tratados e inseridos para a analise de riscos de inducao de leucemia tomando por base os relatorios sobre efeitos biologicos das radiacoes ionizantes (BEIR V e VII), que permitiu analisar as consequencias de incendio em irradiadores de sangue que facam uso de fontes de Cs-137 e auxiliar nas medidas de prevencao, mitigacao, preparacao e resposta, possibilitando a protecao das comunidades potencialmente em risco de desenvolvimento de câncer.
Flooding in IMO State Nigeria: The Socio-Economic Implication for Sustainable Development (2014)

The menace of flooding ravaging different areas of Imo state Nigeria has been a recurrent phenomenon in recent years. This research investigated the socio-economic implications of flooding for sustainable development of the state. The paper aimed at investigating, identifying and documenting the socioeconomic implications of flooding to sustainable development of Imo state. The study tried to identify various locations affected by flooding and also examined the positive and negative effects of flood to the area. 500 copies of questionnaires were distributed using systematic sampling in six local government areas of the state used for pilot survey. About 96.8 percent of the questionnaires was retrieved and used for the study. Collected data were presented using frequency tables, charts and percentages. The study identified various locations affected by flooding, years of severe flooding and also identified various effects of flooding in the state. Finally the paper concluded by making recommendations which includes discouraging development of areas prone to flooding among others.
Blast mitigation strategies for vehicles using shape optimization methods (2008)

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computation for Design and Optimization Program, 2008.
An early metronome (1988)

An early metronome Get access David Martin David Martin Holds the Mus B of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and now works for the Bntish Library Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Early Music, Volume XVI, Issue 1, February 1988, Pages 90–94, https://doi.org/10.1093/earlyj/XVI.1.90 Published: 01 February 1988
Study of the Effect of Acetic Acid Vapor on Copper Corrosion at 40 and 80% Relative Humidity (2001)

7 pages.-- Pacs numbers: 82.65.+r; 68.49.Sf; 79.20.Rf; 82.20.Pm; 68.37.Xy; 82.80.Pv; 82.20.Hf; 82.20.Wt; 81.65.-b
Kinetics of accelerated solid-state fermentation of organic-rich municipal solid waste (2000)

Biotransformation of landfill solid wastes is a slow process requiring decades for completion. Accelerated anaerobic fermentation in modulated landfill environments may alleviate or eliminate pollution of land, water and air. This research was undertaken to demonstrate the application of biphasic fermentation to a simulated laboratory-scale landfill to effect rapid biomethanation of biodegradable solids. The biphasic process consisted of solid-state, acidogenic fermentation of the organic fraction of MSW followed by biomethanation of acidic hydrolysates in a separate methane fermenter. Solid-state fermentation of the MSW with effluent recirculation resulted in rapid hydrolysis, acidification and denitrification, with soluble COD and VFA concentrations accumulating to inhibitory levels of 60,000 mg/l and 13,000 mg/l, respectively, at a pH of 4.5. The landfill gas methane concentration reached a maximum of 55 mol.%. By comparison, the methanogenic reactor produced high methane-content (70-85 mol.%) gases. The biphasic process effected carbohydrate, lipid, and protein conversion efficiencies of 90%, 49%, and 37%, respectively. Development of a Monod-type product-formation model was undertaken to predict methane formation and to determine kinetic parameters for the methanogenic processes in the simulated landfill and separate methane reactors. A first-order solids hydrolysis rate constant of 0.017 day-1 was evaluated to show that landfill solids hydrolysis was slower than the inhibited methanogenesis rate.
Battery separators based on vinylidene fluoride (VDF) polymers and copolymers for lithium ion battery applications (2013)

Poly(vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, and its copolymers exhibit interesting properties for use as separator membranes in lithium-ion battery applications. This review presents the developments and summarizes the main characteristics of these materials for battery separator membranes. The review is divided into three categories regarding the composition of the polymer membranes: single polymers, polymer composites and polymer blends. For each category, the main characteristics for battery separator membranes and the ion transport behaviour is presented. Finally, guidelines for further investigations are outlined.