gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Application of white-beam X-ray microdiffraction for the study of mineralogical phase identification in ancient Egyptian pigments (2007)

High-brightness synchrotron X-rays together with precision achromatic focusing optics on beamline 7.3.3 at the Advanced Light Source have been applied for Laue microdiffraction analysis of mineralogical phases in Egyptian pigments. Although this task is usually performed using monochromatic X-ray diffraction, the Laue technique was both faster and more reliable for the present sample. In this approach, white-beam diffraction patterns are collected as the sample is raster scanned across the incident beam (0.8 µm × 0.8 µm). The complex Laue diffraction patterns arising from illumination of multiple grains are indexed using the white-beam crystallographic software package XMAS , enabling a mineralogical map as a function of sample position. This methodology has been applied to determine the mineralogy of colour pigments taken from the ancient Egyptian coffin of Tjeseb, a priestess of the Apis bull dating from the Third Intermediate to Late period, 25th Dynasty to early 26th Dynasty (747 to 600 BC). For all pigments, a ground layer of calcite and quartz was identified. For the blue pigment, cuprorivaite (CuCaSi 4 O 10 ) was found to be the primary colouring agent with a grain size ranging from ∼10 to 50 µm. In the green and yellow samples, malachite [Cu 2 (OH) 2 CO 3 ] and goethite [FeO(OH)] were identified, respectively. Grain sizes from these pigments were significantly smaller. It was possible to index some malachite grains up to ∼20 µm in size, while the majority of goethite grains displayed a nanocrystalline particle size. The inability to obtain a complete mineralogical map for goethite highlights the fact that the incident probe size is considerably larger than the grain size. This limit will continue to improve as the present trend is toward focusing optics approaching the diffraction limit (∼1000× smaller beam area).
Retraction: Thermal Stability and Soft Magnetic Properties of Fe56Co7Ni7Zr10-xMxB20 (M=Nb, Ta) Amorphous Alloys (1998)

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Study of prone positioning to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in hypoxaemic patients (2009)

The aim of the present study was to examine whether prone positioning (PP) affects ventilator associated-pneumonia (VAP) and mortality in patients with acute lung injury/adult respiratory distress syndrome. 2,409 prospectively included patients were admitted over 9 yrs (2000-2008) to 12 French intensive care units (ICUs) (OUTCOMEREA). The patients required invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) and had arterial oxygen tension/inspiratory oxygen fraction ratios <300 during the first 48 h. Controls were matched to PP patients on the PP propensity score (+/-10%), MV duration longer than that in PP patients before the first turn prone, and centre. VAP incidence was similar in the PP and control groups (24 versus 13 episodes.1,000 patient-days MV(-1) respectively, p = 0.14). After adjustment, PP did not decrease VAP occurrence (HR 1.64 (95% CI 0.70-3.84); p = 0.25) but significantly delayed hospital mortality (HR 0.56 (95% CI 0.39-0.79); p = 0.001), without decreasing 28-day mortality (37% in both groups). Post hoc analyses indicated that PP did not protect against VAP but, when used for >1 day, might decrease mortality and benefit the sickest patients (Simplified Acute Physiology Score >50). In ICU patients with hypoxaemic acute respiratory failure, PP had no effect on the risk of VAP. PP delayed mortality without decreasing 28-day mortality. PP >1 day might decrease mortality, particularly in the sickest patients.
Heterogeneity of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Phenotypic and ultrastructural characterization of four unusual cases (1985)

This study characterized, by means of immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy, four cases of "unusual" cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) other than classical mycosis fungoids and Sézary syndrome. Cases 1, 2, and 4 were diffuse lymphoma of a pleomorphic type, and Case 3 was of a mixed type. Case 4 shared a feature common to pagetoid reticulosis. A fairly large number of inflammatory cells were seen in Cases 1, 3, and 4. Functionally, the neoplastic cells of Cases 1, 3, and 4 were of a helper/inducer T-cell subset, whereas those of Case 2 were of a suppressor/cytotoxic T-cell type. Epidermotropic cells with pagetoid growth in Case 4 failed to show these specific surface phenotypes, although they still retained pan T-cell markers. Neoplastic large or intermediate-sized cells revealed a marked difference in the development of cytoplasmic organelles and their nuclear profiles, ranging from a few simple indentations (Cases 2 and 3) to forms with many deep indentations (Case 1) and highly cleaved shapes (Case 4). All of these cells, however, possessed dense-cored granules located in a portion of the cytoplasm. This study indicated the clinicopathologic and immunologic heterogeneity of CTCL, which may be classified, according to the reactivity with monoclonal antibodies and the fine structural features, into subtypes that correspond to functionally distinct subsets of T-cells and their stages or types of differentiation.
Potential role for scavenger receptors of human monocytes in the killing of Schistosoma mansoni. (1993)

Human low-density lipoproteins (LDL) bind specifically and saturably to the surface of the trematode parasite, Schistosoma mansoni, in vitro. Here we have tested whether human monocytes process the bound LDL. Monocytes obtained by leukapheresis generate H2O2, kill schistosomula, and were seen here endocytosing fluorescently labeled human LDL that was bound to the surface of the parasites. Compounds known to inhibit uptake of LDL via the scavenger receptor, namely, acetylated LDL, polyinosinic acid, dextran sulfate, fucoidan, and polyvinyl sulfate, inhibited both endocytosis of LDL and cell-mediated killing. Non-functional analogs of these inhibitors, namely, polycytidylic acid and dextran, did not inhibit either endocytosis or killing. Monocytes obtained from whole blood after venipuncture neither killed the parasite nor endocytosed LDL from the worm surface. Thus, human monocyte killing of schistosomula may involve removal of LDL from the parasite surface via scavenger receptors.
Morphology of Multiwall WS<sub>2</sub> Nanotubes (2000)

Recent progress in the synthesis of bulk quantities of long WS2 nanotubes has allowed them to be considered as potential candidates in various applications, specifically in nanotechnology. In order to evaluate their efficacy in such applications and to obtain a better insight into their growth mechanism, morphological studies were performed both by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Three types of WS2 nanotubes, a few microns in length, were found. The nanotubes denoted “thin” have a diameter up to 30 nm and are circular; those denoted “thick” have a larger diameter, up to 150 nm, and are often polygonal. A third kind of nanotube, bundled or fused, could be also discerned. Differences in the morphology of the nanotube caps were also observed: The majority of “thin” nanotubes exhibit a head close to hemispherical, while the “thick” ones have a peculiar 90° apex. It is argued that the two discernible morphologies are obtained through two distinct growth mechanisms, as discussed in the text.
Purification of Antibody to Galactosyl-Protein Conjugates (1961)

A rapid procedure for purification of rabbit antibody to beta-D-galacto-sylphenylazo-bovine serum albumin is described. Antibody was precipitated with a heterologous antigen and was then dissociated from the precipitated complex with hapten. The antigen was partially removed by pH adjustment, and antibody was separated from residual antigen and from hapten by partition chromatography on Sephadex G-25. The antibody, obtained in 50 to 55 percent over-all yield, was 96 percent reactive with homologous antigen. It appeared to consist, of 95 percent of a single component, based upon physicochemical measurements.
Cutaneous Manifestations of a Zoonotic Onchocerca Species in an Adult Male, Acquired in Nova Scotia, Canada (2014)

A 65-year-old male with known hypertension and hypercholesterolemia sought medical attention because of a 3-month history of skin swelling on his upper back. Histopathology and molecular techniques were employed and identified an organism in the Onchocerca genus. This represents a very uncommon example of cutaneous infection by a zoonotic Onchocerca species.
Corrigendum - National survey of viruses in pastures of subterranean clover. II. Statistical methodology for large scale quantitative ELISA (1993)

Statistical methodology was applied to a survey of time-course incidence of four viruses (alfalfa mosaic virus, clover yellow vein virus, subterranean clover mottle virus and subterranean clover red leaf virus) in improved pastures in southern regions of Australia, with samplings in each winter and spring over 3 years. The 100 samples per paddock collected at each time of sampling provided detection probabilities of 0.63 and 0.87 for 1% and 2% infection respectively. A microtitre plate design for ELISA was developed to include 60 field samples, 10 glasshouse-grown healthy control samples and 6 glasshouse-grown samples infected with the virus under examination. This design was used on 816 plates for each of the four viruses tested. The method used for identification of virus in sap of a plant sample from a particular paddock was that the ELISA reading was both significantly greater than healthy control readings, and an outlier in the distribution of readings of all sap samples from that paddock. It is argued that as the identification of uninfected samples as infected was highly unlikely, this double criterion method was superior to the use of each criterion separately. Use of significance above healthy control values as the sole criterion would have increased virus incidences by about 60%; use of outlier identification as the sole criterion would have increased virus incidences by about 30%. A generalized linear model with binomial errors and logit link was used for adjusting the virus incidences reported in the previous paper (Helms et al. 1993) for biases due to paddocks and/or districts not sampled on some occasions. This adjustment slightly increased overall incidences in all but one sampling and confirmed the time-course increase in incidence over the 3 years of the survey. The same model also proved to be the most appropriate for investigating the effects of year, season and district on virus incidence.
Di-μ-chlorobis[hydrogen bis(diphenylphosphinito)(1–)-P,P']dipalladium, [Pd2Cl2{(C6H5)2PO.H.OP(C6H5)2}2] (1994)

The title compound consists of dinuclear chlorobridged palladium units with two coordinated diphenylphosphinito groups per Pd atom, linked by a hydrogen bridge. The average O...O distance in the O...H...O bridges of the two independent molecules is 2.406 (4) A, which is comparable to values in similar phosphinato groups
Synthesis of 5,15-Diaryltetrabenzoporphyrins (2008)

A general method of synthesis of 5,15-diaryltetrabenzoporphyrins (Ar 2TBPs) has been developed, based on 2 + 2 condensation of dipyrromethanes followed by oxidative aromatization. Two pathways to Ar 2TBPs were investigated: the tetrahydroisoindole pathway and the dihydroisoindole pathway. In the tetrahydroisoindole pathway, precursor 5,15-diaryltetracyclohexenoporphyrins (5,15-Ar 2TCHPs) were assembled from cyclohexeno-fused meso-unsubstituted dipyrromethanes and aromatic aldehydes or, alternatively, by way of the classical MacDonald synthesis. In the first case, scrambling was observed. Aromatization by tetracyclone was more effective than aromatization by DDQ but failed in the cases of porphyrins with electron-withdrawing substituents in the meso-aryl rings. The dihydroisoindole pathway was found to be much superior to the tetrahydroisoindole pathway, and it was developed into a general preparative method, consisting of (1) the synthesis of 4,7-dihydroisoindole and its transformation into meso-unsubstituted dipyrromethanes, (2) the synthesis of 5,15-diaryloctahydrotetrabenzoporphyrins (5,15-Ar 2OHTBPs), and (3) their subsequent aromatization by DDQ. Ar 2TBP free bases exhibit optical absorption spectra similar to those of meso-unsubstituted tetrabenzoporphyrins and fluoresce with high quantum yields. Pd complex of Ph 2TBP was found to be highly phosphorescent at room temperature.
Variability in properties of Salado Mass Concrete (1995)

Salado Mass Concrete (SMC) has been developed for use as a seal component in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. This concrete is intended to be mixed from pre-bagged materials, have an initial slump of 10 in., and remain pumpable and placeable for two hours after mixing. It is a mass concrete because it will be placed in monoliths large enough that the heat generated during cement hydration has the potential to cause thermal expansion and subsequent cracking, a phenomenon to avoid in the seal system. This report describes effects on concrete properties of changes in ratio of water to cement, batch size, and variations in characteristics of different lots of individual components of the concrete. The research demonstrates that the concrete can be prepared from laboratory-batched or pre-bagged dry materials in batches from 1.5 ft{sup 3} to 5.0 yd{sup 3}, with no chemical admixtures other than the sodium chloride added to improve bonding with the host rock, at a water-to-cement ratio ranging from 0.36 to 0.42. All batches prepared according to established procedures had adequate workability for at least 1.5 hours, and achieved or exceeded the target compressive strength of 4500 psi at 180 days after casting. Portland cement and fly ash from different lots or sources did not have a measurable effect on concrete properties, but variations in a shrinkage-compensating cement used as a component of the concrete did appear to affect workability. A low initial temperature and the water-reducing and set-retarding functions of the salt are critical to meeting target properties.
PurA sensitizes cells to toxicity induced by oxidative stress (2023)

Abstract Objectives PurA is an evolutionary conserved protein that is known to bind to single stranded DNA or RNA and regulate both transcription and translation. PurA has been implicated in many neurological and neurodevelopmental deficits, but its role in response to cellular stress has not yet been clarified. In this study, we have studied the cells’ stress response in the presence and absence of PurA expression. Methods Oxidative stress was induced in MEF cells obtained from PURA WT and K/O mice by paraquat treatments. The cellular response to stress was determined and compared by viability assays, immunocytochemistry and biochemical analyses. Results Interestingly, paraquat treated PurA expressing MEF cells showed higher sensitivity and less cellular viability than those with no PurA expression. Moreover, western blot analysis revealed increase in the expression of the apoptotic marker cleaved caspase 3 and autophagy marker LC3-II in PurA WT MEF cells compared to the PurA K/O MEF cells under oxidative stress induction. Conclusions Our observations indicate that PurA may play a key role in regulating cellular toxicity induced by oxidative stress and emphasize its importance for cell-fate determination under cytotoxic stress conditions.
Dispersion stabilization of silver nanoparticles in synthetic lung fluid studied under<i>in situ</i>conditions (2010)

The dispersion stabilization of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in synthetic lung fluid was studied to interrogate the effects on colloidal stability due to the principal constituents of the fluid. The colloidal stability of 20 nm citrate-AgNPs dispersed in the presence of each constituent of the synthetic lung fluid (individually, the complete fluid, and without additives) was observed during titration of increasing sodium chloride concentration. A variety of complementary in situ measurement techniques were utilized, including dynamic light scattering, ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and small-angle X-ray scattering, which provided a collective set of information that enabled far better understanding of the dispersion behavior in the fluid than any one technique alone. It was observed that AgNPs continued to adsorb bovine serum albumin (BSA) protein from the synthetic lung fluid solution as the sodium chloride concentration increased, until a maximum BSA coating was achieved prior to reaching the physiological sodium chloride concentration of 154 mmol L(-1). BSA was determined to be the constituent of the synthetic lung fluid that is required to provide colloidal stability at high salt loadings, though the phospholipid constituent exerts a subtle effect. Additionally, as AgNPs are a distinctly different class of nanoparticles apart from the carbon nanotubes and titanium dioxide nanoparticles initially reported to be dispersible using this fluid, this work also demonstrates the broad applicability of synthetic lung fluid in providing stable dispersions for engineered nanoparticles for use in biological assays.
HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections in subjects at risk for HIV-1 infection from southeastern Italy (Apulia region) (1996)

To assess the prevalence of HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections in different groups at risk for HIV-I infection, a study on 867 subjects was carried out by means of serological and PCR analyses. Serum specimens were collected from 268 intravenous drug users (IVDU), 66 homosexual men, 248 subjects with sexually transmitted diseases (STD), 105 thalassemics and 180 hemophiliacs. Sera from 3 IVDU and a sample from an STD patient were confirmed as HTLV-II seropositive; a thalassemic patient was seropositive for HTLV-I; a homosexual man, though confirmed as HTLV-I/II-seroreactive, could not be typed by serological methods. No hemophiliac was found to be HTLV-I/II-reactive. All 3 HTLV-II-seroreactive IVDU and the HTLV-I-infected thalassemic were confirmed by PCR; an additional sample from an IVDU, indeterminate by Western blot, was confirmed to be positive for HTLV-II by PCR. Subtyping of HTLV-II samples indicated the presence of II/b subtype in all 4 cases. Up to now, the reservoir for HTLV-II infection in southeastern Italy is mainly represented by IVDU, while HTLV-I infection seems to be sporadic.
Interaction of Homologous Alkyl Sulfates with Bovine Serum Albumin (1949)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTInteraction of Homologous Alkyl Sulfates with Bovine Serum AlbuminFred. Karush and Martin. SonenbergCite this: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1949, 71, 4, 1369–1376Publication Date (Print):April 1, 1949Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 April 1949https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja01172a065https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01172a065research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views125Altmetric-Citations135LEARN 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 InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
Combining theory and experiment to teach acoustic concepts (2013)

A rigorous theoretical development is desirable to help students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels develop a deep understanding of acoustic phenomena. However, numerous students labor through the mathematics associated with the concepts without ever developing an understanding of how that translates over into the physical world. Many acoustical phenomena lend themselves to experimental demonstrations that can greatly aid students' understanding of the physical concepts and help them connect the theoretical developments with what physically happens. These demonstrations also provide a means for introducing common issues associated with making acoustical measurements that can also be educational for students. As an example, this paper will focus on how we have developed concepts associated with vibrating strings in a class through both theoretical development and use of a relatively simple experimental apparatus. Students gain a much better understanding not only of modes associated with the string, but the relative accuracy of the underlying theory. In addition, basic signal analysis topics and measurement accuracy also surface in the process of making the measurements.
Longitudinal mode competition and mode clustering in (Al,In)GaN laser diodes (2014)

Longitudinal mode competition in (Al,In)GaN laser diodes at λ = 445nm and 515 nm with mode competition frequencies from 10 MHz to 150 MHz is observed. Up to two dozen lasing modes oscillate with the lasing mode rolling from the short wavelength edge to the long wavelength edge of the gain profile. The experimental results can be described very well with a set of multi-mode rate equations including self-, symmetric and asymmetric cross gain saturation. By tuning essential parameters of the gain saturation terms, mode competition disappears and single mode operation as well as mode clustering is found. This proves that the mechanisms of gain saturation have not only a profound impact on the complex temporal-spectral behavior but also explains mode clustering in (Al,In)GaN laser diodes, both in pulsed and continuous wave (cw) operation as a natural nonlinear effect without the necessity to add noise.
Membrane Insertion of Uracil Permease, a Poly topic Yeast Plasma Membrane Protein (1991)

Uracil permease is a multispanning protein of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae plasma membrane which is encoded by the FUR4 gene and produced in limited amounts. It has a long N-terminal hydrophilic segment, which is followed by 10 to 12 putative transmembrane segments, and a hydrophilic C terminus. The protein carries seven potential N-linked glycosylation sites, three of which are in its N-terminal segment. Overexpression of this permease and specific antibodies were used to show that uracil permease undergoes neither N-linked glycosylation nor proteolytic processing. Uracil permease N-terminal segments of increasing lengths were fused to a reporter glycoprotein, acid phosphatase. The in vitro and in vivo fates of the resulting hybrid proteins were analyzed to identify the first signal anchor sequence of the permease and demonstrate the cytosolic orientation of its N-terminal hydrophilic sequence. In vivo insertion of the hybrid protein bearing the first signal anchor sequence of uracil permease into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane was severely blocked in sec61 and sec62 translocation mutants.
ChemInform Abstract: ISOMER EFFECTS IN MIXTURES OF HYDROCARBONS: SOME EXPERIMENTAL EXCESS VOLUMES AND ENTHALPIES (1981)

Abstract Messung der Überschußvolumina (ÜV) bei 293.2 K für Mischungen von n‐Hexadecan (HD) mit verschiedenen C 5‐C8‐Kohlenwasserstoffen (Ringe, geradlinige und verzweigte Ketten), bei 298.2 K für HD + 2,2,4‐Trimethylpentan und Messung der entsprechenden Überschußenthalpien bei 298.2 und 308.2 K, ferner Messung der ÜV bei 298.2 Kvon l0 weiteren Kohlenwasserstoffmischungen.